Good article about the unspoken homophobia propelling the transgender movement in children

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quillette.com/2018/10/23/the-unspoken-homophobia-propelling-the-transgender-movement-in-children/

On a US site. Not sure if the author is American.

That is a good piece. I know I've said this elsewhere today but it's interesting to look at the Barbican's Modern Couples exhibition where a fair amount of the exhibition showcases early C20 attitudes to queer identity, homophobia, homosexuality, and lesbianism.

Using trans status as masculine women or feminised men seems to have been a radical thought by sexologists of the time (e.g., Edward Carpenter) as a social end-run around institutionalised homophobia. (My currently oversimplified version of some of the material and the approaches embedded in it)

And, of course, there are some countries, notably Iran, where it's more socially acceptable (for which to read, enforced by officialdom) to undergo reassignment surgery than to acknowledge homosexual or lesbian attractions.

Thanks, I'll see if I can get to that Barbican exhibition.

Which bit of Arran, by the way? I have family there.

I like every speck of the Isle of Arran that I've ever visited (keen hiker and kayaker and I've even been inveigled along to retreats on Holy Isle).

However, my name is for the Countess of Arran whom I admire:

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10106930/The-Countess-of-Arran.html

And, I have tremendous respect for her husband who was so instrumental in decriminalising homosexuality (as well as being obsessed with badgers but we all have our quirks).

Oh yes, he came across well in that thing about Jeremy Thorpe and Norman Scott earlier this year.

I love Arran too.