Madeleine Kearns at Unherd: Has Trans Orthodoxy Conquered the World?

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The theory of transgenderism promises salvation to believers and damnation for heretics

... Those who don’t believe in the new idea of gender identity have become like atheists living in a theocratic society. Imagine, for instance, if an atheist wanted to have a debate with a Christian about the existence of God. But that, as a condition of the debate, the Christian demanded that the atheist not blaspheme, as well as refer to him throughout as a “child of God”. Further, imagine if those facilitating the debate expected the atheist to acquiesce to this demand or else be considered malicious or ignorant. This is precisely what is happening with the transgender debate every time a non-believer feels obligated to use words such as “transgender”, “gender identity”, or pronouns that do not match the sex of his or her opponent. ...

unherd.com/2020/01/how-the-trans-orthodoxy-conquered-the-world/

Kearns is so sharp and well-versed on this issue. Interesting quote from Blanchard in there, too, to the effect that he doesn't believe most people have a gender identity.

Yes, this is very good. also found the Blanchard quote interesting:

“It’s only at very unusual moments that a normal man or woman has a conscious awareness of ‘I’m a woman’ or ‘I’m a man,’ and this is often a highly emotional situation. . . The concept of cross-gender identity is really not a normal gender identity which has found itself lodged in the wrong body. Cross-gender identity is a constant preoccupation with, and unhappiness about, the individual’s gender. So, I guess you could say I believe in cross-gender identity, but I don’t much believe in gender identity.”