The Week The Trans Spell Was Broken: Hadley Freeman

[EmbarrassingHadrosaurus]

Excellent overview of the key role of sport in bringing this into the public eye.

In other words, the feelings of trans people do not, in all instances, trump the needs of women — which is what the gender ideologues have been arguing for all along. Johnson added that he is “immensely sympathetic to people who want to change gender… But these are complex issues and I don’t think they can be solved with one swift easy piece of legislation. It takes a lot of thought to get this right.”

The gender activists loudly cried that this was a re-run of Section 28. But if you heard bigotry in the PM’s words, you weren’t really listening: Johnson sounded moderate and realistic. Meanwhile Labour continues to flail in the background over whether or not men can get pregnant. The Left have handed the Right this victory on a gold platter.

unherd.com/2022/04/the-week-the-trans-spell-was-broken/?=frlh

Another excellent article. There's so much good writing about this at the moment. Very heartening to see it all laid out so clearly.

Well said Hadley.

Thanks for posting. I really hope Hadley is right and it is.

What an idiotic statement, Beardy.

Someone's going fishing

Cool story bro

Did Hunt hype up the gender campaign and sell out women – which, of course, includes lesbians and bisexual women – just to ensure Stonewall’s revenue flow? Like I said, a story for another day.

ouch

Great piece, this line especially: "Stonewall and other organisations insist that the way to treat these children is through “affirmative therapy”, which tells them they are correct to feel uncomfortable in their bodies and should change gender."

@wijjjy

> Did Hunt hype up the gender campaign and sell out women – which, of course, includes lesbians and bisexual women – just to ensure Stonewall’s revenue flow? Like I said, a story for another day.

ouch

And some of us are here for the story that we have long suspected.

To Hunt, it looks like it was fundraising as the ticket to be able to continue on the 'swap senior positions in NGOs and similar' merry-go-round and just another CV-burnishing moment. The harm and consequences that have flowed from this bit of personal aggrandisement are legion.

I'm really looking forward to that "another day". Do I get the feeling that an absolutely blockbuster article has already been composed, simply awaiting its most impactful moment in the sun?

(In the sun, not in the Sun, just to be clear!)

Thanks for that. I should put Unherd on my regular reading roster.

A later thread about same article: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/4524134-the-week-the-trans-spell-was-broken