The sexist pseudoscience of ‘gender identity’

By Josephine Bartosch, The Critic:

I admit it, I admire Donald Trump: the sheer chutzpah of a man who delights in making incendiary claims only to accuse the media of bias when called-out is impressive.

Of course, it would be more entertaining were the consequences not so dire. Last week I watched as LGBT organisations in the UK adopted the Trumpian approach: the release of new guidance from the Department of Education (DfE) on 24 September forced a volte face from organisations that claim to support children who identify as transgender.

For years LGBT “education” groups have promoted the notion that trans-identified children are “born in the wrong body.” Overnight and en masse they are now denying this, with some now claiming to have been misrepresented by ideological opponents. Unlike Trump’s infamously questionable memory, the internet never forgets and “wrong body” receipts are strewn across social media.

The clarification from DfE follows an acrimonious battle between grassroots campaigners and transgender lobby groups. The new guidance states: “teachers should not suggest to a child that their non-compliance with gender stereotypes means that either their personality or their body is wrong and in need of changing.” It also advises schools to be very careful about using training from external providers, noting that these must be in line with the “school’s legal duties regarding political impartiality.” The idea of a mismatch in mind and body, or so-called “gender identity” and one’s sexed body, is the shaky concept on which transgender ideology exists.

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