Transgender: latest news and comment

Sep 15, 2019 by Andrew Symes

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Transgender Passé, Meet the Non-Binary Clergy, by Clare Hepler, Juicy Ecumenism

Starbucks must stop funding harmful trans agenda, Christian Concern

Is there a single Labour MP who’ll talk sense on trans? by Caroline ffiske, The Conservative Woman

Application for Judicial Review against Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) filed today – Safe Schools Alliance UK

Just end the stalling and give us answers over gender-switch children, Mr Hancock by Caroline ffiske, The Conservative Woman

The Crown Transgender Promotion Service by Caroline ffiske, The Conservative Woman

The Philosophical Contradictions of the Transgender Worldview by Ryan T Anderson, Public Discourse

‘This should not happen to anyone else’: Ex-trans joins lawsuit against UK gender clinic by Dorothy Cummings McLean, LifeSite

The inconvenient truth about transwomen by Debbie Hayton, UnHerd

A Christian victory in the fight against transgender dogma, by Dr Campbell Campbell-Jack, The Conservative Woman

NHS Trust sued over children ‘consenting’ to puberty blockers, by Carys Moseley, Christian Concern

Help fund Susan Evans’ legal case to protect children from experimental medical treatment, from CrowdJustice

Gender neutral toilets in schools aren’t working, from Transgender Trend

Rodrigo and the tragedy of transgenderism by Caroline ffiske, The Conservative Woman

The transgender inquiry we’re not allowed to know about by Caroline ffiske, The Conservative Woman

High court to decide if children can consent to gender reassignment by Jamie Doward, Guardian

Has trans orthodoxy conquered the world? by Madeleine Kearns, UnHerd

Judge for yourself – who’s talking sense about trans? by Gary Oliver, The Conservative Woman

Transgenderism Is Not Normal by Casey Chalk, Crisis Magazine

Triumph of the trans lobbyists by Julie Bindel, The Critic

Transgenderism’s denial of biology started with same-sex marriage by Will Jones, Faith and Politics

Defence chiefs blow £15,000 of taxpayers’ money on gender-neutral loos that hardly anybody wants to use by David Wooding, Sun

Transgender man gives birth to non-binary partner’s baby with female sperm donor by Helen Whitehouse, Daily Mirror

Taking Sex Differences in Personality Seriously by Scott Barry Kaufman, Scientific American

GLAAD Tried To Force JK Rowling To Apologize For ‘Transphobic’ Comments. She Refused. by Emily Zanotti, Daily Wire

Maya Forstater: a champion of democracy by Jon Holbrook, spiked

Wet, Woke archbishop completes the march through the institutions by Melvin Tinker, The Conservative Woman

Trans woman Debbie Hayton faces ban for transphobia by Nicholas Hellen, The Times

The Phony ‘Epidemic’ Of Anti-Trans Murder by Rod Dreher, The American Conservative

What if you regret transitioning? by Julie Bindel, UnHerd

U.K. Case Shows ‘Equality Act’ Would Help U.S. Trans Bullies Get More People Fired By Chad Felix Greene, The Federalist

The Times view on the risks of gender self-identification: The Gender Trap

Transgender Demands Are An Attack On Real Human Rights By Kaeley Triller Haver, The Federalist

Transgenderism: why Christians should be concerned by Will Jones, Christian Today

Physical Interventions on the Bodies of Children to “Affirm” their “Gender Identity” Violate Sound Medical Ethics and Should be Prohibited by Ryan T Anderson and Robert P George, Public Discourse

No wonder politicians won’t talk about gender by James Kirkup, UnHerd

Dirty tricks and lies that help the trans lobby prosper by Caroline ffiske, TCW

Are We in the Midst of a Transgender Murder Epidemic? by Wilfred Reilly, Quillette

A Tyrannical Minority and Silent Majority by Madeleine Kearns, National Review

The Coercive, Surreptitious Transgender Legal Agenda by Madeleine Kearns, National Review (Read document here)

Transgender book describes oral sex by a 6 year-old from Binary Australia

Compelled Sexual Affirmation in the School Bathroom by Gerard V Bradley, Public Discourse

Current transgender approach is “experimenting on minors” says gay author, Coalition for Marriage

The Left Claims There’s An ‘Epidemic’ Of Anti-Trans Hate Crimes. They’re Lying. Here Are The Facts. by Matt Walsh, Daily Wire

Escape From Reason, by Sharon James, Anglican Mainstream

Trans Watch – a dispatch from the gender minefield by Caroline ffiske, TCW

The tragedy of the ‘trans’ child, by Madeleine Kearns, National Review

Has trans activism gone too far? by Douglas Murray, UnHerd

Help for individuals who struggle with their gender or sexual identity: Bringing Light to a Heated Topic. Report from a Conference in Hungary, by Anglican Mainstream correspondent

Have we reached peak trans madness? Sorry, but no, by Ann Farmer, The Conservative Woman

Tragic trans boys who want to be girls again are ignored, by Ann Farmer, TCW:

LGBT mob won’t rest until Christians agree that men can get pregnant, by Jonathon Van Maren, LifeSite:

Row over tension between women’s and trans rights divides Scottish Labour, by Gina Davidson, The Scotsman:

Transgenderism’s terrible toll on marriage and family, from Faith and Politics:

The New Patriarchy: How Trans Radicalism Hurts Women, Children—and Trans People Themselves by Helen Joyce, Quillette

New Data Show “Gender-Affirming” Surgery Doesn’t Really Improve Mental Health. So Why Are the Study’s Authors Saying It Does? by Mark Regnerus, Public Discourse

Politicians are betraying women in the rush to support trans rights by Jenni Russell, The Times

Don’t give in to the transbullies by Graham Linehan, UnHerd

Children on the front line in gender battle by Sharon James, The Conservative Woman

Double, double toil and trouble: a gender bender for Halloween by Jane Fagan, MercatorNet

LGBT Activists Won’t Admit Anything’s Wrong With A Man Flashing Children During Drag Queen Story Hour by Chad Felix Greene, The Federalist

Meghan Murphy: Canadian feminist’s trans talk sparks uproar, BBC News

When a Court Allows Your Boy to Become a Girl, by Libby Emmons, The American Conservative

Father Of 7-Year-Old ‘Trans’ Child James Younger Speaks Out Before Gag Order. By Amanda Prestigiacomo, Daily Wire: Reporter Madeleine Jacob spoke to the Texas dad fighting to save his seven-year-old son from a gender transition.

Mother sues gender identity clinic over puberty blockers, by Carys Moseley, Christian Concern: Several critics have argued that the only way the practice of ‘transitioning’ minors will end is for people to sue the clinics responsible.

Dispute over Texas 7-year-old may prove a legal setback for transgender movement by Robert Hutchinson, Mercatornet

Why detransitioners frighten trans activists by James Caspian, spiked

Transgender dispute splits Stonewall, By Greg Hurst, The Times

A detransitioner jumps off the trans train, by Rod Dreher, The American Conservative

‘Stop erasing women’: BOYCOTT against Always sanitary towels after brand ditched Venus logo from their products in response to Trans-rights campaigners, By Monica Greep and Sanchez Manning, MailOnline:

Douglas Murray Challenges Us to Oppose Identity Politics and ‘Live in Truth’, by Jeremy Carl, National Review. The ‘Great Awokening’ is a reign of lies masquerading as a religion, Murray says in The Madness of Crowds.

Parents can’t count on politicians to fight gender ideology. Time to take action, by Jonathon Van Maren, LifeSite:

School transgender support guidelines published, by Robbie Meredith, BBC Northern Ireland: The first detailed guidelines for schools in Northern Ireland on how to support transgender pupils have been published.

Do you know your demisexuals from your biromantics? One in five LGBT youth identify as something other than lesbian, gay or bi, by Lily Wakefield, Pink News:

Now trans and gay hate crime will mean SIX months in jail, by Steve Doughty, Mailonline: Judges have been ordered to hand out tough jail terms in a crackdown on transgender and homophobic hate crimes.

Mother sues Tavistock child gender clinic over treatments, by Greg Hurst, The Times

From ‘The Second Sex’ to a mother called Fred, by Mary Kenny, MercatorNet

All the world’s a stage for the trans ultras, by Stephen Pollard, UnHerd

Generation Fragile – Jonathan Haidt, Evening Standard

Gender critical university professor given panic alarm for her safety, Christian Today

The transgender ‘faith’ beats Christianity and common sense by Will Jones, Faith and Politics

Sound of Silence: Teacher Fired over Trans Pronouns Sues School by Cathy Ruse, FRC

Transgender patients can choose to be treated on male or female wards even if they haven’t had gender reassignment surgery, NHS says by Connor Boyd, Mailonline

Ex-trans people tell US Supreme Court: ‘Affirming gender confusion is abuse’, Christian Institute

Doctors Give Gender-Confused Children Same Drug Used To Castrate Sex Offenders. NBC Calls It ‘Health Care.’ by Matt Walsh

There’s nothing fake about the dangers of transgender medications by Michael Cook, MercatorNet

English women’s rugby refs protest chaos caused by transgender players by Calvin Freiburger, LifeSite