James Kirkup James Kirkup

The march of trans rights

The new gender orthodoxy allows no room for dissent

issue 06 October 2018

Your 13-year-old daughter tells a teacher that’s she’s uncomfortable with her body. She prefers trousers to skirts, football to ballet. She says she thinks she’s a he and wants to be treated as a boy at school. Would the teacher tell you your daughter wants to change gender?

Your 11-year-old granddaughter comes home from school upset.

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