"As public discourse has become more contentious, the space for nuanced discussions about the complexities of transgender identities has narrowed."
But has there ever been a time when gender critical activists were able to have free and full exchanges of points of view with trans activists and their allies? This may be an oversimplification, but when trans activists engineered their stealth captured the institutions with the help of their allies, they made sure to plant the idea that anyone who questioned any aspect of trans orthodoxy was a hater and a transphobe.
It is hard to have the first nuanced discussion about the complexities of transgender identities when one's interlocutors come to the table believing one is Satan spawn.
Sasha, you may already know this but there's an Arabic verb that means "to have green hair." (Bizarrely, it's used in Measure XIII, which is vanishingly rare.) I saw the entry in my Hans-Wehr dictionary in 1994 and thought there was no possible reason I'd ever need to know that verb. It was just going to be a funny anecdote one day. Silly me!
Jessi is a primary source on both a past historical trend and the current pedulum-swing trend back to center. I'm glad to hear that the lesbians welcomed her back. Thank you both for hosting her and having this discussion.
"As public discourse has become more contentious, the space for nuanced discussions about the complexities of transgender identities has narrowed."
But has there ever been a time when gender critical activists were able to have free and full exchanges of points of view with trans activists and their allies? This may be an oversimplification, but when trans activists engineered their stealth captured the institutions with the help of their allies, they made sure to plant the idea that anyone who questioned any aspect of trans orthodoxy was a hater and a transphobe.
It is hard to have the first nuanced discussion about the complexities of transgender identities when one's interlocutors come to the table believing one is Satan spawn.
Sasha, you may already know this but there's an Arabic verb that means "to have green hair." (Bizarrely, it's used in Measure XIII, which is vanishingly rare.) I saw the entry in my Hans-Wehr dictionary in 1994 and thought there was no possible reason I'd ever need to know that verb. It was just going to be a funny anecdote one day. Silly me!
Jessi is a primary source on both a past historical trend and the current pedulum-swing trend back to center. I'm glad to hear that the lesbians welcomed her back. Thank you both for hosting her and having this discussion.