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Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality | Helen Joyce
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Incisive, compassionate and nuancedIn the first decade of this century, it was unthinkable that a gender-critical book could even be published by a prominent publishing house, let alone become a bestseller.' Louise Perry, New Statesman 'This rigorous and brave book nails the absurd idea that sex is just a social construct' David Aaronovitch, The Times 'A tour de force.' Evening Standard Knowing more has never meant more. Gender identity ideology is about more than twitter storms and using the right pronouns. In just ten years, laws, company policies, school and university curricula, sport, medical protocols, and the media have been reshaped to privilege self-declared gender identity over biological sex. People are being shamed and silenced for attempting to understand the consequences of redefining man and woman. While compassion for transgender lives is well-intentioned, it is stifling much-needed inquiry into the significance of our bodies. If we recommit to our liberal values of freedom of belief, freedom of speech and robust debate, we scan de-escalate this most vicious of culture wars.
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Next up for #SheSaid….not sure…

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willaful Remove me from the tag list for this book please. 6mo
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Bookwomble In case you're not aware, Joyce is a noted transphobe who promotes "gender critical" views and has called for "a reduction in the number of trans people", which echoes some scary ideologies. https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/06/03/helen-joyce-transgender-lgbtq/ 6mo
Bookwomble @willaful ♥️🏳️‍⚧️♥️ 6mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Bookwomble let me finish tagging everyone and then maybe we need to discuss an alternate… 🫠 6mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Read the link above everyone…there seem to be some issues with this author & book. We need to discuss! Let me know if you still want to read, skip, pick an alternate, etc. 6mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Bookwomble Thank you for letting me know. 6mo
Bookwomble If you want to read a book about trans people by a trans person, I'd recommend the tagged 😊 6mo
Suet624 Oooh boy. I think a different author would be best. 6mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Anyone read Before We Were Trans yet? Any good? 6mo
CatLass007 I had decided I wasn‘t interested in this book because of the author. But if another book is chosen I might be interested. 6mo
CatLass007 I could get behind Trans Like Me. 6mo
AllDebooks Bloody hell, her comments are utterly vile and make me very uncomfortable indeed. I would not want to read or support any author with those views. Thanks for sharing @Bookwomble 6mo
AllDebooks @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I would be happy to read either Trans like me or Before we were trans 🏳️‍⚧️ 6mo
Bookwomble @AllDebooks ✊🏳️‍⚧️✊😊 6mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @willaful Do you want added back to an alternate book and to help us pick it out? 6mo
Singout Before we Were Tran gets my vote because it‘s accessible to me and I like the spectrum of times and places it seems to cover. But, I can‘t *promise* that I will read it! 6mo
willaful @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Thanks! From the reviews, I'm more interested in Trans Like Me. 6mo
AnneCecilie My library has Trans Like Me so I would prefer that (edited) 6mo
DebinHawaii Oh bummer. Just reading this now & I wish I hadn‘t purchased the first book on Kindle a couple weeks ago. 😩 Hopefully I can return it. That being said, Trans Like Me is available to borrow in e-book at my library, so I prefer that one. 6mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @DebinHawaii try to return it, hopefully you can. I‘m sorry. I did not realize there has been an issue with the author either. 6mo
DebinHawaii @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Not your fault at all! Sometimes they just sneak in there! 6mo
vlwelser And so we pivot. 😂 I missed this convo somehow. I will try to find the other book. 6mo
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