The transatlantic trans divide

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The pushback against gender ideology is gaining momentum – at least in America.

Donald Trump, new US President-elect, made opposition to transgender ideology a key focus of his campaign, promising to affirm “only two genders”, ban trans medical interventions for children, and end “boys in girls’ sports”. He also pledged to ban classroom lessons on gender identity and remove ‘diversity and inclusion’ offices from education. A survey of 120,000 voters found that 55% of Americans – and 85% of Trump supporters – feel transgender rights have gone too far.

These views are unsurprising, given that 1 in every 33 US high school students now identifies as ‘transgender’.

In Britain, the situation is more mixed. While the new Government has so far continued the restrictions on puberty blockers, it has not progressed other positive steps taken by the previous Government, like the draft guidance to ban gender ideology being taught in schools.

To make matters worse, British police continue to investigate critics of the transgender movement for ‘hate crimes’ and record ‘non-crime hate incidents’ (NCHIs) against their names. In the twelve months prior to June this year, 13,200 NCHIs were recorded, including accusations against a doctor and a vicar.

C4M has supporters across the political spectrum. We welcome the pushback from across the Atlantic, and urge the UK Government to follow suit in opposing harmful ideologies that undermine man-woman marriage.