In the Transgender Debate, It’s Language vs. Reality

Transgender activists seem to think that by changing the language used to define sex, they can change reality.

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During his HBO talk show, comedian Bill Maher highlighted that the LGBTQ-identifying population in America has doubled in each generation since the 1940s. His explanation for the phenomenon? Transgenderism is trendy. But it’s no joking matter.

Activists pushing transgender ideology have contributed to a social trend with significant consequences by reinventing the language surrounding sex and identity. In fact, their semantics pose the greatest threat to the transgender community and society at large. Let me explain.

Ryan T. Anderson

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Ryan T. Anderson

Ryan T. Anderson is the president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, the founding editor of Public Discourse, the online journal of the Witherspoon Institute of Princeton, New Jersey, and the author of When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment (Encounter Books, 2018).

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