UN Women’s Poor Choice of U.K. Representation

As a child, Ian Bergdorf was not like the other boys, but rather, he recalls, “effeminate.” At age 15, he came out as gay. Later, after experimenting with cross-dressing and drag, Ian found another explanation for his preference for girly things — he was really a woman. Ian changed his name to Munroe, embraced kitschy stereotypes of female sexuality with the help of makeup, drugs, and surgeries, and is now one of the most obnoxious transgender activists in the U.K.

Bergdorf’s career highlights include an honorary doctorate from the University of Brighton, an award of “Changemaker of the Year 2018” from Cosmopolitan magazine, a contributing editorship at British Vogue, an appearance posing for Playboy, as well as the time he declared all white people to be irredeemably racist and a series of prestigious appointments which were walked back after backlash.

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Madeleine Kearns

Madeleine Kearns is a former staff writer at National Review.

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As a child, Ian Bergdorf was not like the other boys, but rather, he recalls, “effeminate.” At age 15, he came out as gay. Later, after experimenting with cross-dressing and drag, Ian found another explanation for his preference for girly things — he was really a woman. Ian changed his name to Munroe, embraced kitschy stereotypes of female sexuality with the help of makeup, drugs, and surgeries, and is now one of the most obnoxious transgender activists in the U.K.

Bergdorf’s career highlights include an honorary doctorate from the University of Brighton, an award of “Changemaker of the Year 2018” from Cosmopolitan magazine, a contributing editorship at British Vogue, an appearance posing for Playboy, as well as the time he declared all white people to be irredeemably racist and a series of prestigious appointments which were walked back after backlash.