The UK’s Gender Recognition Act 2004 gave people with gender dysphoria legal recognition based on objective evidence of dysphoria. READ MORETrans activists took satisfaction from their legislative achievement in Ireland, which eschewed any need for objective corroboration by people applying for gender recognition certificates. The mantra “trans rights are human rights” is chanted in pursuit of trans ideological goals. For most people, the idea that a 6ft 3in man who may or may not have obtained a gender recognition certificate has a “right” to participate in, say, women’s rugby competitions is bizarre. There is no “right” to subvert the freedom of women to have facilities and events confined to their own sex.

Source: The Irish Times April 23, 2025 23:48 UTC