The Associated Press released a new style guide explaining that when referring to transgender people, phrases like is a woman or more to the point then identifies as a woman. "We are using language to make accurate definition of sex difference unspeakable," she says. Some critics just don't see a problem with this: They see it as just making language more inclusive.
Host Megan Phelps-Roper asks J.K. Rowling to respond to pushback from some of her critics. The two also discuss the difficulty of discernment—why it can be so hard to know what’s right.
Produced by Andy Mills, Matthew Boll, Megan Phelps-Roper, with special thanks to Candace Mittel Kahn and Emily Yoffe.
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