In his lifetime, we've seen such a shift on the left. I was born in the 60s when transgression really was the preserve of the left. We're dealing with children being persuaded that a solution for all distress is lifelong medicalization. That is real world harm. There's no closing the book and walking away. They're lamenting with this and not suffering harm in my view. If I'm wrong, hallelujah! People aren't being harmed by gender identity ideology. And I would ask proponents ofGender Identity Ideology who are so determined to debate it: what if you are wrong?
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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