The quasi-religious belief that gender identity is innate

-size: 11pt”>The question that makes me both sad and angry is why LGBT activists stubbornly refuse to concede that these girls represent a different psychopathology. Instead groups such as Stonewall, in the words of Dr Ray Blanchard, a world-renowned sexologist, “circle the wagons”. Why? Because to concede would rock the quasi-religious belief that gender identity is innate and unquestionable; the rise in “trans children” justifies greater resources for trans adults, and this movement is dominated by trans women and gay men, who have not endured the turbulence of female puberty. With few brave exceptions, they decry feminists (including many lesbians) who see in these tortured girls their younger selves.

Naturally Shrier's book has come in for a frenzy of abuse from trans activists. The author detailed how they tried to get it cancelled in an article at Quillette back in November. Chase Strangio, a transgender rights activist and a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), declared that getting the book banned was "a hill I will die on". Grace Lavery, an associate professor at Berkeley University and an editor of Transgender Studies Quarterly, encouraged her Twitter followers to burn the book. But with positive reviews like this, and the recent Keira Bell judgement, the truth will out.