The impact of the trans debate on biological women | The Australian

I recently appeared on ABC’s Late Night Live with David Marr. From the emails that filled my inbox afterwards, many from grateful listeners on the other side of the world (I am based in the small coastal town of Ayr in West Coast Scotland), I am led to believe that even having the discussion we had — to me, a fairly robust but friendly enough conversation — was entirely out of the ordinary for Australia’s public service broadcaster.
While I am no stranger to battle, the relief and thanks of those emails reminded me, palpably, of the types of emails I used to receive five years ago, when I, almost accidentally, found myself playing a pivotal role in highlighting the egregious tactics of gender identity activists in Scotland.
Much as in Scotland, Australia has been battling the incredibly fractious political, legislative, and cultural battle of “the gender wars”. Many of the more high-profile cases have reached the UK, particularly the case of Tickle v Giggle, where trans-identifying Roxanne Tickle (a biological male who identifies as a female) has sued the creator of a female-only app, Sall Grover for refusing to allow Tickle access to her forum. Additionally in Australia, there has been the battle over The Lesbian Club, which was ruled unlawful in the state of Victoria for wishing to have lesbian-only groups and events.
In my new, debut nonfiction book Hounded, I set out the extreme psychological, social, economic, and democratic harms that are being experienced — in country after country — by women who oppose gender identity ideology and its activism. The book is, fundamentally, an attempt at a reframing of focus.

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