and the issue about whether sex is binary or not, yes. i think, in the sense in which biology is binary, then clearly human sex is binary, like 99.8% of us are completely, unambiguously, in one sex or the other, and there s a small amount of ambiguity, but that s consistent with there being a binary in nature. and there s a small amount of ambiguity, but that s consistent with there being a binary in nature. that s the only kind of binary we d ever get, so. cos biology, basically, always includes variation. so, yes. now, you can t change sex, so, my views, although you presented it in the run up to this as very controversial, actually, my views are very uncontroversial to most people. well, they re not uncontroversial to people who have transgendered, and there is a huge community of interest, notjust of transgendered people themselves, but also supporters and activists, who very much campaign with them, who believe that your message
they publicly bash the things they support privately. there are people like us who take the slings and arrows of actually saying what we will do or think. in my case, it s bullets hollowpoint bullets. look, it makes you holier than thou. exactly. having survived. libertarians and liberals have a lot in common. they really do when it comes to social issues. they converge. unlike progressives and conservatives who are at war with one another if you were to say to a liberal, you have a lo in common with the libertarians and vice versa, they would say no we don t. but you do. so in social issues, gays, let begins, transgendered, they hav more than an common and they do being at odds and they recogniz for a lot of the social issues it s not important.
but that s consistent with there being a binary in nature. that s the only kind of binary we d ever get, so. cos biology, basically, always includes variation. so, yes. now, you can t change sex, so, my views, although you presented it in the run up to this as very controversial, actually, my views are very uncontroversial to most people. well, they re not uncontroversial to people who have transgendered, and there is a huge community of interest, notjust of transgendered people themselves, but also supporters and activists, who very much campaign with them, who believe that your message and, again, i hope i m not being too simplistic but your message that no trans woman is really literally a woman and no trans man is literally a man, that message to many people, is deeply upsetting and, indeed, offensive. yes, it is. i m sorry about that, but it is, but i also would like to push back a little bit there, that is certainly not the case,
to this as very controversial, actually, my views are very uncontroversial to most people. well, they re not uncontroversial to people who have transgendered, and there is a huge community of interest, notjust of transgendered people themselves, but also supporters and activists, who very much campaign with them, who believe that your message and, again, i hope i m not being too simplistic but your message that no trans woman is really literally a woman and no trans man is literally a man, that message to many people, is deeply upsetting and, indeed, offensive. yes, it is. i m sorry about that, but it is, but i also would like to push back a little bit there, that is certainly not the case, that all trans people disagree with me, because lots of trans people know. to be fair to me, i didn t say that. i know, ijust want to make it clear, because i think often this can get sort of presented as a fight between the feminists and the trans people and,
core of what your message is? they can t change their sex, yes. and the issue about whether sex is binary or not, yes. i think, in the sense in which biology is binary, then clearly human sex is binary, like 99.8% of us are completely, unambiguously, in one sex or the other, and there s a small amount of ambiguity, but that s consistent with there being a binary in nature. that s the only kind of binary we d ever get, so. cos biology, basically, always includes variation. so, yes. now, you can t change sex, so, my views, although you presented it in the run up to this as very controversial, actually, my views are very uncontroversial to most people. well, they re not uncontroversial to people who have transgendered, and there is a huge community of interest, notjust of transgendered people themselves, but also supporters and activists, who very much campaign with them, who believe that your message and, again, i hope i m not being too simplistic but your message that no trans woman