The British Medical Association is the latest organisation to fall victim to gender identity ideology. At the BMA’s annual representative meeting, medics called on the government to let anyone change their legal sex on the basis of a ‘witnessed, sworn statement’. But in the midst of a pandemic, is this really a matter worthy of being listed as a prioritised motion on the agenda?
It’s hard to see how it is. Yet perhaps a more worrying aspect of this motion is what isn’t included: the word ‘sex’. Even amongst doctors, it seems that the word ‘gender’ has supplanted biological sex. This shouldn’t come as a surprise. For the past few years, a fervent bunch of ideologues has been busy quietly lobbying public bodies and private companies to elevate gender identity above biological sex. The aim? To ensure that anyone who wants to define as a man or a woman can do just that.
In backing this proposal, doctors are following the lead of the Girl Guides. Since
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