European Parliament

The ideological fever that pushed the transgender agenda to the forefront of Western cultural and political life has not broken. True, a jury awarded $2 million in damages for medical malpractice to a “detransitioner” woman who had a double mastectomy when she was only 16. And true, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the AMA now oppose transitioning surgeries for minors — meaning that such interventions can no longer be considered the “standard of care” for children experiencing gender confusion. That’s all to the good.

But: The Attorney General of California has sued a hospital that announced it would no longer perform “gender affirming care” on minors. Across the pond, the European Parliament just voted to declare men who identify as women to be women for purposes of discrimination laws — which, while non-binding in law, is expected to influence policies going forward. That’s all to the bad.

And now, a resolution has been introduced in Congress by Representative Pramila Jayapal (D., Wash.) — along with scores of cosponsors — to establish a “Transgender Bill of Rights” that would undo all the recent gains that society has made to restore rationality to this most divisive controversy. Among other provisions, it would require that women’s private spaces be open to men who feel they are women, sweep aside religious objections to providing transgender medical interventions, and force women’s and girls’ sports to accept males as competitors.

From H. Resolution 1058, which already has many Democrat House sponsors and is supported by Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey: