Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality [Paperback]

'An intelligent, thorough rejoinder to an idea that has swept across much of the liberal world seemingly overnight...Open conversation about such fraught issues is the only realistic path forward.'New York Times


THESUNDAY TIMESBESTSELLER and aTimes,SpectatorandObserverBook of the Year 2021

‘In the first decade of this century, it was unthinkable that a gender-critical book could even be published by a prominent publishing house, let alone become a bestseller.’Louise Perry,New Statesman

‘Thank goodness for Helen Joyce.’Christina Patterson,Sunday Times

‘Reasonable, methodical, sane, and utterly unintimidated by extremist orthodoxy,Transis a riveting read.’Lionel Shriver

‘A tour de force.’Evening Standard

Biological sex is no longer accepted as a basic fact of life. It is forbidden to admit that female people sometimes need protection and privacy from male ones. In an analysis that is at once expert, sympathetic and urgent, Helen Joyce offers an antidote to the chaos and cancelling.Helen Joyce is a senior staff journalist atThe Economist, where she has held several positions, including Britain editor, Finance editor and International editor. Before joiningThe Economistin 2005 she editedPlus, an online magazine about mathematics published by the University of Cambridge. She has a PhD in mathematics from University College London. On Twitter, she is @HJoyceGender.'Ascholarly, compassionate and courageous examinationof a subject that’s sparked an unhelpful civil war within the LGBTQ community. Unlike those of her online counterparts,Joyce’s arguments are well researched, soundly made and avoid the toxicity that mars so much conversation on this topic.’‘A frighteningly necessary book: well-written, thoroughly-lc°