![]() As Anderson shows, the most helpful therapies focus not on achieving the impossible-changing bodies to conform to thoughts and feelings-but on helping people accept and even embrace the truth about their bodies and reality. Especially troubling is the suffering felt by adults who were encouraged to transition as children but later came to regret it.Īnd there is a reason that many do regret it. He introduces readers to people who tried to “transition” but found themselves no better off. ![]() ![]() He reveals a grim contrast between the media’s sunny depiction and the often sad realities of gender-identity struggles. Anderson offers a balanced approach to the policy issues, a nuanced vision of human embodiment, and a sober and honest survey of the human costs of getting human nature wrong. Drawing on the best insights from biology, psychology, and philosophy, Ryan T. When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment provides thoughtful answers to all of these questions. In the space of a year, it’s gone from something that most Americans had never heard of to a cause claiming the mantle of civil rights.īut can a boy truly be “trapped” in a girl’s body? Can modern medicine really “reassign” sex? Is sex something “assigned” in the first place? What’s the loving response to a friend or child experiencing a gender-identity conflict? What should our law say on these issues? The transgender movement has hit breakneck speed. ![]()
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