Speaking Truth as a Human-Rights Offence

Recently, one of the most important conferences about modern politics, ethics, social policy and the influence of philosophy on contemporary culture was held in Killarney, Ireland. The theme was transgenderism, but because of the influence of transgender ideology in law, science, family relationships, language, human rights, religion, sports, medical ethics, employment and on how we define sex and gender, the event’s real significance pertained to what it means to be a free person in the early 21^st-century.

While debates about individualism versus collectivism are perennials in liberal democratic politics, the primary relevance of the Genspect ‘Bigger Picture Conference’ is that it was held at the same time, and in the same town, as the annual meeting of EPATH, the European Professional Association of Transgender Health, which is a subsidiary of WPATH, the World Professional Association of Transgender Health.

The timing was deliberate because, up until now, a captured…