Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality

This is a compelling and fast read. The beginning provides a history that I never knew before. The remaining chapters provides a review of the insidious politics of ideology that has invaded and taken over our culture.

This book by Helen Joyce, PhD, is everything you would expect from a professional journalist and statistician who was an editor for The Economist. It’s clear as water and full of real life information. There is no nonsense or flights of philosophy. If you want to read only one book about the current state of trans rights activism, this is the book. If you want to explore this postmodern phenomenon, this book is a solid start.

Well-written, timely, intelligent and well-researched book. As a member of the public and as a health professional, I am grateful to the author for her courage and clear thinking.

I picked this book on sale as I was interested in reading more about the trans viewpoint. I originally thought this was pro trans, but that isn't exactly accurate. It's a good book explaining trans but also other reasons why it should not be bought hook line and sinker. As an lgbtq+ ally, I have felt that it needs a slower move for trans to allow the general population to become more welcoming rather than going too fast and causing others to put a wall up rather than listen. This book did a good job of pointing out issues that arise from being too quick and obstacles to overcome to make it better. I am happy I read this and hope it isn't viewed as a negative book instead of a positive thought book.

While Helen Joyce has received so much backlash for this book, I find it hard for someone to argue her intents were in any way malicious. Her book is well written, supported by research data and above all, her voice came about BECAUSE of the trauma that detransitioners experienced. “Once you have seen that, it is hard to look away”. As someone who has experienced literal birth/bodily trauma, I can relate to the betrayal one can feel when something goes wrong - you cannot undo that trauma. It is damaging psychologically, emotionally and physically. I cannot fathom what they have experienced. Many people these days are ready to jump at the chance to be a “social justice warrior” without any insight to weigh both sides fully to make an intellectual assessment. You can be a supportive and loving person to all people and still not approve of medical transition for those who identify as “trans”. This is experimental medicine at best, and to take advantage of our youth and fast track them to medical and surgical transition is a violation of the Hippocratic Oath. Bravo, Helen Joyce! We hear you, we see you, and we thank you for speaking up for those who feel silenced. Especially for speaking up for those who have suffered the most.

As a left leaning person, in the last year I have become deeply troubled by the new "truth" claims of the transgender movement. Once I realized that medical transition can result in sterilization - to name the most shocking result, there are other negatives - it quickly dawned on me that what I had thought was trans civil rights was actually a medical experiment on vulnerable (and possibly gay or lesbian) youth. Wow - talk about a mix up. No minor should be able to sign a consent form to accept sterilization. This is textbook the path to hell is paved by good intentions.This book illuminates many aspects of this movement with a page turning style into a debate play book - meaning breaking down arguments one by one and really exposing them logically, rationally, step by step.I truly believe, and hope, that we will look back in 5-10 years at this moment and shake our heads that we mistook civil rights for medical misconduct - I'm not "anti-trans", I am pro-healthy person! I only hope we change because less people will be medically harmed.To any transgender person out there, young or old, I wish you a life with peace and medical health. And I hope you can appreciate the depth of meaning in Joyce's pushback against the notion of legal self-ID - as she paints a very rational picture of how that idea does not scale. I think there are ways to live peacefully together without harming any one of us - and Joyce provides many work arounds to this end toward the end of her book regarding single sex spaces.Highly recommended! If you are as interested in this subject as I am, you won't be able to put it down.

Insightful look at what is happening to women's rights due to the controversy of gender identity ideology. I was interested in the history of how biology got usurped in favor of gender self-identification and how it affects parts of society and women's rights. I learned how transwomen are finding their ways into women's spaces and sports. Places that used to be safe spaces for women only are being infringed upon with negative results. This book is thought-provoking, and I recommend it for readers to learn more about the trans trend happening throughout the world. It will soon reach you in some way, so learning more about it now is valuable. I thank Helen Joyce for increasing awareness on the trans subject.

Very impressive book. Exposes an important issue which most people (myself included until I read this book) are oblivious to: that aspects of the gender self identity movement can be a serious threat to women’s rights and potentially extremely harmful to children’s health and welfare. The author exposes how trans activists have managed to establish gender self identity as public policy orthodoxy in the UK, US and Canada, without people really understanding its implications for women and children. The activists have been extremely effective at suppressing dissent , accusing anyone who challenges the orthodoxy as transphobic, which Helen Joyce forcefully points out is not true. The good news is that as more people come to understand the sometimes dangerous consequences of gender self ID for women’s rights and children’s safety, they are taking a stand against it.

This book is a thoughtful, well researched book that gives accurate context to understand the current shift in gender ideology.

Good arguments. It is very useful to consider how an ideology is promoting the sterilization of children and taking out women rights.

A very well written essay on the current social hysteria based around the trans cult.Very well researched and written.

I never write reviews, but this was a great book. I really enjoy listening to Helen Joyce speak, and this book did not disappoint

Terrific book: Lucid, open-minded, sane, well-researched, and compellingly argued. I cannot see how one can reasonably dispute the author's science and evidence-based arguments; I just hope that public opinion-makers will eventually find the courage to support them loud and clear.