' 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 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and a Times Spectator and Observer
Book 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 Trans is 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.
