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gender identity

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>Writer JK Rowling argues that the categories of ‘man’ and ‘woman’ are indisputable; she wrote in her 2020 essay that ‘woman’ is not a costume. ‘Woman’ is not an idea in a man’s head ... or any of the other sexist ideas now somehow touted as progressive.</p>

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Jennifer Horgan: Reiterated thesis that people must be either man or woman is false
The assertion that the biology of men and women is straightforward in every instance is fundamentally flawed
<p>Demonstrators against gender affirmation treatments and surgeries on minors protest outside Boston Children's Hospital, Massachusetts, last September. Picture: Joseph Prezioso/ AFP</p>

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Rónán Mullen: Hate speech legislation threatens our right to say what we think
<p>Mr Martin knows there are votes to be lost in the emotive subject of housing and few to be won in the complex matter of gender identity.</p>

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HSE gender identity panel 'as close to a farce as you can get', says expert
Leading English private boarding school to allow boys to wear skirts

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Leading English private boarding school to allow boys to wear skirts
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Gender recognition is &lsquo;transformative&rsquo;, but bill falls short
Gender recognition is ‘transformative’, but bill falls short

Transgender people no longer need a doctor&rsquo;s approval of their identity. They can just self-declare, but children and married people can&rsquo;t, says Tanya N&iacute; Mhuirthile.

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