Compassion must guide how we deal with gender identity issues

WHILE watching the Prime Time special on transgender issues in Ireland, a third-level student of my acquaintance remarked that, during her university debates, students are asked as a matter of course to give their name “and what pronoun you prefer to be addressed as”, writes Alison O’Connor.

This comment was made in a “by the way” manner , nothing sensational, in the same way that you hear that younger generation bandy about the word pansexual.