Gendergeddon: Redefining Sex and Institutionalizing Confusion

President Obama maintains that his administration’s recent directive on transgender issues is designed to meet “our obligation as a society to make sure that everybody is treated fairly, and our kids are all loved, and that they’re protected and that their dignity is affirmed”; but upon actually reading the text of the directive, it becomes apparent that there is more going on here than the promotion of tolerance. The administration is effectively redefining sex and gender by fiat, and on the flimsiest of justifications. It is institutionalizing confusion.

Consider the following lines from the directive under the heading “Terminology” …read more