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Gerard Casey and the Clash of Rights that Shouldn’t Exist

A book review for Genspect

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Matt Osborne
May 22, 2024
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I have a new book review published at Genspect.org:

“There really shouldn’t be any reason for this book to exist,” Gerard Casey writes in the introduction to his new book, the existence of which “says something—and not a good something—about the deep intellectual, moral and legal confusion of the times in which we live”. Hidden Agender: Transgenderism’s struggle against reality does exist now, however, and so the historiography of reactions to transgender ideology has added a new volume. Casey finished his book four years ago, offering now a snapshot of darker times that were not so long ago, before Maya Forstater won her appeal, and criticism of transgenderism’s ideas was held worthy of respect in a democratic society again.

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Hidden Agender: Transgenderism’s Struggle Against Reality – Book Review
“There really shouldn’t be any reason for this book to exist,” Gerard Casey writes in the introduction to his new book, the existence of which “says something—and not a good something—about the deep intellectual, moral and legal confusion of the times in which we live…
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