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In this Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 photo, Euless Trinity’s Mack Beggs, top, wrestles Lewisville’s Elyse Nelson in the second round of the 110-pound girls division during the 6A Region II wrestling meet at Allen High School in Allen, Texas.
One of the first articles I ever wrote about the transgender movement was in 2014, when I argued that the Chicago Tribune was wrong to retract Kevin Williamson article in which he stated that trans women are in fact men. This particular trans-identifying man was actor Laverne Cox, and pulling the plug on Williamson's sensible column was an early salvo in a fight that has gone on now for five years.
At that time, most of the blowback I received from the left had to do with minding my own business. What did it matter to me, this early line of argument went, if men become women or women become men? Why couldn't I just live and let live? It was such a tiny group of people, after all. Why was this such a big deal?
In response, I began to argue that if society allowed this monumental change to the very nature of sex and gender, then there would be policy implications. I talked about women's sports, set-aside programs for women-owned businesses, and women's-only spaces. Shortly thereafter, the bathroom wars began.
Once again, the answer from the left was basically, who cares? It's a bathroom, what's the big deal? Why does it matter who is in the stall next to you? Then came locker rooms, and once again the left rolled its eyes and told conservatives not to be such nervous prudes.
Comment: The school district has backed down on its threat. WPIX files a followup: Update 23/07/2019: The Hill reports that the president of the school district turned down a local businessman's offer to clear the children's unpaid balances: What sort of man refuses an offer of kindness to the children whose welfare he is charged with? Mr. Mazur does not deserve his position with the school board.