Good to see this criticism of the "LGBTQ" presumption. I have several gay guys in my immediate family. Not a one of them feels any affinity with transgender radicalism. As one of them put it bluntly to me, "I'm not attracted to any male's 'gender identity,' I am attracted to his male body." The backers of the current gender wars have imposed a terminology that presumes what is not so in order to use the gay rights movement's prestige to legitimize a truly radical, gnostic agenda. This needs to be challenged more often.
How deeply did the Saudis care about avoiding reducing "vast swaths of [Gaza] to rubble"?
In a 25 October 2023 WSJ op-ed titled "How the Saudis Can Help" I suggested that the Saudis "offer to lead a force to ensure that Gaza is no longer ruled by Hamas, preferably before Israel reduces Gaza to rubble." (mirrored at https://segal.org/gaza/saudis/)
Good to see this criticism of the "LGBTQ" presumption. I have several gay guys in my immediate family. Not a one of them feels any affinity with transgender radicalism. As one of them put it bluntly to me, "I'm not attracted to any male's 'gender identity,' I am attracted to his male body." The backers of the current gender wars have imposed a terminology that presumes what is not so in order to use the gay rights movement's prestige to legitimize a truly radical, gnostic agenda. This needs to be challenged more often.
BREAKING NEWS FROM 2017: "The Times has become an anti-Trump newsletter that stokes panic among its readers by exaggerating what Trump is doing."
How deeply did the Saudis care about avoiding reducing "vast swaths of [Gaza] to rubble"?
In a 25 October 2023 WSJ op-ed titled "How the Saudis Can Help" I suggested that the Saudis "offer to lead a force to ensure that Gaza is no longer ruled by Hamas, preferably before Israel reduces Gaza to rubble." (mirrored at https://segal.org/gaza/saudis/)
The Saudis did not step up to the plate.