How transgender ideology trends in the presidential campaign

Until about 15 minutes ago, few people had any confusion about how many genders there are, which restroom one should use, who should play in which sports category, or which of the two sexes could get pregnant. Of course, the reality is that the answers to those issues have not changed. But we increasingly find ourselves living in an unreal world, in which political ideology has trumped science and common sense, obfuscated clear issues, and blurred bright lines. The rise of gender (or transgender) ideology is one of the most important public policy issues in the U.S. today. And it has found itself at the front of the presidential campaign.
For example, as governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz has instituted a policy of putting feminine products dispensers in boys’ restrooms and locker rooms of Minnesota schools starting in elementary schools. His wife, Gwen Walz, recently defended this policy, saying that it “makes sense” and takes away “distractions” from education. With a breathtaking lack of ironic awareness, she has said that this is because Minnesota is “focused on learning,” and that students should not be “distracted by other things.” This is because “people” (not women) “were having trouble accessing feminine products,” Gwen Walz alleged.


In defending this policy, Hillary Clinton praised Walz’s “compassionate and common-sense policy of providing free menstrual products” in boys’ restrooms, from grades 4 through 12. Both Gwen Walz and Hillary Clinton purposely obfuscate the point by disingenuously asking how anyone could object to making such products available. Of course, hardly anyone does object to making them available — for girls and women, and in girls’ and women’s restrooms and locker rooms.

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