Trans activism has always attracted bullies. I received my first threat nearly a decade ago — and since then, women’s rights campaigners I know have faced stalking, assault, bomb threats, and legal harassment for trying to organize meetings. Others have been pushed out of jobs or dragged through the courts.
For years, this behavior was ignored by politicians, while Stonewall, celebrities and HR departments lent a sheen of legitimacy to demands that were unhinged from the start.
But the shine has now worn off. Thanks to a resurgent women’s movement and the Supreme Court’s ruling affirming that sex means biology, the trans lobby has been dragged into the daylight. It’s come as a shock to activists who, just a few years ago, were on the brink of rewriting the law.