Wednesday 18 May 2022
07:45
Helen Joyce
TRANS: When Ideology Meets Reality
How has the distinction between the notions “sex” and “gender” evolved? When did some people decide that everyone has an innate gender identity, and that it is that gender identity which makes you a man or a woman, no matter what sort of body you have? In just ten years, laws, company policies, education, sport, medical protocols, and the media have been reshaped to privilege self-declared gender identity over biological sex. Helen brings sanity to this heated debate.
Helen is a senior staff journalist at The Economist where she has worked for 16 years. She is currently executive editor for The Economist’s events business. Previously, she edited the paper’s economics and finance section, and before that, the International section.
While editing the International section, she became interested in gender identity, which led to her writing TRANS, published July 2021.
'This rigorous and brave book nails the absurd idea that sex is just a 'social construct'.'
Journalist at The Economist
Helen is a senior staff journalist at The Economist where she has worked for 16 years. She is currently executive editor for The Economist’s events business. Previously, she edited the paper’s economics and finance section, and before that, the International section.
While editing the International section, she became interested in gender identity, which led to her writing TRANS, published July 2021.
