How An Inability to Clearly Define ‘Sex’ vs. ‘Gender’ Has Left Democrats In a Mess

Language matters. By insisting there’s no difference between 'sex' and 'gender' and that sex is “assigned at birth,” progressives have alienated many people from the transgender cause.

Liberal author Jay Michaelson does battle with conservative commentator Shermichael Singleton over the inclusion of trans girls in girls’ sports.

In the wake of Kamala Harris’ devastating loss to Donald Trump, recriminations and finger pointing have seized the Democratic party. Given that Trump spent tens of millions of dollars on attack ads faulting Harris for her support of certain transgender-related policies, the party is undergoing an internal paroxysm over whether that support is an albatross worth shedding.

Two Democratic congressmen—Tom Suozzi of New York and Seth Moulton of Massachusetts—said immediately after the party lost the White House that they were uncomfortable with natal boys participating in girls’ sports. The left’s support for such inclusion, they suggested, had cost Dems dearly.

Trans activists and their allies have scrambled to deflect blame and to shore up support within the Democratic party as the trans community faces what Trump has promised will be an onslaught…