KENNY FARQUHARSON | COMMENT
How the trans row will end in compromise
Lady Dorrian has offered a necessary middle way on a debate that is scarring public discourse
The Times
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By comparison, debates about Brexit and Scottish independence are akin to a chorus of Kumbaya at Brownie camp. There is something about the trans issue that brings out the irrational, the visceral, the absolutist. And both sides hate nothing more than when somebody suggests a bit of give and take.
Well, here goes.
We are close to a compromise on the trans issue that will satisfy neither side of a deep divide. In fact each will greet a deal with dismay. And yet a middle way is necessary on this issue that has scarred public discourse like no other in recent years.
What does compromise look like on the issue of trans rights? Its exact contours are still indistinct but its general shape is
