Once Again With A Target On Our Backs

Another conservative writes a book that twist research in order to discriminate against us, this time it is from someone at the Heritage Foundation. According t the foundation’s bio of him, “he received his doctoral degree in political philosophy from the University of Notre Dame” so that really qualifies him to write on medical issues [Sarcasm].

An Anti-Trans Book Is Topping Amazon’s Gay & Lesbian Best-Seller List
In "When Harry Became Sally," Ryan T. Anderson argues trans identity is "a politically correct fad built on a shaky platform."
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By Dan Avery
January 26, 2018

Amazon is by far the world’s number one purveyor of books. So it’s disturbing that a title topping one of its LGBT charts is a tome dedicated to denouncing trans people as mentally ill and a threat to children.

It’s not officially out until February 20, but Ryan T. Anderson’s When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment is already a best-seller on Amazon’s Gay & Lesbian Civil Rights History list. (The Kindle version of the book is currently Number 6.)

Anderson claims the book offers “a balanced approach to the policy issues, a nuanced vision of human embodiment, and a sober and honest survey of the human costs of getting human nature wrong.”

But he also insists the current “trans moment” in our culture is happening “not in light of new scientific evidence, mind you, but as a result of a growing ideological movement.” (Anderson’s previous book, Truth Overruled, argues how the Supreme Court’s ruling on marriage equality threatens religious liberty and “marriage culture” in this country.)

It is just another hatchet job by the far right wing conservatives that dosen’t know what they are talking about.

Then there is a problem with the #6 ranking in the Amazon Best Sellers list.

“Amazon is giving credibility to an anti-trans book by allowing it to gurgle its way up to the #1 spot in the category of Gay & Lesbian Civil Rights History,” wrote journalist Matt Baume on Facebook. “A place it could not possibly deserve less to be.”

Baume calls the title, “inappropriate, dangerous, violent, unacceptable.”

There’s all kinds of problems with Amazon’s best-seller rankings, as laid out in this piece on Quartz from February 2017, in which Brent Underwood managed to make a photo of his foot a best-seller in five minutes for just $3.

But it doesn’t change the fact that many uninformed people will see this book branded a best-seller and assume it’s well-researched, objective and informative. Some of those people may be looking for advice about a loved one who’s come out as trans, or grappling with their own gender identity.

It is just another case of GIGO*

And you also don’t want to read the Logo New Now Next comments… there are lot of flaming going on by “experts” in medicine and Psychology.

*Garbage In Garbage Out