Shon Faye: The transgender issue
The Interview15 Aug 2022

Shon Faye: The transgender issue

According to research in the US and the UK, roughly one in 100 may be transgender. But the fact that the debate about transgender rights has become a political battleground isn’t driven so much by the numbers but more by conflicting ideologies. Stephen Sackur asks author and journalist Shon Faye if all the attention on issues of sex, gender and identity is making it easier to be trans or not.

This programme is subject to clarifications. In the interview with the transgender activist and writer Shon Faye, the presenter said: “There's quite a lot of data now on this, self-harm is a problem for people who are in this situation and suicide is also more common among trans young people than among the rest of the population”. In fact, the overall position is unclear as there is limited data on suicides among young trans people.

On the point made by Shon Faye that puberty blockers are reversible, the NHS says little is known about their long term side effects in children with gender dysphoria, and that although the Gender and Identity Service (GIDS) advises this is a physically reversible treatment if stopped, it is not known what the psychological effects may be.

Details here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/helpandfeedback/corrections_clarifications/

Episoder(1876)

Afghan Presidential Candidate - Abdullah Abdullah

Afghan Presidential Candidate - Abdullah Abdullah

Afghanistan's presidential election was supposed to mark the country's progress, instead it threatens to inflict new wounds. The long drawn out process appeared to deliver a second round victory to As...

20 Aug 201423min

Doctor and Activist - Dr Mads Gilbert

Doctor and Activist - Dr Mads Gilbert

The Hamas/Israeli ceasefire in Gaza has allowed Palestinians time to assess the cost of the Israeli offensive both in human lives and damage to buildings and facilities. Hardtalk speaks to Mads Gilber...

18 Aug 201423min

Intelligence and Security Chief, Kurdistan Regional Government - Masrour Barzani

Intelligence and Security Chief, Kurdistan Regional Government - Masrour Barzani

The United Nations has declared its highest level of emergency in Iraq as a humanitarian crisis follows the rapid advance of Islamic State militants. There have been eye-witness accounts of people beh...

14 Aug 201423min

Andrei Konchalovsky – Russian Film Director

Andrei Konchalovsky – Russian Film Director

In August 1914, 100 years ago, the five great powers of Europe declared war on one another. For countries like Britain, Germany and France the significance of World War One is regularly debated and co...

14 Aug 201423min

Secretary General of NATO - Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Secretary General of NATO - Anders Fogh Rasmussen

NATO is 65 years old – does it lack the vigour, resources and political will to be an effective military force on the world stage at a time when conflicts across continents in Iraq, Syria, Ukraine and...

13 Aug 201423min

Karl von Habsburg

Karl von Habsburg

Hardtalk is in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia Herzegovina, to mark the centenary of the start of World War One. Stephen Sackur talks to Karl von Habsburg - the grandson of the last Habsburg Emperor. ...

4 Aug 201423min

Prime Minister, Moldova - Iurie Leanca

Prime Minister, Moldova - Iurie Leanca

Hardtalk is on location in Chisinau, capital of Moldova where the stage is set for another tug of war between Russia and the European Union. With the backing of the majority Romanian speaking populati...

30 Jul 201423min

Ama Ata Aidoo - Author

Ama Ata Aidoo - Author

Hardtalk speaks to the acclaimed Ghanaian writer Ama Ata Aidoo who has arguably done more than any other writer to depict and celebrate the condition of women in Africa, in books such as The Dilemma o...

28 Jul 201423min

Populært innen Politikk og nyheter

giver-og-gjengen-vg
aftenpodden
aftenpodden-usa
forklart
popradet
stopp-verden
i-retten
det-store-bildet
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
fotballpodden-2
dine-penger-pengeradet
rss-gukild-johaug
nokon-ma-ga
rss-ness
aftenbla-bla
hanna-de-heldige
e24-podden
frokostshowet-pa-p5
rss-penger-polser-og-politikk
rss-dannet-uten-piano