Mark Regnerus, Public Discourse
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
What might have seemed like the next progressive triumph-in-waiting is instead running off the rails. The stalled transgender revolution could be tenuous and temporary – although that’s doubtful – but it’s only partly about timing and politics. There are at least four key reasons why the gender saga has not enjoyed the same cultural, popular, and legal success that SSM has. Even famous actors, authors, athletes, and Silicon Valley elites sense the distinction between an institutional accommodation and an ontological matter. Transgender claims are not just uncomfortable but an offense, an unacceptable transgression of the social contract.
