I'll make clear again, as I've done elsewhere, that I have no objection to transgenderism in general. I differ from Whatcott in that I don't view transgenderism itself as a barrier to political participation. Whatcott claimed that it was Oger's lifestyle that should be a barrier to being elected to a public position and he seemed to have no regard or interest in Oger's political positions. I view this as his right. I mention the difference between Whatcott's and my own position for an important reason: I wish to categorize and make distinctions between the various groups affected by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal ruling as well as trans-activism in general. They are not all the same and it's important that they are not all lumped together and labelled as the product of "bigots" or "transphobes" as they frequently are. Before I do that, I'd like to go off on one small tangent that I can't resist.

Whatcott was taken before a tribunal that appears to ignore his Charter rights in regards to free expression. I hear nothing on the news about this fact. There is no army of lawyers jumping into action to fight on behalf of maintaining our right to freely express ourselves. Just by coincidence, our provincial public auto insurance corporation just announced that they were going to cap minor injury payouts and also settle some claims through a tribunal process instead of through court. Our obese and repulsive lawyer fueled ambulance-chasing industry immediately banned together and is now very publically vowing to challenge the government's new insurance rules in court because, "tribunals will limit citizen's access to their Charter rights." I can't help but notice how virtuous and determined our lawyers instantly become when easy access to an endless supply of public cash – amounts determined by the ability to exaggerate multiplied by how many feet underground the lawyer's moral compass is buried – is under threat. Yet, on the single issue that is the heart of our democracy – free expression – they seem to have disappeared and fallen silent. Lawyers are not a protected class and I hope to see much vitriol coming their way over this obvious ethical failing.

And now we'll move on to the categorization of various groups affected by the transgender movement and the Human Rights Tribunal ruling. All of these groups have valid arguments in one way or another. The important question is how, as a society, we can make room for all of these views.