El Confidencial
13 August 2023
Tyron Surmon of More in Common , a think tank working on social cohesion, says that one of the things that perhaps makes the debate so complex " is that it doesn't map clearly along left-right lines. ". "It's not that pro-trans is equal to the left and anti-trans is equal to the right. Many of the people on the more critical side consider themselves to be progressives, such as JK Rowling , who became involved in the trans debate because of her concern about how it interacts with women's rights," he told this newspaper.
But Surmon also says that trans identity has been one of the key focuses of the group's reporting over the past year, and one of the main findings is that "it's not really something people care about . " "Almost no one singles out trans people as one of the biggest problems facing the country. When we talk to people in focus groups they almost never bring up trans issues without being asked, they are much more compassionate and restrained than the way in which it is presented in the media", he points out.
