No one is born in the wrong body, but anyone who says anything about this is immediately dismissed as a transphobe

Former Dutch Minister Ronald Plasterk never promotes a book in his column, but he made an exception for Rebel Girls! Plasterk is a scientist, biologist, former social democratic politician, entrepreneur, and was a near-prime minister. He writes a weekly column in De Telegraaf. In the newspaper of 6 March 2025, he praises 'Gender Rebels' and accuses 'woke' thinkers of narrow-mindedness. Thank you, Mr. Plasterk!

'With this background, I have observed the trans issue with growing astonishment. As a geneticist, you know that (barring very rare chromosomal abnormalities) there are exactly two sexes: with two X chromosomes you are a woman, and with an X and a Y chromosome, a man. Most people are sexually attracted to the opposite sex, some to the same sex: lesbians and gays. There are also bisexual people. Hence the acronym LGB. But then what!'