Normally when I write one of these columns I pick a subject, think about it for a bit, do some research to check I am not talking rubbish, then I write it. Ideally I will pick something that is either relevant/in the news/topical or I will pick something that isn’t getting the attention it deserves. This week I wanted to opt for the former and speak about one of the most topical issues of the day – trans rights.
But then something happened, I couldn’t bring myself to do it. Sure, I wrote about three columns trying to articulate my views on the issue but I couldn’t take that final step of submitting for the public’s view. It wasn’t that I didn’t like what I had written, it wasn’t that I thought the pieces lacked balance, it was simply that I was scared of the reaction those pieces would get from people.
Perhaps that makes me a cowardly journalist. Maybe I am too spineless to put my head above the parapet. But I really don’t think that’s it. I write about really important subjects every day. Poverty, Covid, politics, race, crime, you name it, I have written about it.
