Dana is a retired surgeon, a mother, a transgender rights advocate, and the former executive director (and current board member) of Gender Rights Maryland. We’ve been friends for a long time, and I thought it could only help the debate a little to have a spirited but also humane debate about trans issues — as they have been, and as they are now, in a “critical theory” world. We need to air genuine questions. We need to talk about this civilly.