Marbella musings

by ‘her other’ favourite columnist in the Euro Weekly News : Leapy Lee. I had read it myself that very morning and found it thought provoking, on many levels.

It certainly seems to me that the powers that be have lost the plot or at least want us to lose ours when it comes to all this gender nonsense. It’s not a question of masculinity or femininity, but that our very skeletal make ­ up is genetically different, so how can a man’s body be qualified to participate in a physical competition between women?

I fully appreciate that a woman’s essence can be trapped inside a masculine form, this is the case of a distant cousin of mine in Canada, born into a boy’s body, but not relating to it in any way. Even with a gender change however, although more acceptable and relatable in her own eyes, her substance is still encased in a man’s frame; that cannot be changed.

It’s an enormous privilege to be able to express our views as a journalist but admirable that some dare write about difficult and contentious topics; it provokes contemplation and conversation; as it did with myself and Mary.

My line up of guests this week are equally as