"What do you know about Buckley v Sussex?"

I was out buying a new keyboard for the computer when I was bailed up by someone I do not know. He knew me though and apparently thought he could ask.

My answer was, "Very little. I am not going to express an opinion on that one." 

I am not sure what is happening with respect to the case brought by someone called Jennifer Buckley against someone called Jasmine Sussex.  Buckley claims Sussex vilified her by saying the transgender Buckley could not breastfeed her child. Buckley had apparently taken a cocktail of drugs to produce some sort of lactation process and the infant was being offered the result. Buckley claims Sussex's subsequent comments were "hurtful".

Really? I suspect this case has much more to do with trying to get a legal decision in favour of the transgender "chest feeding" group and those who support them.

Is it time to accept the biological reality that some people are simply unable to breast (or chest) feed their babies? There are people who could do it and choose not to do so and some who simply cannot do it. That is their business not mine. 

I am much more concerned about the welfare of the child in all this. Perhaps I am wrong but I cannot see any way that taking a cocktail of drugs in order to produce some sort of artificial secretion is beneficial to the child. It seems to me that it might actually be harmful. The infant is still being bottle fed. This seems to be more about the parent than the child. 

I have occasionally seen fathers bottle feeding infants. If the baby is being bottle fed then it seems to me that this is an excellent thing. It gives father and child a bit of that so-called "bonding" time. I do not remember seeing the Senior Cat do this with my siblings but my brother and brother-in-law both helped out as their children grew older and the Senior Cat did the same for his grandchildren because he had the time and the ability to do that. That is surely what matters? They had the ability to hold baby and bottle and they were ready to take the time for the sake of the infant.

I know there are transgender activists who will disagree with me. They will claim the physical act of chest feeding is so important it should take precedence in this case. They will tell me this is about the well being of the infant and their relationship with their parent. I will just wait for a decision to be made by the court.