October 8, 20222 yr Just watched that on twitter the now. I think she makes the case extremely clearly and strongly. This isn’t changing anyone’s rights. It’s altering a Bürokratischen process (it’s says something that I can spell that word in German but not English) and that’s it. It’s a life changing alteration for those who need to use the process but it doesn’t magic them new rights or remove any safe guarding or protections or whatever other strawman arguments the terfs let dribble out
October 8, 20222 yr JK Rowling is such a useful idiot. Even if she doesn't want cis women to share spaces with people with penises or who 'look manly'... she hasn't got the awareness to realise that opposing trans people's access to hormones & surgery creates that exact situation.
October 8, 20222 yr @1578406851976249346 Impressive stuff by Sturgeon here — I wish more politicians (Labour...) had this clarity and conviction when discussing trans people. So eloquently spoken and hitting the point right there. I’ve just been educating my transphobic parents this afternoon. I’ve dispelled a lot of the myths they believe by using my own experience of working with trans students and to be fair they were listening. I also happened to make them realise that JK Rowling is dangerous. My dad had been under the impression that people were cancelling her over one comment but I showed him her recent tweets and he acknowledged that she’s causing damage. I’ve got a long way to go and may never get there but it’s always good to see progress.
October 15, 20222 yr This was a really great breakdown. Wow! Ou_xvXJJk7k Basically this well-researched piece shines a light on exactly how fake and misleading a lot of the people JK Rowling stands with now are, and that while they claim to be 'just against SOME trans people or ALL trans people in defence of womens rights', in actuality they are funded by American conservatives and religious zealots who have goals like imprisoning lesbians, banning gay marriage and women working, and getting rid of abortion rights etc. etc. They simply claim when they're interviewed to only care about women's rights, but in their actions, publishing and other talks go into more of the other content.
October 16, 20222 yr ^That's a very good piece going through all of the most notorious TERFs on Twitter and I'd also like to add this one that I watched last night, all about the 'reasonable just-asking-questions' that the media do with regards to the trans debate. In that they get clicks for asking people like Labour MPs questions about 'the trans debate' and watch them squirm. It is despicable. oAMM3l156Oo It's this that is one of two reasons* why people saying 'The Guardian is ridiculously left-wing' feels completely at odds with my experience with them, same with The New Statesman, both among the better media outlets this country has, but still exemplifying this polite liberal transphobia. *the other reason is their pro-system bias that leads them to be against any proper left-wing force but that's not the topic here
October 16, 20222 yr Both of those guys are great from their other videos, will make sure to watch these! Shaun also did a video on , it's not specifically about JK herself (or indeed transphobia), but you can see through the deeper meanings he goes through how the signs of this bigotry were there all along. It's a long one, but it's worth it.
October 18, 20222 yr Well the irony-o-meter has really just blown up in the last few days now that Graham Norton has been 'cancelled' by those complaining about 'cancel culture'. I think he made a pretty good point about how we should when discussing trans issues maybe listen and talk to the trans community. Graham 'bin fire' Linehan getting involved as well- the man has descended into complete 100% transphobia and hatred, destroying his life, and for what? Absolutely beyond deranged.
October 19, 20222 yr The Graham Norton thing is truly bizarre. I mean seriously? All he did was suggest we should be asking and listening to trans people for their views and not random celebrities. It’s appalling
October 19, 20222 yr He said like literally nothing. In the best way. He didn’t take the bait and said let’s refocus the lens on someone who can actually give an input of value. How is that controversial like at all?? Personally I thought his answer was really measured and respectful and considerate
October 19, 20222 yr https://www.aol.co.uk/entertainment/graham-...FyTeUo8JTqZl0Xs I like how this article puts it - that she saw it as an attack on herseld, as the anti-trans hysteria relies on celebrity voices and abstract hysteria. Add in real people and voices, and the celebroty and their opiniond lose their clout. Her reply to the situation, though, my god! "I get lots of money so I don't care! Hur hur."
October 19, 20222 yr The whole thing is drenched in irony, hypocrisy and sheep behaviour to say the least. People who are voicing TERF opinions are doing the exact same thing as cishet men in power trying to control women and their reproductive rights, as an example. It's ridiculous that everyone seems to conveniently ignore the fact that the media is still predominantly controlled by rich men with anti-liberal agenda. They always be against the progress and women's rights, yet TERFs are siding with them instead of actually listening to trans people without using the same tired examples of the cases of abusive transwomen that are blasted everywhere for one reason only - create panic and demonise the trans community. Talking on behalf of trans people even happened to me here in Berlin when a male and a femme queer in a bar started going off about us (cis queers, even though I'm not) dancing on stage that is supposed to be exclusively for trans performers. Although there were plenty of other people there, the drag show was already over and not a single trans person actually voiced their own opinion or discontent in regards to the issue. It's all with good intentions, I hope, but still it's appalling that even within the LGBTQ+ community we are faced with this wedge. Edited October 19, 20222 yr by כן
October 19, 20222 yr ^Exactly - I agree with all of the above. It's insane to me that there can be any other conclusion as to what Graham said there (unless being disingenuous)- which was to put a very restrained, articulate and succinct point across without seeking to drive further division. The people that moan loudest about being 'cancelled' for their 'wrong' opinion are the ones that never seem to stop going on about it and become fixated and obsessed with the topic because they cannot accept that the general consensus of the population disagrees with them, and they do this to the point where it becomes the ONLY thing that they use their platform for. Yet despite this, they are essentially freely able to spout their horrible, hateful, transphobic garbage. However, the point that Graham Norton made was that there is accountability for what they say, free speech is a right but it has limits, universally acknowledged and accepted like incitement, hate speech, libel etc. The consequences that come as a result: court cases for libel, fewer book sales, fewer public bookings, increased hostility etc. are I'm afraid something that cannot be shouted away - the opinions can and should be heard and debated in a free society, but I am sick of a minority being thrown under the bus because of people's ignorance and prejudice disguised under an ulterior motive. Anyway, Owen Jones gave a pretty good and passionate speech tonight on the topic... @1582826397768118272
October 26, 20222 yr Trans week of visibility is coming up and i'm personally a bit nervous about how that's going to be for trans people - on and offline
October 26, 20222 yr Author I'm guessing pretty horrific, sadly, although they do have a lot more people in favour of trans rights than against, it's just a very loud foul minority. An example being this ghastly Tory MP Lee Anderson who made these comments about potential Labour candidate Eddie Izzard. Playground bully aptly describes him. https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/oc...ut-eddie-izzard
October 27, 20222 yr A lot of mainstream is very "hybrid" against trans rights (BBC for example pictures trans rights in a debate). GB News, Daily Mail and TalkTV are very right wing.
October 27, 20222 yr Lee Anderson is disgusting wouldn’t want to follow that ugly transphobic into the toilets either so he can stfu. Facts, homophobic, sexist and transphobic people should not be allowed to be MPs it’s just not an even playing field if so… then again when is it ever?
October 27, 20222 yr i'm not sure there's that many people in parliament who are fully pro-trans It’s not even about being pro-trans rather than not being outright anti-trans.
October 27, 20222 yr yeesh I had overlooked Badenoch right where she shouldn't be. Like Dorries as culture war secretary, but worse, because now it's Badenoch as the war on equality minister (presumed and covert - expect to see a lot of references to white working-class males).
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