Posted July 20, 20231 yr I thought we could do with a thread keeping track of these. In my opinion it was obvious that the trans moral panic was a wedge idsue towards homophobia and general queerphobia forcing its way back into the mainstream, and here we are now. This is the most recent one I've seen: https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/19/crys...pride-backlash/ (Or as framed by the Daily Mail - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...otch-show.html) In which a drag queen performing an act which has previously been performed on family talent show Britain's Got Talent got accused of 'being sexual in front of children' by somebody who wasn't even there. As a response, the venue agreed! And has promised to no longer put on any Pride events.
July 20, 20231 yr Well generally speaking, I have noticed that Pride Month branding for most corporations has been much muted this year - some could arguably say that's a good thing as it was overboard and fake in previous years purely for the pink pound. But also undeniable that the drip drip transphobia in the press (especially conflating it erroneously with child abuse) and now more open homophobia is having an effect. And social media is definitely a huge catalyst for this kind of hate to spread with algorithms programmed to stir people up and connect them to like minded people.
July 20, 20231 yr Think some good context is that the CEO of that particular theme park retweets thatcher. So I think we all know what his views are on the gays. This feels like a manufactured Stich up
July 20, 20231 yr Author Its utterly disgustingly misleading. People are deliberately being bad faith just in order to push their own anti (gay, queer, even general respect for others) agenda. Bigots claiming "its just my opinion" turns very quickly to "its my political view that you must respect or else YOU are discriminating against ME"! Bigots claiming a discrimination defence and encouraging neutrals to back them up! Absolute moral panic territory too. "Its not suitable for children" and then when anyone dares to even ask why or for an explanation as to why not they get called supporters of child abuse for not being able to see how 'obvious' it is! It's totally anti critical thinking and post truth.
July 28, 20231 yr More subtle this but many people are thinking that Govia Thameslink cancelling ALL trains to Brighton on the day of the most loved Pride event in the country due to some overtime dispute is a bit suspect. https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/28/brig...ains-cancelled/ Not saying blatant homophobia but a company that happily rainbow-washes all the time cannot get their shit together for a day, which is in the calendar for months, that means so much to the LGBQ+ community, especially in times where solidarity is badly needed.
August 10, 20231 yr May be the wrong thread for this but the big story today is that an autistic girl got arrested in Yorkshire for "homophobia" for saying to a policewoman she looked like her lesbian nana. Huge shame that we have another story of a young autistic person being mistreated by the police
August 12, 20231 yr May be the wrong thread for this but the big story today is that an autistic girl got arrested in Yorkshire for "homophobia" for saying to a policewoman she looked like her lesbian nana. Huge shame that we have another story of a young autistic person being mistreated by the police I happen to know the family in question, there is a lot more behind the story. The family are a nightmare, that same child threw bleach in someone's face and their sibling took a knife to school and attempted to stab their teacher and they are just two small things in a huge list of ongoing issues. The parents are always calling the police against said same girl themselves and have actively asked them to take her away several times before when she was booting her sibling in the head over and over. They are honestly utterly horrendous and it's a bit sickening seeing the media jumping on the anti-police bandwagon supporting them when I honestly could write several pages about all the things they have done and continue to do.
August 12, 20231 yr Author Its good to know that context. Media can be really irresponsible with how they report stuff sometimes.
August 12, 20231 yr True - and this whole story is another example of the culture wars. I have to care for my elderly parents and they have GB News on all day every effin day so am around it ( :banghead: ). To be fair, not absolutely everything they have is dreadful - but a lot of it is evil, divisive, far right propaganda. One habit they have is to take relatively minor stories like this and go on about it all day ad-nauseum with panels of ghastly right wing journos. This was a massive focus on "Police should be out catching criminals" "Police shouldn't be worried about hate crime" " Police should have thicker skin" - this poor child etc etc Not saying that there isn't legitimacy in the police being wrong on this occasion but why are they making such a fuss about this and not about everything else that is going on. I'm sorry (well I'm not) but I always have to think "Which media outlets" are pushing this and "Why"? Thanks spiceboy for the extra context to this. Edited August 12, 20231 yr by Smint
August 13, 20231 yr While not alarming as such, the whole reporting on the 1975 gay kiss in Malaysia is really pissing me off. The reporting it as "frontman causes shut down of music festival after gay kiss" is doing my head in. The headline SHOULD be "Homophobic government in Malaysia shut down concert after gay kiss." Just another example of not standing up for what is right.
August 14, 20231 yr The police DO need to have thicker skin especially dealing with teenagers, on the spectrum or not. Officially arresting for calling someone a lesbian only says that the police believe that being lesbian is wrong/offensive. This was the main takeaway from this whole story for me. Looks like these parents are quite unready/unfit to have children, all of it is on them.
August 14, 20231 yr While not alarming as such, the whole reporting on the 1975 gay kiss in Malaysia is really pissing me off. The reporting it as "frontman causes shut down of music festival after gay kiss" is doing my head in. The headline SHOULD be "Homophobic government in Malaysia shut down concert after gay kiss." Just another example of not standing up for what is right. It always amazes me how modern day LGBT groups tend to ignore the absolute crimes that are going on in certain countries like Malaysia and Uganda. There's so much good that could be done if they focused their efforts and funding there.
August 14, 20231 yr https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/au...ondon-nightclub Stabbing outside a gay bar in Clapham - now the community's safe spaces are becoming less so (see what's happened in Birmingham and Manchester's gay areas).
August 14, 20231 yr I'm truly sickened by this, least of all because it's so near to where I live and me + loads of my friends go to there fairly often. I'm glad the two victims have been discharged at least.
August 14, 20231 yr The police DO need to have thicker skin especially dealing with teenagers, on the spectrum or not. Officially arresting for calling someone a lesbian only says that the police believe that being lesbian is wrong/offensive. This was the main takeaway from this whole story for me. Looks like these parents are quite unready/unfit to have children, all of it is on them. I wouldn’t be so sure we have the whole story. If it is the whole story then agreed it’s ridiculous
August 14, 20231 yr I'm truly sickened by this, least of all because it's so near to where I live and me + loads of my friends go to there fairly often. I'm glad the two victims have been discharged at least. Oh goodness, not surprised it’s hit you hard :/
August 30, 20231 yr Don't want to post this but feels too important (and awful) to ignore. The vile Sun "newspaper" has posted an opinion piece which has conflated the horrific child killings of Lucy Letby with LGBT inclusive diversity schemes. https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/30/nhs-...w-badge-scheme/ This is the utter moral cesspit that has been stirred up by those by the fascist super rich.
September 2, 20231 yr Honestly I hate that racist, facist, homophobic rag, it should be for picking up dog shit and nothing more.
September 2, 20231 yr That feels offensive to dog shit tbh :lol: I burst out laughing at this, however I whole heartedly agree!
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