I think part of that Frank Furedi quote is bananas though: “the age-old historical distinction between a man and a woman.” In the same vein, we might talk about “the age-old historical distinction between the sea and the sky.”
Thanks JL, for your sterling and depressing work. This has been a bad week. Again. But the David Bell interview in the Observer is superb, well worth a read. I'm surprised it was even published, tbh. Maybe the tide is turning, just a little? Here's a quote:
[Bell] had long believed a case would be brought against the trust, though he thought the most likely scenario was that a former patient would sue for damages (Keira Bell instigated a judicial review). “It was inevitable,” he says. “I warned the trust of this.” But the Keira Bell judgment has done little to alleviate his concerns. Whatever the outcome of the appeal, he believes more questions must be asked, particularly about the rise in the number of girls presenting at the clinic (three-quarters of patients are now girls; the gender balance used to be closer to 50:50). “We do not know why this is happening.” He worries that too much emphasis is placed on gender and not enough on sexuality – “the children are often gay” – and he continues to be anxious about co-morbidities such as anorexia, autism and history of trauma in its patients. “Some of the children are depressed. It’s said that it’s their gender that is the cause of this, but how do we know? And why don’t we try to treat that first?”
I read the full article about policing of micro aggressions at the university (still hilarious to me because how do you even get through life this way? Women’s lives are a minefield of constant micro aggressions, micro aggressions which trigger unpleasant stress and memories related to the macro aggressions- rape, medical sexism, DV, overt sexual harassment- we also experience, and somehow we manage to get on with it; furthermore, no one has ever responded as seriously to women’s requests to stop macro aggressions such as workplace sexual harassment as they have to these trans activists’ insane requests for people who aren’t trans-identifying not to talk about our own experiences with gender- it’s absolutely insane and not at all to scale with the level of harm), and of note was that it said that “avoidance of trans people” would also be considered a reportable micro aggression which could get you called in for re-education.
So now we’re not even allowed to *avoid* the eggshells? So we must interact, and interact nicely, in exactly the manner they want us to- or else?
It seemed to me that these “micro aggressions” are framed so that nobody can avoid infringing them somehow at some time. Which effectively hands the power of hiring and firing over to the most active of the activists.
Everybody likes a little power, no? Seems like careers will be made - as well as broken - by this.
I have reported the petition for Child Abuse: Children are being indoctrinated with Gender Identity Ideology despite the fact that there is no scientific evidence to support a separation of "sex in the mind" from biological sex. You get the drift.....
Just five hours later the "decision maker" at their "Help Centre" (help@change.org) politely rejected my report saying that it didn't infringe their community guidelines. I wrote back - and it went through! - saying:
Change.org should try to see the wider picture: petitions which (1) advocate sacking professionals who hold different views on matters of legitimate interest to the public and/or which (2) effectively advocate child abuse - promoting unethical and unscientific medical practices on children - are not the kind of petitions which Change.org should allow on their platform.
This petition should be removed.
Gender-critical activists will continue to flag up the utterly unscientific, dishonest and harmful beliefs of "gender identity" ideologists including, but not confined to, trans activists.
Change.org will eventually understand why these petitions are very harmful.
Una-Jane Winfield"
Please keep reporting - the penny will drop eventually.
Bloody hell. Really. I was such a creep at school, and I still don't walk on the grass. It has been a long old journey realising that I should not always respect authority. Yet that 13 year old girl is demanding that adults lose their jobs, livelihoods and reputations. What a moron - a gender neutral insult.
Children with little life experience cannot see that they are being used. I am reminded of the Chinese cultural revolution in which young people enforced the party line in the most brutal ways.
It seems Anderton Park was not teaching the No Outsiders programme it was a more general LGB content about children having two mums or dads.The nearby Parkfield school did teach No Outsiders. A lot of the protesters outside Anderton Park were just plain homophobic.
In French the name Thomas Lecaque, Literally, means "Dick Shit". I bet he wears a blue and gold striped blazer and is so against 21st century thinking that he owns a barge pulled by horses and rides into town on a penny farthing so he can have a pint while telling the barman his son is a dickhead for not wearing a dress
Thanks, JL for keeping us up to date!
Thanks JL, another grim week.
I think part of that Frank Furedi quote is bananas though: “the age-old historical distinction between a man and a woman.” In the same vein, we might talk about “the age-old historical distinction between the sea and the sky.”
Thanks JL, for your sterling and depressing work. This has been a bad week. Again. But the David Bell interview in the Observer is superb, well worth a read. I'm surprised it was even published, tbh. Maybe the tide is turning, just a little? Here's a quote:
[Bell] had long believed a case would be brought against the trust, though he thought the most likely scenario was that a former patient would sue for damages (Keira Bell instigated a judicial review). “It was inevitable,” he says. “I warned the trust of this.” But the Keira Bell judgment has done little to alleviate his concerns. Whatever the outcome of the appeal, he believes more questions must be asked, particularly about the rise in the number of girls presenting at the clinic (three-quarters of patients are now girls; the gender balance used to be closer to 50:50). “We do not know why this is happening.” He worries that too much emphasis is placed on gender and not enough on sexuality – “the children are often gay” – and he continues to be anxious about co-morbidities such as anorexia, autism and history of trauma in its patients. “Some of the children are depressed. It’s said that it’s their gender that is the cause of this, but how do we know? And why don’t we try to treat that first?”
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/may/02/tavistock-trust-whistleblower-david-bell-transgender-children-gids
I read the full article about policing of micro aggressions at the university (still hilarious to me because how do you even get through life this way? Women’s lives are a minefield of constant micro aggressions, micro aggressions which trigger unpleasant stress and memories related to the macro aggressions- rape, medical sexism, DV, overt sexual harassment- we also experience, and somehow we manage to get on with it; furthermore, no one has ever responded as seriously to women’s requests to stop macro aggressions such as workplace sexual harassment as they have to these trans activists’ insane requests for people who aren’t trans-identifying not to talk about our own experiences with gender- it’s absolutely insane and not at all to scale with the level of harm), and of note was that it said that “avoidance of trans people” would also be considered a reportable micro aggression which could get you called in for re-education.
So now we’re not even allowed to *avoid* the eggshells? So we must interact, and interact nicely, in exactly the manner they want us to- or else?
It seemed to me that these “micro aggressions” are framed so that nobody can avoid infringing them somehow at some time. Which effectively hands the power of hiring and firing over to the most active of the activists.
Everybody likes a little power, no? Seems like careers will be made - as well as broken - by this.
I have reported the petition for Child Abuse: Children are being indoctrinated with Gender Identity Ideology despite the fact that there is no scientific evidence to support a separation of "sex in the mind" from biological sex. You get the drift.....
Just five hours later the "decision maker" at their "Help Centre" (help@change.org) politely rejected my report saying that it didn't infringe their community guidelines. I wrote back - and it went through! - saying:
"The petition in question is : https://www.change.org/p/grants-pass-school-district-7-permanently-remove-katie-medart-and-rachel-damiano-from-gp-district-7-staff
Change.org should try to see the wider picture: petitions which (1) advocate sacking professionals who hold different views on matters of legitimate interest to the public and/or which (2) effectively advocate child abuse - promoting unethical and unscientific medical practices on children - are not the kind of petitions which Change.org should allow on their platform.
This petition should be removed.
Gender-critical activists will continue to flag up the utterly unscientific, dishonest and harmful beliefs of "gender identity" ideologists including, but not confined to, trans activists.
Change.org will eventually understand why these petitions are very harmful.
Una-Jane Winfield"
Please keep reporting - the penny will drop eventually.
Next Tuesday Jolyon Maugham QC of the Good Law Project (yes, the same Jolyon Maugham) has organised a webinar on avoiding being sued for libel. I am glad to say that I am not an expert, so I intend to attend this, which might be of interest to all of us trying to get under the skin of our deluded opponents. See https://action.goodlawproject.org/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=9d9bd19a0d75c634 and https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/defamation-law-for-activists-a-guide-to-speaking-truth-to-power-tickets-153059157059
Bloody hell. Really. I was such a creep at school, and I still don't walk on the grass. It has been a long old journey realising that I should not always respect authority. Yet that 13 year old girl is demanding that adults lose their jobs, livelihoods and reputations. What a moron - a gender neutral insult.
Children with little life experience cannot see that they are being used. I am reminded of the Chinese cultural revolution in which young people enforced the party line in the most brutal ways.
It is chilling, and fascinating.
Ian Hjust now
It seems Anderton Park was not teaching the No Outsiders programme it was a more general LGB content about children having two mums or dads.The nearby Parkfield school did teach No Outsiders. A lot of the protesters outside Anderton Park were just plain homophobic.
In French the name Thomas Lecaque, Literally, means "Dick Shit". I bet he wears a blue and gold striped blazer and is so against 21st century thinking that he owns a barge pulled by horses and rides into town on a penny farthing so he can have a pint while telling the barman his son is a dickhead for not wearing a dress
My head hurts with it all.