This week’s edition is absolutely bulging at the seams with good news from the gender beat. Enjoy! Bookin’ Brilliant News! Of course, the best and biggest news of the week is Our Graham’s new book! His memoir, ‘Tough Crowd: How I Made and Lost a Career in Comedy’, will be published by Eye Books and is due for release on 12th October. (It can be pre-ordered
Great stuff, JL. Particularly glad to see the outbreak of common sense around confused children in the US.
A word of warning though. Keep an eye on the ScotNats’ consultation on conversion therapy. Their one on self-id attracted over 17,000 responses but only just over 200 were reported, and these from institutions mostly funded by the ScotGov! Mind you, Sturgeon did tell us all that our concerns were “not valid”, then up popped double rapist ‘Isla’ Bryson!
Really pleased to see some significant things happening, thanks JL. And I’m over the moon about Graham’s book. We need to spread the word and get it to the top of every chart. I’m thinking Christmas presents even for the nay sayers 😁
Oh goodness could you imagine! An old mate of mine was a furry. Sweet kid but publicly humiliated on Peaches Geldofs show by Dom Joly. I was cross at the time but now I'm on Jolys side!
Thanks as ever JL for putting a wide smile on so many faces, as you do week after week. I hadn’t seen the pic of Graham with John and like everyone else, I am over the moon that positivity is finally coming his way. Also, loved the Ted sign off, it never ever ages 😂
Good news that the 1million march for kids in Canada is going well. Bad news is the Hate Crime Act in Scotland is going to come into force next year. But maybe a load of mums and grans going to prison for 'm8s gendering' might peak a few people.
I noticed on Amazon that Graham's book and Roisin's album were listed as 'Frequently bought together'! I guess the TERFs are starting their Christmas shopping done early! 😂
yes, her original comments were measured and fair- pointing out that big pharma profit from trans: didn't say she was ant-trans in any way. Still an online mob pile-on, so she back-tracked and grovelled- but I don't think she appeased them, so she ends up with kind of the worst of both worlds- she has lost respect from both sides. It seems other people just like the music tho, so maybe it doesn't matter, and even the BBC cancelling her etc, has not stopped the album getting to Number #2.-. TRAs imply that Roisin owes her success to the LGB(T) community (and where 'T' is a cuckoo in the nest)- err no, Moloko's 'Take It Back' was a huge club and mainstream hit, and established her.
I was going to warn you that Roisin’s record label was planning to donate money from her album’s sales to trans charities (plausible, I thought, since she sadly caved and apologised). Nevertheless, thought it wise to fact-check the claim. Good thing I did, because according to Roisin that’s bollocks. She said on X “...they are not intending to donate proceeds from the record to charity. I checked!'' Phew!
What an uplifting email to receive! I can't take the smile off my face. I've ordered the book and look forward to reading it. It's brilliant to hear that Graham's book is all ready a best seller.
Thanks, JL. After the previous 'war on women' I was getting seriously angry. This is cheering me up no end especially as those good news really show some institutional changes.
Good to see Canada is finally reacting.
And to Graham, doesn't need saying but.... 'good luck with the book'.
The Times had an article on the cancellation of Roisin Murphy and several comments were along the lines of: 'I didn't know who she is but I'm going to buy her record, in support'.
'Go woke, go broke' is becoming a truism but conversely it's beginning to pay off to fight the woke.
Ah that stuff's snake oil, you wanna get one of those ergonomic wrist support things. Endorsed by code monkeys everywhere, and anyone else who uses their wrist more than they ought for whatever reason. (I'm a coder, just to clarify...)
That's a good idea! I've felt a bit sorry for the more far-flung people - in the UK we get a discount for a signed copy, further away get a huge P&P bill!
Also it's great to see Richard Ayoade speaking up in support of the GC side, but it did seem a bit weird him saying that cancellation/blacklisting rarely happened - I can think of like five or ten people just off the top of my head who've lost work or entire careers because they spoke out against gender ideology. It's sadly more common than people think. But then regular readers know this, JL's updated us on lots of them!
That storyline was inspired by some dafty on 4chan who said Chad looks like him (they called me "Glinette" lol, we Celts do have a similar phenotype). I thought it was funny, and since my background's in improv, I "yes, and"-ed the fuck out of it, so now it's Days of Boyhood canon that Graham's Chad's dad. It's been a starting point to make jokes about trans children as social capital, cancel culture, the current state (the absolute state) of comedy, and Chad's entitlement, but that's where the whole "WHERE'S MY SCALEXTRIC, DAD?!" bit came from. No offence meant; not to him anyway, plenty of offence meant to the many people I take the piss out of in those episodes. Luv yaaaaaa. :DDD
Off topic here but given the recent media “investigation” and subsequent over reporting of the alleged behaviours of one comedian and his impact on 4 women (and his immediate guilty verdict and subsequent cancellation) I can’t help wondering why not one intrepid investigative team has done a job on the nasty underbelly of Stonewall and exposed the damage they have effected on our schools, institutions, NHS, corporations, councils HR departments everywhere etc etc - so millions of people being told what to think and say and the damage therein of this enforced ideology? Millions affected. Why not? There has to be a plethora of dodgy doings just waiting to be exposed. Stephen Nolan’s Report a few years ago touched on the power this “charity” was exerting in the public arena but if anything things have worsened. I would suggest it to the Times but I’m still on the naughty step for being a TERF that refuses to accept that it is possible to change sex. Since I stated that I have not been allowed to speak on their platform. It is clear that the moderators have been “Stonewallified”. So maybe not the Times then. Hard to find a TV company that is not totally captured. GB News? I live in hope.
Exactly , fear and money , how on earth have such a small minority been given so much power
I personally know of two trans ( which in itself is amazing )
( one done it for the benefits , much like the India twat , ) and the other because she was a confused child , who’s mother was a psychiatric nurse , go figure , she’s now not a she but neither is she a he , and now wants a baby !!
She’s got a dick ( can’t remember the name for it ) but still has all internal organs.
Great stuff, JL. Particularly glad to see the outbreak of common sense around confused children in the US.
A word of warning though. Keep an eye on the ScotNats’ consultation on conversion therapy. Their one on self-id attracted over 17,000 responses but only just over 200 were reported, and these from institutions mostly funded by the ScotGov! Mind you, Sturgeon did tell us all that our concerns were “not valid”, then up popped double rapist ‘Isla’ Bryson!
Was just about to comment in similar vein Elizabeth. Gawd help us!
Thanks very much JL.
Currently on ma hols (Groningen, NL) & thought you might like to see a photo' of the road our apartment is on. https://ibb.co/6NTZmRp
Bahahaha! Brilliant! 🤣 (Have a lovely trip!) x
😂😂😂
Wat leuk!
Sweet!
Really pleased to see some significant things happening, thanks JL. And I’m over the moon about Graham’s book. We need to spread the word and get it to the top of every chart. I’m thinking Christmas presents even for the nay sayers 😁
Oh I think plenty of gender zealots are going to find a copy in their stocking! 😂
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As always thanks JL 🌹
When will the trans bams realise that we will kick back
Before this kak I’d never heard of ms Murphy but thanks to their screeching they’ve just made her and Graham a shit load of quids
Ballad to Owen jones , brilliant 😂
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Is Graham very tall or is John very wee ?
As an aside , I cook for my mother and in return she gives me back the freezer dishes , I’ve just spent an hour sorting boxes to lids
Don’t tell me I don’t live the life 😂🤟
Graham is VERY tall. About 6' 5" I think. He's a fine figure of a strapping chap! (Though I'm tempted to say that John was just far away... 🤣)
Big man little man , but that sounds a bit off 😂
(I have a similar issue with my tupperware. I swear to goddess they mix themselves up in the night!)
I never have the right ratio , mind I also get odd socks in the wash
Oh I given up on the socks. I've just accepted there will be sacrifices to the Great God Zanussi.
Hotpoint hates me , I’m always two stone heavier after a wash lol
Oh yeah he's massive, he's like our mascot: a big cuddly thing that's good at cheering up all the troops! :D Though mercifully not a furry.
Weep at the thought
Both my sons are 6’4” , they’re not furries either 😂
Good to hear, you raised them well!
Till they flew the nest , now they’re selfish , sense entitled gits
Oh goodness could you imagine! An old mate of mine was a furry. Sweet kid but publicly humiliated on Peaches Geldofs show by Dom Joly. I was cross at the time but now I'm on Jolys side!
I think both
Thanks as ever JL for putting a wide smile on so many faces, as you do week after week. I hadn’t seen the pic of Graham with John and like everyone else, I am over the moon that positivity is finally coming his way. Also, loved the Ted sign off, it never ever ages 😂
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. . . . and the smile on Graham's face . . . ..!!
Good news that the 1million march for kids in Canada is going well. Bad news is the Hate Crime Act in Scotland is going to come into force next year. But maybe a load of mums and grans going to prison for 'm8s gendering' might peak a few people.
We shall see , I’ll peak more than a few
I think Scotland has more to worry about at the moment
Thanks for the Good News, JL. Great news re Glinner and Roisin. I have just received her album 😎 loved the Father Ted sketch 😎
Dublin was great and I could actually hear the speeches 😎 🎶 A man, a man oh 🎶
Dusty
I noticed on Amazon that Graham's book and Roisin's album were listed as 'Frequently bought together'! I guess the TERFs are starting their Christmas shopping done early! 😂
Yes have also ordered Glinner's book :)
Well done to both hugely talented artists. Shame Roisin felt the need to apologise for speaking such heartfelt common sense.
yes, her original comments were measured and fair- pointing out that big pharma profit from trans: didn't say she was ant-trans in any way. Still an online mob pile-on, so she back-tracked and grovelled- but I don't think she appeased them, so she ends up with kind of the worst of both worlds- she has lost respect from both sides. It seems other people just like the music tho, so maybe it doesn't matter, and even the BBC cancelling her etc, has not stopped the album getting to Number #2.-. TRAs imply that Roisin owes her success to the LGB(T) community (and where 'T' is a cuckoo in the nest)- err no, Moloko's 'Take It Back' was a huge club and mainstream hit, and established her.
I was going to warn you that Roisin’s record label was planning to donate money from her album’s sales to trans charities (plausible, I thought, since she sadly caved and apologised). Nevertheless, thought it wise to fact-check the claim. Good thing I did, because according to Roisin that’s bollocks. She said on X “...they are not intending to donate proceeds from the record to charity. I checked!'' Phew!
Yes, just a rumour started by some woke media outlet (I forget which!) in Canada! No need to worry.
What an uplifting email to receive! I can't take the smile off my face. I've ordered the book and look forward to reading it. It's brilliant to hear that Graham's book is all ready a best seller.
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Thanks, JL. After the previous 'war on women' I was getting seriously angry. This is cheering me up no end especially as those good news really show some institutional changes.
Good to see Canada is finally reacting.
And to Graham, doesn't need saying but.... 'good luck with the book'.
The Times had an article on the cancellation of Roisin Murphy and several comments were along the lines of: 'I didn't know who she is but I'm going to buy her record, in support'.
'Go woke, go broke' is becoming a truism but conversely it's beginning to pay off to fight the woke.
My pleasure!
Boom! Great to see Graham's book is a bestseller already 🔥
I'm laying in huge supplies of Tiger Balm for his signing arm... 😂
Can mine say petal I love you even though you’re a complete arse 😊
🤣
I’d pay extra 😂
Is Graham going to be doing any book signings?
Ah that stuff's snake oil, you wanna get one of those ergonomic wrist support things. Endorsed by code monkeys everywhere, and anyone else who uses their wrist more than they ought for whatever reason. (I'm a coder, just to clarify...)
Notice more and more good news stories as the weeks go on these days. Not just here, but in general.
Next stop... announce The Father Ted Musical.
As I keep telling Graham, they're hanging on to it for a reason.
Little by little the grassroots chips away at the madness. Uplifting. Delighted on so many fronts, not least JB and GL. Thank you.
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IF I am ever able to get Graham to sign my copy of his book*, I will have to insist it's dedicated to Father Curley.
*American. *weeping*
There is an American edition due out very soon, Laura!
My issue is more getting it signed. I don't mind ordering from Amazon.co.uk.
Say, Graham, why not sign bookplates for your loyal army? Happy to cough up for postage, etc.
I'll suggest it!
That's a good idea! I've felt a bit sorry for the more far-flung people - in the UK we get a discount for a signed copy, further away get a huge P&P bill!
Chad's happy to hear the book's doing well and wants to know when "he"'s getting "his" Scalextric from the proceeds.
Also it's great to see Richard Ayoade speaking up in support of the GC side, but it did seem a bit weird him saying that cancellation/blacklisting rarely happened - I can think of like five or ten people just off the top of my head who've lost work or entire careers because they spoke out against gender ideology. It's sadly more common than people think. But then regular readers know this, JL's updated us on lots of them!
I do my best! 😊
That storyline was inspired by some dafty on 4chan who said Chad looks like him (they called me "Glinette" lol, we Celts do have a similar phenotype). I thought it was funny, and since my background's in improv, I "yes, and"-ed the fuck out of it, so now it's Days of Boyhood canon that Graham's Chad's dad. It's been a starting point to make jokes about trans children as social capital, cancel culture, the current state (the absolute state) of comedy, and Chad's entitlement, but that's where the whole "WHERE'S MY SCALEXTRIC, DAD?!" bit came from. No offence meant; not to him anyway, plenty of offence meant to the many people I take the piss out of in those episodes. Luv yaaaaaa. :DDD
Off topic here but given the recent media “investigation” and subsequent over reporting of the alleged behaviours of one comedian and his impact on 4 women (and his immediate guilty verdict and subsequent cancellation) I can’t help wondering why not one intrepid investigative team has done a job on the nasty underbelly of Stonewall and exposed the damage they have effected on our schools, institutions, NHS, corporations, councils HR departments everywhere etc etc - so millions of people being told what to think and say and the damage therein of this enforced ideology? Millions affected. Why not? There has to be a plethora of dodgy doings just waiting to be exposed. Stephen Nolan’s Report a few years ago touched on the power this “charity” was exerting in the public arena but if anything things have worsened. I would suggest it to the Times but I’m still on the naughty step for being a TERF that refuses to accept that it is possible to change sex. Since I stated that I have not been allowed to speak on their platform. It is clear that the moderators have been “Stonewallified”. So maybe not the Times then. Hard to find a TV company that is not totally captured. GB News? I live in hope.
Money Susan , I’m just extremely surprised ( but very grateful that eye books has actually published grahams book ) tables are a turning
Fear? That’s how successful Stonewall has been.
Exactly , fear and money , how on earth have such a small minority been given so much power
I personally know of two trans ( which in itself is amazing )
( one done it for the benefits , much like the India twat , ) and the other because she was a confused child , who’s mother was a psychiatric nurse , go figure , she’s now not a she but neither is she a he , and now wants a baby !!
She’s got a dick ( can’t remember the name for it ) but still has all internal organs.
Does that make sense TT , 🤷♀️
Of course it doesn't make sense Petal! But I understood your explanation of the nonsense perfectly ❤️.
Sometimes I don’t make sense to myself with all this shit
Look at the tweet from Liam Herrick, head of Irish Council for Civil Liberties today about the protest in Dublin.
Yep, what a prize twonker.
https://x.com/liamherrick/status/1704393174053957797?s=20