Dear scientists worldwide, dear twitterers and sisters. A "quarrel" has been simmering in Germany for weeks between trans activists and a doctoral student of biology at Humboldt University in Berlin, Ms. Marie-Luise Vollbrecht, who was supposed to give a lecture on bisexuality in sea anemones, among other things, at an event for families, the "Long Night of Science"
I'm confused. The talk was on bisexuality in sea anenomies. How is this a threat to the trans mob? They use the LGB freely enough to gain credibility so now the sexual reproduction in a species far removed from humans is a threat? Bisexuality is a threat? I've been informed for some time but I'm having trouble joining the dots here.
Okay— first question— is the troublesome Dr. ‘Dana’ Mahr a man? I looked at a photo and it seems this is a real possibility. If so — all falls into place.
It doesn't have to make sense to these trans goons. They are despicable cowards who deserve to be treated the same way that they've been treating others.
I feel great empathy for Marie-Luise and all those others who accidentally found themselves in this situation. Often it's a mild comment or unrelated-but-made-related statement as everything must always be about TRAs and all the time. In defending themselves it gets worse very quickly. Any humour or attempt to laugh it off is really condemned as hatred as you are not taking them seriously enough or agreeing to be cowed into submission. It shows how successful the trans lobby has been that it happens in strangely similar ways - the arc of these incidents is the same. The LGB Alliance conference in 2021 invited a few of those targeted to speak and the instant, insane level of attack is like other really seedy extremist sides of life and the internet. The Transgender Trend Fact & Fiction Webinar this year was also 'celebrating those who have dared to publish'. Remember, that might be liking or retweeting a tweet or post as social media refuses to see itself as a Publisher.
TRAs get their 'followers' to amplify their outrage, get politicians, public figures and the press involved, target your employer, colleagues, family and friends and wear you down until you give in. Friends ask who you are, why you were mean and bigoted and your whole world is turned upside down. No sympathy as 'you were a transphobic bigot'. People who aren't fully immersed in this follow along unaware. Anyone who refuses to be labelled is labelled extremist and right wing. Or fascist.
This is domestic terrorism and extremism - it fulfils many of the requirements and follows the same playbook.
I found a couple of articles about this online, and this is interesting:
“Biologically speaking,” Ms Vollbrecht told 4W, “there are only two sexes. But that’s not to say that gender doesn’t have its place. Terms relating to trans ideology might be justified in sociology or gender studies,” she says. “My lecture was intended to explain the difference between sex and gender, because in German, they are actually the same word - Geschlecht.”
“Geschlecht” also means genitals/genitalia, according to wordreference.com.
The lecture was not about bisexuality in sea anemones but about the binary nature of biological sex (in German, there’s only one word for both gender and sex) in general, with sea anemones as an example of a species that can reproduce both sexually and asexually through cloning. Another example was the kiwi blossom which comes in female and male - hence the 🥝 in many German sex-realist twitter profiles.
You can watch it on YouTube - switch on English subtitles.
@Graham: If you'd like a piece focussing on the backgrounds and the details of the smear campaign against Marie-Luise, I'll gladly provide one. There is quite a bit to it: It's nasty even by the standards of the English speaking world, and in the German speaking world it's unprecedented. Been following this closely, plus, it is my native language. Just let me know.
I'm confused. The talk was on bisexuality in sea anenomies. How is this a threat to the trans mob? They use the LGB freely enough to gain credibility so now the sexual reproduction in a species far removed from humans is a threat? Bisexuality is a threat? I've been informed for some time but I'm having trouble joining the dots here.
For anyone who wants to judge the talk for themselves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umqo5yoiHsY
She did it online after the university cancelled it for fear it (or rather protesters) might disrupt what was supposed to be a family event.
Okay— first question— is the troublesome Dr. ‘Dana’ Mahr a man? I looked at a photo and it seems this is a real possibility. If so — all falls into place.
It doesn't have to make sense to these trans goons. They are despicable cowards who deserve to be treated the same way that they've been treating others.
I feel great empathy for Marie-Luise and all those others who accidentally found themselves in this situation. Often it's a mild comment or unrelated-but-made-related statement as everything must always be about TRAs and all the time. In defending themselves it gets worse very quickly. Any humour or attempt to laugh it off is really condemned as hatred as you are not taking them seriously enough or agreeing to be cowed into submission. It shows how successful the trans lobby has been that it happens in strangely similar ways - the arc of these incidents is the same. The LGB Alliance conference in 2021 invited a few of those targeted to speak and the instant, insane level of attack is like other really seedy extremist sides of life and the internet. The Transgender Trend Fact & Fiction Webinar this year was also 'celebrating those who have dared to publish'. Remember, that might be liking or retweeting a tweet or post as social media refuses to see itself as a Publisher.
TRAs get their 'followers' to amplify their outrage, get politicians, public figures and the press involved, target your employer, colleagues, family and friends and wear you down until you give in. Friends ask who you are, why you were mean and bigoted and your whole world is turned upside down. No sympathy as 'you were a transphobic bigot'. People who aren't fully immersed in this follow along unaware. Anyone who refuses to be labelled is labelled extremist and right wing. Or fascist.
This is domestic terrorism and extremism - it fulfils many of the requirements and follows the same playbook.
The facts that have been recorded!
No trans were interned in any camps.
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/classification-system-in-nazi-concentration-camps
I asked him what the triangle was for trans...waiting for answer.
Could someone summarise in English? 😳
I found a couple of articles about this online, and this is interesting:
“Biologically speaking,” Ms Vollbrecht told 4W, “there are only two sexes. But that’s not to say that gender doesn’t have its place. Terms relating to trans ideology might be justified in sociology or gender studies,” she says. “My lecture was intended to explain the difference between sex and gender, because in German, they are actually the same word - Geschlecht.”
“Geschlecht” also means genitals/genitalia, according to wordreference.com.
Very confusing when talking about “trans” issues.
Interview with Marie-Luise Vollbrecht about recent TRA attacks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL6XkltAZyU
The lecture was not about bisexuality in sea anemones but about the binary nature of biological sex (in German, there’s only one word for both gender and sex) in general, with sea anemones as an example of a species that can reproduce both sexually and asexually through cloning. Another example was the kiwi blossom which comes in female and male - hence the 🥝 in many German sex-realist twitter profiles.
You can watch it on YouTube - switch on English subtitles.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Umqo5yoiHsY&t=2241s
Thanks for covering this.
It’s getting more and more vitriolic by the hour.
#MarieHatRecht #MarieisRight There are precisely two sexes.
Far out how totally insane these nasty trooners are.
You’re a good man, Graham. Reading some of the TRA crazed comments and intentions in the thread is a reminder that this is war.
Re-tweeted. Thanks for the heads-up
Thread from Twitter on this:
https://twitter.com/syabl3man/status/1554272522870444039
@Graham: If you'd like a piece focussing on the backgrounds and the details of the smear campaign against Marie-Luise, I'll gladly provide one. There is quite a bit to it: It's nasty even by the standards of the English speaking world, and in the German speaking world it's unprecedented. Been following this closely, plus, it is my native language. Just let me know.