It was the worst of times, it was the worst of times

Previous generations made music, this generation erases it

BBC News (UK) @BBCNews

BBC Radio 1 will not play original version of Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl this Christmas, because its audience may be offended by derogatory terms for gender and sexuality

bbc.inFairytale of New York: BBC Radio 1 will not play original versionThe station says its young listeners may be offended by some of the Christmas classic’s lyrics.

Previous generations put on plays, this generation cancels them

Apologies for Guardian link. Show cancelled, large numbers of theatre employees denied some desperately needed employment because the most entitled demographic on earth (middle class white people) threw a shit fit. When are people going to start saying no to these assholes?

LGB Alliance Australia @LGBAlliance_Aus

It is about Cancel Culture. Bisexual actor Hugh Sheridan was to play the lead role in a production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at next year’s Sydney Festival. Now he’s out of work because of a petition created by the Queer Artist Alliance Australia.1/7

theguardian.com‘It’s not about cancel culture’: Hedwig and the Angry Inch postponed after trans-led petitionThe show’s creators have said the role should be ‘open to anyone’, after the casting of Hugh Sheridan in a Sydney production drew ire from sectors of the queer community

Previous generations told MRAs to fuck off, this generation venerates them

Victoria Smith @glosswitch

Re thread I just shared, I notice these were some of the responses. I doubt very much that the men who demonise feminists for being insufficiently inclusive care in the slightest about the behaviour of other men when they believe the word "man" is under threat.

Speaking of Kirsty McColl…

Intellectual fraud and moral coward Billy Bragg clarified that he does indeed not give a fuck about women having their sports destroyed, their private spaces invaded and their lived reality appropriated by men with dysphoria. On abortion and anything else that doesn’t affect his fellow dudes, well, then, ladies, Billy has your back. But if you’re in prison, or a rape crisis center, or just trying to claim a place in the public square, you’d better not be expecting any free concerts from this comrade any time soon.

Billy Bragg @billybragg

@NehandaMusic @NestFolk @DebbieHayton Where women struggle for their rights, on issues such as abortion, equal pay, misogyny, they have my support. However, on the issue of trans rights, some women struggle against the rights of a persecuted minority. I cannot support that.

I would love to see Billy explain how these men, for example, share a sex with his wife, or his mother, or the late Kirsty.

But he’ll just ignore that question, as he ignored one from a certain Helen Staniland.

Some good news

The redoubtable Maya Forstarter has produced a fantastic resource for anyone trying to get a handle on this debate. ‘Gender Dissidents Speak Up’ features interviews with over 700 people from all walks of life describing their concerns about how gender identity ideology is reshaping society, harming women and children and destroying our ability to address real societal problems.

Forget it Jake, it’s transtown

Women's Voices @WomenReadWomen

A gang of drunken transgender women who stamped on a teenager outside a Tube station have walked free from court. The judge did not penalize them because the group claimed the victim was transphobic and said they weren't women. #SexNotGender

dailymail.co.ukTrans women drop-kicked and stamped on man, 19, outside Tube stationA gang of transgender women assault a man at Leicester Square tube station in London on Sunday 24th June. The 19-year-old was left with a broken eye socket and several face cuts before being treated at hospital.

To the Family Guy clip!

Trans activist: “we are curing homosexuality”

From ‘Women Are Important’.

“Why are we transgender activists important?” a meme, created by Hadén Ordoñez and posted to the Facebook user’s own wall, inquires in Spanish. “Because a boy born trans will live his whole life believing that he is a lesbian if he does not have access to this type of information,” the meme answers itself.”

“…A screenshot of the activist’s status recently went viral when it was shared on Twitter by Carlos, a gay man who is critical of gender identity ideology. “Terrifying,” Carlos wrote sarcastically about the idea of a girl growing up to live out her life as a lesbian rather than convinced she was born a boy, or a boy growing up to live as gay instead of believing he was born a girl.”

“Better mutilated and medicated for life than lesbian. Do these people stop to think what they say?”

Imprisoned and tortured under Franco. And now this.

Sr. Vichón da Costa 🐬 @Julio_Vichon

Lidia Falcón - one of Spain's leading feminists - is being hauled into court for opposing the new Trans Law, which would legalise Gender Self-ID. She hasn't been told what charges she'll be facing. She's been told to hire a lawyer and just "show up". This looks VERY BAD.

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