Bravo Dennis. Such utter harmful tripe is not hard to deconstruct but you have done it with aplomb and elegance. I have been gender non-conforming my whole life - it has been central to my feminism as I loathed being defined by awful stereotypes which stopped me doing some things I wanted to while forcing me to conform to others. To see girls like I was now told they are actually boys and send them on the route to medicalisation is rage inducing. To see it also used to stigmatise gay men and lesbains as bigoted gential fetishists is sickening. So much harm coming from an organisation I used to respect and support. I honestly think that if Stonewall hadn't have added those extra letters then this ideology would have remained on the fringe. They gave it credibility where it deserved censure. Gotta keep those $$$/£££/€€€ etc. coming in though.
Terrific analysis ,Dennis. Stonewall must be panicking ,as they backpedal like mad to try and undo the damage that tweet caused to their "movement" Nancy Kelley's obviously lost her senses ,if she ever had any in the first place,which is doubtful. Hope they're suffering 😭🤮😢
Thank you Dennis, what a wonderful unpacking and exposing of Stonewall's statement. Whoever took the decision to issue it made a mistake, it doesn't get them out of their own mess, it pulls them deeper in. Good. Let's hope they becomes fully submerged.
And thank you Moley, for the image of the bus, it's an excellent depiction of something broken beyond repair. Run into the ground by it's drivers, after emitting endless clouds of toxic fumes.
I can identify most of the passengers, including little Owen Jones, seeming to be a bit overcome. But who's the one sitting on the tyre looking defeated?
I was a tomboy. I hated skirts and shoes even more. I barely remembered to brush my hair many days, all the way up to the age of 12. I excelled at math and was terrible at socializing. Many people assumed I was gay or grilled me about being so. I went through a very confusing time before I finally realized I was not gay, but only attracted to very few people in general, but only men it turned out. I knew that pretty early on, but all the pressure and assumptions about what my interests and style of dress meant made me question myself endlessly. I shudder to think what might’ve happened if I’d been boen more recently to this faff.
1.1 Stonewall Equality Limited (hereafter ‘Stonewall’) welcomes registrations to the School Champions Programme from any educational institution catering for pupils aged 2-16. This includes Nurseries or Early Years settings, First Schools, Primary Schools, Infant Schools, Junior Schools, Secondary Schools, Independent Schools, Pupil Referral Units, Hospital Schools and schools catering for those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)."
Two superb articles from Mr Kavanagh but how many people are reading this? Have his comments been discussed in main stream media yet? Has the BBC interviewed him? I haven't seen it if it has. I am sick to death with the way MSM is ignoring this topic. I am trying to get my friends to take this problem seriously and they have never herd of Substack let alone read anything on it (though I am sending them plenty of links). They think GB News, Daily Mail etc. are populist and not places to go for news. That they are covering these issues doesn't impress my friends. They think I am obsessed and possibly following fake-news, though they have acknowledged that some of what I have pointed them to "seems credible".
Bravo Dennis. Such utter harmful tripe is not hard to deconstruct but you have done it with aplomb and elegance. I have been gender non-conforming my whole life - it has been central to my feminism as I loathed being defined by awful stereotypes which stopped me doing some things I wanted to while forcing me to conform to others. To see girls like I was now told they are actually boys and send them on the route to medicalisation is rage inducing. To see it also used to stigmatise gay men and lesbains as bigoted gential fetishists is sickening. So much harm coming from an organisation I used to respect and support. I honestly think that if Stonewall hadn't have added those extra letters then this ideology would have remained on the fringe. They gave it credibility where it deserved censure. Gotta keep those $$$/£££/€€€ etc. coming in though.
I love to see idiocy dissected thoroughly and efficiently with a scalpel of reason. And this is a great example.
Thank you Dennis K!
Ha. Love Moley's stalled 'gender' bus. Just wish there were a few unicorns and drag queens, ejected and dejected, sitting in the glitter fuel spill.
Dennis' pull-apart, dismantling, devastating take-down of Stonewall's 'pathetic digging themselves out of deep deep doo doo tweet'-- is masterful.
What a dishonest bunch. To think that this group has had so much sway and power over so many institutions. It boggles.
Terrific analysis ,Dennis. Stonewall must be panicking ,as they backpedal like mad to try and undo the damage that tweet caused to their "movement" Nancy Kelley's obviously lost her senses ,if she ever had any in the first place,which is doubtful. Hope they're suffering 😭🤮😢
Thank you. This is a devastating take-down. A huge relief to read.
Thank you Dennis, what a wonderful unpacking and exposing of Stonewall's statement. Whoever took the decision to issue it made a mistake, it doesn't get them out of their own mess, it pulls them deeper in. Good. Let's hope they becomes fully submerged.
And thank you Moley, for the image of the bus, it's an excellent depiction of something broken beyond repair. Run into the ground by it's drivers, after emitting endless clouds of toxic fumes.
I can identify most of the passengers, including little Owen Jones, seeming to be a bit overcome. But who's the one sitting on the tyre looking defeated?
I was a tomboy. I hated skirts and shoes even more. I barely remembered to brush my hair many days, all the way up to the age of 12. I excelled at math and was terrible at socializing. Many people assumed I was gay or grilled me about being so. I went through a very confusing time before I finally realized I was not gay, but only attracted to very few people in general, but only men it turned out. I knew that pretty early on, but all the pressure and assumptions about what my interests and style of dress meant made me question myself endlessly. I shudder to think what might’ve happened if I’d been boen more recently to this faff.
Primary pupils DO NOT, DO NOT need to know about LGBT etc stuff. They DO NOT. Not in any sane society.
Like the bus 😊
You're probably already aware, but I found this on SW's site yesterday
https://www.stonewall.org.uk/sites/default/files/stonewall_school_champions_terms_and_conditions.pdf
"Pupils aged 2-16"
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"1. BEGINNING MEMBERSHIP
1.1 Stonewall Equality Limited (hereafter ‘Stonewall’) welcomes registrations to the School Champions Programme from any educational institution catering for pupils aged 2-16. This includes Nurseries or Early Years settings, First Schools, Primary Schools, Infant Schools, Junior Schools, Secondary Schools, Independent Schools, Pupil Referral Units, Hospital Schools and schools catering for those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)."
Two superb articles from Mr Kavanagh but how many people are reading this? Have his comments been discussed in main stream media yet? Has the BBC interviewed him? I haven't seen it if it has. I am sick to death with the way MSM is ignoring this topic. I am trying to get my friends to take this problem seriously and they have never herd of Substack let alone read anything on it (though I am sending them plenty of links). They think GB News, Daily Mail etc. are populist and not places to go for news. That they are covering these issues doesn't impress my friends. They think I am obsessed and possibly following fake-news, though they have acknowledged that some of what I have pointed them to "seems credible".
The only thing Stonewall regrets, is misjudging how quickly they could move the Overton window.
Goddess help us.