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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. A terribly necessary addition to the Glinner archive. Thank you JL. We've all seen these attacks, drip drip drip, but when they're compiled (and these are just the documented, well-known attacks), the sheer number and viciousness of them is powerful. Strange that the 'both sides now' spin has gained that same supernatural 'trans' power that makes people believe in the biologically impossible. That strange power that closes thought and blinds eyes. This archive will open eyes and minds. Thank you.

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Thank you so much for your kind words, Fraserreal. They're very much appreciated.

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A hearty "I second that" from me.

This is a very valuable piece of documentation: thank you so much JL.

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Ah that's really kind of you, Gill. Thank you so much! x

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Like lifting the lid on a cesspool.

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How much more proof do the fence-sitters need?

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Aug 20, 2022·edited Aug 20, 2022

In actuality, maybe there aren't so many fence sitters, unless this is a fence that immobilises and makes dumb those sitting on it. A deeply embedded hated of women has created an exploitable commonality between misogynistic transwomen, trans activists and the people who claim ally status, whether they're just plain old misogynistic men or young women overwhelmed by internalised misogyny, a desire to be 'kind' and be part of some shouty activism. And the spectators, who don't externally allign themselves to any specific group but share a hatred of women.

The TRA's are sort doing the work they don't want to be seen doing themselves. They can connect with bits of the 'ideology' and, if they're in positions of influence and power, can reflect it in their policies. Such as policing, local government, offices of central government, educational establishments, health authorities and companies, etc. They're committed to 'inclusivity' and to showing support and solidarity with the 'most marginalised, discriminated against minority ever'. By this I'm not referring to 'ordinary' transpeople, whose lives and experiences are unlikely to be enhanced by the efforts of activists and their lackeys. But who cares about them anyway?

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I was at Bristol. I did leave me a bit shaken but very angry and determined never to back down. Thanks for compiling thisl. This is so powerful when put all together. It's unbelieavable and makes me SO angry.

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The bit that bothers me most about all of this is the police standing by and doing nothing while women are theatened, assaulted and intimidated and have their right to free speech curtailed. When the police do nothing the TRAs are given the message that what they do is acceptable because there are no consequences in real life or on social media for them.

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Exactly BlackieKat. Until the Police start policing crimes, we will always be very vulnerable at any gatherings. So we need to keep bothering MPs until they do something about the Police.

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This bothers me a lot, too. I keep thinking as I watch these videos and read the accounts, "Where are the police?" or "Why don't they arrest that guy?" It's so frustrating. I think we have to be more demanding of them. Every one of these videos and articles and tweets must be sent to the chiefs of the police departments, as well as to our representatives in government (I'm in the US, so I don't know what yours in the UK are called). And they should always be sent to as many news media outlets as possible, too.

Good work, JL!

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Completely agree. It's disgusting.

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What I see as significant is something I realized a while back: Women have no right to defend themselves. Apparently in the U.K. women cannot carry any weapon, no matter how mild it is. In the U.S. pepper spray is legal in all 50 states with some restrictions, such as age. I want women to know they can defend themselves here and do not have to tolerate the violence of antifa, TRAs, or biker gangs (some of the men in Port Townsend, Washington, looked like bikers to me).

A former veteran / law enforcement man designed a pepper spray system for people's vehicles (apparently much appreciated by female truckers). He related that he has been pepper-sprayed over 100 times -- it's often required for law enforcement so they know what it's like -- and though it's uncomfortable it didn't kill him.

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We do. Why'd you think we all love to knit and crochet? Come and visit us here Susan - we don't have so many guns or pepper spray - we bark and howl at attackers. Not many women 'carry' here but if you use something to defend yourself it's a bit different. Is it reasonable? Maybe more passive means - or repurposing? Something you are wearing or holding.

Practising as your vet mentioned is the key point so you know what you will push yourself to do if required. The movements won't feel so strange and you may not freak yourself out as you do it. I have threatened to kick the windscreen out before when a man refused to let me out of his car and discovered (depending how nice the car is) that that's fairly effective. Being unpredictable. Learning how to shout or scream which many of us can't until we need to. It stops me in my tracks to think of the many women who didn't and don't and won't stand a chance and who did all these things, fought for their lives or were caught unawares. If someone is determined then your chances are low to zero.

Self Esteem uses barking - look her up and her reasons why. Looks like too many of us did or do this. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62205517

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Police also hand out rape alarms for free.

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I had a very powerful torch in my bag too. Rather heavy as it happens. Not nice to look directly into. The mini keyring one was good too. I used to get asked, bloody hell what do you have in here, a brick? Well, as it happens...

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It was here on the blog that women said the police will declare a scarf a weapon! I can't imagine what they would think of knitting needles or anything else that can cause bodily harm.

I understand your points, but the good thing about pepper spray is that it does not harm someone permanently, it just stops them in their tracks. The things you write about sound like superb advice for protecting oneself while walking alone at night, walking to one's car, etc, but I was specifically writing about women having a demonstration or listening to speeches and being assaulted by antifa, bikers, and suchlike scum. One woman said they used umbrellas -- and now hers is totally wrecked -- to keep the violent men at bay, but I would have preferred having something with me that was more effective!

As far as assault and rape go, I read decades ago that acting bizarre is often sufficient. Get down on the ground and start chewing the grass or vomit or act like a dog, your suggestion!

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Might it be the ribbon Police Scotland declared dangerous after Mr Paisley declared it so? Yeah, after putting Marion Millar through the mill they realised um, er, they were wrong. They were made to look very silly. They also dragged that out and took her to court.

By that note a skirt, or a pair of trainers with (steady yourself now), laces, might be an offensive weapon. Take all that vexatious complaining with a barrel of salt.

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Ah I see. Of course it can be but if the police did declare that it's likely to be dismissed fairly quickly. Anything and nothing can be a weapon to defend yourself, but it might be the new breed of PCSO/police who are struggling with the concept of policing and safety. Yes - larger events require very different prep and it's about hostile actors in additional to personal safety. It's demonstrations where police need to start acting like police. Many successful women's events or marches have their own security now sadly. After repeated attacks and repeatedly passing that intelligence on.

I am fairly annoyed that women are relying on individual and personal safety planning and police stand about laughing, police the women, not the TRAs, or don't seem prepared for the very likely event that TRAs will turn up and harass women at legal events that have police permission.

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This is exactly the same tactic violent men use in court about rape or domestic abuse ... that women are equally violent or rapey. Cept theyre not ... no man I know walks home with his keys through his fingers fearing a lone or group attack by women ...

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Classic DARVO. Men who perpetuate violence on partners do the same thing.

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Exactly - male control tactics across rape, domestic abuse, child sex abuse is the same playbook right around the entire world. Trans activists have much in common with other male abuser groups such as father's rights, incels, Taliban, Jonestown etc

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Terrific piece of work JL!

It's a useful resource to employ for those 'both sides occasions'.

There are other resources, such as https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipN6bUPUugEzmNmC-nZTunsVPUtgAuMANMmoVSD1j5gmROqY5E53VSCukHKc8zSRHA?key=bTMzMDNKeC1vbkFkRjlqTHJKM284RU1IQ3JkSlF3 which highlight the incessant homophobia of TRA's, targeting not just lesbians but also gay males.

In recent years white middle-class privileged TRA's have targeted non-compliant Black females, the Wi Spa scandal in Los Angeles being the most notable instance. I suspect TRA's will represent the last redoubt for male white supremacism in the West, surviving only because the Left has such a blind spot for TRA racism.

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Thank you, Big Jim!

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What a wonderful compilation of the misogynistic bullying of women by the Tras over such a long period of time and I'm sure that it's by no means complete. Must have taken a lot of your time getting this together. I thought I was never going to reach the end. So much evidence can't be ignored and there's never been a modicum of proof of the " both sides " mantra. The bullies would need to make that up.🤔😈 Thanks so much ,JL ,for this. It just strengthens our resolve. Imagine what the world will be like if these people ever get to be totally in CHARGE.😭😈💔

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Thanks so much, Susan. Much appreciated!

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Vancouver Rape Relief attack. This one peaked so many people

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Oh good call, Deanna. I'll put that in.

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Nailing the rat one? Or rather nailing the rat as one lurid element in a sustained campaign one I mean. There are so many I have them in my head like case law. 'Vancouver RR vs Rat nailing man' in my head. This is domestic terrorism, or to sound less cuddly, terrorism.

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Yes, the rat and the vandalism. I've amended the article & added an item on VRRWC.

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Nailing the rat, another dead animal through the mailbox.

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The trans movement is a thoroughly synthetic construct whose purpose was to erect a theatre of victimhood to intimidate the general population – not only women but all of humanity that has a clear sexual identity, male or female, hetero or homo sexual. And the “trans activists” are the new brown shirts, masquerading under the banner of “progress” and “woke”.

Jennifer Bilek has written on how the trans fraud began:

https://thefederalist.com/2018/02/20/rich-white-men-institutionalizing-transgender-ideology/

And the influx of funds has never ceased. Nor has the abject media compliance which is no doubt under the same financial pressure. Indeed – it can be viewed as a “pincer movement” whereby the trans thugs terrorise the population whilst the media report with the spin that it is the trans movement which are the helpless victims.

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That's a very interesting piece. The money aspects in particular, funding sources and the medical and lifestyle market being created with help from the former, it has the potential to be virtually endless. It's all so fucking menacing and dirty.

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The most disturbing thing is how this trans movement so clearly follows the example of previous fascist formations e.g. brown shirts. And it is painfully clear that they can get away with any amount of barely coherent moronic aggression – the very definition of “hate speech” which is, of course, the label they throw at everyone else. They would seem to correspond to the old notion of “lumpenproletariat” i.e. that mass of seethingly resentful nonentities full of a degenerate lust for chaos and a repressed vengeful inferiority complex burning with sexual perversity. They are the ever present natural breeding ground for goon squads.

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Somebody on another site quite rightly took me to task for my comment about "lumpenproletariat" with this:

"Have to disagree strongly with this. They are not downtrodden day-labourers or petty criminals in the lower depths, hopelessly impoverished, starving in slums, or dressed in rags (Lumpen). They are not proletarians at all. They are middle class (often strikingly posh-voiced), nearly always university-educated, and in many cases actually employed at unis, in NGOs, and in the mass media. They enjoy the vocal support of the vast majority of the commentariat, they are protected by the police, and with near-100% certainty they are supported and steered by spooks.

Nowt proletarian about ’em, much less “lumpen”. Ask Owen Jones."

To which I agreed that I was misled by that panel above with all the apparent hate aimed at JK Rowling ("Suck my gender queer dick" etc.) but I no longer thing it's as "innocent" as hate speech. It's as coldly calculated as everything else about these trans regiments.

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It appears to me that these guys have some kind of training. They all use tactics that are similar to one another. Gender-critical people have to get some training, too. And maybe we should be doing more planning for each event: When the TRAs do ABC, we do XYZ. When/if they do D-E-F, then we do U-V-W. WE stand close to our speakers and not let the TRAs get close, from in-front-of or behind or alongside. Maybe there are better sound systems to be had. Maybe there could be planning meetings ahead of time. Just thinking out loud... I'm sorry, I should probably shut up. I'm disabled so I can't do any of this myself. I really wish I could. Thanks for indulging me. . .

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I think the best training would be to be fully aware - as far as possible - about THEIR training. It ought to be clear by now that having a rational discussion was never part of their agenda. Also to be aware that the media are fully on board with them. I seem to recall a TV discussion in which there was an appearance of civility but when the Trans side started to become abusive they were permitted to get away with it by the host who just sat there saying nothing. I honestly believe we are dealing here with a mafia.

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No TV or radio presenters in the U.S. ever push back against guests unless the guests are putting forth a point of view that does not fit in with the governmental agenda, like Graham on BBC. A man had a radio show in Boston on the Boston University station and when a guest declared that "we have tried welfare [i.e., social safety programs] and they didn't work," Christopher Lydon quoted specific statistics to prove the guest wrong. You can guess how long that show lasted!

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When I saw that dude screaming witch at women, I would happily have taken my cane -- or even better, my heavy walker (I've got a really well made one that has attacked me on numerous occasions!) to his walker If there are ever any demonstrations here in Maine, U.S.A., for women's rights, I'm going to try my best to attend. And I will carry pepper spray as well.

I think your suggestions are excellent, and should not be dismissed because you are disabled. We may not be able to do certain things, but we can use our minds creatively!

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What cracks me up is that antifa dress entirely in black, apparently never having heard of blackshirts.

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An amazing addition to the translunacy archive. Thank you so much for chronicling this so meticulously. I'm sure that the round-up of translunatic 'activism' presented here is not an exhaustive one. Thank you again.

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Thank you, Colin. I'm sure it's not exhaustive! But I included as many incidents as I had the stomach for.

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Ufff. Tough read. So brave, all these women. Where are the police?

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Probably out arresting people for mis-gendering or for thinking about mis-gendering or in a Stonewall training course...

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I can’t ( nor would I ever ) post or have a banner / sticker stating kill all gays but this is ok

O I forgot I’m neither stunning nor brave

Thanks JL as always

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That was actually wrong of me I should have said all trans

Actually that’s wrong as well as I’m going to assume the vast majority of true trans don’t agree with this shit and are keeping their heads down in fear

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You are brilliant JL, thank you. Just like everyone switching their kettles on at football half-time, I bet the national grid noticed a strange wave as you peak the nation again. It's been getting nasty for a longer time that I clocked, but then I guess time slows when you're in it. I love a nice briefing - this is perfect to give to 'key decision-makers'.

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Oh thank you so much for your kind words, TSBBL. I really appreciate that. I hope this proves useful! x

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Jeezums, JL, I hope you had a nice big G&T after putting all this horror together. I cannot agree enough with William Ferguson's comment.

That said, the "both sides" trope has been used for decades by the powerful. Take a complex issue and pare it down to "two sides" and then say what Trump said about the white supremacists in Charlottesville: "There's good people on BOTH SIDES." Even in Terfdom, there are multiple points of view; I am far more radical now than I was when I was reading gendertrender long ago, and I think that's due to women such as Diana Shaw (Women Are Human). When everything is reduced to two sides, liberals can then pretend that they are equal sides, with equal behavior problems, ignoring what's actually going on.

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So glad you are calling this out, the mainstream media is forever parroting that the violence and intimidation comes from both sides, which is why people then end up saying they don’t want to become involved. Total hogwash.

You have gathered an excellent file thanks.

The most violent thing I’ve seen us do is place posters, ribbons and wear T-shirts.

I think when one is confronted with an obvious untruth, the immediate reaction is stunned incomprehensible silence instead of immediate refutation. This is normal..

And journalism on the whole is lazy and repetitive and safe ‘if someone else has printed it it must be true’

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