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Nov 1, 2021Liked by mole at the counter

Thank you Helen Joyce. She has absolutely nailed it; "neo-religion" is the operative word.

It's a fundamentalist, binary, cultish phenomenon and getting into a discussion is utterly counterproductive. Look at the reaction to the BBC for printing one critical article amid an almost total capitulation to gender ideology' - "The BBC is institutionally transphobic and always has been..."

It's a black-and-white, good vs evil "struggle" for its "true believers." Yes there are opportunistic porn addicts and paedophiles jumping on board but at heart it's a neo-religious phenomenon and cannot be debated or reasoned with.

Helen also presents the solution with a beautiful, simple pragmatism; ignore the ideologues and strengthen the law. Strengthen the democratic process and tell TRA's they will be abiding by the law. Don't wait for them to approve or agree. Don't indulge extremists, be they religious, political or gender-political.

Bravo Helen Joyce.

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Nov 1, 2021Liked by Graham Linehan

Good news from BBC following attacks for their recent article. Looks like more people wrote in support than complained

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/nov/01/bbc-rejects-complaints-that-it-published-transphobic-article

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Helen’s determination was exactly what we need right now !

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Gender Identity ideology is just another cult within the religion of applied postmodernism.

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I have just learned that 436 rapes were recorded between 2012 to 2018 having been committed by women. That's very strange because in English law women cannot commit rape.

The police are recording false statistics, as these are trans women/biological men that have committed these crimes

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Hurrah! Another adult in the room is Baroness Emma Nicholson. She has written to Sajid Javid asking him to remove Stonewall as the arbiters of diversity in the NHS in England and Wales because they are undermining lawful single sex provision on wards and personal care. You can add your signature by emailing womensrn.EW@gmail.com

with the subject line Baroness. The letter is at

https://mobile.twitter.com/Baroness_Nichol/status/1455279158318223362.

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Go Helen. May your pedestal stay strong.

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Helennis wonderful, so concise and unflappable. Trans ideology and activism *is* a great place to be if you're a misogynist. As she points put, it allows them to say virtually whatever they want. It allows misogynistic, homophobic men the freedom to freely express hatred, and be commended not condemned for it.

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“Ignore the ideologues and strengthen the law”. I am going to repeat that ad nauseum. Thank you Helen Joyce.

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Fanbloodytastic 💪

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Nov 1, 2021Liked by Graham Linehan

As I just said on Twitter, we don't negotiate with terrorists and that's what they are: 'gender terrorists'. Thank you Helen Joyce! So chuffed I met you in the loos at LGB Alliance Conference! :D

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I love Helen Joyce. She takes absolutely no prisoners. "Do you think we will reach a point where we can have these conversations"? "No, I think we just have to win...we have to talk around these people".

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Anyone want the good news? I went back onto twitter, got addicted for a week and now have added a timer on chrome for 15 minutes a day. phew. I think on balance I have a non-addictive personality but this stuff really sucks you in. I was only chatting to the converted, no run ins with activists. I think I prefer my Glinner, boring my friends approach and sending Baroness Nicolson's letter to my friends and family. Social media is toxic in so many different ways - porn, sissy porn, sexualising children, pro-trans, pro-ana, addictive, enraging, bullying, time could be spend doing something else, making the lonely more lonely and I am sure I could go on.

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My friends who I have bored to death on this topic (I genuinley think they have had enough of me) had an argument about free speech with their children and about Kathleen Stock's right to freedom of speech. Great. But. You know, I would rather they were debating why anyone would think what she said was controversial. Long way to go.

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Sorry Graham, for hogging so much space here, but - re the BBC story - write to Planned Parenthood Toronto

To ppt@ppt.on.ca

Planned Parenthood, Toronto, Sarah Hobbs, executive director

Hi, I wanted to make sure to be on mailing list, so I don't miss your workshop, "Overcoming the Cotton Ceiling II - Breaking Down Sexual Barriers for any Male who Wants to Get Into a Woman's Panties and Not be Charged With Rape. How participants can work together to identify barriers, strategize ways to overcome them, and build community with sex criminals."

Thank you for pointing out the importance of exploring the ways in which the dickphobias of lesbian vaginahavers interfere with the sex lives of real women with penises.

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