For those waking up to the news that JK Rowling is transphobic, or are wondering how the UK has become the centre of Trans Exclusionary Radical âFeminismâ, hereâs a thread of articles that goes some way to explain...
How British Feminism Became Anti-Trans https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/opinion/terf-trans-women-britain.html
How British Feminism Became Anti-Trans https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/opinion/terf-trans-women-britain.html
The rise of anti-trans âradicalâ feminists, explained
Known as TERFs, trans-exclusionary radical feminist groups are working with conservatives to push their anti-trans agenda - @transscribe https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/9/5/20840101/terfs-radical-feminists-gender-critical
Known as TERFs, trans-exclusionary radical feminist groups are working with conservatives to push their anti-trans agenda - @transscribe https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/9/5/20840101/terfs-radical-feminists-gender-critical
Transphobia Is Everywhere in Britain
Itâs a respectable bigotry, on the left as well as the right. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/opinion/britain-transphobia-labour-party.html
Itâs a respectable bigotry, on the left as well as the right. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/opinion/britain-transphobia-labour-party.html
JK Rowlingâs transphobia is a product of British culture
Her âgender criticalâ tweets shouldnât be surprising. https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/12/19/21029874/jk-rowling-transgender-tweet-terf
Her âgender criticalâ tweets shouldnât be surprising. https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/12/19/21029874/jk-rowling-transgender-tweet-terf
Why is British media so transphobic?
Turns out homeopathy haters and mums are partly responsible. https://theoutline.com/post/6536/british-feminists-media-transphobic
Turns out homeopathy haters and mums are partly responsible. https://theoutline.com/post/6536/british-feminists-media-transphobic
How an Online Forum for Moms Became a Toxic Hotbed of Transphobia
Mumsnet boasts of its political influence and hosts chats with Hillary Clinton and UK politicians. So how has it become ground zero for British transphobia? https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a3mn9k/mumsnet-uk-mom-forum-terf-transphobia-feminism
Mumsnet boasts of its political influence and hosts chats with Hillary Clinton and UK politicians. So how has it become ground zero for British transphobia? https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a3mn9k/mumsnet-uk-mom-forum-terf-transphobia-feminism
Has Mumsnet become a hub of online transphobia?
Parenting site Mumsnet, founded as a place of support, has become abundant with threads about trans peopleâs rights - as if they are up for debate... https://www.huckmag.com/perspectives/opinion-perspectives/mumsnet-transphobia-online/
Parenting site Mumsnet, founded as a place of support, has become abundant with threads about trans peopleâs rights - as if they are up for debate... https://www.huckmag.com/perspectives/opinion-perspectives/mumsnet-transphobia-online/
Online platforms have enabled âdeluge of hatred against trans womenâ in the UK
Social media platforms have policies against discriminatory and hateful content â but LGBTQ+ rights activists say theyâre not working. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/online-platforms-enable-deluge-hatred-against-trans-women-uk/
Social media platforms have policies against discriminatory and hateful content â but LGBTQ+ rights activists say theyâre not working. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/online-platforms-enable-deluge-hatred-against-trans-women-uk/
Is Transphobia in the U.K. So Different From That in the U.S.?
TLDR: whichever side of the pond youâre on, transphobes are gender essentialists who keep patriarchy intact by concern trolling for (white) women and childrenâs safety. https://www.them.us/story/amateur-transphobia-uk-us
TLDR: whichever side of the pond youâre on, transphobes are gender essentialists who keep patriarchy intact by concern trolling for (white) women and childrenâs safety. https://www.them.us/story/amateur-transphobia-uk-us
A Study Analyzed 10 Million Online Posts Over 3.5 Years. It Found a Torrent of Transphobic Abuse https://time.com/5710466/transphobic-abuse-online-study/
A compilation of all the trans-hostile headlines churned out by the transphobic UK press in the space of a year... https://twitter.com/mimmymum/status/1160775998893363200
The UK mediaâs widespread transphobia is highlighted in one âheartbreakingâ Twitter thread by @CaseyExplosion https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/01/11/the-uk-medias-widespread-transphobia-is-highlighted-in-one-heartbreaking-twitter-thread/
The bigoted British media is actively endangering trans people
From Where I Stand
Journalists obsessed with attacking the trans community are placing vulnerable people in danger and turning our media toxic, writes @DawnHFoster https://www.huckmag.com/perspectives/opinion-perspectives/transphobic-trash/
From Where I Stand
Journalists obsessed with attacking the trans community are placing vulnerable people in danger and turning our media toxic, writes @DawnHFoster https://www.huckmag.com/perspectives/opinion-perspectives/transphobic-trash/
Inside the Great British TERF War
This is how the debate over human rights for transgender people ended up dominating mainstream media, poisoning newsrooms and dividing British feminism... https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/889qe5/trans-rights-uk-debate-terfs
This is how the debate over human rights for transgender people ended up dominating mainstream media, poisoning newsrooms and dividing British feminism... https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/889qe5/trans-rights-uk-debate-terfs
A guide to DARVO, the gaslighting response people give when theyâre called out for bad behaviour
A brilliant insight into the techniques used by powerful & privileged âgender criticalâ activists to reframe their actions to present themselves as âvictimsâ. https://metro.co.uk/2020/06/13/guide-darvo-gaslighting-response-people-give-when-called-bad-behaviour-12847680/
A brilliant insight into the techniques used by powerful & privileged âgender criticalâ activists to reframe their actions to present themselves as âvictimsâ. https://metro.co.uk/2020/06/13/guide-darvo-gaslighting-response-people-give-when-called-bad-behaviour-12847680/
âThe only speech powerful people seem to care about is their own: They want to be able to say whatever they want without consequence & to paint themselves as the victims even as they wield more institutional and systemic power than anyone criticizing themâ https://gen.medium.com/amp/p/e840fa55ad49?__twitter_impression=true
The Motherland of âGender Criticismâ
Analysis of the UKâs toxic transphobia in comparison to a more trans-inclusive mainstream in America. https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/12/rowling-transphobia-tweet-radical-feminism-discourse.html
Analysis of the UKâs toxic transphobia in comparison to a more trans-inclusive mainstream in America. https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/12/rowling-transphobia-tweet-radical-feminism-discourse.html