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This time last year, I was broadly in favour of trans rights. Didn’t think about it much but kind of assumed GC people were religious bigoty types who hate those who are different. Then I looked into it more, and this is what I’ve found since then (feel free to add) /1
Lesbians kicked off dating app Hinge for stating they were only interested in biological females /3 https://twitter.com/luluchops1/status/1276414374505263104?s=20
Thread continues here https://twitter.com/athers1977/status/1281180253138935808?s=21
Maya Forstater losing her job for saying humans cannot change sex and for calling for open debate about the subject /5 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/dec/18/judge-rules-against-charity-worker-who-lost-job-over-transgender-tweets
Male-bodied transgender MMA fighter Fallon Fox fighting female opponents and bragging about cracking skulls /6
I would also say I want trans people to be safe, protected and loved. I’m just very worried about modern transactivism, which the above examples show is regressive, homophobic and misogynistic.
- a charity set up to help grieving mothers avoiding all use of the word itself https://twitter.com/SandsUK/status/1314855702343680002
