Share wildly. The anti trans (and anti VAWA, Equality Act) Heritage Foundation 'feminist' group, Women's liberation Front (WoLF), has issued its media guidelines.
This will become the standard for the trans hate groups and anti trans media (eg BBC, The Times,The Australian).
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This will become the standard for the trans hate groups and anti trans media (eg BBC, The Times,The Australian).
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(1) It erases intersex people and even the word "intersex". Intersex people to referred to as "men or women with a Disorder of Sex Development (DSD)"
(2) Wants conversion therapy done on trans youth.
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(2) Wants conversion therapy done on trans youth.
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{3) State that "Primary sex determination occurs upon fertilization and is determined by the presence or lack of a Y chromosome."
(4) Always misgender and deadname trans people.
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(4) Always misgender and deadname trans people.
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(5) Use “cosmetic body modification”, “cosmetic genital surgery”, etc rather than “gender reassignment surgery”.
(6) Make it clear when trans people are victims of male violence it is by romantic partners or when they experience violence as a result of being in the sex trade.
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(6) Make it clear when trans people are victims of male violence it is by romantic partners or when they experience violence as a result of being in the sex trade.
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(7) Use "“About 10 percent of murders in the US are committed by women or men who identify as women” rather than “About 10 percent of murders in the
US are committed by women”
(8) Not to conflate women’s sex-based rights with discrimination against trans-identified people.
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US are committed by women”
(8) Not to conflate women’s sex-based rights with discrimination against trans-identified people.
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(9) Not use the word "Queer"
(10) Not use the terms "transgender women", "trans women", etc. Use: "men who identify as women"
(11) Don't lump 'LGB' together. Gay, lesbian and bi people to be reported separately.
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(10) Not use the terms "transgender women", "trans women", etc. Use: "men who identify as women"
(11) Don't lump 'LGB' together. Gay, lesbian and bi people to be reported separately.
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(12) To use the terms "identifies as transgender" rather than "trans women" or "trans man".
(13) Never to use the term "nonbinary" as an adjective, rather use "identifies as nonbinary".
(14) Not to use the term "sex assigned at birth".
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(13) Never to use the term "nonbinary" as an adjective, rather use "identifies as nonbinary".
(14) Not to use the term "sex assigned at birth".
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(15) Defend working with right wing and religious right groups as "part of a long tradition of reaching across the aisle to strategically advance women’s civil rights."
(16) Deny that trans people have elevated murder rates.
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(16) Deny that trans people have elevated murder rates.
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(17) Recommends never using the terms: “gender identity," “transgender woman," “trans man," “cisgender
woman", “cis man”, “transgender," “cisgender,", “nonbinary”, “pansexual”
(18) Use: "identifies as" or “gender nonconforming”, etc.
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woman", “cis man”, “transgender," “cisgender,", “nonbinary”, “pansexual”
(18) Use: "identifies as" or “gender nonconforming”, etc.
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@threadreaderapp please unroll.
Alex has done a good summary: https://twitter.com/FoldUpToys/status/1344615908791250944
BTW. This was only possible because of Beau Dyess. Without his contacts we might have taken ages to work it out.
Give him a big thanks.
Give him a big thanks.
Heads up @splcenter transphobic (and intersex erasing) 'media guidelines' from hate group Wolf
That didn't take long..... https://twitter.com/dropsyjones/status/1344826065592709120