Category: LGBTQ+
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Honesty
We’ve been trying to tell you for a long time that the goal of anti-trans activism and legislation is to eliminate trans people from society and to prevent trans people from transitioning. And one of the reasons we know that is because the anti-trans activists and legislations make it very clear that that’s their goal. […]
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Twenty-eight
I’m one of the contributors to a new book, Twenty-Eight, which looks at the impact of the hateful anti-LGBT legislation that lasted from the late 1980s until the early 2000s. It’s generally agreed that Section 28 was a terrible stain on our history, but what people tend to forget is that the majority supported it. […]
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No rush
Countering the constant flood of anti-trans bullshit is a Sisyphean task that many of us simply haven’t the time or energy to deal with, but a particularly egregious example is doing the rounds right now and it’s important to debunk it. The lie: the Scottish gender recognition reform bill was rushed through by the Scottish […]
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It was never about sports
This, by Erin Reed, is a good analysis of the Alliance Defending Freedom’s war on trans people and its use of a gullible/complicit media. A ban on gender affirming care is not the endgame here. With attacks on gay people rising through book bans and Don’t Say Gay or Trans bills, all LGBTQ+ rights are […]
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“How come you never thought it before?”
There’s an article in today’s (Glasgow) Herald claiming that a ban on conversion therapy will “criminalise parents”, throw psychotherapists in prison and have you arrested if you question your child’s gender or sexuality. It’s nonsense, and it’s based almost entirely on baseless claims by the Christian Institute – the same Christian Institute that the same […]
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There were no signs
(Content warning: slurs) Many LGBT+ people who’ve come out have been told by friends or family, with some bafflement, that there “weren’t any signs” that they were gay or trans. And I think that’s really interesting, because I think there are two main reasons for that. The first is that the signs people expect are […]
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Flip your wig
Here’s a photo from the GRR Bill debate in the Scottish Parliament yesterday. The response on Mumsnet, aka Prosecco Stormfront, was swift. “They can’t help themselves,” one poster wrote. “…it’s typical male pattern aggressive sexualised behaviour”. Others agreed, until they realised that the protester isn’t a trans woman; she’s an anti-trans woman, Elaine Miller of For […]
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Hate Mail
After writing a very honest and often horrific account of her teenage experiences online, a trans woman I know was approached by a sympathetic journalist who wanted to share her story: amid the “debate” over banning conversion therapy, the journalist wanted to make her readers aware of its horrors and lasting damage. My friend was […]
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“The politest possible version of blood libel”
An absolutely blistering piece by Ben Miller on the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs: I have been expecting a mass shooting at a gay bar for at least a year. This is not because I’m clairvoyant, but because I am a gay person with eyes and ears. The mass-murder at Club Q in Colorado […]
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More tales from the fast track
I had my annual gender clinic appointment yesterday, and I asked about a referral I’ve been waiting two years for. Ah, the doctor told me. We made an appointment for you about that in May. That’s the first I knew about it. I hadn’t received a text, letter or email, so of course I didn’t […]