One Year On: 13 people on the ruling that changed their lives
Too many funny things in that article.
Trans people make up about 1% of the population, so these anti-trans rules are going to be affecting mainly cisgender women who are perceived to not be ‘woman’ enough. We are seeing women deemed to be ‘too beautiful’, or if they’ve had a lot of cosmetic work, being accused of being trans. Or they’re too tall, or they have a broad back. But we can’t allow being trans to be turned into a slur, as there’s nothing wrong with being trans. We also can’t fall into the trap where accusations of being trans are treated as more of an egregious offense than harassing an actual trans person, which seems to be fair game right now.
I've never heard of legit women being accused of being trans because they've had plastic surgery. I
have heard of liberal women being told something like "your transition came out well - you almost pass!" or something equally sardonic because of the funny reaction it gets. Why? Because it
is a slur, you retard. It wasn't turned into one, it just is. If you called a real man a pooner, he would either be amused or furious. If you call a woman a troon, she's going to be mad or hurt.
In June last year, the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention announced a red-flag warning that the UK was showing the first signs of genocidal intent against its trans and intersex population. The stakes are so high and, with that, what I’m seeing is that we are pulling together. London Trans Pride grows every year and is now the biggest Trans Pride in the world; as a community we’re much more organised, much more empathetic to each other’s feelings and realities.
This is what happens when you dilute the definition of words too much. The big question is: would any of these 'red-flags' ever actually grow into gas chambers?
Also, why are we conflating trans with intersex? Are people with DSD syndromes really afraid that they're about to be genocided?
We’ve seen that one of the key tactics our opponents rely on is divide and conquer. They blame others for their failings and want us to turn on one another. I can see how they’re using women’s fears, around men and rising rates of violence, and diverting them on to us. All of this is a deliberate distraction, diverting society’s attention away from that escalating crisis and the fact that people can’t feed their children and they can’t heat their homes. Allowing ourselves to be divided is a sure-fire way to us being conquered. We have to keep sticking together and speaking up for each other.
‘I was pushed out of bathrooms’
Troons taking whataboutism and lifting it up to new heights, color me surprised.
A first-of-its-kind study, carried out by The Trevor Project, found that anti-transgender laws cause an increase of up to 72% in suicide attempts among transgender and non-binary youth. The study was carried out on the LGBTQ+ population in the US, and while similar research is yet to be carried out in the UK, it is known that 48% of trans people here have attempted suicide.
What would these people do if they had real problems in life? I don't seem to remember 72% of black slaves attempting suicide. I don't seem to remember men being reluctant to take wives because there was such a high chance that she'd be trying to commit suicide. Do disabled people have such high suicide attempts?
This isn't the result of politics, it's the natural end result someone whose issues go far beyond their gender obsession.
The agenda that’s being pushed – that trans people are an invasive presence, or that they’re a danger to women – is simply not true. The majority of us are just trying to live our lives but now are simply terrified. We just want to go about our days. So, to see JK Rowling seeming to celebrate the suffering of others has been very hard to watch.
‘Men will match with me on dating apps simply to be cruel’
It's so funny how JK lives rent-free in their heads. They just can't help but bring her up. I also don't think that men trolling them on dating apps has anything to do with the ruling.
I am grateful that they were shown. I can understand why people have fallen for hatred when they haven’t met a trans person. Whereas, when you sit down with someone, their beliefs can start to shift, as here’s this person, whom this affects, sitting in front of you. Television can be a powerful way to bridge that gap.
No, that's how you peak people. I will agree that TV can be a powerful propaganda machine, if only because there will be people on set to keep the troons tard wrangled so they pretend to be normal members of society and not sex pests who think porn consumption is a human right.
As soon as the ruling happened, I stopped going to the gym. I found I was absolutely petrified to go to this place I had once known and loved. There’s no disabled facility and I thought, ‘Well, where can I change?’ I’d always used the women’s changing rooms, because I am a woman.
But it felt like now I was being told I’d have to go into the men’s, which wasn’t going to happen. There was this overwhelming anxiety, it felt easier to just not go. That had a huge knock-on impact on my eating, body image and mental health. My eating disorder, which I thought I’d managed to conquer, made its return. I decided, just this week, to go back. I’ve booked in a session with my personal trainer and will change before going, so I feel safe.
Sir, these are all problems you've created for yourself. You're the one refusing to use the appropriate changing rooms and bathrooms, and changing beforehand was always an option for you. Also, he has an eating disorder, so another case of troonism being comorbid with other garbage. Of course, those other problems are your fault, too, for being transphobic.
Things that hadn’t bothered me as much before started to eat away at me; it felt like my womanhood was being questioned and challenged at every turn, and that there was always a risk that someone would have a problem with me. My workplace told me that I could continue to use the women’s facilities, but if someone complained, they might have to reassess their policy. I felt constantly anxious. Were people watching me? Was someone getting ready to complain? What would happen if they did – would I be punished in some way? It’s very difficult to do your job under those conditions. It feels like having an axe suspended above your head. I ended up being signed off work for months because of the stress.
Sounds to me like he's getting a taste of his own medicine. Everyone has been feeling anxious when working around genderspecials for some time now because they might complain.
The emphasis has been to attack trans women and paint us as a threat, as if we’re predators. But, when you look at the statistics when it comes to violence against women, the issue is men, not trans people. I get angry, as we’re still referred to and discussed as if we are men. Even when people think they’re being nice, it’s there.
You
are men! I've read the statistics, too, and troons commit the same types of crime as men and at similar or higher rates. This idiot is either lying or just looked at statistical rates of violence as whole and said, "Welp, you can see that more men are assaulting women than transwomen!" and stopped there. He should've looked at what percentage of non-troon men are committing violent acts and what percentage of troons are committing violent acts. Don't forget the recent string of mass shooters who are troons, as well.
