Transnegation Roundup/2020/09

Parliament is Listening to Our BS

• 2020-09-01 05:36 @WomenUnitingUK “2. We were in the doldrums of August, and awaiting the well overdue announcement from Liz Truss, but don't imagine nothing was going on behind the scenes. The women of Women Uniting UK were still quietly, tenaciously, fighting to maintain the sex-based rights of women and girls,”
• 2020-09-01 05:36 @WomenUnitingUK “3. and continuing to raise awareness of the gender ideology that is damaging our children, particularly our daughters. / More and more MPs are listening, more and more teachers are pushing back on unsuitable political and ideological lobby groups having access to children in”
• 2020-09-01 05:36 @WomenUnitingUK “4. schools, more and more medics are speaking out about their concerns around the medicalisation of what are quite often normal childhood feelings, more and more women from all walks of life are speaking out, despite the threats to their jobs”
• 2020-09-01 05:36 @WomenUnitingUK “5. and the physical threats they receive for believing that women are a sex class, not a feeling in someone's head. / There are numerous cases due in court: brave people putting their reputations, livelihood, and safety on the line.”

To which I say:

• The existence of "gender identity" is not an ideology.
• It's not damaging anyone.
• "Unsuitable"? (I think this must be part of the "but the children!" ploy.)
• Lobby groups? We have lobby groups? I guess trans rights organizations count?
• "Concerns about medicalization"? Trans people have to fight to get care.
• "Normal childhood feelings"? Normal if you're trans, maybe... and either way, medical care is needed if it is being sought.
• "Speaking out despite the threats to their job" -- nobody is losing their jobs for having opinions. They're losing their jobs for being bigoted jerks.
• "the physical threats they receive for believing that women are a sex class" -- examples?

(Interesting how all the timestamps are the same; wonder what that means. Using TweetDeck?)

Star Trek is too PC, part one million

• 2020-09-02 numerous comments on 'Star Trek: Discovery' Makes Franchise History With First Trans, Non-Binary Characters (archive.org has some which were removed)
  • "In space is the best place for transickos / Off this planet Is a start. / Vile things."
  • "Star Trek has been completely taken over by these freaks."
  • "Can we get some decent scripts instead of trans propaganda?"
  • "It’s ironic that these two nuts are on a science fiction show because science supports neither one of them." -- except it does
  • "The trans cult is trying to erase women and take away single sex spaces."
• 2020-09-02 06:52 @Ellen91333928 “[...] She's explaining exactly what happened...and how she got into doing all she can to raise awareness of what's being done to women, to children by The Trans Cult.” (h/t has a rebuttal thread)

The Phantom Menace

• 2020-09-03 08:41 @BluskyeAllison “1/ This has been one of the most depressing 24 hours I’ve ever had on Gender Critical Twitter. / To be clear: every woman & girl must know that their sex-based rights will disappear if they do not pay attention & join this struggle.”
  • To someone not familiar with the vocabulary, this undoubtedly comes across as someone sincerely concerned about women's rights. The combination of "gender critical" plus "sex-based rights", however, is a pretty clear indication that she's talking about trans people.
  • The fact that she doesn't say anything overtly offensive, yet is also (if you know what she's talking about) clearly taking a strong stand against rights for trans people, leaves us with an intense feeling of being attacked and yet with nothing obvious to refute. strategic ambiguity
  • The intense emotion expressed ("one of the most depressing 24 hours I’ve ever had", "rights will disappear if they do not pay attention & join this struggle") only adds to the sense of danger.
  • My retweet goes into a bit more depth.

The Clone Wars

• 2020-09-04 22:32 @terfalicious “Well, one is an irrational fear with no evidence to support it, and the other is a legitimate fear based on a long history of forced ‘breeding’ of women. If you’d like to learn more about the history of forced ‘breeding,’ here is a great thread:” - which provides no evidence of trans women taking cis women captive, for "breeding" purposes or anything else.
  • links to 2020-09-03 02:57 @crimeofcupid “in wake of the whole "trans-woman breeding gender critical women" tweet, i would like to make a thread that directs attention to the very real cases of women being "bred". / 14 thai women rescued from a "breeding farm":” - thread does not appear to mention trans people, beyond the initial post; other than providing evidence for human breeding farms, the connection is unclear.
    • links to 2011-02-24 Thai Police Free 14 Women From Illegal Baby-Breeding Farm In Bangkok (original URL)