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?)

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)

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.

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)

2020-09-06 12:30 @ScottNewgent “Kids are being brainwashed; they are trans in UK schools. In Canada last week, a father was paraded in the "Prisoner Box," The judge warned other parents from speaking against the school system med transitioning kids & ending up in jail too, like this father. / Lupron, the hormone blocker given to prepubescent kids, is given out like candy, yet it has never been tested on gender dysphoric kids, and we do not know the long term consequences.” (2 tweets combined)
- links to 2001-10-04 2 Drug Makers to Pay $875 Million to Settle Fraud Case "Prosecutors contended that sales representatives for TAP gave doctors free samples of Lupron, a drug used to treat prostate cancer and infertility, and then helped them get government reimbursements at hundreds of dollars for each dose." This article has absolutely nothing to do with transition meds. Yes, Lupron has been used as a puberty blocker... but what does this article from 2001 have to do with that? misrepresentation

Nobody is pushing transition on kids.
Nobody is pushing HRT or puberty blockers.
Trans kids typically face steep obstacles to obtaining desperately-needed and desired medical intervention, not to mention being allowed to present as their true gender.

(Don't make me use my angry voice. ...oh, but that's what you want, isn't it.)

2020-09-09 02:38 @https://twitter.com “Dakota Nieves, a trans activist who achieved local fame in Massachusetts for campaigning for people who claim they are transgender to be given access to the locker room of their choice, has pleaded guilty to four counts of child sexual abuse”
- links to 2020-08-26 Lawrence Resident Pleads Guilty to Sexual Exploitation Charges
- 2020-09-09 09:19 @wendycockcroft “This is why we flip out about locker rooms, etc. How can you tell the difference between the innocent and the abusers?”