Paul Ilett
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🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ He/Him | Author of bestselling thriller EXPOSÉ & its sequel EXPOSED | LGBTQ+ | Trans Ally | Foster Carer | City of Southend-on-Sea
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Actor Adam Jaymes launches a mischievous plot to destroy the world's most scandalous tabloid newspaper - one reporter at a time.
Read the darkly comical thriller Exposé for just 99p/$0.99.
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Who’s old enough to remember when almost every house had just one telephone, and it was always on a table in the hall?
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To all the “LGB ✂️ TQ+” campaigners.
This illustration perfectly sums up what you are doing.
#LGBTQ
+
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Graham Norton said the media, when talking about trans people, should talk to trans people and medical experts, not celebrities. JKR accused him, to her 14m followers, of supporting rape and death threats. He's now left twitter. Where's the news coverage?
#IStandWithGrahamNorton
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Hi
@BBCNews
- how about a different headline? “JK Rowling attacks Nicola Sturgeon’s support for trans rights”. Funny you framed it differently. Almost as if the BBC News team is institutionally transphobic. Oh, and by the way,
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
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If you claim to be a
#DoctorWho
fan but are attacking Yasmin Finney for her appearance at Trans Pride.
You are not a Doctor Who fan.
Take the Doctor’s name out of your mouth. Take Donna Noble’s name out of your mouth. The TARDIS doors will hit your bigoted arse on the way out.
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People who’ve never cared about women prisoners suddenly tweeting about women prisoners. People who’ve never cared about inequalities faced by female athletes suddenly tweeting about the need for equality in sport. Who are transphobes going to pretend to care about next?
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The gender critical movement rushing to the defence of Russell Brand - and attacking his female accusers - is exactly where I thought the gender critical movement would land on this discussion.
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I’m a 53yo gay man and the
#LGBAlliance
does not speak for me and should not be a charity.
I'm a gay man and LGB Alliance absolutely does not speak for me, who's with me?
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Waiting for JK Rowling to come out in defence of Emma Watson and make it clear to the men and women of the gender critical movement that, as a woman, Emma has every right to express an opinion in support of trans people and should not be attacked for it.
Yup.
Waiting for that.
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Hi
@BBCNews
. You wasted public money “investigating”
@stonewalluk
, You betrayed public trust by publishing stories suggesting trans women are sexual predators. So why not do some actual journalism, and investigate the ‘gender critical’ movement’s links with the far right?
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JK Rowling claims everything she has written about the rights of trans people has been "profoundly" misunderstood. An odd claim, coming from someone with so much writing experience.
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Just a quick etiquette lesson.
1. Cis is not offensive.
2. Groomer is offensive, as pointed out in parliament today.
I hope that helps.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
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Gender critical activists are attacking a trans actress for playing a 15yo trans character in
#DoctorWho
(she was 18 at the time of filming). Apparently she 'stole' the role from an actual 15yo. Wait until they find out the actor playing the Doctor isn't actually 2,000 years old!
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Hi
@Keir_Starmer
- would I be right in thinking you would condemn the misgendering of trans women by Labour MPs?
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Pronouns are important for trans people - they can be clear how they should be addressed. But if only trans people use pronouns, it singles them out and makes them easy targets for abuse by transphobes/gender criticals. So if we ALL use pronouns, it makes the world safer for them
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I'm a 53-year-old cis gay man (with a beard) who supports trans rights.
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It turns out the distance between “we mean you no harm” to “you don’t even exist” is three years.
History repeating.
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National treasure David Tennant getting attacked for being a great parent who looks after his kids by bitter, hate-filled transphobic trolls (who probably aren’t allowed to see their own kids anymore) is exactly what I expect from the dying days of Twitter.
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Utterly disgusted to hear Kemi Badenoch tell the commons there is an "epidemic of young gay children being told they are trans and being put on a medical pathway". Not a shred of evidence to support this. Its just second hand rhetoric promoted by transphobic organisations.
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It took a TV drama to expose to the public the drunken parties under Boris Johnson's watch in No.10 during lockdown. Another TV drama has exposed the Post Office scandal and will deliver (hopefully) justice for those affected. Why aren't UK journalists doing this work?
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I’m a 53yo gay man. The
#LGBAlliance
has not and does not speak for me, represent me or (frankly) do anything that benefits me or any one else.
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If you are a gay man of my age or older (I’m 51) and you support the
#LGBAlliance
- you need to remember how it felt to be demonised by the press, church and UK government in the 80s. And you need to sit in a quiet room and have a really good look at yourself
#TransLivesMatter
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Anyone else just really bored of transphobes pretending they’re promoting women’s rights?
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Davina McCall being hounded by gender critical activists for being kind to trans and non-binary people, says everything we already knew about the men and women of the gender critical movement and their claim that they want women to speak and be heard.
Only SOME women.
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The journey of the gender critical movement, from 2020 to 2023.
#DoctorWho
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
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Gender Critical radicalisation in 5 acts.
Act 1
Let’s attack trans rights
Act 2
But my LGB rights are safe?
Act 3
Wait. You’re also attacking my LGB rights?
Act 4
I agree I should surrender my LGB rights
Act 5
My partner left me and took the kids
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
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I blocked JK Rowling on Twitter shortly after she published her “essay” a few years ago. I have seen her most recent tweet, as a screenshot was shared by people I follow.
Blocking her was clearly the right thing to do.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
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Good god transphobia is exhausting. And I’m not even trans. So to the gender critical crowd.. Shame on you!
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“I criticised David Tennant”. He literally called him a ‘groomer’.
Glinner’s failure to take responsibility for the consequences of his actions continues apace.
Speaking yesterday on the panel of the Tufton St love-in IEA/TaxPayers Alliance event at the Tory party conference Graham Linehan admits he has just been dropped by his TV agent after calling David Tennant a "groomer".
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I was offered the opportunity to see a (very good) west end show. But I declined because one of the cast members is very ‘gender critical’ (I’m being polite). I wouldn’t see a show with a racist actor. Or a misogynist. Or a homophobe. Why would I change my moral compass for this?
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I posted a BBC news story today about a rise in hate crime against trans people. Members of the
#gendercritical
movement responded with absolutely no compassion, concern or accountability. Just angry attempts to diminish the crimes, dehumanise the victims and attack the data.
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Gender Critical activists obsessing about Pride flags is very revealing. Their campaign has never been about 'a few concerns' but is a deliberate effort to bully organisations, and society more generally, into allowing the deletion of the LGBTQ+ community from every public space.
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Hi
@bbcnews
@joshparry
- just JK Rowling accusing a perfectly decent human being of supporting rape and death threats, for simply suggesting the media talk to trans teens and their parents rather than celebrities. Anyone holding JK Rowling to account for this?
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When this ferociously right-wing government is gone, and we have (I hope) a kinder, more inclusive party in power, it’s important the LGBTQ+ community never forgets those among us, who praised and supported these cruel politicians.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
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The demonisation of Pride is nothing to do with the LGBTQ+ community and everything to do with bigots who have been waiting years, decades, for that door to be reopened.
We can thank the gender criticals for that.
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A gender critical attacks Costa Coffee’s pro-trans advert by secretly taking a photo of a female customer, publishes it without her knowledge and then body shames her.
Yup. The gender critical cult.
Feminist, my arse.
#costacoffee
#gendercritical
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
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This is usually the moment when JKR mentions her expensive legal team, or instigates a pile-on, or starts throwing around accusations that the person disagreeing with her supports rape or death threats. Is she going to do that to George?
@jk_rowling
When Hitler rose to power as German chancellor in 1933, he enacted policies to rid the country of Lebensunwertes Leben, or “lives unworthy of living.” His targets included Jews, Roma people, disabled people and communists—but also specifically homosexuals and transsexuals.
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“Just because something isn’t a hate crime doesn’t mean it’s not harmful. Just because something’s legal doesn’t make it right.”
A really thoughtful and insightful article by
@LouisChilton
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So very sad to hear of the passing of TV presenter Jonnie Irwin. During lockdown, A Place in the Sun brought enormous joy to our household and he was a wonderful, funny, smart host. He was only 50 years old, which is no age.
#JonnieIrwin
#APlaceInTheSun
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Great to see more and more people and organisations coming out in support of Harry and Meghan in the face of extraordinary media hostility. Here’s the post from The Officers Association
#HarryandMeghan
@OfficersAssoc
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Sending love to all the brilliant parents loving and supporting their trans kids, who were defamed in the commons by Kemi Badenoch who claimed there is an "epidemic of young gay children being told they are trans". This entire transphobic government will be gone within the year.
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If anyone has screenshots of some of Graham Linehan’s tweets from over the years regarding trans people or the broader
#LGBTQ
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Hi
@wesstreeting
- the trans community suffered a 56% rise in hate crime in a single year. The biggest % rise in hate crime against any minority. Do you feel like apologising to trans people for the role certain Labour MPs contributed to that rise?
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
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Joanna Cherry, Rosie Duffield reacting to Kirsty Blackman quoting a trans constituent. Feel free to use this gif.
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Disappointed to see some members of the gay community align with the gender critical movement, and working to undermine
#stonewall
whilst promoting the
#LGBAlliance
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When gender critical activists accuse a trans ally of trying to silence women, just look through their posts. You’ll find post after post, attacking any women who support trans rights. Someone’s definitely trying to silence women, but it’s not trans allies.
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"It's all over for pronouns" say people who don't understand how language works.
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A charity departs X as it no longer feels a safe environment. If this were an anti-trans organisation, it’s chair would be parading across GBNews and the right wing nationals on a ‘cancelled’ tour. As this is a charity that supports trans people, I guess it won’t be covered.
We have taken the decision to stop engaging with our X account, as of today. This account will continue to exist as an archive for our community. Read our full statement:
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I haven’t seen the
#HarryAndMeghanNetfix
show yet. But considering the huge, disproportionate amount of media coverage - mostly extremely negative - I can only assume the series is very persuasive in showing them in a positive light and the media negatively.
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The vast majority of small business premises, serving the public, have a single toilet to be used by everyone.
If the thought of that terrorises you, perhaps it’s because you’ve been radicalised by the gender critical cult.
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@damndee__
As a local newspaper reporter in 1990, I spent Fridays travelling the area with a photographer interviewing couples celebrating 50th, 60th and sometimes 70th anniversaries. What they all had in common? They lived in separate parts of their house and seemed to live separate lives.
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“No, Lizzie. We still cannot afford food or electricity, your NHS operation has been postponed again and we’re about to lose our home because of the mortgage rates. But don’t worry, because
#LavatoryTsar
#KemiBadenoch
is cracking down on gender neutral loos.”
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The gender critical movement is impacting the safety and well-being of the
#LGBTQ
+ community. It’s time to stop pretending otherwise.
Last year homophobic attacks increased by 41%.
Transphobic attacks increased even more.
Politicians and media who stoke ‘culture wars’, to distract from their failures or divide their critics, do so at the expense of LGBTQ safety.
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So, today I shared a link to an article written by a woman who supports trans rights.
The gender criticals called me a misogynist for sharing the article, and also called the journalist a ‘Trans Maid’.
Their commitment to “let women speak” appears less credible every day.
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What's most grim about the
#LetWomenSpeak
movement is the amount of women they demand be silent because those women are not expressing gender critical views.
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The men and women of the gender critical movement spent today attacking and degrading a 65yo lesbian who spoke in support of trans people. Please let that sink in and then tell me that gender critical activists are trying to defend and protect women.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
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After two men were stabbed in a homophobic attack outside a south London nightclub, I began to assess the impact the men and women of the gender critical movement are having on the safety, well being and rights of the
#LGBTQ
+ community.
Here are 10 things that came to mind.
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Now this case is over, may I assume all the people who’ve suddenly shown concern for the welfare of women in prison will continue to campaign on issues related to the welfare of women in prison? Or were they just using this case to promote transphobia?
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Expect an escalation in anti-LGBTQ+ language/action from gender critical activists, organisations and reporters over the coming months. They know their time is running out as their right-wing enablers will soon be booted from government. It’s always darkest before the dawn
#LGBTQ
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I’m a 51 year old Gay man. I am still waiting for the
#LGBAlliance
to do or say anything I feel helps me or any gay or bisexual person. Very strange for a registered charity to be unable to evidence any positive impact.
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The judge told Brady his attacks on Dan Wootton had "everything to do with a craving for celebrity status and your irritation that the press were not in the least interested in your somewhat uninteresting life".
I hope Andrew Brady make a bloody fortune!
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Gender critical activists: "You are wrong to decline tickets for a show just because one of the cast members is vocally gender critical. That's cancel culture!"
Also gender critical activists: "We demand a trans actor be fired from Doctor Who. Trans people should not be on TV."
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I’m a trans ally. Always will be.
Please remember, when reflecting on the hate that came from the Tory party conference, that its always darkest before the dawn.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
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Please remember: teacher Enoch Burke is not in jail because he would not “use trans pupil's pronouns” but because he again refused to comply with a High Court order to stay away from his old school.
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Kate Osborne MP under attack by gender critical activists for daring to challenge the language used to describe trans people by the Inequalities Minister.
Proving, yet again, that the men and women of the gender critical movement only want to allow SOME women to speak.
At yesterdays
@Commonswomequ
I made clear the Equalities Ministers inflammatory language runs risk of driving trans hate crime up.
Many MP's referenced her use of the word epidemic.
The Minister called me a liar - there was no lie as you can see for yourself in this video.
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The gender critical movement. Multimillionaire backers, celebrities with millions of followers, right-wing journalists in national newspapers and TV news and politicians in law-making positions
Not a single woman is safer now than 5 years ago. But trans people are far less safe
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The cruelty of misgendering trans people, now so joyfully used by members of the gender critical movement - people who always, always told us they meant no harm to the trans community. Truly awful.
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The gender critical movement was always a Trojan Horse. The pretence of protecting women but a gateway to a broader attack on the rights of all women, not just trans women. The fact we now have demonstrations outside abortion services is not incidental.
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The “trans rights activists” (that is, the decent people of the LGBTQ community) saw this coming.
The “gender criticals” are still trying to work out how they can blame trans people for this.
You can’t. This is on you.
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Fascinating to see the gay men and women who’ve joined the gender critical movement being so desperate, screamingly desperate, to pretend that what they’re doing to the trans community now is different to what the Tories did to us in the 1980s. Shameful.
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Barry Humphries made a fortune as a drag queen, but was never a friend or ally to the
#lgbtq
+ community. I will miss Dame Edna, but I cannot pretend to grieve the views or politics of the performer who brought her to our screens.
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The women of Liverpool turned up in their hundreds to reject hate and transphobia. But, according to Daily Mail journalist Quentin Letts, it was a "sight to chill the liver". There's no pretending from the right any more. Women who support trans rights are being silenced.
#LetWomenSpeakLiverpool
Liverpool, predictably, has shut down and outnumbered the cranks with ease.
Only weak women do the transphobic bidding of the conservative and christian right-wing.
Liverpool women dont take any of that shit.
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No one who works at John Lewis has complained about the magazine they received for LGBT+ History Month, so another example of gender critical activists poking their nose into other people's business. NB: the John Lewis Partnership is owned by everyone who works there
#LGBTplusHM
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When the
#LGBTQ
+ community was overwhelmingly raising concerns about the LGB Alliance, BBC presenter Stephen Nolan decided to investigate Stonewall instead.
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Two things I noticed about Prime Minister Rishi Sunak talking about the murder of Brianna Ghey:
* the expression on his face throughout
* that he didn't use Brianna's pronouns. He only referred to her as 'Brianna'
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Whatever the men and women of the gender critical movement claim, the truth is that since they began their campaign against the rights of trans people, violent crime and hate crime against that community has sky rocketed. Trans people are the true victims of this 'gender war'.
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@OwenJones84
Worth mentioning that someone made an horrendous, untrue and completely disproportionate accusation against him, to her 14m followers, and so likely played a significant role in that.
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I just found out today that the L in LGBTQ+ stands for “legitimate”. Thank you
@bbcstrictly
for enlightening a 53 year old gay man.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
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The gender criticals are out in force this evening because they know their time is running out, as a new government is on its way. Their bile is a show of desperation.
So, Happy New Year to the trans and non-binary community. Better days are ahead.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
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Julie Bindel spent today attacking Sandi Toksvig, a 65yo lesbian who spoke in support of trans people. Let’s remind ourselves of what Julie said - on famously feminist news channel GB News - about the
#LGBTQ
+ community. Apparently, we’ve embraced child abusers into our community!
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First gender critical activists attacked
#DoctorWho
for replacing Billie Piper with a trans actress. When that proved to be wrong, they then attacked the show for having a trans actress playing a trans woman - proving how tough it can be to align your prejudice with the facts.
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Wow. SO many anonymous GC burner accounts responding to this post. Obviously touched a nerve. A very sensitive topic. What if
@BBCNews
should actually pay attention?
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Hi
@Channel4News
- could you investigate the rise of transphobia within BBC news? I can suggest a dozen people and organisations off the top of my head who would assist with an investigation. Let me know what you think. Kind regards, Paul (51yo member of the
#LGBTQ
community)
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The Gender Criticals: Let women speak!
Kirstie Allsopp: I support trans women.
The Gender Criticals: Shut up Kirstie!!!
*And that was brought to you in real time*
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I have gender criticals/transphobes sending me tweets, who are clearly furious at the suggestion that people might choose to leave Twitter for
#threads
. It’s almost like they’re angry they’ll have no one left here to abuse.
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I wish the gender critical movement would be more honest and change its
#LetWomenSpeak
hashtag to
#LetWomenSpeakUnlessTheySupportTransRights
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What this article doesn't state is that whilst 47% of UK residents think trans teenagers should be allowed to receive gender-affirming care, only 35% don't. Take out the 'don't knows' and its 57% in favour
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#LGBTQ
@Ipsos
@guardian
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@bindelj
@AllianceLGB
Speaking as a gay men,
@AllianceLGB
is a disgrace. Always was, always will be. Whatever it’s charity status.
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@becca__lr
I hired a professional cleaner who did an amazing job cleaning the whole apartment. The leasing agency still tried to keep our deposit. I got the deposit back, but only by threatening to go to court and inviting the local papers.
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A member of the gender critical movement told me history will judge 'trans rights activists' badly. I pointed out that the
#LGBTQ
+ community doesn't need to wait for history to judge the GC movement - we're already suffering a massive rise in violence and hate crime.
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Hi
@wesstreeting
- just to be clear; is it Labour's position that in order to "protect the dignity and respect of trans people", you are going to begin to segregate trans people from the rest of society in public places, such as in healthcare environments?
"We've got to put patient safety first" says shadow health secretary
@wesstreeting
as he speaks about single sex wards.
#PoliticsHub
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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Three years of negative stories about trans people - about 1,000 anti-trans stories monthly. This includes attacks on charities, the NHS and schools.
@Channel4News
broadcasts ONE story about
#EHRC
and the gender criticals complain to OFCOM. That’s how entitled they have become.
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It’s grimly fascinating watching the “school girl identifies as a cat” story unravel as a complete fabrication. Those who were desperate to be true are now claiming, “Ah, yes, but I personally know other examples where this IS true. Just don’t ask me for details…”
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I am pleased to see the beginnings of some serious and legitimate scrutiny and challenge of the
#CassReview
- it's methodology, findings and recommendations. It is important this happens. No report recommending changes to any NHS service should get a free pass.
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