Alex Sharpe
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Presenting 2nd trilogy of Bowie lectures in 24-25. Last time (22-23) it was Bowie (1) on Monsters, (2) on Authenticity, and (3) on Love.
This time (1) Bowie & Burroughs, (2) Bowie & Fascism & (3) Bowie & Death.
Kickoff 6 Nov - Burroughs. All welcome.
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The German nation ‘shrugs,’ just like 20+ other nations who have already taken this step, albeit with a higher age requirement. Only in transphobic 🇬🇧 is a moral panic whipped up by an increasingly vacuous, morally bereft and low grade media class.
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A woman on Mumsnet nearly made it out of Plato’s cave. Tragically, the replies to her fertile line of inquiry were of the usual incurious and drab kind.
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Media coverage of Cass Report is:
1. ignoring Review's exclusion of nearly all all international medical studies built up over decades (50-100) which clearly show that interventions benefit trans kids.
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A 12 yr old trans boy took own life due to transphobic school bullying. School head deadnamed him in death. Story not covered by mainstream media.
Had he played for boy’s football team or used boy’s bathroom … this would have been sensationalised by same media.
Welcome to 🇬🇧
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Too femme - we reproduce the patriarchy
Too masc - we invade women’s space
Too much T: we have unfair sporting advantage
Blocking T: we abuse trans kids
U don’t desire us - we are freaks
U do desire us - we are deceptive
The conundrums of being trans in transphobic 🇬🇧
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87% of UK women want equal rights for trans people. Cis and trans women standing together against the bigots. Good to see. 😀
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As the ‘gender critical’ acorn grows into a media water-cannoned tree, we see increasing emphasis on how gay men at Pride are obscene and a danger to kids. Like this was ever going to stop at the door of trans people.
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‘Transphobia should not be treated as just another viewpoint we should be free to express at a happy diversity table. There can’t be a dialogue when some at the table are in effect or intent arguing for the elimination of others at the table’ (Sara Ahmed).
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Well done ‘GC’ ppl. You have now succeeded in preventing a ban on conversion therapy, a form of torture that will now continue to be perpetrated not only against trans kids, but against ppl in the whole of the LGBTQ community.
Thank you for this Gold Star lesson in ‘feminism.’
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1. trans women NOT forcing cis lesbians to have sex with them. No means no.
2. Some cis lesbians desire trans women. They are still lesbians.
3. Some cis lesbians desire trans women who have a penis. Again still lesbians.
Stop denying people’s lesbianism & get on with your own.
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Have you had your booster against the right wing press? If not, see below. Then inject.
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2. Running with fact most studies were not 'double blind' w/o explaining this is (a) not practicable because kids receiving a placebo will soon know and drop out, (b) it is unethical to deny healthcare to kids in distress, & (c) absence of DB studies is not uncommon, esp re kids.
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3. While all interventions involve risks, doing nothing is NOT a neutral act in the face of existing medical evidence and patient distress.
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6. The Review assumes implicitly that Cis kids are the ideal outcome.
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Will Gender Self Declaration Undermine Women's Rights and Lead to an Increase in Harm? out now in the Modern Law Review (11/1/20) I believe it is the first peer-reviewed article to address these issues. It argues the answer is No.
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Dear academic colleague,
If you think using gender appropriate pronouns at you institution and/or respecting trans students and staff encroaches on your 'academic freedom,' then we have a very different idea of what constitutes 'academic freedom.'
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7. Finally, the regret levels are very low, and much lower than in most other medical interventions.
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4. Long term studies are unlikely to provide info demanded because it is very difficult to disentangle impact of cross sex hormones on, eg, bone density, from other factors including:
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Lovely to see feminist philosophers pushing back against exclusionary feminism:
Trans women are victims of misogyny, too – and all feminists must recognize this | Robin Dembroff
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5. dose, duration, surgeries undertaken, physical activity through life etc.
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For those at the back:
There Were No Complaints About Trans Women on Hospital Wards, Investigation Finds | Novara Media
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Hot off the Press: my Reviews of Helen Joyce's Trans and Kathleen Stock's Material Girls
Please amplify
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On a scale of 1-10 (10 being high) how vile is this Tory utterance?
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Stand with
@LindaRiley8
who is being attacked by the usual suspects because she has high profile within LGBT community and is viewed as a lesbian ‘heretic’ - that is, a cis lesbian who embraces trans. Let’s embrace Linda, especially today on her birthday. ♥️
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One of the most depressing things about 'gender critical' activism and the culture wars that have enabled it, is the fact so many truly mediocre people have become national figures (if not treasures).
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“Tesco have pronoun badges, Sainsbury’s support Mermaids, Waitrose think my opinions are hate speech. And obviously I couldn’t eat anything from Lidl”
What’s a middle class GC mumsnetter to do? I guess we should expect another crowd funder.
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The GC movement must have deep pockets. Another £100K+ wasted on pointless litigation in Scotland. If only they could direct their cash to domestic violence centres or to women living in poverty, instead of using it to undermine the lives of trans people.
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She received an email from a colleague who uses pronouns in their signature:
“It has made me irrationally angry but I'm not sure why. I feel using ‘he/him’ is forcing male oppression onto me; its telling me to 'be kind'; to 'know my place” (Mumsnet 30/11/21). 🤷♀️
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TERFs oppose the term cis because they reject trans people’s gender identities as real or legitimate. You can stand with them or you can take an ethical turn. Love over hate.
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Contacted by BBC to appear on the PM Show earlier in week. I asked if there were other panellists and, if so, whom. Radio silence thereafter - not even a courtesy follow up.
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Why do ‘GCs’ on MN always say the public is with them, when they so often talk about how all their (former) friends (and very frequently their husbands and daughters) insist they are transphobic?
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Apparently, the BBC put their stories through “rigorous editorial processes.” 😆
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GC activism is now ‘concerned’ about a trans woman police officer. Why? She wore nail varnish, which would be against policy, if it wasn’t a PR photoshoot, which it was, apparently. In any event, does anybody think this is feminism (rhetorical)?
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Why is 👇 woman celebrated atop the Twitter account of one of the Directors and founders of LGB Alliance? I thought they were a charity. 🤷♀️
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Apparently, some ppl think having to wear mask while shopping in Tesco or travelling on train during pandemic is huge encroachment on civil liberties. I’ve been doing this w/o fail since March 2020. It’s a very very small inconvenience set against the enormous benefits to others.
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NOW open access:
Will Gender Self Declaration Undermine Women's Rights and Lead to an Increase in Harm? out now in the Modern Law Review (11/1/20) I believe it is the first peer-reviewed article to address these issues. It argues the answer is No.
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‘Cass Review didn’t include trans experts experienced in gender affirming care in its decision-making, conclusions, or findings. Instead, it included ppl who have promoted non-affirming ‘gender exploratory therapy’, which is considered conversion practice’
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If you have any doubts about the politicisation of the EHRC, please note Janice Turner & The Times have now put their weight behind the new direction in which it is heading.
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The Lancet: “Puberty blockers are falsely claimed to cause infertility and to be irreversible, despite no substantiated evidence.”
A flawed agenda for trans youth - The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
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Finally, an actual assault against a woman in a bathroom. And lo and behold the victim is a trans woman. The assailants are cis. Bet
@thetimes
et al won’t print this.
So a sexual assault involving a trans woman, two cis women, and a bathroom happens. But unlike what certain people swear would happen, it's the cis women who sexually assaulted the trans woman.
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Happy international trans day. Living a fulfilled, open, and happy life. ♥️
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This is the woman GCFs revere. Remember as you watch, this is not, I repeat not, a spoof. After the first minute she really warms to her theme !
Sheila Jeffreys What Is Gender? via
@YouTube
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“Blessed are those the Tories call woke, for they shall inherit the Earth” (Matthew 5).
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‘I am the middle ground’ (Kathleen Stock).
Well, there you have it.
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Imagine being an actual feminist working in a rape crisis centre struggling to keep operating in austerity 🇬🇧 and learning other ‘feminists,’ backed by RW media, are bringing case against centre cos centre includes TW.
It’s almost like ‘GC’ ppl hv opted 4 scorched earth policy.
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Just Wow. Listen carefully, smell the coffee and join team LGBT
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“Helen Joyce was a very young child in the early 70s and a teenager in the early 80s. Alex Sharpe doesn't have a Wikipedia page unlike HJ so not sure how old Alex is, but it's fairly natural Helen would remember 80s stuff better.”
A window into a Mumsnet mind. 🤷♀️
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“Just came across article suggesting women hv some male cells. Our chromosomal makeup might be more complex than we assume. I had no idea. I thought every cell in my body was female. I’m 100% GC but maybe debate is bit more nuanced than I 1st thought” (MN)
Didn’t go down well.
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‘Since IOC created rule for trans athletes to compete in 2003, over 71,000 people have become Olympians. Out of those 71,000 a total of two have been trans women & one came dead last ,the other 37th out of 42’.”
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The Times/Sunday Times: has published 223 stories about trans people & ‘trans issues’ this year.
Does anybody really believe this is anything other than the agenda of newspaper proprietors and some of their ‘journalists’?
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I see from Mumsnet, ‘Biological feminism’ is being vaunted as an alternative to ‘GC’ and other failed monikers.
Let’s hope it catches on. It has to be the most oxymoronic rebadging to date. 🤷♀️
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I see ppl are going after
@PeterTatchell
because of the tweet below. The tweet is hardly controversial. He is not saying GCFs wielded the knife, but that they contribute to a climate in which it is increasingly difficult for trans ppl to live. They clearly do.
Tracy Single is 15th trans woman of colour murdered in US this year. The tiny minority of feminists who demonise trans women as a threat to non-trans women contribute to the toxicl atmosphere that fuels prejudice, discrimination & violence
@parislees
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Butler’s new book, ‘Who’s Afraid of Gender? attacks feminists such as author JK Rowling who argue that sex is binary. Rowling & supporters call themselves “gender critical feminists”, but Butler says they don’t meet the academic definition of criticism.”
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Telling a 19 year old trans lesbian student that she is a straight man may be expressing an opinion. It may even be based on a particular set of political and philosophical beliefs. But is it wisdom? And does if reflect will on the discipline of philosophy?
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Are you pretty mediocre? Has your mediocrity gone unrecognised? If so, there is always ‘GC’ activism. Today, you might be an unknown nobody. But tomorrow, with zero effort on your part, you can become a darling of The Times and other outlets that strive toward journalism.
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Inconvenient facts:
1. Hundreds of thousands of trans women in gender segregated space for decades - no evidence of harm
2. 10+ countries have adopted gender Self-id without drama and w/o problems
3. Sex-based exceptions never successfully invoked since intro of EA.
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Imagine staging this discussion under the rubric of ‘feminism’?
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Vile personal attacks on Hubbard on Mumsnet. This isn’t about fairness in sport. It never has been.
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Mumsnet’s great isn’t it? I wonder whether it will ever be made into a TV comedy?
Here’s a peach from today:
“Never mind Butler - we have Helen Joyce.”
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"Anti-gender ideology is dominant strain of fascism in our times ... the Terfs will not be part of the contemporary struggle against fascism, one that requires a coalition guided by struggles against racism, nationalism, xenophobia and carceral violence."
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Apparently, the BBC has doubled down on its transphobia so there’s a turn up for the books.
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Won’t be reported in the RW media, obvs, but for more objective peeps.
STUDY: Trans Teens Less Likely to Commit Acts of Sexual Violence
Trans and nonbinary adolescents are twice as likely to experience sexual violence as their cis peers, but are less likely to attempt rape or commit sexual assault, researchers have found.
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I do NOT support calls for
@DocStockk
to be sacked & I oppose any intimidation/harassment directed toward her or any other person. However, students have every right to protest against the expression of views they consider beyond the pale.
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Let’s just call this CassGate
PATHA - Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa - Cass Review out of step with high-quality care provided in Aotearoa
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If you look like a man you’re not welcome in our spaces, but if as a child you seek medical treatment to prevent looking like a man as an adult, we will fight tooth and nail to prevent it.
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Pronouns: if you have them in your bio your sending a positive message to trans/nb ppl. Think about it.
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Remember the impressive radical feminists, like Andrea Dworkin and Catherine MacKinnon supported/support trans ppl
“Anybody who identifies as a woman, wants to be a woman, is going around being a woman, as far as I’m concerned, is a woman” (Catherine MacKinnon)
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With every day that passes it becomes easier to understand the excesses of the French Revolution.
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Woman who crashed the economy offers her view on trans kids. We know not on what topic she will next employ her versatile incapacity.
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Whoever posted the video describes it as ‘Radfem gold.’ At first, I though this was an attempt at irony, because it most definitely is, Radfem gold.
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“Many at the Guardian told BuzzFeed internal divisions over trans rights have resulted in face-to-face rows, a widening rift btw UK and US offices (latter is largely pro-trans), and moves against staff who protest against transphobia.”
Not the Guardian of my youth.
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Would you really turn a trans woman rape victim away from a rape crisis centre telling her she is not a woman and/or that poses a danger to other victims? Is your feminism really that lacking in empathy?
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Straight cis white ppl refuse to be described in any way that challenges their privileged status. The palpable outrage is laughable.
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Approx 40% of gynaecologists r men. Yet, not a whimper from ‘GC’ dullards.
Yet, massive dog whistle when TW appointed non-paid CEO of endometriosis charity. She will not be examining ppl.
She is helping to advance awareness of issue, increase funding & speed up diagnosis. 🥱
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@jk_rowling
While what happened to Susan is awful:
“fears of increased safety and privacy violations as a result of non discrimination laws are not empirically grounded”
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Dear Media,
Please refrain from framing conflicts as students or trans ppl - v - women.
The ‘women’ you support are a small subset of women. Women as a whole overwhelming stand with students and trans ppl.
Please have some integrity. Show us journalism is not dead.
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While the focus of the media is on trans v women, the real battle is between intersectional feminism and exclusionary feminism. It is much bigger than trans. It is a struggle for the soul of feminism, make no mistake.
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Mumsnetter 1: “This week I bought several PB copies of Material Girls & put them in phone box libraries around my village, in a coffee shop, in my doctors waiting room, and in our local pub in the snug.”
Mumsnetter 2: “we should all do this.”
Is this normal behaviour? 😳
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Worth recirculating, esp for younger peeps. Remember, its all in plain view folks.
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Thinking of all the trans and NB kids who are growing up today in households where the gender critical virus has taken hold.
To all such kids out there, remember, you are not alone.
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According to the Daily Fail, Professor Stock is: “an expert in gender and sexual orientation at the University of Sussex.”
These moments of levity keep me going.
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“We have to limit the harm [which requires] keeping down the number of people who transition. Every one of these people is a person who has been damaged. The fewer of these people there are, the better” (Helen Joyce 25/5/22).
via
@YouTube
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Good decision, and one that basically vindicates what I have been saying about the law in this area for several years.
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I see the Spectator are happy to publish a critical review by Stock of
@AmiaSrinivasan
book, but not a critical review of Stock's book. Why is that? Have a think.
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Finally got round to reading Alison Phipps’,
#MeToo
Not You. It is extremely well written, v clear and on the money. It speaks to white middle class cis feminism - the most toxic kind. Thank you for writing it and for foregrounding all the black feminists who made it possible.
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PS for context. HJ suggested glam rock was a thing of the 80s. I simply pointed out it was obviously a thing of the early 70s. Apparently, on MN one’s age is relevant to establishing the truth of this matter. 🤷♀️
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Its very sad when someone dies of cancer, esp when so young. But let’s remember the person, not the mythology.
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Many trans women just go around being women, who knew, and suddenly, we're supposed to care that they are using the women’s bathroom ... we’re supposed to feel threatened. I don’t. I don’t care. By now, I aggressively don’t care" (Professor Catherine MacKinnon).
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Too femme - we reproduce the patriarchy
Too masc - we invade women’s space
Too much T: we have unfair sporting advantage
Blocking T: we abuse trans kids
U don’t desire us - we are freaks
U do desire us - we are deceptive
Can you guess our name?
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