I noticed that
#IStandWithRoisinMurphy
is trending so I looked up what she said.
Puberty blockers have been publically available since 1988 and were designed to treat precocious puberty. They are still being used for that purpose now. Her comment was irresponsible.
1/6
As someone who started puberty at 7 before puberty blockers were available, I wouldn't wish it on anyone. It was stressful AF having periods while still in primary school. Why would you force anyone to go through that?
4/6
Puberty is stressful enough as it is. I struggled going through mine because I wasn't ready even though it matched my gender. I find the thought of going through puberty that doesn't, genuinely upsetting.
Trans people are who they say they are. Listen to them.
5/6
I'm sure this will be ignored by people who are too busy hating trans people to do the right thing, but puberty blockers are designed to TEMPORARILY stop puberty for children who are not emotionally mature enough to deal with it.
2/6
What Roisin Murphy said about puberty blockers and transgender care is a perfect example of how transphobia harms more than just trans people. I'm glad she got cancelled for it. Her music was overrated anyway.
6/6
If you hear about a trans child being given puberty blockers, it's because they have already started puberty. They can't block something that isn't there. Also, the effects on people who take them?
They. Are. Temporary.
3/6
@IBJIYONGI
I can't stand the guy. However, he is prone to the occasional "broken clock" moment where he says something that is just spot on. This tweet is definitely one of them. 😅
I’m probably going to get a lot of pushback from this but it still needs to be said. 🧵
As a Black woman who has Black relatives in the US, I am very, very uncomfortable with people using the
#sayhername
hashtag to commemorate Brianna Ghey.
1/6
FYI, Rest in Power is a phrase coined by Black people for Black people to commemorate their dead. Especially if the death was unjust. As a graffiti artist, Mike "Dream" Francisco was part of a community that was Black led and dominated. Too many people "forget" that.
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Edit: Same with Rest In Power. That phrase was designed to eulogise Black people who died unjustly. Using it to commemorate a white person, no matter who they are or how they died is also an insult to everyone involved.
Brianna Ghey and others who have met her fate (and will no doubt continue to do so) deserve a hashtag of their own. One that is specific to their situation, not a second hand one that’s been haphazardly repurposed. It’s an insult to everyone involved.
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Women: I've been treated really poorly by the men in my life.
Men: You've made bad choices so it's your fault. Not all men are bad! Women treat men badly too! You hate all men! You're so mean!
Women:
Women shouldn’t have to feel brave to say they know they and their friends have been treated like dogshit by men at least once but probably more. We’ve been taught that saying so is unappealing. Men don’t like women who say this kind of thing. Fortunately, that’s ok with me.
The tag was invented for a specific reason. To highlight the names of often forgotten Black women who die at the hands of American police. This is not how Brianna died. Her equally brutal end came from a completely different source of bigotry...
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... in a completely different country the tag was made by and for. Utilising it in this way is yet another example of raising a white person’s plight with Black people’s work, especially since the origin of said work is not being credited.
3/6
I say again. "Rest in Power" is for Black people. There's no excuse for not knowing this by now. Black people have been telling you for YEARS. Maybe we'll stop when you actually listen. Maybe.
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@KatyMontgomerie
They don't speak for me. In fact, as a cis woman who is 5ft 9 with wide shoulders and a deep voice I'm a potential target. You don't have to be trans to be in danger of transphobia.
@treblemaker909
@nyx_nyx_nyx_666
They both compete in the female category. Iszac can do that because he is afab but has chosen not to have hormone therapy. Lia can because although she is amab, she meets the criteria in place for trans women.
James Hemings, brother to Sally Hemings was the first American to train as a chef in France. He was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson at 8.
The Chef de cuisine is the reason macaroni and cheese made it to America.
A THREAD!
Tommy Robinson was very vocal about CSA rings in Telford and Rochdale but didn't say a word and this one based in Wolverhampton. I can't qwhite put my finger on why that is. 🤔
For the record, I will be muting this thread just in case my suspicions are correct about how this will be taken. I will answer any questions I can at my own pace.
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Claiming that "Rest in Power" is for "anyone" because someone used it for a Filipino man in 2000 ignores the fact that the community he was part of has recorded history that goes back to the 70s. It's peak ignorance and racist as hell.
Dream was a well earned exception.
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@KatyMontgomerie
"My dad is going to beat me if I come out to him"
"Well, I clearly know your own parent more than you do even though we've never met and I'm telling you he won't. So you need to come out to him, or you're a bad person."
I do find it interesting how this "antiracist" white man thought it would be perfectly okay to publish the name of the Black woman who DMed him but cut out the screenshots she provided. That info could've provided context to why she wanted to the person in question called out.
Modern graffiti art was pioneered by hip hop culture. Hip hop culture was pioneered by hip hop music. Hip hop music was pioneered by Black (mostly male) people while Dream was still wearing pampers several thousand miles away.
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"Likening Black separatism/Black nationalism to segregation/white nationalism is as absurd as likening anti-capitalism to capitalism. Imagine someone calling working class movements "classist" because they don't include the rich. They would be ratioed into extinction."
I went through Aaron Bushnell’s Reddit before they began removing comments. He actually seemed like a cool dude I’d have loved to have a conversation with. Many that are envoking his name are doing so on issues he wouldn’t have agreed with you on. If you’d like to have a glimpse
I've just been added to a list of "transphobes." A large chunk of the other people on the list either have pronouns, rainbow flags or trans flags in their bios.
Make it make sense.
I've had a few people ask me about Lakota Man recently because I mentioned that many of my moots have said he was actually quite problematic. So, here's a thread of various accounts explaining why I've now blocked him.
A woman in a taxi notices her driver acting suspicious. She jumps.
Society: She needs to calm down and be more trusting.
A woman in a taxi notices her driver acting suspicious. Then the driver attacks her.
Society: She shouldn't be so trusting
Julie Bindel: Police will arrest women at Sarah Everard's vigil but not people who wish death on Jews.
Woman who was arrested at Sarah Everard's vigil: Keep me and my photo out of your shit.
Julie Bindel and her TER followers:
You're such a narcissist! It's not about you!
While I agree that she was ahead of her time and her death is a great loss to the world, can we NOT use "Rest In Power" to commemorate Sinead O'Connor please?
That phrase was coined by Black people to commemorate the unjust deaths of their kin.
@_celia_bedelia_
It's funny because you didn't actually call yourself a woman in that SS.
You pointed out that those who claimed to care about women would likely mock you for experiencing pain that many women face.
Thus proving they'll twist anything into an opportunity to be nasty.
There are people in my mentions who are mad at me for calling out Roisin Murphy, but also for bringing up precocious puberty as if it's some kind of 'gotcha.'
They seem to have conveniently forgotten that she specifically attacked puberty blockers.
I noticed that
#IStandWithRoisinMurphy
is trending so I looked up what she said.
Puberty blockers have been publically available since 1988 and were designed to treat precocious puberty. They are still being used for that purpose now. Her comment was irresponsible.
1/6
@brynismyname
@edinburghpaper
The fact that Meb was misgendered several times in the article tells me that whoever wrote it has no issue with those flyers.
Layla was right. rest In Power was created by and for Black people. As I said before, Dream was an exception. Ironically, the link in the community note specifically points out that he was "Embraced by the Black community."
For a long time, I have suspected that "The Left" is full of grifters who want to be at the forefront of a movement without understanding what that movement does, how it works or what it stands for.
However the last few days have taught me exactly how bad the problem is. 1/11
@Nythombros
@RayyvanaTTV
@Suite_Tea
Are you really trying to "defend" an attempted kidnapper and possible sex offender? Because that's exactly what your last comment seems like.
all I gotta say about the discourse is about 2 years ago I told off a straight guy for groping my friends at a lesbian bar and I still have a scar from where he hit me with a beer bottle
Akira Ross was the victim of a hate crime. This proves that the anti-trans groups won't stop at trans people. They're after the whole community one letter at a time.
#restinpride
#NEW
Akira Ross, 24, a
Black lesbian traveling with her partner, Tanya, was killed in Texas after witnesses say shooter Bradley Stanford, 23, shouted an anti-gay slur at her at a gas station. The GOP's Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric is so dangerous.
#PrideMonth
@KatyMontgomerie
BTW, I know it's petty but "Vive la lesbiennes" is wrong and it's really annoying to see. Long Live the lesbians should be "Vive les lesbiennes" and Long Live the lesbian should be "Vive la lesbienne." What are they trying to say here?
Queer romance writer:
Hey Spoutible leader, can you verify what the TOS means by "Sexually suggestive content?" My writer friends and I want to make sure our stuff doesn't break the rules.
Spoutible leader:
Go take your porn somewhere else and keep the LGBTQ community out of it!
Calling Israel a "colonizer state" is a fact. They occupy Palestine! It's certainly not Holocaust denial so you can fuck all the way off with that false equivalence.
Let me make something clear. @/WatchdogTx is a sock account set up purely to dogpile
@sheologian
. Despite what the bio says, the person behind the account doesn't give a flying f*ck about "abusive behaviour of those in the counseling profession.
@evilrashida
@AdamantxYves
I remember when the scandal hit, glamour model Katie Price claimed that Beckham made a pass at her not long before and was totally capable of cheating. Many dismissed her claim as attention seeking lies to promote her book.
A Black trans woman was murdered in Atlanta yesterday 💔.
Trans lives matter. Black trans lives matter. We've got to protect our most vulnerable siblings.
🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵 Rest in Power, Ashley Burton.