The internet 2.0 helped trans people become more visible than ever. It also gave those who hate us a new way to organize. Proud to give you this piece which weaves my own experience of this past decade into a complicated narrative for trans visibility.https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/12/27/21028342/trans-visibility-backlash-internet-2010 …
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Replying to @transscribe
You mean hate like the threats endured by Rachel Rooney for writing a children’s book? The intolerance faced by detransitioners who are called liars? The disinformation like “sex is immutable,” that got Maya Forstater fired? The vile things said to JK Rowling for supporting her?pic.twitter.com/5J4YzV6zdS
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Replying to @ImWatson91 @transscribe
People who de-transition deserve love and respect, and are valid in their identities. I'm very sorry if people have been unkind to you because of that. I don't think that's an entirely accurate portrayal of what happened to Ms. Forstater, though.
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Replying to @Samwitch11 @transscribe
Thank you, that’s kind of you to say. How would you accurately describe what happened to Maya Forstater?
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Replying to @ImWatson91 @Samwitch11
Well for one thing, her contract that she had to re-apply for annually was not renewed after the company asked her repeatedly to tone down her tweets about trans people. But also the judgement showed that her claimed belief in biological sex was just a smokescreen to claim the...
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Legal right to misgender trans people at work, which has already been found to be a violation of the Equality Act under British Law. The judge held that it’s fine to hold the belief as long as it didn’t create a harassing environment for others.
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Replying to @transscribe @Samwitch11
She tweeted as part of the public gender ID debate, as all were encouraged to do, during the Gov public consultation period. She said even though sex is immutable, she'd use preferred pronouns to be polite. She didn’t misgender anyone at work, she's just against compelled speech
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Replying to @ImWatson91 @Samwitch11
I encourage you to read the judgement. The judge specifically said that she should be allowed to tweet and campaign against trans reforms.
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With the caveat being she not refer to trans women as male. The issue there is, when discussing female-only spaces, the reason why people like Forstater object to trans women in said spaces is because they are male. How would she tweet agasint these reforms if she can't say why?
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