To bust myths
Hello hello yes please do walk all over me, it’s what I’m here for, can I do anything else for you?
A retiree in Suffolk has made history as the first transgender woman to star on the front cover of the Women’s Institute magazine.
A man has “made history” as the first man to star on the front cover of the Women’s Institute magazine. It’s extremely history-making for men to appear on the front covers of magazines.
WI member Petra Wenham, 74, has spoken to WI Life – the publication for the group’s members – after she was asked to discuss her work as as a speaker and activist for a Suffolk chapter of the branch, Cake and Revolution.
Never mind about the women of the WI, they’re boring, let’s hear about the men of the WI.
As well as sharing cake and conversations with her friends, Ms Wenham tours other WIs to bust myths and misinformation about transgender people.
The 74-year-old added: “I’ve given my trans awareness talk to six WI groups this year alone. It’s been wonderful to have this opportunity to cut through the negativity a lot of the transgender community face.”
It’s been wonderful to have this opportunity to make the WI focus on men who say they are women.
Melissa Green, General Secretary of the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI), said:“We were delighted to interview Petra in the latest issue of WI Life. The work she does as a speaker and activist is so inspiring, educating other members and the wider community on the issues that trans people face today.
“At a time when the transgender community are experiencing prejudice and exclusion, it is so important that trans voices are heard and amplified in the WI and society.
“We want to make it clear that not only are trans women welcome to join the WI, but they are celebrated and truly enrich our membership and our values as a bold and inclusive organisation for women.”
But it’s not an organisation for women if it includes men. The virtue of being “inclusive” depends on what it is you’re including. If you’re making a women’s organization no longer a women’s organization by “including” men (and then paying them lots of attention and letting them take over the conversation) then you’re no longer being “inclusive” of women.
You can’t do everything. It isn’t possible. You can’t both be an organization of and for women, and be “inclusive” of men.
I think this should properly read to spread myths and misinformation about transgender people. Like the myth that they are the most oppressed. Like the myth that they are the most murdered. Like the myth that men are women if they say so. Like the myth that anyone who says otherwise is a genocidal racist guilty for a new Holocaust.
@2: Yes, well, you can’t expect proofreading to be 100%. Bust myths, spread myths, what’s the difference as long as we’re all friends! Have a rainbow cookie.
I understand he “lived as a man” for 68 years. Is it possible the gender swap so late in life is because women, on average, live longer than men?
@3: I assume that you kid, but some people probably really are so delusional to think that if they “change sex” to woman they’ll get a few extra years of life. Won’t he be in for a nasty surprise when he finds that the dangerous chemicals actual shorten his life rather than lengthening it.
GW, I kid you not, these people ARE that delusional.
And we’re all supposed to politely play along with their delusions. Well, I won’t. I’m prepared to go to jail for “misgendering”. (I think. I hope I wouldn’t chicken out, out of self-preservation. I don’t know.)
The existence of this community of commenters, and of course Ophelia herself, has emboldened me and given me bravery.
GW, try this – How would it be possible to NOT “misgender” when prnouns are chosen at the start of each da?
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Full article
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/wellbeing/genderqueer-mum-reveals-moment-her-agender-child-came-out-as-a-boy/news-story/193e4999429868fd650470f538af1c1f
The constant repetition of the phrase “they are celebrated” gives me the creeps. It reminds me both of fearfully saying “good doggy” to a snarling Rottweiler and of “Oh, you did well, my dear” to a small child that successfully stacked two building blocks.
Did WI ever “celebrate” another group of women?
Sonderval
Or appeasing the magic kid in that episode of The Twilight Zone.
All subsequent jokes are too vulgar for public consumption.