Shackled
Time to ditch the TQ (way past time in fact).
As rising numbers of old-fashioned LGBs see it, the “T” — for transgender — and “Q” for queer, don’t necessarily have much in common with gays and lesbians.
Not so much “old-fashioned” as still able to tell the differences between things that are not the same.
For these ideological reformists, the LGBTQ mash-up and community-wide obsession with trans issues is sowing confusion and chaos within politics and popular culture — eroding much of the progress sexual minorities have fought to achieve.
Well, that, but also it’s a pack of lies enforced by relentless bullying.
“We feel shackled into this ‘umbrella term’ by organizations that are supposed to serve us but have actually turned against us,” explained Kate Barker, CEO of the London-based LGB Alliance, which was established in late 2019 to “advance the interests of lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals.” “It has come to a point where many of us find ourselves forced into a relationship we never consented to and feel we cannot leave.”
Like forced marriage, but with stripes.
…a survey conducted last year by the Public Religion Research Institute found that Americans are widely in favor of general nondiscrimination laws protecting LGBTs — eight in 10 back policies securing jobs, public accommodation, and housing — but that support erodes when special privileges for trans people, framed as “rights” by the researchers, enter the picture.
All the more so because those special privileges framed as “rights” are so glaringly incompatible with women’s and girls’ rights. The “right” to use women’s toilets and locker rooms=a threat to women. The “right” to win prizes for women=women not winning their own prizes. And so on. It’s not minor or subtle stuff.
NY Post? Has it always been on the side of sanity, or is this a promising sign that publishers are finally noticing that pandering to a woke minority of vocal young social media personalities isn’t making any sense to their wider audience?
‘Trans’ privileges indeed. Its not, and never has been, a right for anyone to be able to pretend to be someone they aren’t; and it certainly isn’t a right for the fakers to force others into supporting their claims, or to punish them for disagreeing with them.
But it is EXACTLY how malignant narcissists behave.
The Post is very right-wing. Strange bedfellows #9 billion.
Re: NY Post: I have to admit, and it has been said before, that one of the disturbing things about being “trans skeptical”. is many of our allies are…questionable. Matt Walsh, for example, is amazing on trans issues, but he is a hard core tradcath who has scary other beliefs. I’ve been getting a sub stack post from an LGB group and the latest post comments devolved into quotes from Hayek and Rand and whether or not trans rights are “ “individualist” (yeah). or boo hiss evil collectivist. One comment is we need “ tradition” and “religion” to fight back against evil statism and collectivism and too much individualism!!!!! In response to lengthy back and forth about how evil any discussion of race is was a favorite comment that only western Europeans merited democracy because they be smarter. ugh.
ugh.
Well I know, but I figure it gets too tedious if I say “sorry the source is so right-wing” every time the source is so right-wing.
Oh oh oh, cry the idenniny police, but surely that should tell you you’re wrong about everything.
It doesn’t.
A bit off topic – but definitely related – an ally that has been consistent:
“Bodies don’t matter,’ Shawna told Robin firmly. ‘On’y spirit matters.”
The Running Grave – Robert Galbraith
Considering the backlash that a murderer wearing a woman’s coat caused in a previous novel (and mention of an “adam’s apple”) I’m surprised that this latest Cormoran Strike hasn’t raised more hackles.
A story centred around a very deliberate // of a cult church with many brainwashing memes based on barely concealed “T” catechisms
to be clear, also describing a sh*t tonne of hard core misogyny – which is often hard to separate from “T” talking points
ophelia: No need to apologize for sources. When they are right they are right. More of a cri de coeur about how dominant the right is in trans skeptical circles. Not exclusively, but very loudly. And as suspicious as I am of sources that quote Hayek, I do share a dislike for group identity politics period call Kaka have at least one piece of salmon. I just would feel guilty. If I let this burrito go bad. Oh it looks. What’s the sauce mustard not your name hello most the deathly could even go nice thank you.
Brian M, did you get hacked or just auto complete half of your post?
no no. I signed up but did t realize where the group was going
Jesus. The LGB pUnited site is now yawping about the glorious FreeDumb loving Ontario truckers convoy. Time to block. These guys are far libertarian nuts even if I agree with them on their trans critique.