Friday, March 18, 2022
This day in Herstory: On March 18, 1970, staged a sit-in at the Ladies’ Home Journal office, to protest the way that the magazine depicted women’s interests and perspectives. (more)
York event with speaker who ‘doesn’t believe in gender identity’ postponed over security concerns
York Free Speech decided to postpone due to ‘threat of protest’ and the need for additional security
From The York Tab (UK)
By Emily Smith
March 18, 2022
An event hosting Julie Bindel held by The University of York Free Speech society has been postponed “due to threats of protest” and the need for additional security measures.
Julie Bindel, a feminist writer, has, in response to social media posts questioning her opinions, previously argued “no woman has a penis” and said “I don’t believe in gender identity, or the use of they/them in the singular.” Examples of tweeted responses from Bindel can be seen below.
The Free Speech Society is “hopeful the event can be rearranged”. … read full article
The Trevor Project: The Indoctrination of Our Children
From Good Intentions to Gender Goliath: The Trevor Project abuses vulnerable kids through sexual and gender grooming.
From The 11th Hour (USA)
By Emily
March 18, 2022
For those living outside the sphere of LGBT propaganda, you may not know that the Trevor Project (TP) is a well-funded and highly visible charity in the US, that claims to focus on suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, “transgender,” queer, and questioning youth. As a lifelong liberal American woman, with a daughter who a few years ago began telling her father and me that she was a boy, I became aware that TP is the go-to resource for LGBT youth. Pre-teens, adolescents and younger adults battling feelings of dysphoria or simply curious about so-called “gender identity” generally gravitate to the TP, eventually.
The size and scope of this Goliath
With $35 million (pdf) a year in funding, the TP’s size and scale enable them to engage in a weapons-grade propaganda campaign against vulnerable children and young adults. Their arsenal includes 24/7 chat services with an army of counselors trained in TP’s gender ideology via text (TrevorText), phone chat (TrevorChat), and a peer-to-peer forum called TrevorSpace that allows vulnerable kids as young as 13 to engage directly with other kids suffering a crisis of identity around their sexed bodies, and more disturbingly, with adults up-to (and sometimes older than) 25 years old.
Who Funds the Trevor Project?
Many of the brands Americans love, and trust fund the TP, including but not limited to Macy’s, Chipotle, and H&M. Their list of funders also includes social media tech companies, like Google, Facebook, and TikTok; investment houses, like Wells Fargo and Bank of America, media conglomerates like Disney and AT&T. Not surprisingly, pharma companies like Abbvie, Gilead and Bristol Myers Squib among others are also partnered with the charity.
I thought this organization was saving my daughter. I thought they were a lifeline. I even gave them a small donation in 2018 along with other organizations who purported to be protecting vulnerable, dysphoric kids like mine from almost certain suicide. That’s the story. That’s their way in. And then there is no way out.
At the TP, transition only goes in one direction.
Our Gender Journey: How it started
The story of our misguided affirmation of our twelve-year-old daughter’s gender declaration is an article of its own. To make it short, we have been affirming our child for over three years under the misguided advice of our highly credentialed, but severely misinformed mental health team. We weren’t affirming our child because we believed that she was really a boy. Instead, it was during a multi-year mental health crisis our daughter experienced, and we were desperate for any solution. We questioned the affirmation pathway, but we were convinced it might help her to cope. I had intrusive thoughts about what I would say at her funeral, which felt inevitable. We were told that not affirming our child was tantamount to invalidating her—making every day more of the living Hell it already seemed to be. I couldn’t bear the thought of her being in more pain. When my husband raised doubts, I replied, “if our daughter kills herself and we don’t try transition, we will never forgive ourselves.” So, we affirmed. And we encouraged. We bought binders and sat on panels; we gave money to organizations who promised to help children like ours. This is the narrative that The Trevor Project promotes. This is the narrative that keeps their coffers overflowing by taking our children for ransom. … read full article (and SUPPORT The 11th Hour!)
The Lia Thomas Story Is the Opposite of Inclusivity
From The National Review (USA)
March 18, 2022
Yesterday, Lia Thomas, a 22-year-old transgender swimmer for the University of Pennsylvania, won the NCAA championship in the 500-yard freestyle, becoming the first transgender athlete to win any NCAA women’s Division I championship.
On January 19 of this year, the NCAA Board of Governors voted for a “sport-by-sport approach to transgender participation that preserves opportunity for transgender student-athletes while balancing fairness, inclusion, and safety” for all competitors. The policy change adopts the International Olympic Committee’s policies on transgender participation in the Framework on Fairness, Inclusion and Non-Discrimnation on the Basis of Gender. Lia’s participation in women’s sports is a reflection of the Left’s flawed understanding of “inclusivity.”
The framework aims to create a “level playing field” and to uphold the “credibility of competitive sports.” It seeks to ensure “fairness, particularly in high-level organized sport in the women’s category” and “competitions where no participant has an unfair and disproportionate advantage over the rest.” Yet as soon as the policy was enacted — officially starting with the 2022 winter championships — Lia Thomas won the 500-yard freestyle. … read full article
Physics, independent of biological reality, explains why Lia Thomas's victory over women is rigged
From Washington Examiner (USA)
By Tiana Lowe
March 18, 2022
For all the think pieces and Twitter tirades penned over the transgender athlete debate, in the end, it really was a picture that said the definitive thousand words. After winning the NCAA 500-yard freestyle by just shy of two seconds, transgender Penn student Lia Thomas stood victorious next to the two girls relegated to second and third place.
In the picture, Lia carries the trophy. Lia stands atop the highest podium. And next to second-place winner Emma Weyant and third place Erica Sullivan, Lia's body is clearly not that of a biological woman.
The radical science deniers hijacking a century of feminism would have us believe that sexual dimorphism is a social construct and any biological differences that do exist between men and birthing people are mere coincidence at best, and unfortunate consequences of our capacity to create a new human life at worst. Acknowledging the difference between the body of Thomas versus those of Weyant and Sullivan would either deny Thomas her right to feel like a woman or, even crueler in the minds of certain activists who smear us fuddy-duddy feminists as "gender essentialists," center reproductive capabilities as the bifurcation of gender.
OK, so let's deny the existence of basic human biology. In that case, it's pure physics that rigs the game for Lia Thomas. … read full article
Meet the REAL winner of the NCAA 500 yard freestyle: University of Virginia swimmer Emma Weyant who is an Olympic silver medalist is hailed as a heroine on social media after coming second to controversial trans rival Lia Thomas
Emma Weyant, 20, from Florida, came second in Thursday night's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 500 yard freestyle final
Weyant, who races for the University of Virginia, won silver at last year's 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 400-meter Individual Medley
Thursday's race was won by Lia Thomas, 22 - the first transgender athlete to be crowned NCAA champion
Thomas's victory was greeted with a notable lack of cheers in the stands, amid the controversy: she competed in men's competition until 2019
Thomas was given her medal on the podium amid some boos and some cheers: by contrast, Weyant was given a huge cheer at her crowning
Thomas told ESPN after the race that she tried to drown out the controversy and focus on her swimming
Weyant has been inundated with support on social media, with many crowning her the true champion
From Daily Mail (UK)
By Harriet Alexander
March 18, 2022
The college swimmer who came second to transgender athlete Lia Thomas on Thursday night has been praised as a heroine, with many on social media calling Emma Weyant the real winner.
Weyant, 20, from Florida, races for the University of Virginia and represented Team USA at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics - winning silver in the 400-meter Individual Medley.
She was beaten on Thursday night by Thomas, 22 - who became the first transgender athlete to win a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) swimming championship. … read full article
California bill seeks to make state a 'refuge for transgender children and their parents'
From The Hill (USA)
By Kelsey Carolan
March 18, 2022
California could become a legal refuge for transgender youth and their families under threat in other states for gender-affirming surgeries and other transgender medical care under legislation introduced Thursday.
The bill, introduced by State Sen. Scott Wiener (D), would legally protect parents who support their children’s access to transgender health care by blocking out-of-state court judgements removing the children from their parents’ custody.
Wiener said at a Thursday press conference that his measure seeks to guarantee that "California is a place of refuge for transgender children and their parents as a wave of criminalization sweeps through Texas and other states."
Several states in recent months have sought to criminalize gender-affirming health care for minors. … read full article
Bill to limit disclosure on trans inmates spurs fears about female safety in Washington state
Measure would exempt certain prisoner information from Public Records Act requests
From The Washington Times (USA)
By Valerie Richardson
March 14, 2022
An explosive report alleging that male-born inmates were lining up to transfer to women’s prisons has been followed by Washington state legislators taking action — by seeking to squelch access to information about transgender prisoners.
The Washington legislature passed last week a bill to protect prisoner privacy by banning the disclosure of records on gender status, sending the bill to Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee over the objections of Republicans and women’s groups worried about the security of female prisoners.
“It appears that Washington’s political leaders are continuing to prioritize the desires of men over the safety of women,” said Mahri Irvine, executive director of the Women’s Liberation Front. “Everyone in Washington deserves to know what’s happening inside women’s prisons, but this amended bill will suppress vitally important information related to women’s safety.”
Democrats argued that the legislation, House Bill 1956, is essential to protecting gender-nonconforming inmates by preventing the disclosure of information that could subject them to attacks and harassment.
“This bill protects the safety and dignity of people incarcerated at the Department of Corrections [DOC] by making certain information in records exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Act,” said Democratic state Rep. David Hackney, the bill’s sponsor, at a Feb. 18 committee hearing.
Mr. Inslee has not said whether he will sign the bill, but “the governor is supportive,” said Inslee press secretary Mike Faulk. … read full article
Leo was injured in the trans care – now the hospital has reported itself
From SVT News (Sweden)
Translated from Swedish by Microsoft Edge
March 16, 2022
Natalie's son Leo has been injured in the trans care. Now Karolinska Hospital has registered itself for its care of Leo. The background is Uppdrag granskning's revelation that several young people have suffered serious injuries from the treatment in trans care.
"I am happy and relieved that the health care system is now admitting that they have done wrong," said Leo's mother Natalie.
Leo was only 11 years old when the medical treatment with stop hormones was initiated. The idea was to stop puberty because Leo, a born girl, identifies as a boy. Just over four years after the treatment was initiated, it was discovered that he suffered from osteoporosis and vertebral changes, he has stayed in the plant and has pain in his back and hips.
Only after four and a half years, when Leo finally complained of pain daily, was a check of the skeleton done. By then, no bone density checks had been made during the years he was treated with stop hormones. A treatment that has known risks and according to experts should not last longer than a couple of years.
Continued risk of improper treatment
In November last year, Uppdrag granskning revealed that Leo and at least twelve other children had suffered side effects and were injured by hormone treatments in trans care at Karolinska University Hospital. … read full article
The New Yorker has fallen
Arty Morty on the magazine's disgraceful coverage of Lia Thomas
From The Glinner Update (UK)
By Arty Morty
March 18, 2022
The New Yorker has finally chimed in on the Lia Thomas debacle, and it’s a disgrace. The cult-like language used throughout is a stain on its reputation. Remember, The New Yorker is renowned for having the most prestigious and respected fact-checking department in the world. Nevertheless, here we are.
Let’s go through the article together, shall we? Let’s imagine that we’re fact-checkers working under Harold Ross, realising with the arrival of this piece we’re not leaving work early for the weekend.
Lia Thomas has been swimming since she was five years old. As a high schooler, she was one of the top swimmers in Texas, an All-American. She followed her older brother onto the men’s team at the University of Pennsylvania, and established herself as a strong competitor in distance races; in her sophomore season, at the Ivy League championships, she finished second in three events.
He. Since he was five years old. He was a boy named Will, He finished second in three events. It’s a matter of record that he competed in men’s events. Under the name Will.
Out of the pool, though, she was struggling. Her body, with its solid pectorals and compact, muscled hips, characteristic traits of a male athlete
That’s because he IS a male athlete.
didn’t align with her sense of who she was, she later told the podcast SwimSwam, in one of the two interviews she has given this season.
This is a category mistake. One’s “sense” of who they are has no bearing on the material facts of what their body literally is — in this case, an unambiguously male one. It’s fashionable to humour people’s “sense” of who they “feel” they “really” are, but the customs of middle-class social-justice-oriented etiquette do not override the facts of biology. He’s a male. … read full article (and SUBSCRIBE to The Glinner Update!)
It's not too soon to plan our exit
From Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans (PITT) (USA)
March 18, 2022
As light begins to emerge on the horizon, and the world awakens to question the to-date-undebatable concept of trans, it’s time to start thinking about the off-ramp from the resistance highway.
What is “success” in our endeavor? When can the parent resistance disband and disperse? When is PITT no longer needed?
At first we said, that time is when our children desist or detransition. A number of our children have now done so, we’re thrilled to say. Some of us in this position, having had success within their own families, have moved on from the resistance, back to their normal lives. Others have stayed to help those with children still in the cult. It’s too soon to disband now—society is still captured and too many young people are at risk—but it isn’t too soon to think this through to its logical conclusion—the end of the parents against gender identity movement. The alternative is unacceptable—to institutionalize a movement that has outlasted its utility.
We’ve seen what happens when there’s no exit plan, when an organization formed to reach a certain goal, achieves its aims, outlives its usefulness, and has to find a new raison d'être: We get trans - the cause that latched on to the LGB rights movements when their original goals achieved widespread acceptance.
The last thing we want is for the un-trans movement to turn into a bureaucracy, with paid leadership, real estate and political structure, that needs to continually find ways to maintain relevance. If trans is a trend, or a fad, we don’t want to cement it into our culture through our efforts—or inadvertently spawn something in the future that’s even worse for our kids or grandkids. If we institutionalize, it takes a momentary cause that unites us, and turns it into a permanent fixture. And what we’d rather have is for future generations to only know what “trans” is from their history books, like lobotomies, repressed/false memories, and other medical curiosities and disasters from bygone eras. … read full article (and SUBSCRIBE to PITT!)
What would it take for you to say: the trans movement isn’t what I thought it was?
From Writing Behavior (Canada)
By Eliza Mondegreen
March 18, 2022
I posted a version of this blog post back in the summer. This week—with Lia Thomas demolishing women’s swimming records and the New York Times deferring to the preferred pronouns of a male serial killer of women—is as good a time as any to resurrect and recirculate it. Talk to your friends. You might be surprised who’s waiting for an opening to speak freely about the conflicts trans ideology raises.
Over the course of dozens of one-on-one conversations about trans ideology with fellow progressives over the past four years, here's what I've heard over and over again:
- I didn't think I was allowed to say that.
- That never made sense to me.
- It always seemed so sexist/regressive to me.
- I thought I must be missing something.
- I didn't think it was my place to question it.
- I wasn't sure how to talk about it.
- I didn’t know what I could and couldn’t say about it.
- I felt like a bad person.
- Something didn't feel right to me but I just wasn’t sure...
Good-hearted, liberal-minded people want to do the right thing by trans people. But an extreme version of the ‘trans rights’ agenda became part of the progressive package—a package many progressives pick up and carry around without ever opening it to examine the contents. … read full article (and SUBSCRIBE to Writing Behavior!)
Khan needs to “have a word” with himself
Women’s rights deserve more than a PR campaign
From The Critic (UK)
By Josephine Bartosch
March 18, 2022
Hey abusers! Have you ever thought about not harassing women in the street? Have you considered that it’s not ok to kick, strangle and punch your wife or girlfriend at home? Well now is the time to stop and reflect on your actions, because Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, wants you to “have a word” with yourself and your misogynist mates to help stop male violence.
To this end, on Monday Khan launched a campaign to encourage men to reflect on how their behaviour contributes to violence against women and girls. Having faced mounting criticism from feminists over his failure to protect single-sex services, the Mayor of London appears to be on a quest to reinvent himself as a champion of women’s rights.
City Hall partnered with public relations agency Ogilvy to create the “have a word” campaign which they hope will spread the message that “we all have a responsibility to raise our voices to help keep women and girls safe.” The blokey slogan is designed to penetrate the temples of masculinity, with posters plastered on everything from football stadia to the walls in urinals telling men to take a stand against sexist behaviour.
The focal point of the campaign is a two-minute film showing a group of lads intimidating a lone woman at night, until one bravely speaks up, challenging the ringleader and diffusing the situation. The woman in the film is shown waiting for a taxi, those who remember the John Worboys case will be forgiven for wondering whether she will be any safer once in the cab, or indeed at home. … read full article