Maya Forstater Profile picture
Jul 13, 2020 3 tweets 2 min read Read on X
One of the worst things about being cancelled, is being cancelled. un-personned, discontinued, sent to Coventry.

I've never met Søren but I am grateful that he has been one of the few people in #globaldev to stand up and point to me & @CGDev and say 'do you see this happening?'
In practice very few people think my view is so awful I deserve to be cancelled (otherwise they would say so).

Most think the issue is complex, but the cost of engaging is too high.

Many fear that if it was debated and they were honest, their views would be judged cancellable
The lack of courage in a sector which is supposed to be about evidence and about standing up for what right is utterly dispiriting.

I am sure everyone else who has stood up in every sector feels the same thing.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Maya Forstater

Maya Forstater Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @MForstater

Aug 13
What do we know about Imane Khelif & Lin Yu Ting who won Olympic gold medals in women's boxing?

1) We know there is a condition called 5-ARD which leads to males being born with undescended testes and female looking genitals.

The 3 women's medal winners at Rio in 800m had it. Image
World Athletics adopted DSD regulations after that.

We know a lot about this because Caster Semenya challenged @WorldAthletics to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The court said the regulations are proportionate to maintain fairness for women.

tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user…
Image
We know that some people disagree.

@Nike for example says Semenya is a victim of discrimination and should have the "right to run" against women.

wkams.com/work/right-to-…
Image
Read 27 tweets
Jul 27
A thread about academic freedom, sex and gender.

This is not the only topic where university VCs have not defended academic freedom strongly enough, but it is a very good demonstration of the problem.

@bphillipsonMP
Prof @Docstockk was hounded out of @SussexUni
She has been waiting for 3 years for the results of an @officestudents investigation

theguardian.com/education/2021…
Prof @JoPhoenix1 was canceled by @Uni_of_Essex & hounded out of @OpenUniversity

368 colleagues signed a public letter calling OU GC Research Network transphobic.

OU was found liable for 25 counts of belief discrimination and harassment

sex-matters.org/posts/updates/…
Read 37 tweets
Jul 24
A study of "conversion practices" in Northern Ireland.

When the #BanTherapy lobby are shouting about "torture" and calling for a new criminal law you'd think they would be able to find compelling examples

rainbow-project.org/news/conversio…
Someone said "don't go through with it" Image
A clinician asked questions Image
Read 7 tweets
May 7
I am blocked by the independent legal advisor to the OU's post-Phoenix review 😱.

Could she be using TERFBlocker?
Image
She is very keen on pronouns


Image
Image
Image
Image
And the idea of children born in the wrong body ...

Image
Image
Image
Read 18 tweets
Apr 10
Stonewall are reverse ferreting saying they agree with the Cass Review Image
Remember what they said before:

- hormone blockers pay a vital role in healthcare for "trans children"

web.archive.org/web/2024032909…
Image
Children should be given hormone blockers on the basis they are "reversible" without having to understand the impact of the whole course of treatment Image
Read 10 tweets
Apr 3
Here we are.

Stonewall recognizes that "misgendering" is something like "criticising religion"

Is it criminal to criticise religion ? ❌

Is it harassment to criticize religion? ❌

Would it be lawful for an employer to require staff never to criticize religion? ❌
This is the same Stonewall which has trained the police forces that think "misgendering" is criminal.

The same Stonewall that never stepped in to say it wasn't, as people were arrested. Image
The same Stonewall that reported Allison Bailey to her chambers for misgendering. Image
Read 11 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us!

:(