Thread by @JolyonMaugham

"I've moved a long way in my conceptualisation of what privilege really means, and quite how extraordinarily stupid and thoughtless and arrogant my tribe can be" vice.com/en/article/qjp…

I am really pleased I gave this interview to @RubyJLL. I haven't wanted to do media and have turned down a lot of bids - our media generally is in a terrible place - but there were two things I really wanted to say.

The first - and I feel this point keenly and have the proselytising zeal of the newly converted - is that people of privilege really, really, really need to get better at actually listening to those without it.

I wanted to make that point because I have privilege and so I am heard in places and in ways that those without it are not. And a good use of that privilege is to ask people who might only hear it if I say it, to listen to communities rather than assuming they know better.

The second point - and I will make it in podcasts made by the trans community for trans teenagers - is that although our legal establishment may not want to hear from them I will access for them leading barristers who will be their voice, who the establishment will listen to.

We are in the process of forming this advisory group and may be able to make an announcement - including about next litigation steps - before Christmas.

https://twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1336241350480695306

Don't read my interview. Read this by @Okwonga who says it so much more eloquently. An extraordinary piece. bylinetimes.com/2020/06/05/whi…