It’s flabbergasting to me how “being a nasty hateful bigot towards trans people online” has become an entire personality for some people. What is wrong with you? Just let them live their lives and leave them alone.
Instead of remarking on someone’s preferred pronouns, have you considered just shutting the fuck up? Try it.
🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights Matter 🏳️‍⚧️
I’ve tried to say as little as possible about this because the viciousness from anti-trans activists is obscene, but I want to make it very clear to my trans & non-binary friends that you have my solidarity, support, and vote with regards to updating legislation. I stand with you
I want to particularly mention my respect, support and solidarity to @shonfaye and @parislees. I’m honoured I have been able to learn from their writing and their experiences. I recommend my followers benefit from learning from them too.
I won’t be answering any of your rage induced questions on this topic, I have seen enough abuse targeted at trans women especially for simply existing. As a Cisman my input on this topic is less than worthless, but if my solidarity helps trans followers feel less alone, then good
You have my support, respect and empathy. Just because there are those of us who don’t regularly speak out on this issue, it doesn’t mean we don’t fully support you. Take care of yourselves, and each other xxx
Guys you can fill up my mentions with as much toxicity as you want, I’m not here to argue, I know many of my followers consider themselves “gender critical”, that’s your prerogative. I have sat in silence for long enough and I want my feelings on the subject firmly on record.
I am not attacking you or the beliefs you hold that I firmly disagree with. This post is not for you, it is for the few trans-identifying followers I have who deserve to know they have silent allies as well as vocal ones.
Trans people deserve my public display of solidarity more than the followers who will disown me for displaying that solidarity. If you wish to unfollow me because I support trans-rights, that’s up to you, but I won’t back down from societal issues I believe strongly in.
Not here to argue with or insult you, there’s no point tweeting articles at me, I’ve honestly read them all. This isn’t a position I’ve stumbled into, I’ve been supporting my trans friends for 15 years and I’ll continue to do so till I shuffle off this mortal coil.
As I said, if that’s a problem for you, no sweat, I hold nothing against you. But if you continue to follow me, you are doing so in the full knowledge that this account wholeheartedly supports trans rights. End of thread 🏳️‍⚧️ ❤️

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10 Feb
You know, if I hadn't joined this website 11 years ago, suffered death threats from Al-Qaeda & ISIS operatives, been slandered as a terrorist and received torrents of abuse from the far right and the far left, yesterday would have broken me. I would never have tweeted again.
There is an atmosphere on Twitter where it is quite literally an unbearable experience to exist as a trans person. The dehumanisation and targeted abuse is extreme. The toxicity is so intense that I spent nearly 16 (YES SIXTEEN) hours blocking the abuse I received.
Some of these abusive accounts go as far as accusing me of being a rapist, a pedophile, or someone that wants to commit genocide against Lesbians. The discourse is actually fully insane, deranged and disgusting. The people driving this campaign are totally radicalised.
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9 Feb
Daily transphobia, whipped up by prominent opinion columnists at The Times and other mainstream British newspapers, are directly responsible for this hatred and discrimination currently playing out. Image
Too many of my followers see stuff like this and shrug. A fewer amount giggle and agree. It's dehumanisation. It intends to characterise all Trans people as dangerous sexual deviants. The opinion editors know EXACTLY what they are whipping up with this too.
This is on them. Directly. If it was directly on Corbyn for the antisemitism of his crankiest supporters, it is also directly on the leading "gender critical" pundits that routinely push the idea that Trans women are dangerous and predatory.
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9 Feb
My Twitter right now is full of people claiming they always supported me but are now sickened by my speaking out for Trans rights, and an inbox flooded with emotional trans people and parents of trans children thanking me for speaking when so many others don't.
Like, I really don't care anymore. If you think that me publicly telling an anti-trans hate group to fuck off is a problem for you, I never wanted your support in the first place. Keep it.
When I was young, stupid on drugs and flirting with overdose, trans, queer and drag mothers SAVED my fucking life. I wouldn't even be here today without them. If you think I will even hesitate to choose them over you, you're fucking wrong.
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9 Feb
LGB Alliance are an anti-trans group that were happy to share a platform with a US anti-LGBT, anti-Abortion far right group the Heritage Foundation because they share the agenda of opposing trans rights. This is the pathetic PR game they are playing. Image
The cheek of being accused of this by a group that was set up with the express intention of campaigning against greater legislative protection for trans people is so insidious and obscene. I stand by every word in my response to you and your rancid hate group.
Only a few weeks ago this group was writing private emails trying to get a gay friend of mine sacked from his job because of his pro-trans politics. This group is masquerading itself as a rights organisation while campaigning to spread hate. I will not play this game with them.
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9 Feb
300 followers down, happy to lose all 45k of the others to. I will not apologise for standing in solidarity with transgender people. They have all my love and support, no matter what it costs my career or finances. I am never going to tolerate transphobia in my notifications.
To be honest it's really crushing being labelled a misogynist. I hate it, I was taught by my mother and my religion to respect women at all times. Fear of being baselessly accused of hating women built a wall of fear around me on the issue of trans rights.
But enough is enough. Things didn't get better with age. The millennial generation took over and adopted the same bigotries of the past. With what little platform I have, I promise to do better in protecting the trans community. I'm sorry I failed you in the past.
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9 Feb
47% of women agree with the statement "a transgender woman is a woman", as opposed to 30% that don't. The idea that there is a "trans lobby" war against the majority of women is an insidious lie fed to you by the media. Image
The framing of this is SO critical. Claiming that anyone who supports trans rights is actually a misogynist is crucial to crippling debate on the topic. They want you to be too afraid to say how you feel. It's about exerting control over the narrative.
Simply for stating that "Trans Rights Matter" today I have been accused of some sort of virulent hatred for women for even suggesting such a thing. The truth is I am in the minority of men advocating for trans rights alongside the majority of women. That's the truth.
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