1/ Adolescence is defined by the UN & WHO as the period between 10 - 19 yrs. The age of consent is 16 yrs in the UK. Pledging to lower the age of consent to begin at adolescence is therefore a pledge to lower the age of consent to 10 yrs, legalising child sex.
2/ LGBTQ+ orgs that have signed a declaration to lower the age of consent to 10 yrs should face scrutiny. This isn’t homophobic. These orgs are stakeholders with influence across society. If legalising child sex is part of their value system, we need to know & take action.
3/ LGBTQ+ orgs & their supporters who ignore red flags about child safeguarding & cry homophobia are helping to create the most dangerous climate for children. It will act as be a beacon for child sex offenders who will calculate that their antics will be hidden by politics.
4/ Lesbian, gay, bisexual & trans people aren’t immoral; they don’t seek some opt out of basic values, including safeguarding children, to suggest otherwise is deeply homophobic. LGBTQ+ orgs are not the community, they’re lobbying groups who increasingly seem to have gone rogue.
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Children suffering mental health problems need to be identified & supported. Children experiencing gender dysphoria fall into this category. The presumption must be that parents are notified & tasked with helping their child; without condoning abusive parenting or practices.
This dilemma is as a result of children being ‘affirmed’ as transgender at school & socially transitioned, all without the knowledge of their parents. What follows will be puberty blockers & a lifetime of medication & surgery.
There are dangers that parents will react poorly to being informed that their child may be experiencing gender dysphoria; there may be homophobic parents, but the alternative is to leave vulnerable children at the mercy of trans ideologues & social media.
2/ When Foucault's philosophical beliefs jumped like a virus from gender studies departments and queer theory courses, to capture lesbian & gay politics and the modern LGBTQ movement, too many remained silent - and just look where we are now.
2/ The gender identity politics beloved of @MrJohnNicolson are deeply cynical & sinister.
His attempt to conflate racism, misogyny & homophobia to justify his rant about people like me, should fool no one. It is a barefaced manipulation.
3/ As a black lesbian, lawyer & survivor of male sexual violence, I can attest to the appalling levels of racist, sexist & homophobic abuse meted out to lesbians who object to gender identity politics. As black lesbians, we are told to be thankful that we are regarded as women.
Hello, would people please add below the Gender Critical crowdfunds that have yet to reach their fundraising target?
1/ BREAKING: I have now formally closed my crowdfund to donations. My crowdfund page will remain open to view & I will continue to post updates and documents to it.
I raised £150,975.00 in 34 days, with an average donation of £27.00. People donated from around the world.
2/ The comments that were left are inspiring. If you haven't already, read through them. They will pep you up if you're ever feeling down & isolated about this struggle. Sadly there was no safe way to keep the comments open & donations closed.
1/ The problem of introducing hatred of women (misogyny) as a hate crime: Sections 145 and 146 Criminal Justice Act 2003 (in England and Wales) allow criminal courts to increase sentences for aggravation related to disability, sexual orientation or transgender identity.
2/ What matters in the current criminal hate crime legislation (not to be confused with the Equality Act provisions) is the offender’s perception. It follows that if one is 'gay bashed' it doesn't matter whether one is actually gay; the motivation is the offender's perception.
3/ The danger is this framework is being superimposed on the proposed framework for creating woman-hatred as a hate crime. There are only two sexes & the woman-hatred that women face, at a criminal level: harassment, assault etc., is coming from men & males. Period.
1/ We’ve allowed trans inclusive language to permeate society without being allowed to consider how & why it’s the language we use to describe women, our bodies & our biological reality, that is seen as problematic, that needs to be neutralised or erased.
2/ Why suddenly do so many females wish to identify out of womanhood, femaleness?
Breasts are being bound & this is no longer an act of self-harm but of liberation; a female is pregnant but rejects being either a woman or female; this is not self-hatred but self-affirmation.
3/ Instead, even considering that we are witnessing shocking levels of self-hatred among our young women, is what offends & causes alarm.
That increasing numbers of females regard their bodies as unacceptable unless rebranded & labelled male or at least non-female is just fine.