Here’s an article full of juice transphobic quotes from @maximebernier, which I will now break down in a 🧵, for anyone who believes they might have merit:
langleyadvancetimes.com/news/peoples-p…
langleyadvancetimes.com/news/peoples-p…
Anyway, back to his quotes…
He starts out strong by saying “the @peoplespca believes that adults can identify with the gender they want and undergo whatever medical procedure they want in order to change sex. They must be respected and enjoy the same rights as every Canadian”
He starts out strong by saying “the @peoplespca believes that adults can identify with the gender they want and undergo whatever medical procedure they want in order to change sex. They must be respected and enjoy the same rights as every Canadian”
But then he says…
“with the active support of the woke far left and Trudeau’s Liberals, a minority of radical trans activists are trying to transform society in a way that curtails everyone’s freedoms.”
When you’re ignorant to your privilege, equal rights feel like oppression.
“with the active support of the woke far left and Trudeau’s Liberals, a minority of radical trans activists are trying to transform society in a way that curtails everyone’s freedoms.”
When you’re ignorant to your privilege, equal rights feel like oppression.
He goes on to say “this radical agenda is proving particularly harmful to women, children, gays and lesbians.”
Only TERs claim harm to women.
People like Bernier are the ones trying to restrict children’s access to life saving medical care.
Many trans people are gay & lesbian.
Only TERs claim harm to women.
People like Bernier are the ones trying to restrict children’s access to life saving medical care.
Many trans people are gay & lesbian.
He says Bill C-16, “opened the door to compelled speech.”
Did it really? Why doesn’t Bernier raise this issue with regard to any of the other groups who are protected in the exact same way, as part of the Criminal Code and Human Rights Act? Because it’s a non-issue.
Did it really? Why doesn’t Bernier raise this issue with regard to any of the other groups who are protected in the exact same way, as part of the Criminal Code and Human Rights Act? Because it’s a non-issue.
“Since then, businesses and government agencies have banned the use of words like ‘women’ and ‘mother’ in favour of ‘menstruating people’ and ‘birthing people,’ which negate the existence of women,”
Please provide one example of an agency banning the word “women” or “mother.” 🙄
Please provide one example of an agency banning the word “women” or “mother.” 🙄
Let me just expand on that last tweet, because literally no one I have ever come across, in 8 years of trans advocacy work, has suggested that “women” or “mother” are inappropriate words…unless you’re trying to include people who aren’t women or mothers.
Just to be ultra clear:
A person who menstruates may or may not be a woman, and a woman may or may not menstruate.
A person who gives birth may or may not be a mother, and a mother may or may not have given birth.
A person who menstruates may or may not be a woman, and a woman may or may not menstruate.
A person who gives birth may or may not be a mother, and a mother may or may not have given birth.
“Women are encountering men in changing rooms and bathrooms.”
1) trans women are not men, so if you see a man in the change room or bathroom, that is a completely different issue.
2) We have no bathroom laws in this country, but if we did, this actually would become an issue.
1) trans women are not men, so if you see a man in the change room or bathroom, that is a completely different issue.
2) We have no bathroom laws in this country, but if we did, this actually would become an issue.
“Violent criminals who are biological men but identify as women are being incarcerated in women’s prisons.”
1) If a person identifies as a woman, they are a women.
2) If anyone poses a danger to other inmates, that’s an issue of prison security, not with trans people.
1) If a person identifies as a woman, they are a women.
2) If anyone poses a danger to other inmates, that’s an issue of prison security, not with trans people.
“Women have to unfairly compete with biological men in sports.”
Again, a trans women is not a biological man. If we’re talking recreation sport, it’s jus do fun and a non-issue. If we’re talking professional sport, restrictions are in place to keep competitions fair.
Again, a trans women is not a biological man. If we’re talking recreation sport, it’s jus do fun and a non-issue. If we’re talking professional sport, restrictions are in place to keep competitions fair.
I’ve actually broached the subject of trans people in sports quite a few times, because I’m a trans woman who plays women’s soccer. Here’s a blog post that also includes two YouTube videos I filmed on the subject.
nicsnewssite.wordpress.com/2021/07/20/tra…
nicsnewssite.wordpress.com/2021/07/20/tra…
@maximebernier said boys & girls “suffering from gender dysphoria” are being encouraged to start transitioning “when most of them would grow up to become healthy gays and lesbians.”
Many of them do grow up to be gays and lesbians…in addition to being trans.
Many of them do grow up to be gays and lesbians…in addition to being trans.
How can Bernier criticize C6 (he calls #ConversionTherapy “therapeutic counselling to help them accept who they are instead of destroying their bodies”) when he doesn’t even understand the difference between sexual orientation and gender identity? 🤦🏼♀️
@maximebernier says the @peoplespca would repeal C-16 and C-6 “to protect children from [] doctors and activists,” “protect women and men from intrusions by members of the [same gender]” and “maintain spots for [some] women in which [other women] cannot participate.”
In conclusion, @maximebernier thinks trans women are cis men, and he thinks people transition to avoid being gay. He hasn’t done even the most minute amount of research on this subject, and it shows. He’s parroting transphobic talking points to try to win the transphobe vote.
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