Thread by @AidanCTweets

Hi gender critical people, in case you don't know, accusing trans or gay people of being pedophiles or "nonces" because they exist, or because they are supporting their own (or others) LGBT+ rights, are transphobic and homophobic hate crimes in the UK.

https://twitter.com/jenivescomedian/status/1452558856467386373

I get that your GC leaders have been screaming "perverts!" for years, but they do that (mostly) without mentioning specific names.

However, when you directly accuse someone of being a nonce or pedophile (or enabling pedophilia), that's a hate crime.

citizensadvice.org.uk/law-and-courts…

If you were the person(s) who screamed "nonce!" at Jen, and she were to decide to report this incident to the police, it wouldn't be your GC leaders having to face the consequences. They'd be entirely happy for you to be a martyr for their cause.

Also, what are you doing?

How have you found yourself in a movement where at a conference there are people screaming "nonce!" at trans people for just existing. How have you become part of a movement where the first thing people do when they see a trans person is think of them as a pedophile?

"Pedo scum" has been the scream of the Alt-Right for a long-time now.

I know some of you still think of yourselves as "lifelong Lefties," so what does it say about your movement that you're employing the tactics of the Alt-Right?

And if you're a gay supporter of the LGBA, and you think some other supporters don't think of you as a "pervert" because you're gay, you're deluded.

I saw comments directed against gay men on the stage accusing them of speaking about sex in a way straight men "never would."

The rhetoric online for years has been that trans people and people who support trans rights are "perverts," "pedophiles," and "groomers." And yet, some gender critical people in the pub after the conference were appalled when a GC leader abused a GC trans person to their face.

I'm not sure how those GC people would think that just because a trans person supports the GC movement they wouldn't be subjected to GC abuse because they are trans, IRL? There are multiple incidents of it happening online. Do you think this is some sort of online game?

How can you be stunned to find out that there are real consequences in real life for trans people (even the "good" ones) from your years of online rhetoric, and from the UK media's relentless harassment campaign in support of your movement? Yes, you've been enabling transphobia.

And if you are a gender critical supporter for 4 years (looking at you @jackappleby) and you find yourself standing beside your crying gender critical trans friend in a pub because they've just been abused to their face by a GC leader, *you* are partially responsible for that.

And if I can't convince you that it's morally the wrong thing to do to shout "nonce!" at trans people or to accuse gay people who support trans rights of pedophilia or enabling pedophilia, maybe you should stop doing it because it's a hate crime?

This era of trans panic will end, just like the era of gay panic ended, and while your GC leaders will express support for you, and there'll be fundraisers etc, in the end, they'll still mostly have their careers etc. while you'll be the one left with a criminal record.

Stop.