Thread by @GayMen_AGI

We are a grassroots global network of gay men concerned about the excesses of "gender identity" theory and its impact on today's society

It is our position that: /1
#SexNotGender #GayNotQueer

'Sex' must remain a protected category in the law and must not be replaced by 'gender' or 'gender identity'.

'Gender' is understood as masculinity/femininity and as the cultural constraints placed upon individuals born a certain sex in complex social dynamics. /2
#SexNotGender

Any definition of woman/man beyond a mere biological framework (sex [female; male]) reproduces sexist patterns. Therefore, we support gender non-conformity among men and women, but certainly not the conflation of sex and gender/gender identity. /3
#SexNotGender

Same-sex spaces must be protected and their organisers shouldn’t be forced to allow the unconditional inclusion of any trans-identified person. /4
#SexNotGender

Excesses we refer to include :
-Encroachment of trans advocacy groups over psychotherapeutic and medical practices, especially the suppression of 'Watchful Waiting' model in transgender care, and the unnecessary medicalisation of gender dysphoric individuals. /5
#SexNotGender

-A new form of political correctness, including the ideological reshaping of language, which all too often amounts to an infringement of free speech/freedom of expression. /6
#SexNotGender

-Replacement of sex with 'gender' or 'gender identity' in several areas of social life, including in public policies, the workplace, and government legislation. /7
#SexNotGender

-The consequences of an immediate and unconditional self-identification and change of sex marker on birth certificates (E.g. Male intrusion in women's prisons, refuges, & sports. Opposite sex intrusion in homosexual spaces). /8
#SexNotGender

Damages we've observed include:
-More and more teenagers, especially young females (mostly homosexual), are being fast-tracked onto the medicalisation pathway with a rising number of people report that they have been harmed by medical transition. /9
#SexNotGender #Detransition

-Many parents report that they feel let down by mental health professionals who do not assess their children properly and apply the model of care imposed by advocacy groups. /10
#SexNotGender

Women’s rights and spaces are being violated under the claim that 'gender identity' equals sex.

We're acutely aware of the destruction to lesbians' spaces & condemn male appropriation of their reality which all too often is expressed with threats of violence. /11
#SexNotGender

-The very reality of same-sex attraction is in the process of being substituted by the notion of “same gender” attraction. As gay men who have had or still have to deal with homophobia, we cannot accept dismissal of biology in the definition of our sexuality. /12
#SexNotGender