.@cambridgeunion There have been two speakers talking about trans people's human rights at Cambridge University this term, both of them cis. Both opposed to trans people's existence.
You platformed one of them.
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You platformed one of them.
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If there had been two speakers at Cambridge University speaking about lesbian, gay and bi human rights, both of whom were straight, and both of whom opposed the existence of lesbian, gay and bi people there would have been an outcry, and rightly so.
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However, when you contextualise this with the way British mainstream media reports about trans people and our human rights, your decision to platform Stock becomes even more problematic.
It has been #TransAwarenessWeek this week and there have been no media articles...
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It has been #TransAwarenessWeek this week and there have been no media articles...
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written by trans or non-binary people published in UK mainstream media, nor has there been any broadcast produced by any trans or non-binary people.
This has gone completely unnoticed because it is normalised. The hermetic exclusion of trans people's voices from...
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This has gone completely unnoticed because it is normalised. The hermetic exclusion of trans people's voices from...
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mainstream media in the UK has become systemic. There are dozens of hostile articles about us published every week in mainstream media, from the Guardian to the Times, Telegraph, Mail & Spectator, as well as broadcast media like the BBC. Almost none are authored by trans...
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or non-binary ppl. This contextualises your decision to platform Stock just after Joyce was also platformed at Cambridge.
You are platforming members of a group that already has its narratives widely & regularly platformed in mainstream media while excluding those...
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You are platforming members of a group that already has its narratives widely & regularly platformed in mainstream media while excluding those...
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already excluded by the media.
You then claim this is about 'free speech'. You are in effect adding to the industrial-scale disinformation produced by the media and the exclusion of trans people from any discussion about trans people. I can only regard this as a...
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You then claim this is about 'free speech'. You are in effect adding to the industrial-scale disinformation produced by the media and the exclusion of trans people from any discussion about trans people. I can only regard this as a...
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deliberate act of exclusion and othering on your part.
As for the claim that this is about the 'right to offend' that's just hoey.
This is about the right;
-to harm,
-to spread disinformation unchallenged
-to misrepresent
and
-to silence an already excluded minority.
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As for the claim that this is about the 'right to offend' that's just hoey.
This is about the right;
-to harm,
-to spread disinformation unchallenged
-to misrepresent
and
-to silence an already excluded minority.
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