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@dhothersall @E1eanor That was before literally any man could ID as a woman. In those days a distinction was made between transsexuals (suffering from gender dysphoria) & transvestites (fetishists).
IDC what these men call themselves; they are not women & they don't belong in the women's locker room.
KH: There have always been men who say feel they're a lesbian tee hee hee. Always jocular. Lesbians often a laughing stick. We will not be. We will not be erased and no man with a penis will tell us he's a lesbian because he feels is
@SWR666 No one “hates the idea that you exist”. Step away from the flight into hyperbole and try to understand that people can disagree without wishing annihilation on each other.
KH: No it's simpler than that. I had worked with Stonewall for many years, had seen it work as a respected, valuable org for years. Until 2015. So we knew right from the off that we wanted our charitable aims to be exactly what we thought SW's should be.
MG: It is an organisation set up for a fight.
KH: In the context of having spent years trying to say that children in danger. Important to remember what fighting *for*.
MG: You mention LGBT-inclusive curriculum, you describe as chilling and obligatory, and say you want to stop it, cannot be allowed to happen. This is a political objective. A primary objective.
KH: no. Secondary objective - primary is wellbeing of LGB children.
MG: Pamphlet flippant to say self declaration. Must live as a woman for a period, would be criminal offence to make a false declaration...
BJ: Entirely legitimate to point out that tiny group of predatory men would be able to exploit this. Lots of example of this happening
MG moves on. When you say you want to ensure children are taught facts, its central that this includes immutability of sex?
BJ: Well yes as sex in every cell of body
MG: Central to GC belief
BJ: I personally think that every child is born from a women is a fact not a belief
MG: discusses statement (by MC I think) that 'GI motivated by homophobia.' that suggests they are homophobes?
BJ: we support GNC children we dont support medicalising them
MG: Reads further words by MC. asks again if BJ distances herself from inflammatory language
"The Cass Review [on the healthcare of children with gender dysphoria] is not Mermaid's field," says the chair of Mermaids, witness for Mermaids in Mermaids v LGB Alliance. Mermaids supports children with gender dysphoria. This is incredible.
MG: But you are engaging in these controversial social issues yourselves.
BJ: Am highlighting that police should not.
MG: That is being engage..
BJ: Yes, engaged in LGB rights, our purpose.
MG: I said, engaged in controversial issue.
MG: Deliberate choice to exclude
BJ: No this is wrong. There is no Q or + or anything else either in our name, only LGB. This is a group with its own needs