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One day, the whole gender identity thing - especially the “trans kids” part - is going to blow up. And when it does, it’s going to look like Savile and Thalidomide, mashed together and turned up to 11. I hope it happens soon, before many more people get hurt.
Peter Magellan, proud Citizen of Nowhere 💙 💜🤍💚 retweeted
Imagine being in your first week of social work training and being told that some of your fellow students might be there to gain access to vulnerable children.
Shocking, right? But this social worker’s point applies anywhere adults work with children. Some people will seek out those roles for the wrong reasons. And the person whose behaviour you need to question might be the nicest person you know.
She also makes an important point about why safeguarding starts with having a clear sense of what’s normal and what isn’t. Once that boundary starts to blur, it’s easier for someone to cross it without being challenged.
I wish I’d seen this video years ago. I can think of times when something felt off and I kept quiet because I worried I might be wrong or cause offence.
Thanks @JournalistJill for highlighting it.
Peter Magellan, proud Citizen of Nowhere 💙 💜🤍💚 retweeted
Who on earth would agree to amputate someone’s FINGERS for a fantasy version of their identity?
I mean, who on earth would agree to amputate someone’s BREASTS for a fantasy version of their identity?
I mean who on earth would agree to chemically castrate a CHILD for a fantasy?
Peter Magellan, proud Citizen of Nowhere 💙 💜🤍💚 retweeted
Mr Imane Khelif will once again be punching a woman in the head in a boxing ring on December 15. He gets to do this because as a professional boxer he is eligible to compete against women in many countries. He was never accused of being transgender, he's a man, that's it.
Peter Magellan, proud Citizen of Nowhere 💙 💜🤍💚 retweeted
One cannot claim that self-identification determines membership in a shared category, insist that everyone else recognize that membership as fact, and then maintain they are making a claim only about themself.
They are making a claim about the category, its membership criteria, and the obligations of everyone expected to recognize it.
By what authority does one man's claim of being a woman, or one woman's claim of being a man become binding on everyone else's understanding of what constitutes a man or a woman?
Peter Magellan, proud Citizen of Nowhere 💙 💜🤍💚 retweeted
As a lesbian I’m not attracted to any men, but men LARPing as women are literally always the most off-putting. When I see a heterosexual male person calling himself a “lesbian” and acting out what he imagines a “lesbian” does and looks like, my disgust knows no bounds —and I don’t think that’s “hateful” at all. Rather, I think what’s hateful is that straight men are appropriating a minority sexuality they don’t belong to, and society is encouraging it because of TQ+ activism.