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    ‘Cancelled’ Starkey unrepentant as he takes on trans lobby Daily Mail2 Sep 2022 UH- OH, Dr David Starkey is whipping up a storm again — and this time he’s taking on the notoriously prickly trans lobby. The television historian, who was ‘cancelled’ after making racist remarks in 2020, has now publicly questioned the right of transgender women to identify themselves as female. ‘One of the terrible problems of the age that we live in is the refusal to confront the truth,’ declares the Tudors expert. ‘The whole world of so much of the social media, the whole world of critical race theory, and the whole world of transsexuality is a gigantic lie.’ He explains: ‘It’s an act of faith — it’s preposterous the idea that a man can become a woman. ‘These are simple absurdities. ‘And large parts of the population — the young population, those who, one would hope, are more questing, are most disillusioned with fiction — swallow fiction.’ Speaking on LBC’s Iain Dale All Talk podcast, Dr Starkey (pictured) adds: ‘We don’t need a new Jesus Christ; we need a teller of blunt, cruel truth. Well, perhaps that was Jesus. If you read the Bible, the Bible was brutal.’ Dr Starkey, 76, apologised after his incendiary remarks about slavery. He was dropped by his long-standing publisher, HarperCollins, and his literary agency, Rogers Coleridge & White, as well as losing top academic posts after he claimed that slavery did not constitute genocide. Last year, however, he shocked diners in London’s Soho by saying he stood by his original offensive comments. ‘I don’t regret that statement,’ he said at the London Grill Club. ‘I regret how I said it, and the fact that I gave a handle to my enemies, which is a stupid thing to do. ‘I regret stupidity, I don’t regret a moral position.’

    GCs and media continue to erase lesbians: The week in trans 04/09/22

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    Another week, another series of articles talking nonsense about trans people in the Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, and Times.
    University House at University of Warwick. It is probably not the specific building where Katy Montgomerie's speech was due to be held.

    Katy Montgomerie’s speech postponed at Warwick University

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    Katy Montgomerie's speech at Warwick University has been postponed following threats to disrupt the event and in the light of the protests regarding Nadhim Zahawi's disastrous appearance on campus earlier this year.
    An example of a chest binder, almost certainly not the one offered by Mermaids UK

    Mermaids UK criticised by British media (and JK Rowling) for giving chest binder to...

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    Children's charity and parental support group Mermaids UK have come under fire from the usual transphobic suspects trying to demonise any and all support for trans youth. This time over the use and support of teens using a chest binder. JK Rowling was there too, in case you cared.
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    Chest binding study; “over 97% reported at least one negative health outcome”

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    A study on chest binding is being bandied about by the anti-trans crowd due to the eye catching statistic reported in the abstract. "Over 97% reported at least one of 28 negative outcomes attributed to binding". But what does this actually mean?

    Women’s March stands by trans women, laughs at Terfs

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    The official Twitter account for the Women's March responded to vast amounts of transphobic abuse by advising Terfs to stay mad.

    Is Maya Forstater the world’s foremost trans expert? The week in Trans 28/08/22

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    Unlike the first week of this trans media watch, which mostly centred around one story about JK Rowling, how she was the real victim...
    Arts Council England logo. It is the words "arts council england" in a circle next to a tagline which reads "Supported using public funding by arts council england". All in black and white.

    LGB Alliance granted funding by Arts Council England

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    LGB Alliance announced they had been awarded the grant from Arts Council England's #LetsCreate Jubilee Fund to make their film. The premiere is set for June 2022 but many in the LGBTQIA+ community have called the decision into question prompting a response from the grant-givers.
    A satellite photo of the UK under snow that I have layered a trans flag over the top of. Trans Britain. That's what we are now. Woo.

    The UK has (at least) four new transgender councillors!

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    Dylan Tippetts for Compton in Plymouth, Kira Lewis for Higham Hill in Waltham Forest, Isla Wrathmell for Vauxhall in London's Lambeth, and Elaine Gallagher in Glasgow were all successful in the vote, earning their place on their local councils.
    Owen Jones speaking at Policy Exchange in 2013

    Owen Jones faces harassment via transphobic Twitter mob

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    Owen Jones criticised the original piece for having not done journalistic due diligence of including comment from the school or those accused of allegedly having ousted this 18 year old from sixth-form for being transphobic, who I remind you are students at an all girls school and sixth-form. He asked for someone from that school to reach out with comment or statement. Not least due to the fact that The Times have had to issue multiple corrections for poor journalistic practice in the past, including on trans issues in particular.
    A rainbow merchandise stand at Manchester Pride, August 2016. It shows various rainbow themed lanyards and hats all piled up next to a small pride flag.

    Tory candidate who compared trans people to Nazis suspended from party

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    "We have received multiple complaints regarding online posts from two members, one of whom is standing in current elections for committee. Separately, we have been informed by Conservative Central Office, having received similar complaints, both these members have been suspended from the Conservative Party."
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