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    Jo Phoenix and women being bullied out of work

    Gemma Stone -
    Some uni professor or something called Jo Phoenix (rad name, shame it belongs to a bigot loser) has won a tribunal for unfair dismissal over her "gender critical" ie transphobic views. Some anti-trans commentators have described the attempt to oust her as "women being bullied out of work".
    St John Ambulance tells job applicants to share their chosen pronouns Daily Mail29 Mar 2024By Alex Ward Social Affairs Correspondent ST JOHN Ambulance has been accused of ‘hostility’ towards job applicants after it emerged staff were being urged to share their pronouns when applying for posts internally. The candidate centre for the charity’s internally advertised jobs requested staff ‘share their pronouns’ in the application process. For those who decline, the website offers a prompt asking ‘if you would like to reconsider’. If a candidate still doesn’t want to list them, they are asked to ‘tell us why you do not wish to share your pronouns’. The prompt is accompanied by a message: ‘Pronouns are something everyone has; they are words like he, she or they, which you want people to use when referring to you. At St John Ambulance, we do not assume or guess what someone’s pronouns are based on their name or appearance. ‘Giving your pronouns below helps the people who look at your application show their respect for you and others. ‘St John Ambulance wants everyone to feel included.’ Helen Joyce, of human rights campaign group Sex Matters, said: ‘This feels like an opportunistic way to “educate” unsuspecting people that socalled gender identity matters more than sex, and toes close to the line in terms of compelled belief. ‘It is comparable to asking an applicant to state their religious beliefs and if they chose not to answer, attempting to convince them of the merits of faith while urging them to reconsider. ‘The message is both patronising and hostile to applicants who hold gender-critical views, which polls suggest is the vast majority of the UK population, and is totally unsuitable as part of any recruitment process.’ St John Ambulance said: ‘As an organisation, it’s important to us to promote the correct usage of pronouns as part of being as inclusive as possible. We try to create opportunities for people to share their correct pronouns where we can.’ It came as it was reported that NHS staff were set to be asked if they identified as ‘greyromantic’, ‘abrosexual’ or as ‘endosex’ in a survey which was not signed off by bosses. The woke questionnaire aimed at LGBT staff sought information about health workers’ ‘current sex’ and what ‘umbrella would your romantic orientation fall under’. Details of the poll were leaked to The Daily Telegraph. Writer Kathleen Stock, who is a codirector of The Lesbian Project, said it was a ‘bats*** survey’. LGB Alliance chief executive Kate Barker said it was ‘infantile, meaningless, and insulting’. She added: ‘This kind of nonsense is a perfect example of why LGB people want to organise on the basis of sexuality, not identity.’ An NHS England spokesman said: ‘This is not an NHS England-approved survey.’ ‘Patronising and hostile’ Article Name:St John Ambulance tells job applicants to share their chosen pronouns Publication:Daily Mail Author:By Alex Ward Social Affairs Correspondent Start Page:17 End Page:17

    The Trans Agenda #20 Legal loser tries again as GCs attack St Johns ambulance

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    The Trans Agenda #20 Welcome to The Trans Agenda, a newsletter that will arrive in your inbox Monday to Friday if you are subscribed. You...
    "remove the whip from Rosie Duffield" - a photo of Rosie Duffield

    “Remove the whip from Rosie Duffield” says UK Labour groups

    Gemma Stone -
    Multiple UK Labour groups & members have called upon Kier Starmer to remove the whip from Rosie Duffield MP. This following her repeated support of anti-trans rhetoric and campaigns.
    A photo of the crowd gathered in Glasgow in support of Scottish democracy and trans rights. Photo by Max @SpillerOfTea on Twitter

    Scottish democracy and the fight for trans rights

    Dylan Hamilton -
    On the 20th of December, I sat down in the Scottish Parliament viewing gallery watching Scottish democracy at work. Almost every MSP sat in the chamber preparing to debate one of the most disputed issues of the last five years - reforms to the Gender Recognition Act.
    BBC attempt to launder reputation of Graham Linehan of Graham Linehan; the image shows the BBC log on a curved red-brick wall.

    BBC attempt to launder reputation of Graham Linehan

    Gemma Stone -
    The former comedy writer turned keyboard warrior has had a gig cancelled prompting a write-up where the BBC attempt to launder reputation of horrific bigot, Graham Linehan.
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    The Trans Agenda #3 6 March 2024

    Lee Hurley -
    Welcome to The Trans Agenda, a newsletter that arrives in your inbox Monday to Friday at 10am if you are subscribed. You can also...

    The Trans Agenda #29 NHS betrays trans kids again

    Lee Hurley -
    The Trans Agenda #29 Welcome to The Trans Agenda, a newsletter that will arrive in your inbox Monday and Thursday if you are subscribed. You...

    Keir Starmer is blowing it in his chase for right-wing votes

    Lee Hurley -
    For the longest time, I wasn’t sure what to make of Keir Starmer. Turns out, my first impression that he seemed like a 6ft...
    JK Rowling's wacky weekend; an image of JK Rowling reading her book to children at the White House in 2010

    JK Rowling’s wacky weekend of transphobic crap

    Gemma Stone -
    This week has been quite the week for anti-trans activism as Posie Parker visited Australia and New Zealand on her #LetWomenSpeak tour. Culminating in 'sieg heil' Nazis, a tomato sauce incident and JK Rowling's wacky weekend of transphobic lies!
    All JK Rowling Said was....Its the same photo of JK Rowling reading Philosopher's Stone at the White House like 10 years ago that I usually use, except I've cranked the brightness and contrast up to make fun of the way she does her profile pictures on Twitter, after she made fun of people for having cartoon profile pictures. You know, a little jape. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons

    All JK Rowling said was… re: “rapist rights activists”

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    In a bizarre tweet by the beloved Harry Potter author where she refers to trans rights advocates as "rapist rights activists", all JK Rowling said was "compelling a woman to call her rapist or violent male attacker ‘she’ in court is state-sanctioned abuse" right? Wrong!
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