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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.
    Screenshot of an article in the TElegraph featuring an image of protestors holding trans supportive message with the headline "Doctors are ambushed by 'aggressive' trans protestors'

    Serious police violence towards trans rights protesters outside “Gender Critical” conference

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    Trans rights protesters were met with serious police violence outside of a “gender critical” conference on Saturday.
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    Carlow Town Hall raises trans flag on Transgender Day of Remembrance

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    Carlow Town Hall flies the trans flag on Transgender Day of Remembrance, marking a historic day of support and inclusivity for the transgender community.
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    The Trans Agenda #12 Debate, JK Rowling, State of Hate and more

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    The Trans Agenda #12 Welcome to The Trans Agenda, a newsletter that will arrive in your inbox Monday to Friday if you are subscribed. You...
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    The Trans Agenda #36 Sinn Fein under attack

    Lee Hurley -
    The Trans Agenda #36 Welcome to The Trans Agenda, a newsletter that will arrive in your inbox Monday if you are subscribed. You can also read it on Substack and...
    Parliament of Finland where Self ID in Finland is currently being proposed and debated

    Self ID in Finland and the awful bigger picture

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    Self ID in Finland is on the horizon so we asked a Finnish trans writer to tell us about it and the wider context it exists in. Vilja Heikkilä writes;
    Photograph of Joanna Cherry speaking at a demonstration outside the Scottish Parliament Building on 21 December 2022. Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

    Sex Matters Advisory Group member named Chair of Parliament’s Human Rights Committee

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    Joanna Cherry named Chair of Parliament's Human Rights Committee despite concerns over her views on trans rights.
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    Can a woman have a penis?

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    Specifically, it was viewed as such because it did not require any medical intervention. It respected bodily autonomy! You could and can still obtain a new birth certificate without ever desiring hormones and surgery. Sure, you are still subject to the intrusive Gender Recognition Panel's whims, about to be set back a bunch of cash you probably couldn't afford, gatekept by a crap healthcare system to hell and have no non-binary options at all. But theoretically, its totally possible to be a woman with a penis, by law.
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    Northern Ireland ‘unlikely’ to implement private puberty blocker ban, UK judgement on Monday

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    Northern Ireland’s devolved government look set to reject the chance to implement a private puberty blocker ban inline with the one in England.
    A photo of Westminster, part of the Houses of Parliament taken during the evening from the otherside of the river Thames. Where Equality Act 2010 was debated

    England Free Speech Chief ‘not interested’ in ‘culture wars’

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    Arif Ahmed, the new OfS director for free speech, emphasises neutrality in his role. We analyse the potential impact on the trans community and academic freedom in England.
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