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New guidelines - we aren't allowed to refer to natal sex

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Maryz · 14/06/2018 11:44

According to KateMumsnet:

"We also thought it might be useful to clarify our thinking about general terms for trans people. Having said that TIM is not okay, it seems a bit illogical to allow other terms which hang upon natal sex."

Well that's that really, isn't it.

We are all being told to pretend that men have become women.

Am I going to be deleted/banned for this post?

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TokenBritPoshOfCourse · 14/06/2018 11:45

‘Natal sex’

So, sex.

Humans can’t change sex.

The world has gone fucking mad.

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farine · 14/06/2018 11:48

Not trying to be goady, @katemumsnet but does this mean on pregnancy boards when people are asking posters to decipher baby scans as boy or girl we aren't allowed to anymore, as we can't mention boy or girl as natal sex? Or is that ok and it's only if someone has rejected the natal sex that we can't refer to it?

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Sarahconnor1 · 14/06/2018 11:48

How can any of these issues be discussed with any clarity if we can't used natal sex. This is madness.

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Gileswithachainsaw · 14/06/2018 11:50

Wtf

So much that happens to women happens because of their sex.

How the fuck can we solve problems we can't use language to define Angry

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heresyandwitchcraft · 14/06/2018 11:53

This is, quite frankly, insulting.

Sex is a fact, it's neutral and descriptive. It's not meant to offend anyone, but we need language to talk about these issues.

The denial of biological sex, and the silencing culture around being able to call a spade a spade (or a be-penised person a male!) it is a huge part of why we're in this mess in the first place.

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Maryz · 14/06/2018 11:54

I put it here because I think people might miss it buried deep (around 300 posts in) in the "Mumsnet moderation thread ... part 2" in Site Stuff.

I'm really disappointed that MN are colluding with the silencing of women whose only "crime" is to speak the truth.

I suspect we'll all be banned by next week.

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Blostma · 14/06/2018 11:54
Biscuit
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Blostma · 14/06/2018 11:55

That's not to you Maryz !!!

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untoldstories · 14/06/2018 11:57

Utter bloody nonsense.

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Maryz · 14/06/2018 11:58

That's ok Blostma.

Though I should warn you someone got deleted recently for posting Biscuit - it's nearly as bad as "potato" or , apparently Confused

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LangCleg · 14/06/2018 11:58

WHAT?

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ToeToToe · 14/06/2018 11:58

Whaaaaat? KateMumsnet, that is ridiculous. Women can't refer to their natal sex on a parenting website? Have you taken leave of your senses??

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reallybadidea · 14/06/2018 11:59

Surely the term 'transwoman' hangs upon natal sex? Or perhaps trans woman is ok and transwoman isn't? It's all a bit confusing.

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OvaHere · 14/06/2018 12:00

So I can't say that I'm female?

Which I am.

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ImagineBeing · 14/06/2018 12:00

How can a site for women not allow free speech on biological facts?

Pregnancy, birth, the sex of a baby, menstruation, PCOS etc, menopause, female cancers and so forth can't be discussed on Mumsnet? ConfusedShock

This is a jokeGrin it can't be real!

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SpartacusVonWaitrose · 14/06/2018 12:02

I have no words.

No really. I have no words.

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OvaHere · 14/06/2018 12:03

Surely the site name is transphobic in itself. Time for a rebrand?

Nonmennet?

Nonbinarynet?

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LighthouseSouth · 14/06/2018 12:04

must be an error
you couldn't talk about a trans person if statements based on natal sex aren't allowed

or perhaps that's the intention

but surely we can still say "I'm having a girl/boy"? how confusing.

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JoanSummers · 14/06/2018 12:04

Hey Mumsnet - What is a mum?

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Pratchet · 14/06/2018 12:06

To be fair I have never referred to natal sex. Happy to refer to someone's sex.

In times of universal deceit, speaking the truth is a revolutionary act.

To the barricades.

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dolorsit · 14/06/2018 12:09

@katemumsnet

It is a problem that these new moderation guidelines are not being published site wide.

Posts discussing women's rights appear elsewhere, for example in aibu.

If you are making clarifications then these also need to be publicised site wide not just buried in with 999 other posts.

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MrPan · 14/06/2018 12:09

Utterly fucking bonkers.

That doesn't "clarify (your) thinking". It just confirms just how many knots you have tied yourselves in, in order to not be seen to be offending the cohort of people who wish to crush womanhood.

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ScarletBegonias · 14/06/2018 12:10

I suspect KateMumsnet didn't mean her pronouncement quite the way it came out. Maybe she'll be back to clarify?

If that was what MSHQ meant, there seems little point in staying here.

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dolorsit · 14/06/2018 12:10

I would add that I only use the app so maybe this is not an issue on the website.

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GeordieTerf · 14/06/2018 12:11

Is it okay to discuss conception, pregnancy, periods, and so forth?

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