Linda Bellos arrested **Title edited by MNHQ to make clear that she was in fact 'interviewed under caution'**

My guess is that what's being suggested is that TIMs would be perfectly happy with their ladypenises and other obviously male physical characteristics if meanies online didn't keep pointing out that "female" is a word that means something, and would therefore be free from dysphoria.

Any old school transsexuals reading that must be laughing bitterly.

That change.org thingy says that it's the poor treatment of trans people online that leads to dysphoria... Isn't that the wrong way around? Dysphoria leads to transition, not transition + harassment leads to dysphoria?

I've only personally encountered one person who threatened suicide with the frequency that TRAs do. He turned out to be what used to be referred to as a sociopath.

Make of that what you will.

Point 3 in that 'definition of transphobia' is basically 'any discussion at all of possible concerns that women may have about self identifying trans people being allowed to use whatever the fuck sex segregated space they feel like using'.

In other words 'shut up women'.

Also nice little 'agree with me or I will kill myself' in there too.

If the principle that not sharing someone's beliefs is a violation of their rights was made law can you imagine what religious extremists would do with it?

Some transwomen are even saying that they are more woman than those born a woman, as they have gone through transitioning.

These pics are from change.org -

Yes, what would they expect Linda to say after another woman, with similar opinions to her own, has just been punched in the face at Speakers Corner?

'If one of those bastards comes anywhere near me, I will....... let them smack me right in the face. Like a woman should'.

???

angry

Its not for me

Things get broken, children get terrified, dh hides

Its not pretty

(I dont lose my temper often...but when i do its a doozy )

"Hello, I am currently a set of letters because my officially issued number is still in the post. The last traces of my humanity will be stripped away soon so don't be alarmed."

Fucking hell that screenshot Kyanite. Telling a woman she is not allowed to refer to herself as woman, that she 'should' be calling herself.... XX?

Seriously, what is happening here? I feel like such an old gimmer saying this, but the world is going mad!

But yeah, the sum total of months of digging for evidence of "TERFS" being dangerous monsters is one small older woman saying that if she was physically attacked she'd attempt to defend herself. What, she wouldn't just meekly say "I accept my punishment" and stand there waiting to be thumped? Shocking. Women are so unladylike these days!

Rufus, are we about to see your less polite offline personality? Cause that sounds kind of fun.

All that time spent trawling through women's conversations and this is the worst example of alleged transphobia that they can find?

I suspect that they are getting quite desperate now. All the talk of literal genocide for months and the only example they have is Linda Bellos saying she'd defend herself if attacked.

Laughable really.

kyanite

Christ all fucking mighty!!

I'm getting perturbed again...

You won't like me when I'm perturbed

icantreach

I think your posts have been very interesting

'Female' was the appropriate language when talking about biology five minutes ago, now it's xx?

I'm transwoman and you are woman.
Transwoman? No, it's transwoman, you are ciswoman
Trans_woman? No, it's woman, you are female
Woman? No, it's female, you are xx
Female? No it's xx, you are...left with no way to define yourself as literally every word has been appropriated.

There is also a Change.Org petition to have any deviation from the trans mantras to be regarded as abuse.

Seriously?

I find it very concerning. There is also a Change.Org petition to have any deviation from the trans mantras to be regarded as abuse. Language about ourselves is being controlled.

Talk about this peak transing people, a friend of mine who has been vocally self ID has reacted to my fb status about it...

I am small and in late middle age. If I had a cat and grew herbs, I'd be starting to get worried.

No of course I haven't seen it.

OK, fair enough. I could tell.

It's the thin edge of the wedge though & the ramifications are massive - especially when "hate speech" can be invoked for calling someone with male chromosomes & full working male genitals a Man.

You'd have to be either massively derailed by the "nazi" topic of the case or wilfully stupid to ignore that though!

I'll stop "derailing" now though.....

Who knew small middle-aged-or-older-women were such a threat?

@GeorgeFayne re: the men financing this movement.

I've been sharing that link as well, and was shocked the other day to discover that many of the highlighted links no longer work. I know they did originally when I first found it here on MN. Not sure who would be responsible and when/how they deleted the links.

If could be I'd be there too. Good luck trying to spin a group of women standing around being supportive as being as scary as a bunch of young men in antifa gear and masks.

(Don't have a dog but if I was closer I'd bring the Bernese that lives up the road. If you were caught in an avalanche he could possibly be trained to bring you brandy? So scary.)

I'm going to assume that this will play out the same way Posie Parker's interview under caution did. The CPS will not make charges.

N Yorks police are being over-zealous, and the TRAs are taking great pleasure in putting the frighteners on women - to shut them up.

If I'm wrong, I'll be outside that court supporting Linda. Peacefully of course. I won't be wearing a mask, or bring any scary looking dogs. My dog looks like a giant cuddly toy.