Glinner’s Xmas Break

He's an absolute legend and an amazing, valuable ally. Happy Christmas @Glinner!

Bet the TRAs wish Glinner had stayed on Twitter!

This raised a wry smile.

You’re VERY welcome here, Graham. it’s a much more productive environment in many ways ...

Bet the TRAs wish Glinner had stayed on Twitter!

Nollaig Shona, Glinner! Agus go raibh mile mile maith agat.

Big Lottery are reviewing the Mermaids grant - this is good news.

Charities that campaign for damaging medical interventions for children should not be receiving lottery funding. Mermaids campaigning is at odds with both the NHS and Tavistock.

I found that point of view particularly powerful. All women are under threat from this bullshit, but the most disadvantaged women are under the most threat.

Yes. This movement is horrendously classist - an aspect of it which is not discussed nearly enough.

Thank you LangCleg

I found that point of view particularly powerful. All women are under threat from this bullshit, but the most disadvantaged women are under the most threat.

Yes. Agree here. This is a parenting forum, we have valid concerns about the trans agenda and the impact this is having on children.

That was a valid thread, asking us to send an email to stop half a million quid of lottery money being sent to a "charity" that advocates puberty blockers and surgery - which cause longterm sterility - on children.

This is a parenting forum!

Yes. What Toetotoe said.

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Message from MNHQ: We've taken this thread down overnight as it seems to be causing an awful lot of reports. We've a few things to discuss about it at MNHQ in the morning but we'll let you know as soon as we can what's happening with the thread. Thanks for your patience.

I'm still pissed of that the thread re contacting lottery fund about concerns where the money is going to ethical charity is still deleted.
Some Tweeters send a pile of new members over to make offensive statements about women, cue them being reported, late night mod deletes the thread coz volume of reports.
Does Mumsnet like being controlled by Paris Lees and mimmymum?

Seems like it. Grrrrrrr my blood pressure.

“Dry menopausal old women” such a dreary, male thing to say. We’ve all grown up with insults like that, water off a duck’s back mate.

people who just can't help proving our point whilst desperately trying to prove their own are the best.

i am eagerly awaiting a cogent argument as to why it is ok to lobby for the dismantling of safeguarding and the sterilisation of children. one that doesn't screech "hate!" and isn't dripping with misogyny.

come on. this is an open forum and we can't block you and it is not feminists who are weaponising the report process.

oh and glinner you rock

“Dry menopausal old women” such a dreary, male thing to say. We’ve all grown up with insults like that, water off a duck’s back mate.
Interesting spelling too. Do you think he meant fetid, or fettered ? It took me a minute or two to work out scaraficial. My mind ran through scarred and facial before hitting on sacrificial.
3/10 . Leonard has paid no attention this term and must try harder if he wants to pass his English language GCSE.

Adding my thanks to Glinner. Absolute star.

Thank you for all that you've done Glinner, it is such a huge relief that someone in your position really gets this, sees how wrong and insane it all is and is willing to stand up to it. It's all so stressful and exhausting so I hope you do manage to take a break from it all over Christmas. I'm going to try and do that too. Have a wonderful Christmas!

Glinner posted this on another thread last night

From a friend

"Can everyone write their complaints to Dawn Austwick [email protected] and urge others to do so. The grant has been confirmed but not signed off, there is still time to stop it and we need to force a review. Mermaids push an extreme ideological agenda, they are not professionals and they have no qualification to work with children and young people. Their approach towards children with gender dysphoria is experimental and non-evidence-based but we know that children treated in this way are more likely to embark on a medical pathway they don't come off once they start. The vast majority (around 80%) would resolve their feelings naturally by the end of puberty if left alone, and the most likely outcome is same-sex orientation in adulthood."

Will do, Graham. Thanks for all you do. Take care of yourself and your family and have a peaceful and joyful Christmas.

Thanks for all you do Glinner. Wishing you and your family a restful and merry Christmas.

Great letter OP.

Why are they so worried if they think Mermaids is beyond reproach?

It shouldn't really be a problem with all the verifiable information they at their finger tips.

DerRosenkavelier - it was a Twitter thread by Lucy of the Deptford People's Project. She is interviewed at Feminist Current about it here:

www.feministcurrent.com/2018/03/23/leftist-women-uk-refuse-accept-labours-attempts-silence-critiques-gender-identity/

Just wanted to add my thanks and appreciation to Glinner.

It is wonderful that he stands up to the dreadful hate and bile. And his courage really helps when I feel like throwing my hands up and backing away from the whole thing.

For my part, I’m a typical MC mother in a nice little bubble. I have sons who are not at a ‘risky’ age yet for all the YouTube shite (hopefully). My friends think I am nuts to be bothered about this kind of stuff and think I’m overreacting. The only one who has read a tiny bit on this cites the ‘45 per cent of children will commit suicide’ nonsense as a reason to support the trans agenda.

But apart from my massive self interest that I don’t want to called ‘cis’, and I don’t want male bodied people in changing rooms, or wards, or have unfettered access to places young girls are vulnerable, or indeed any women are vulnerable, it was a statement from a women’s group in east London that really troubled me.

I can’t remember the precise details (maybe someone on here can remember) but a representative pointed out how it would be the socially disadvantaged that would really suffer. TRAs may target language and academics, and insist their penises should be allowed in TopShop changing rooms, but it’s poor women accessing crisis services who will really suffer.
If you have no choice but to go into a homeless shelter, you will have no choice if someone with a raging boner is put in the bed next to you.

So thank you Glinner. You have already given me the favourite moment of Christmas so far. My DS and I cuddled up on the sofa and I introduced him to the IT Crowd; he laughed like a drain.

Why are they so worried if they think Mermaids is beyond reproach?

Paris' tweet and the outraged re tweets are the only way I knew about this and the original content of the other thread's OP. Including the info of whom to contact.Thanks Paris, saved me a job!