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Times article - accusation that top civil servant's tweet indicates bias

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Alicethroughtheblackmirror · 06/02/2019 07:15

Forgotten (again) how to do clicky links in an OP and don't have a share token anyway, but the Times is saying that the Scottish Permanent secretary put out a tweet talking about "privileged" "cisgender" people with a photo of herself with Scottish trans alliance and mermaids!

www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotland/top-civil-servant-s-tweet-leads-to-accusations-of-pro-trans-bias-0w8fqgbcm

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milkmoustache · 06/02/2019 08:41

The amazing privilege of getting access to a "washroom" with a sanpro bin. Yes, I can see why that's such a glittering prize... But when it comes to the "transcript", I am completely foxed!

Alicethroughtheblackmirror · 06/02/2019 08:32

Thanks MNHQ and Time lady!

Yes, the real extraordinary privilege is thinking that the most women have to worry about is getting transcripts. Not needing dignity, privacy & safety; or worrying about assault; or discrimination because they're pregnant. That all pales next to transcripts!

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OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 06/02/2019 08:29

I wasn’t sure if it was just not knowing Scottish vernacular but it sounded American to my ears

AbsintheFriends · 06/02/2019 08:21

Transcripts??

It really feels like they're desperately searching for non-existent ways in which transpeople are oppressed.

boatyardblues · 06/02/2019 08:18

Anyone got share tokens for the articles above? I’ve used up my free articles.

McTufty · 06/02/2019 08:07

Has the tweet gone? Keeps saying something went wrong when I click on the link

OrchidInTheSun · 06/02/2019 08:04

What does it even mean? “Recognise the ways that being cisgender allows you to access washrooms, health care, or transcripts with ease. Think about the entitlements you take for granted which others must fight.”

Transcripts? Eh?

Apart from that weird bit, that poster basically reads as a charter for coercive control.

(((Scottish Women)))

howonearthdidwegethere · 06/02/2019 07:53

Why is The Times piece so coy about saying who was at the Scottish Govt meeting from Mermaids?

I remember seeing the tweet at the time. Photo definitely of Susie Green.

twitter.com/PermSecScot/status/1063106604252454912

TimeLady · 06/02/2019 07:48

Report your post, Alice, and the mods will change it Grin It had me puzzled.

Katvonfelttipeyebrows · 06/02/2019 07:40

Telling people that they are "priviliged " really really just pisses people off.

I've never come across a situation where some random person on Twitter changes anyone's mind by shouting PRIVILIGED at them.

Alicethroughtheblackmirror · 06/02/2019 07:32

There also this one about the assault of the girl in the toilets

www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotland/female-only-spaces-must-be-given-greater-protection-lkfx3w3d6

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Alicethroughtheblackmirror · 06/02/2019 07:29

Thanks sunset really posted before brain was on this morning!

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AnyOldPrion · 06/02/2019 07:22

“Cosla, the umbrella group for councils, has recently been found to be instructing officials to replace “sex” with “gender” in formal documents and correspondence, although gender is not a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010.”

” Green, policy manager at Cosla, said in a message circulated to all Scottish local authorities last July that this was informed by the Scottish government’s position which “confirmed that they speak about gender rather than sex and are moving towards a non-binary definition”.”

Bloody hell. Things in Scotland moving at a clip in an illegal direction.

Alicethroughtheblackmirror · 06/02/2019 07:17

And aaarrgh! That's meant to be tweet in title! How do I get MN to change that?

  • [Message from MNHQ: we've sorted this for you!]
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