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Ruth Hunt interview

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BuzzPeakWankBobbly · 29/04/2019 09:04

I am at work now so haven't listened to this yet, but a sentence below the podcast link is interestingly worded:

"She also discusses why it was a mistake for Stonewall to only have taken on transgender rights in 2015, and why she wishes others would recognise that trans rights are human rights."

www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2019/apr/29/on-the-frontline-in-the-fight-for-lgbt-rights

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Popchyk · 29/04/2019 10:50

Funny how she's talking now that she's looking for a new job, eh? Before it was #nodebate.

"I cannot believe how she can confidently state that they encourage debate and that prisons and sports should be considered in a case by case basis".

That's transphobic, for starters. Transwomen are women and should always be accommodated within the female estate or female sports. Acceptance without exception, remember.

She is obviously trying to distance herself from Stonewall's current position. That she set up.

BuzzPeakWankBobbly · 29/04/2019 10:40

She completely misrepresents the feminist view. She's either doing this deliberately

Imagine my surprise.
Of course it's deliberate.

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OldCrone · 29/04/2019 09:57

I just listened to it. She completely misrepresents the feminist view. She's either doing this deliberately, or she really hasn't listened enough to what we've been saying.

OhHolyJesus · 29/04/2019 09:43

Had a listen, interesting. I agree with her on some things but not necessarily for the same reasons. If Stonewall had campaigned for T rights at the same time as LGB (let's say that it came into the mainstream in the 1980s) it would have brought about a different result, one possibly worse for women? I think it might have been better for women - I don't think T belongs with the LGB at all but had they joined them then I believe feminism and the woman's movement was viewed differently and at the very least we wouldn't have had the Social Media influence.

I cannot believe how she can confidently state that they encourage debate and that prisons and sports should be considered in a case by case basis. I believe her to be an intelligent woman just not with the same moral compass I would wish for, for someone who holds/held such a prominent, powerful position in the world we live in right now.

AncientLights · 29/04/2019 09:12

Thanks will listen after school run.