First Trans Pride in London this weekend

The fist symbol is just another thing they have stolen/appropriated from feminist and civil rights movements. I don't think the gay rights movement used it / but I could be wrong?

The raised fist symbol is an old symbol, normally meaning strength and solidarity in struggle, or similar. I've just googled and it may have originated during the Spanish civil war.

I don't see them using it as big deal, not relative to the other stuff they do.

When is any journalist going to investigate these claims of violence and threat?

These reports of violence and threats are the trans version of Iraq WMD’s.

It’s blatant manipulation, covered by the thinnest of veils, easily pulled aside by any journalist who would do some digging and some statistical analysis.

Adds "angry violent TERF protesters" to the list of stuff that never happens.

Nice to see TRAS get a protest march, after complaining so much about lesbians protesting at pride.

TRAs really hate women don't they?

I can't see it looking any different from a general Pride parade tbh. Saturation point is close if not already reached.
So sick of glitter, pink and blue, leather, rainbows and all the other tosh.

Although there will be more speeches on suicide I'm guessing.

How many over the age of 25 at least rubidium.

I'm wondering if they'll all be masked or if that's just for when they're harassing women.

I wonder how many transmen will be on the march.

I think we should ignore the lot of them in fact have meetings at the opposite end of the country have your March in London I'm having gin in Glasgow

A fist can also be used for wanking... though not by women...

Actually it's very very easy to manage the T bunch of harridans. Just respect women and girls' rights and they'll fuck right off.

Organisations attending all Pride events this year have all written extensive risk assessments for "what to do if TERFs come". One city (not London) pride event, a fairly small one, had 30 pages of risk assessment just for TERFs.

There's a petty little part of me that thinks we should turn up en masse with badges and hi-vis vests declaring us to be "TERF observers". And then just... observe. Peacefully. At a slight distance, watching. Totally grey-rocking any attempts at antagonism.

It would fuck 'em right off.

Like I said, it's a petty part of me. I'm not saying anyone should actually do this. But the visual does amuse me.

I hope everyone just ignores them. I don't mind them marching, I just mind when they want to stop me marching, or meeting with other women, or try destroying single sex services, and try changing the meaning of words and making everyone play a giant game of "let's pretend" so they can do their extended cosplay.
Marching up and down the square is fine, the exercise will do them good.

Yes, and worst of all is it works.

I'm really confused as to why they expect violence?

I'm not.

Organisations attending all Pride events this year have all written extensive risk assessments for "what to do if TERFs come". One city (not London) pride event, a fairly small one, had 30 pages of risk assessment just for TERFs.

Everybody is being whipped up to expect angry violent TERFs despite a complete lack of evidence. This of course is a handy strategy to direct attention away from and excuse the actual threats and violent acts of TRAs.

It's a chilling, effective and very deliberate strategy imo.

Already all the Pride celebrations and Pride month was taken over by trans rights

Oh, come on, that's a little unfair. The pups were also there.

The Trans Overlords
I like that.
It is perfectly apt.

I'm assuming that acceptance without exception means that we #genderfree will be occupying a prime place in this wondrous march of the overlords underdogs?

I hope they have a good peaceful march.

My first thought when I saw the Trans Pride London image was that it resembled the feminist raised fist symbol?

Oh excellent, discussion of the whole "appropriating the black power symbol" thing - I've been fretting over that.

Raised fist for black power purposes = a symbol used by the oppressed class to demonstrate collective resistance.
Raised fist for actual feminist power purposes = a symbol used by the oppressed class to demonstrate collective resistance.
Raised fist for trans power purposes = a symbol used by the oppressor class to demonstrate collective dominance.

One of these things is not like the others...

It was a Newsbeat story so it was always going to be broadcast.

I would have thought anyone trans would be far safer at standard Prides than a trans one where they are the sole targets. Unless they are only worried about the 'literal' violence of words.

Radio 1 lunchtime news covered it unsurprisingly. The person they interviewed wants to go but there's so much violence aimed at trans that they are unsure whether to go. All very brave and stunning of course.

Already all the Pride celebrations and Pride month was taken over by trans rights

Which actually goes on for three months rather than one.

We have anything about women i.e. International Women's Day taken over by trans rights. Now a Trans Pride?

Brighton has already had their Trans Pride this year and don't forget they also have LGBT History Month, Trans Day of Visibility and Trans Day of Remembrance.

And it's not just women's events that are taken over by Trans people. Last week it was World Suicide Prevention Day and I saw several Twitter feeds that expressed no empathy for victims and families as a whole but made it all about Trans people.

I would imagine the public and even their most dedicated supporters must be tiring from this constant demand to always centre trans people

I really don't buy into the whole 'I'm an outsider at Pride' argument.

Probably because it's utter DARVO bullshit.