Graham Linehan in the Times

Lovely post rabbitwoman

He's a decent honourable man who genuinely cares. I shed a tear at that article - and all the comments underneath.

That's a really good article.

Then something took him by surprise. “It was such an odd thing but I was in Dublin at a protest. Someone was going, ‘Women’s right to abortion!’ And we went, ‘Yeah!’ Then they said, ‘And trans people need to have their operations paid for by the state!’ And we went, ‘What?’

Any woman getting pregnant makes huge personal sacrifices - her body becomes someone else's. Her body may never recover. Her life is dedicated to childcare - still not equally distributed throughout society, no matter what your personal anecdotes might be. That needs to be respected.

Any woman suffering infertility, endemetreosis, female cancers - these take huge toll on them, their bodies and their mental health, they deserve the appropriate space to deal and heal....

Any woman who is abused, raped.... The trauma that causes takes a huge toll. The energy and strength to recover and heal can be exhausting. Women deserve that.

So is it worth it? Well. Yes.

Thank you Graham.

it's it worth such personal sacrifice?

I think at some point you have to be able to sleep at night.

Once you've seen this, you can't unsee it.

If you're in a position where you have a voice, and you think you could push the needle, to not do so would trigger guilt.

He's chosen to stand, rather than be silent and complicit. He wouldn't have planned this, but events have led him here.

And it's just the sort of person he is. I was looking for that quote - turns out to be Martin Luther - "Here I stand, I can do no other".

Like Helen Joyce, like JK Rowling. They have to do something, so they can live with themselves.

Helen Joyce said: "Somebody said to me, 'Do you want this to be the issue that defines you?' Like, well, fine, yeah! They're sterilising gay kids. Why would I not?"

Well I think Jeremy Corbyns last marriage ended over his children's schooling.His then wife didn't want them to attend a local state school iirc. Graham made a film for the abortion campaign , with Amnesty Ireland. Now it's director, who went round Ireland on a speaking tour with Glinner , refuses to engage with him. Amnesia Ireland I call them.

Thanks for the link. The interview makes it very clear that it's not transphobic to be concerned
Why oh why can't TRAs see that there are bad people in the world who will take advantage of undermined safeguarding? Is it genuine ignorance (we could all just be nice and get along) or something more sinister? I guess I know that it's a few nasty bastards being supported by people who just don't realise what they are sleep walking us into. And the supporters won't have thought it through as they won't think it affects them, and they don't care about the quiet vulnerable. What a mess.

Oh gosh Graham it's cost you your marriage. While it's a noble cause, it's it worth such personal sacrifice?

We owe him so much. Thank you, Graham.

You're right @rabbitwoman there will be no fanfare but our daughters will have the right to say no to a penis without fear of prosecution.

My comment is 'awaiting moderation', my comments usually are . so will say it here:-
Twitter is political, Twitter hates women ergo Twitter hates Graham but I and many others know that Graham likes and supports women. You understand the argument and we thank you for that. I am sorry this has cost you so much

@CloseYourEyesAndSee was just about to make a similar comment - the level of idiocy is strong in that one!

Thank you, Graham.

Although I have reported your post, happydays, to some degree I see your point.

This debate, this fight, has obviously taken it's toll on Graham. He has paid a really high price for standing up for what he believes in. For me, it's a disgrace and supreme unfairness that history won't remember what an integral part he has played in turning the tide and exposing some of the worst aspects of this debacle,because when it ends - and end it shall - it will be with no fanfare, no announcements, thise responsible will just fade away and probably pretend they never said anything, try to forget it.... Whilst this man's reputation will be tarnished forever.

Well, I won't forget, he is amazing and I am grateful to him for what he does.

They misunderstood his use of the word peak and turned it into pique

Ah well. Kind of balances out all the people I see doing the opposite...

Not going to loose sleep over it.

They misunderstood his use of the word peak and turned it into pique. Peak Times.

Of course they can’t Igno, like all TRA they only have insults & emotional manipulation.

Fair play to The Times for interviewing him & giving him space to talk.

Better to be thought of as a king than cheering on sex offenders in Spas.

Thanks for posting this.

I must say, I feel like he does a lot of the time:

“What I don’t understand, and I mean this in the nicest possible way, is why aren’t you obsessed with this?

He's endured so much and it would be easy to throw in the towel and I applaud him for standing here with us.

Thank you for the share token. The comments are so heartening too.