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Labour chat forum: “TERF arguments are the same as transphobia”

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BatmansBat · 30/10/2021 19:14

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And will result in an immediate ban

title amended by MNHQ to make it clear that this refers to a Labour party chat forum rather than an official party statement.

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Coconutmeg · 31/10/2021 13:23

That’s the LaboutUK sub I got banned from. I only said something in support of the LGB Alliance, I was called a bigot - they see LGBA as a hate group,

NightOfTheLIVingDeadMumsnet · 30/10/2021 22:03

Thanks for the reports about this.

The thread title has obviously caused a fair bit of confusion and we think that it's important to flag up that the title and opening post of the thread were referring to a discussion on a chat forum rather than an official Labour party statement.

DdraigGoch · 30/10/2021 21:56

[quote FionnulaTheCooler]"There have been no documented cases of men pretending to be a trans woman to access women’s toilets for nefarious purposes"

Except there have. Here's one off the top of my head, I'm sure others can be found. metro.co.uk/2019/03/16/transgender-woman-18-sexually-assaulted-girl-10-morrisons-toilet-8914577/[/quote]
The statement and the story aren't mutually exclusive. Stonewall reckon that anyone who says they're trans is trans. So that leaves one conclusion in these cases.

Alektopteryx · 30/10/2021 21:54

@Cailleach1

Love this. Seems they went to the same Biology course as Starmer and Lammy.

"biological female" is a bit of a meaningless term. Hormones and surgery change biology, that's the point.

Someone actually thinks that cosmetic surgery, and the using synthetic cross sex hormones literally changes someone into the other biological sex.

I once saw someone on MN claim that having a nose job meant any future offspring would inherit the new nose. I reckon these people are cut from the same intellectual cloth.

BlackForestCake · 30/10/2021 21:43

The front page of that subreddit has 12 out of 27 stories about some trans topic or other. It's quite clearly moderated by obsessive incels.

NiceGerbil · 30/10/2021 21:30

OP sorry not RTFT but looked at link.

Is this just a random Reddit group or something labour party official?

If the former then really. So what? Same old shit. Random group.

myfoothurtsouch · 30/10/2021 21:28

Lol. The state of the comments. Apparently biological female is an offensive term. And sex has nothing to do with chromosomes.

And it's apparently mystifying how doctors work out the sex of babies when they are born.

Bunch of misogynistic muppets.

WarriorN · 30/10/2021 20:57

@OvaHere

It probably should be made clear this is the Labour Party subreddit and not an official Labour Party statement.

I'm sure plenty of people in the Labour Party agree with much of it but it is unofficial and we don't know who controls that subreddit.

Reddit is it's own eco system of misogyny and best off ignored.

Sorry missed that!
WarriorN · 30/10/2021 20:52

Is this from Reddit? Why does it say Reddit at the top?

AlfonsoTheUnrepetant · 30/10/2021 20:51

"There have been no documented cases of men pretending to be a trans woman to access women’s toilets for nefarious purposes"

It's a bit Catch-22, isn't it? A man arrested for sexual assault in a space reserved for women can claim to be a woman. Thus, the crime is recorded as being committed by a woman although it was committed by a man.

WarriorN · 30/10/2021 20:49

biological female" is a bit of a meaningless term. Hormones and surgery change biology, that's the point

Wonder what Prof Winston would say? .

And any number of actual scientists.

They're making themselves a laughing stock.

BloodinGutters · 30/10/2021 20:47

@Cailleach1

Love this. Seems they went to the same Biology course as Starmer and Lammy.

"biological female" is a bit of a meaningless term. Hormones and surgery change biology, that's the point.

Someone actually thinks that cosmetic surgery, and the using synthetic cross sex hormones literally changes someone into the other biological sex.

Someone needs to sit and do his colour by numbers until he’s grown enough to do female anatomy in science class.
WarriorN · 30/10/2021 20:46

Is this in forums?

As an aside I saw this via endocrine society link (which I don't think is particularly U.K. based, it's a global group.)

www.endocrine.org/our-community/special-interest-groups/transgender-research-and-medicine

Learning objectives:

	Distinguish the effect of puberty blockers, estrogen and testosterone on bone turnover in transgender patients.
	Outline the clinical approach to bone health for transgender people on Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy.
	Compare and Contrast Bone Mass & Bone Remodeling in Young Adults to Aging Cis-Women & Men, and in transgender adults and adolescents on Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy.
Diaryofamadwoman · 30/10/2021 20:44

They should check out r/transmaxxing the incel to trans pipeline is real.

Also, good - the more this lot behave like lunatics the sooner the Labour Party and every other group which has allowed itself to be co-opted by gender ideologues implode the better.

BloodinGutters · 30/10/2021 20:44

@foxgoosefinch

Good to have it confirmed yet again that I, a former party member and until now lifelong Labour voter, should no longer be voting Labour.

My unwanted terf vote will have to go elsewhere. Labour has plenty other votes to replace it, I’m sure.

That would be a great sticker campaign for ballot spoiling- TERF votes go where? Slapped across the middle of the ballot.
BloodinGutters · 30/10/2021 20:42

@BatmansBat

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And will result in an immediate ban

Where is this from? I was a bit confudled by the ‘trust us we’re lovely’ heading and the Labour Party banner. I don’t know if it’s actually the Labour Party or just rapey incels. And how do we tell the difference?

What exactly is a TERF argument? Is it like a turf war? It that how they envision women fighting for rights, like west side story minus the music?

Or it it when TERF’s wrestle each other in a tub of ky jelly? Silly Labour lads, that’s called porn. You watch so much and never learned the name??

Or when we answer men in a way that isn’t ‘you’re so right/strong/sexy’? It’s that one isn’t it??

foxgoosefinch · 30/10/2021 20:39

Good to have it confirmed yet again that I, a former party member and until now lifelong Labour voter, should no longer be voting Labour.

My unwanted terf vote will have to go elsewhere. Labour has plenty other votes to replace it, I’m sure.

doublemonkey · 30/10/2021 20:35

A trans person may well be biologically closer to the sex typically associated with ther actual gender than the sex that is more commonly associated with the gender assigned to them at birth (Or they may not, it's not the defining quality).

Say what now??

MassiveHoard · 30/10/2021 20:32

What about the case in the USA where the dad was arrested for protesting about the response to his daughter being sexually assaulted in the toilets?

Thefartingsofaofdenmarkstreet · 30/10/2021 20:29

"There have been no documented cases of men pretending to be a trans woman to access women’s toilets for nefarious purposes"

Erm....Wispa?

A great example of what happens when you allow males to 'self Id' as female.

OldCrone · 30/10/2021 20:09

[quote FionnulaTheCooler]"There have been no documented cases of men pretending to be a trans woman to access women’s toilets for nefarious purposes"

Except there have. Here's one off the top of my head, I'm sure others can be found. metro.co.uk/2019/03/16/transgender-woman-18-sexually-assaulted-girl-10-morrisons-toilet-8914577/[/quote]
I don't think that incident was a man pretending to be a transwoman. I think that was a 'genuine' transwoman (although I don't know how you tell the difference).

So what it shows is that some transwomen are sexual predators.

But there was also Karen White, who (I think) is a man who pretended to be a transwoman in order to access women in prison.

MassiveHoard · 30/10/2021 20:03

The Labour leadership must know it's there. Perhaps they're testing the water. I will never vote for Labour whilst kier starmer is at the helm after his cervix comments.

Helleofabore · 30/10/2021 19:57

I am surprised that the Labour leadership would allow this to stand if they didn’t agree.

That is pretty much a manifesto like we have seen before.

Cailleach1 · 30/10/2021 19:43

Love this. Seems they went to the same Biology course as Starmer and Lammy.

"biological female" is a bit of a meaningless term. Hormones and surgery change biology, that's the point.

Someone actually thinks that cosmetic surgery, and the using synthetic cross sex hormones literally changes someone into the other biological sex.

Skysblue · 30/10/2021 19:37

Thanks for clarifying @OvaHere I think I shall continue to ignore reddit then!