An excellent article in the Times this evening

Did anyone see the Beaumont Society article on Yahoo News the other day? I wondered if it was a part of a press strategy.

For those who haven't seen the Denton Playbook:

The Denton playbook is powerful.

www.rollonfriday.com/news-content/dentons-campaigns-kids-switch-gender-without-parental-approval

www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-document-that-reveals-the-remarkable-tactics-of-trans-lobbyists

grahamlinehan.substack.com/p/the-dentons-document?s=r

This thread has a decent discussion of Yogyakarta:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/a3404565-Is-the-problem-with-Stonewall?msgid=82114349

@NonnyMouse1337
I'd like to see journalists dig deeper now and look at things like the Denton's document (Bannerman uses the term 'veil of secrecy' which is taken from the Denton's document but makes no mention of it anywhere in the article).
Journalists need to look at the Yogyakarta principles which is being naively adopted by various countries and yet it explicitly calls for abolishing the recording of sex as one of its aims. They need to look into Gendered Intelligence, Press For Change, Beaumont Society, and all the other trans and lgbT orgs that continue to exert influence in the UK, Europe and globally away from the spotlight occupied by Stonewall.

@NonnyMouse1337
What you have written is very important imo.
Could you write into The Times? Most people wouldn’t know about all these groups you mention or what they have been doing.

It's a good article, especially for those very new to the whole issue. However, I hope Lucy Bannerman and other journalists will continue to investigate and expand on the actual background to this phenomenon.

It's extremely easy to pin all the blame on a single organisation (Stonewall), and I worry there is a lazy narrative developing in media and by commentators that inadvertently gives the impression that the mess we're in is down to one rogue and bad apple called Stonewall. It's not.

Stonewall was an extremely effective vehicle for accelerating the spread of gender identity ideology because it was already well known, well respected and well embedded in various institutions. It's sphere of influence due to gay rights campaigning made it the perfect candidate to switch to gender identity propaganda once same-sex marriage effectively ended its revenue stream.

I'd like to see journalists dig deeper now and look at things like the Denton's document (Bannerman uses the term 'veil of secrecy' which is taken from the Denton's document but makes no mention of it anywhere in the article).
Journalists need to look at the Yogyakarta principles which is being naively adopted by various countries and yet it explicitly calls for abolishing the recording of sex as one of its aims. They need to look into Gendered Intelligence, Press For Change, Beaumont Society, and all the other trans and lgbT orgs that continue to exert influence in the UK, Europe and globally away from the spotlight occupied by Stonewall.

There's been intense lobbying for years in various European / EU institutions to embed gender identity in all kinds of ways so that sex is undermined. There are three main tactics from what I've seen (which is not that different from what takes place here in the UK):

1. Explicitly include gender identity and take out sex in policies and legislation.
2. If that raises a stink, keep in sex but use vague words to conflate and confuse, like the interchangeable 'gender'.
3. If that also raises suspicions, say ok, ok no problem - take out gender identity and gender. Only keep in sex. Everyone is happy. (but if you look at the the tiny, tiny print hidden among all the boring footnotes that accompany policies and legislation, you will see things like 'where sex is stated it includes gender identity'.)

So you see how duplicitous these orgs and activists are? We must never let our guard down and journalists need to start digging deeper now that the can of worms has been opened.
Setting up Stonewall as the bogeyman won't stop the actual rot that's been taking place behind the scenes for decades.

Is that a transvestite?

Thanks for sharing.

Excellent article, thanks for sharing. We had a family debate last night about my Times subscription cost but it's safe for now

We've seen the harms of a culture where nobody can speak up for fear of being labelled a bigot or loss of status or even employment. The ready capture by any ideology must be extirpated for patient safety, dignity, safeguarding and many other reasons.

A well written piece. In the last few days I've started to feel a lot more positive about the future for women and young people.

This is brilliant. So sensible!!

I hope readers start to join the dots between the Tavistock and Telford & Shrewsbury too .

Yes Cuck00soup The ability of the NHS to be captured and dictated to by lobbyists with zero medical knowledge pushing their niche ideology is terrifying.

Fantastic article, very clear.

Some are. These may be the majority. But there are still thousands who have extremely challenging painful body sex dysphoria (male and female) and no amount of declarations or clothes or hairstyles will cure it.

I appreciate you referring to sex dysphoria. It seems to be a more accurate phrase for people with gender dysphoria (which doesn't account for all people identifying as trans).

I wonder what you think the overlap is (if any) with people who are in the 'other' group?

Yes. I was so disappointed in the earlier coverage, but this explains how we got here so well.

I hope readers start to join the dots between the Tavistock and Telford & Shrewsbury too.

If such a comprehensive account can now be written and published in MSM then there has been a real sea change. This is excellent.

Lucy Bannerman has absolutely knocked it out of the park. That is the article I have been waiting to read for years.

Fantastic article that clearly explains how we got here & what the problems are

That article is amazing!

That is a brilliant article, thank you for sharing.

Thank you for sharing.

why the need for drugs and surgery at all?

Because some people still have severe sex dysphoria and it isn’t cured by self ID.

If adults are living proud trans lives without any medical intervention, if a man can become a woman by simply declaring it to be so

Some are. These may be the majority. But there are still thousands who have extremely challenging painful body sex dysphoria (male and female) and no amount of declarations or clothes or hairstyles will cure it.

That a good article that gently brings the uninitiated without being preachy

Excellent article, complete clarity on the steps that brought us to where we are now.

There is a lot of talk among activists and transgender “allies” of being “on the right side of history”, a claim that almost always reveals the vanity of people more concerned with recasting themselves as good guys at pivotal moments in counterculture than with solving actual problems. Identity politics, after all, is a competitive field.

Fantastic article. Particularly enjoyed that para ^

What’s the betting the LGBT conference is T, T and T?

What a top article. Thank you for sharing!