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Anyone else left wing and gender critical?

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Kendodd · 03/05/2022 21:51

I'm to the left politically.
Support BLM and was at anti apartheid demos even back in the 80s
Fully support gay rights and again, have marched in the street for them from back in the 80s.
Strong feminist, attend feminist meetings.
Support refugees.
Very anti Brexit.
Feel ashamed of the levels of poverty in the UK.

I'm also gender critical and although I do support trans rights, in that, wear what you want, TWANW and have different needs and don't belong in women's sports, prisons etc. When I look around and see who I'm standing with on this though, I feel really uncomfortable.

When it comes to voting, no way would I vote for someone with Farage like views just because they were anti self ID.
Anyone else with similar views?

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tilder · 03/05/2022 22:00

The right don't own being GC. They do know what a woman is though.

You have to know what something is to be able to subjugate it.

I am similarly politically homeless.

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Kendodd · 03/05/2022 22:00

Except, Rosie Duffield, a Labour MP is the most outspoken on this.

The GC posters on here all seem very right wing, slagging off the 'woke' by which I mean TRA but also BLM and XR etc. I don't feel I fit with the GC posters on here. Maybe I'm just on all the wrong threads.

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Faffertea · 03/05/2022 21:59

Yep quite a lot of us. Politically homeless now. Went on anti- war marches, marches in support of fair trade make poverty history campaigns etc etc. Briefly dallied with a left wing anti-capitalist group who called themselves anarchists as a student.
Cannot vote Tory but will not vote for any group who thinks being female is something you can identify into.
Luckily (or unluckily) for me I live in an area that is blue through and through and always has been, massive majority so I can spoil my ballot and know it makes no difference to who gets elected.

ThisMustBeMyDream · 03/05/2022 21:58

Me. Left wing, gender critical.
My other half (male) is too, which is comforting.

MarilynValentine · 03/05/2022 21:58

Left wing, GC and politically homeless here too OP.

Violetparis · 03/05/2022 21:57

Most of my friends and family are left wing with GC views, myself included.

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Kendodd · 03/05/2022 21:56

Thinking about it, the feminist meetings I've been to people are mostly left wing and support all the things I do. How have the right managed to own being gender critical? It's not even true. Self ID was a Tory idea and TW in womens prisons, womens sports tec has all happened under Tory rule.

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DoubleYouOhEmAyEn · 03/05/2022 21:55

There's a lot of left wing GCs on here. We're politically homeless these days. It's a sad lament but true.