DAILY MAIL 23 / 10 /22 - Sharron Davies backs free speech and women's rights campaigners calling for Sport England's diversity chief to be fired for his role in 'Orwellian' transgender row

Yes, there is more quiet fronting of campaigns and they are often seen as a safer, more benign iteration of the trans phenomenon. This is used by campaigners. However, the reasons for FtM transitioning are varied and it is not because of any sort of feelings of commonality with fellow women.

Trying to be something by dismissing your fellows is a social phenomenon that is seen everywhere. I think Ealing comedies made quite a few films on this premise.

I'm uncomfortable with asking for anybody to be fired, certainly before an investigation and giving the person a chance to apologise. But I also wonder whether hiring solely on the basis of membership in a supposedly marginalised group creates problems in the first place. Aedon seems to have studied social work and worked in healthcare - surely, a sportsperson would be a better fit? Of course, there may be other qualifications we don't know about.

On a different note, I have noticed that transmen can be quite prolific when it comes to malicious complaints which this seems to be. Less open in their disdain for women than some transwomen, perhaps, and a lot less in the limelight, but often very skilled at undermining non-compliant women professionally, marching through institutions and quietly changing policies to the detriment of women. (Examples: S. Whittle, James Morton ...)

*Sharron. Autocorrect doesn't like two r's

Social Work England should be investigated as to why they think sharing of newspaper articles privately is an offence. Or even publicly.

Sport England needs to be investigated as to why they think someone who doesn't hold real inclusivity values should be head of inclusion.

Sharon Davies is awesome.

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From the Guardian article…

”I’m in my final year studying social work at Goldsmiths, which has been really useful in helping me to approach public health from a social justice perspective.”

Did everyone go to Goldsmiths. Also do they mean by approaching public health from a social justice perspective. It brings to mind Social Justice Warriers.

Oops, I meant to ask how Wilton was identified after being anonymised as E in the recent hearings.

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Yes, gold medals all round.

If only cognitive dissonance was a competitive sport.

As a transman they should be well aware of the physical advantage any male person has over transmen and other female people.

My mistake. I assumed from their career history they were a gay man but they are a transman.

I'm sure I read somewhere that Aedon Wolton is a transperson. I might possibly have followed a link from Fair Cop.

Perhaps, Aedon would be big enough to apologise?

What competitive sport is Mr Wolton involved in? Gym membership?

www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2014/oct/10/caseworker-trans-sexual-health-wellbeing-clinic

Yes it should do. They are always so intolerant.

On another tangential note, his report on lgbtq representation in sport is unintentionally hilarious. He's trying to find outrage but it seems that lesbians and gay men do more sport than straight people and there's no data on trans and no binary people because there aren't enough who have responded to be statistically significant. So he has to go off on a bit of a waffle on how marginalised people in the lgbtq community are despite zero data.

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That's what I meant - like Graham Norton - accountability works both ways. Perhaps this will be what it takes. He's a Diversity Chief who doesn't respect other people's views - it makes him unsuitable for the job he has. He should be held accountable for his intolerance and bias.

I’m also rather torn over this. On the one hand, those receiving these complaints should absolutely put them to bed quickly and those companies or bodies that bow to these extremists are very heavily to blame for what is happening.

That said, for a long time now, extremist TRAs and in particular, very vocal young TRAs have been learning that they can send these hateful complaints and threats without any negative consequences to themselves. At the same time, when anyone GC loses their job or is removed from office or loses the chance to speak, it is roundly stated to be no more than “consequences of their own actions”.

Personally I’d quite like to see some consequences applied in the opposite direction in order to provide a deterrent against others casually doing the same thing, while assuming they are safe behind their Teflon status.

She posted a few posts about repealing the GRA on her private Facebook. That's all.

Reporting her to her employers for wrongthink is not holding her to account. He might justify it as that but he was trying to destroy her career.

I'm a bit torn but I'm also pretty sure he would have said he was just holding Rachel to account - what's good for the goose and all that.

Exactly this.

Sharron Davies is SO brave, isn't she?

She has risked a lot for her unshakable stance on this. She absolutely refuses to be cowed. I find her really awe inspiring.

I agree. He is not a diversity champion if he is calling for peoplecwho hold different views to be sacked. Sadly, this seems to be the norm, though. Where I live the council appointed a TW to a similar role who then called on employers to sack GC feminists. 🙄

His zealotry makes him completely unfit for his role in sport.

He is obviously incapable of advocating for true fairness for all all. His actions indicate he lacks any balance or perspective.

I hope that his actions are examined and the blind adherence to Stonewall guidance judged to mean he is incapable of his role.

However, what does need to be examined is whether his intimidatory tactics have had any influence on Sport England - in particular their reliance on Stonewall and the other trans lobby groups as they attempt to wedge born males into women's sport.

I’d agree that if his influence is leading to discriminatory practices/ policies at Sport England then that needs investigation.

"I agree he shouldn't be sacked for his comments about RM. His arguments should have been dismissed for the tell tale drivel they were by SWE from the outset.

However, what does need to be examined is whether his intimidatory tactics have had any influence on Sport England - in particular their reliance on Stonewall and the other trans lobby groups as they attempt to wedge born males into women's sport."

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I agree he shouldn't be sacked for his comments about RM. His arguments should have been dismissed for the tell tale drivel they were by SWE from the outset.

However, what does need to be examined is whether his intimidatory tactics have had any influence on Sport England - in particular their reliance on Stonewall and the other trans lobby groups as they attempt to wedge born males into women's sport.

These people do it because they know they can persecute people this way. It's not going to affect him. What we need is for these institutions to stop reacting to vexatious, malicious complaints by trans activists.

I think he's someone who doesn't belong in a diversity role. He is clearly unfit because he doesn't value diversity. He is a TRA.