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Councillor removed from lead role for 'engaging with transphobic posts on social media'

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ArabeIIaScott · 12/09/2023 14:31

https://www.gscene.com/news/transgender-news/labour-councillor-alison-thomson-of-brighton-hove-city-council-apologises-for-engaging-with-transphobic-posts-on-social-media/
'The Labour councillor was slammed by community groups for reposting or liking a series of tweets supporting the anti-trans TERF movement, which is spearheaded by controversial figures such as JK Rowling and Julie Bindel. The councillor said in her apology:
“I apologise unreservedly for endorsing these social media posts which contain anti-trans sentiments.
“I recognise that they are offensive to the transgender community and I am deeply sorry for the hurt caused by this.
“I am committed to undergoing training to better understand the lived experiences of transgender people and with the aim of becoming a good trans ally.”'

Labour councillor Alison Thomson of Brighton & Hove City Council apologises for engaging with transphobic posts on social media

Brighton & Hove City Council councillor Alison Thomson, of Brighton & Hove Labour Party, has apologised for engaging with transphobic posts on social media, as reported by Scene magazine.

https://www.gscene.com/news/transgender-news/labour-councillor-alison-thomson-of-brighton-hove-city-council-apologises-for-engaging-with-transphobic-posts-on-social-media

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Brefugee · 12/09/2023 20:16

thanks - i wonder why they have vanished.

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Over600Ecalypts · 12/09/2023 20:16

Maybe the Argus has disabled the comments on this article? I couldn't find them either but other articles still do have a comments section.

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ArabeIIaScott · 12/09/2023 20:15

There were quite a few - maybe around 30 - and every single one was supportive of Cllr and complaining about genderism. Every one.

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ArabeIIaScott · 12/09/2023 20:14

Brefugee · 12/09/2023 19:15

how do you find the comments? i scrolled for about a decade but there were just daft ads for more clickbaity articles

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Oh! They have been vanished. How very odd.

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Abhannmor · 12/09/2023 19:36

Can't read comments. Tories are going to lose the next election. But I wonder if Brighton and Hove will be an exception? Certainly seems badly run and has an unhinged zealot as Labour MP. Lucas not much better than Moyle so the Greens could lose out too.

Dalriada35 · 12/09/2023 19:34

It really is such a misogynist movement

Dalriada35 · 12/09/2023 19:33

Same

Dalriada35 · 12/09/2023 19:31

It’s bow & obey or be burned.

duc748 · 12/09/2023 19:19

Yes, I found the same.

Brefugee · 12/09/2023 19:15

ArabeIIaScott · 12/09/2023 15:51

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23783623.brighton-labour-councillor-apologises-transphobic-posts/

Argus. Comments are worth reading.

how do you find the comments? i scrolled for about a decade but there were just daft ads for more clickbaity articles

Boiledbeetle · 12/09/2023 19:10

She should have told them to fuck off!

And as for sending her for training... bloody hell!

duc748 · 12/09/2023 18:41

I got an email the other day inviting me to a 'fish and chip supper' (15 quid a head) with the local Labour Party Women's Forum (although I didn't think the LP had Forums any more, but maybe that news hasn't reached Lancashire) and local MP. So I just replied, linking to the Brighton story, and asking what they thought about it, and the broader issues. Mentioned Rosie Duffield too. Obv, I'll update on any response.

MavisMcMinty · 12/09/2023 17:28

And at the wrong fucking time, with a general election sometime in the near future. It gets more lunatic by the day, and just as the tide of public opinion appears to be turning against the demands of the TRA/Es.

I just hope her apology was worded in a sarcastic manner, because otherwise (to me anyway) it’s actually obscene.

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ArabeIIaScott · 12/09/2023 17:21

Oh, I expect we will have another round of accusations, witch pricking, and calls for her expulsion, now. Look at what Rosie's had to go through.

I hope she is able to hold fast.

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elgreco · 12/09/2023 17:19

Scary

Boomboom22 · 12/09/2023 17:11

Do they think this is a good look for Labour? Saying out loud they will re-educate elected officials so they believe fantasy?
This is really how they want to be seen, and we are meant to vote for them to fix education and the economy? Wtf?

Grammarnut · 12/09/2023 16:21

Oh, brave new world. Shudders.

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StephanieSuperpowers · 12/09/2023 16:02

It's fascinating that they only care about compliance.

Lantyslee · 12/09/2023 15:58

Utterly chilling. The Labour party is fucked with one or two brave exceptions.

EasternStandard · 12/09/2023 15:56

MavisMcMinty · 12/09/2023 15:31

“I am committed to undergoing training to better understand the lived experiences of transgender people and with the aim of becoming a good trans ally.”

Sweet zombie Jeebus, that’s just horrible to read. Ugh.

Margaret Atwood here we come

fgs

RavingStone · 12/09/2023 15:54

Sorry, I thought Labour wanted women's votes?

Also the irony of "community groups" in Brighton and Hove, the very place that is making it almost impossible for a rape victim to set up a community group for female rape survivors.

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ArabeIIaScott · 12/09/2023 15:53

Info on the sinful tweets here:

'Among the posts highlighted by the resident was a quote which Cllr Thomson retweeted before she was announced as a candidate. It is attributed to Australian writer Germaine Greer, which read: “Just because you lop off your penis and then wear a dress doesn’t make you a woman. I could ask my doctor to give me long ears and liver spots and then put on a brown coat but that won’t turn me into a f*ing cocker spaniel.”'

'Cllr Thomson also retweeted a post that used the hashtag #transwomenaremen and another which described trans women as “males who believe they are women”'

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turbonerd · 12/09/2023 15:40

MavisMcMinty · 12/09/2023 15:31

“I am committed to undergoing training to better understand the lived experiences of transgender people and with the aim of becoming a good trans ally.”

Sweet zombie Jeebus, that’s just horrible to read. Ugh.

Yes, that one is just brainwashing on speed.

She promises to be a good girl and only say and think the approved, correct thoughts and sentences.
What could possibly be creepy as fuck about that?