The absolute brass neck of Ruth Hunt

Still, I suppose if you can say TWAW you get plenty of practice in ridiculous lies.

That goes right to the heart of it, doesn’t it.

All of those associated with promoting this harmful ideology have shown themselves to be: either

• comfortable with repeatedly and consistently telling lies; or
• so gullible, intellectually lazy and cowardly that they shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near the public service or positions of authority.

Or (sadly) both of those.

Hunt is way worse than Carmichael, IMO. From Hannah Barnes' book, it's clear that Carmichael & co did start from a place of wanting to help children - though the way they went about it was hideously misguided. And, as they worked for the NHS, they were not driven by personal financial gain. (Though none of that is to defend them - just making the comparison with Hunt).

Hunt cynically threw lesbians, women generally, and gender-confused children under the bus, in the pursuit of money and influence, for herself and for Stonewall.

There is a petition to take away Hunt's peerage:

'Strip Ruth Hunt of her peerage for her role in the gender medical scandal'

https://www.change.org/p/strip-ruth-hunt-of-her-peerage-for-her-role-in-the-gender-medical-scandal

ArabellaScott · Today 15:14

Wait til you hear about the Scottish Greens.

Shaken up bags of wasps look at them pityingly and do twirly fingers at the temple...

I'd like to see heads rotting on spikes for the atrocious lies and the betrayal of our children that we've been forced to endure over the past decade. But the quicker these people are to turn around and say, "Genderism, I never knew you," to the pernicious ideology they worshipped, the sooner it will fizzle out. Don't interrupt the ferrets while they're in full reverse.

The internet never forgets, though. It's harder than it's ever been to rewrite history.

I am actually still sitting here like this->

There's economical with the truth.

Then there's Ruth.

They make Donald Trump look honest

The brass neck of these people! Their lies make me want to scream.

Wait til you hear about the Scottish Greens.

The same schools that also have their own liability and should be checking any material that they use (I remember when Asda were caught out for no checking stuff aimed at children)....

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Some organisations he described as anti-trans had undue influence on government and officials, he said. “Since 2010 I’ve not been included in one conversation with government, none of us have. But these other people are sitting round the table and enjoying their power. I think aspects of the Cass report were heavily influenced by the fear of these people and pressure from them.”

I know I shouldn't be, but I am actually shocked at the DARVO here

DameMaud · Today 14:56

Absolutely righteous rage.

Cold fury is a sight to behold, especially in one so eloquent and succinct.

This is so incredibly powerful.
Absolutely righteous rage.
Thank you for posting.

RedToothBrush · Today 14:18

I'm curious as to where that heads and whether Stonewall has breeched charity law in terms of it's liabilities along the way.

It would be interesting to see the result, if some schools and other organisations thought, "Hang on a minute, what's this rubbish we've been given? It's all wrong and possibly in breach of the law!" and sued for refunds.

I can’t see how Stonewall can survive in its current form. It won’t be long before it receives absolutely no public money at all. Does it get many private donations? The WEI and Diversity Champions grifts must be coming to an end.

Needmoresleep · Today 14:09

The good thing is that Whittle, Hunt and all are not arguing with Cass' conclusions.

No reasonably rational person could argue with it.

the “golden era” of this cult is over (I hope!). Heads are going to roll and they’re trying to ensure it’s not theirs…

Amazing to see those who created a situation where gender critical women were called far right and Nazis, using a 'we were just following orders' type defence.

I had a little search back to some of those threads at the height of no debate in 2018 and it's amazing to see how far we've come since then..

Could someone explain to me, where the reverse ferret is in this article? I didn't really see any climb down from TMAM etc

In a way, in the refusal to accept the responsibility for their own actions and judgments, these "we were just following the clinicians/best practice/the experts" claims are a form of the Nuremberg defence.

Ruth Hunt was indeed the main reason Stonewall added the T (and then the rest of the alphabet) to LGB. Ben Summerskill, her predecessor, led Stonewall from 2003-2014 and always resisted pressure to do so.

When Ben left in 2014 Ruth was promoted from Head of Policy (if I recall correctly) to lead the organisation, and she very quickly reversed his decision and joined the T onto LGB and the rest, as they say…

So even leaving aside all the other reasons why her reverse ferret is utterly astonishing, SHE WAS ACTUALLY IN CHARGE OF STONEWALL WHEN IT DECIDED TO START CAMPAIGNING ON TRANS RIGHTS, reversing the much more sensible decision of her former boss to stick to LGB.

To Stephen - is this transphobia in thr room with us now?

Absolutely. I'm certain there will be many leaked emails and DMs to come.

Brilliant thread from Dennis. It made me tear up a bit reading it. It's nothing I don't already know and haven't read a thousand times but somehow it hits differently in the cold light of the Cass Report.