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New Pride window in Belfast City Hall

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TheWitchWon · 23/05/2025 17:23

https://x.com/ripx4nutmeg/status/1925882503417454717?t=LdPsR5-OaXqN7CJw6pFKlA&s=19

The slogan on the window

"Save Sodomy from Ulster"
It celebrates inclusivity apparently and is the Lord Mayor's proudest moment as the city's Mayor.

https://x.com/ripx4nutmeg/status/1925882503417454717?s=19&t=LdPsR5-OaXqN7CJw6pFKlA

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UtopiaPlanitia · 25/05/2025 18:58

LadyBracknellsHandbagg · 24/05/2025 11:30

Thon looks like it was designed by a committee rather than an actual artist. Garish wouldn’t begin to cover it 😵‍💫

borntobequiet · 25/05/2025 15:56

suggestionsplease1 · 25/05/2025 12:28

Except, of course, there is a pretty poor correlation between the world's richest countries and women's wellbeing and equality scores on those indices, and also much lower rates of gender self-ID:

Here are the top ten countries by GDP:

USA, China, Germany, Japan, India, the UK, France, Italy, Canada, and Brazil

And yes, I have no issues with repeating myself, just like most people on FWR I imagine. Most posters here choose to repeat stories about individual criminal transwomen to create a fraudulent narrative they they are somehow representative of trans people in general, and I'll repeat the facts that the best countries in the world to be a woman have taken forward policies of gender self-ID and retained their positions at the top of all the tables for women despite this.

I’m not sure how you think this helps your argument, but never mind.

PriOn1 · 25/05/2025 14:21

suggestionsplease1 · 25/05/2025 12:28

Except, of course, there is a pretty poor correlation between the world's richest countries and women's wellbeing and equality scores on those indices, and also much lower rates of gender self-ID:

Here are the top ten countries by GDP:

USA, China, Germany, Japan, India, the UK, France, Italy, Canada, and Brazil

And yes, I have no issues with repeating myself, just like most people on FWR I imagine. Most posters here choose to repeat stories about individual criminal transwomen to create a fraudulent narrative they they are somehow representative of trans people in general, and I'll repeat the facts that the best countries in the world to be a woman have taken forward policies of gender self-ID and retained their positions at the top of all the tables for women despite this.

And here’s the top 10 by GDP per capita, which is a very different list:

Luxembourg, Ireland, Switzerland, Singapore, Iceland, Norway, United States, Denmark, Quatar and the Netherlands.

Austria is number 13, Sweden 14.

None of the countries on your list are, by any stretch of the imagination, poor.

LittleBitofBread · 25/05/2025 13:03

TooBigForMyBoots · 23/05/2025 19:41

Do you know how Councils work? They have Arts and Culture budgets.

That's not very much in evidence when my artist DP tries to get funding for community projects.

Thunderpants88 · 25/05/2025 12:46

TooBigForMyBoots · 24/05/2025 02:44

What kind of arsehole destroys a piece of public art because it commemorates and celebrates the fight for gay rights?🤔

“Art”? That’s a laugh and a half!

it’s provoking and ugly. I don’t want my 8 year old seeing “sodomy” as something to be celebrated. It’s what the LGB group do. Have to look the loudest and shout the loudest ALL. THE. TIME.

Noone cares. LGB people have their rights now jog on and shut up. No one actually cares who you sleep with. It’s such attention seeking

suggestionsplease1 · 25/05/2025 12:28

borntobequiet · 24/05/2025 17:13

You may as well say that the best countries for women are the best for pet ownership. It’s correlation, not causation. Lots of advantages for people (and animals) spring from a common cause. Rich, developed countries feature many social and economic factors that benefit women, disabled people, people from ethnic minorities, other groups.

But this really has been done to death. Nothing will shake the illogical foundations of your assertions.

Except, of course, there is a pretty poor correlation between the world's richest countries and women's wellbeing and equality scores on those indices, and also much lower rates of gender self-ID:

Here are the top ten countries by GDP:

USA, China, Germany, Japan, India, the UK, France, Italy, Canada, and Brazil

And yes, I have no issues with repeating myself, just like most people on FWR I imagine. Most posters here choose to repeat stories about individual criminal transwomen to create a fraudulent narrative they they are somehow representative of trans people in general, and I'll repeat the facts that the best countries in the world to be a woman have taken forward policies of gender self-ID and retained their positions at the top of all the tables for women despite this.

ArabellaScott · 24/05/2025 23:48

Can someone do a cover of 'Victoria' by the Kinks/The fall but substitute 'transphobia', please? Thanks.

LadyBracknellsHandbagg · 24/05/2025 18:31

MatildaMovesMountains · 24/05/2025 17:51

Because the OP is trying to shoehorn in some transphobia for unknown reasons.

I think you’re the one that’s fixated on transphobia. Imagined transphobia obviously.

TheWitchWon · 24/05/2025 18:10

MatildaMovesMountains · 24/05/2025 17:51

Because the OP is trying to shoehorn in some transphobia for unknown reasons.

I'd you see transphobia in any of my posts, please feel free to report them.

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MatildaMovesMountains · 24/05/2025 17:51

MrsSkylerWhite · 24/05/2025 13:48

Why do you think it will lead to increased homophobia?

I think most people who understand the origin will laugh.

Because the OP is trying to shoehorn in some transphobia for unknown reasons.

borntobequiet · 24/05/2025 17:13

suggestionsplease1 · 24/05/2025 15:54

😂 You're too funny.

There has never been a good FWR counter argument to this picture, and it seems like you've got nothing again.

You may as well say that the best countries for women are the best for pet ownership. It’s correlation, not causation. Lots of advantages for people (and animals) spring from a common cause. Rich, developed countries feature many social and economic factors that benefit women, disabled people, people from ethnic minorities, other groups.

But this really has been done to death. Nothing will shake the illogical foundations of your assertions.

LadyBracknellsHandbagg · 24/05/2025 16:59

SirChenjins · 24/05/2025 15:41

Yes, you said this on the last thread and it was all explained to you then.

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Is it Groundhog Day? 😂

ArabellaScott · 24/05/2025 16:44

Now FWR has to answer

Oh, mate.

suggestionsplease1 · 24/05/2025 16:04

moggly · 24/05/2025 15:57

Which tables and how are the compilers calculating this ranking?

Look up the Women, Peace and Security Index, or the Global Gender Gap Report (or indeed any major international study on Women's equality, rights and wellbeing that compiles an index) You will see a full breakdown of how they have approached this.

Take any respected one of your choosing. Then have a look at the top performing countries and then analyse which of them also have policies of gender self ID.

Mumsnet should be thrilled really, it is a binary variable after all 😁

SirChenjins · 24/05/2025 16:01

suggestionsplease1 · 24/05/2025 15:56

Well it appears you can't either 🤔

Oh but I can - I’m just enjoying watching you repeat the same nonsense and posting the same wee bar chart while claiming you can’t recall the explanations that were provided for you previously.

moggly · 24/05/2025 15:57

suggestionsplease1 · 24/05/2025 15:01

Nope sorry. I have reported a fact. FWR deals in facts, a poster has clearly told me so.

Now FWR has to answer - If gender self ID is so antithetical to women's rights, wellbeing and parity with men - why have the 8 of the top 10 countries in the world to be a women not slipped down these tables since introducing these policies and 'not knowing what a woman is'?

Why have they stayed at the top?

The answer is clear; the countries doing best in the world for women are also the countries doing the best for trans people; they foster the culture and environment in which women and minority groups in general thrive.

The countries that are working against LGBT populations will likewise see women's wellbeing and parity with men diminish. We will have a worked case in practice with the States over the next few years. But at least Trump knows what a woman is, right?

Which tables and how are the compilers calculating this ranking?

suggestionsplease1 · 24/05/2025 15:56

SirChenjins · 24/05/2025 15:56

It is funny you can’t remember the explanations, I agree.

Well it appears you can't either 🤔

SirChenjins · 24/05/2025 15:56

It is funny you can’t remember the explanations, I agree.

suggestionsplease1 · 24/05/2025 15:54

SirChenjins · 24/05/2025 15:41

Yes, you said this on the last thread and it was all explained to you then.

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😂 You're too funny.

There has never been a good FWR counter argument to this picture, and it seems like you've got nothing again.

TooBigForMyBoots · 24/05/2025 15:46

ArabellaScott · 24/05/2025 14:55

I think the idea of a window documenting LGB history is a nice one.

It's a shame this one is both ugly and includes the homophobic 't' slogan. It's turned it from being what should have been an affirming, positive, and celebratory window into a deliberately aggressive, political, and divisive thing. But there you go.

Where is the T on the window? I can't see it.

TooBigForMyBoots · 24/05/2025 15:42

The t-shirt depicted was a protest against the Save Ulster from Sodomy campaign @ScholesPanda. Save Ulster from Sodomy is still around in some churches, mostly Free Presbyterian ones.

SirChenjins · 24/05/2025 15:41

suggestionsplease1 · 24/05/2025 15:01

Nope sorry. I have reported a fact. FWR deals in facts, a poster has clearly told me so.

Now FWR has to answer - If gender self ID is so antithetical to women's rights, wellbeing and parity with men - why have the 8 of the top 10 countries in the world to be a women not slipped down these tables since introducing these policies and 'not knowing what a woman is'?

Why have they stayed at the top?

The answer is clear; the countries doing best in the world for women are also the countries doing the best for trans people; they foster the culture and environment in which women and minority groups in general thrive.

The countries that are working against LGBT populations will likewise see women's wellbeing and parity with men diminish. We will have a worked case in practice with the States over the next few years. But at least Trump knows what a woman is, right?

Yes, you said this on the last thread and it was all explained to you then.

TooBigForMyBoots · 24/05/2025 15:38

Might Belfast people find it offensive for the civic hall to seemingly represent their city as Sodom in the stained glass window?

Firstly is does not represent Sodom. You'd have to be mad to think it does.

And secondly no, the people of Belfast don't seem to be finding it offensive. The only objections seem to be coming from the Twitter loons and a single DUP'er.

We've come a long way.😊

ScholesPanda · 24/05/2025 15:27

Looking at those windows I'd have thought a lot of them are pretty political and divisive. I mean the RUC had to be renamed because they were so divisive. So perhaps the window will be in good company.

Nothing will ever be completely inclusive or non-political. Women's rights aren't settled or controversial either, but I still think we should have a window.

I'm also curious about the word sodomy. It's not a word I use or hear very often but there was a church near me (some flavour of independent Presbyterian) that used to shove anti-gay literature through our letterboxes all the time which had loads of mentions of it. They didn't care about my children reading those (and some were very graphic), so I would struggle to take objections to it's usage by another group seriously really, when made by their spiritual cousins in NI.

ScrollingLeaves · 24/05/2025 15:25

@SionnachRuadh thanks for explaining further.