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Have we reached the tipping point?

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ItsCoolForCats · 16/08/2025 10:09

It seems that 'no debate' is dead. And now that TRAs can no longer suppress and silence women from talking about their rights, the general public has woken up to what has been going on.

I think there are many people who aren't that interested in the whole issue of sex v gender identity, but many of these people will be horrified at the suppression of lawful free speech and at the overreach and aggressive behaviour of activists. And people really don't like bullies.

And the media is finally stating to report more widely on the issue. I listened to Front Row on Radio 4 recently, and the presenter repeatedly pushed back at the organiser of Edinburgh Book Festival for her decision to not include any GC authors. I'm not sure that would have happened a year ago. And the Scottish media (with a notable exception) seem pretty determined to expose the bullying tactics of activists within Scottish Institutions. I'm feeling hopeful that in this new climate, more high profile people will speak up and refuse to be bullied.

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ItsCoolForCats · 16/08/2025 10:36

RethinkingLife · 16/08/2025 10:22

No. The takeover of language and capture of institutions continues.

The general public hasn’t woken up and the default response to any contentious issue is to say, “Be kind”. Women are still support humans who must give way to others on demand, if not before.

I’m in healthcare and it is wholly captured. Even to the point of self-harming the value of health research or comms.

I know there is a long way to go and some institutions feel beyond redemption. What i mean by tipping point, is that I feel things are starting to swing back in the other direction, and we are now allowed to say things that we wouldn't have been able to say even a year ago.

I work in the public sector, and I'm in the SEEN network. Lately we have had more people in their twenties join and people who said they wanted to join for a while but were too afraid. And more LGB people who are utterly disillusioned with the LGBT+ network.

Even my 'be kind' friends are starting to see the issue with the behaviour of some TRAs. I think when the EHRC guidance comes out there will be an escalation in aggression from TRAs, and I hope that the general public will be less accepting of this than they were in the past. Perhaps I'm being naive.

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RethinkingLife · 16/08/2025 10:22

No. The takeover of language and capture of institutions continues.

The general public hasn’t woken up and the default response to any contentious issue is to say, “Be kind”. Women are still support humans who must give way to others on demand, if not before.

I’m in healthcare and it is wholly captured. Even to the point of self-harming the value of health research or comms.