Rylan

GCSEs?

Is that the definition of a deep thinker now?

“And now you hear about so many safe spaces disappearing for so many queer people, and the importance of that, of somewhere where you can relax and be amongst the people who understand you.
“The disappearances of those is dangerous.”

In isolation, that could be a gender critical quote, commenting on transbians pestering women in lesbian bars and dating apps, and transmen going to gay saunas and clubs with their mastectomy scars and vulvas or phalloplasties and then being all sad when the gay men don’t want to shag them.

But sadly that’s obviously not what was meant! Ironic really how two arguments from opposing sides can sound exactly the same!

There's no scholarships at the school he went to

Awww, shame. Despite his ridiculousness I’ve always quite liked Rylan. This is very disappointing.

Someone should point him in the direction of Marycate Delvey’s X account. Plenty of Trans representation there.

"I think there is space to show real stories, real trans people."

He should watch Marycate Delvey's series Listen To Trans People. Those real stories are quite something.

Spot on ! I think people used to though didn't they ? 😵‍💫 We had short haired footballers that were girls at school and grungey girls and pink haired choker wearing boys.

Ok, let's not lie, there were whispers: usually along the lines of "I think she's a lesbian" or "I bet he's gay " ... But ya know - such is life. You'll always get that. I think the boys and girls of those days knew how to shrug it off and were probably all the stronger for it.

But, nobody ever thought butch , man u kit wearing, football mad Kayleigh was a boy.

@SirChenjins his take on The Grand Tour was the complete opposite of someone who is not a deep thinker.
As I mentioned I am not agreeing with what he said, but I find it totally wrong for someone to criticise someone for being something they are not just because it suits the narrative of the thread

I think it's perfectly possible to be able to pass exams without having the necessary critical skills to think beyond your own narrow view of the world - especially when you're viewing it through a male lens.

I think there should be more storylines on tv about gender non-conforming people not living life according to stereotypes. But not thinking they have changed sex.
It would help young people feeling left out of a very gender rigid society to see people living a diverse life and expanding ideas of masculinity and femininity without having to actually go trans and medicalise themselves and make us all enter a fairytale world of make believe.

lol, if the stories were there they’d be being published daily by the BBC and Guardian, unfortunately the ‘community’ is a group of navel gazing, feckless, misfits who are far too interested in themselves to do anything newsworthy like raise funds for a worthy cause or discover a cure for cancer.

Yeah... But they don't matter . It's not cool or controversial to be blind or Buddhist. We are only meant to care about the rainbow people because it looks good for a virtue signal . Sometimes I do think to myself , with these shouty virtue signallers, what would happen if they were in a room when an argument broke out between a devout Muslim man and a non binary lesbian woman ?

My god - they wouldn't know who to do 'shouty shouty, jumpy jumpy, pointy pointy ' to. They'd be chewing their knuckles sweating deciding where they stand for the most pats on the backs. Then they'd have to think what would look best on their 'feed' : either #savedamuslimslife #youreallragingislamaphobicsexceptme. Or #rainbowohmygodstoodupforhomophobiatoday #hero #allyoulotareabhorrent

Oh I didn’t know this 😔

He’s got his fan base to think about I suppose. I think he’s self-serving.

Excellent, witty presenter though, incredible charisma.

It’s a shame.

I think that is a bit unfair.
He did a programme with Rob Rinder, The Grand Tour, and totally got the art, far more than Rob.
He is incredibly clever, hence the school scholarship he earned.
I am not saying I agree with what he is saying here at all but to say he’s not a deep thinker seems a bit erroneous

I completely agree with this ^

Hmm they’re probably gay too. Autogynephilia is defined as a male's propensity to be sexually aroused by the thought of himself as a female. I don’t think they’re straight men.. either way let’s not get bogged down - any person with a penis, can either go in the men’s.

I think there are some fabulous gay men who like and support women’s rights, John Boyne for one.
However as a pp said, they don’t really have a “use” for women so many don’t think about us very much.

Well, I guess operation ‘let them speak’ has worked very well in our favour so far so yes, maybe he’s right and is a huge terf sticking up for his little nan . 🙌

A lot of them are straight men with a fetish such as AGP.

This is exactly why I find drag so offensive.

The entire premise is based on the fact that we're all total slags and that our vaginas stink. It's hugely misogynistic but we're supposed to shriek with laughter at how funny these men are.

The fact that drag is so popular with many gay men is revealing.

My closest friend was a gay man but we barely speak now because we disagree fundamentally over trans people. Ironically, he wouldn't ever consider dating a trans man - because vaginas and boobs, eeeew! - but he's very happy to scold me on how women's language doesn't matter and how gay men are in JUST as much danger as women walking down a dark street. He wants me to be an ally for him - which I have been, willingly and enthusiastically - but he's not willing to be an ally for women. IN fact, he wants me to understand just how vulnerable trans women are and how difficult THEIR lives are/have been.

It's just another case of men centering men, with absolute zero consideration for women whose boundaries have been dismantled by those in power.

I really like Rylan. I remember him happily challenging a doctor on tv when she was on This Morning saying It was coming into practice to ask males over 12 if they might be pregnant. He said that was ridiculous and if anyone asked him that he wouldn’t trust their sanity to treat him. Someone up thread implied he’s ’not that bright’ I think he’s incredibly bright actually. Perhaps he’s saying that trans people aren’t the insanity we see on TikTok. I genuinely really like Ryan, I think he’s quite important on mainstream media