Supporting the Community

[GegenFanatiker]

A petition is currently circling on relevant social media sites which is worth making yourselves aware of:

Link www.change.org/p/not-in-our-name-women-in-support-of-the-trans-community?recruiter=56582827&recruited_by_id=9cfad6e0-a9e2-0130-024a-00221964dac8

Now, I'm not usually a fan of petitions that people sign to make themselves feel better rather than actually acting. In this case action is speaking up publicly and vocally as cis women to let people know that we don't agree with the active discrimination and exclusion of trans, non-binary and gender-diverse people that is currently being enacted in our name.

The blatant misdirection and weaponisation of fear aimed squarely at the trans community does nothing to support women's rights. The labelling of this anti-trans rhetoric as feminism is disgusting.
Feminism is fighting for politicians to address the systemic issues that actually endanger women rather than redirecting that violence at other women (in this case trans women). Feminism is not whipping up a moral panic directed at people just trying to live their lives while ignoring the epidemic of male violence that claims women's lives.

I strongly recommend taking a few minutes to read the petition's stated aims fully, and reflecting on your personal attitude toward them, before commenting.

I do agree with this though:

"We call on media outlets to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women."

https://x.com/search?q=%23notourcrimes&src=typeahead_click

This is just a search of the hashtag #Notourcrimes.

Because due to the media reporting guidelines, women are constantly now being told that they are the perpetrators of horrific sex crimes and violence. Only ... they are male people.

Now, some of these that will appear under that hashtag is global. There is no way to narrow it to UK only. However, what is important to note is that when I checked the female sex crime statistics last year, there was an increase over the year on year statistics. Either, female people have suddenly been convicted for horrific sex acts because they have developed more male criminality patterns collectively.

Or. This is the impact of male people in the UK having their crimes recorded as 'female'. Which we know did happen.

We could list many names and we used to have a thread too. But a women's group has taken on the job of reporting these crimes for the UK.

https://transcrimeuk.com

And

https://gendercriticalqrproject.wordpress.com/2020/06/13/these-are-not-our-crimes/

Also for more international male convictions as 'women', check out Reduxx

https://reduxx.info

I too want 'media outlets to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women", using clear language to distinguish which perpetrator is male and which is a female person. Using unclear language, such as the wrong sex pronouns, obfuscates which sex the perpetrator is.

And it really shows the deliberate dishonesty in this claim below:

"The real threat remains what it has always been: a culture that enables male violence and then blames everyone except the men who perpetrate it."

Because to the writer / creator of the petition, they seem to be excluding all male people and only focusing on some male people.

And that makes this dishonest too:

"We refuse to be complicit in this misdirection."

On the contrary, whoever wrote this petition wants to continue the misdirection.

But thanks OP. Taking those few minutes that you recommended has been really very helpful. I hope you found it helpful too.

Seeing this thread has been moved to petitions and activism, if you object to the petition in the OP and wish to support women having the option of single sex rape crisis therapy the crowd funder link is here. Please feel free to share far and wide - court case in September. Thank you 🌸

https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/help-sarahs-legal-challenge/

Tried to post a different activism link but it’s blocked.

Hey @MNHQwhy is the petition in the OP allowed to standbut a link for supporting women needing single sex rape crisis therapy isn’t?

Anyway, court case in 3 months. If you object to the petition in the OP and believe women should have sex based rights, in particular the option of single sex rape crisis therapy, Google ‘Sarah Summers Brighton’.

Up now Sarah.

I agree, this case is a much better use of reader's time.

Oh thank you for approving @MNHQ😊

Thanks, OP, for raising awareness of this excellent cause.

No need to wail you silly Billy, HQ has approved the link.

HTH 👍

Critical thinking not your strong suit, I note 🙄

You can roll your eyes as much as you like, Billy. I don't mind.

Gosh... R U OK?

Although my appreciation to MNHQ for moving this thread to the Petitions and Activism section where it rightly belongs; apologies for initially posting it in the wrong section!

What on earth is this post all about?!

It's fine, OP, the link is up and we're all now able to click through and support Sarah.

Nurse, he's out of bed again!

"This OP conflicts with my bigoted wooorrrld view and I don't liiiike it. I waaant to post another thiing that iiiis super-important but nothing tooo doo with the original in an attempt to derail their nasty thread that I reeeallly hate. Why did yooou delete my thiiing and not theirs? Don't you know how impooortant my thoughts are? waaaa. We need to attack threads supporting trans people because, weeeeelll trans-people amirite? We are all part of the same cult."

I mean... you started a thread about a petition full of misinformation and you feel you should attack IamSarah? I think you seem to be the one with the prejudice on this thread.

Is this the petition that purported to be from woman and calls itself 'Not In Your Name'?

Bit of a wee slip, there.

Thanks Sarah! That’s useful for women who are truly ‘against fanatics’.

And has the cheek to call JKR a spiteful bully.

Oh, Arsefiddle, the post is gone. I was going to come and reread it because it was quite entertaining.

We need to remember that this is the group saying that they are the tolerant, accepting and loving ones.

And going by the misinformation and blatant emotional manipulation devoid of accuracy or supporting evidence, I think readers can see who adding their name to the petition will support.