Observer article

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www.theguardian.com/society/2017/nov/26/transgender-anarchist-book-fair-transphobia-row

Is this the first time the Guardian/Observer have at least acknowledged the disputes that are going on and some of the tactics being used to silence debate?

It’s the second time - the first was Catherine Bennett’s article last week. The Guardian hasn’t acknowledged it at all.

Well Hadley Freeman has gone a bit terfy, especially on Twitter.

I think the guardian is moving a bit. I think the debate is moving a bit. Peak trans...

They're not acknowledging gender critical feminism as anything more than a lunatic fringe though.

Even though most of society are terfs.

I’ve noticed a shift in the Guardian the past few months. I feel it’s having big doubts about it’s previous rabidly pro trans tone.

Good point, cuir, I'd forgotten about Hadley.

I'm incredibly disappointed in the Guardian because it's a paper I've read all my adult life. I have an emotional attachment to it. But its coverage of trans issues has been shocking. And it clamps down on any dissenting view in its comments - anything mildly gender-critical below the line gets deleted.

Does anyone remember the furore over the Julie Burchill piece in the Observer about transgender issues a few years ago? They pulled the piece because of the volume of complaints. I wonder if that was a turning point. Since then they've been super-sensitive.

Julie Burchill was right, unpleasant as she is.