Channel 4's Genderquake Debate is heavily criticised/ boycotted(?) by prominent transgender activists & allies .

[R0wantrees]

Transgender campaigners and organisations have released an open letter to Channel 4 criticising Genderquake, a season of programmes touted as an exploration of the gender debate, as "counterproductive".
Signees are particularly concerned about Genderquake: The Debate, a studio discussion hosted by Cathy Newman that promises to look at what gender means in 2018. It will discuss topics including: 'what defines our gender identity', 'how that affects our rights', 'should it be easier to change gender' and 'does gender matter'.

The letter, published by indy100 in full below, argues that the debate will give legitimacy to transphobia, prejudice and the notion that trans identities are up for discussion. This concern is presumably stoked by the presence of Australian-born academic and writer Germaine Greer on the panel, who has previously said transgender women "can't be women". continues...

"The letter is published in full below and has been signed by dozens of prominent transgender and non-binary activists and campaigners - and allies - alike, including Fox Fisher, Owl, Stephanie Hirst, Juno Roche, Travis Alabanza, Kate Llewellyn, Jack Monroe and India Willoughby."

www.indy100.com/article/genderquake-the-debate-transphobia-channel-4-open-letter-campaigners-germaine-greer-8341481

GG not happy with the way the show is going and the topics.

Well, this has been a massive diss appointment.

Only two gender critical voices in a panel of how many?

A presenter who is quite blatantly shutting down any GC views being aired and is instead encouraging Jenner to bore the fucking socks off everyone with a necdotes and waste time.

I actually thought ‘finally!’ when she started talking about some people promoting violence and thought she may mention the SF exhibit....but, no. Let’s grill GG on how she doesn’t think men are women.

I think there's a good chance CJ has been promised a certain amount of airtime... even Newman must recognise she is not contributing to the argument. Why else is CJ being given the platform... I'm much more interested in what everyone else has to say.

The presenter is biased. Probably shit scared of a TRA backlash. You could tell from the start she was on edge.

No ash the most important word in feminism is funking woman.
Trans rights is not our job women have enough to do

Yay, Sarah

I think there's a good chance CJ has been promised a certain amount of airtime...

Interestingly, I had wondered the same thing.

I'm starting to think Sarah Ditum has even been put on a lower chair?

Segment three - YAWN!

sarah is doing a fabulous job

Has the transmen said anything other than his pronouns?

[gin]

Hand it round

I think there's a good chance CJ has been promised a certain amount of airtime...

Deffo. I thought this too.

Jesus this is dire

SD Is trying so hard but just being shouted over while dreary deary CJ is fawned over.

Ditum is certainly pushed back somewhat. Also Ash keeps sitting forward and getting in her line of sight.

I'm reading here rather than watch...

Fab point from Sarah about women being talked over

Someone needs to point out that when CJ speaks and makes zero points boringly the host giggles. When GG says important factual information the host interrupts and is antagonistic

We are living in Orwellian times. I have just peak transed

Well less than 10 mins left, really what was the point of this

frantic back peddling from munroe on the women's march tweet