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

Maximum respect to Sarah Ditum - it's just outrageous that the panel's SO imbalanced

Newman "you're transphobic because you are old" (paraphrasing)

It's striking that most of the talking is being done by the two natal males

Indeed.

Cathy Newman has done a shit job tonight. what was that weird attack on GG?

bizarre

Wee there any natal men there?

Old people are irrelevant obviously
Making GGs point for her

No natal me.

Cathy Newman has done a deliberately shit job tonight. what was that weird attack on GG?

Fixed that for you^

And Jenner to sum up, surprise, surprise

*men

That was depressing

Wee there any natal men there?

Jenner. Bergdof.

Why have an audience at all?

I really wish CJ would take a long walk - BORING!

Sarah D - much love to you, bloody fantastic effort. Thank fuck you were there. An absolutely outrageously biased host and FAR too much CJ and attacks on GG. And toilets. Always back to the bloody toilets.

Boring in the extreme. I can't ever get back that hour of my life. Damn.

Cathy Newman SO biased. Caitlyn Jenner very fond of own voice. MB beyond irritating.

Why have an audience at all?

I was wondering that. There is no interaction, and the audience is totally unbalanced.

Really, what was the point? Why is there an audience?

Newman thinks she’s had a respectful conversation? Where was her respect for Greer?

what was that weird head girl telling off that cathy newman gave the audience? fuck me

has she never watched any questions? you need a dimbleby for this job.

Too many pamalists, none (except CJ) really got to say anything. Pointless. Unless it let a few more people know something is going on.

That was such a let down. Here was a chance to really air the views and I doubt either side was happy with that.

Well. That was a bag of shite.

CN telling off the audience for being disrespectful in 'heckling.' I thought her interrogation of Germaine Greer was pretty fucking disrespectful, especially in view of her fawning over Jenner.

What was the point. No talk about male violence, the real differences between male and female bodies where sport is concerned or female socialisation and male privilege.