I'm done with any of the conservatives taking on Women and Equalities.
Dawn Butler as Labour's shadow Women & Equalities comprehensively lobbied by TRAs.
see important report from Jane Fae's TRA conference, "We're Still Here" last year where Dawn Butler MP was key note speaker:
OP TheHarpySings wrote, Thu 18-Oct-18
(extract)
"3) Keynote Speech: Dawn Butler MP: Shadow Women & Equalities
This speech was fucking cringe. She said she was an ally of LGBT but had got a lot of messages moaning at her for “betraying women”. “Despite the fact I AM a woman.”
She mentioned all the countries that have self ID (RoI, Argentina, Malta, Norway). Apparently she’d been to Malta recently and it was “really chill.”
She blames the Tories for allowing this debate to drag on. “It is cruel.”
The impact of self ID are “non existent”. She said if this had been done swiftly there would be none of the current fuss or transphobia.
She said
- the LGBT community needs to mobilise
- They need to contribute to the consultation
- They need to change the tone of the debate (lolercaust)
She also went on to say that a “phobia” is an irrational fear and there are three treatments:
- Hypnosis
- Talking therapy
- Immersion therapy
Apparently the only way forward to deal with transphobia is talking therapy. DB said that the conservation needs to be around counties that already have self ID and it’s “fine”
Hilariously, given that the audience contained fucking Dr Harrop, she said something like “keyboard warriors don’t know the consequences of their actions.”
DB: “Labour will champion the unheard.”
She said that this was another form of Section 28 on the trans community.
She then quoted at length from a song from “The Greatest Showman”. I wish I was making that up.
Also, she got cornered by Mermaids reps on the way out and is meeting with them and their kids soon." (continues)
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3398737-We-re-Still-Here-Conference-8th-September-A-report-from-the-inside