Twitter has suspended me

[Glinner]

I'm really sorry to barge in on you Mumsnettters with my problems, but
I've been finally suspended from Twitter and I have a feeling they're either going to ban me or just take my verified tick. I've submitted an appeal with Twitter and the Better Business Bureau but I thought I'd post here too so people knew what was going on.

Recently, I keep being locked out of my account and forced to delete tweets to get back in. The latest tactic by trans rights activists is to run a search for any time I've used the word 'groomer', a phrase Twitter recently decided was Not Allowed.

This was not a violation of Twitter's ToS at the time I used the phrase, and I have been careful to avoid it since. I still use the word 'grooming' in various permutations because I believe that gender ideology is a form of societal grooming. It is a very real threat to the wellbeing of women and children and if our ability to name a threat is removed, it is even more difficult to fight that threat.

You may remember that Twitter similarly removed Canadian feminist Meghan Murphy. She lost her account when she said "that's him" about 'Jessica' Yaniv. Bear in mind that Yaniv was still going under 'Jonathan' at the time, and just as in my case, her crime against Twitter's Terms of Service was not actually an offence at the time she committed it. She probably never thought she could be banned from the public square for uttering the words "that's him". But that's Twitter.

Twitter has a high percentage of trans-identified employees and for some time has been silencing feminists and their allies who run afoul of its absurd 'misgendering' policies. The one good thing about my situation is that I'm in great company--Claire Graham, Meghan Murphy, Skylar Gwynn, Miranda Yardley, GNC Centric and many more, important feminist and critical voices who have been silenced for fighting a dangerous ideology that tells children it's possible to be born into the wrong body.

Anyway, that's what's happening. Please let people know it's entirely down to malicious reporting from the usual suspects and please keep watching my YouTube Channel and visiting my depressing blog. I'll also be available on Glindr if people from Twitter want to re-establish contact there. Hope it's ok to post these links to those destinations

YouTube:
Glindr: glindr.org/home
Women are Important: glinner.co.uk/

Thanks for all the support, and thanks for letting me fight alongside you.

And thank you to MN moderator - bet you've never had to work so hard!! Sorry for the crap you have to wade through…

You know you've got them riled when they follow you to attack you.

You might have missed it, so just in case, the law has changed for #Trans folks. If you care to give the 2010 GRA a look, it's all in there.

The what now?

It always makes me laugh that menz think women get upset about tedious nonsense like drunken blathering of a Friday night and repetitive cut and paste. grin
Bless.
I’ve seen better trolls on the local knitting forum.

And they think being called Transphobe! and Bigot! hurts our feelings!
Water off a duck's back, guys.

This thread is amazing. I'm only halfway through and it's more deletions than posts -- what happened? An alien invasion?

Care to give a few actual examples of how this the case?

Well, Meghan Murphy was banned for saying "That's him", and I have done several interviews with women and trans people who have been banned for similar reasons.

glinner.co.uk/ (Any post labelled 'The Disappeared')

Oh dear, how sad, never mind.

Yeah it was trolls following Graham around

@Reuniono exactly. I find Mumsnet terrifyingly transphobic and do wonder why this has happened.

Some full on stalking going on here going by the influx of new posters. How pathetic.

If the gamers get their way, how much longer until Mumsnet will have to change its name to personswithawombwhohavebirthedahumaninfantbutallarewelcomeheretodiscussallsortsoftopicsbutobeythetalkguidelinesnet

@everybodysang

I'm not a new member. I've been here for yeaaaars and years. But I don't come here much any more as the transphobia is desperate.

Anyway, this has made me happier than anything I have seen on here for years so I am glad I popped back in. Never has something been so deserved. Maybe find a new hobby?

Completely agree. If #Glinner finds sanctuary here then that will be interesting.

@Reuniono you want examples of people being suspended from twitter for calling Yaniv a man? It's happened dozens of times. Meghan Murphy is the highest profile but it's happened to loads.

@Jumoah

Support from Australia, Graham. Twitter is not a great place to hang out. Could you start a private Facebook group?

I second this. True, it wouldn't get the outside exposure that Twitter does, but we could coalesce better.

Is this not supposed to be a safe space for all women?

I'm not sure such a thing exists on the internet. It would never be allowed, even before TRAs and the world we live in where the word woman doesn't really mean anything.

Please provide proof of the 'terrible transphobia'. You know you should report it if you see it. MNHQ are pretty good at taking that stuff down.

Thank you for all you have done and I truly believe the tide is turning, I've discussed it in real life widely and most still think when talking about trans people we are talking about adults who have undergone extensive surgery and treatment not the motley crew that are many ( I still think post op should not be in women's sports, prisons, refuges etc.)

[quote LockdownHairdo]@Reuniono exactly. I find Mumsnet terrifyingly transphobic and do wonder why this has happened.[/quote]
It's sad really. Used to come on here for advice etc That still exists of course but the #Transphobia leaves a very strong smell.

Glad this thread is back, just to add my support.

2010 GRA??? No such legislation.

@BaronessWrongCrowd

You know you've got them riled when they follow you to attack you.

lol I'll always be proud of shining a light on them. As we all know, incels hate any kind of light.

Thank you Graham for your support and advocacy of human rights. I am not on Twitter but I've heard you on Radio 4 and have read with interest and gratitude on Mumsnet about your work for women and girls' rights.

Censorship is growing at an alarming rate - look at the pressure currently being put on Facebook to start censoring 'wrongthink'. More and more people will be banned from Twitter and other forums, as free speech is gradually squeezed out. You're ahead of the curve, but I think more will follow you.

Those of us who are gender critical, but also those who believe in freedom of thought and expression, really need to mobilise now. We are the silent majority. There aren't enough of us speaking up, like Graham. If we can't use Twitter (it's a cesspit anyway and more and more people are starting to recognise that) we will have to use other means. Maybe start by lobbying MPs.

Funnily enough I've never see you here on FWR before @Reuniono.

There is something very rotten at the heart of twitter. There must be an awful amount of TRAs and MAPs on staff because I have found the same.

Disgusting abuses and pedos chatting about their predilections are allowed to stand, while anyone who makes a noise about it is slowly picked off for spurious reasons.

You’d think it would be something the TRAs would be desperate to avoid associating themselves with...

Meanwhile, on twitter...