Irish Eurovision band sack team member for saying a male rapist is not a woman

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Ian Banham - the creative director for the Irish Eurovision Song has been sacked by the other band members because he wrote a tweet calling out the press for referring to a male rapist as a ‘she’.

The band have issued this statement:

Wild Youth is a band that stands for unity and kindness. Our song represents our beliefs as a band. We have cut all ties with lan Banham and will not have him on or near our team or Eurovison journey. We are so sorry for anyone offended by his comments.

They are in effect sacking their band mate and they defending a rapist’s right to be called she’ and they say they stand for ‘kindness’.
There is a backlash, I wonder how much support they will get for this.

https://twitter.com/bandwildyouth/status/1650833255266934784?s=46&t=KoykWa-IFitZMrteWP2pKA

Yeah but that’s just nitpicking, innit? #spinaltap

Seems like half the world have lost their fucking minds.

Wanderingowl · Today 12:03

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/25/wild-youth-eurovision-ian-banham-transphobic-tweets/

Where is the anti-vaccine tweet?

Penis Lies doesn't have a close relationship with factual accuracy, or indeed, reality.

I must say, that photo is excessively cool, youthful and modern. Even someone as old as me can see the contemporary vibe ooze out of it.

It just screams 'cock' to me. As in either 'look at my' or 'i am a'.

But a display of cock non the less.

I just see 'this is how I sit on the tube'.

Hear, hear.

MidsomerMurmurs · Today 07:01

Look at the way “our BBC” reports this:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65389105

“Screen grabs circulated on Twitter of Ian Banham's account referring to transgender women as men in posts.”

Oh how shocking and unkind! Wonder why “Daniel Rosney Eurovision reporter” didn’t feel the need to spell out that Banham referred to a male rapist as a man?

The BBC really has not mentioned that he was referring to a (male) rapist. That makes their report biased by omission.

Have you written to complain by any chance, Midsomer?

That youthfully wild lead singer reminds me of Father 'Damo' Damien. I bet he smokes cigarettes and everything.

On Wednesday, Rowling posted a defence of the creative director alongside the hashtag #IStandWithIanBanham.

She said: “The re-traumatisation of female rape survivors, including this man’s victims, on seeing him called a woman by the press counts for nothing, naturally.

“The so-called kindness and inclusivity of @bandwildyouth is preening, self-satisfied misogyny.

“For those confused as to why Ian Banham was fired and publicly lambasted by @bandwildyouth, here’s one of his ‘horrifying’ tweets.
“His crime is standing against the insanity of pretending knife-wielding rapists are women if they say they are.”

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/jk-rowling-accuses-irish-eurovision-125034299.html

Hi JK Rowling, I know you're reading this. It's where you get the material for your tweets.

And to reiterate, there is no evidence this is the specific tweet mentioned by OP that caused him to be fired. There were many tweets considered transphobic.

Has he been referring to other blokes as men?

I doubt she’s reading your posts chum…

By you, or by the rest of us? Slight difference, I think...

Or mine 😀😀😀

Oh you, flatterer

The world is going mad.

Now I'm not saying or implying or hinting in anyway that I may go by a different more familiar name out in the real world but any one of us could be JKR!

Oh, is Mumsnet like some kind of mad reverse Ouija Board where we can just yell our greetings into the void in the hope that some random famous person will stumble on them? Fantastic.

NICK CAVE I LOVE YOU

Gosh, how long did it take you to some up with that devastating put down? I'm in awe of your supreme with and intellect.

NICK CAVE I LOVE YOU

Right back at you, darling.

😂

😮😮😮OMG!!!!!!

Spooky.