Victor Madrigal-Borloz's (UN) verdict on the UK: 'Keep calm and respect diversity'

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I'm going to give Mr Madrigal-Borloz the benefit of the doubt, and presume he was trying to make a gentle joke on UK culture with his 'Keep calm' headline, rather than deliberately offend women.

Anyway:

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/05/uk-keep-calm-and-respect-diversity-says-un-expert

“I am deeply concerned about increased bias-motivated incidents of harassment, threats, and violence against LGBT people, including a rampant surge in hate crimes in the UK,” said Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, who visited the UK from 24 April to 5 May 2023. “All of this is attributed – by a wide range of stakeholders – to the toxic nature of the public debate surrounding sexual orientation and gender identity,” he said.
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'toxic', eh?

'current initiatives risk erosion of achievements in comprehensive sex education,'

• presumably by this he means recent moves to question whether it's a good thing to teach children about fisting?

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'The expert also took issue with recent advice by the UK Equalities and Human Rights Commission to the UK Government that promoted the reduction in human rights protections for trans persons with legal recognition of their gender. “These actions were admittedly with the objective of withdrawing trans women from legal protections to which they are entitled under the Equality Act,” Madrigal Borloz said.'

Well, that's a wilful misrepresentation if ever I read one.

'“Politicians must carry out evidence-based evaluations, free from stigma and preconception,” Madrigal-Borloz said.'

Cheeky fucker.

Aye, it's all aspirational vague 'live your life' 'be your you' 'dream your best dream' 'kindness and love' pish.

With absolutely no consideration of boring, practical things like how disabled children can ensure dignity in intimate care, or how Muslim women may self exclude from mixed sex spaces and thereby experience worse social isolation, or the detail of what support actually shows benefit to 'gender questioning' young people in the long term.

There's a general sense that anyone raising those prosaic, everyday how-to-live life in the mucky shuffle of day to day are really rather letting the side down.

Focus on the rainbow, everyone! Eyes up! Let them fill with the golden glories of aspirational utopian dreams!

Ignore the tedious women carping on about their bodily functions and life experiences, they're just so basic and boring. Or at best, they're weaponising their trauma.

He’s also an appalling researcher. That paper is sub undergraduate level, all hearsay and unsubstantiated bias.