Councillor removed from lead role for 'engaging with transphobic posts on social media'

[ArabeIIaScott]

https://www.gscene.com/news/transgender-news/labour-councillor-alison-thomson-of-brighton-hove-city-council-apologises-for-engaging-with-transphobic-posts-on-social-media/
'The Labour councillor was slammed by community groups for reposting or liking a series of tweets supporting the anti-trans TERF movement, which is spearheaded by controversial figures such as JK Rowling and Julie Bindel. The councillor said in her apology:
“I apologise unreservedly for endorsing these social media posts which contain anti-trans sentiments.
“I recognise that they are offensive to the transgender community and I am deeply sorry for the hurt caused by this.
“I am committed to undergoing training to better understand the lived experiences of transgender people and with the aim of becoming a good trans ally.”'

Izzard’s been campaigning in Brighton that Labour have sorted out their position on Women. He’s not wrong.

Obvs also see Mr Khan of London as another example of Labour’s position on women.

The statement is fucking chilling.

Total hostage statement if ever I saw one.

Yup. Appalling.

SammyScrounge but I don’t see us Lesbian being exhalted much

That is chilling. Labour are unfucking electable

Her beliefs are legally protected. She cant be forced to apologise or removed from lead roles. It's discriminatory.

what am I missing?

And people on here support Labour, and the Lib Dem’s are as bad? Tell everyone of them when they come knocking for your votes what you think.

I asked a Lb Dem the ‘what is a woman’ question when he came after our vote and he did I not like it.

Vote Labour get re education camps

Sounds great

EDIT - no it doesn't! But I can still see them on my computer at least.
A lot have been deleted, as is the way with Argus comments on this topic.

Comments on the Argus article - does this link work to see them? https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23783623.brighton-labour-councillor-apologises-transphobic-posts/#comments-anchor

nope. Same rubbish site. The badly written article interspersed with bad pictures. Then billions of clickbait stuff.

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23784778.calls-councillor-quit-endorsed-anti-trans-posts/

In news that will surprise nobody, Greens are queuing up to denounce her and call for her ritual sacking and shaming.

https://twitter.com/CarolineLucas/status/1702000117610434749

https://twitter.com/sianberry/status/1701884239069732959

https://twitter.com/_greenchloe/status/1701637786464325707

Brighton of course has a trans councillor: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0g5h4xs (not sure why he was chosen for this programme as he only got elected in May this year, but it's the first thing that came up)

Constituents could always contact him if they felt too uncomfortable to contact a female councillor who believes in biology.

I've just listened to that piece. It's 4 mins 44 secs long and I'd recommend you have a listen too.

What a political titan Raphael is. And he says a lot. Guinea pigs, queer spaces, sensory issues, a life changing leaky tap, becoming trans AFTER advocating for trans rights, partner also transitioning. It's all there in less than five minutes! Flipping 'ell...

I bet him feeling 'unsafe' is another reason the Labour councillor is being pushed to repent and leave.

Fgs every ward has three councillors so residents can always contact any or all or them as they prefer. Or any of the Cabinet Members about a particular portfolio issue. Or the Leader. Or a senior council officer.

In news that will surprise nobody, Greens are queuing up to denounce her and call for her ritual sacking and shaming.

They want to vilify and punish a woman for defending our rights to our privacy, our identity and our right to safety for ourselves and our children.

Shameful.

I think the argument is that her legally held beliefs might be ... contagious?

This is direct discrimination, isn't it?

Datun, sorry, that's what you said yesterday but I didn't register it at the time!

They've removed her from her role because of her legally held beliefs, which are WORIADS.

So Brighton isn't a safe space for women. OK. I understand and will stay away.

@ArabeIIaScott sorry if I am being dumb but what does "WORIADS" mean?

Also, does she have a legal case against them in any way? I assume the Labour party rules are tightly stitched up so they can dismiss for not aligning with the overall values or something.

Worth of Respect in a Democratic Society. Her 'gender critical' beliefs are protected under the Equality Act. She can't be discriminated against for holding them.

I'm not a lawyer, but sacking someone for having 'gender critical' beliefs seems like direct discrimination to me.

Exactly. She may not want to sue them tho.

Another local article - with the ‘offensive’ tweets in full and with all comments pro the Cllr Thomson. https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2023/09/14/trans-row-councillor-loses-informal-policy-role/