"Spanish Stonewall" suing "Non Normative Trans People"

[WitchyWitcherson]

Saw this post on X from Glinner: https://twitter.com/Glinner/status/1767691199794545138

"The Spanish equivalent to Stonewall (FELGTB) has been fuming some days because of those military guys who changed their legal sex to female without doing anything else (and keeping beards, wives, everything!), because they were proving us feminists so right.

So finally FELGTB have decided to sue the military guys (who created an organisation called "Non Normative Trans People" (TNN in its Spanish acronym) for "fraud". But TNN have doubled down and said that they are going to sue FELGTB for transphobia, because no reason has to be given for changing your ID and the law says you can't be questioned."

How transphobic of FELGTB, who are they to gatekeep transness?!

Oh that's made me so happy: Glinner the Armadillo.😁 He's not confused about his pronouns either.

There's always a billion 'et als'. We will also be able to stretch the length of the et al list by adding in all of our qualifications, some of which may be very obscure but highly relevant.

Yeah but are they prepared to put the work in?

I envisage starting with an holistic approach. Just using my hands to gain a sense of how smooth the oil feels. Obviously ignoring the play of the muscles under the skin. Then using my fingertips to tease out any localised differences. Finally, ensuring that I can separate natural oils from bodily secretions by, possibly, using my tongue to gauge the level of saltiness.

In my defence, this is my fourth night away from home and I may have had a drink or 4.

OK! I am completely objectifying these guys but let's pretend that we never do that.

But Beetle the video is three minutes.

Also apologies the Greek blokes/girls appear to be not connected to the military at all! I'm so sorry, I've done a he-rail by accident.

It’s fantastic! Well done to those blokes

I read through that thinking it was you Arabella doing a very funny spoof pseudo academic article about the Spanish women soldiers. I only realised it was real when my scrolling got to the link!

Its half a hour if you watch it ten times!

See above post!😁

Indeed. Swimming Certificates and Brownie Badges are also acceptable, as is Ownership of Purple Pencil (First Class, with Oak Leaves). No et al left behind is our motto!

We have standards to maintain!

Edited to add: If anyone knows where to get the pattern for this tea cosy, I'd be very grateful.

<wonders if Jane should be out on her own>

You are forgiven

I’ve got a Royal Yachting Association Level 2 Powerboat Handling certificate, so I’m happy to take on studies of navy personnel.

MagpiePi. Nice long qualification to put in the et al list, too. Well done, that wumman.

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Edited to embolden.

Yesss!

Just to add, my specialist area is long-term naval deployments to Caribbean and pacific islands locations.

<makes a note to stock up on spf50 and buy some new sunglasses>

Can't Help with the knitting pattern but I do have a cycling proficiency badge from circa 1979 and a one length swimming certificate, but alas no brownie badges.

Waits in line to be given et al task.

(Silently offers up prayers about oiling things up)

"Oiling Things Up" is specialist work, Beetle

A cycling proficiency badge must have involved you, at least once, looking at a bicycle chain and thinking "I must oil this up sometime".

You are ideally qualified for this arduous task.

Edited because of autocarrot. (Oooh - I wonder if auto carrot would agree to do the "writing up" of the paper - saves us a job and as we know autocarrot (AC, as I like to call them) is a whizz at unusual words (some of them real) and scientific obfuscation)

I have qualifications in various languages, including O level Spanish.

And on a tour round Andalucia years ago, I did see some legionarios doing their jogging while singing their theme song.

Also, I have acknowledgements in two books of popular scholarship.

Can I do some European field work? I'd be happy with an "assisted by" credit.

You're in Cher.

Pick a job and crack on. We'll weave your contribution seamlessly into the body of the text somewhere.

WHAT???

You mean I watched that ten times for nothing?

I just... I'm.... Arghhhhhh!

Goes off to watch marching Jesus video (those ones are real soldiers aren't they? Before I force myself to watch it multiple times in preparation of paper writing)

Betrayal by a fellow et al, Beetle

It's the worst kind.

But there was an apology . . .

Just enjoy the Jesus march until you get over the distress.

It was an accident! Must have slipped on some of this oil that's unaccountably all over the bloody place.

Level 1 ice-skating here!

And...(drum roll) I can move my ears independently. Yeah. You read that right. In-de-pen-dent-ly.

I have a 2 ⭐️ certificate in kayaking and a bronze badge in swimming.

But don't et al me anything anything in 'water sports' 😬if you catch my drift.

You are Mrs Potato Head and I claim my £5.

I can't move my ears at all, never mind independently!

@Emotionalsupportviper I have a Thrift Brownie Badge from the mid-1960s and an 'ABRSM Grade Five Music Theory' (1972?). I don't want to overload myself this early on in the project because of mascot duties but might these be of any use? Oh, and I'm currently searching for an online Level 2 course, maybe City & Guilds, in 'Animal Care with a specialism in Armadillos'. Feel like that some up to date training might be essential.

The fabulous tea cosy pattern is available online. I don't mean to show off my research skills (blushes) but you have to google 'suffragette' and 'tea' and 'cosy'. PM me if you have trouble finding it. I've just ordered the pattern. I have never knitted anything so complicated before and I am wondering what it will turn out like...