"All star charity concert for trans rights"

[FuriousAndFrustrated]

Spotted on the Guardian today:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/nov/28/sugababes-sophie-ellis-bextor-wolf-alice-and-more-to-play-all-star-charity-concert-for-trans-rights

Raising money for the kimono-clad fox-killer's "Good" Law Project.

Definitely one to avoid!

On the Guardian article

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Mar 7
‘Parallel world’ insight/promo into the view from the counterfactual side -
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previews the ‘Transmission’ fundraiser on March 11 (next Wednesday) for which tickets are still available. They’re on sale in almost all sections at almost all prices, which is odd for a cheapish gig with these names in a great venue.

This well worth reading (archive) even though it’s no exaggeration to say it feels like it emerged from opposite world. For tens of thousands of people this 👇 narrative is accurate, even though almost none of it is true at all, apart from the accidental confessions of misogyny. It’s useful and terrifying at the same time, a classic demonstration of exactly what journalists are supposed to debunk, not amplify - woo about ‘empowerment, love, togetherness’ vs facts, law, science and truth.

But it’s incredibly interesting and vital to be aware that otherwise rational people still hold and promote this view of the last decade and the Guardian is still prepared to publish it. It’s informative.

‘Many senior music executives declined to sign Rasmussen’s open letter. “That didn’t surprise me at all” Alexander says. “My experience of people at major labels is they’re all very scared of losing their jobs”’

That’s not why they didn’t sign, and you bet he was in fact surprised. What’s happened in politics and journalism (what the Guardian calls ‘a dearth of supportive voices’) is indeed creeping up on the creative industries, just at even more of a snail’s pace. The return of reason is seen as an injustice and a cause of victimhood but it’s still returning.

<a class="break-all" href="https://archive.ph/2026.03.06-171446/www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/06/trans-mission-transgender-olly-alexander-live-aid-wembley-arena" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/2026.03.06-171446/www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/06/trans-mission-transgender-olly-alexander-live-aid-wembley-arena

I've seen him before on FB. He's ALMOST got it
My guys in the '80s were better at makeup though. And the 'tache guys never did the makeup thing. (Except Freddie Mercury that one time)

Neither of those links works. Maybe the Graun took it down?

I haven't seen a single one. Might have to go looking for it. 😂

They are not the same cohort though. Most of the transwomen of today were the transvestites of the past. They are exercising their fetish not straining for freedom of expression.

It would probably help if that freedom were still there though for "ordinary guys". The rigid "gender" boxes of today only give these fetishists more legitimacy than they should have.
Bring back guyliner I say. I used to love me a bit of guyliner.

@MistyGreenAndBlue I think it's this one?
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/06/trans-mission-transgender-olly-alexander-live-aid-wembley-arena

I love the way, when you click on that Graun link, it pops up saying "This is what we're up against". Yeah, quite... 😁

Thanks.
I felt a bit sick reading that. Live Aid my arse!
Bob Geldof should sue.

It's very much through the looking glass.
“I wish for a night of highly elevated energies,” says Redcar. “I would love some kind of collective revolt where we could stop feeling like shit about everything. We could stop feeling so powerless.”
Maybe start with not constantly telling each other that everything's shit?

No way are they selling 10,000 tickets to that concert.

Is there any way to find out how many people turn up? I guess looking at ticket availability on the day might give an idea.

They have to tell each other everything’s shit and wallow in self pity, as they finally realise that reality has hit them like a Monty Python fish slapping contest.

😂 😂

The idea that this concert is Live Aid for our times is hilarious.

What we need is someone who really likes counting, who can go through each available block subtracting the number of unsold seats from the total for that block to reach the 'sold' figure, then add up the global total of sold seats.

Note, of the 32 blocks of varying sizes in the arena, tickets can only be bought in 11. The rest are unavailable i.e. will be empty.

That doesn't tell us how many people are in the standing area, mind, or how many have got freebies.

Still, I'm willing to bet that there won't be ten thousand.

Oh i didn't realise it was on the day after tomorrow .

From that:

Unsurprisingly, the solitary politician on the bill is the Green party leader Zack Polanski. The Labour government has banned puberty blockers, delayed a trans-inclusive ban on conversion practices, introduced new restrictions on social transitioning in schools, and fudged its response to the supreme court decision. “I’d say it was cowardice,” says Alexander, who no longer votes Labour. “For a Labour government to be so scared to have a line on this just shows the spinelessness of our leadership.”

No Zarah Sultana? The Lambeth YP branch have forced out their chair and vice chair after they mentioned "balancing rights", the hateful bigots

Oh, and there's a desperate puff piece in the Independent today bylined Olly Alexander. Apparently its aim will be "to send “a bold and loud message” of solidarity with the trans community".

No mention of raising money, I see.

No doubt we will some pics allowing to guess the turnout and also they will probably moan about numbers too.

Good signal how the gender cause is falling apart though. As any money raised will go to GLP and be wasted and another minor trans charity it looks to be pretty much an own goal.

It was just announced this morning that cross sex hormones in England for under 18s are being banned from prescription

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly0ppdzj2yo

If it goes ahead with a small attendance, presumably the losses will be written off, as was suggested upthread

No doubt we will some pics allowing to guess the turnout and also they will probably moan about numbers too.

Any official photos will be carefully shot, I should think, but there are always smartphones.

And absolutely there will be moaning. There's nothing gender identitarians enjoy as much as a really good whine.

Are any thread posters planning to attend? Someone should take one for the team, surely? 😀

Can you imagine the queue for the ladies loos?

I'd send my stunt double, if I had one. Probably have to pay double time, mind.

Arf! 😂