Eejit.
The demonisation of trans people by politicians and large parts of the media is echoing the same homophobic rhetoric of the 1980s and 90s. We have made such progress since these dark days and we must not go backwards.
I hear that a lot here in Ireland, where any critique of gender ideology is immediately labelled as the same as homophobia, 'going back to the dark days' etc etc etc.
There's a clear difference between the past when lesbian and gay people were denied human rights, and were subjected to discrimination and even 'literal violence', and today's transpeople who already have the same human rights as everyone else and are not in the front line of 'literal violence'.
Unfortunately it works: people who haven't given much thought to the subject think: Phobia is bad. We must not be phobic. We stopped being phobic in 2015. Let's just be kind to those poor oppressed trans people..'
So not giving trans people everything they demand is 'demonisation' and going backwards to the dark days.
It's clever, I'll grant them that; it's putting into effect one of the strategies set out in the Denton's Document:
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Piggybacking on other causes: Attach trans rights to broader equality, diversity, or anti-discrimination initiatives to normalise them.
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Strategic framing: Use language that resonates positively (e.g., “equality,” “human rights”) and avoid terms that may provoke opposition.
Analysis of the Dentons Document: A How to Manual - Women Speak Tasmania
the full document:
iglyo_v3-1.pdf
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