The GLP-supported Trans Unity Quilt?

[Thehorticulturalhussie]

Today's the day but I can't find anything in the media. Anyone know anything?

I quite like it. Seeing all those mantra, slogans, demands ... all together draws a very accurate picture of who we're dealing with. It's useful. Don't knock it.

Is it a physical quilt or a virtual one?

By virtual do you mean imaginary. 🤣

Some of these are just lovely.
So artistic.
So expressive.

Post deleted - to my surprise the pic was approved.

Out of interest, did the people carrying this lovely TUQ today face aggressive protests, offensive banners, jokes about the quily being (or actually being) pissed on, drowned out by loudhailers urging GC Feminists to "punch them in the fucking face"?

I hope not.

I wonder whether an IWD gathering of women carrying a quilt celebtrating the existence, diversity, strength and solidatory of women (people of female body) in the face of hundreds , thousands of years of sex-based abuse and exploitation would be given the same respect by the quilt carriers?

@FlirtsWithRhinos I wonder that too.

Also: did they have their banner snatched from them, did someone throw soup or water at them, did anyone set off a smoke flare at them? Did anyone punch one of them to the ground?

Well, that was unnecessary! I haven't said anything spiteful. Just because you're looking for offence, doesn't mean there is any. Take a look inside yourself before you start blaming other people for imaginary offence.

I don't look at hashtags because I'm not on social media.

It seems that they went for live action to convey the, now traditional, threats of violence:

https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/2081027090921472480

Bated, not baited. It’s not fishing.

Oops, beaten to it.

Free speech, I thought far righters/transohobes enjoyed that?

Thanks charming chappie, I'm going to be judgy now and say what an absolute mess he was, I'm not surprised he hid his face, I'd be ashamed of myself if I went out in public dressed like that as well. Where's your pride man. 🤢
I look forward to the video Mr Menno is going to do about his experience 😁

Charming. Identifies as a beekeeper, I'm guessing.

Indeed! My best friend contributed a panel arranged by our local community and I love seeing all the work that has gone into the quilt as a whole

Ah you say that, but I was assured by GLP, in written communications, that there would be no violent or threatening words or imagery on the quilt. So they seemed a little more worried about how that looks (and a little less worried about freedom of speech) than you do. They must be right wing then, eh?

I don't think all the quilt panels are online, I know people who made some (several) and only possibly two of them are online - yes I clicked through every single quilt panel last night and nope they aren't there.

I don't know how aggressive those panels will have been but I do suspect some of them maybe were censored from the online version but are on the actual quilt.

I think possible two out of thirty odd panels may have made it on judging my names but the vast majority certainly didn't.

@Hawksie

I agree. I think it's highly likely it was censored for general online viewing, and also highly likely that, given what we have all seen of TRA messaging, that there was aggression and threats.

I also think it's highly likely, given the GLP wanting to stay in the good books of the cash cow that is trans people, that they will have found it hard to say no, and therefore they will have failed to stop these violent images being included.

Pure, transphobic speculation.

Meanwhile, in Berlin....

What about Berlin? If you've got a point to make, make it.
Was it women's rights campaigners that carried out that horrendous attack?

I was counting the seconds before someone tried to lay that Berlin attack at our door.

The Berlin attack suspect is being reported as a known to be an islamic terrorist is HE not?

Unsure how that correlates to women's rights at all ...

I was counting the seconds till the Berlin attack was framed as transphobic.

RIP to the person who was killed, and sympathy to the injured and everybody affected.

Trans pride being lauded as biggest trans event ever

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgv1v084j0o

The organisers asked the Socialist workers party not to attend because of their abusive reputation and aggressive organisation tactics

https://www.attitude.co.uk/news/london-trans-pride-asks-socialist-workers-party-not-to-attend-529189/

I saw what must have been the aftermath of the march that seemed quite standard students. Or rather standard 2000s students. Lots of girls with cardboard handmade trans rights are human rights signs and cod bondage harness type stuff.
No SWP placards littered around

We don’t know the motivation for the attack in Berlin. But LGBTQ people are scared for a reason. Because of actual violence.

ill-informed speculation and sneery comments about trans people and trans allies feeds the narrative that it’s ok to treat trans people as less-than.

This is admirable "official line" cautioning.

Not sure why you described the description as sneering. It seemed qualitatively different to the usual marching solidarity attendees at progressive causes and determinedly retro