For a nominally progressive news outlet The Guardian has been a proper cesspit of transphobic bullshit lately, so I thought it was good to see one of their columnists, Zoe Williams, going against the tide.
This bit stood out:
you know who agrees with me? Tory members. The pollsters Opinium did salience research on a 500-strong sample of Conservative members, to find out which issues they were most passionate about. Trans issues, which had been posed as two separate questions (participation in sport and rights more generally), came in at 26th and 27th, in a list of 28.
Arguably too late for that, although she could still become the first transgender Bond girl who gets to be more than eye candy.
ETA: Bonus ‘80s pop culture:
Further edited to add: And yep, the first article covers that already. Oops. Well, this is for those who only read the headlines, or enjoy Power Station.
“Facts? We don’t need no stinkin’ facts!” As I have said before, if it doesn’t fit on a bumper sticker, it’s too complex for them to consider. If it does, but conflicts with their opinions, they refuse to consider it. I would just like them to climb back under the rocks they have lived under for the last 60 years or so.
AFAB makes you more “vulnerable” to trans “social contagion?” I am only sorry someone had to spend research time and dollars proving this wrong.
It’s a pretty common TERF talking point. They like to use it in conjunction with ROGD (rapid-onset gender dysphoria), a theory advanced by someone who asked parents of trans kids on anti-trans websites about their kids’ experiences and made conclusions from that. Needless to say, it’s been thoroughly discredited but somehow lumbers on regardless.
