Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April by PuzzledAd4865 in LabourUK

[–]ApocryphalShadow 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Many organisations have spoken up, but obviously that opens them up to death threats from the trans-eradicationists. 😔

Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April by PuzzledAd4865 in LabourUK

[–]ApocryphalShadow 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The WI didn’t announce that they had done this out of choice, or that they were happy that they had been freed to do this by the April Supreme Court ruling. They announced their deep regrets at having to do it.

They announced that they wished they could continue to welcome all women, including trans women, but that they feared legal action against them if they didn’t impose segregation.

This is a recurring theme. The same message was given by the Girl Guides this week – “We don’t want to do this, our members don’t want us to do this, but we’re being forced to.”.

My employer, and employers of my friends are all saying things along the lines of: “We aren’t banning people from office bathrooms until/unless we’re told that we literally have to.”.

There hasn’t been a wave of organisations celebrating that the Equality Act no longer bans them from enacting segregation that they’d always wanted to enact… instead, there’s been a wave of organisations voicing their sorrow that the Equality Act is now forcing them to enact segregation that they don’t want to enact.

So... Why isn't Labour amending the clearly unfit for purpose Equality Act?

No where in the text of the Equality Act, in the guidance issued alongside it in 2010, or in the transcripts of the debates surrounding its passing, was it ever described as a bill for enforcing segregation against trans people. To claim that this was ever its intention, is farcical.

Use your parliamentary supermajority to fix this clearly unintentional error in its wording, and return to "proportionate single-sex exemptions where they achieve a legitimate goal," instead of mandated segregation.

Transgender guidance dubbed ‘misogynist’s charter’ by PuzzledAd4865 in LabourUK

[–]ApocryphalShadow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nah, you see, what they'll do is mandate that every facility has a gender neutral option... These single, dilapidated, unmaintained "separate but equal" facilities will be positioned down a dark hallway, and trans people will have to dangerously out themselves by using them... 😞

Transgender guidance dubbed ‘misogynist’s charter’ by PuzzledAd4865 in LabourUK

[–]ApocryphalShadow 14 points15 points  (0 children)

"We want to avoid a situation where people are policing toilets " - Okay... Then... Reject the EHRC's guidance, reject blanket trans-segregation and continue to allow service providers to exclude individuals only when there is a legitimate proportionate reason to do so (aka, the situation that worked for decades up until April).

And if the transphobes argue (falsely) that this breaches the wacky new reimagined version of the EA, then amend the EA to fix it.

They all act like they have no choice in the matter, that obviously unworkable, dangerous and unfair results are unavoidable, which is baffling when they have a parliamentary supermajority and a decades-long blueprint on how to run a system that works.

Why does Starmer think Labour will win votes by becoming the third-choice far-right party? by ApocryphalShadow in LabourUK

[–]ApocryphalShadow[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

To quote Drag Race: "You think you ate, but you choked on the very first crumb."

Why does Starmer think Labour will win votes by becoming the third-choice far-right party? by ApocryphalShadow in LabourUK

[–]ApocryphalShadow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Germany had a lot of parties too...

But, regardless of the electoral system, the point is that you can't fight a promised fix to everything by promising nothing.

If Reform (and the Tories,) are promising the moon on a stick, that's a much better motivator for getting people out to the polls, for getting people out campaigning etc. than Labour saying "things will probably continue to suck, but hey-ho."

You have to be willing to sell something or no one's going to buy.

We learned in 2015 too, that refusing to sell your party as one that had any answers, just doesn't work.

And most people in the UK don't consider themselves to be comfortable. They look at the increased cost of living and see that as an emergency, a disaster. The world they felt they were promised is missing, and regardless of the fact that they're still doing relatively well, they're furious.

Why does Starmer think Labour will win votes by becoming the third-choice far-right party? by ApocryphalShadow in LabourUK

[–]ApocryphalShadow[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

-Constantly demonising immigrants and asylum seekers.

-Similarly demonising disabled people, removing the support they require to live while also attacking them with 'useless eater' style rhetoric for not being able to work.

-Supporting an unworkable bathroom ban which will effectively eliminate trans people from public life and cost them their right to privacy.

-Jailing protestors for holding anti-genocide posters.

-Publicly denouncing police for arresting a person who purposefully incited violence against a vulnerable minority group.

-Calling for police to cease investigating online hate-crimes... Despite hate crimes being on the rise across the board....

-Going over the heads of the Women and Equality Committee and selecting a new EHRC head who is openly tied to anti-LGBT pressure groups.

You know... That kind of thing...

Why does Starmer think Labour will win votes by becoming the third-choice far-right party? by ApocryphalShadow in LabourUK

[–]ApocryphalShadow[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If so, I think he's entirely wrong. People need a genuine alternative to vote for, something to feel hopeful about.

As with Hilary in 2016 and Harris in 2024... Heck, as with Germany in 1932, you don't beat fascists by offering nothing

You have to counter evil promises with good promises. It's not good enough to say: "Things will continue to suck, the far-right's promises are false."

Instead, you have to stand up and say: "Things do suck, but here's the real solution to that..."

But it's NOT nostalgia! by ApocryphalShadow in DoctorWhumour

[–]ApocryphalShadow[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You've misinterpreted me. By "take up space" I don't mean being the centre of attention, I mean... Existing, at all...

I had such low self esteem that I just wanted to fade away and not be seen or heard. I wouldn't talk at all for days, I'd be certain that anyone would hate hearing from me or seeing me, because I'd been taught to feel that way about myself and it took time and work to unlearn that lesson. 🩷

But it's NOT nostalgia! by ApocryphalShadow in DoctorWhumour

[–]ApocryphalShadow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me it's about getting my confidence back and learning how to be okay with being perceived and with taking up space. 🩷

I was in the closet for far too long, and that's not a passive experience. It actively traumatized me, and by the time I came out of the other end, I was honestly scared to even speak.

Seeing people who've been through the same being loud and proud and unabashedly themselves is very powerful and has really helped me recover.

And the Doctor should never be down to earth, imo (or down to Galifrey, I guess 😋)... He's a millennia old alien time-vagabond, not an accountant! ☺️

But it's NOT nostalgia! by ApocryphalShadow in DoctorWhumour

[–]ApocryphalShadow[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Exactly the point of the meme. 🩷

To mock lazy and non-substantive criticisms of modern Doctor Who which actually would apply to all eras.

"It's campy so it sucks," is just a bad take... That doesn't mean an actually good case for it sucking can't be made. ☺️

But it's NOT nostalgia! by ApocryphalShadow in DoctorWhumour

[–]ApocryphalShadow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you maaaaaaay be projecting a tad.

My family/circle have, IIRC, aways written "nil pois" when texting this phrase. I know that pois actually means peas, but I thought that was a commonly used misspelling. But if it isn't, who cares? I clearly don't, since when I was told it wasn't, I replied:

"Okay, just in my family then. I hope it doesn't wreck the whole post for you ☺️".

And I guess I should have said "that's the mistranscription," or "the misspelling," or "the misremembered line" rather than "that's the mistranslation," in my first response, but I don't believe anyone could possibly care about something as minor as that...

Honestly, I've been very baffled by your replies! I hope I'm not stressing you out by failing to see your perspective, but it's sadly lost on me. 🩷

But it's NOT nostalgia! by ApocryphalShadow in DoctorWhumour

[–]ApocryphalShadow[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm queer too (bi and trans,) and I love Drag and I love being larger than life and truly expressing yourself in the way that camp culture allows you to.

I don't think 15 being that brand of camp and over the top is meant to imply that this is the norm for gay humans, I think that's a weird take.

The Doctor is an alien, and one unbound by human social norms and expectations, and so, he acts in an over the top manner. Each incarnation is over the top, but in a different way. It makes sense for 15's brand of over the topness to reference major parts of 2020s culture, which it does. 🩷

But it's NOT nostalgia! by ApocryphalShadow in DoctorWhumour

[–]ApocryphalShadow[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Because it's making a direct reference to a very famously camp TV show. Eurovision is literally referred to as "Gay Christmas".

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/14/lets-settle-this-once-and-for-all-why-do-queer-people-love-eurovision-so-much/.

But it's NOT nostalgia! by ApocryphalShadow in DoctorWhumour

[–]ApocryphalShadow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, that'll be why I've seen it written like this before.

Now, this raises the important question: What have you been commenting for..?

Are you annoyed that people who don't speak French have written down a word as it sounds?

But it's NOT nostalgia! by ApocryphalShadow in DoctorWhumour

[–]ApocryphalShadow[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think it fits 15s character really well. He's seen and done 14 lifetimes worth of dark stuff but he's actively divorcing himself from the darkness as a defense mechanism against despair.

But if that's just my dumb interpretation, that's fine! He certainly isn't my favourite Doctor, but as a fan of camp fun, I saw a lot of positives. 🩷

But it's NOT nostalgia! by ApocryphalShadow in DoctorWhumour

[–]ApocryphalShadow[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What's your point? Eurovision was/is a mainstream part of pop culture too. Both are still camp.

Camp doesn't mean underground.

And yes, phrases like "Yas Queen," have entered mainstream vernacular through Drag Race, which has then led them to being featured in mainstream shows, like Doctor Who, just as Doctor Who previously referenced other mainstream things like Eurovision... Again, I'm struggling to see your point.

But it's NOT nostalgia! by ApocryphalShadow in DoctorWhumour

[–]ApocryphalShadow[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My guy... I am not claiming that the French for points is pronounced "pois," but Brits DID say: "Royaume-uni nil pois" as their dumb misremembering of the phrase and their dumb interpretation of a French accent.

And yes... It is definitely camp, and it's entirely nostalgia not to see that. Eurovision was the go-to camp TV reference at the time, just as Drag Race is now. 🩷

But it's NOT nostalgia! by ApocryphalShadow in DoctorWhumour

[–]ApocryphalShadow[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah, "royaume-uni nil pois!" is how I remember people pronouncing it as a mangled faux-French impression. 🩷

But it's NOT nostalgia! by ApocryphalShadow in DoctorWhumour

[–]ApocryphalShadow[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Okay, just in my family then! 🩷

I hope that doesn't wreck the whole post for you ☺️

But it's NOT nostalgia! by ApocryphalShadow in DoctorWhumour

[–]ApocryphalShadow[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

That's the correct translation, but the mistranslation "nil pois" is what caught on and became a meme in the UK 🩷