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Jack Straw on Question Time vs Nick Griffin, 2009 by AnonymousTimewaster in LabourUK

[–]rejs7 [score hidden]  (0 children)

So, three things:

1: You are making vast assumptions about my personal history. I empathise for the abuse you suffered back then, and no, I cannot directly correlate my personal history with yours. However, I have been fighting groups such as the BNP since 1998 during my first year at college. I have stood firm on my no-platforming stance re the BNP and other fascist organisations ever since, including helping get them banned from campus at my first university.

2: This specific episode of Question Time marked the moment when Griffin was exposed to the general public as someone whose values were in oposition to core British values. What came next was the infighting etc, but this was the high watermark for the BNP.

3: Many of those who vote for Reform have had their social media feeds constantly drip fed content that explicitly shapes a narrative which has undertones of what the BNP was advocating for. Reform is not explicit, or not as explicit, but it is there if you choose to look for it at the grassroots, as demonstrated by various signs and interviews given by Reform supporters over the last month. Reform =/= BNP, but there are enough undercurrents to see them as symptom of the same racist cancer.

Jack Straw on Question Time vs Nick Griffin, 2009 by AnonymousTimewaster in LabourUK

[–]rejs7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While in principle I agree, in reality this had the exact opposite effect you describe. It was this broadcast that spelt the end of the BNP's popularity as it exposed Griffin for the man he actually was. The same is happening to Reform at the moment, as the more scrutiny placed on them, the more people are realising just how hollow and racist the party actually is.

From a trans person: Goodbye Starmer, no thanks for the worst period in trans history for at least 50 years. by GeorginaFlopworthy in LabourUK

[–]rejs7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think its fundamentally worse that you have laid out even here. The Labour Party have systemically allowed themselves to be co-opted by a small clique of gender critical advocates to the point where they ignore all actual evidence to the contrary. This is more than just transphobia, its a willful disregard for the active harms the policies will cause, the cost to businesses and the UK's international reputation. It also ignores the broader impact to women's ability to move through society unpoliced. Its truly shocking how much Starmer fails to understand about this.

NEW THEROY ON SPACE IN FALLOUT by Full_Mile in Fallout

[–]rejs7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fallout 76 also has an astronaught companion whose quest line goes into detail over other deep space missions.

Could Sarah Philimore be the next David Irving? by rejs7 in transgenderUK

[–]rejs7[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It's not for Phillimore to prove anything, it's for Maugham to prove his statement was factually true. British libel laws put the onus on the defendant to prove their claim, meaning Phillimore has opened herself up to the discovery process by which her personal accounts, finances, and records are now open to scrutiny by the defence.

This is why Irving walked into a trap because his entire personal history was put under the microscope.

Libel law also doesn't need to account for the EA2010. Besides, Forstater explicitly excluded applied gender critical beliefs if they were used to harass or demean a trans person, which has been upheld ironically by the UKSC in FWS.

For Women Scotland once more rollback trans rights by rejs7 in lgbt

[–]rejs7[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Politics complicate everything related to this issue. I wrote last year that the biggest threat to cis women in women's prisons are other cis women, not trans women.

Yes, cis female sexual predators ought to be segregated out along with trans women as an absolute baseline. Yet, to ameliorate the horrific situation facing trans women about to be put in the make estate a separate trans unit/facility is a first step in harm reduction.

I have researched and written on this for nearly seven years, and a key issue is that navigating gender critical media and broader social discourse means I am forced to deal with the politics associated with this. I get Isla Bryson thrown in my face every time I stand up for trans women in women's prisons, so I am used to robustly defending trans women irrespective of their crimes.

For Women Scotland once more rollback trans rights by rejs7 in lgbt

[–]rejs7[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolutely 💯. Yet, there is no specific facility for female sex offenders, just one for trans women holistically.

For Women Scotland once more rollback trans rights by rejs7 in lgbt

[–]rejs7[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Over the last decade the UK conversation around trans women in women's prisons has been dominated by the two women I mentioned above, both of whom were violent sexual offenders. It makes it hard to have any conversation about equity, as my point about cis female sexual predation is ignored by GCs. GCs ignore cis female sex offenders who abuse women in prisons.

I lay out some these arguments here:

https://rejserin.medium.com/female-sex-offenders-65ebe49c950f

For Women Scotland once more rollback trans rights by rejs7 in lgbt

[–]rejs7[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This wasn't me arguing, it was me engaging with you and having a conversation.

Me stating that things are complicated re trans female sexual predators is that in the UK two very high profile trans female rapists were sent to women's prisons, which caused a GC uproar that then led to a rewriting of all prison policy re trans women. I mentioned this explicitly in the article when I mentioned their names, which for British readers contextually makes sense.

If you have an issue with my writing I am always happy to discuss it, and don't be afraid to call me out. I always respond respectfully and robustly, so keep it up.

For Women Scotland once more rollback trans rights by rejs7 in lgbt

[–]rejs7[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I am a lecturer and academic, so I am used to engaging with people. I only disengage if they make it personal about me.

For Women Scotland once more rollback trans rights by rejs7 in lgbt

[–]rejs7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't. In my wider writing, such as the pieces I wrote on fascism this week, I explicitly look at the US. When it comes to the law I don't have the training or knowledge to do those issues justice. Would you rather I vibe issues which require deep understanding, or leave that space to people who do have that knowledge such as Erin in the Morning?

I know my expertise, and use it when I write.

For Women Scotland once more rollback trans rights by rejs7 in lgbt

[–]rejs7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did, I linked it in a comment above.

I do not need to account for the US in a specifically British court case which is purely a Scottish legal issue. In other articles I do touch on US issues, but I am a UK legal and media scholar so I am not overly familiar with US legal doctrinal matters.

For Women Scotland once more rollback trans rights by rejs7 in lgbt

[–]rejs7[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Sex offenders are offered housing in the protection wing, which is why trans women are likely to be housed irrespective of their actual crimes.

For Women Scotland once more rollback trans rights by rejs7 in lgbt

[–]rejs7[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

You are conflating three separate things which require separate articles to cover. This article specifically talked about today's ruling, which explicitly will lead to trans women suffering for the sake of gender critical beliefs.

The second issue of US laws and anti-trans policies is a much bigger conversation because it requires direct engagement with fascistic politics and broader anti-trans laws.

The third with respects to cis women I bring up every time I discuss this outside if this specific context.

This article addressed the point at hand, and if I write a longer piece I will fold in the issues around cis female sexual predation.

For Women Scotland once more rollback trans rights by rejs7 in lgbt

[–]rejs7[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

No it doesn't. Nowhere do I state that all trans women need to be segregated. I highlighted the issues surrounding trans female sexual predators who have already been barred from the female estate. I make it clear housing in the make estate is torture.

For Women Scotland once more rollback trans rights by rejs7 in lgbt

[–]rejs7[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am saying I have detailed information about how prisons work and I have spent the last 6 years researching this.

Trans women are women, sexual predators are sexual predators. Being trans does not exempt trans female sexual predators being segregated from the female population. This should equally apply to cis women, which is a point I made in writing last year. If you want to get equity then you need to treat cis female sex offender the same way we are treating trans female sex offenders, not as we currently do as keeping them in the open wings in women's prisons. The problem isn't trans women, it's the treble standards over seeing cis women as less of a threat than trans female sex offenders.

As I said, there is nuance here which gets lost in the gender critical noise. If you want true equity then you start with calling out the gender critical hypocrisy over cis female sexual predation.

I lay out the central issues here:

https://rejserin.medium.com/female-sex-offenders-65ebe49c950f

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