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“Unless you're trans or you have a trans person in your family, you're very unlikely to be familiar with the implications of this. And that was my position until frankly, until the summer”
@CrispinBlunt gets it. But crucially, he hasn't always. https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/after-his-furious-public-spat-crispin-blunt-liz-truss-trans-rights?fbclid=IwAR3mINq5DVpdMIj_VikgQ9KJYGf_CTNCs4U5IUgtYWhxiRRNVElxTIcy5qw
@CrispinBlunt gets it. But crucially, he hasn't always. https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/after-his-furious-public-spat-crispin-blunt-liz-truss-trans-rights?fbclid=IwAR3mINq5DVpdMIj_VikgQ9KJYGf_CTNCs4U5IUgtYWhxiRRNVElxTIcy5qw
The empathy gap for trans people has become a national crisis
I know firsthand that changing hearts and minds is EASY. I've seen it happen over and over in my life and working with @AllAboutTrans
It the chances and resources to do the work on a large enough scale that we lack
I know firsthand that changing hearts and minds is EASY. I've seen it happen over and over in my life and working with @AllAboutTrans
It the chances and resources to do the work on a large enough scale that we lack
Journos and producers will never help. They usually have a vested interest in going the opposite direction. I know because I am one
They need two sides. Simplicity and/or drama. They need it to be quick and to fit the accepted framing
"Media spots" are an empathy vacuum
They need two sides. Simplicity and/or drama. They need it to be quick and to fit the accepted framing
"Media spots" are an empathy vacuum
Trans people know this. We've learned the hard way over years and years
Yes, being patronisingly and disingenuously told off for "not engaging" sucks. But it's a lot better than contributing to a demoralising and demeaning mass exercise in missing the point and fomenting fear
Yes, being patronisingly and disingenuously told off for "not engaging" sucks. But it's a lot better than contributing to a demoralising and demeaning mass exercise in missing the point and fomenting fear
Mercifully, the false 'balance' charade that keeps this all chugging along and distracting from the real solution is starting to be seen for what it is... https://twitter.com/APPGLGBT/status/1310955069051998209
I'm not expecting the hardcore to change heart easily but I firmly believe even that is possible
That or they'll just have keep their hate private
The "easy bit", if the resource or platform were found, would be to talk to and connect with the millions of people in the middle
That or they'll just have keep their hate private
The "easy bit", if the resource or platform were found, would be to talk to and connect with the millions of people in the middle
All those people alarmed by the alluringly simple "Twitter is awful ergo JK Rowling is the victim"
All those Times and DM readers who've never met a trans person but have "read all about 'em"
Even the govt ministers who've had their ears bent by single-issue "women's groups"
All those Times and DM readers who've never met a trans person but have "read all about 'em"
Even the govt ministers who've had their ears bent by single-issue "women's groups"
(Hint: the issue isn't women)
If only we had that platform, those allies, that time and resource, all this manufactured online "toxicity" and "conflict" would evaporate
But we cannot, I must emphasise CANNOT, do this alone. No trans person should be stressing out or exhausting themselves over that fantasy
But we cannot, I must emphasise CANNOT, do this alone. No trans person should be stressing out or exhausting themselves over that fantasy
It's only if folk like @CrispinBlunt, @DawnButlerBrent, @JolyonMaugham, @APPGLGBT and many others are serious in their allyship that we can do this...
So, if you are, let's go. Let's put any form of "debate" over trans lives to bed once and for all
All we need is empathy.
So, if you are, let's go. Let's put any form of "debate" over trans lives to bed once and for all
All we need is empathy.
