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@Telegraph
Funny that they had no problem with me using the female gym changing room and other facilities when I worked for them… bigotry seems to in vogue right now
Brought some jeans earlier in C & A no problems private cubicle with staff in attendance. Result 2 pairs of jeans purchased. Nobody attacked, no one’s rights violated… just trans people existing
@RhetoricalHype
I did lots of TV programs in the late 90s, no 2 sided debate just us able to tell our stories. When the Godwin judgement came out in 2004 I was working at the Telegraph and got asked to write about it…
So many people in my mentions calling me a man right now, I hate to break it to them but I’ve been treated as a woman since 98 and legally recognised since 2005. If you think randoms on twitter calling me a man will stop me living my life, think again.
@_MxMike
@IzzyKamikaze
Absolutely in 1998 I was on several TV programs, in 2003 I wrote for the Daily Telegraph. No 2 sided debate, no hate just the facts of our existence
When I first came out I decided to let the students know as there were some nasty rumours spreading around. A different department used this as an excuse to remove me, covering up the fact it was their issue... I was disciplined, outed in the media
#WorkingWhileTrans
Because I went through hell when I came out 20 years ago... so I’m making sure that people don’t have to go have to go through the same now.
#WhyImATransAlly
It’s
#LesbianVisibilityWeek
but I’m afraid to be visible right now, because I’ll get a torrent of abuse as a bi trans woman saying that I’m a man and can’t be a lesbian, despite the fact that I’ve been in a lesbian relationship for 25 years, and to everyone that is what I am.
Given the state of the UK it’s time I think we need to organise and fight back… in the 00s I carried the banner while we fought for our rights and I think it’s time for us to march again
This... deliberate targeting, it was completely intentional to humiliate and intimidate the staff at the bar. They are a hate group and they were just going to cause trouble...
A group of outright TERF's just *happened* to patron a pub with an out and proud trans person bartender, just *happened* to spread a bunch of transphobic propaganda pamphlets all around the place, and just *happened* to make an enormous stink online after being kicked out.
Do you know what I don’t hear in the mainstream media on this trans debate? The voices of trans people, not just as a counterpoint to others but independently explaining in their own words the reality of our existence.
Now tell me who is silenced
@DisabledJess
@Chican3ry
Because most of my group who transitioned in the 90s disappeared into the woodwork when we could sue to the toxic transphobia. To continue the plane analogy there are only a few of us still flying the rest are inside protected from the elements
When I came out in 98 visibility wasn’t something you wanted as a trans person. So when I was forced into a visible position and faced losing about the only thing I had left in life I decided that I would use that position and be always open and visible.
Isn’t it funny how all these groups are predominantly in English using very typical English syntax and grammar without any posts in native language or even displaying any hints of a non native English speakers... I have worked enough with Indian colleagues to spot this is BS
We are LGB Alliance India. We stand for the rights of same-sex attracted people. We recognise that homosexuality is exclusive same-sex attraction. Some parts of society are made uneasy by this exclusiveness: it is this unease that has always fuelled homophobia./1
@samsmith
Congrats Sam as both a trans woman myself and the step parent of a non binary child, I know how much of a brave step this is, so best of wishes going forward.
And to all the people commenting about it being a woman’s changing room it’s not it’s mixed and there is a permanent staff member there… I transitioned over 25 years ago and have been recognised as female since I was 27…
I’ve just figured out why the GC crowd have been up in my mentions calling me all sorts. They hate to see a trans woman who is happy and mildly successful in life, because it goes against everything they try and push… after 26 years I can say transitioning was the best thing…
@CaraLisette
@bristol_pip
It’s also really hard to leave when your partner controls the money, and holds an emotional leverage over you. It took my mother’s death and her leaving me a small inheritance that went directly to me to enable me to break free
@BellaRizinti
@TransEthics
I used to literally had to carry around a little piece of paper just in case my clothing or possession of estrogen was perceived to be a crime..
@kittynouveau
@LaurakBuzz
When my son saw me on TV following my transition aged 4 his comment was - why is daddy wearing a skirt... is he like Tinky Winky
I’m sorry
@BellRibeiroAddy
@Keir_Starmer
@UKLabour
I can’t no longer support the labour party while you continue to allow transphobia from sitting MPs to go on without any form of sanction
@transscribe
And of course there were those of us, who didn’t have access to the knowledge and resources to know what was troubling us. So getting into a relationship was a way of easing that pain, only to discover it wasn’t the answer to the problem after all.
I worked for 7 years at the Daily Telegraph while I was there on a regular basis I used to see openly transphobic articles such as the one below... I also lived in constant fear of being attacked by other papers.
#WorkingWhileTrans
PS Note the Clinic name at the bottom 🤔
Any trans person in a public facing role, talk to your manager or join a union because it’s clear they are starting to target us, to manipulate situations and paint us in a bad light
Every. Single. Time.
Every single time the right-wing press run a story like this, there's always a trans person being spoken over who has been misrepresented. I knew it the moment I saw the video that conveniently cut off the start of what happened.
@mimmymum
I love her, and she plays the boss in different for girls, and when the trans girl goes into her office expecting to be sacked she backs her fully, it’s great to know she does the same in real life.
@shelley1755
Can someone please instruct me where, I'm supposed to stick my Ikea vanilla scented tea lights, obviously that page was missing from my copy of the trans woman instruction booklet I got 21 years ago..
@Unicorn_999
@BBCWomansHour
@MunroeBergdorf
I'm not asking anyone else to live their lives as I do.. all I am asking for is that people respect my identity and not try and errode my rights
@notCursedE
@galaxaure
I asked nicely on national TV, I was disciplined and outed, so I joined the protests… now I have had enough of being nice… for over 20 years I have tried to speak out calmly and nicely, but now we are under constant attack and many of us are tired on being nice.
There are some interesting things in this thread but this the the clincher… beeper it is in black and white… all the supposed feminist concerns about trans people was manufactured by right wing Christian groups after equal marriage was passed…
At the Family Research Council's "Values Voters Summit" they quite literally instruct their activists not to use religious arguments, but instead...
WRAP THEIR TRANSPHOBIC RHETORIC IN THE LANGUAGE OF FEMINISM
@transscribe
So it will be like they tried to do to me in the UK 21 years ago, had I not been a union rep they might have done so, but because there was external scrutiny they couldn't..
I'm sorry
@BellRibeiroAddy
I can not longer vote labour with good faith, as a lifetime socialist and former trade union rep I cannot support a party that wants to restrict my rights and freedoms, research has shown in a FOI request to NHS trusts none reported issues
🚨 BREAKING: Labour will ban trans women from female hospital wards, confirms Keir Starmer.
Starmer told ITV today he agrees with NHS reforms that would ban trans people from single-sex wards. When asked if trans women should be allowed on women's wards, he said: "I disagree".
@LunaDragofelis
@notCursedE
It’s supposed to be a maximum of 18 weeks between referral and your consultation appointment under NHS rules, GICs constantly break this without repercussions
Well that's me back in Spain a place where transphobic abuse will get you arrested and fined, where conversion therapy is banned with no exception. It may not be perfect in everything, but it's a darn sight better than the UK...
@AidanTheJester
This actually happened to me in 82 I tried to say I was a girl, I got beaten at home and forced into cadets to make a man out of me. It didn’t work, it just left me broken and unhappy until a breakdown in 97 gave me the strength to come out finally
@bierkonceagain
@Arbeit_Fish
Looks like they are recommending going back to the era of the carry letter, anyone considered cross dressing in the wrong spot scooped up for any number of made up offences... Papers Please...
@TheScarletWit11
If you think it’s toxic try being a trans person, it’s even worse to have people with massive platforms discussing your rights as if you are some objectionable thing. I’ve had bricks through windows just for being trans
@IndiaWilloughby
Well, I'm afraid to put a pin in your bubble but the term has been around since the 80s. So India please Stop. Yours a trans woman and step-parent of a non-binary adult who initially identified as gender-fluid.
Not all trans women are thin, white, young and pretty... we come in all shapes, sizes and ages... but it’s just the young pretty ones that get the attention. The rest of us are just here getting on with life.
@KatyMontgomerie
@jk_rowling
@guerrero_ramey
@SpitfireAudio
Yeah I existed and functioned in society for about 6/7 years as a woman before the GRA even existed it’s not about spaces, it never has been. Most people talking about SelfID have no idea what it mean’s or what it affects.
@thebarricade3
Says a woman taking photos to send to her wife to ask if they look OK, felt good so I posted them, knew as soon as I as the GC found it exactly what abuse I would get and I was proven right
@oliverbrown_tel
Hello would you like the exclusive on how for several years a trans woman, without a GRC was able to obtain access to an exclusive London gym including the female changing rooms without checking their genitalia. That exclusive gym was that of the Telegraph itself…
@LGBwiththeT
I think the delivery company should obviously take action against her, like refusing future deliveries if she is going to abuse and disrespect their employees
@stephenwhittle
@Channel4
@BrookLapping
I feel extremely let down by this having given my permission for a picture credit of our pride presence in the 00s. I think the time has come to say that we cannot trust documentary makers not to lie and misrepresent us.
@Baroness_Nichol
As a loyal customer of
@marksandspencer
I can say if they listen to this nonsense and non legal advice from someone with no understanding of equality law, and if one trans person gets discriminated against. I will a make sure never to spend another penny in M&S
If your sick and tired of all the retweet. Today I'm sorry but I am furious.. The LGBT staff from the NHS were supposed to lead pride but instead a small group on anti trans bigots inserted themselves in front and are now leading the parade
#Pride
is meant to be of all..
@Invocal
@BellaRizinti
Yes, having just gotten a little more involved in the Spanish trans movement, I'm trying to get my head around the emerging non gendered Spanish, as by default the language is heavily gendered and skewed towards masculinity
Here's one for Cass since my transition I have been gainfully employed for almost the entire time, had a reasonable social life and have been in a loving relationship for 26 years...
Gender Criticals like Cass, Rowling and Potato will NEVER be satisfied. Their objective isn’t ‘evidence’. Their objective is to wipe trans people out of existence as much as possible. Endless studies, relentless fear-mongering. We are a NATURALLY OCCURRING part of humanity 🏳️⚧️
Trans people aren't "looking to be offended" for crying out loud!
We're inundated with constant hatred from all angles, facing daily harassment, threats of violence and death, demands for our rights to be stripped away, not to mention hostile media coverage. We're sick of it!
@PrideInLondon
Yes what are you going to do next year to ensure that the trans community doesn't have to follow a group handing out
#transphobia
We want to know how this was allowed to happen.
I may be leaving the shores of Terf island today, but that doesn't mean that I stop the fight against the
@EHRC
and
@GEOgovuk
because it's
#NotSafeToBeMe
in the UK
@maccadoo8
Twenty years ago I was marching for trans rights, 5 years previously I had met trans teens while making TV shows… we have always been here quietly existing in society
We're committed to building an inclusive society for all 🏳️🌈
So, to celebrate the start of
#PrideMonth
, we invited our colleague May Kit Reign to raise the flag at our Swindon Head Office, spread some joy and share with us how they joined Nationwide with the help of drag.
Remember pride isn’t about corporate merchandise or logo changes and glib PR statements, pride is a protest. This year marks 25 years since I came out in 98. The situation for trans people today is more perilous than ever.
@CampbellX
@RhetoricalHype
There was a conference in the states where they openly said that they would use trans “issues” as a wedge to split up the alphabet after they lost the battle on same sex marriage…
OK, It's finally arrived, my story is now available to pre-order on
@unbounders
How a chance discovery on Facebook leads to a trip back into my past history. Read how I rebuilt myself from rock bottom several times over.
Please RT
Even bricks through my windows in 2000 and numerous work related discrimination events haven’t stopped me from living my best life…
I’m not going anywhere and there nothing you can do to stop me, I’m here and most people don’t even look twice…
This is the truth for so many trans women, afraid to step outside their own front doors... I plead you all you allies out there please help trans people to live better lives, and not have to cower inside in fear..
@KateronaBiscuit
This company should be named and shamed, because this is open discrimination... You cannot ask for a GRC, and as for removing trans people from around children this is pure bigotry without merit.