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A massive week @CroakeyNews on climate with #HEAL2022 and #HealthyCOP27 stories, #VicVotesHealth2022, #TwitterResistance and more.
In case you missed them, following is a thread of articles from this week's bulletin...
In case you missed them, following is a thread of articles from this week's bulletin...
This week's quotable comes from the ICYMI column compiled by @MelissaSweetDr
"You know there is a rural medical crisis when you ring another rural hospital to transfer a patient, and they refuse the patient but offer you a job" – a rural GP on Twitter
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"You know there is a rural medical crisis when you ring another rural hospital to transfer a patient, and they refuse the patient but offer you a job" – a rural GP on Twitter
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"Despite these concerns & interest in alternative platforms such as Mastodon, many participants were resolved to stay with Twitter as long as possible, to ensure public health voices remain active on the platform" – @MelissaSweetDr
#TwitterResistance
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#TwitterResistance
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So, last week was #TransAwarenessWeek , #TransDayOfRemembrance & a horrific shooting. As the parent of a trans child, I had to step away from the media. There is so much hate. It breaks my heart that there are people here that hate my kid just because of who he is.
I support my child in accessing affirming care & I am beyond grateful to live in a place that allows it. And for a medical team that is gracious. I have witnessed, and felt the difference this makes to him. He is lighter. Happier. And he's finally so proud of who he is.
But to think that I could be arrested in other parts of the world. And he could be taken away from me and stripped of his rights to live as himself. And that even in my own community, things are precarious for his future. I take each election as if his life depends on it.
Another doesn't stand for truth. I asked if they were going to support Stonewall veteran Jim Fouratt and denounce Anthony Martucci for his homophobic slur he hurled at him. I guess not. #NYCPride #TransAwarenessWeek
This is why #NYCPride blocked me. They are with the problem. They support his misogynist, racist, homophobe. @CoachFashion. Anthony states on Instagram: "I am so honored to be apart of @nycpride campaign for 2022."
@CoachFashion @NYCPride His other Instagram page. His @Coach association is there. His cruelty & aggressive behavior is their brand now.
NEW: Noisy Philly Counter-Demo Challenges 'TERFs' at Independence Hall [article + video]
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Unicorn Riot interviewed nearly a dozen hoarse but spirited attendees.
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Unicorn Riot interviewed nearly a dozen hoarse but spirited attendees.
Full video premiering now: Philly Noise Demo Confronts 'TERFs' at Independence Hall [4K] (29min)
On Sunday, November 13, a hundred-plus counter-demonstrators tried to drown out about 30 protesters who were demonstrating against transgender people's access to medical transitions #TransAwarenessWeek
29min video premiering now:
29min video premiering now:
.@cambridgeunion There have been two speakers talking about trans people's human rights at Cambridge University this term, both of them cis. Both opposed to trans people's existence.
You platformed one of them.
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You platformed one of them.
1/8
If there had been two speakers at Cambridge University speaking about lesbian, gay and bi human rights, both of whom were straight, and both of whom opposed the existence of lesbian, gay and bi people there would have been an outcry, and rightly so.
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However, when you contextualise this with the way British mainstream media reports about trans people and our human rights, your decision to platform Stock becomes even more problematic.
It has been #TransAwarenessWeek this week and there have been no media articles...
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It has been #TransAwarenessWeek this week and there have been no media articles...
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❓ Are we facing a trans ageing crisis?
🇺🇸 Around 1 in 200 Americans aged 65 and over are trans.
🏳️⚧️ As the first generation of trans people reaches old age, healthcare systems are unprepared.
🌈 For #TransAwarenessWeek, we spoke to trans people about growing old. 🧵
🇺🇸 Around 1 in 200 Americans aged 65 and over are trans.
🏳️⚧️ As the first generation of trans people reaches old age, healthcare systems are unprepared.
🌈 For #TransAwarenessWeek, we spoke to trans people about growing old. 🧵
🔴 Social isolation
🔴 Housing discrimination
🔴 Lack of safe medical spaces
🔴 ...and much more.
👵 The challenges trans elders face are often similar to those faced by trans people of all ages, but exacerbated as they get older, says Kylie Madhav, senior director at @sageusa.
🔴 Housing discrimination
🔴 Lack of safe medical spaces
🔴 ...and much more.
👵 The challenges trans elders face are often similar to those faced by trans people of all ages, but exacerbated as they get older, says Kylie Madhav, senior director at @sageusa.
📽️ Elizabeth Coffey was a star in the early films of cult film-maker John Waters.
🏥 While breaking ground for trans representation on screen, she faced rejection when seeking medical care.
💊 Later in life, hormone replacement therapy has caused issues, she told @Openly.
🏥 While breaking ground for trans representation on screen, she faced rejection when seeking medical care.
💊 Later in life, hormone replacement therapy has caused issues, she told @Openly.
Inspired by @cmind_g:
I hope that I’m charming
I hope that I’m pretty
I hope someone asks me to dance
I hope that the man of my dreams will appear
And that I will merit a glance
I hope that I’m charming
I hope that I’m pretty
I hope someone asks me to dance
I hope that the man of my dreams will appear
And that I will merit a glance
I hope that the hormones will not make me sick
And surgery won’t make me die
I hope that the sacrifice, sorrow and pain are not for one soul-crushing lie
I hope that I’m strong
I hope that I’m handsome
I hope for a masculine stance
And surgery won’t make me die
I hope that the sacrifice, sorrow and pain are not for one soul-crushing lie
I hope that I’m strong
I hope that I’m handsome
I hope for a masculine stance
I hope that the boy who had felt up my chest will never twice spare me a glance
I hope that the hormones will give me the power
And surgery makes me more plain
I hope that nobody will treat me like women are treated again and again
I hope that the hormones will give me the power
And surgery makes me more plain
I hope that nobody will treat me like women are treated again and again
This one is just a personal story, not about whether people should get gender-affirming surgery/take hormones.
Last year I wrote that I couldn't get surgery; this year I found out I could. I've taken steps already, with others coming next year (hopefully).
#TransAwarenessWeek
Last year I wrote that I couldn't get surgery; this year I found out I could. I've taken steps already, with others coming next year (hopefully).
#TransAwarenessWeek
Disclaimer: many ppl cannot access gender-affirming surgery/ies because of prohibitive costs or their own circumstances. Many do not need/want (& all that that entails) them. They may access, need/want them later. Some trans ppl never take hormones, some do.
#TransAwarenessWeek
#TransAwarenessWeek
Further disclaimer: gender-affirming surgery is often undertaken by trans people, but if a trans person who is a woman, man or non-binary/agender/outside the binary doesn't have it, they are still trans.
#TransAwarenessWeek
#TransAwarenessWeek
If this bill passes, "any trans person performing" in Texas means no minors can enter the room when we are:
▫️on a panel at a con
▫️in a cosplay contest
▫️performing karaoke/lip sync
▫️basically doing ANYTHING on stage in public
This is FUCKED. UP.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights 🏳️⚧️
▫️on a panel at a con
▫️in a cosplay contest
▫️performing karaoke/lip sync
▫️basically doing ANYTHING on stage in public
This is FUCKED. UP.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights 🏳️⚧️
And this is my #TransAwarenessWeek post for today.
Please RT, share, and help me fuck back against these shitty algorithms.
Please RT, share, and help me fuck back against these shitty algorithms.
The people saying THIS WILL ONLY APPLY TO NIGHT CLUBS really have absolutely ZERO fucking idea how systematic genocide starts, do they?
For the love of gods, please open your mind for five minutes and realize this is designed to be BROADLY INTERPRETED as widely as possible.
For the love of gods, please open your mind for five minutes and realize this is designed to be BROADLY INTERPRETED as widely as possible.
#TransAwarenessWeek this year has been battling a lot of transphobes, but that's not it's function. It's to learn more about what it is to be trans, how you might negotiate it if this is you, and how to support people that you love/work with/know who's trans.
A bit more:
A bit more:
The colonial project of gender tells us to exist in the gender assigned to us at birth, regardless of how wrong this is, or the incompleteness that we feel. In a week focused on awareness, let's counter myths with truths. 1/
#TransAwarenessWeek
#TransAwarenessWeek
The impact of the colonial project on First Nations' Peoples, & those forcibly removed from their homelands, is documented by the coloniser where persistent erasures fail to tell the full picture of our diversities, including the complexity of our genders.
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#TransAwarenessWeek
As it's #TransAwarenessWeek, I wanted to highlight something important. A common refrain people come back round to in any discussion of oppression is 'Oh but you want to keep people liking you, because how will you have rights otherwise?' or a similarly expressed notion.
This ignores something fundamentally important, marginalised people don't suddenly exist because majority society deems us worthy. We will exist with censure or with approval. We literally always find a way.
When you look throughout history you see examples of people living their lives, aiming to be as untroubled as possible, because it is normal and natural for all humans to seek liberation and freedom. Escaped slaves did it, various other racial communities have done it.
Do non-binary people belong in women’s organisations? I think yes -- if they want to be. This is a thread about why… 🧵
#TransAwarenessWeek
#TransAwarenessWeek
1/ Many non-binary people were assigned female at birth (afab) and in many cases lived as a woman for 20, 30 or more years before realising they were non-binary. They have usually experienced all of the same challenges as women. Some have had children...
2/ So non-binary people who were assigned female at birth will often already have spent much of their life in, and feel deeply at home in the women-led battle against patriarchy.
What about non-binary people who were not assigned female at birth?
What about non-binary people who were not assigned female at birth?
Excellent news for #TransAwarenessWeek
The @libdems Federal Board has finally revised the party's Definition of Transphobia after 2 years of controversy, criticism and legal uncertainty.
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The @libdems Federal Board has finally revised the party's Definition of Transphobia after 2 years of controversy, criticism and legal uncertainty.
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The change comes after the party received legal advice from two KCs, of which Karon Monaghan's can be viewed here liberalvoiceforwomen.org/s/Karon-Monagh… The second legal opinion has not yet been published.
We welcome the new Definition, which takes into account the @MForstater ruling and emphasises the need for "robust, passionate debate". This is a great improvement on the last version.
Key improvements are:
Key improvements are:
It's no coincidence that transphobia is in force during #TransAwarenessWeek; it's strategic. That it's also vicious, malignant and dehumanising is hard to watch, but they're the tools many deploy when they're on the wrong side of history.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
I have two charities that I'd like to suggest you donate to, as @GaikMasis points out, it will do good, but also might piss off some of these people.
#DignityProject is The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures mapping strategy to make a better future for older queer Indigenous people. Donate to 'Indigenous Scholarship'. Named by my late brother, Dr David Hardy and continuing his work. @IndigFutures secureau.imodules.com/s/1404/lg21/fo…
This #TransAwarenessWeek let's talk about dehumanisation and how it works. It starts with what might seem like a mild proposal. That a certain group of people are different and should be excluded. Not hurt, just excluded.
The difference then needs to be justified. An easy way to do this is to point to some aspect of that person's physical body. That's just nature right? No judgement involved just a natural category. But they're definitely different.
Some people protest at this, why should we exclude people because of a characteristic they can't change? So a second justification is brought into play, that these people are a threat. They point to members of the group who have done bad things.
If there is only one thing that cis people are made aware of during #TransAwarenessWeek it’s what transphobia actually is.
So here it is:
Transphobia is arguing that the presence of trans people or the concept of trans anything is bad and/or dangerous.
So stop doing that
So here it is:
Transphobia is arguing that the presence of trans people or the concept of trans anything is bad and/or dangerous.
So stop doing that
It is literally that fucking simple.
For example, EVERYTHING a certain wizard book asshole has ever said about trans anything, is transphobic because she argues the presence of trans ANYTHING is bad.
Why is this so hard for people to comprehend?
For example, EVERYTHING a certain wizard book asshole has ever said about trans anything, is transphobic because she argues the presence of trans ANYTHING is bad.
Why is this so hard for people to comprehend?
The idea that trans stuff = bad defines our healthcare, our ability to live in society and every single discussion about trans issues.
Because transphobia is everywhere.
Meanwhile, plenty of cis folks will argue I am wrong because if I am not, it would mean they are transphobic
Because transphobia is everywhere.
Meanwhile, plenty of cis folks will argue I am wrong because if I am not, it would mean they are transphobic
Sorry all...England just woke up, so unfortunately did the transphobia. Ignore comments across my timeline while they have their tea & crumpets & tutut about the ppl they couldn't control. They wouldn't know compassion if it colonised their own country. #TransRightsAreHumanRights
If you feel like going over to that particular thread though, that would be welcomed. It's like playing whack-a-mole over there.
Now would be the time for that famous ally ship during #TransAwarenessWeek
There's a way to go to ensure that trans mob are included in our community resourcing. Acknowledging that men are men and women are women, regardless of whether cis or trans is one thing. Also supporting access by non-binary mob.
@IndigFutures
#TransMob
#TransAwarenessWeek
@IndigFutures
#TransMob
#TransAwarenessWeek
@IndigFutures Without question, as Aboriginal people we understand, but the way funding and conservatism in our resourcing has been managed has challenged inclusion and support. I keep coming back to this remarkable report from Dr @Percy_ixi et al that *included*.
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If they can do it there, why can't we? For this & for other areas of support. If you're trans mob thinking about this, or mob who're not sure how to, can you get in touch with me (here or on sandy.osullivan@mq.edu.au). I don't have answers, but I have some ideas. @IndigFutures
A while ago I met a famous person I’d been following on twitter. I genuinely loved their work. I said I followed them on Twitter & my online tweets were mostly trans & mob focused. ‘I don’t like what they do to kids’ was what came out of their mouth. The end.
#TransAwarenessWeek
#TransAwarenessWeek
The end of engagement, the end of loving their work, the end of assuming because someone seems kind that they aren’t judgemental. It was the end. The media could help to make our lives better, to help us spread the word. @abcnews and @SBSNews could do that.
#TransAwarenessWeek
#TransAwarenessWeek
I know it sounds terrible, but I hoped they’d learn. I said something, as you’d imagine, but they didn’t understand. They were committed to their misinformation. Persuading people that #TransRightsAreHumanRights is harder than it should be. Media could help. @abcnews @SBSNews
🧵When you hear #TransRightsAreHumanRights, this #TransAwarenessWeek (or any other time), what we mean is many of us don't have the same rights and opportunities as cis folks.
A ranty questioning thread that requires you to do some homework.
A ranty questioning thread that requires you to do some homework.
I don't expect to live a long life, but I'm more angry I will be misgendered on my death cos of restrictions in the state I live in/was born in/work in. Self-ID matters and not just in binary genders. Do you know what could change with self-ID? Report back.
#TransAwarenessWeek
#TransAwarenessWeek
Trans people are old, young, Indigenous, settler etc. What we share is we're not the gender we were assigned at birth. Some cis folks can't bear this, they need to control our lives & bodies. Cos of this, smaller meaningful changes are blocked, like self-ID.
#TransAwarenessWeek
#TransAwarenessWeek
I'm a professor & I'm trans, so I'm setting homework for y'all (not all of you) for this #TransAwarenessWeek
1. When you say 'men or women' as though it's everyone, know you're excluding. Not all of us are in that binary.
2. When you write 'men & women', mean both trans & cis.
1. When you say 'men or women' as though it's everyone, know you're excluding. Not all of us are in that binary.
2. When you write 'men & women', mean both trans & cis.
Also, @abcnews, it's #TransAwarenessWeek, not #TransAwarenessWeak... do better in your representation. Challenge your terrible Media Watch transphobia, don't back down because of it. You have some amazing queer journos, let them take the reins.
Again apologies on this. When England wakes up, it’s like Alf Garnet all over again.
On this #TransAwarenessWeek let’s celebrate ourselves as trans people. What would you tell your younger self about how things turned out for you so far?
I'd probably tell my younger self that - longer or shorter - my haircut hasn't appreciably changed in 35 years.
(Self, if you like) ID: Me, at 21... nearly working out how to smile for the camera.
(Self, if you like) ID: Me, at 21... nearly working out how to smile for the camera.
I would NOT tell my 15 year old self that I'm a professor at a university, cos their dream lay elsewhere, but also they probably would've said 'did you have to read a lot of books for that?'
As transgender people we didn't arrive as fully formed adults - once we were kids. Let’s show when we were little trans kids!
Me, 1970. I seemed to have assembled a small army.
#TransKids #TransKidsMemories #TransAwarenessWeek
Me, 1970. I seemed to have assembled a small army.
#TransKids #TransKidsMemories #TransAwarenessWeek
As transgender people we didn't arrive as fully formed adults - once we were kids. Let’s show when we were little trans kids!
Me, 1969 w/Mum. What am I wearing?!
#TransKids #TransKidsMemories #TransAwarenessWeek
Me, 1969 w/Mum. What am I wearing?!
#TransKids #TransKidsMemories #TransAwarenessWeek
As transgender people we didn't arrive as fully formed adults - once we were kids. Let’s show when we were little trans kids!
Me, 1970 w/Mum. Intense stare.
#TransKids #TransKidsMemories #TransAwarenessWeek #AboriginalTransKids
Me, 1970 w/Mum. Intense stare.
#TransKids #TransKidsMemories #TransAwarenessWeek #AboriginalTransKids
Watching the @abcnews run as many drag stories as it can find in the lead up to #TransAwarenessWeek is the train wreck we all expect.
Anyway, let's celebrate in spite of this kind of terrible media.
I've given up on the ABC or any other (not very) progressive media outlet working out that trans people are not just everyone they see in a sparkly outfit.
#TransPeopleAreBoring
#TransPeopleAreBoring
