Re: Hbomberguy is livestreaming Donkey Kong 64 to spite the transphobe Graham Linehan
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 11:45 am
We should be careful joking like this or Lineham might join.
Games and Stuff
https://grcade.co.uk/
Skarjo wrote:We should be careful joking like this or Lineham might join.
Moggy wrote:Skarjo wrote:We should be careful joking like this or Lineham might join.
He's too busy on Mumsnet.
Karl wrote:mic wrote:...So, transphobia is equivalent to racism, but transgenderism is not equivalent to transracialism?...
…We therefore don't need to have a conversation about those who consider themselves transracial as a tedious proxy for a conversation about transgender people. You should have the decency to hurry up and make whatever point you want to about transgender people directly rather than wasting time like this...
Moggy wrote:I don’t get why transracialism keeps getting brought up…
Karl wrote:…Why do you think "epistemological insiderism" is a bad thing in this instance? It's an issue of medical best practice. Laypeople like you have limited insight. That's not an insult…
Karl wrote:…It's true that outside of here I mostly hang out in explicitly queer-friendly communities where your questions wouldn't be tolerated, but my understanding is that the mods do not want GRcade (for better or worse) to be a "safe space" like I would personally prefer…
Karl wrote:…ContraPoints, reddit, paywalled journal…
Skarjo wrote: …Quite the opposite. Plenty differentiates men from women. If there was nothing, transgenderism wouldn't exist. The issue is not that men and women are the same, it's that 'man' and 'woman' are complex social roles that, despite how unintuitive it might seem especially to cisgendered individuals like us, have nothing to do with sex and genitals.
Wrathy wrote:Firstly it's bullshit that you've used the word "recidivism" here. This is a loaded noun because it refers to convicted criminals reoffending. To me it suggests you're not engaging with this subject in a genuine and open way. But whatever...
Wrathy wrote:…I'd be interested in seeing your own research… In the vast majority of cases (over 95%) however trans people do not exhibit "regret" insofar as the change is positive to their lives and I think trying to devalue that or take it away from them because you somehow know better is absolutely pathetic.
Karl wrote:Tafdolphin wrote:Loving mic's derisive use of the term "hyper-egalitarianist" there...
That whole paragraph was very passive aggressive. "Hmph, well now the libs have destroyed gender I guess there's literally no difference between men and women...
Karl wrote: If a trans woman has been a victim of domestic abuse and needs to access a shelter for women, it is clearly of huge importance that she be able to (as I hope any woman could if she found herself in that terrible circumstance). 2. Trans women are typically subject to a mix of transphobia and misogyny and are therefore as deserving of extra consideration in hiring (etc.) as any other woman …
mic wrote:Thank you for these. ContraPoints has answered questions I didn’t even know I had and, although I couldn’t access that journal, the abstract told me everything I needed to know. To be sure, it presented a very positive image of transition success rates... ...it was mostly derivations of the 85% figure Karl mentioned (although I didn’t get it from Twitter, or Mums.net). A website he also linked above, Genderanalysis.net, has thoroughly disproved that figure, as well as rubbishing SexChangeRegret.com. I’m sure that anything else I’ve seen will equally be written by a bigot or be badly done research. In fact, ALL of my research was overwhelmingly negative.
mic wrote:...I’m not trying to make any point, I’m just trying to learn, which I do by asking questions...
mic wrote:Certainly, but why must my limited insight prevent discussion, especially when I’ve already learned so much? Which gives me an idea – why not just invite Lineham here? You lot would show him the error of his ways in no time!
mic wrote:GRCade isn’t a safe space?! I got shot down in flames for expressing an opinion which I thought (at the time!) was fairly liberal. Which raises another interesting question: presumably everywhere would ideally be a safe space, but what does that mean? Being free from oppositional thinking? Again with the de rigeur comparison, but I’d rather engage with racist viewpoints than barricade myself away from them. Perhaps its not at all the same thing.
mic wrote:Sigh. You assume the worst.
mic wrote:A big part of the problem some feminists have with transwomen is that they reinforce the stereotypes those women disdain.
mic wrote:Are social constructions just stereotypes or not? If women can do everything that men can and vice versa, then what difference is there? As Ms Wynn pointed out in the ContraPoints video linked above, sexual attraction is based upon those (negative) stereotypes, but if those stereotypes are bad… then doesn’t that either make sexual attraction to those stereotypes also bad, or validate the stereotypes?
mic wrote:...but does transgenderism (and gender fluidity) generally want unisexism, or just to participate as their chosen gender (or lack thereof)?
The National Lottery Community Fund has confirmed that it will be supporting Mermaids with a grant of £500,000 over the course of 5 years.
One of main aims of the grant is for Mermaids to provide local support groups for transgender and gender variant children and their families around the UK. There are few such local support groups at the moment and the grant will change this. This is a fundamental and significant change. The grant means there will now be local support when currently there is none. This cannot be a bad thing. The UK will now be a better place for transgender and gender variant children and their families.
Mermaids warmly welcomes the Fund's decision, following the Fund's review of Mermaids' application for a grant. We are grateful for the Fund for conducting the review in a detailed, thorough, fair and appropriate manner.
For Mermaids, the review was an opportunity both to affirm the value of increasing direct support with local groups, alongside training delivery and research development, and to demonstrate to the Fund that the charity was well positioned to produce and manage these initiatives. Mermaids will now be able do more to improve outcomes and experiences for transgender and gender-diverse children and young people.
During the review, Mermaids was overwhelmed by the support received from our current funders, organisations and individuals. The messages of support and solidarity have been incredible, and have been appreciated by the families that we help and all of our hard working volunteers, staff and trustees.
The review from the National Lottery Community Fund regarding this decision can be found here:
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/new ... aids-grant
Hexx wrote:https://www.mermaidsuk.org.uk/mermaids-and-the-national-lottery-community-fund.htmlThe National Lottery Community Fund has confirmed that it will be supporting Mermaids with a grant of £500,000 over the course of 5 years.
One of main aims of the grant is for Mermaids to provide local support groups for transgender and gender variant children and their families around the UK. There are few such local support groups at the moment and the grant will change this. This is a fundamental and significant change. The grant means there will now be local support when currently there is none. This cannot be a bad thing. The UK will now be a better place for transgender and gender variant children and their families.
Mermaids warmly welcomes the Fund's decision, following the Fund's review of Mermaids' application for a grant. We are grateful for the Fund for conducting the review in a detailed, thorough, fair and appropriate manner.
For Mermaids, the review was an opportunity both to affirm the value of increasing direct support with local groups, alongside training delivery and research development, and to demonstrate to the Fund that the charity was well positioned to produce and manage these initiatives. Mermaids will now be able do more to improve outcomes and experiences for transgender and gender-diverse children and young people.
During the review, Mermaids was overwhelmed by the support received from our current funders, organisations and individuals. The messages of support and solidarity have been incredible, and have been appreciated by the families that we help and all of our hard working volunteers, staff and trustees.
The review from the National Lottery Community Fund regarding this decision can be found here:
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/new ... aids-grant