mic wrote:Now that the stream is over, Linehan may be the devil incarnate, but I am not, so please don't bite my head off.
From what I can gather, his contention has been -
1. Drugs given to trans kids are untested and could have unforeseen consequences, either mental, physical or both
2. Some women feel that trans women are not welcome in female-only spaces
Have I missed anything? Is he wrong on either of those points?
Edit - didn't see Hexx's post... but still, is he wrong on those two points?
Well...let's look at that.
1. I remember reading it was untrue at the time (Mermaid is about a support service for families, not helping people transition). But let's review. His argument is that some charity is somehow giving untested and untried drugs to kids with unknowable and unforeseen consequence. In the UK. Untried and Untested. Despite all the regulation and criteria. Doesn't sound like it would be accurate would it?
(And if I recall correctly his actual insinuation was much much more predatory. Like "They taken confused kids, give them drugs that will make them trans")
2. Yeah. That's the whole TERF and Radical Feminist vs Intersectional Feminist debate which is a whole other kettle of fish.
There's (potentially) a debate to be had there - but Lineham is demonstratably not equiped to be involved with it