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In reply to the discussion: Radfem Sheila Jeffreys, transphobe, barred from speaking at the RadFem 2012 venue! [View all]Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)1. She sounds like any right-winger who says that
human rights are up for debate. What the hell is the "practice of transgenderism"? Children know at an early early age what gender they feel they are...this sounds like the old "lifestyle" debate for gays and lesbians, like it is some kind of sexual tourism.
From the bigot:
Psychiatrists and sexologists who are critical of the practice are targeted too. Transgender activism was successful in gaining the cancellation of a London conference entitled Transgender: Time for Change, organised by the Royal College of Psychiatrists' lesbian and gay special interest group for May 2011. When, in 2003, US sexologist Michael Bailey published a book, The Man Who Would Be Queen, which argued that transgenderism was a practice based on sexual fetishism, he became subject to a campaign of vilification, which included placing photographs of his children on a website with insulting captions. The effect is to scare off any researchers from touching the topic.
I've never been so angry at anyone's disingenuous words. Michael Bailey's book is listed on the Southern Poverty Law Center as hate speech. Michael Bailey was uncovered as a commentator on VDARE's commentary site the Human Biodiversity Institute.
This is the same VDARE that is connected to Charles Murray's The Bell Curve. John Derbyshire, who was just fired from ultra-conservative National Review for actually being too racist for their readership over Trayvon Martin's murder is also listed there.
Take a long walk off a short pier Sheila. Walk until your hat floats. Yeah, a lot of us are foursquare against Nazi science. You have been swimming in racist eugenicist waters. Stay there and leave the rest of us.
Hot mess angry.
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Radfem Sheila Jeffreys, transphobe, barred from speaking at the RadFem 2012 venue! [View all]
Catherina
May 2012
OP
Reminds me of the way stormfront folks talk about African Americans, Jews and LGBT.
stevenleser
Jun 2012
#13
Political lesbians? Oh my. I remember the first time I heard that from a rad feminist.
Gormy Cuss
May 2012
#10
Good for you for bursting in to try to devalue a sister who has our respect n/t
Catherina
Jun 2012
#19