PantheaCon female-only spiritual rites infiltrated by transactivists Sex-specific events are no longer allowed at PantheaCon — not even
traditional rites based on exclusively female experiences such as
menstruation, which have always been deeply revered in many Pagan
traditions
Thistle Pettersen banned from the community radio station,
WORT 89.9 FM, AND she was also prevented from organizing a yearly
women-focused music & arts festival in Madison, WI due to
accusations of ‘transphobia’.
Please take the time to read this one, if you can: PART 1, PART 2, PART 3, PART 4.
Cathy Brennan was stalked and harassed by a group of transactivists in Olympia for refusing to say that a homosexual male could also identify as a lesbian.
There are so many open threats of violence made against trans-critical people, particularly against lesbians and/or radical feminists, that I cannot list them all. So I’ll summarize instead:
WITHDRAWAL OF SUPPORT
Transactivists are known to threaten to withdraw support for
feminist causes/organizations if they fail to openly pledge allegiance
to transgender ideology. Many such organizations are in desperate need
of social support and funding, so they don’t have much of a choice
except to go along with what transactivists tell them to say.
The message is clear: “Your rights are important, but validating my beliefs is more important.”
One example:
SOCIAL MEDIA PHASE-OUTS
Ask ANY radical /gender critical/trans critical feminist, and they will
tell you: we get deleted, harassed, banned and blocked more than anyone.
Many of us have lost real-life friends over trans-critical Facebook
posts or even for asking questions. It seems that transactivists patrol
Facebook for the slightest hint of “transphobia” so they can pile-on and
virtue-signal what a Good Trans Ally they are.
Again, there are too many examples to post here, so here are just a few examples:
Transactivists on Tumblr often make lists of alleged “TERFs” and command
their followers not to engage with, or reblog anything from, people on
the lists. Some examples:
The “TERF hive” commands trans allies to censor, harass, report, block and otherwise shut down trans-critical sites:
DIE CIS SCUM
This is a popular slogan in transactivists circles. Transactivists argue
that their use of this slogan is okay because “they’re more oppressed
than cis people.” As you can see in the picture below, it’s a very
threatening slogan, especially when tattooed on the body of a male
holding a baseball bat.
#KILLALLTERFS
A favorite hashtag of transactivists. Many examples of these open threats of violence can be found on the following websites:
These major “feminist”/women’s websites will publish pro-transgender pieces but won’t publish “transphobic” (trans-critical, gender-critical or radical feminist) pieces:
Feministing, EverydayFeminism, Jezebel, xoJane, The Frisky, Bitch Media,
The Establishment, Refinery29, Bustle, Black Girl Dangerous…
Autostraddle even blatantly admits to being inclined to give trans*people more money for their writing (source)
Many trans-critical writers have had to resort to publishing on Right-wing websites just to have a platform, even though they do not sympathize, or want to associate, with the Right. (This is part of where the “radfems are conservative” stereotype comes from.)
So, you know how trans activists are constantly insisting that so-called “terfs” are Nazis or fascists? Well I’m in a trolling mood, so just for fun, lets compare the contemporary trans movement to Umberto Eco’s fourteen-point definition of fascism. How many characteristics of fascism does trans activism share?
“The Cult of Tradition" characterized by cultural syncretism,
even at the risk of internal contradiction. When all truth has already
been revealed by Tradition, no new learning can occur, only further
interpretation and refinement. This point is debatable I guess, depending on your definition of “tradition.” The contemporary trans movement certainly relies on a rigid dogma from which “no new learning can occur,” but it’s not necessarily tied to nostalgia and it’s certainly not a form of nationalism.
“The Rejection of Modernism”
which views the rationalistic development of Western culture since the
Enlightenment as a descent into depravity. Eco distinguishes this from a
rejection of superficial technological advancement, as many fascist
regimes cite their industrial potency as proof of the vitality of their
system. Like other post-modernist movements the contemporary trans movement absolutely rejects modernism and reason while embracing and even glorifying new technologies that serve its purposes. This one is pretty open and shut.
“The Cult of Action for Action’s Sake” which dictates that action
is of value in itself, and should be taken without intellectual
reflection. This, says Eco, is connected with anti-intellectualism and irrationalism, and often manifests in attacks on modern culture and science. The same as the previous point. Contemporary trans activism is based in post-modern queer theory, which rejects science and reason as tools of oppression. Contemporary trans activism promotes an ethos of “action for action’s sake,” by celebrating violence, disruptive spectacle, and constant struggle, and by discouraging critical thinking and introspection.
“Disagreement Is Treason” Fascism devalues intellectual discourse
and critical reasoning as barriers to action, as well as out of fear
that such analysis will expose the contradictions embodied in a
syncretistic faith.Contemporary trans activists circulate “terf” block lists and try to suppress “terf” rhetoric because they know that their ideology is internally contradictory, and they fear that it will collapse under critical scrutiny.
“Fear of Difference” which fascism seeks to exploit and exacerbate,
often in the form of racism or an appeal against foreigners and
immigrants. Despite the racism of some trans activists, contemporary trans activism does not rely on racism or xenophobia, so this point doesn’t really match up. However, contemporary trans activism absolutely relies on the demonization of marginalized out-groups, especially lesbians.
“Appeal to a Frustrated Middle Class” fearing economic pressure from the demands and aspirations of lower social groups. Contemporary trans activism does not rely on an economic appeal. However, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that alienated, downwardly-mobile, middle class white males are its primary constituents.
“Obsession with a Plot” and the hyping-up of an enemy threat. This often combines an appeal to xenophobia
with a fear of disloyalty and sabotage from marginalized groups living
within the society. This point is pretty obvious. Contemporary trans activism is obsessed with a non-existent “terf” conspiracy. The movement also promotes an extremely paranoid worldview, teaching its followers that everyone is out to get them and encouraging an unhealthy hyper-vigilance about trivial things like “misgendering.”
Fascist societies rhetorically cast their enemies as “at the same
time too strong and too weak.” On the one hand, fascists play up the
power of certain disfavored elites to encourage in their followers a
sense of grievance and humiliation. On the other hand, fascist leaders
point to the decadence of those elites as proof of their ultimate
feebleness in the face of an overwhelming popular will. See the “terf” conspiracy. Contemporary trans activism promotes the idea that its followers are under constant existential threat from powerful and dangerous “terfs,” while simultaneously crowing about how ugly, uncool, unpopular and politically marginalized “terfs” supposedly are.
“Pacifism is Trafficking with the Enemy” because “Life is Permanent Warfare”
– there must always be an enemy to fight. This is evidenced by the fact that contemporary trans activism can never be satisfied and must constantly move the goalposts to maintain a state of permanent struggle. No matter how much trans activists claim to want to eliminate “terfs,” they need “terfs” to oppose them in order to justify their movement’s existence. If every single woman on earth acquiesced to all of their demands, they would still never be satisfied. No level of submission will ever be enough to make peace with them, because they don’t actually want peace.
“Contempt for the Weak” which is uncomfortably married to a chauvinistic popular elitism,
in which every member of society is superior to outsiders by virtue of
belonging to the in-group. Contemporary trans activism resembles a cult, in this respect. Followers are encouraged to believe that their edgy haircuts and obscure micro-identities make them morally superior to the unenlightened “cis” masses.
“Everybody is Educated to Become a Hero” which leads to the embrace of a cult of death.
As Eco observes, “the Ur-Fascist hero is impatient to die. In his
impatience, he more frequently sends other people to death.” The contemporary trans movement aggressively promotes and glamorizes mental illness, self-harm, and suicide as markers of authenticity and righteous victimhood. In turn, trans activists’ fixation on their own supposed victimhood is used to justify their victimization of others.
“Machismo” which sublimates the difficult work of permanent war and
heroism into the sexual sphere. Fascists thus hold “both disdain for
women and intolerance and condemnation of nonstandard sexual habits,
from chastity to homosexuality." The contemporary trans movement is intensely misogynistic and homophobic. Among the straight male leaders of the movement, it’s easy to see a kind of machismo in drag. Despite the superficial trappings of femininity such as makeup and clothing, most male trans activists exhibit stereotypical masculine behaviors, including aggression, sadism, narcissism, sexual entitlement, emotional fragility, and contempt for weakness.
"Selective Populism” – The People, conceived monolithically, have a
Common Will, distinct from and superior to the viewpoint of any
individual. As no mass of people can ever be truly unanimous, the Leader
holds himself out as the interpreter of the popular will (though truly
he dictates it). Fascists use this concept to delegitimize democratic
institutions they accuse of “no longer represent[ing] the Voice of the
People.” While the contemporary trans movement lacks a single Leader who can speak for everyone in it, it does have a small vanguard that dictates its Common Will. The contemporary trans movement conceives of its constituents as a monolith who all share the same interests and dogmatic opinions. Any trans-identified person who rejects this dogma is smeared as an enemy and often said to be “not really trans.”
“Newspeak” – Fascism employs and promotes an impoverished vocabulary in order to limit critical reasoning. This point speaks for itself. One of the most obvious features of contemporary trans activism is its heavy use of obnoxious jargon and its aggressive sloganeering and cult-like repetition of thought-terminating clichés.
So, you know how trans activists are constantly insisting that so-called “terfs” are Nazis or fascists? Well I’m in a trolling mood, so just for fun, lets compare the contemporary trans movement to Umberto Eco’s fourteen-point definition of fascism. How many characteristics of fascism does trans activism share?
“The Cult of Tradition" characterized by cultural syncretism,
even at the risk of internal contradiction. When all truth has already
been revealed by Tradition, no new learning can occur, only further
interpretation and refinement. This point is debatable I guess, depending on your definition of “tradition.” The contemporary trans movement certainly relies on a rigid dogma from which “no new learning can occur,” but it’s not necessarily tied to nostalgia and it’s certainly not a form of nationalism.
“The Rejection of Modernism”
which views the rationalistic development of Western culture since the
Enlightenment as a descent into depravity. Eco distinguishes this from a
rejection of superficial technological advancement, as many fascist
regimes cite their industrial potency as proof of the vitality of their
system. Like other post-modernist movements the contemporary trans movement absolutely rejects modernism and reason while embracing and even glorifying new technologies that serve its purposes. This one is pretty open and shut.
“The Cult of Action for Action’s Sake” which dictates that action
is of value in itself, and should be taken without intellectual
reflection. This, says Eco, is connected with anti-intellectualism and irrationalism, and often manifests in attacks on modern culture and science. The same as the previous point. Contemporary trans activism is based in post-modern queer theory, which rejects science and reason as tools of oppression. Contemporary trans activism promotes an ethos of “action for action’s sake,” by celebrating violence, disruptive spectacle, and constant struggle, and by discouraging critical thinking and introspection.
“Disagreement Is Treason” Fascism devalues intellectual discourse
and critical reasoning as barriers to action, as well as out of fear
that such analysis will expose the contradictions embodied in a
syncretistic faith.Contemporary trans activists circulate “terf” block lists and try to suppress “terf” rhetoric because they know that their ideology is internally contradictory, and they fear that it will collapse under critical scrutiny.
“Fear of Difference” which fascism seeks to exploit and exacerbate,
often in the form of racism or an appeal against foreigners and
immigrants. Despite the racism of some trans activists, contemporary trans activism does not rely on racism or xenophobia, so this point doesn’t really match up. However, contemporary trans activism absolutely relies on the demonization of marginalized out-groups, especially lesbians.
“Appeal to a Frustrated Middle Class” fearing economic pressure from the demands and aspirations of lower social groups. Contemporary trans activism does not rely on an economic appeal. However, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that alienated, downwardly-mobile, middle class white males are its primary constituents.
“Obsession with a Plot” and the hyping-up of an enemy threat. This often combines an appeal to xenophobia
with a fear of disloyalty and sabotage from marginalized groups living
within the society. This point is pretty obvious. Contemporary trans activism is obsessed with a non-existent “terf” conspiracy. The movement also promotes an extremely paranoid worldview, teaching its followers that everyone is out to get them and encouraging an unhealthy hyper-vigilance about trivial things like “misgendering.”
Fascist societies rhetorically cast their enemies as “at the same
time too strong and too weak.” On the one hand, fascists play up the
power of certain disfavored elites to encourage in their followers a
sense of grievance and humiliation. On the other hand, fascist leaders
point to the decadence of those elites as proof of their ultimate
feebleness in the face of an overwhelming popular will. See the “terf” conspiracy. Contemporary trans activism promotes the idea that its followers are under constant existential threat from powerful and dangerous “terfs,” while simultaneously crowing about how ugly, uncool, unpopular and politically marginalized “terfs” supposedly are.
“Pacifism is Trafficking with the Enemy” because “Life is Permanent Warfare”
– there must always be an enemy to fight. This is evidenced by the fact that contemporary trans activism can never be satisfied and must constantly move the goalposts to maintain a state of permanent struggle. No matter how much trans activists claim to want to eliminate “terfs,” they need “terfs” to oppose them in order to justify their movement’s existence. If every single woman on earth acquiesced to all of their demands, they would still never be satisfied. No level of submission will ever be enough to make peace with them, because they don’t actually want peace.
“Contempt for the Weak” which is uncomfortably married to a chauvinistic popular elitism,
in which every member of society is superior to outsiders by virtue of
belonging to the in-group. Contemporary trans activism resembles a cult, in this respect. Followers are encouraged to believe that their edgy haircuts and obscure micro-identities make them morally superior to the unenlightened “cis” masses.
“Everybody is Educated to Become a Hero” which leads to the embrace of a cult of death.
As Eco observes, “the Ur-Fascist hero is impatient to die. In his
impatience, he more frequently sends other people to death.” The contemporary trans movement aggressively promotes and glamorizes mental illness, self-harm, and suicide as markers of authenticity and righteous victimhood. In turn, trans activists’ fixation on their own supposed victimhood is used to justify their victimization of others.
“Machismo” which sublimates the difficult work of permanent war and
heroism into the sexual sphere. Fascists thus hold “both disdain for
women and intolerance and condemnation of nonstandard sexual habits,
from chastity to homosexuality." The contemporary trans movement is intensely misogynistic and homophobic. Among the straight male leaders of the movement, it’s easy to see a kind of machismo in drag. Despite the superficial trappings of femininity such as makeup and clothing, most male trans activists exhibit stereotypical masculine behaviors, including aggression, sadism, narcissism, sexual entitlement, emotional fragility, and contempt for weakness.
"Selective Populism” – The People, conceived monolithically, have a
Common Will, distinct from and superior to the viewpoint of any
individual. As no mass of people can ever be truly unanimous, the Leader
holds himself out as the interpreter of the popular will (though truly
he dictates it). Fascists use this concept to delegitimize democratic
institutions they accuse of “no longer represent[ing] the Voice of the
People.” While the contemporary trans movement lacks a single Leader who can speak for everyone in it, it does have a small vanguard that dictates its Common Will. The contemporary trans movement conceives of its constituents as a monolith who all share the same interests and dogmatic opinions. Any trans-identified person who rejects this dogma is smeared as an enemy and often said to be “not really trans.”
“Newspeak” – Fascism employs and promotes an impoverished vocabulary in order to limit critical reasoning. This point speaks for itself. One of the most obvious features of contemporary trans activism is its heavy use of obnoxious jargon and its aggressive sloganeering and cult-like repetition of thought-terminating clichés.
The trans movement is really getting more chilling by the day, as mainstream organisations, media outlets and politicians not only give it more and more support, but feel more and more comfortable backing its lies and science denial while blatantly silencing and censoring any remotely critical views.
The UK government is planning the legal replacement of biological sex with gender identity this autumn, thus erasing women’s legal protections (x) and
the politician in charge of implementing this threatened to walk out when asked any questions about how it will impact women (x) and
a woman started a petition asking the UK government to give this issue further consideration (see 1st link), and the website removed the petition within 24 hours because it “discriminates against trans women”, thus ironically answering the question of how this legal change will impact women – the website has already implemented this change, stating that they “reserve the right to remove any petition that discriminates on the basis of gender, ethnicity…” Sex has been replaced with gender as a protected category, so women have no recourse. Trying to protect their sex-based rights discriminates against men’s gender-based rights.
also chilling is this Teen Vogue article from last week in which a “trans expert” working for a government-funded LGBT health centre states “in over a decade working with the community, I have never met someone who regretted transition or who wanted to de-transition” (They loved this quote so much they put it in the article’s headline…) (x)
from this same article, which also contains the words “It doesn’t matter why someone is transgender, or how old they are”, Dr Olson-Kennedy, the medical director of the largest trans youth clinic in the US, answers the question “Wouldn’t it be better to wait until [children] were an age when they could decide for themselves what they really are?” with “we don’t wait until they are a certain age to address the distress” – keep in mind that she is the doctor who once bragged that 100% of the kids she’s put on puberty blockers went on to be sterilised by cross-sex hormones, has gone to court several times to force reluctant parents to let her give their children puberty blockers, and wants to perform genital surgery on underage trans kids (x)
also very chilling is this UK association for trans kids, who blocks former trans kids who detransitioned because their existence is inconvenient, and who advises schools and trains teachers on how to deal with kids (as young as three or four) who question their gender, now publicly recruiting kids (especially “vulnerable teens with no parental support”) by promising them sweets and puppies. Can you imagine adult gay people doing this?? Let alone a prominent gay organisation? Adults luring children with candy is usually understood as the creepiest thing ever but for some reason trans is the magic word that makes everything we would normally frown upon – you know, like corrective rape, conversion therapy, child sterilisation – suddenly benign and laudable.
There’s no point to this post, I just think trans activists are beyond creepy and morally bankrupt, that their eagerness to recruit as many kids as possible, dismantle women’s legal protections and demonise and suppress all dissenting voices with no regard to the enormous harm they are causing is sociopathic, and that their increasing conviction that they can get away with anything, boosted by the increasing government and media support for their bare-faced lies and woman-hating, gay-hating agenda, is honestly terrifying.
Update, 2 weeks later:
the European Lesbian Conference, to be held in October, has a session called “Defining, Deconstructing and Fighting Lesbophobia” which is 100% devoted to making life easier for straight men who call themselves lesbians, with no mention of any specific struggles faced by actual lesbians. It mentions “materials for transgender people“, “definition of transmisogyny“, “feminist discourses about trans women, with emphasis on the question of inclusion into women’s spaces”, “microaggressions trans women and our partners face in queer and WLT* (Women, Lesbian, Trans*) spaces”, and “suggestions for active solidarity and ways to combat transmisogyny in our own social and political spaces". (x)
the World Health Organisation deleted their “Sex and Gender” page which defined sex as biological characteristics and gender as socially constructed roles that oppress women, and replaced it with a “Gender” page conflating sex and gender and highlighting the importance of recognising “identities that do not fit into the male and female sex categories” (x) The Times columnist Janice Turner commented, “I wrote a column today because when bodies as powerful as WHO, Planned Parenthood & the British Medical Association can’t say “women menstruate”, we are entering insanity.”
The trans movement is really getting more chilling by the day, as mainstream organisations, media outlets and politicians not only give it more and more support, but feel more and more comfortable backing its lies and science denial while blatantly silencing and censoring any remotely critical views.
The UK government is planning the legal replacement of biological sex with gender identity this autumn, thus erasing women’s legal protections (x) and
the politician in charge of implementing this threatened to walk out when asked any questions about how it will impact women (x) and
a woman started a petition asking the UK government to give this issue further consideration (see 1st link), and the website removed the petition within 24 hours because it “discriminates against trans women”, thus ironically answering the question of how this legal change will impact women – the website has already implemented this change, stating that they “reserve the right to remove any petition that discriminates on the basis of gender, ethnicity…” Sex has been replaced with gender as a protected category, so women have no recourse. Trying to protect their sex-based rights discriminates against men’s gender-based rights.
also chilling is this Teen Vogue article from last week in which a “trans expert” working for a government-funded LGBT health centre states “in over a decade working with the community, I have never met someone who regretted transition or who wanted to de-transition” (They loved this quote so much they put it in the article’s headline…) (x)
from this same article, which also contains the words “It doesn’t matter why someone is transgender, or how old they are”, Dr Olson-Kennedy, the medical director of the largest trans youth clinic in the US, answers the question “Wouldn’t it be better to wait until [children] were an age when they could decide for themselves what they really are?” with “we don’t wait until they are a certain age to address the distress” – keep in mind that she is the doctor who once bragged that 100% of the kids she’s put on puberty blockers went on to be sterilised by cross-sex hormones, has gone to court several times to force reluctant parents to let her give their children puberty blockers, and wants to perform genital surgery on underage trans kids (x)
also very chilling is this UK association for trans kids, who blocks former trans kids who detransitioned because their existence is inconvenient, and who advises schools and trains teachers on how to deal with kids (as young as three or four) who question their gender, now publicly recruiting kids (especially “vulnerable teens with no parental support”) by promising them sweets and puppies. Can you imagine adult gay people doing this?? Let alone a prominent gay organisation? Adults luring children with candy is usually understood as the creepiest thing ever but for some reason trans is the magic word that makes everything we would normally frown upon – you know, like corrective rape, conversion therapy, child sterilisation – suddenly benign and laudable.
There’s no point to this post, I just think trans activists are beyond creepy and morally bankrupt, that their eagerness to recruit as many kids as possible, dismantle women’s legal protections and demonise and suppress all dissenting voices with no regard to the enormous harm they are causing is sociopathic, and that their increasing conviction that they can get away with anything, boosted by the increasing government and media support for their bare-faced lies and woman-hating, gay-hating agenda, is honestly terrifying.
Update, 2 weeks later:
the European Lesbian Conference, to be held in October, has a session called “Defining, Deconstructing and Fighting Lesbophobia” which is 100% devoted to making life easier for straight men who call themselves lesbians, with no mention of any specific struggles faced by actual lesbians. It mentions “materials for transgender people“, “definition of transmisogyny“, “feminist discourses about trans women, with emphasis on the question of inclusion into women’s spaces”, “microaggressions trans women and our partners face in queer and WLT* (Women, Lesbian, Trans*) spaces”, and “suggestions for active solidarity and ways to combat transmisogyny in our own social and political spaces". (x)
the World Health Organisation deleted their “Sex and Gender” page which defined sex as biological characteristics and gender as socially constructed roles that oppress women, and replaced it with a “Gender” page conflating sex and gender and highlighting the importance of recognising “identities that do not fit into the male and female sex categories” (x) The Times columnist Janice Turner commented, “I wrote a column today because when bodies as powerful as WHO, Planned Parenthood & the British Medical Association can’t say “women menstruate”, we are entering insanity.”
This is how trans “women” and trans activists really are lmao here is a whole ass white man telling a black woman he is trying to get her deported for the crime of not buying into gender shit. But these are “intersectional” feminists who are “anti fascist” and “anti racist,” except if they can use institutional racism to inflict harm on a black woman. Fucking sickos lmao
Wow, just wow. These white people are trying to get a black woman deported for stating basic biological facts, while thinking they’re on the right side of history. Identity culture is the whitest shit ever!
Don’t agree with your ideological opponents?
Can’t have an honest debate on its own merits?
Just report them to immigration and report them to Twitter
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