Gender Discussion #109

[Notworthy]

Not sure if it's been mentioned on here but the Conserevatives forced a vote on the puberty blocker trial last night and lost heavily. There is a list on X naming all the Labour MPs that voted for the trial to go ahead. Probably on on the parliament site with the names of all the MPs from all parties.

ETA
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers - Commons' votes in Parliament - UK Parliament

3 brave Labour MPs joined the Conservatives and 1 Lib Dem.

 

[Metropolis]

The BBC ploughs on with its agenda

 

[Funny_bunny]

Another good article

Through the Looking Glass: trans activism in children’s literature and library services

A new report by SEEN in Publishing, Transgender Trend and Biology in Medicine describes the capture of children's publishing and library services by trans activism

seeninpublishing.substack.com

Why would children even want to read stuff like this? It would have put me off reading as a small child. I’d have been bored stupid. Anyway, my parents would have been horrified at such content. There is no way I’d have been exposed to this, but then again, you get the mums who take terrified small children to those awful drag queen events. I remember one clip of a very uncomfortable looking young child while mum danced and clapped like an idiot.

 

[VeniVidiVicki]

Why would children even want to read stuff like this? It would have put me off reading as a small child. I’d have been bored stupid. Anyway, my parents would have been horrified at such content. There is no way I’d have been exposed to this, but then again, you get the mums who take terrified small children to those awful drag queen events. I remember one clip of a very uncomfortable looking young child while mum danced and clapped like an idiot.

There was one I saw a couple of years ago where the drag blokes were twerking and gyrating in a really revolting way surrounded by women with very young children. It was bizarre

 

[Peter Out]

Why would children even want to read stuff like this? It would have put me off reading as a small child. I’d have been bored stupid. Anyway, my parents would have been horrified at such content. There is no way I’d have been exposed to this, but then again, you get the mums who take terrified small children to those awful drag queen events. I remember one clip of a very uncomfortable looking young child while mum danced and clapped like an idiot.

The first comment on that article sums it up perfectly : "Don't children just deserve a good story? Something that piques their imagination? Or makes them laugh? Or inspires them? No wonder children appear to be more reluctant to read for pleasure".

 

[Mismatched Pegs]

The BBC ploughs on with its agenda

Have they just been unlucky?
I shouldn't have thought so. I would imagine this is a transphobic hate crime.

ETA - do I smell a Go Fund Me in the offing to buy Freazy* a home?
(*Not a bleeping name)

 

[TheMiceInTheShed]

The BBC ploughs on with its agenda

A cross-dressing man who calls himself 'Freazy Warr', who they last featured a week ago in a different story, has found bed bugs in his flat

Maybe they identify as butterflies?

 

[NeverEnough]

Another Far Right Terf?

 

[Ilovemusic]

Another good article

Through the Looking Glass: trans activism in children’s literature and library services

A new report by SEEN in Publishing, Transgender Trend and Biology in Medicine describes the capture of children's publishing and library services by trans activism

seeninpublishing.substack.com

I avoid my local library on a specific day of the week now as that is the one day the petite female librarian, who has "grown" a full beard this year, works.

 

[Scotch Mist]

The BBC ploughs on with its agenda

That's seriously annoying. This Freazy Freak must have a BBC producers phone number on speed dial. No doubt given the phone number so he could report how victimised he is all the time and when he's been misgendered.
The bed bugs are also disgusting 🫣

 

[Weebles Wobble]

Meanwhile in Norway...

 

[TheMiceInTheShed]

That's seriously annoying. This Freazy Freak must have a BBC producers phone number on speed dial. No doubt given the phone number so he could report how victimised he is all the time and when he's been misgendered.
The bed bugs are also disgusting 🫣

Wouldn't surprise me if he imported the buggers in his filthy clothes/ laundry when he moved into the flat.

 

[Peachsquish]

Why would children even want to read stuff like this? It would have put me off reading as a small child. I’d have been bored stupid. Anyway, my parents would have been horrified at such content. There is no way I’d have been exposed to this, but then again, you get the mums who take terrified small children to those awful drag queen events. I remember one clip of a very uncomfortable looking young child while mum danced and clapped like an idiot.

I suppose it depends how closely parents supervise their children's reading. Meaning those of junior school age.
My parents certainly didn't in the 1980s and at age 8 I read a book given to them by friends all about spontaneous human combustion and the Lindbergh baby.

Young children I can only presume the parents have swallowed all the be kind bull.

Sadly and I'll sound like a snob but education standards and what is taught does appear to have decreased over the years.

 

[Scotch Mist]

I suppose it depends how closely parents supervise their children's reading. Meaning those of junior school age.
My parents certainly didn't in the 1980s and at age 8 I read a book given to them by friends all about spontaneous human combustion and the Lindbergh baby.

Young children I can only presume the parents have swallowed all the be kind bull.

Sadly and I'll sound like a snob but education standards and what is taught does appear to have decreased over the years.

Good for your parents!
I was reading adult books from a fairly young age. I started off with children's books that were popular at the time like Enid Blyton then graduated to Agatha Christie around the age of 7 or 8 due to not having access to any other suitable reading material. I also remember reading some of my Aunt's Jilly Cooper books
Have to admit I was occasionally baffled by a lot of what I read (the sex/drugs etc) but if the story gripped me I plowed on. It was all an eye opener for me.

The storyline is the key ingredient that keeps people reading along with having some engaging characters. I loved reading books that were way above my age group and not for kids and don't think it did me any harm.

The last thing I would have wanted to read as a child would be anything preaching to me or telling me what to think.

 

[Dinate]

I hope that the rest of the NHS and other public bodies are taking note.

 

[Sweetcouchpotato]

The BBC ploughs on with its agenda

Yeah, all the dangerous situations in the world, all the political news, all the crime......bit some bloke has bed bugs. Stop the bloody press!

 

[ChastityDingle]

Good for your parents!
I was reading adult books from a fairly young age. I started off with children's books that were popular at the time like Enid Blyton then graduated to Agatha Christie around the age of 7 or 8 due to not having access to any other suitable reading material. I also remember reading some of my Aunt's Jilly Cooper books
Have to admit I was occasionally baffled by a lot of what I read (the sex/drugs etc) but if the story gripped me I plowed on. It was all an eye opener for me.

The storyline is the key ingredient that keeps people reading along with having some engaging characters. I loved reading books that were way above my age group and not for kids and don't think it did me any harm.

The last thing I would have wanted to read as a child would be anything preaching to me or telling me what to think.

Same here.
Can't remember if it was Jilly Cooper books, specifically, but anything I could lay my hands on. I even read the novels - some as dry as dust - that my older brothers and sisters were studying in secondary school.

Still love Agatha to this day. Comfort viewing on tv too, when escapism from this mad world is required.

 

[Hdhdhb]

I’m struggling with all the double negatives. So MPs who voted no, are saying that the current way of prescribing puberty blockers to under 16s should continue?

Not sure if it's been mentioned on here but the Conserevatives forced a vote on the puberty blocker trial last night and lost heavily. There is a list on X naming all the Labour MPs that voted for the trial to go ahead. Probably on on the parliament site with the names of all the MPs from all parties.

ETA
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers - Commons' votes in Parliament - UK Parliament

3 brave Labour MPs joined the Conservatives and 1 Lib Dem.

 

[TheMiceInTheShed]

I hope that the rest of the NHS and other public bodies are taking note.

This is excellent news!

But the money wasted is deplorable.

£187,000 to the nurses + their costs (as yet unknown)

£603,000 for the Trust's legal costs - so far. More is accruing by the day.

This is probably going to be in excess of £1,000,000 from a cash-strapped system.

And I wonder if the fragrant "Rose" will sue? . . .

 

[ButtonDownTheHutches]

Have they just been unlucky?
I shouldn't have thought so. I would imagine this is a transphobic hate crime.

ETA - do I smell a Go Fund Me in the offing to buy Freazy* a home?
(*Not a bleeping name)

How come ‘Freazy Warr’ has such a newsworthy life that they feature in two new stories in a week?