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🧵One thing that jumped out at me at Trans Pride London were all the anti-woman signs If you replaced TERF with 'trans' all hell would break loose, but they get applauded for it 😡 Here are some of the ones I caught on camera 1 / Not just calling for violence but tying it to a reward scheme

“We look better than actual women” has been a go-to ‘argument’ for these a-holes for decades It only shows how arrogant, deluded, superficial and entitled they are For Wu, it also shows how his own marriage to a ‘straight’ man was a desperate attempt to not have to deal with his own homosexuality - something he’s been ashamed of ever since he first realised he liked guys as a young teenager Wu’s story is one of gay shame on steroids, dressed up in misogyny

1 / The two homophobic TRAs who released insects at LGB Alliance conference

1 / “You can never tell” 🥴 Big man clomping down the street

🧵 1 / When two worlds collide… 😬😆 I just landed at Edinburgh Airport, fancied a hot chocolate so popped into Costa Coffee near the exit. They charge £5.50 for a hot chocolate!!! 😮 But I really fancied one so thought “What the hell!” ☕️😋 Find myself a seat in a corner somewhere. Next to me a young woman with lots of luggage is working on her laptop. A thud. A splash. A scream. She’s just kicked the table, knocked over her iced vanilla latte and it’s all over the table, the floor and her light beige skirt. The cup is completely empty. She bursts into tears. “That’s the last thing I need right now!” she sobs A woman gets up to help. I go to the counter to get tissues, and they give me one of those big rolls of blue paper. I go back and start mopping the table while the other woman hugs her and tries to calm her down, which seems to work a little. A staff member comes to mop the floor and gets her a new iced latte. The other woman leaves and says “I hope the rest of your day will be smooth!” in a thick Scottish accent. I love how the Scots say “smuth” She’s still very tearful and on edge. Her phone rings. “Who’s phoning me now???” It’s a friend so she gets to let off some steam. She laughs, she cries. Turns out she got to Edinburgh AirPort only to realise she was meant to fly from Glasgow, so had to rebook, spend lots of extra money and wait around for 3 hrs She finishes the call, then thanks me for helping her out. Asks me where I’m from. “The Netherlands” I say. “That’s where I’m going!” There’s a human right conference she’s meant to be attending in an old university town (my dad’s old stomping ground) as she’s doing a PhD in socio-economic rights (eg right to healthcare and education). “That’s different from civil rights” she says. So we get to talking about that and how certain European-wide legal frameworks have been adopted into domestic law in the U.K. for civil rights but not for socio-economic rights and how Scotland also has its own legal system So I mention the Scottish government pushing through ‘self-ID’ and Westminster saying “No thank you!” and blocking it, and also the Supreme Court ruling “That ruling contradicts itself so much” she says

Best way to celebrate our birthday is together 🥳🍰👦👧

1 / Thought I’d pop along 😄 A woman is gonna do a 20-min talk, she was introduced by her name and pronouns and already used ‘assigned at birth’ and she sounds angry and hyped up “The ruling was pretty bad” she said, and stuff about The Right

Best way to celebrate our birthday is together 🥳🍰👦👧

“We look better than actual women” has been a go-to ‘argument’ for these a-holes for decades It only shows how arrogant, deluded, superficial and entitled they are For Wu, it also shows how his own marriage to a ‘straight’ man was a desperate attempt to not have to deal with his own homosexuality - something he’s been ashamed of ever since he first realised he liked guys as a young teenager Wu’s story is one of gay shame on steroids, dressed up in misogyny

🧵One thing that jumped out at me at Trans Pride London were all the anti-woman signs If you replaced TERF with 'trans' all hell would break loose, but they get applauded for it 😡 Here are some of the ones I caught on camera 1 / Not just calling for violence but tying it to a reward scheme

1 / “You can never tell” 🥴 Big man clomping down the street

1 / The two homophobic TRAs who released insects at LGB Alliance conference

Guess which one is the man and the woman… 🥴

How can you comfort someone whose pain runs so deep (and has so many layers of causation that are totally beyond your control)? You can listen to them, hold them, tell them you love them, send a card, bring them a little gift… but it only seems to alleviate things in the moment. I know there’s only so much you can do for someone else but it’s so hard to see the eyes of someone you love be so full of sadness and pain. Some words of wisdom would be much appreciated 🙏

Experiencing the joy of a British camping trip out in the sticks ☔️ And of a so-called men-only camping trip where there is a woman on T with her arm skin dangling between her legs After I arrived I got talking to some guys and mentioned how important it was to have gay-male only spaces then one said there was a ‘transman’ around but “You’d never know”. I could tell who she was later that eve without even seeing her - during a noisy quiz night on Friday I suddenly heard that high-pitched grainy Buck Angel-type voice, looked over my shoulder and there she was She’s apparently a regular at this event (it’s been going for ten years) and much beloved by the organiser and some of the other regulars, but I’ve spoken to a number of men who just want it to be a gay men-only event or who feel very conflicted about it all (she also attended the event before she had surgery between her legs) Put more of a damper on things for me than the weather Not sure if I should contact the organiser and how to approach that - I’ll probably get banned for life as he gave her shout-outs during various announcements “We love you [name]!” Other team members also threw the word ‘queer’ around with abandon and referred to drag queen Divine as having been ‘assigned male at birth’ 🥴 There was nothing on the website whatsoever to indicate that this was a mixed-sex trip or that they were captured by the gender madness so I feel conned. At least I had a few good convos with other gay men who were on the same page - some had heard about the Sandie Peggie tribunal, one about Northumbria police withdrawing from Pride, but others were mostly unaware of the issues and even if they rolled their eyes at pronouns and ‘non-binary’ stuff they felt protective of ‘trans’, seemed to think that you can ‘become a man’ via surgery and hormonal interventions and said that my arguments were “the same they made against the gays” 🤦‍♂️ Some looked shocked and even disgusted at me using ‘she / her’ for this woman “He’s had to face much bigger decisions than I’ve ever had to” said one man, repeatedly. I said that didn’t show bravery but only a commitment to absolute madness So what was meant to be a carefree weekend with a bunch of gay men (250 of us) turned into a disappointing and frustrating couple of days Was meant to stay till Sunday but left Saturday late when I could catch a ride to somewhere that wasn’t on the way back to London but I just wanted to get away, the whole thing felt fake Now heading home via a bit of a detour Also learned I’m definitely more of a hotel person! 😆