The Trans Agenda: The papers attack the NSPCC, a rape crisis centre, the census & more
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The Trans Agenda
[15 September 2024]
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This week, there was another small increase in the number of stories in the papers on top of the large 60% increase last week. Is that a sign that the numbers are starting to creep up again? It’s hard to say, but with 18 articles we’re still some way from the peak of 50 that we saw pre-election.
There was no one dominant story this week, although the usual suspects are featured - JK Rowling, Allison Bailey, Dr Jacky Davis, the census, the BMA, Valentina Petrillo, and the Equality Act. There are also a few stories that could be considered good news, of sorts, for the trans community, although they have, of course, not been framed that way.
Not one paper has covered the Australian review on puberty blockers, while the £1.9m they are crowing about JK Rowling investing in a rape crisis centre that aims to discriminate against trans women is the equivalent of me giving £70, and it wasn’t even a donation - it was a loan.
Elsewhere, we perhaps got a glimpse of how France will approach the legal complaint filed by Imane Khelif as a French court ordered the people who accused Brigitte Macron of being trans to pay compensation.
And, finally, we saw that transphobic bullying does indeed get results with the resignation of Mridul Wadhwa after a sustained hate campaign that has lasted years. The final straw, it seems, was a report based on two people being ‘traumatised’ despite having never used the service of which Wadhwa was the head of. Wadhwa’s ‘crime’? Being trans.
THE PAPERS Monday 9th September - Sunday 15th September
Monday Total: 3
The Guardian [0]
The Times [1]
Daily Mail [0]
Telegraph [2]
Tuesday Total: 1
The Guardian [0]
The Times [1]
Daily Mail [0]
Telegraph [0]
Wednesday Total: 3
The Guardian [0]
The Times [0]
Daily Mail [0]
Telegraph [3]
Thursday Total: 1
The Guardian [0]
The Times [0]
Daily Mail [0]
Telegraph [1]
Friday Total: 5
The Guardian [1]
The Times [1]
Daily Mail [2]
Telegraph [1]
Saturday Total: 3
The Guardian [1]
The Times [1]
Daily Mail [1]
Telegraph [0]
Sunday Total: 2
Observer [0]
Sunday Times [0]
Mail on Sunday [0]
The Mail on Sunday was not available on pressreader this week.
Sunday Telegraph [2]
TRANSWRITES YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED
Mridul Wadhwa quits Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre after sustained anti-trans campaign against her, by Gemma Stone
“Transitions The Unheard Stories” review; A useful resource hampered by an inconcise introduction, by Laura Kate Dale
Enraged industry professionals slam The Bookseller for promoting anti-trans social media accounts, by Gemma Stone
When was the T added to LGBT? A quick history, by Sarah Clarke
Trans people are the greatest assault on women in JK Rowling’s life time, apparently, by Gemma Stone
The 32 things The Cass Review recommends and why they are concerning, by Gemma Stone.
NHS & puberty blockers: Former GIDS patients reflect on long wait times, invasive assessments, by Sasha Baker.
The Cass Review: A government-sanctioned attack on trans lives, by Lee Hurley.
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