The Trans Agenda: The papers - Anti-trans opinion still down
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The Trans Agenda
[23 June 2024]
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Relatively speaking, it was another quiet week in the papers I monitor. Although they hit 16 articles this week, a 60% increase on last week, most of that was driven by the Mail on Sunday and JK Rowling, political guru that she is, saying she couldn’t vote for Labour. The drop-off in anti-trans opinion is still evident, and any pieces that did appear were from the publication’s own columnists rather than by the likes of Stock, Bindel et al. While they are still going to Sex Matters, For Women Scotland and the others for quotes for ‘news’ stories, space on opinion pages seems to be in short supply these days.
As always, the full article is in the alt text. If there is no alt text, it is an image of a continuation and the full article text is in the image before.
THE PAPERS Monday 17 June - Sunday 23 June 2024
Monday Total: 1. Publications 4, positive 0, negative 1, written by trans people 0
The Guardian [0]
The Times [0]
Daily Mail [0]
Telegraph [1]
After only two articles last week, The Telegraph started this week with a front page story featuring war criminal Tony Blair revealing he hasn’t moved past Primary school biology, but none of the papers built on this:
Tuesday Total: 4. Publications 4, positive 0, negative 4, written by trans people 0
The Guardian [0] checked
The Times [1]
Daily Mail [1]
Telegraph [2]
Wednesday Total: 4. Publications 4, positive 0, negative 4, written by trans people 0
The Guardian [0]
The Times [1]
Daily Mail [1]
Telegraph [2]
Thursday Total: 0. Publications 4, positive 0, negative 0, written by trans people 0
The Guardian [0]
The Times [0]
Daily Mail [0]
Telegraph [0]
Friday Total: 0. Publications 4, positive 0, negative 0, written by trans people 0
The Guardian [0]
The Times [0]
Daily Mail [0]
Telegraph [0]
Saturday Total: 3. Publications 4, positive 0, negative 3, written by trans people 0
The Guardian [0]
The Times [2]
Daily Mail [0]
Telegraph [1]
Sunday Total: 5. Publications 4, positive 0, negative 5, written by trans people 0
The Observer [0]
The Sunday Times [0]
Mail on Sunday [4]
Sunday Telegraph [1]
TRANSWRITES YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED
JK Rowling and the 16 dead children on NHS gender waitlists, by Gemma Stone
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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