I appear to have woken up in the year 2000. Two headlines 22 years apart. Same whipping up of a moral panic.
colin macfarlane
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colin macfarlane
@Cmacf76
Policy, comms, external affairs leader. Social justice and human rights campaigner. He/Him.
Edinburgh
Joined October 2011
- Whoever is advising the PM that using trans people to stoke a culture war is a vote winner should stop and reflect. Voters hate it. In Australia the conservative Liberal Govt was swept from power last week in a crushing defeat after it spent weeks punching down on trans people.
- This should be a wake up call to us all. For years now, trans lives been the subject of toxic public debate in our media & our politics. Today’s figures show us that the continuing whipping up of a moral panic about trans people has consequences.Transgender hate crimes up 87% in Scotland bbc.in/3b1pgUQ
- I used to work at the EHRC and I’m ashamed of what it has become. There will be many good people there who will be horrified by this. The fact that our human rights regulator is considering removing the existing rights of a minority group should terrify us all.We have provided advice to the Minister for Women and Equalities on the definition of the protected characteristic of 'sex' in the Equality Act 2010. Find out more: orlo.uk/cyi6K
- There is no LGBT equality without trans equality. Have a lovely evening.
- 71% of trans young people are bullied in school. 96% have self harmed because of that bullying. 48% have attempted suicide. Ill informed rubbish like this doesn’t help.
- Love these pics! Growing up I never dared to dream I'd see pictures like this. Thanks @Ruth_E_Davidson @kezdugdale.
- This picture says so many things. I’m 41. As a teenager growing up in Glasgow I’d have never dared to dream that a serving political leader would lead a Pride parade alongside young LGBT folk. This is what an ally looks like. The signal it sends is vital. #ComeOutForLGBT #pride
- Please don't post or RT pictures of those injured at #Westminster. Imagine family/friends finding out this way. Show some respect and class.
- Trans people are not a ‘question’ nor are they a problem that needs to be solved. They are our friends, our family and our colleagues. And all the evidence suggests that the majority of the public feel the same. stonewall.org.uk/sites/default/… #BeingTransIsNotAnIssue
- 5 years ago Ireland passed its Gender Recognition Act ‘’Five years on....There have been no showdowns in women’s changing rooms, no explosion in men who never intend to transition clamouring to be recognised as legally female...’’
- A rainbow has appeared over the Scottish Parliament. 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️
