Queer Stuff

[Polymorphia]

This is just a general queer thread. I don't like any trans, queer etc news, good or bad, inevitably ending up in a thread really about a horrific bastard who once wrote comedy, so with admin advice I've decided to make a thread. Please, if you have any thoughts on queer happenings, post it here, and not in that comedy thread. PLEASE.

Anything good, bad, whatever, for us queers. Because I don't want relevant news about gay, lesbian, bi, trans, queer people to be in a thread about a failing bastard. His failed life does not ultimately define us.

Post anything relevant, and keep posting. Good, bad, whatever, so long as it's related to queer happenings.

Obviously, the current topic in recent news is the Maya Forstater tribunal. Which as I said before, "waking up and having the first thing I saw today being the fucking BBC push notification for this just fucking ruined my day. I find myself trying to ignore news about trans rights in the UK because it will inevitably depress me". Maybe this will work as a topic opener, I don't know.

Let's talk about queer stuff here. Not about an obsolete man.

[wooders1978]

Isn't there already a thread for this?

[bgmnts]

https://www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,84049.0.html

If this is a different type of thread then ignore this.

[Zetetic]

I think that thread is more supportive, whilst this one is more observational.

For example:

"Peter Mandelson was sighted at Donington services (northbound) yesterday evening, buying 34 litres of premium unleaded and a Twix" would go in this thread.

"Huge support to The Right Honourable Baron of Foy and Hartlepool for buying a Twix and breaking down homophobic barriers around the use of English motorway services" would go in the queer/trans comrades thread.

"I fucking hate that man" would go in whatever is the currently pinned Labour Party thread.

[Polymorphia]

That's basically my intention, yeah

[Kankurette]

I'll post wherever I want, thanks. I can post in both threads. I'm not queer anyway, it's a label with way too much baggage. I'm too boring to be queer.

[Mister Six]

Was reminded of this Bob's Burgers clip earlier, which might not be exactly right for this thread, but I thought it might be a nice, gentle and funny distraction from the negativity: https://youtu.be/2BkdCC7_JZM

[Mister Six]

Also, from another thread that shall not be named - England cricket team supporting trans people: https://twitter.com/JackDunc1/status/1403070889500057602?s=19

[Kankurette]

Can we talk about Mumsnet in here or is that reserved for the you-know-who thread?

[Johnny Yesno]

Also, from another thread that shall not be named - England cricket team supporting trans people: https://twitter.com/JackDunc1/status/1403070889500057602?s=19

Fuck. Ing. Hell. I was not expecting that.

Video here: https://twitter.com/englandcricket/status/1400031576185049089

Excellent!

[Zetetic]

Can we talk about Mumsnet in here or is that reserved for the you-know-who thread?

I'd suggest such a discussion is worth its own thread - and possibly referring to it with a pseudonym or by description (but perhaps I'm paranoid).

It's clearly an important phenomenon in all sorts of ways, even if I think the role is plays in British TERF discourse is overplayed by all sides.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

Is this the right place to go in:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jun/26/people-have-told-me-i-am-on-the-wrong-side-of-history-but-i-still-want-to-be-their-friend

The Guardian continuing to platform bigoted transphobes. Maybe you've lost all those friends because you deserve to?

Oh, and, of course:

Many of my friends supported Jeremy Corbyn, and even though I found his frequent proximity to antisemites truly upsetting

When are they going to shut up about him?

[imitationleather]

When I saw that article just the title made my eyes roll so audibly that my neighbours started banging on the wall and shouting at me to keep the noise down.

[Dr Rock]

You can't be fired for having that belief, big up yourself Hadley.

[Kankurette]

What's all this about a trans pride march in London today?

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

You can't be fired for having that belief, big up yourself Hadley.

What is going on here, is this real?

[Dr Rock]

Did you read the article. She boasts how her anti-trans opinions aren now legally protected because of what some judge thought a couple of weeks ago.

[Kankurette]

Ah yes, the Maya Forstater case, which TERFs are now claiming means that being 'gender critical' is a protected characteristic.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

Did you read the article. She boasts how her anti-trans opinions aren now legally protected because of what some judge thought a couple of weeks ago.

I did read that, but didn't see that was what you were referring to. I thought you were offering her support. I think I get the point now reading back, sorry.

[Dr Rock]

Ugh I see how it could be read that way. Sorry for the confusion, fuck her and fuck the guardian.

[canadagoose]

Is this the right place to go in:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jun/26/people-have-told-me-i-am-on-the-wrong-side-of-history-but-i-still-want-to-be-their-friend

The Guardian continuing to platform bigoted transphobes. Maybe you've lost all those friends because you deserve to?

Oh, and, of course:

When are they going to shut up about him?

Hadley bloody Freeman, writer of the most pointless wank in the Guardian. How that paper has the gall to pretend it's progressive is beyond me.

[jobotic]

They turned off replies for that one.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

Hadley bloody Freeman, writer of the most pointless wank in the Guardian. How that paper has the gall to pretend it's progressive is beyond me.

The Guardian of... nouveau-riche Thatcher's children cosplaying as progressive because they cheated on someone once and everyone they know does coke.

[Dr Rock]

Mumsnet terfs are not happy with that article and the fact that 'gender-critical' views are a now a protected belief. Because it's not a 'belief' it's fact. ffs.

[bgmnts]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/04/imposing-imaginary-values-risks-eu-collapse-slovenian-president-claims

Not a good look into the imaginary future of a good chunk of Europe'a queer population.

[checkoutgirl]

The Dublin Port Tunnel will be queer for two weeks starting on the 7th of July so see you there.

[checkoutgirl]

I'm not queer by the way, we wouldn't employ a homosexual.

[checkoutgirl]

Flyers are being handed out in Soho with the following tag line.

"The Best Bum in W1"

So see you there.

[checkoutgirl]

Rugby is now the official queer sport of the UK and all rugby clubs are queer friendly from July 5th 2021 on an ongoing basis.

So see you there.

[Kankurette]

Any football fans see Jordan Henderson's lovely tweet to a gay fan?