The trans debate

[Currywurst and Chips]

Sadly, I deleted Twitter 6+ years ago but apparently Dawn Butler has been launching some scathing attacks on there in response to the Cass report.

It didn’t weigh heavily enough on the scientific papers that agree with Dawn Butler’s view apparently and therefore it should be ignored

[CEB]

Apparently Jordan Grey - the man who played piano with his penis on Saturday night live and sang about being a better woman than women - claims the Cass report is “far right” on the Joe Lycett show.
It’s truly laughable.

[Long slender neck]

There's going to be a review of adult services, could ruffle some feathers.

[CEB]

I will be buying a very nice packet of biscuits when the adult review is released

[ChorizO]

Sadly, I deleted Twitter 6+ years ago but apparently Dawn Butler has been launching some scathing attacks on there in response to the Cass report.

It didn’t weigh heavily enough on the scientific papers that agree with Dawn Butler’s view apparently and therefore it should be ignored

As should your current alias.

[Currywurst and Chips]

Sadly, I deleted Twitter 6+ years ago but apparently Dawn Butler has been launching some scathing attacks on there in response to the Cass report.

It didn’t weigh heavily enough on the scientific papers that agree with Dawn Butler’s view apparently and therefore it should be ignored

As should your current alias.

Humour me, who do you think I’m posting as?

[CEB]

Wonder where Peter Tatchell got this photo of genuine lesbians?

[CEB]

Dawn Butler apologised for misleading the house by reading what Stonewall had said, then blames anti trans activists

[Dunners]

She's as thick as mince, but I guess this is at least some acknowledgement. I think Owen Jones and Billy Bragg, among others, are still spreading misinformation on the report.

The excellent BBC More or Less has released this podcast on the matter:

[Max B Gold]

She's as thick as mince, but I guess this is at least some acknowledgement. I think Owen Jones and Billy Bragg, among others, are still spreading misinformation on the report.

The excellent BBC More or Less has released this podcast on the matter:

I've bookmarked this and will give it a read later. Will let youse know my opinion idc.

[CEB]

Incredible

[CEB]

Guess which lobbying group charity added “we do not give legal advice” to their website just a few days ago…

[CEB]

Labour gifted this to the tories, utterly needlessly

[Dunners]

Labour gifted this to the tories, utterly needlessly

He's still trying to appease both sides. He can't.

[CEB]

That bloke is nuts

[CEB]

Men demand to be considered for women’s roles. Yeah, women get a few too many opportunities for my liking.

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/artic ... rans-roles

[Max B Gold]

So who should have played Mrs Doubtfire then?

[BoniO]

And what would a visionary like Hugh Hefner have thought about this?

[CEB]

Weird post

[StillSpike]

Men demand to be considered for women’s roles. Yeah, women get a few too many opportunities for my liking.

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/artic ... rans-roles

To be honest, back in Shakespear's days, they always got blokes to play the female part - it's what he would have wanted, I reckon.

[Currywurst and Chips]

The C4 documentary about “There’s something about Miriam” is quite an encapsulation in time for those who grew up in the noughties

[Hoover Attack]

Dunnem, fancy a viewing party?

[Sid Bishop]

The C4 documentary about “There’s something about Miriam” is quite an encapsulation in time for those who grew up in the noughties

Tragically, Miriam was found dead at her home in Mexico in February 2019, with a cause of death being ruled as suicide


News & PoliticsFEMINISM
Miriam: Death of a Reality Star – the true story behind new Channel 4 documentary
Miriam Rivera shot to fame on crass Sky One reality show There’s Something About Miriam

BY KIMBERLEY BONDPUBLISHED: 29 APRIL 2024
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Who was Miriam Rivera?
What was There’s Something About Miriam and when did it air?
What happened at the Something About Miriam finale?
What happened to Miriam Rivera after the show aired?


It was Big Brother that changed everything. Channel 4’s 2000 social experiment, in which 11 housemates had their every move caught on camera, was an instant success. It launched the new era of reality TV, spawning all new addictive formats that the public adored; Big Brother walked so smash hits such as Love Island, I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! and The Apprentice could run.
But for every reality TV format that flourished and thrived in this era came thousands that flopped. It turns out we won’t actually watch anything and everything; shows like Shattered, where contestants forced themselves to stay awake to be in with a chance of winning £100,000, didn’t take off. Neither did Touch the Truck – a Channel 5 series where 20 people had to hold onto a Toyota truck for as long as possible to win it.

However, perhaps the crassest and most critically panned programme that emerged from the primordial ooze of reality TV was There’s Something About Miriam. The premise saw ‘six red-blooded lads’ fly out to a £2 million Ibizan villa in the hope to impress ‘one stunning babe’. The twist? The Miriam in question, Miriam Rivera, was transgender.

There’s Something About Miriam was widely criticised, with the contestants on the series petitioning a lawsuit against the company that created the show. However, the tabloid press at the time squarely painted Riveria as the villain, despite being as equally exploited for entertainment as the contestants.

Now, a new Channel 4 series will explore Riveria’s tragic life, her time in the spotlight and her untimely death in 2019 in Miriam: Death of a Reality Star. The three-part documentary will look at the transphobia that was pervasive in the early noughties, and whether a show so cruel would be made in today’s arena of reality TV.
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports ... rue-story/

[Dunners]

This is the first I've heard of this, but it sounds as if Miriam was complicit in a pretty nasty attempt to deceive these six men in exchange for a shot at fame, and then found out about consequences. Obviously the show producers would have set out to exploit everyone, because that's just what they do. Is that it, or is there more to it?

[CEB]

The noughties were awful for this sort of thing.

While the contestants and the star were both exploited by the show, the fact that goes unnoticed is that Miriam was consenting to romantic/intimate engagement with members of the sex he’s attracted to. The contestants were victims of deception, tricked into same sex intimacy.

That central issue with the show - the fact that sexual orientation is based on sex, not what a person believes about their gender identity - is something that now routinely gets lesbians labelled as bigots, and gets lesbian dating sites subjected to legal action by men who claim to be lesbians.
Stonewall itself has called for “sex by deception” to be decriminalised.