2. Transphobia cuts across left/liberal and conservative media
3. Most commentators (grudgingly) accept the right of individual adults to transition
4. Commentators disproportionately “monster” trans individuals
5. Editors and commissioners can no longer use the "complexity" of transgender issues as a gatekeeping tactic
6. The refusal of trans language, culture and history is ideological
7. The focus on the cost of gender reassignment to the NHS is ideological
8. Commentators “monster” efforts of trans community to organise
9.The battleground has moved to the lives of children
10. Liberal/libertarian constructions of “freedom of speech” preserve this status quo
11. Going to the PCC is understood to be pointless
12. The structures of online journalism should be considered in any analysis
13. The "outrage fatigue" generated by this model is particularly dangerous
14. This situation is self-perpetuating
15. Compromise is neither desirable nor possible
An excellent article for the New Statesman by Juliet Jacques.
Please click here to read her analysis and explanation of these points.
PS The above photo is the one used to illustrate the article in the NS, and captioned; 'April Ashley, who was "outed" by the Sunday People in 1961, poses with her MBE in December 2012.'
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