Transphobia in Queer Up North festival

[ganimede]

From an e-mail:A Transphobic musician has a gig in Manchester as part of Queer Up North LGBT arts festival - she is against MTF inclusion in women's spaces, but in favour of Transmen's inclusion in women's spaces. There are plans for a protest outside of the gig to raise awareness of the fact that a Queer event is allowing Transphobic people to

Comments

[auntysarah]

about "making men comfortable and satisfying men", basically saying that Transwomen are men.

And:

argued that MWMF isn't Transphobic because there are loads of Transguys there.

The first is certainly transphobic. The second is also cissexist.

they're definitely not a woman like I'm a woman."

That's cissexist too.

Very much hoping to make it to protest.

[ganimede]

I only copied and pasted the contents of the e-mail, I didn't write any of it, but I agree with your comments. Certainly an unpleasant character all round by the sounds of it.

[lilacfaeryboy]

Damn, I liked Bitch and Animal too...I hate that.

Well, I wish I could go protest, but I don't see myself jetting to Manchester anytime soon :(