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Suzanne Moore's article in The Guardian on Mon 2nd March 2020: (an editorial i.e. opinion piece)
"Women must have the right to organise. We will not be silenced."
...and this article is absolutely in my own opinion transphobic. Making trans people excluded - or worse, denying their gender/refusing to recognise them at all, thereby making them invisible - is horrific, and not in any way "feminist" or "protecting women".
I have friends who are feminists. I am a feminist. I also have friends who are trans. One of my best friends, in fact, was trans.
Anyway... there has been a lot of kerfuffle about this online, as you can imagine.
But there has also been a response from within the Guardian itself - both from the staff (a petition) and from the organisation (a response to the petition). For more details, please follow the link to this Buzzfeed article:
"Hundreds of staff at The Guardian have signed a letter to the editor criticising its 'transphobic content' "
Sharing because it saddens me to see CIS feminists and transpeople going to war - but I know where I stand on this one. Yes, women should have safe spaces - but transpeople deserve to exist and be acknowledged.
"Women must have the right to organise. We will not be silenced."
...and this article is absolutely in my own opinion transphobic. Making trans people excluded - or worse, denying their gender/refusing to recognise them at all, thereby making them invisible - is horrific, and not in any way "feminist" or "protecting women".
I have friends who are feminists. I am a feminist. I also have friends who are trans. One of my best friends, in fact, was trans.
Anyway... there has been a lot of kerfuffle about this online, as you can imagine.
But there has also been a response from within the Guardian itself - both from the staff (a petition) and from the organisation (a response to the petition). For more details, please follow the link to this Buzzfeed article:
"Hundreds of staff at The Guardian have signed a letter to the editor criticising its 'transphobic content' "
Sharing because it saddens me to see CIS feminists and transpeople going to war - but I know where I stand on this one. Yes, women should have safe spaces - but transpeople deserve to exist and be acknowledged.
