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Trying It On

June 3, 2023 93 Comments

And in ladies’ changing room news:

A non-binary shopper said they felt ‘dehumanised’ and accused a fashion brand of being ‘transphobic’ after they were refused entry to a women’s changing room. Giorgio Firico, 21, tried to go to the ladies changing room at Zara in Oxford when the female assistant told them it was against the rules and refused to give them a number for the clothing. Giorgio, who studies in the US and is in Oxford visiting a friend, said: “I was wearing men’s clothing, but I had two gowns on my shoulder, it was obvious what I wanted to try on.”

Trying it on is indeed a phrase that comes to mind.

“At first, I was shocked and I went away. Then I thought for one second, it’s my right. I do not identify myself as a man, I have a right to be there. I went back and explained clearly, I am non-binary, I am not a man.”

At which point, readers may note how Mr Firico’s professed “non-binary” status doesn’t mean that he’d be content in the men’s changing rooms, as an option, with either being fine, and instead grants, in his mind, an entitlement to violate store policy and the boundaries of women. He’s “not a man,” you see – and by the same logic, if that’s the word, not a woman either – but apparently, that women’s space is his kingdom now. And ladies who’d rather not get undressed near some random male interloper – whether that man is mentally ill or an opportunist pervert – are expected to shut up and comply. Because his identity, or feigned identity, trumps theirs.

It’s all terribly convenient.

Despite his incongruity, Mr Firico doesn’t appear at all curious as to the preferences of any female customers on whom he might be imposing, and his view of the store’s female staff is perhaps best judged by his willingness to ignore their objections while barging into a space not intended for men:

“She kept saying it’s against the rules. But I said, I do not think you know my gender better than me.” Giorgio walked past the shop assistant and into the ladies dressing room… Giorgio said: “Afterwards I went out and said you should be ashamed of the way you have dehumanized me especially as the shop does not have a gender-neutral changing room.”

Views as to which party should feel ashamed may, I suspect, differ. And note that any female customers who might feel uncomfortable or degraded by sharing an intimate space with a bearded bedlamite are, again, expected to keep quiet and defer. In this new, inclusive world, there is, it seems, a pecking order.

Despite a subsequent apology by the store’s manager, we’re told that the experience of not getting his own way immediately and entirely without objection was “embarrassing” for Mr Firico, especially as a sales assistant “rolled her eyes.” Readers are invited to say whether hearing of such unspeakable trauma will deprive them of any sleep.

Mr Firico, complete with stunning gown, can be seen here. The clasping of the hands is a lovely touch.

Via ripx4nutmeg.

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New Niche Indignation

May 30, 2023 169 Comments

Come, let us dip a toe in the world of transgender Reddit – specifically, rFTMOver30 – where the sexually dysmorphic hunt for slips-ups, pronoun blunders, and tiny acts of transgression. As you might imagine, things can get quite competitive.

First, a little background on the author of this particular woe:

About six months into dating, I went back on [testosterone] and have been on it for about 14 months. Aside from my voice not being deep enough for my liking, I pass 90-100% of the time in person, 50/50 over the phone. I changed my pronouns to he/him a few months ago and now identify as a binary trans man. [My cis female partner] has always been incredibly supportive of my transition, took care of me during top surgery, and largely has been my biggest ally, but at the moment I’m struggling.

The struggle involves a devilish innovation in the world of “transphobia”:

Last night, we had some of her friends over. Two cis het women and one of their husbands… So, we’re all hanging out, having a good time, and the single friend (we’ll call her Alison) makes a comment about women being afraid when walking to their cars at night, etc., and turns to the cis guy (“John”) and says, “You know, men, John!” – making a joke, because apparently John is the only man in the room!!!

This inadvertent favouring of factual accuracy is, it turns out, only the appetiser. The main basis for umbrage is about to become clear.

I get it. I too was afraid of men walking to my car when I was identifying as a woman (I came out as trans at 33. I’m almost 36 now). So I can understand on some level acknowledging the cis man who didn’t have those experiences, but it totally invalidates me for obvious reasons.

And so,

While I may not be cis, to exclude me from potentially being a danger to women… is transphobic.

There we go. New ground broken. Drinks all round.

After the gathering, when the guests had left, apologies were of course extracted from the author’s partner, along with confessions of wrongdoing, for daring to suggest that no harm was intended. Needless to say, and despite the lengthy confession and profuse apologies, and despite promises to “sit down” with Alison and correct her, the author of the piece is, we’re told, “having trouble moving on.”

You see, if friends come over for a pleasant evening and they don’t immediately consider you a potential mugger of women, or rapist of women, this is oppressive, “invalidating,” and “transphobic.” Such that it feels like “a punch in the gut.” It’s perhaps not the most obvious basis for invoking the unfairness of the world and one’s own endless suffering, but hey. In this competition, contrivance equals bonus points.

Quite what the author’s partner makes of this news – that in order to avoid being “transphobic,” she must consider her transgender lover a potential rapist – is, alas, not divulged.

Readers are invited to ponder the prospect of a dinner party at which, in order to be polite and suitably affirming, you’re obliged to insinuate that the host is rapist material. And to do it convincingly. Rather than, say, compliment the cooking or the décor.

Please update your files and lifestyles accordingly.

Via Eliza Mondegreen.

Update, via the comments:

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Nourishing, You Say

April 22, 2023 61 Comments

Or, Display Purposes Only.

Via Twitter:

Trans baby nutrition.png

Presumably, the statue above, which resembles its sculptor Aske Kreilgaard and is described by the museum as a “nourishing man,” and which was originally created to celebrate International Men’s Day, is meant to have some symbolic value. A message of sorts.

The decision to adorn what was once the Women’s Museum with a, shall we say, transitioning figure, this “nourishing man,” is likely an attempt to comply with prevailing fashions regarding those individuals who are somewhat at odds with their physical selves. A trans-friendly gesture. Or, as the museum puts it, somewhat coyly, a sign of “gender inclusivity.”

It occurs to me, however, that a man being given large doses of cross-sex hormones and subsequently developing facsimile breasts isn’t going to lactate anything remotely nourishing for a child. Given sufficiently high doses of female hormones, and given sufficiently zealous pumping, some men can be made to secrete a substance from their nipples, albeit unreliably and in very limited quantities – but the resulting discharge is of no nutritional value to an infant.

As Dr Maja Bowen notes here,

What comes out of a man’s nipple is not mother’s milk, but a watery substance devoid of antibodies and nutrients that are found in mother’s milk, the composition of which changes as the baby grows up. 

Given that the statue is apparently intended as both fashionable and symbolic, and a nod to the sexually dysmorphic, then an obvious reading of that gesture, rendered in stone, is that the actual feeding of the infant is of no great consequence. At best, a secondary concern. Sort of, Screw the hungry baby. Let’s focus on affirming the dysmorphic man. And which, it has to be said, is an odd message to send.

The ladies at Reduxx also have some thoughts.

Update, via the comments, from transgender Reddit:

Note the word successfully. To which, one might ask, for whom?

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He’d Be A Comforting Presence

April 20, 2023 49 Comments

From the high-security wing of transgender TikTok:

I dare you to try and stop me from going into a women’s bathroom. It will be the last mistake you ever make… You’ve been warned.  

Tara, the “poly trans lesbian” quoted above, has given quite a lot of thought to the subject of forcing his way into women’s bathrooms and other intimate spaces. Perhaps we should be thanking him for clarifying the issue, albeit inadvertently.

Update, via the comments, where Rafi adds,

He’s not making the case he thinks he is.

Not really, no. There is a certain obliviousness. And so, we have a man who considers it his right to be universally affirmed as somehow being a woman – specifically, a lesbian (because of course) – and to be given unchallenged access to women’s intimate spaces, regardless of actual women’s fairly obvious concerns.

Say, concerns regarding the fact that said man boasts about using force to invade women’s toilets and changing rooms – because only “fascists” and “Nazis” could possibly object, you see – and then boasts of using firearms to defend his alleged right to intrude as and when he pleases. A man who says, quite emphatically, that he’s “not afraid to die” while doing so.

Yes. Nothing to be concerned about, ladies.

Update 2, via the ladies at Reduxx:

On one of his Twitter accounts, [Tara, formerly Tommy] White describes himself as a “diaper trans mommy” and a “transfemdom.” White posts hardcore pornography on the account, including photos of himself wearing diapers and children’s clothes. Using the handle @tvs_w, White again threatened violence against those uncomfortable with him using the women’s restroom.

Previously and somewhat related.

Via Mr Muldoon in the comments.

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Elsewhere (318)

April 18, 2023 80 Comments

Christopher Rufo on self-flattering fantasies:

Without such resistance, [Aaron] Hillegass argued, Florida would descend into totalitarianism. “When a governor guts the leadership of a state school in an effort to make a facsimile of Hillsdale, that is fascism,” he wrote. “Not the shocking Kristallnacht-style fascism, but the banal fascism that always precedes it.”

This is fantasy. Hillegass and the young protesters, who work, live, and study in unprecedented peace and prosperity, are play-acting an imaginary historical drama designed to win fawning coverage on MSNBC, not to stop Governor DeSantis from building concentration camps on the beaches of the Sunshine State. 

Andy Ngo shares a bedlamite horror story:

A trans suspect and online activist has been arrested in Greenwood, Indiana, for allegedly molesting young children while babysitting and being employed at a therapy centre for autistic children… In 2022, [Leomeir Kennedy, formerly Allison Kennedy] worked as a licensed behaviour technician at the Hopebridge Autism Therapy Centre for paediatric patients… One victim was allegedly molested during a diaper change, while another had been molested under the guise of a tickle session… Court documents say Kennedy told police it felt like “Christmas.” 

Frankly, I’m still processing the words trans therapist. On Twitter, Mr Ngo adds, “As I dig into more disturbing criminal cases involving extreme violence or child sex abuse, I’m finding many of the suspects are trans but are never reported as such by press, sheriff’s offices, or prosecutors.”

And Amy Wax on ‘equity’ versus competence:

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