This is another one of the panels that hosted Tweedale. His contributions were illuminating, as were those of his co panelists. All of the other participants seemed well meaning but I am not sure they have thought beyond #BeKind.
The panel were discussing Faith and LGBT issues at Bradford University. Tweedale turned up in his signature choker with dark glasses and a top hat in view.
Here’s a link where you can watch 👇.
Also on the panel were a Labour councillor, a Humanist /Feminist and Lesbian, a Catholic teacher and a Few Muslim voices, as you would expect in Bradford.
I was already aware of Dunbar who is very pro what he thinks of as “trans” rights. (He is the nephew of Andrea Dunbar, the playwright). In 2022 he announced he would not be standing at the next local elections.
Dunbar seems to see everything through the lens of the T, despite being a gay man; who’s very sexual orientation is under attack, by trans ideology.
Janice Thornton is a committed feminist activist having been involved in a grass roots organisation set up to oppose their local MP, Phillip Davies, who is outspoken in his opposition to feminist voices. She covers this in the talk and it shows a tiny organisation was able to mobilise opposition, to Davies, managing to get a march of over 1400 in a short time. Shipley was the town Womens Equality Party (WEP) chose to launch its first parliamentary candidate. There was local opposition to the decision, by WEP, to field a candidate thus splitting the vote and making it more, not less, likely that Davies would be returned to Parliament; which he duly was.
Jez Hodgson is a longtime teacher of religious education and, then, the regional cordinator of an organisation called Quest. I looked them up and this is what I found. It is indeed an LGBT+ Catholic group who, in the past, hosted Ruth Hunt, former CEO of Stonewall and herself a Catholic, plus Beardsley who is “transgender” and a United Reform Church Minister.
Two other attendees were the LGBT officers for Bradford University and Bradford College, respectively. Both seem like well meaning, young, people who want to make the world a better place, however misguided I think they were/are.
(NB. It should be “to” not “too”, in the image below. Apologies)
I cover this discussion not to bring opprobrium on the participants but to demonstrate how well meaning people go along with absurdities when confronted with this ideology. Tweedale, a man, introduces himself as a Lesbian in front of an actual Lesbian 😳. This is why we must stop the forced-teaming of the LGB with the T. Heterosexual men do not belong in the Gay Rights movement.
We also learn that Tweedale is a Pagan, former teacher, and quite proud of his innovative modification to the curriculum; adding Paganism. Claiming that all religions are accepting of LGBT peoples is a somewhat bold claim. 👇
Then one of the Muslim participants talks about the different interpretations of Islam throughout the ages and how cultural claims can distort Islamic teaching. He is very “inclusive” talking about his gay, Christian and Jewish friends. Unfortunately his “inclusive” stance also includes a tale that there was a “transgender” person who looked after one of the prophet Mohammed’s wives.
I am, obviously, not an Islamic scholar but I did a search to find reference to “Het” which I may have misheard. He is correct that some cultures found a way of integrating gay men in society, and to a lesser extent Lesbians, by pretending they were the opposite sex/gender. Some of these, muslim led, cultures, for example Iran, do not accept homosexuals, at all, but do accept men and women who adopt an opposite sex role and they also fund “transition” surgeries. It seems to be quite a complex picture. Here, Mohammed, is reported as being uncomfortable with men who adopt a “female” role.
Mukhannathun was also used to describe gay men and people with disorders of sexual development.
State Religion
There follows an interesting discussion about the role of secularism, separation of Church and State and what happens when the State adopts,and mandates, adherence to a specific religion. Tweedale had this to say which put me in mind of the State imposition of the neo-religion of Queer Theory /All things LGBTQ+.
Brexit, Trump and the Far Right.
There is an undercurrent of alarmism about the rise of the far right which, for some participants, is linked to the vote for Brexit. As someone who campaigned for Remain, including in Bradford, this seems somewhat unhinged, particularly as Bradford voted for Brexit and the voters for Brexit included a large section of the Asian diaspora. Tweedale was not the only one indulging in hyperbole on this topic and confusing the political landscape in the United States with that of the U.K.
Neo-Feminism jumps to Gender Fluidity
Next we hear from a female muslim who is a member of an “inclusive” mosque. First she describes the reaction to a female religious leader who appeared with uncovered hair. Shortly thereafter she burnishes her progressive credentials with a reference to gender identity ideology. LGBTQ+ is merely part of an off the peg list of approved beliefs which allow people to blend a concern about the visibility of female role models to move seamlessly onto a denial that male and female exist. Sigh.
Teaching LGBT + issues
This man is a secular member of the panel who is concerned about the campaign against compulsory sex education in schools, via, he says, powerful Religious Lobby groups. His first mistake was mentioning a member of the demented, Green Party and his second was conflating sex education with LGBT. I can’t be the only person who was very pro sex education in schools who would now be opposed because its a gift to Transgender Lobby groups/proponents of Queer Theory.
Topher interjects to proclaim a desire to be an activist teacher on LGBT issues.
The issue of disseminating transgender ideology is clearly extending to different faith communities and here a teacher/youth worker, claims her pupils, mainly muslim girls, chose LGBTQ topics of their own volition.
It is worth following this part of the dialogue and what is meant by “safe” spaces by this individual. Her perspective is that pupils must be allowed to express their opinions, or their “bigotry” so that they can be led to the sunny uplands of the correct opinions.
Now the Catholic teacher talks about his experience teaching in Catholic schools and he has an interesting observation on the impact of Section 28. This clearly contradicts the LGBT agenda and even the Gay Rights party line predating the addition of the T.
He continues on this theme and seems irritated by the assumptions of some the panel about current teaching in Catholic schools. This is an unhelpful narrative for the victimology aficionados who catastrophise the legacy of Section 28, even today, often to turbo charge fundraising.
Not sure what I think about this. When I was a teenager I went on a Catholic retreat, with my school. We all had to have one to one discussions with a monk /priest about our faith. My interview was a discussion about being an atheist and the idea whether people, like me, without faith have a moral compass. What did EVERY single one of the boys get asked about…?
You guessed it..their masturbatory habits 😳.
In comes Tweedale, a heterosexual man, to claim he was a hero during the time of Section 28, boasting that he pledged to break the law and he did. There is a strong streak of narcissism in these statements.
Not content with that bit of grandstanding he claims that he left teaching on a matter of principle and laughably that he wanted to promote critical thinking.
Something tells me this may not be the whole story about Tweedale’s exit from teaching. In the meantime he is being feted by other organisations.
All of the above puts me in mind of the Late, Great, Magdalen Berns.
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The emphasis on children exercising their rights may be entirely innocuous but it immediately raises alarm bells for me. Based on everything I have read in the last five years it has echoes of campaigns for “bodily autonomy” for children with Gender Dysphoria. Note the reference to “Gender Justice”. 
on a particular region I noted it. Where the project stated it’s aim was global I coded it to identify this ambition. Where the project identified international activity for specific regions I badged it “international” . I also noted the countries, identified as the focus, in the comments. Note that many of the Arcus grantees in turn, are also dispensing grants. Thus, if a country you are interested in, does not appear to be a direct recipient it may, nevertheless, have received monies indirectly. 
You have just spent ages saying there is no right way to be a woman. Yet, here you are, saying being a woman is defined by this inner, subjective, feeling that we are woman. I don’t have this “genderfeelz” thing. I just am a woman. On the basis of this argument I will have to kick myself out of my own sex class… and see Butler in the non-binary section. 
This is a common pattern. Organisations purporting to be about the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual community are, instead, directing teens to gender identity resources. 
The school should indeed protect any child struggling with Gender Dysphoria. The problem with much of this guidance is it takes its duty to “inform” to propaganda levels. Furthermore, it is not the schools responsiblity to “enable” a pursuit of a medicalised identity yet, as with much of this school guidance, they are far too keen to include references to puberty blockers and sign post kids to Gender Identity Services. It almost takes on the appearance of free advertising.
Generally the issue of toilets, in the other guidance I have read, prioritises the gender identity over the rights of girls (and boys) to sex specific spaces. Here they frame it in terms of the vulnerability of the “trans” child. I actually don’t disagree with this. A girl who uses male changing rooms would be at risk of unwanted attention however she identifies. Boys who are less than macho have always been bullied and toilets/changing rooms are ideal theatres for that sort of behaviour. 
👈 Another interesting aspect of this guidance is that it includes this comment from a parent. It seems parents are at the risk of being over-ruled by zealous gender identity idealogues even when they have negotiated a pragmatic path for their “trans-identifying” offspring. I am surprised this comment made it passed the editors. This may have been due to the influence of the, female, police officer. Maybe not. As we shall see the more problematic bits of this guidance are the way they address the issue of “hate crime”. No doubt this is a reflection of the inclusion of the police in writing a transgender guidance document for schools. It’s an odd partnership. I will come onto the issue of hate crime. 
This includes some publications which are innocuous enough and could be used to dispell myths rooted in sex stereotypes. Until we get to Alex Drummond’s book about being a “girl”. 
Our children are also being taught that all people’s bodies and genitals are different. Not males and females have different bodies but “peoples”. 
The ACLU have a proud history defending Civil Liberties and Free Speech. A legacy which has been utterly squandered by its advocacy of Gender Identity Ideology. As an organisation they appear unwilling to accept that Women, LGB people and even Transsexuals, have legitimate concerns about the extremist positions of Gender Identity Ideologues. 
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The fact “trans-men” can select to remain in the female estate, and they do, tells its own tale. Sex Matters, it seems, when the State decides it does. Here is a discussion between Transmen on prison location. Male Pronouns yes. Male Prison? Hell no! 
The nature of the risk to women is imperfectly understood by the participants in this legal farce. Here is what, in their view, constitutes mitigation for the rape attempt. Don’t worry it wasn’t that type of rape. The motivation was less sexual and more frustration and jealousy!
Because it is literally not possible to change sex many , older, transsexuals report significant counselling to reconcile themselves to this fact. Without this counselling in an era of “Transwomen are women” how much harder to face the truth on the occasions, when it is brought to your attention? Women are literally the emodiment of the denial that TWAW. Here is a clip from Dr Lawrence’s paper on the increased risk of narcissistic disorders in AGP males.
