Bobbi Pickard : Part Two
You can read part one here:
Bobbi Pickard is a trans-identified man who came to my attention after UN Women U.K. nominated him, and a few other men, to represent women at a conference run by the United Nations. I have written about UN Women U.K. here: 👇
In part two we will look at Pickard’s company and corporate support and examine the role he claims to have played in advancing “trans” rights in complete disregard for the impact on other protected groups and the health of children designated “trans”.
Pickard founded this company, after claiming his woman identity in 2017. It was incorporated in 2022. There’s not much information in the accounts, in terms of donors. They don’t have a huge balance sheet. (There are new accounts due out shortly so I will update when they are out)
They seem to wield rather a lot of soft power rather than financial clout. Here’s on of the directors of Trans in the City. One of them is this Arlene Mcdermott, a Lesbian , who is in a senior position at the London Stock exchange. This explains why Pickard was the first “trans” person to close the London Stock exchange and why they have an annual event for “trans” people at the London Stock Exchange (LSEG).
Pickard’s website for Trans in the City boasts an impressive array of corporate sponsors.
According to his appearance on Gender Nebulous both Clifford Chance and JP Morgan have sponsored conferences /event venues.
Bobby’s own piece on the Trans In The City website shows an impressive array of contacts /supporters in his own right. Of course Stonewall, Diva appear as well as , shamefully, The Lesbian Visibility logo. However, Lesbian Visibility Week, in the U.K. , is the creature of Linda Riley who is Queen of the Vichy Lesbians.
Gender Nebulous Podcast /Youtube
Hosts: Victoria Hodges / Freda Wallace
Freda Wallace should,not need any introduction and I am not inclined to share the photo he posted from a Sex Dungeon, indulging in a sex act. Victoria can be found complaining about Center Parcs policy which decreed that men, who retain their penis, are not allowed to use the changing rooms for women and girls. Wallace is not the interviewer for this piece which was a solo spot for Hodges.
Pickard is not given to attacking “terfs” publicly or making the more outrageous statements. He’s a corporate man and knows how to moderate his tone to wield influence. He’s more likely to let his guard down when talking to other “trans” influencers. Hence this,on the Gender Nebulous podcast, where he can’t resist celebrating the (temporary) You Tube ban for Kellie J Keen.
In this podcast Bobbi talks about being a “trans” activist since the late 80’s, early 90’s and going to “trans” events across the country. It’s not clear what form this activism took, and whether it was merely cross-dressing events; certainly the events were described in terms more suggestive of social occasions, than protests.
Bobbi was on the organising commitee for Cheltenham Pride which attracted a who’s Who’ of Trans activists
In this segment some tension is revealed between Pickard’s organisation and Stonewall. It is alleged Stonewall claimed credit for a campaign that Pickard says originated with Trans In The City. It certainly seems to me that we need to make sure Stonewall don’t draw all the fire when this influential organisation seems to be flying under the radar.
Pickard is keen to emphasise their global reach which certainly seems more impressive than their accounts. (I will update when they submit their 2024 accounts which are due soon).
Pickard has been interviewed by Hodges in an earlier incarnation of his podcast called “Transclusive”. Pickard is very consistent about the role he sees himself playing to advance the rights of sex denialists.
Cool2Be Trans with Katie Neeve.
Katie is another heterosexual man and father who has been invited to represent women at the United Nations. Genevieve Gluck has a thread about “Katie” that provides a good introduction to who he is.
Bobbi opens with a story about his childhood and recalls his sitting under his mum’s (not the) ironing board wondering what he had done wrong because his mother didn’t buy him girl clothes and girl’s toys. He also recall, when he was five or six, going round to his nan’s house and raising the dressing up box for wigs and floaty clothes. His parents disapproved so he was reduced to dressing his action man in Barbie outfits. This was, he says, his true self that he was forced to hide away and the beginning of the self loathing and suicidal thoughts culminating in a night spent holding a knife to his throat at the age of 14. He finally “came out” age 48 having married and fathered kids in the meantime; his children are the reason why he wouldn’t change anything. This followed a reported suicide attempt after which he realised he had to “transition” or die. There follows a discussion where they both talk about how amazing gift that is “Gender Euphoria” .Both agree that they would not change their pasts.
Pickard then talks about setting up Trans in the City and coming out as the first “trans” person at BP, where he was a senior manager. The aim of Trans in The City was to get corporate sign up and at the time of this interview he claims to have 250 officially signed up and 300 unofficially aligned. Here is the list on their website today,
He then got involved in the campaign to reform the Gender Recognition Act . He noticed that, while there were excellent campaigns by Gendered Intelligence and Mermaids, there was nothing from the corporate world.
To this end Pickard talks about his role in instigating corporate backing. You will recall that women’s rights campaigners in effect stopped the introduction of Self-ID but Pickard and Neeves are claiming it as a victory for their side.
There follows a discussion about the lamentable situation for “trans” rights in the U.K. and how we are worse than Argentina. After “stopping the GRA” by which he means stopping any roll back of the existing protections for “gender reassignment” he then instigated the “Trans Rights Are Human Rights” campaign. We know, from above, that this was a joint campaign with Stonewall but he gives us a further insight into how that campaign came about. He intended it to counter the Women’s Rights campaigners who were talking “rubbish”. Of course he calls them “anti-trans” and has a sly dig at J.K Rowling.
He then credits Pedro Pino, of google.
He then explains that he was on a panel with Pino and he expressed his anger at the lack of concrete support from global corporates for “trans” rights. At the time Pino occupied a senior role at google. He has now moved onto YouTube.
Pino is a gay man who is completely signed up to the trans cult, here is is with the performative pronouns.
After sitting on a panel Pickard he connected Pickard with Stonewall.
Pino had history with Stonewall having partnered with them in the past.
Journalist, Jo Bartosch, spotted this extraordinary interference in U.K. domestic affairs in an article she penned in 2020.
Pickard then lists all the other corporates that have come on board with the “trans” agenda. It’s an impressive list.
Neeves then interjects to say he felt the turning point was when the British Army came on board and suggests this was a key lever to persuade Local Authorities to dispense with their fears this was too much of a political hot potato. Below Pickard confirms they have the support of the armed forces along with other corporate bodies.
Neves and Pickard then bask in the warm glow of all the support they have had since becoming full-time cross-dressers. They are certain that the vast majority of people are on their side and not the nasty feminists. They then talk about the need to educate people and how they forgive the clumsy language of neophytes, how noble!
Pickard then explains that this is a U.K specific issue (Go, Terf Island!) and that he runs courses all over the world, including the middle east, and encounters no resistance. (I assume he means countries that don’t allow women and homosexuals full human rights, so that should tell him something.). He is convinced that there only a tiny number of transphobes
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