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  • ROD LIDDLE “In 20 years we’ll look back at the transgender debate as grotesque child abuse”

    ROD LIDDLE “In 20 years we’ll look back at the transgender debate as grotesque child abuse”

    “I think in 20 or 30 years time we’ll look back of the transgender debate and particularly the business being done by the Tavistock clinic with children, as a grotesque form of child abuse”

    Controversial left-wing columnist, Rod Liddle has spoken out about how he thinks in the future society will look back the current debate surrounding transgender rights with dismay.

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    Speaking on The Brendan O’Neil Show, Rod Liddle singled out the Tavistock Clinic in particular and claimed that in decades to come society will deem the work that they do as “a grotesque form of child abuse”.

    The Tavistock Clinic is home to the largest and most established gender identity clinic (GIC) in the UK, dating back to 1966. According to the website, the clinic is a “multi-disciplinary administrative and clinical team, including psychologists, psychiatrists, endocrinologists and speech and language therapists”.

    The clinic also runs a Gender Identity Develop Service (GIDS) which is for children and young people who “who experience difficulties in the development of their gender identity.”

    Speaking on the podcast the columnist said, “I think in 20 or 30 years time we’ll look back of the transgender debate and particularly the business being done by the Tavistock clinic with children, as a grotesque form of child abuse”

     

    Hate Crimes and Victim Culture

    The show was titled called Hate Crimes and Victim Culture and Rod Liddle started talking about lesbian feminists who he said were angry with some aspects of the transgender debate.

    “Poor Joke”

    In 2014 Liddle was criticised after making a “poor joke” about a Labour MP candidate, Emily Brothers, who is transgender and blind.

    In a column, published by The Sun, Liddle wrote, “Thing is though… being blind, how did know she was the wrong sex?”

    In a statement released shortly after,  Liddle said, “I wish Emily the very best and I’d definitely vote for her if I lived in Sutton and Cheam.

    “I am sorry for the poor joke!”

  • Seventeen Thousand People Sign Petition For Dehumanising Emily Brothers

    Yesterday THEGAYUK reported that Rod Liddle from one of the UK’s most popular papers, The Sun, had written an article which questioned how MP hopeful Emily Brothers’ would know her gender because of her blindness, which has now attracted over 17,000 supporters on an online petition to apologise for dehumanising her.

    The article published by The Sun (10th Dec), asks how Emily Brothers could possibly know she was in the wrong sex if she was blind, saying:

    “Thing is though… being blind, how she did know she was the wrong sex?”

    An online petition via Change.org has been arranged with over 17,000 people signing it in the first 24 hours, echoing a similar petition for Lucy Meadows in early 2013, after Daily Mail writer, Richard Littlejohn monstered the trans teacher. Two petitions against Littlejohn garnered over 250,000 supporters asking for the sacking or resignation of Littlejohn.

    The organisers of the petition are demanding that David Dinsmore, the editor of The Sun itself apologises to Emily Brothers.

    When the petition had hit over 15,000 signatures, Rowan Davis, organiser of the petition said,

    “Thank you so much to everyone that has signed this so far, if any of you would like to complain directly to IPSO, the independent newspaper regulator, you can do so here”.

    Mark Healey from the 17-24-30 campaign, which aims to highlight hate crimes in the UK, has called on readers to make a formal complaint to the regulatory body IPSO, after calling the piece an “unacceptable piece of journalism.”

    Recently the leader of the labour party Ed Milliband said he was ‘so proud’ that his party had selected a transgender parliamentary candidate to stand in May’s general election.

    Last year there were more than 268 reported murders of trans men and woman across the globe.

    THEGAYUK has reached out to IPSO for comment on the complaints received.

  • The Sun Comes Under Fire For Questioning Trans MP Hopeful On Gender

    The UK’s biggest daily newspaper has come under fire after it published an article on transgender labour MP hopeful Emily Brothers, who is blind.

    The article published by The Sun (10th Dec), asks how Emily Brothers could possibly know she was in the wrong sex if she was blind, saying:

    “Thing is though… being blind, how did know she was the wrong sex?”

    Mark Healey from the 17-24-30 campaign, which aims to highlight hate crimes in the UK, has called on readers to make a formal complaint to the regulatory body IPSO, after calling the piece an “unacceptable piece of journalism.”

    Recently the leader of the labour party Ed Milliband said he was ‘so proud’ that his party had selected a transgender parliamentary candidate to stand in May’s general election.

    Brothers will contest the seat of Sutton and Cheam and is quoted as saying she wanted to be a ‘positive role model’.

    In a recent interview with PinkNews, she said,

    “In an ideal world I wouldn’t be speaking out about my past because it’s very private; however I recognise that as a politician the key thing is trust.

    “I don’t want to be somebody who has notoriety as having a transgender background, but I also believe it’s an experience that has value to it, that I can be a positive role model.”

    Columnist Rod Liddle has said that he sorry for “the poor joke”.

    In a statement released today, Mr Liddle said: “I wish Emily the very best and I’d definitely vote for her if I lived in Sutton and Cheam.

    “I am sorry for the poor joke!”