Concerns have done been raised

There’s something called TransLucent, which used to be called Steph’s Place, which was a website that did (crude) public relations for trans people, mostly (of course) the male ones. The Steph’s Place About Us page is…well let’s just say it’s hard to tell it’s not a parody. Anyway now it has a more spiritchuwal name, and an apology tweet.

The writing is even worse than the writing at good old Steph’s Place. We get some of the drift, I think – they claimed to have an article about being trans as a biological condition, and now say they’re not publishing this important article because um er um. What’s not clear is whether the article says no no or yes yes. All we have is “about.” About in what sense? Doesn’t say. Being trans is or is not a biological condition; details at eleventyseventy.

For dessert let’s read Steph’s bio from the eponymous Place:

Steph: (pronouns – she/her) – Steph is the old one who thinks young. She is a post-op trans woman having an “F” Passport and Driving Licence. She loves writing, women’s fashion and everything trans – detesting injustice, male violence, patriarchy, war, corruption, sexism, discrimination, homophobia and just about everything else that is ‘wrong’ in society today. She tends to be our spokesperson and was platformed in a one-hour live radio broadcast about trans rights at midday on Friday 24th June 2022 with Adam Fleming on BBC Radio Four. Steph later learnt that some 600,000 people had ‘tuned in’ and a further 36,000 listened to the podcast within the next two days! A link to the podcast is HERE:  

Steph likes to think she is a ‘listener and tends to ‘get on’ with most people. She has spent almost her entire life working with and alongside women (often in pregnancy) and is often not that comfortable around men, in part because she was sexually abused by a non-family member as a child. Steph tends to do most of the blogs and also enjoys investigative journalism. She has written for magazines on various topics but normally on parenting, lifestyle and trans subject matter. She also often speaks to journalists and members of the Government. 

Also, not mentioned in bio, Steph can’t write his way out of a paper bag.

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