Physician, heal thyself

Some Good Law Project blither from Jolyon:

A dangerous narrative that frames trans people as a threat to women has solidified its grip on public discourse in recent months. It’s a narrative built on fear, not facts, and it’s having devastating effects on the trans community.

It’s not a “narrative.” It’s trendy to sweep all the words into the category of “narrative” (except one’s own words of course) but it’s stupid and inaccurate and manipulative. It’s also not “framing.” Calling it “framing” implies manipulation at best, lying at worst.

We’re not telling a story when we point out that trans women are men and that men are barred from some women’s spaces for reasons of safety as well as privacy. We are stating some obvious facts. If anyone’s telling stories around here it’s the men who insist that they really really are women in every sense so shut up.

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