The Trans Lobby Has Found Its Next Target
On the 23rd of February a well-respected Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne launched a website that was immediately targeted by the trans lobby in a vicious and coordinated attack.
It started on Twitter where the trans lobby rapidly spread their vitriol on a routine basis, and where women & men that value biological reality above ideology are frequently targeted.
The first two Twitter accounts to be seen coordinating the harassment are pictured below.
One of two Twitter accounts that seemed to put the call out for people to target the website Holly created.
One of two Twitter accounts that seemed to put the call out for people to target the website Holly created.
Apparently, both Hannah and Andrew (pictured above) are staff at the University of Melbourne.
Info can be found here
Holly Lawford-Smith, an Associate Professor of political philosophy at the University of Melbourne, a respected author and an all-around compassionate and lovely woman, is the focus of their fury. Her crime (besides wrong-think)? Establishing a website where women can submit accounts of their personal experiences regarding trans-identified-males in single-sex spaces (like female sports competitions, female bathrooms, female prisons, children’s and women’s refuges etc.).
From what I gather being a regular observer of Holly’s work, she is not transphobic. My opinion is that she is intelligent, rational and kind. She is passionate about protecting the rights of children and the rights of girls and women. She works diligently toward a fairer and more balanced society through research, critical analysis and facts and she speaks directly with some of the people that are most affected by “gender identity” ideology. View her important work here.
The trans lobby, on the other hand, are acting vicious and seem to be blinded by hatred and ignorance. Below is a rather lengthy display of some of the misguided hate and ignorance that is being hurled at Holly (and anyone else that agrees with her point of view - this type of mob behaviour serves as a warning to any women that engage in wrong-think and anyone that dares to think for themselves and value facts over ideology).
They have even gone as far as writing and publishing an open letter making absurd claims like, “In referencing the legislation around gender identity the website contributes to well-rehearsed transphobic ideology…” The examples of “transphobic ideology” include the use of words like “transgenderism” and phrases like “trans-identified-males.” That’s right! Putting “ism” at the end of a word or referring to males that identify as one of multiple trans-genders as “trans-identified-males” is transphobic! HEAVEN FORBID if you reference legislation!
They go on to say that the website denies “the legitimacy of trans women.” I will assume they are referring to this part of the definition of legitimacy - “ability to be defended with logic or justification” and, if so, then what do you expect? The trans lobby claims that biological sex in humans can be changed and that “gender” (which is nothing more than a social concept that is based on sexist and restrictive stereotypes for males and females) can be picked and identified in and out of. Or is it sex that can be identified in and out of? The people that make up the trans lobby can’t even agree with one another on their pseudoscientific & political beliefs. So, logically, the claim that a male can “identify” as a woman (or vice versa), and should thus be treated as a woman socially, politically and legally, cannot be justified. ‘Woman’ is NOT an identity. I will leave it to you to decide if you want to read anymore of the open letter.
This is not the first time the trans lobby has come after Holly and other people/groups over similar reasons - to cancel and shut down any hint of intellectual discussion, debate and thought, and to ensure that women have no women-only spaces, no freedom of thought, expression or speech, and no freedom of or from political convictions or religion. Here are just two examples:
https://equalityaustralia.org.au/open-letter-to-the-university-of-melbourne/
https://overland.org.au/2019/07/academic-freedom-is-not-freedom-to-discriminate/
The media, who as a collective are generally nowhere to be seen when it comes to matters of women’s rights, has rushed to publish numerous articles (see: predominantly regurgitating each other’s content) about this situation.
The majority of the journalists repeat (false) claims of transphobia and claim that University academics are “at odds.” What I see is a small number of bigoted staff at the University of Melbourne that have signed the open letter in an attempt to silence Holly and others. Furthermore, the University’s balanced and rational position has been made (publicly) clear:
Article here
Also, upon further research it seems to me that Holly’s website aligns with the strategic plans of the University of Melbourne, as specified on their website (pictured in slideshow below).
Also pictured below are screenshots of an email from Professor Russell Goulbourne, Dean, Faculty of Arts - University of Melbourne, according to the private testimony of a student. It seems he has been quick to virtue signal by sending this email out to numerous students.
Let me clarify, once again, that Holly is not transphobic. As far as the website she created is concerned, please have a look for yourself, and keep in mind that the website function of submitting stories is currently being interfered with by the trans lobby, as shown below:
Holly created this website because women across the planet are being silenced, intimidated, harassed, dismissed from employment and assaulted just for wanting to speak about the endless occurrences of trans-identified-males intimidating, harassing and assaulting females in girls’ and women’s spaces.
“Silence is a key enabler for men perpetrating violence against women…”
“Listen to women.”
Both quotes from University of Melbourne Facebook post pictured below.
Post here
Author notes that men are being silenced, de-platformed and more for speaking up about “gender identity” ideology, but this specific article is about Holly and the website she created.
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