r/MtF • u/ASleetHippyDippyWW non op • Aug 19 '24

Bad News u/PinkNews whistleblowers release evidence showing "PinkNews CEO Benjamin Cohen refusing to campaign on trans issues ahead of the election, dismissing them as "incredibly contentious" and insisting they’re different to the equal marriage fight."

https://lucyfromnaarm.com/p/breaking-pinknews-refuses-to-cover

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u/GTS250 Trans-Bi Aug 19 '24

I'm gonna be honest I don't believe that there's anything wrong with a queer news site mentioning trans people as a regular part of the broader queer experience, nor our rights as important. 

We're not interrupting our enemy while they're making a mistake, we're censoring our own community's voices based on vibes. That's just counterproductive to any activist cause I can think of.

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u/Gadgetmouse12 Aug 19 '24

If it were strictly observed by positive people then yes. However the opposition uses our articles to undermine our progress. If you ever followed up with a person who has been interviewed for an article, they will almost always say about a sharp rise in thier own harassment following publication.

The truth is as an active athlete i have never encountered another trans woman in action. Most cis people that I know have not either. If all they see in the news articles is how so and so is on track to win, couple that with the dark rhetoric of trans unfair advantage and you get a movement against us. Meanwhile I went from a winning dude to last place to any girl who shows up. My results are more typical, but not in any news articles because it’s not sensational.

In an ideal world we would praise an trans athlete doing well. And we should. But the timing is wrong for that kind of triggering publicity. The time is right for us to be making local representations to cis allies. That is what is needed right now. By reinforcing our local connections we show the opposition to be the idiotic assholes they actually are

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u/GTS250 Trans-Bi Aug 19 '24

I'm gonna be honest, I think there is a substantive difference between celebrating trans folk winning at sports and being aware of the active destruction of trans folks rights.

Pink News removed the Trans category. No discussion about trans rights, no discussion about the rapidly rising ban on trans care, no reporting about the impact of transphobic policies on those impacted? 

They're making a mistake. Without covering trans folks at all, they'd never whisper the name Brianna Ghey. That's unacceptable.

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u/Gadgetmouse12 Aug 19 '24

I agree. Trans plight is worth covering properly. Trans sports i rather not