Tag: censorship

In British and American academia, the deplatforming (gagging) imposed on teachers critical of free gender identity (self-id) is a well-established phenomenon (we have reported on it several times, see here and here). It has been one of the main signs of the enormous lobbying power of transactivism. The case of Kathleen Stock, feminist and lesbian lecturer at the University of Sussex, probably marks the point of no return: you can read the story here. Stock came under very heavy attack from a trans collective at the university, [...]

What is happening to feminist Anna Bonforte Papale (whose FB post we republish almost in its entirety) has happened to many of us many times. In this case, Bonforte has been the object of misogynistic bullying for days simply for having reported during a debate on the Zan bill (in the photo, Bonforte on the right) the passage of a Constitutional Court ruling, the 180/2017, which states: "it should be excluded that the only voluntary element can have priority or exclusive importance for the [...]

The strategy of queer activism always orders silence. If politicians are discussing a bill to introduce gender self-determination, it is preferable that the media do not talk about it, and if they do talk about it, they have to say that the bill is only "against discrimination of LGBT people" and keep quiet about the rest. Any opinion that is even the slightest bit dissonant is silenced with insults, threats (chilling effect) and blackout (no platform). All this happens also in Italy, see for example [...]

In these hours, the LGBT+ world is mobilising to ask the Senate Justice Commission to schedule the Zan bill against homobitransphobia, misogyny and ableism, which has already been approved by the Chamber of Deputies. Arcilesbica has drawn up a number of proposed amendments, without which, it says, "there is a risk of serious breakdown". These, in brief, are the proposals addressed to the centre-left senators. - in the definitions in art.1, use the clear terms of "sex, gender stereotypes, sexual orientation, transsexuality", instead of the current ambiguities (sex, gender, orientation [...]

"There is a stubbornness in me that does not tolerate being intimidated by the will of others. My courage rises at every attempt to frighten me'. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, 1813 An earthquake is shaking Anglo-Saxon universities. Gender-critical female professors have provoked it, risking their careers by denouncing the loss of academic freedom and the intimidating climate in which sex, gender and gender identity are discussed. "The gender identity movement is erasing people's freedom of speech and the academic freedom of anyone who does not [...]

With rare exceptions, the media regularly obscure any news that might create problems for the transhuman and queer business, a target that enjoys a great deal of positive attention. A few examples. There was almost complete global silence on the Keira Bell ruling in the UK, which introduced the obligation to go to court to administer puberty blockers to girls and boys: on the very same day (!), however, the media system all over the world celebrates the Hollywood transition of Ellen-Elliot Page. Hard struggles to make [...]

(The interview was conducted as part of the activities of SeNonOraQuando Genova, a feminist association with a ten-year history committed to raising cultural awareness for the recognition of women in society at all levels, for their fair representation in decision-making roles, and for the elimination of violence against them). The name of Alessandra Asteriti, professor of International Law at Leuphana University in Hamburg, appeared in the Italian public debate last December 2020, when a speech she gave entitled "L'identità [...]

It seems that nowadays it is the colossal private companies (from Amazon to Twitter to Facebook) that decide what is permissible to think-say-write, punishing you with a ban or censorship if what you think-say-write 'violates standards' (this is usually the formula). In the last few days it has been the turn of the well-known British activist Posie Parker, whose Zoom account has been temporarily suspended, with the threat of definitive blocking, for her gender-critical positions. Sometimes you're not even told in [...]