The hypocrisy of trans activists has just been hilariously exposed

There’s a new online trend called ‘transfishing’ – and it’s driving gender ideologues mad

Now here’s a trend I didn’t see coming. According to an article in Metro, there’s a shameful new phenomenon known as “transfishing”. This, apparently, is “when cisgender people (those whose gender identity aligns with their sex at birth) pretend to be trans for personal gain”.
In case you’re still in the dark, here’s an example. The other day there was a furious uproar online after two female models on OnlyFans – a pornographic subscription service – were accused of pretending to be trans women (who are biologically male). In a caption, they described themselves as “two boys”. Meanwhile, they both appeared to have stuffed objects down the front of their knickers to create a bulge.
In short: here, it seemed, were two females trying to look like males trying to look like females.
Naturally, this made a lot of trans activists very angry. The two models were told that they were “fake” and “disgusting”. One trans commenter wrote that it was “incredibly disrespectful and frustrating to see them profit off our bodies”. Another thundered: “Don’t get in our space.”
I’m sure we can all sympathise. It must be distressing when members of another group invade a space traditionally reserved for one’s own group. Equally, it must feel insulting when they insist that they actually are members of one’s own group, when anyone with eyes can see that they aren’t.
None the less, I think we should defend the two models. If they say they’re trans, then they are trans, and that’s that. Because, as we all know, anyone who questions someone else’s gender identity is a hateful bigot.
There is of course nothing wrong with Welsh politicians seeking to preserve their country’s native tongue. Even so, you’ve got to be careful what you say – no matter what language it’s in.
Take the news that Botwnnog community council in Gwynedd, North Wales, would like anyone who doesn’t speak Welsh to be blocked from moving into a proposed local housing development. This is because, in the view of councillors, any such newcomers would pose a “danger” to “the Welsh language and the fabric of the community”.
“It would be great if the availability of the proposed houses could be limited to Welsh speakers only,” said the council in a planning report. It also complained that, in recent decades, there had been “a substantial influx of non-Welsh speakers to the area”, and added: “This degenerative force does not recognise boundaries.”
Why not join me, just for a moment, in a little thought experiment. Imagine if a council in England were to argue that all new homes in the area should be for “English speakers only”. Imagine if it declared that the presence of non-English speakers posed a “danger” to “the fabric of the community”. Or if it suggested that a “substantial influx” of non-English speakers over recent decades represented a “degenerative force”.
I can’t be certain. But I imagine that such comments might be deemed a touch controversial. In fact, if the English councillors were to post the comments on Facebook, they’d probably get six months in prison.
At any rate, I hope no one will accuse the councillors in Botwnnog of xenophobia. I’m sure that wasn’t their intent. Let’s not forget that the Welsh government has officially pledged to make Wales “an anti-racist nation by 2030”.
Just to make sure that no one doubts its commitment to this noble cause, however, it’s clear what it must now do. Fill Botwnnog with people who don’t speak a word of Welsh.
Teaching unions are delighted that the Labour Government has bowed to their demand to scrap single-word Ofsted ratings. According to the leader of one teaching union, these ratings were “simplistic” and “reductive”. And according to the leader of another, such ratings “stigmatise schools” and were “the source of sky-high stress and anxiety”, while “sapping [teachers’] morale”.
All this may well be true. But, by the same logic, shouldn’t the Government also scrap A-level grades?
After all, surely it’s “simplistic” and “reductive” to give a pupil’s work a single-letter rating. On top of that, these grades are the source of sky-high stress and anxiety. Furthermore, pupils who are told that they’ve “failed” an A-level are bound to feel stigmatised.
In my view, therefore, it’s high time that we did away with this cruel and inhumane system. A-level papers must no longer be graded. In fact, let’s scrap marks for coursework and homework, as well. Receiving 1/10 in the weekly class spelling test can seriously sap a pupil’s morale.
Admittedly, in the absence of A-level grades, university admissions tutors may protest that they can no longer tell whether an applicant is any good or not. Prospective employers may make the same point about school-leavers’ CVs.
In time, however, I would hope that they will grow out of this simplistic and reductive attitude, and accept that, just as it’s unfair to call some schools “outstanding” and others “inadequate”, it’s unfair to give some pupils an A and others an F.
Sadly, though, it would seem that, at present, the Government has no plans to abolish A-level grades. This news is bound to disappoint many pupils, especially those who aren’t terribly bright.
Still, I’m sure that if the unions start demanding it, the Government will quickly see sense.
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