Saturday, 18 November 2023

From this week’s news on: human rights [Note: Content Warning - links to reports on bigotry/hate, violence/abuse. Reader discretion is advised]

Note: CONTENT WARNING - some of this content is about upsetting, disturbing or triggering events & attitudes. Seek competent help - including professional - if you need it. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that linked articles may contains names and/or images of deceased people. READER CAUTION IS RECOMMENDED! For anyone distressed by anything in this post, or for any other reason considering seeking support, resources are available in Australia here, here, and here. In other nations, you will have to do an Internet search using terms such as “mental health support - <your nation>” (which, for instance, may lead to this, this, and this, in the USA, or this, this, and this, in France [biased towards English-language - my apologies]), or perhaps try https://www.befrienders.org/. 

Note: in my “from the news” posts, quotes are shown italicised and blue, my comments are in a different shade of blue, and “good” items are shown in green. I have loosely grouped the posts where such seemed reasonable, but that is subjective (i.e., my opinion - others are free to disagree), and challenging, as some posts belong in multiple “groups”.

From this week’s news on human rights (note: I may continue to add links for a few days, possibly up to a week, after these are published): 

 

 

  • “Transphobes on Twitter planned to crash funeral for trans youngster who died by suicide”   https://medium.com/@notCursedE/transphobes-on-twitter-planned-to-crash-funeral-for-trans-youngster-who-died-by-suicide-29e258d444fd   “The parent of a transgender boy who died in early October announced details of the funeral on Twitter. Transphobes on Twitter planned to attend the funeral stating “funnies must ensue”.  (I’m not calling it “X” the same way I’m not calling Facebook “Meta”)   ...   ValidLs has since been suspended from Twitter. No comment has been made as to why action wasn’t taken against this account sooner given its constant output of anti-trans content. Personally I don’t expect it to be banned for long as multiple other dedicated anti-trans accounts have already been unbanned.   Twitter has also moved to include warnings on tweets which read “I hate cis people” but not on tweets which read “I hate trans people” — mirroring Elon Musk’s position that “cis is a slur” and demonstrating the obvious anti-trans bias of the platform’s current direction.”    and   “[neoliberal Senators]’s trans prohibition bill blocked by Senate”   https://qnews.com.au/alex-antics-trans-prohibition-bill-blocked-by-senate/  

 

  • “Earth Matters: Fighting for Banaba Part 1”   Earth Matters   https://www.3cr.org.au/earthmatters   “Professor Katerina Teaiwa and Itinterunga Rae Banteiti join Priya to discuss the colonial history of phosphate mining on Banaba and the fight by Banabans for reparations and an end to extraction. This conversation, recorded in September 2023, occurs in the context of a recent push by Australian mining company Centrex, which has sought to conduct phosphate prospecting activities on the island under the greenwashing premise of “rehabilitation.” This week, you will hear the first of Priya's two-part conversation with Katerina and Rae - stay tuned next week to catch the rest. Katerina is an interdisciplinary scholar, artist and award winning teacher of Banaban, I-Kiribati and African American heritage born and raised in Fiji. She is Professor of Pacific Studies in the School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Rae is of Banaban and Kiribati origins and was raised and educated in Fiji. Rae’s environment and social justice work are linked to Kiribati people’s histories and the extent of environmental degradation caused by extensive mining.”   Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/earth-matters/id262049140?i=1000634493755   or at   https://www.3cr.org.au/earthmatters/episode/fighting-banaba-part-1  


 



 

Assumptions / basis 

In writing this, I have assumed / started from the following: 

  • this blog states quite clearly that it is about political and human rights matters, including lived experience of problems, and thus I will assume readers are reasonable people who have noted the content warning in the post header;

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider:

  • there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”; 
  • I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.

 

If they are of any use of interest, the activism information links from my former news posts are available in this post. 

 

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Remember: we need to be more human being rather than human doing, and all misgendering is an act of active transphobia/transmisia that puts trans+ lives at risk.


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