{"id":93982,"date":"2019-08-14T14:26:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T18:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/critics-slam-newspapers-new-gender-issues-section-a-forum-for-hate\/"},"modified":"2019-08-14T14:26:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T18:26:21","slug":"critics-slam-newspapers-new-gender-issues-section-a-forum-for-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/critics-slam-newspapers-new-gender-issues-section-a-forum-for-hate\/","title":{"rendered":"Critics slam newspaper\u2019s new \u2018gender issues\u2019 section: \u2018A forum for hate\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Critics slam newspaper\u2019s new \u2018gender issues\u2019 section: \u2018A forum for hate\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2018\/02\/newspaper-670x447.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2018\/02\/newspaper-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2018\/02\/newspaper-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2018\/02\/newspaper.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p>A section of an Australian newspaper\u2019s website devoted to the gender spectrum \u2014 sounds like a step in the right direction, yeah? Well, check out some of the headlines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/topics\/gender\">recently included in the rollup<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cTransgender project \u2018out of balance\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPM canes transgender policy\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThey\u2019re castrating children\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c\u2018Corrupting kids\u2019 thinking\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Understandably, the online section has sparked a firestorm of backlash since editor Bernard Lane announced it on August 8. \u201cThe Australian newspaper\u2019s obsession with humiliating <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> people is disgraceful,\u201d Equality Australia <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EqualityAu\/status\/1160774423424581632\">said in a tweet<\/a>. \u201cThe rights and existence of <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> people is not up for debate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The organization explained that \u201cconservative religious fringe groups are determined to divide Australia using misinformation and fear mongering about <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> people.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/newspaper-names-awful-trump-gays-two-2018s-men-year-20181228\">Newspaper names \u2018Trump Gays\u2019 two of 2018\u2019s Men of the Year<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joan A. Westenberg, a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> creative director who has written for the San Francisco Chronicle, also called out the News Corp-owned newspaper\u2019s new section. \u201cBernard, when the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">teens<\/a> that I talk to every day come to me and ask why people are angry at them, threaten them with homelessness and abuse them, this is the kind of content that instigates it,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jonwestenberg\/status\/1160001592327720960\">tweeted<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m too disappointed and sad about this to be angry. Because I\u2019m tired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, she persisted. \u201cI need you and your colleagues to understand how much it hurts people like us when this kind of thing happens,\u201d Westenberg <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jonwestenberg\/status\/1160001892262371329\">added<\/a>. \u201cAnd I need you to understand that if you don\u2019t take ownership of a responsible public conversation, you implicitly take ownership of the negative repercussions. People are going to struggle because of editorial choices that, far from being in the public interest, are harmful and antisocial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/newspaper-faces-huge-backlash-publishing-story-closeted-bi-soccer-stars-male-lover-20180514\">Newspaper faces huge backlash for publishing story about closeted bi soccer star\u2019s male lover<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>We\u2019ve included more Twitter reactions to the section below. Don your protective gear \u2014 serious burns ahead.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A forum for hate, inside a forum for hate.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ?Richard O\u2019Brien (@RichardAOB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichardAOB\/status\/1160007016066289665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">did you <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guys<\/a> somehow run out of racial minorities to vilify<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 thomas violence (@thomas_violence) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thomas_violence\/status\/1160005845389721600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">They just hate the Trans community and it fits into their agenda so they want to encourage people to \u201ctake a side\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ? Sleeping Giants Oz ? (@slpng_giants_oz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/slpng_giants_oz\/status\/1160049394835574786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The article is behind a paywall and I refuse to send 1 red cent to Murdoch in order to read a transphobic diatribe.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Helen Barton ?? ??? she\/her (@helenba59288022) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/helenba59288022\/status\/1160113219274285056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Words cannot begin to describe how appalling I find this. Not unlike the Australian\u2019s despicable campaign against the great Safe Schools campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 chris younger (@Funkyfetlock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Funkyfetlock\/status\/1160146475776499716?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Adding to our society\u2019s human misery. If you had ANY idea about the effect of hate speech\u2026???\u2026but perhaps you actually do, and you just don\u2019t care. Vile<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kathryn Skidmore (@kathy_skidmore1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kathy_skidmore1\/status\/1160030371288797184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You\u2019ve created a forum specifically to attack <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> people. The vile hate you <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">call<\/a> opinion pieces now given an entire individual platform for discrimination. You deserve nothing but hate for this pathetic fear-mongering outdated bigotry.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brendan Maclean (@macleanbrendan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/macleanbrendan\/status\/1160380286657429504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Feel free to spend the time developing some skills of empathy and a sense of personal responsibility, Bernard.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Dow (@dowsteve) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dowsteve\/status\/1160388566486093824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=JexQ8qFCvgQ:ldiQf9ED-NI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=JexQ8qFCvgQ:ldiQf9ED-NI:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/critics-slam-newspapers-new-gender-issues-section-forum-hate-20190814?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.queerty.com\/critics-slam-newspapers-new-gender-issues-section-forum-hate-20190814?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Critics slam newspaper\u2019s new \u2018gender issues\u2019 section: \u2018A forum for hate\u2019 A section of an Australian newspaper\u2019s website devoted to the gender spectrum \u2014 sounds like a step in the right direction, yeah? Well, check out some of the headlines recently included in the rollup: \u201cTransgender project \u2018out of balance\u2019\u201d \u201cPM canes transgender policy\u201d \u201cThey\u2019re &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/critics-slam-newspapers-new-gender-issues-section-a-forum-for-hate\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Critics slam newspaper\u2019s new \u2018gender issues\u2019 section: \u2018A forum for hate\u2019<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Critics slam newspaper\u2019s new \u2018gender issues\u2019 section: \u2018A forum for hate\u2019 - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/critics-slam-newspapers-new-gender-issues-section-a-forum-for-hate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Critics slam newspaper\u2019s new \u2018gender issues\u2019 section: \u2018A forum for hate\u2019 - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Critics slam newspaper\u2019s new \u2018gender issues\u2019 section: \u2018A forum for hate\u2019 A section of an Australian newspaper\u2019s website devoted to the gender spectrum \u2014 sounds like a step in the right direction, yeah? 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