During a House Intelligence Committee hearing Wednesday on diversity in the security agencies, the committee’s ranking member cautioned that the “utterly destructive” politicization of America’s national security apparatus had “severely eroded trust” in its institutions and distracted from its mission to counter the “international threat matrix.” Noting that this “tendency” …
Read More »Ruling that correct pronoun usage is a human right for trans people makes a MOCKERY of freedom of expression
The tribunal in British Columbia found in favour of restaurant waitress Jessie Nelson, who regards herself as a non-binary, gender fluid, transgender person. Nelson was fired from her job after asking the bar manager to stop using the pronouns ‘she/her’ and refer to her as ‘they/them’. What is really significant …
Read More »Forget punishment & rehabilitation… for one UK prison, handing out purple ‘pronoun’ badges is the priority
Before Parkhurst Prison was downgraded in the 1990s it enjoyed a reputation as one of the toughest jails in Britain. Now, however, as HMP Isle of Wight, it has become a laughing stock for its tin-eared efforts to appease the gender gestapo. In preparation for National Inclusion Week, the prison’s …
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