Trans activists have no right to pervert the English language
Quillette Cetera31 Mai 2023

Trans activists have no right to pervert the English language

'"Woman. Noun. Adult human female,” read the sticker applied to Queensland MP Shannon Fentiman’s office window. Walking past the window at the Waterford Shopping Centre in Logan, one might have assumed the sticker belonged to Fentiman. She was, until Thursday, Queensland’s Minister for Women. But one would’ve been mistaken. “I know the sticker doesn’t look like it says much, and most people will be lucky enough to be unaffected by what it says,” Fentiman wrote on her Instagram page. “But for some people in our community, these stickers represent much more – they represent a movement which discriminates against them and denies their existence.”' -------- Welcome to Episode 2! Today with better placement of our microphones and less mmms. Today we discuss Claire's latest column in The Australian- Trans activists have no right to pervert the English language, by Claire Lehmann: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/trans-activists-have-no-right-to-pervert-the-english-language-writes-claire-lehmann/news-story/a3809b3716c4c068c629e5df6b5224a9 Sorry all- the audio wasn't great in this episode. I'm still working out how to do this. Expect better quality audio, and even, wait for it, intro music, in the coming weeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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