The judge said that Mr Burke and members of his family had engaged in a "concerted attack" on the authority of the civil courts.

The judge said that Mr Burke and members of his family had engaged in a “concerted attack” on the authority of the civil courts.

He sounds obsessed

  • dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 days ago

    Mr Burke was initially suspended from the school in 2022 for refusing to call a transgender pupil by the surname ‘they’, and “the manner in which he conducted his objection to transgenderism,” towards the principle, according to the judgement.

    The school also obtained an injunction restraining Mr Burke from trespassing on the school premises, which he has defied a number of times.

    Should be clarified:

    https://glaad.org/reference/trans-terms

    TERM TO AVOID:

    “transgenderism” “gender ideology”

    These are not terms used by transgender people. These terms are used by anti-transgender activists to dehumanize transgender people and reduce who they are to “a condition” or a “dangerous ideology” that threatens “free speech.” Learn more about the term “transgenderism” via GLAAD’s Guide to Anti-LGBTQ Online Hate and Disinformation

    BEST PRACTICE:

    Refer to being transgender instead, or refer to the transgender community. You can also refer to the movement for transgender equality and acceptance.

    From that “Guide to Anti-LGBTQ Online Hate & Disinformation”:

    The current, popularized usage of the term “transgenderism” arises from anti-trans extremists who seek to delegitimize and dehumanize transgender people by falsely implying that being transgender is an ideology rather than an identity. (See here for a longer history of the term’s usage.)

    In her March 2023 essay, “On the Right’s Call to “Eradicate Transgenderism” (It Means Exactly What You Think It Means)” journalist Parker Molloy further explains: “words like ‘transgenderism’ and ‘gender ideology’ are almost exclusively used by anti-trans activists to obscure the fact that trans people are simply people who just happen to be trans. It’s not a belief system.”

    For example, the term “transgenderism” was notably weaponized in a speech by far-right commentator Michael Knowles at the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), where he pronounced: “For the good of society … transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely.” Knowles posted versions of the speech on YouTube, as well as variations of the same rhetoric on his other social media accounts, while disingenuously asserting that his call for violence was not violent.

    On social media, Knowles and other far-right media figures employ the term (along with other variations of the trope such as “gender ideology”) to disingenuously evade platforms’ hate speech and harassment policies — which prohibit speech targeting people with hate on the basis of protected characteristics such as gender identity (while speech targeting ideologies is allowed). Anti-trans figures and groups continue to promote the term online and offline as a dog whistle expressing contempt and hatred of transgender people.