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Craig Horrocks

@chcookley.bsky.social

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Green party member and enthusiast Believer that communities do it best Communication is the way to make a better world - not conflict

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Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 4h

Oh dear!

Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 4h

Gloucestershire and more than I can afford

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Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 4h

Round here you need money to find a dentist. All the NHS ones are full

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Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 4h

Farage is rich - makes it easy to get access to a dentist

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Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 12h

Didn't notice! Thanks for the advice

Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 13h

I need to be clearer. I'm a councillor trying to navigate protecting trans rights in the face of the impending ECHR final guidance, so have to be more careful

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Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 13h

My fault for not being clear. It's too easy to lose the meaning trying to fit within the character limit

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Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 13h

I don't think that they are likely to, I was highlighting the ridiculous notion that trans men should be forced to use women's spaces

Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 13h

Please read my followup

Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 13h

Oh I've done it again! I'm talking about the Supreme Court judgement that implies that trans MEN should be forced to use women's spaces.

Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 13h

When?

Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 13h

I've just answered another comment. Out of context the fact I was talking about the SC and ECHR statements meaning that trans MEN would be forced into women's spaces disappears and does indeed look like a TERF dogwhistle - more care required by me to think beyond the immediate conversation!

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Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 13h

I see that out-of-context it sounds like the 'cis men pretending to be trans women' bullshit and I do have to be more careful !

Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 13h

Christ, I finally understand. Context is everything. I was suggesting that the Supreme Court decision would force trans MEN to use the women's loos. So, all men, trans and cis, would be unchallengable in those spaces.

Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 13h

No. I'm saying taking those rights away does

Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 13h

Exactly! It was cis men I was talking about

Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 13h

I certainly didn't mention trans women in my comments. I may have been mansplaining, however I was talking about the behaviour of cis men, so do have a view.

Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 13h

Absolutely! I'm not arguing that it doesn't, but if I can understand which part a TERF would use, I can avoid similar in the future

Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 13h

I know! It is something I have pointed out over and over again. However, in a conversation about the Supreme Court decision and subsequent guidance, I was pointing out their ridiculous implications.

Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 13h

At the moment a cis man shouldn't be able to enter a women's space unquestioned. Predatory, or voyeuristic, cis men would be enabled by claiming to be trans, following the Supreme Court judgement and interim ECHR guidance. My comment said nothing negative about trans people - still don't understand

Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 13h

Totally get that - the comment was in a specific context

Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 13h

Genuinely, don't understand the dog whistle comment and would like to

Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 13h

Which was what? The suggestion that trans men should be forced to use women's loos is a vile and ridiculous suggestion. Pointing out that predatory cis men in that world could use that as a means of entering women's spaces and therefore pose a risk is a logical extension.

Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 14h

Is that meant to be a transphobic dog whistle? I was highlighting the ludicrous double standards of those who state that spaces should be restricted to those of 'biological' sex. Perhaps, too ironic for social media - I'll be more careful!

Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 14h

That there are people who are not transphobes who, in my view mistakenly, think that they can convince those transphobes otherwise through conversation. This doesn't mean they are closet transphobes. My fear is that labelling them as such will create allies for dyed-in-the-wool TERFs