[Some gibberish Abo greeting] Just been reflecting on some of this hate that we've been seeing of late. And I think, um, it's just really important if we're gonna return to this kind of time where hate is emboldened and people march in the street, uh, against the existence of others, and um - we've got Christofascist cookers, uhh, pulling LGBTQ books out of school libraries and off the shelves of K-Mart - I thought, um, maybe it would be a good time to remind everyone, if we're gonna be in the business of book burning, let's make sure we're burning the right books.
Of course book burning is a somewhat inflammatory gesture, one not to be encouraged. I understand that the writer of this book is worshipped by many trans-exclusionary radical fascists. This dangerous tome authored by an obsessed bigot, who needs a new hobby, is in homes all over the world. The burning question is, "Won't somebody think of the children?" What will come of their exposure to the dangerous ideas espoused by right-wing nutjobs? If parents are allowed to spew vile identity-based hate, one has to wonder: is the harm kids face really the mere existence of non-het, non-cis people? Or is it in the rhetoric they are subjected to in their own homes and places of worship?
While the media fans the flames of non-issues abous trans people playing sport and which toilet people piss in to flog newspaper subscriptions, and boost pitiful ratings, it's pretty clear that driving people towards religious institutions obsessed by covering up abuse perpetrated by evil men in dresses is a bad idea. As the far-left baits the far-right to march in the streets, all that is achieved is effective recruitment and radicalisation of transphobic thugs. We, the people, can and must choose to reject manufactured culture wars being exported by the UK and the US.
So, to the Christofascists, to the J.K. Rowlings, to the K.J. KKKs and the Katherine Deves of this world, I say this: we are here, we are queer, we are gender-diverse. And whilst we didn't start the fire of hate and vilification you fuel, we will sure as hell extinguish it through love and acceptance of all.
