Trans gender demo at Stonewall awards.
Guido | 09.11.2008 14:54 | Culture | Gender | Social Struggles
It seems that Ms Bindle has been punting out the idea that trans gendered people can be 'cured' by therapy. So a number of concerned individuals and their supporters showed up at the awards to have their voice heard on the issue.
A loud and angry demo...
...by trans gendered people and their supporters...
...outside the Stonewall awards.
Meanwhile across the way supporters of Julie Bindle gather...
...in not very impressive numbers...
...for a almost silent counter demo.
The anti-Bindle contingent are far more creative...
...and colourful...
...and theatrical.
As well as having the numbers.
The main protest was a lot louder and more colourful too. The cops present get a respectful distance from both sides with one senior plod seemingly quite desperate to show off his knowledge of trans gender issues to the assembled media.
It also seemed that the demo was as much about the corporate takeover of campaigns like Stonewall as it was about their poor choice of nominee. They were singing this song (to the tune of "My Old Mans A Dustman") about Ben Summerskill the Stonewall chief exec:
Stonewall was a riot
Drag queens and butch dykes
Not the sort of demo
That Ben Summerskill likes
Stonewall they threw dustbins
Hurled bricks at the law
Summerskill throws parties
And don't hurl bricks no more
Stonewall rioters went to jail
Fighting for their rights
Summerskill serves cocktails
And goes to gala nights
That was real Stonewall
Now its just a name
Summerskill leaves trans folk out
And never feels the shame
We are the trans nation
We wont take crap no more
Summerskill can hear us
Shout outside his door!
Guido
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