If this was a natal born woman standing for election would it be acceptable to tolerated.

GG13 that's a parody account, not easy to detect with all the 'genuine' ones that spout such rubbish. I was believing it myself until I read the comments underneath.

Rosie51

GG13 that's a parody account, not easy to detect with all the 'genuine' ones that spout such rubbish. I was believing it myself until I read the comments underneath.

Thank you for pointing that out rosie51 these flipping parody accounts are looking more genuine than the genuine ones,

I have reported my own post, and hopefully GNHQ will remove it.

Sorry folks

GrannyGravy13

Rosie51

GG13 that's a parody account, not easy to detect with all the 'genuine' ones that spout such rubbish. I was believing it myself until I read the comments underneath.

Thank you for pointing that out rosie51 these flipping parody accounts are looking more genuine than the genuine ones,

I actually think they're doing more harm than good unless they are very, very clear they're a parody.

We need a bit of amusement in politics (RIP Lord Sutch) but at the moment things are beyond a joke. Truss, Braverman, Rees-Mogg ....need I say more?

GrannyGravy13

I have reported my own post, and hopefully GNHQ will remove it.

Sorry folks

Thank you.

If someone had parodied a black candidate there would have been outrage nowadays....
tho once acceptable. ....
ditto women, or ditto some kinds of disability.

But Izzard is parodying a woman and being widely praised for it.
He's never had such adoration lavished on him before.

FarNorth, the parodying of women by some trans women is something that I find uncomfortable. Im still irritated by Bruce Jenner saying the most difficult thing about being s woman was deciding what to wear in the morning.

Im still irritated by Bruce Jenner saying the most difficult thing about being s woman was deciding what to wear in the morning.

Me too! Grrr! Bruce/Caitlyn has conveniently avoided periods, PMS, childbirth and the menopause.

FarNorth

But Izzard is parodying a woman and being widely praised for it.
He's never had such adoration lavished on him before.

Reports of adoration are greatly exaggerated speaking as an insider.

SkyBird

I can't see any problem with him standing for election based on this photograph. At the very least he is honest about who he is. Unlike a lot of politians.

He's not being honest though - he's standing as a woman candidate when he is a man.

Like many men who enjoy LARPing as women , he is a misogynist and has no respect for women or for women's rights, so not the right type of individual to be an MP at all.

Do tell Wyllow3 !

GagaJo

Typical gransnet dislike of anything unconventional.

I must have missed this post on the 12th.

Izzard can be as unconventional as he likes, and I wouldn't care as long as he was not lying about being a woman.
Even then, as someone outside Sheffield, I wouldn't care about it if he was the only man lying in that way but he isn't - he's a representation of what's happening UK-wide.

FarNorth

Do tell Wyllow3 !

Seconded

No, because I was clear up thread..

as in, lots of opportunity there on terms of choice for the seat to represent different communities which are under represented in terms of MP's over S Yorks area generally and where is all the stuff on THEM on Social Meja? I'm fed up of this usual obsession on this particular person please see the wider picture.

*Sparklefizz *Sun 16-Oct-22 08:36:32
^Im still irritated by Bruce Jenner saying the most difficult thing about being s woman was deciding what to wear in the morning.

Me too! Grrr! Bruce/Caitlyn has conveniently avoided periods, PMS, childbirth and the menopause.^

I don't usually get involved in these trans debates, but feel I need to here. I think a lot of statements by trans women are ridiculous. What does saying ' I feel like a woman' mean?'. How does anyone know what a gendered feeling is.
And for Caitlyn Jenner to say the above does her and trans women no favours. And yes, missing periods and menopause is very convenient. I don't include child birth as I found it a lovely experience.

EI looks quite conservatively dressed in comparison to this trans woman teacher from Ontario. The photo was taken whilst they were teaching a class of 12th grader pupils woodwork lessons.

Zoejory

I rather like Eddie

Me too

But which Eddie? ?

twitter.com/moleatthedoor/status/1581628043667607552?s=61&t=pjOdkZ1ECyLqMrfRYMXK3w

Panko

EI looks quite conservatively dressed in comparison to this trans woman teacher from Ontario. The photo was taken whilst they were teaching a class of 12th grader pupils woodwork lessons.

This is an example of using an irrelevant extreme image to prove a point about someone who is completely different who has nothing to do with the person in the photo.

Given the present political situation, isn't it about time we started talking abut policies local and national instead of this endless obsession with how someone looks?

It's not about looks.
It's about men claiming to be women.

I've heard he has some stiff opposition anyway

One of the funniest people I have ever seen. The policies she believes in are Labour party policies. Why shouldn't there be a trans MP?
Given the natal woman we have as PM currently I know which I prefer.

Why shouldn't there be a trans MP I thought we already did, Jamie Wallis?