tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799086301071172468.post6857916185442128870..comments2024-03-28T09:35:06.979+00:00Comments on LGBT Asylum News: Malawi President pardons Steven and Tiwongepaulocanninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17499916652508144662noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799086301071172468.post-77850643200619881122010-06-01T17:38:30.088+01:002010-06-01T17:38:30.088+01:00I am glad to see that you have ammended this artic...I am glad to see that you have ammended this article.earwicganoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799086301071172468.post-44511087887329886522010-05-30T23:32:07.934+01:002010-05-30T23:32:07.934+01:001. It's not my work, it's from the New Yor...1. It's not my work, it's from the New York Times. I can reedit it to show more clearly it's a quote but you going out looking for transphobia and if you'd read the *dialogue* I had with Natascha Kennedy you'd understand what dialogue is.<br /><br />2. You say about my tweeted link to Natascha's comment on her Guardian piece "Pointing out crappy transphobic comments on Natacha's post doesn't help you" - so I don't now know what you are on about. Natacha was responding to my providing information from Peter Tatchell. Peter is taking instructions directly from Tiwonge, including statement approval. It is coverage in the local press and NYT that is the source of debate over how Tiwonge identifies but I agree with Peter that it is wrong to say she is transgender and also wrong to say she identifies as a woman until Tiwonge confirms this. You are not in contact with Tiwonge, Peter is. All you actually know is what you've read sourced from Malawi's press and the NYT.<br /><br />3. I posted about Tiwonge's gender identity including Peter's statement before. I am not in the habit of repeating myself. If you think this issue is more important than practically helping them then don't expect the rest of us to bow to your whims.<br /><br />4. Is just ridiculous. Peter is stating a fact.<br /><br />Apart from Natascha's piece, and the subsequent dialogue, Jim Burroway has published an excellent piece here on this issue http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/05/22/22871<br /><br />I do not need your 'help'.paulocanninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499916652508144662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799086301071172468.post-51310333043100621162010-05-30T18:24:42.070+01:002010-05-30T18:24:42.070+01:001) The byline of this article reads 'by Paul ...1) The byline of this article reads 'by Paul Canning'. Quotes throughout the article are linked and inset. The transphobic quote I cite isn't inset or linked to anybody else therefore it is the work of Paul Canning.<br /><br />2) Tiwonge has identified herself as a woman several times. You obviously don't believe her. You are taking advice from Peter Tatchell rather than her and refuse to use gender neutral language or the correct gender. You may have 'avoided labels like 'gay' and 'he'' but you haven't avoided 'Mr.'.<br /><br />3) You acknowledge in your comment above that you don't know how Tiwonge identifies herself or her gender (despite the fact that she has identified herself as a woman) but you don't bother to mention this in the article. You focus on sexual orientation and don't mention anything about gender identity. <br /><br />4) Your comment above which states Peter Tatchell's reading of Tiwonge's gender identity:<br />"although I have referred to them as men as this is what they are legally, biologically and in terms of this prosecution."<br />absolutely stinks and I am calling you out on your continued transphobia in using this as a defence.<br /><br />NB - I have no way of knowing if Tiowonge is intersex or trans - I also don't know if she even knows of these terms, but she identifies as a woman and knows she is a woman.<br /><br />Please read the following posts:<br /><br />http://birdofparadox.wordpress.com/2010/05/29/malawi-breaking-news-steven-monjeza-and-tiwonge-chimbalanga-pardoned/<br /><br />http://birdofparadox.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/malawi-live-at-the-witch-trials/<br /><br />There are others all over the net as well that can help you in your reporting.earwicganoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799086301071172468.post-41242805988823928242010-05-30T14:39:14.703+01:002010-05-30T14:39:14.703+01:00As we posted earlier [http://madikazemi.blogspot.c...As we posted earlier [http://madikazemi.blogspot.com/2010/05/malawi-updates-international-action-to.html], Peter Tatchell has made a point of trying to establish how Tiwonge identifies.<br /><br />"It would be wrong to refer to Tiwonge as ’she’ and ‘transgender’ unless we have express instructions / permission to do so from Tiwonge. In the meantime, in my statements I have avoided labels like ‘gay’ and ‘he’; although I have referred to them as men as this is what they are legally, biologically and in terms of this prosecution."<br /><br />The quote you cite is from the New York Times.<br /><br />Please point out exactly where we have been 'transphobic'?paulocanninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499916652508144662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799086301071172468.post-44963993453001054082010-05-30T14:14:23.161+01:002010-05-30T14:14:23.161+01:00"at the Blantyre lodge where Mr. Chimbalanga ..."at the Blantyre lodge where Mr. Chimbalanga worked as a cook and housekeeper, referring to himself as “Auntie Tiwo” and insisting that he was a woman."<br /><br />You transphobic fuckers! You should be ashamed of yourselves. Take the T out of your name immediately.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com