Shahrar Ali says he was defamed, harassed and suffered abuse and discrimination for defending women's sex-based rights. Listen to his story here, and get angry (if you are not already).
Great conversation. So many decent people vilified for speaking out while the detractors deliberately ignore the physical and emotional damage being done in the ideologies name. All power to Shahrar for holding to the truth.
Thanks Shahrar and Julie. I only know one transgender person - and they're actually a beloved member of my family. I have no right to speak on their behalf but they accept that biological sex is real, and that there is, sadly, misogyny among some trans people. We need to have the courage to speak out and say that it is not transphobic to say that sex and gender are different things. We need to acknowledge not just how people identify themselves but also what bodies they were actually born in, because both things are important.
Thanks Julie. Shahrar has really put himself on the line on this, and has had to put up with horrible abuse. He's much appreciated by all of us in GP trying to fight back.
I just passed by Brighton Green Party's Office on my way home from work. I actually took a photo. Rainbow flag and "Pride is a Protest" poster. Trans flag and "Trans Rights are Human Rights" poster. What have these symbols to do with "Green Issues?" Many Thanks for your work Julie and well done Shahrar
The GP has always said that Social Justice was as crucial as stopping the climate emergency- and that you can't have one without the other. Trans Activists try to claim Trans Rights is a human rights struggle- it is not really, but they have fooled enough people within the party, to get themselves embedded in positions of internal power. Shahrar and others have been the target of bogus internal complaints procedures, which are weaponised, and used to harrass people who so much as ask questions about safeguarding, women's rights, lesbian gay and bisexual rights, etc. Shahrar just got 23.5% of the vote to be Deputy Leader of GP (24.5% incuding 2nd preference votes)- but lost overall (obvs). He had about 25% support in the last election he stood. But only 12.5% of GP members actually bothered to vote! I am sure there is very much more support among general GP members, if they had been told more about what has been going on, or if they had not been excluded from the secretive workings of the in-crowd who have captured the party. The structure of GP is not democratic- the only way for members to have their say, or to contribute, is to go to Conference... there are almost no local meetings. The only local activities are for electoral campaigns.
Shahrar Ali - top bloke, someone who will stick up for the disadvantaged no matter what, he'd make a great Prime Minister, but there's absolutely no bloody chance of that unfortunately, good people rarely get to that level. Thank you for a great conversation.
I admire Shahrar for his principled stance and obviously Julie for all her amazing work. However both of them cowed to the ideology in this interview by referring to both Aimee Challenor and Paris Lees as "they/them" when they are both simply MEN. I'm not sure why? Seemed in contradiction to the rest of the interview.
Great conversation. So many decent people vilified for speaking out while the detractors deliberately ignore the physical and emotional damage being done in the ideologies name. All power to Shahrar for holding to the truth.
Thank you
Thanks Shahrar and Julie. I only know one transgender person - and they're actually a beloved member of my family. I have no right to speak on their behalf but they accept that biological sex is real, and that there is, sadly, misogyny among some trans people. We need to have the courage to speak out and say that it is not transphobic to say that sex and gender are different things. We need to acknowledge not just how people identify themselves but also what bodies they were actually born in, because both things are important.
Thanks Julie. Shahrar has really put himself on the line on this, and has had to put up with horrible abuse. He's much appreciated by all of us in GP trying to fight back.
Superb Interview Julie, thank you to both.
I just passed by Brighton Green Party's Office on my way home from work. I actually took a photo. Rainbow flag and "Pride is a Protest" poster. Trans flag and "Trans Rights are Human Rights" poster. What have these symbols to do with "Green Issues?" Many Thanks for your work Julie and well done Shahrar
Bit of wind up having these in the window
The GP has always said that Social Justice was as crucial as stopping the climate emergency- and that you can't have one without the other. Trans Activists try to claim Trans Rights is a human rights struggle- it is not really, but they have fooled enough people within the party, to get themselves embedded in positions of internal power. Shahrar and others have been the target of bogus internal complaints procedures, which are weaponised, and used to harrass people who so much as ask questions about safeguarding, women's rights, lesbian gay and bisexual rights, etc. Shahrar just got 23.5% of the vote to be Deputy Leader of GP (24.5% incuding 2nd preference votes)- but lost overall (obvs). He had about 25% support in the last election he stood. But only 12.5% of GP members actually bothered to vote! I am sure there is very much more support among general GP members, if they had been told more about what has been going on, or if they had not been excluded from the secretive workings of the in-crowd who have captured the party. The structure of GP is not democratic- the only way for members to have their say, or to contribute, is to go to Conference... there are almost no local meetings. The only local activities are for electoral campaigns.
We have regular monthly meetings in Lancaster but agree with everything else you say
Those Deputy Leader election results were announced on 7 September 2022.
Shahrar Ali - top bloke, someone who will stick up for the disadvantaged no matter what, he'd make a great Prime Minister, but there's absolutely no bloody chance of that unfortunately, good people rarely get to that level. Thank you for a great conversation.
I admire Shahrar for his principled stance and obviously Julie for all her amazing work. However both of them cowed to the ideology in this interview by referring to both Aimee Challenor and Paris Lees as "they/them" when they are both simply MEN. I'm not sure why? Seemed in contradiction to the rest of the interview.