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Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Don <g@crcomp.net> Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Conference Cancels SF Author Fox For Refusing To Comply With Gender Pronouns Pronouns Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 02:53:54 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 56 Message-ID: <20240930b@crcomp.net> References: <20240928c@crcomp.net> <vdfi33$2egld$1@dont-email.me> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8stipulation Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 04:53:54 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a443e129628a0bf6cc329845f23224c9"; logging-data="2724841"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+HIabYmkJWelz269DvErNM" Cancel-Lock: sha1:MXyfkgMdhL5qkKt7CrA0B++aYoE= Bytes: 3490 Bobbie Sellers wrote: > Don wrote: >> Richard Fox is an incredible sci-fi author with his Ember >> War series and for Baen Books, and yet Author Nation is >> choosing to discriminate against conservatives who don't >> want to play pronoun games. >> >> ... Fox chose to mock the question rather than take it >> seriously in the private survey. He filled out the form >> with "f***/off," as he rightly didn't want to play the >> game of gender politics for a conference that is supposed >> to be about business. ... >> >> <https://fandompulse.substack.com/p/author-nation-book-conference-cancel s> > > Fox chose to say what he likes to be refered to apart from his name. > Looking at his picture it seems he is male and might prefer to be > designated Him or He. He chose to inject his personal politicis into > the matter. But maybe he did not want to be around the people who > prefer pronouns that may not fit their appearance. > But he is the one who chose to ignore the simple instruction > and maybe he felt entitled as a male author of some standing to ignore > social rules. >> >> Fox ought to sue for toxic exposure to a known mental health risk: >> >> Transgender and gender nonbinary adults in the U.S. are >> more likely to report worsening memory and thinking, >> functional limitations and depression compared to >> cisgender (non-transgender) adults, according to two >> studies reported at the Alzheimer's Association >> International Conference (AAIC) 2021 in Denver and >> virtually. >> >> <https://aaic.alz.org/releases_2021/transgender-adults-cognition.asp> >> > quoting from the article > "and the social inequities experienced by transgender adults are also > linked to an increased risk of cognitive impairment." > > So if Mr.Fox had appeared he might have imposed social inequity > upon any transgender or non-binary individual who crossed his path. > Better if he stayed away then, at least for the gender inconguent > persons attending the conference. And some of them might be authors. Imposition of inequity is irrelevent. Instead the proposed lawsuit targets the toxicity of mandatory groupthink. Danke, -- Don.......My cat's )\._.,--....,'``. https://crcomp.net/reviews.php telltale tall tail /, _.. \ _\ (`._ ,. Walk humbly with thy God. tells tall tales.. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.' Make 1984 fiction again.