Tim Stone does wargame and SIM reviews on RPS.
Jennifer Unkle (trans games writer, Scanline Media, Waypoint, Paste)
I hope Rock Paper Shotgun takes some action towards this to keep the site inclusive. "Gender critical" is just a quieter way of saying transphobic things.
UPDATE:
These bigots who code their hatred in polite, respectable language and callously demanding for people's lives to just be ammo for arguments and devil's advocating are worse than explicit bigots because they take up more space and longer to be knocked down, so they use their platform for more dehumanisation and demonising. More people can get roped in with the coded language and concern trolling. Good on RPS for doing right by the trans community.
Jennifer Unkle (trans games writer, Scanline Media, Waypoint, Paste)
Tim Stone
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"there are diverse voices within RPS when it comes to games, genres, preferences etc but I would say (and i'd be prepared to be challenged on this) there is zero diversity in respect of political views and arguable groupthink and alignment particularly around trans issues."
There's at least one regular RPS contributor who'd like to see the site show a little more respect for the gender critical position in the trans rights debate. Me.
I believe arguments like the ones articulated in pieces like these…
link to not today satan
link to not today satan
…are perfectly reasonable. I agree with all those arguing for more constructive discussion and less name-calling in this debate.
Jessica Harvey (trans games developer, Paratopic, Tangiers) mentions UK games media being bedfellows with bigots:I hope Rock Paper Shotgun takes some action towards this to keep the site inclusive. "Gender critical" is just a quieter way of saying transphobic things.
Watch Dogs Legion is removing Helen Lewis
UK journalist Helen Lewis's voice is being removed from a fictional radio show in Watch Dogs Legion due to her controversial writing on transgender rights.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
UPDATE:
These bigots who code their hatred in polite, respectable language and callously demanding for people's lives to just be ammo for arguments and devil's advocating are worse than explicit bigots because they take up more space and longer to be knocked down, so they use their platform for more dehumanisation and demonising. More people can get roped in with the coded language and concern trolling. Good on RPS for doing right by the trans community.
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