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I know it won't happen publicly, but I'd love to hear how the people who worked on the report feel about their bosses right now...

Yes, yes, yes… My thoughts from earlier… bsky.app/profile/kirs...

i cant think of a single time a group with power has been frightened into fucking over trans people, they usually do it for sport even

agreed, they could have fought this and probably won, if they actually believed we were worth standing up for and the language in that apology also suggests that they simply don't believe that we are

At the end of the day, GC stuff is a great thing for people who want to hate in a way that lets them feel morally superior and buddy with rich jerks.

Yes, the more I dwell on it, the more I'm inclined to agree.

Yeah I bet it's a bit of both. It only takes one higher up in the organisation to be on their side and they'll get stuff like this quashed as soon as they have it brought to their attention.

Just remember when HRC threw trans people under the bus almost 20 years ago. This is the unfortunate reality. Our allies are ourselves. We must stick together because we are strong together. We can't rely on fair weather allies.

You may be onto something. See the failure of WRN versus An Phobail.

tons of human rights NGOs have conspicuously bigoted leadership and there's the implication that everyone else is 'safe' and can count on them. on the other hand a feckless human rights org is useless for everyone

Surely the whole premise of Amnesty International requires it to stand up to powerful opponents? If "someone with more money might sue us" turned them into a bowl of pudding automatically, it would just be all pudding. They *chose* this collapse.

Considering the allegations of widespread misogyny and racism within AI itself, this tracks.