Littlejohn adds trans people to his list of targets.
By Laura Woodhouse | 14 August 2009, 12:20
Daily Fail columnist Richard Littlejohn - the same hateful prick who claimed that the deaths of the murdered Ipswich sex workers were “no great loss” - has sunk to despicable new depths today with his pathetic, transphobic rant against the National Trans Police Association. The Association’s aim is to:
…provide support to serving and retired police officers, police staff and special constables with any gender identity issue, including, but not exclusively, Trans men, Trans women, people who identify as Transgender, androgyne or intersex, and people who cross dress.‘The NTPA further aims to provide support to all serving and retired police officers, police staff and special constables who are dealing with people with a gender identity issue, whether that person is a colleague, family member or a member of the public involved in a police matter.’
Sounds entirely reasonable and positive, doesn’t it? But Littlejohn views the NTPA as an unnecessary lobby which will lead to “transvestites” filing unfounded grievances and demands for promotion, so wasting police time and threatening equality and meritocracy (you know, the kind of equality and meritocracy where everyone is on exactly the same footing as straight, white, cis men). Same old Fail shit there, then.
But he goes further than that. The article is accompanied by a huge cartoon of a hairy policeman in stockings, heels and make-up, and is full of disgusting digs at trans people:
Note the ‘but not exclusively’. You might have thought that any outfit encompassing transgendered, androgyny and intersexuals (whatever the hell they are) had pretty much covered the waterfront……The criteria is so widely drawn that, theoretically, it could also include centaurs, who are currently under-represented in the ranks of the Old Bill…
…I acknowledge that some people have gender ishoos and are entitled to understanding….
…at this rate it won’t be long before a cross-dressing copper complains that his stockings and suspenders are chafing under his blue serge uniform and insists on being allowed to go on patrol in a leather mini-skirt and an Amy Winehouse wig.
Shorter Littlejohn: “You’re a bunch of worthless freaks, but at least you’re good for a cheap laugh”.
His complete lack of empathy for the challenges faced by trans police officers and the obvious delight he takes in mocking those who are not as gender-normative as him makes my skin crawl. You can leave comments under the piece (at least they’ll be read, even if they aren’t published), or send feedback to the paper here.
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Cara said:
I saw that and felt sickened. Anyone see the hideously cheap picture accompanying the piece? I'd complain, but what's the point- they never print it anyway.
Posted on 14 August 2009 at 1:24 PM
Ro-Ro said:
My my. I'm so shocked at what he wrote there about the Ipswich Murders. I'm sickened by it. And I thought I'd become hardened to people's often vile , judgemental and callous views about sex workers.
Just as he thinks those women were no great loss I'd go as far as to say a world without Littledick would actually be improved. He's not exactly curing cancer either is he but instead harming people from minority backgrounds by filling the heads of millions of people with poisonous, dangerous bile.
And to think he gets paid nearly a million quid a year to peddle hate material.
Posted on 14 August 2009 at 2:20 PM
Ruth Moss said:
The man's a shit.
Just as an aside, Ro-Ro, what he said about the sex workers was horrendous, but this particular blog post was not about that and your comment does feel like a bit of a derail.
Posted on 14 August 2009 at 4:08 PM
Laura Woodhouse said:
Indeed, Ruth. Let's stick to the focus of this particular article, please.
Posted on August 14, 2009 4:13 PM
Mary Kate said:
He looks absolutely horrible :/
Posted on 14 August 2009 at 4:51 PM
Catherine Redfern said:
What sickens me is that this sort of truly disgusting diatribe actually gets published in a national newspaper.
Posted on 14 August 2009 at 5:08 PM
Mephit said:
LittleJohn is relentlessly disgusting.
Posted on 14 August 2009 at 5:38 PM
Aimee said:
I thoroughly detest this man. He really does represent the absolute worst of human decency.
Posted on 15 August 2009 at 12:09 PM
Lara said:
If you would like to address these issues directly to Little Dick you can email him richard.littlejohn@dailymail.co.uk
Posted on 17 August 2009 at 4:53 PM
Rob M said:
Just a thought: When you're having a go at someone for the reason that he denigrates intersex folk, you might want to rethink the mocking-small-penises line of insult...
Posted on 17 August 2009 at 7:02 PM
Nasha said:
'littledick' is a phrase for his obvious insecurity.
Posted on 18 August 2009 at 8:51 PM
Kate said:
There's also a good thing going on in the land of Twitter regarding this; polljack (i think is the right name) is telling everyone how to buck the results of the Daily Mail polls, with particular reference to the one regarding transpeople. It's to do with disabling cookies, so you can vote time and time again....
Posted on 20 August 2009 at 4:40 PM
Martyn said:
He really is a vile and hateful little man. It's so sad so many people seem to get off on the stuff he writes. It's so obviously an attempt to stir up prejudice and to revel in his own cramped and twisted ideas of normality. It's classic 'look-at-me' substance less journalism. He is regarded by his peers as something of a clown. With good reason.
Posted on 20 August 2009 at 8:30 PM