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Saoirse Connolly vs. transgender people

Saoirse Connolly is an Irish anti-transgender activist and disability rights activist. Connolly is affiliated with anti-trans hate group Genspect.

Background

Saoirse Connolly-Hennessy was born in ~1996 and grew up in Manusflynn, Caherlistrane, in Galway. Connolly was diagnosed with bilateral optic nerve hypoplasia as an infant. Connolly attended National University of Ireland Galway. Connolly was involved in IMPACTE Society, later renamed CUMAS Society, “a fun social space for students with disabilities and their allies. Cumas Society supports the Hybrid Model of disability activism which combines the medical and social models.”

Anti-transgender activism

Connolly published a “gender critical” [GC] Substack titled GC FightBack. On that blog’s profile, Connolly self-identified as a “gender critical female,” a “women’s rights activist,” and a “disability activist.”

After a classmate created a motion to deplatform campus speakers from fascist and far-right organizations, Connolly objected because the organizations listed included anti-trans groups LGB Alliance Ireland, Irish Women’s Lobby, and RadicailĂ­n. Connolly stated:

All this talk about deconstructing sex really is just nonsense. Predatory men can use the idea that “woman” is just a feeling to completely degrade and dehumanize the female experience. It’s so calculated and I feel that they feed into these theories to serve their own interests. That’s especially true in the academy. […] If you have preferences about who you want to date, that isn’t allowed. You have to bury any feelings of discomfort deep deep down to even survive in that movement. They’re disconnected from their instincts.

Connolly served as Manager, Technology & Media for anti-trans hate group Genspect. Connolly was credited in 2023 Genspect document The Gender Framework as “Saoirse Connolly, Researcher and writer; Media and Tech manager for Genspect.”

References

Queeney, Ruth (April 9, 2018). Disability Rights Officer Race — Saoirse Connolly. Journos Media https://medium.com/the-galway-eye/disability-rights-officer-race-saoirse-connolly-8b568a241681

Staff report (March 24, 2017). Ill-Informed: An interview with a user of the Disability Support Services in NUI Galway. Student Independent News https://sin.ie/2017/03/24/ill-informed-an-interview-with-a-user-of-the-disability-support-services-in-nui-galway/

Gilmore, Tom (February 18, 2010). Future looks bright now for Saoirse. Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/news/future-looks-bright-now-for-saoirse/26633452.html

Garvin, Austin (February 23, 2010). Cross-border help for brave Saoirse. Mayo Live https://www.mayonews.ie/news/home/1143310/cross-border-help-for-brave-saoirse.html

Anti-trans coverage

Linden, Sinéad (April 17, 2021). Inside The Male Feminist Scandal Tearing Apart an Irish University. 4W https://4w.pub/nuig-male-feminsts-scandal/

Selected writing by Connolly

Connolly, Saoirse (2022). UPDATE! Cancelled: Being a Gender Critical Student in Ireland: Blowing the whistle on misogyny and authoritarianism within an Irish university. GC FightBack https://gcfightback.substack.com/p/update-cancelled-being-a-gender-critical

Connolly, Saoirse (January 4, 2022). Messaging guide: Trans activists calculated attempts to mislead the public. GC FightBack https://gcfightback.substack.com/p/messaging-guide-trans-activists-calculated

Connolly, Saoirse (November 12, 2021). GRC – another safeguard removed: Deed poll/proof of use of new name, no longer required when applying for a Gender Recognition Certificate in Ireland. GC FightBack https://gcfightback.substack.com/p/grc-another-safeguard-removed

Connolly, Saoirse (October 12, 2021). Encouraging exposure therapy: The woke version of conversion therapy that is encouraged and embraced by trans rights activists. GC FightBack https://gcfightback.substack.com/p/encouraging-exposure-therapy

Connolly, Saoirse (September 25, 2021). A must read: Testosterone: The Story of the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us by Dr Carole Hooven. This well written book destroys the notion that gender is a social construct. GC FightBack https://gcfightback.substack.com/p/a-must-read-testosterone-the-story

Connolly, Saoirse (June 24). A Crisis in Disability Activism: How intersectionality and critical theory are destroying disability actibvism form the inside out! GC FightBack https://gcfightback.substack.com/p/a-crisis-in-disability-activism

Connolly, Saoirse (June 17, 2021). No legal basis for Irish journalists to lie about biological sex. GC FightBack https://gcfightback.substack.com/p/no-legal-basis-for-irish-journalists

Connolly, Saoirse (June 13, 2021). And that’s how you peak! Who you can peak easily and who to avoid. GC FightBack https://gcfightback.substack.com/p/and-thats-how-you-peak

Connolly, Saoirse (June 4, 2021). Fickle friends to new beginnings: Being cancelled brings empowered people into your life. GC FightBack https://gcfightback.substack.com/p/fickle-friends-to-new-beginnings

Connolly, Saoirse (March 6, 2021). Saoirse Connolly: Some Day Soon. Disabled Women Ireland https://www.disabledwomenireland.org/disabilityisntadirtyword/2021/3/6/saoirse-oconnolly-some-day-soon

Media

Graham Linehan with Saoirse Connolly (March 30, 2021). The bullies who bully women. A chat with Saoirse Connolly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er8VIKQGiAc

The Countess Conversations with Laoise de BrĂşn and Saoirse Connolly (March 25, 2021). The Countess Conversations: Saoirse Connolly, NUI Galway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJOc7TojL8w

Resources

note: Connolly has attempted to delete most online anti-transgender activity.

X/Twitter (x.com)

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  • GCFightBack [deleted]
  • ImpacteSocNuig [deleted]

Facebook (facebook.com)

Substack (substack.com)

  • gcfightback.substack.com [deleted]
  • gcfightback.substack.com/people/23055036-saoirse-connolly

Shopify (shopify.com)

  • gc-fightback.myshopify.com [deleted]

BuyMeACoffee (buymeacoffee.com)

  • SaoirseConn1 [deleted]

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

  • saoirse-connolly-67762a130 [deleted]