Male Student Pretended To Be Transgender To Get A Paid Position At Australian University

It’s so funny how gender fluidity works. It’s only when you FEEEEEEL like being the opposite gender that it applies. And no one’s allowed to question it. Otherwise, you’re a dirty rotten bigot who shouldn’t be allowed to live.

And nobody thinks that you’re going to have problems with that kind of thinking? Guess again.

According to this, a male student from Australian named Alex Fitton claimed to be a transgender woman in order to get a PAID executive position on the University of Sydney’s student government. See, the school has an affirmative action policy stating that two students can hold the same position, as long as one of the students is either a woman or a non-cisgender man. So, Alex decided “Hey, I could pretend to be a woman and get on the student council!” And that’s exactly what happened.

Well, he sure knows how to work the system. That’s for certain.

Here’s what happened at the nomination meeting –

The SRC’s electoral officer, Paulene Graham, accepted Fitton’s nomination but said he would need to sign a statement declaring “for the public record for the rest of their life” regarding his gender identity.

“I have now been told that one of those two people will provide a stat dec (statutory declaration) to say that they do not identify as a man,” Graham told students.

She added: “That is something that your standing legal [committee] is going to have to deal with. But under the rules as they currently exist if that person is willing to put that in writing for the public record for the rest of their life then I will accept it and we will proceed.”

There’s video of the moment Graham made this announcement, which you can watch here (I’ve tried to find a version that I could embed here, but I couldn’t find any). You really SHOULD watch it, just to hear the reactions from the students, who are utterly FLOORED that they would dare accept a male candidate for a position reserved solely for women and men acting like they’re women. So, basically anyone who wants the position and is willing to meet the criteria could do it.

Um – what did they THINK was going to happen?

Now, Fitton is currently in the process of “proving” that he’s a woman in a dude’s body, but he’s having a tough time doing it, owing to the fact that his friends and others who know him have largely disputed his claim –

“I have received confirmation that [Mr] Fitton has attempted to notify the RO [returning officer] of his/their gender identity, it has been deemed insufficient, so [Mr] Fitton has the rest of the day to fix that,” [The chair of the council’s standing legal committee, Cameron Caccamo] told The Sydney Morning Herald.

Fitton and his running mate, Dylan William, were elected by a margin of only one vote and if confirmed, each would pocket a $9,000 salary.

Some people, however, were upset that a man appears to have decided to change his gender identity for the purpose of landing a paid position. A source familiar with Fitton told the newspaper that the move reflected an “immature culture” and described the now-woman as “blokey.”

“He ran for an affirmative action position by pretending to be a woman,” the source said. “He is incredibly blokey. Plays AFL. They all call each other ‘the boys’. It’s got no basis at all in fact.”

The newspaper also spoke with other people who know Fitton, and nobody could confirm his history of identifying as a non-cisgender male.

But – but – but – you can’t know Fitton’s FEEEEEEEELINGS! He could have felt like a man all his life, but something suddenly flipped a switch in his brain and told him he was actually a woman! Who are you to judge? You narrow-minded bigots! How DARE you! You are invalidating this woman’s existence as a human being! It’s 2016 – how can we even be having this conversation?? I’m so triggered! I’m shaking so much I’m going to throw up!

If the Cult of Social Justice were consistent, that’s what they’d be screaming right now.

Actually, I find the whole situation hilarious (and terrifying at the same time). Because it’s OBVIOUS that Alex Fitton is a dude, but the Social Justice Scolds of the world have provided him (and other men) with loopholes so big you could drive a truck through. You want equality for every special snowflake who decides that they’re the most special-est special snowflake ever to be special? Under the dictates of the Cult of Social Justice, you have to accept every snowflake’s special-ness, no matter if they’re blatantly lying or not.

See how much easier life is when you realize that there are two genders and you don’t have waste time making insane allowances for the nutters who think otherwise?