My name is Tonje Gjevjon. I am an artist, a woman and a lesbian. Being reported to the police for violating Section 185 is my latest project. Put this lesbian in jail, Minister of Culture/Equality Anette Trettebergstuen! https://t.co/KdHXVhoBZk#rudefem #dyke4ever #letwomenspeak
— Tonje Gjevjon (@TonjeGjevjon) December 13, 2022
Women simply hate the shape of the neo-vagina.
A woman in Norway is facing criminal charges and a possible prison sentence of up to three years for stating that men can not be lesbians. Tonje Gjevjon, a lesbian artist, was notified on November 17 that she was under police investigation for hate speech over a statement she posted to Facebook.
In her post, Gjevjon railed against trans-identified males who call themselves “lesbians,” and condemned trans activists who seek to criminalize women who oppose gender ideology.
“It’s just as impossible for men to become lesbian as it is for men to become pregnant,” Gjevjon wrote, “Men are men regardless of their sexual fetishes.”
If she was a man, she’d be in prison for these statements.
Gjevjon particularly singled-out the actions of prominent Norwegian trans activist, Christine Jentoft – a man who claims to be a lesbian mother, and who currently serves as a representative for the nation’s leading trans activist group, Foreningen FRI.
Jentoft has been at the center of a clash between women’s rights activists and Norway’s hate speech legislation, which was revised in 2020. The amendments, which went into effect last year, included the category of “gender identity or gender expression” – a move women’s rights campaigners in the nation warned would result in a chill over free speech, especially where it related to the reality of biological sex.
Earlier this year, Jentoft filed criminal charges against Christina Ellingsen, a representative of Women’s Declaration International (WDI) Norway, for stating that men can neither be lesbians nor mothers. As reported by Reduxx in May, a police investigation was launched into Ellingsen’s alleged “transphobia,” and, like Gjevjon, she is facing up to three years in prison if found guilty.
Gjevjon says her Facebook statement had been a deliberate effort to call attention to the hate speech law. She did this by quoting the first statement prosecuted as hate speech by the law, where a man was convicted over the use of the sentence “men who perma-live as though they are little girls” in reference to trans-identified males.
In addition to calling out Jentoft, Gjevjon also turned her attention towards Norwegian politicians who have supported the legislative adoption of “gender identity” at the expense of women’s rights. One such politician, Anette Trettebergstuen of the Labour Party, is the current Minister of Culture and Equality and the only openly lesbian politician Norway’s Parliament.
During an open discussion hosted by the Labour Party last year, Gjevjon confronted Trettebergstuen, questioning how she intended to protect the rights of women and girls, and whether she believed that men could be lesbians.
The hate speech notification
“I believe it is absolutely necessary to place biological sex as the basis in all contexts where sex has legal, cultural, or practical relevance, and that equating sex with gender identity has harmful, discriminatory consequences for women and girls – especially lesbians,” Gjevjon stated during her question.
“Will the Equality Minister take action to ensure that lesbian women’s human rights are safeguarded, by making it clear that there are no lesbians with penises, that males cannot be lesbians regardless of their gender identity, and by tidying up the mess of the harmful gender policies left behind by the previous government?”
Trettebergstuen responded: “I do not share an understanding of reality where the only two biological sexes are to be understood as sex. Gender identity is also important.”
Last year, while in the role of Equality Minister, Trettebergstuen was featured in a video promoting the political goal of a government-sanctioned “third gender” category. The short film portrayed women dressed in the uniforms seen in the popular television series The Handmaid’s Tale, acting as the “birthing women” for gay men.
Gjevjon first began expressing criticism of gender identity ideology, which she calls the “queer patriarchy,” in 2017 after English feminist author Julie Bindel had her invitation to speak at a university revoked over claims of “transphobia.”
The previous woman prosecuted for hate speech against trannies just had the charges dropped recently.
Just got news that the police has dropped the case against me!
It took nearly 8 months. I am still not happy. This entire farse is an insult to women and girls, and the concept "gendered identity" is demonstrably open to abuse. https://t.co/feeeQHiGxB
— another cell 🔥✂️🔥💜🤍💚🦖🕸 (@_cellingsen) December 13, 2022
This is how it usually goes – they do a big spectacle of outlawing “hate speech,” then they prosecute someone but either give them a slap on the wrist or drop the charges.
Then, a year or two later, when the concept of arresting people for criticism is normalized, they start really hitting people hard.