Current Events > Irish legend Graham Linham banned from twitter for saying 'men aren't women tho'

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The Irish writer - who also helped create The IT Crowd - has courted controversy for his views on the trans community, and was given a verbal harassment warning by police in 2018 after a transgender activist claimed he "trolled" her.

Last week, he briefly lost his blue tick verification after he accused an LGBTQ+ group of "grooming". However, a Twitter spokesperson said his tick had been removed in error and it was later restored.

Linehan's @Glinner account now appears to have been taken down, with a message from Twitter saying profiles that violate the platform's rules will be suspended.

The ban comes after he allegedly tweeted "men aren't women tho", in response to a post by the Women's Institute, which had wished a happy Pride to all of its trans members.

Linehan, who also co-created and wrote the series Black Books with comedian Dylan Moran, appeared to post on Mumsnet's "feminism chat" thread to complain.

He wrote: "I've finally been suspended from Twitter and I have a feeling they're either going to ban me or just take my verified tick.

"I've submitted an appeal with Twitter and the Better Business Bureau but I thought I'd post here too so people knew what was going on. Recently, I keep getting locked out of my account and forced to delete tweets to get back in."

A number of high-profile figures on Twitter reacted to the news.

Model and trans activist Munroe Bergdorf tweeted: "Graham Linehan has been suspended from Twitter.

"Transphobia will not win. Thank you @twitter. Please make it permanent. Who next?!!!"

Other recent high-profile bans from Twitter include commentator and reality TV star Katie Hopkins, whose account was taken down for "abuse and hateful conduct".

Full Article: https://news.sky.com/story/father-ted-co-creator-graham-linehan-banned-from-twitter-after-trans-comment-12015858

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For those who don't know him he wrote Father Ted, Big Train, Blackbooks, IT Crowd and appeared in Darkplace/ADBC

Might not mean much to Americans but they are cornerstones of Irish television comedy

But yeah his work is full of anti-trans, anti-women and just dated attitudes like "Depressed people just need to cheer up and get over it." kind of stuff

Which keeps getting him into trouble
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I actually really like Father Ted.
I remember it being funny

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UnfairRepresent posted...

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Turbam posted...

I actually really like Father Ted.
I remember it being funny

It is

Linham's comedies are actually really really good.
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