BuM: Punished For Speaking Truth
Michael Barnett OAM
Punished For Speaking Truth
Trans tyranny is on a search and destroy mission:
The trans mafia has declared war on an anyone and everyone who dares to challenge their pathologies and their radical social engineering. And sadly they have been backed by most Western governments, most of the media, most judiciaries, most elites, and most schools.
As such, anyone saying ‘no’ to the trans agenda risks being punished in all sorts of ways, whether loss of job, fines, being kicked out of university, and even being arrested and jailed. This is the daily lot for normal people who are sick and tired of this sexual sabotage of our society, and especially our women and children.
Some years ago I tried to keep tabs on the many cases of this punishment, but I had to quickly abandon the project. Every single day we hear of more such episodes, and it gets worse each passing hour. But with so many of our own Australian heroes being punished, I need to share five more such stories. They are all quite recent, happening here and overseas.
Kirralee Smith, Australia
The head of Binary and champion campaigner for sexual sanity has just posted this on the social media about her ongoing legal battles:
My penalty for being guilty of “unlawful vilification” has been handed down. In summary $95,000 in fines which will double if I don’t pay in 28 days. The orders also state I need to issue a public apology. I will be appealing the decision. Your support, your voice and your action is invaluable to me. Thank you!
It is disappointing that the word ‘woman’ has been redefined to include males and that the words ‘violence’ & ‘vilification’ have been applied to speaking the truth about information in the public domain. Australians should be very concerned about their freedoms.
Women have effectively been erased from law and attempts to advocate regarding public policy are shut down for the sake of the feelings of a few. Males should never be permitted to participate in female sport. As a registered third-party political campaigner and a woman, I should have the right to advocate for this without being penalized.
This decision, along with the High Court Appeal for the apprehension of violence order being denied, sets a precedent that all journalists, politicians and political advocates must take note of. The law might state men can be women, but it defies the laws of nature and cannot be sustained. Nothing will steal my joy in knowing that I am a woman and no male ever will be. I am proud to stand for truth and reality.
Australian worker
He was fired after calling non-binary colleague ‘he’ instead of ‘they’:
A Perth man has reportedly been fired from his workplace after misgendering a non-binary colleague. The 63-year-old man called a non-binary colleague ‘he’ instead of ‘they’ in a room of people during a leadership course in February. Another staff member corrected him as the man apologised to the worker, who previously made clear they wanted to be referred to as ‘they’.
The worker had their pronoun name badge on to ensure fellow colleagues knew of this preference. The 63-year-old was later informed by his manager a formal complaint had been lodged, and a written apology was required. The man refused to make a written apology and claimed nobody could be compelled to call a colleague ‘they’.
The worker then brought the case to the Fair Work Commission claiming wrongful dismissal. He told the FWC if one person had the arbitrary right to use a particular pronoun, then another person had the right not to use it. His employer launched an investigation in March and was later dismissed. https://www.skynews.com.au/lifestyle/trending/aussie-worker-fired-after-calling-nonbinary-colleague-he-instead-of-they/news-story/54252eba875bfe3c62e10fa88e18ed0c
Jocelyn Boden, Utah
This woman was also fired for the “crime” of misgendering:
A woman is taking action against her former employer over the claim that she was fired for misgendering a fellow employee. Jocelyn Boden, a former store manager for a Bath & Body Works location in Utah, was reportedly fired for “refusing to adhere to the company’s pronoun policy because of her religious beliefs,” according to conservative legal firm First Liberty Institute.
Attorneys for Boden filed a charge of discrimination with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), with Stephanie Taub, senior counsel for First Liberty, pledging to push back against what she sees as an illegal move by the company.
“She was a store manager for over three years,” Taub told CBN News of Boden. “And when a transgender employee started working at her store … Jocelyn treated her well, treated her like everyone else, was willing to use names or nicknames. But the only problem is: she could not use pronouns in a way that was inconsistent with her religious and moral beliefs.” She continued, “And, because of that, there was an HR complaint that was filed and she was immediately investigated and fired.” https://cbn.com/news/us/fired-misgendering-woman-fights-back-after-termination
Isabella Cêpa, Brazil
This feminist and human rights activist was threatened with a 25-year prison stay in Brazil for refusing to call a male politician ‘female’:
In a precedent-setting move, a European country has officially granted full refugee protections to a Brazilian women’s rights activist who was facing 25 years in prison in her home country for misgendering a transgender politician. Isabella Cêpa is the first person to be recognized as a victim of state persecution for her outspoken opposition to gender identity ideology.
As previously reported by Reduxx, Cêpa first came under criminal investigation after she made a social media post about Erika Hilton – a male politician who “identifies” as a woman. Hilton was elected to São Paulo’s municipal government in November of 2020, winning his seat by a landslide that gave him the title of the most voted-for ‘woman’ in Brazil.
At the time of his victory, Hilton was celebrated in international media as being a “symbolic triumph” for transgender people. Hilton was amongst the top 10 most-voted for candidates in all of Brazil, and was touted as the “only woman” to make the list.
It was the widespread announcement of his victory that first put him on Cêpa’s radar. “At the time I didn’t even know who this person was. I just saw a headline on an Instagram page celebrating that ‘the most voted woman in São Paulo is a transwoman,’” Cêpa told Reduxx during a 2022 interview, recounting how her ordeal began. “Then, I shared a video with my followers saying I was disappointed to hear that the most voted-for woman in São Paulo – later found out that it was in the entire country – was a man.” https://womenspeaktas.au/2025/08/06/exclusive-brazilian-woman-granted-refugee-status-in-europe-after-facing-25-year-sentence-for-misgendering-trans-politician/
Enoch Burke, Ireland
This Christian teacher is being punished in prison – perhaps permanently – for taking a stand in this area:
A teacher who refused to ‘call a boy a girl’ will remain in prison over Christmas after he was jailed last month for contempt of court, a judge has ordered. Enoch Burke has been detained in Mountjoy Prison since late November for breaches of a court order directing him not to trespass at Wilson’s Hospital School in Co Westmeath, where he worked as a teacher. He has been engaged in a legal dispute with the board of the school stemming from a request in 2022 from the then-principal that a student be addressed by a new name and pronoun. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15349945/Irish-teacher-boy-girl-trans-row-jail-Christmas.html
Sacrificial Lambs: A Liberal Reporter Exposes How the Progressive Left Harms Children in the Name of Gender Ideology by Bartholomew, Anita (Author) 
I could keep writing up such stories – seemingly from here to eternity. There is no let up to this madness. And as I said above, we are against a whole array of powerful forces who are intent on pushing this madness, and making sure any naysayers WILL be dealt with.
I have previously mentioned a vitally important new book on the trans madness by Anita Bartholomew. This leftist journalist just released Sacrificial Lambs: A Liberal Reporter Exposes How the Progressive Left Harms Children in the Name of Gender Ideology (Pitchstone Publishing, 2025). See my earlier piece on her here: https://billmuehlenberg.com/2025/11/07/stop-living-by-trans-lies/
I will finish my piece by offering a few quotes from her closing chapters. She said this:
Gender ideology is bolstered and held together by a web of unlikely allies: the wealthy transvestic fetishists and autogynephiles; the indoctrinated educators; the established nonprofits seeking new sources of revenue; the moms and dads who’ve “affirmed” their children and desperately need for it to have been the right call; the medical and mental health professionals profiting from trans-related services; the kids who’ve been purposely confused by their elders; the gays and lesbians who see the T as part of their tribe; the college-educated social justice warriors; all the other “sexual minorities,” including the most perverted, demanding understanding and acceptance; the legacy media that report trans insanity as if it were Truth itself; and the army of virtue signalers whose interest is almost entirely based on a narcissistic desire for high fives and attaboys.
Only such a grotesquely idiosyncratic coalition could keep the madness going for as long as it has, cross thousands of miles and more than a dozen countries. (p. 215)
And her closing paragraphs:
Aside from the immediate need to protect children and young adults, we also have to consider what kind of society we want to live in going forward. And, again, the risk goes beyond transgenderism to all the ways that queer theorists want to “queer” anything that could get in the way of normalizing all manner of sexual behaviour.
Even some psychology professionals who are skeptical of gender claims have been urging the destigmatization of so-called virtuous paedophiles (those who, presumably, don’t act on their attractions).
This is the next battlefront. Pedophiles (or “minor-attracted persons,” as some call themselves), have been trying to attach themselves to the alphabet soup of LGBTQIAA++ for years. If society doesn’t defend its norms and values as essential to a healthy culture, eventually, they will succeed.
Look what happened when we destigmatized transvestic fetishism/autogynephilia. That, on the surface, seemed relatively victimless, but the fetishists now demand to be treated in every respect as women.
We’re a tolerant society. But with unlimited tolerance, nothing on queer theory’s wish list can be kept in check.
Don’t be cowed by labels or smears. Forge new alliances to counter the ones that’s foisted this madness upon us.
Unqueer the queering. Disrupt the disruption. And let’s get back to reality. (pp. 228-229)
Amen to that sister.
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