Transgender NI: PSNI not looking into violently anti-police tweets as public figures pledge backing for their author

It comes as a string of figures backed the Transgender NI director.

For well over two years, Alexa Moore’s Twitter feed had been full of hostile tweets towards police.

There are far too many to list, but among them are: “Being a sex worker is not by any means morally comparable to being a corporate financier or a cop. The former deserve support the latter two deserve the wall.”

Transgender NI was asked if there was some alternate meaning other than putting police against a wall and shooting them, but it did not offer any.

And this came in response to an article about Gerry Adams: “I completely agree with Adams on this one. Violence can be justified – for instance in resistance to police brutality, in attempts to seize the means of production and the private property of the wealthy, etc.”

(See link below for chapter-and-verse on Alexa Moore’s views)

In response to whether police were looking into any of the comments, the PSNI said simply: “No, we are not.”

The reason why Alexa Moore’s anti-police sentiments were of particular relevance was because, despite them, Transgender NI accepted £1,030 in late 2018 to train PSNI officers.

It has also been paid £900 last year to train Department of Justice youth offender employees.

Queen’s University Belfast and Unison the trade union have also hired the group too.

Transgender NI and its directors had been notified about the News Letter’s article days ahead of publication on Monday, but declined to respond in any way.

Likewise, no-one could be reached yesterday either.

Among the public office-holders coming to the defence of Alexa Moore was Belfast People Before Profit councillor Ferguson (@fiona_ferg) who called the News Letter’s report “disgusting” and “hateful” – adding that they sent “solidarity to Alexa”.

And @EllenFearon, the president of the National Union of Students-Union of Students in Ireland, wrote that the article was “attacking” Alexa Moore and “it’s horrific”.

Other Belfast-based activists joined in the fray too.

@ElaineCrory, who describes themselves on their Twitter bio as “often a history and politics lecturer”, said: “Solidarity with [Alexa Moore]... Sending you love and proud to know you, today and every day.”

And @Donnan_S (Stephen), who describes themselves as a “qualified therapist” (and who has since blocked the News Letter from reading their comments), wrote: “I just want to say that I stand by [Alexa] a hundred percent.

“A fiercer advocate for change I do not know, and a kinder person I haven’t yet met. I love her unconditionally and I’m proud to call her a friend.”

They went on to say that “anyone who engages with [the News Letter], submits an article, column, opinion piece for it etc is not an ally of our community”.

In national news, the government yesterday ditched plans to change the Gender Recognition Act – something which has been a major objective of UK transgender campaigners.

The act allows people to change gender without using surgery or hormones, but activists believe it is too restrictive because it requires things like a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria (a condition of discomfort with one’s gender).

They had wanted to replace it with a system called Self-ID, which would basically allow anyone to identify as anything they want, without medical oversight.