We did it. We won. ONS have conceded defeat and will pay our legal costs.
The High Court has now sealed the court order that sex in census cannot be self-identified.
Please share the news!
#Census2021
Breaking: Lia Thomas, who was the first transgender athlete to win a NCAA college title, has lost a legal case against World Aquatics at the court of arbitration for sport.
WA say it is a “a major step forward in our efforts to protect women’s sport”.
This is Roviel Detenamo. She should be at Tokyo 2020 today but she'll be watching the games from home because the IOC rules allowed a male person to compete in her female category.
Downhill cyclist Jane Page bravely speaks out after losing her top spot to a male racer.
"Like a lot of women I feel let down.....situations like this are hardly going to encourage more women to participate.”
Exclusive: Olympic diver Tom Daley has said he is “furious” at his sport’s governing body over their decision to ban transgender women from elite competitions.
THREAD:
Yesterday we received an email from a woman who had checked the meaning of a “woman-only” fitness class at her local gym. With permission, we’re sharing the story verbatim. Well done that woman 💪… /1
BREAKING NEWS: EHRC comes out against reform of the Gender Recognition Act in Scotland. Will tell Scottish Government there is no case for legislative change.
This is male performance advantage in action. This is why female sport is a protected category and why all males have to be excluded, even ones who identity as trans. Sex matters.
Male cricketer wins WOMEN OF THE YEAR. No 'transition'. Just self-ID and new pronouns. Sports women must speak up NOW.
"Maxine Blythin was recognised as the 2019 Kent Women Player of the Year following her role in the team's County Championship triumph".
The ‘inclusive sport’ that excludes women. They remove the word ‘women’s’ from the name of the race and two women get knocked off the podium. How much more obvious does it need to become before the sporting world sorts this mess out?
BREAKING 🚴🏻
Emily Bridges and Lilly Chant take 1st and 2nd place in tonight’s Thundercrit cycle race at Herne Hill Velodrome.
Notice anything different about them compared to the cyclist who takes third place?
#savewomenssports
#WomensRightsNetwork
No surprise
@Primark
. If you open up the women’s changing rooms to males some of them will do this. You knew this. You traded away women’s sense of well-being to jump on the ‘inclusivity’ band wagon.
Police in Sheffield want to speak to this man after reports of someone filming women in a changing room in Primark on The Moor. Two women reported seeing a mobile phone being used under the curtains of the cubicles on the 19th of July. The women were left shaken and distressed.
Thank you
@miriam_cates
for raising this important matter for women's football
Penny Mordaunt replied "I know that there are local teams here who have transwomen on them that are very valued"
They may well be valued by the team that benefits from the male advantage! It's all
I raised the case of a woman badly injured by a collision with a transwoman (male) player during a football match in Sheffield & Hallamshire Women’s Football League. Allowing biological males to play football against women & girls is unfair & unsafe. FA must act.
@fairplaywomen
This Roviel Detenamo from Nauru in the South Pacific. She should've been the 1st woman from her country to get to Olympics in 20 yrs
But she'll be watching the games from home because the IOC rules allowed a male person to compete in her female category
Today the Scottish court ruled that a GRC does change your protected characteristic of sex under the Equality Act. Next Wednesday MSPs will be voting to give away these sex-based rights to anyone who wants them for a fiver. No MSP can say they didn’t know what they were doing.
BREAKING NEWS: Women’s Rugby Union reserved for female sex. The right decision.
“the RFU Council approved a policy change to only permit players in the female category if the sex originally recorded at birth is female”
BREAKING NEWS. Another sport says no to males in women’s teams. Two years after the World Rugby ruling, England Rugby Union now joins the growing list of sports reverting to sex categories.
Today we have published the first ever report on the impact of trans inclusion in sport in the UK.
It shows a widespread problem, affecting many women and girls all over the country, at all levels, from juniors to masters and at all levels of competition and participation. 1/11
Today we are proud to launch our new video "The Inclusion Delusion".
Please share far and wide!
Transgender inclusion is harming women's sport. Here's all you need to know in less than 6 mins
#FairPlayForWomen
#InclusionDelusion
@sharrond62
Moral maze is discussing trans inclusion in women's sport. They've invited 4 guests to speak: Dafydd Mills Daniel, Joanna Harper, Debbie Hayton & Adam Wagner. That's 4 people born male; 2 transwomen and 2 men. Not a single female person on the panel. Why?
“He was shouting at the end, and shouting over me each time I went to speak.
Need I really say any more? Women only fitness classes for men and women.
Keep up the great work FPFW!” /11
Fair Play For Women: Achievement unlocked ✅ 💪🏅
“Rowing is the last of the major Olympic sports in Britain to scrap its hugely contentious rules around transgender inclusion in women’s races, with athletics, swimming and cycling”
This is hugely significant. Cricket - driven by this international federation - has been one of the strongest advocates for male inclusion in women’s sport. This reversal shows that position is simply unsustainable.
BREAKING: The International Cricket Council bans transgender women from women's cricket following a 9 month consultation
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This is Minnesota Women's Powerlifting State Champion. Jaycee set a new state record in women's bench and won best overall lifter. Jaycee was born male and took up weightlifting about a year ago and now dominates the state female rankings. Think About It.
“It is a clear dividing line with Mordaunt. “The dividing line is self ID. Self ID means that all of the men in this room can say they are women and have access to women’s spaces. I don’t think that we should allow that to happen.”
THREAD: It's a big day for us tomorrow. We're taking Scottish Ministers to court over their unlawful definition of sex in the Scottish Census. The remote hearing starts a 10am. We'll be live tweeting proceedings /1
#scottishcensus
#fairplayforwomen
@piersmorgan
Piers Morgan is right. It has been staggering how few feminists speak out. Professional feminists whose job it is to stand up for women - silent. Women’s sports organisations - silent. That’s why ordinary woman like us have to risk our necks. Please amplify us
@piersmorgan
BBC apologises for interviewing Fallon Fox about women’s sport policy on Radio 4 Today programme.
“We were unaware of previous comments made by Fallon Fox in 2020. Had we been aware of those comments in advance we would have conducted the interview differently”
Kate Weatherly has benefited from an irreversible testosterone-fuelled male puberty. Rules that allow this are unfair and risk destroying the integrity and future of women’s sport.
The Defence Science & Tech laboratory
@dstlmod
has chosen one of their male scientists to be the face of international women and girls in science day. 👇
England Darts only allows ‘female born’ women in women’s competition. Out with the males!
Statement!!!
England Darts has canvassed its players and executives in this very important issue concerning the future of Women’s darts, and how England can continue to protect the
BREAKING NEWS: First UK court challenge to restore fairness in sport. Thirty female pool players threatening to sue. Crowdfunder launches TODAY
#fairplaywomen
What was
@BBCRadio4
@BBCr4today
thinking by inviting trans fighter Fallon Fox onto the show to talk about FINAs new trans policy for womens swimming .
Fox is on record saying “I enjoyed” fracturing a woman’s skull and “I love smacking up terfs’
@NadineDorries
@JustinOnWeb
I'm even angrier than I was this morning about the
@JustinOnWeb
interview with Fallon Fox on
@BBCr4today
. Asking Fallon Fox's opinion on fairness in women's sport is like asking what Jack the Ripper thinks about street safety.
#r4today
Puberty blockers lead to adults with the body and genitals of a child but who are over the age of consent.
Put crudely, it creates a group of pre-pubescents that adult men can lawfully have sex with.
Do not be surprised if paedophiles encourage this 👇
MP
@redditchrachel
simply liked a tweet that described this Green Party candidate as "a man in a wig". She is now being condemned as "transphobic".
Be honest - what do you see when you watch this? Everyone - *without exception* - sees "a man in a wig".
Accusations of
@jk_rowling
Thank you for standing strong against the bullies Joanne. Every woman who refuses to remain silent opens the door for the next woman to speak. Courage calls to courage.
BREAKING NEWS: Scottish Census officials have been told by the Equality and Human Rights Commission that requiring transgender people to accurately record their sex in the Census does not breach their right to privacy /1
Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4 is planning a special programme on the impact of trans people in women’s sport. This is a great opportunity to let it be known that this is widespread in the UK, affecting women and girls across many sports and of all ages and abilities /1
BREAKING: World Athletics have announced that trans-identifying males will NOT be allowed in any elite female events.
This is a reversal of their unfair testosterone suppression policy and makes good on
@sebcoe
’s commitment to protect female sport.
BREAKING NEWS:
Fair Play For Women has been granted permission for an urgent appeal of the first instance judgment on the
@scotgov
guidance accompanying the sex question in the Scottish Census.
The appeal will be heard at the Scottish court of Session on WEDNESDAY 23 FEBRUARY /1
An excellent piece by the BBC about lesbians getting called transphobic if they don’t want sex with males who identify as women. Same-sex attraction is real and deserves to be respected. Anything less is homophobia.
Well done to
@worldrugby
for giving final approval to their new rules that ensure international women's rugby will only be played by the female sex. Thank you for not trading away women's safety so that some males get to play in women's teams /1
Breaking: British Cycling departs from International Federation rules and limits women's competitive cycling to the FEMALE SEX ONLY.
Males who identify as trans or non-binary must compete in the OPEN category with other males (formerly known as the male category) /1
Following a thorough review process, we are today publishing our policy plans for British Cycling competitive events and non-competitive activities.
Find full details and FAQs below.
“If you're not gonna allow trans kids to play sports, children will die," Page said. "And it really is that simple."
Publishing this quote from an interview breaches BBC code on suicide reporting and must be removed /1
BREAKING NEWS: Statement from British Cycling. Bridges will not be competing this weekend.
"We have now been informed by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) that under their current guidelines Emily is not eligible to participate in this event" /1
In 2020 I remember being told by the chair at a sport meeting I mustn’t use the word male in my presentation about why it’s dangerous to let transwomen play women’s rugby. I insisted I must be allowed otherwise I can’t explain my position. We must be able to speak basic facts
'The BBC has upheld a complaint against Today presenter Justin Webb after he said “trans women, in other words males”.'
Ludicrous.
Transwomen are male. It is literally one of the necessary conditions.
Good policy must be built on reality.
@JustinOnWeb
Good to see
@CenterParcsUK
using the single-sex exemptions in the Equality Act to provide privacy and safety for women and girls using their single-sex changing rooms.
And here it is. Sex must not be self-identified in the
#census2021
. The Guidance has now been amended by
@ONS
*by order of the court*.
Full judicial review to be held on Thursday 18th March leaving just 3 days before Census Day. The bad Guidance is effectively dead.
For 18 months, we have been reporting the inaccurate & misleading use of the word “woman” in newspaper headlines to the independent press regulator,
@IpsoNews
. All ten complaints were rejected. Here we discuss the reasons & why IPSO is failing women /1
Tremendous courage shown here by current female athlete. Speaking in her own name despite the risks and abuse she’s seen others get
@Martina
@sharrond62
Downhill cyclist Jane Page bravely speaks out after losing her top spot to a male racer.
"Like a lot of women I feel let down.....situations like this are hardly going to encourage more women to participate.”
More mainstream news coverage that today women’s World record was taken by a someone born male with all the size & power that comes from male puberty & male testosterone levels. Thank you
@vixhood_hood
for standing up for the future of women & girls sport
In Ireland anyone can change the sex on their birth certificate on demand. Scotland cites Ireland as proof that sex self-ID isn’t a problem. The self-ID culture in Ireland has led this 40+ balding male to think it’s ok to play women’s Gaelic football.
RESULT: guidance to be amended to remove references to passports and 'such as' pending a full judicial review early next week.
For the census2021
Sex = sex on birth certificate or a GRC
Sex is NOT Gender identity.
/85
How does making it easier for men to change their birth certificates to say they were born female help protect women-only spaces? How can politicians still be saying this stuff and thinking the public will buy it?
.
@JK_Rowling
demonstrated compassion for trans people while also being clear that sex matters too. The vitriol she has received in response shows how widely absurd accusations of transphobia now are, and have been for all women speaking up.
Sponsor withdraws funding from women’s cycling event as punishment because male trans riders no longer eligible for female races. We won’t let the event fall. Watch this space.
🤞
@CiCLEWomens
&
@JuniorCiCLE
can be saved. While the rules situation is a mess for all, the suspended rules didn’t ensure sporting fairness for F athletes. Also it’s simply not correct when it’s inferred that TW have a “right” to compete in the F category
Thank you Derbyshire Police. The only police force in the UK that confirmed it would record a male rapist as male even if they said they identified as female. Please don't let common sense crumble when Stonewall finds out! /10
Today, we have submitted a formal complaint to the Equality and Human Rights Commission about inaccurate and misleading information given by Police Scotland regarding the use of single-sex exceptions /1
Today we've been on
@BBCNews
calling out the unfairness of allowing male people who identify as women to compete in the female category at the Olympics /1
*NEW AND EXCLUSIVE*: Today we are publishing the internal documents that reveal why prison bosses decided to put the unit for dangerous trans prisoners in a women's prison instead of the men's. /1
Transactivists are shocked by this sudden, unexplained shift toward impartiality. Truth is it's been the result of a long process of serious and professional engagement by new women's advocacy groups. We have won arguments and changed minds. And we will continue to do so /6
BREAKING NEWS: The UK government will not be forced to allow people who identify as non-binary to select X on passports. This is welcome news /1
"The Supreme Court unanimously dismisses the appeal".
Quote from student “She has said publicly that she does not believe trans men are men or trans women are women. It should not be acceptable for a professor to say things that might hurt someone”
A political slogan has morphed into a moral code we must all live by. Wake up.
@TomBosworth
@mara_yamauchi
uses the words "female" and "male" precisely because this is about who should be in which sex category in sport. Gender identity is not relevant. It would make no difference to fairness if that male person identified as a man or a transwoman or non-binary.
This is outrageous over reach by the BBC. Being clear that a ‘transwomans’ sex is male is crucial to understanding why women are concerned about trans inclusion in female sport. This is fact not opinion.
For me it was a gruelling & hostile interview lasting well over 90 mins, pinned by the stare of a glaring Suzi Ruffell who dominated the questioning. Trying to get me to reveal my hatred - she of course failed. Women like me don't hate. We just think women matter in this too /19
After years of campaigning we are now seeing the policy bricks in the gender ideology wall tumbling down fast.
Well done to every single one of us for speaking up 👏👏
Women’s rights clash with trans rights because the sex of a transwoman is male. That’s what it’s all about. If the BBC doesn’t allow this to be spoken then women get excluded from the conversation. That’s the opposite of impartiality.
Ex head of education at Stonewall conducts a massive poll (n=5000) of public opinion about trans policy.
UK public does not want males in womens changing rooms or sport /1
BREAKING: We're pleased to announce that Fair Play For Women has instructed a barrister to evaluate the lawfulness of the ONS approach regarding the definition of sex in the Census.
If the ONS has broken the law we will hold them to account in the high court by judicial review
For over 200 years the Census has asked “What is your sex”. This year there will also be an *extra* question asking about gender identity. That’s great. Two questions about two different concepts - lots of useful information /1
Breaking news: EHRC commits to ‘take action’ and ‘enforce’ the law.
“Fair Play For Women has alerted the
@ehrc
to nine different charities which allow men who identify as women to apply for jobs reserved for female candidates”
Sports categories ARE exclusionary. That’s what makes them effective as a category. The male sex is excluded from the female sex category because of the physical advantages of being male.
Stonewall are trying to fool people into thinking this is transphobic. Don’t be fooled.
“We are asking rugby clubs at all levels of the game to stand with us against a ruling that is exclusionary and that will impact some of the most vulnerable people in the community”.
Join us and
@LgbtiqS
in calling
@WorldRugby
to
#TackleTransphobia
Researchers are openly recruiting trans athletes who *want* to show a loss of performance. This breaks every rule in the study book.
"If you feel unjust about the recent policies, why not provide your data to influence the next policy making decisions"
Unite
@unitetheunion
doesn't understand the law around female-only jobs. They think a man with a piece of paper saying his legal sex is female *must* be allowed to do a job involving intimate contact with women in their own homes. /1
Why do people accept the idea that if a male lowers testosterone to females levels that makes playing on a women’s team fair?
You’d laugh if someone suggested an adult man could play in an under 10s boys team if he lowers testosterone to the level of a prepubescent boy.
"I haven’t come across anyone who is like 'Oh, it will be fine.' Even the guys are like 'Yeah, you’re screwed'. There are jokes made [in training] like 'Oh yeah, I feel like being a woman today.'"
Bridges said “I didn’t want to race in the male category any more than I had to. It sucks, racing as a man when you’re not one”
Bridges is not forced to race ‘as a man’. Emily races as a transwoman against other people born male.
Only one British female cyclist has ever ridden 25 miles in under 50 mins.
As a junior male Zach Bridges is already 2 minutes faster than the fastest ever British woman.
Zach now identifies as Emily.
Junior boys are fast on a bike. Faster even than the best adult women.
Hayley Simmons holds the women's British record of 49 mins 28 seconds over 25 miles. A full 2 minutes slower than Zach's junior boys record. /2
Stonewall’s head of trans inclusion denies the existence male & female bodies.
Stonewall is on
@britishcycling
’s advisory board advising on female eligibility sport policy.
Stonewall is behind
@ECB_cricket
policy that anyone who IDs as a woman will play in female category
disagree with you about this
KM: it is
BC: you define woman as anyone including men who say they are women
KM: bodies are not inherently male or female. They are just their bodies
IO: KM was asked if he thought the tweets are transphobic. He said yes. Trawling through all of the