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@stonewalluk
Age TWO? Trans Identity?! You’ve lost your mind. Any organisation that pays you money for training or association needs to leave NOW .
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@The_Globe
Are you really saying that because Joan defied conventions and led an army she couldn't be a "real" woman? How regressive and sexist of you!
Which historic men will you trans? Bet it's not Henry V - probably the weak, so-called effeminate Kings like Richard II. Sexism on stilts.
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@jk_rowling
Brilliant thread - we hope that this is being dealt with and we hope that your family are all OK.
Thank you for standing firm in the face of so much abuse. People who think that intimidation and threats are the way forward can never claim to be on the right side of history.
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@TheLancet
@WHO
"Bodies with vaginas" is the language of serial killers.
Do you also talk about "bodies with penises" or do you grant men the dignity of not being reduced to body parts?
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@michaelsayman
Maybe not a feature, but it would be lovely if you would consider why death threats directed at women do not break your rules but women talking about biology do!
Tackle the misogyny on your platform!
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@MaggieChapman
@JanetMcwee
Ah, so the girl on the back of the truck "asked for it" did she?
YOU are from Zimbabwe, Not sure you have moral authority to talk about the theft of land.
YOU were COO of ERRC but you think some women deserve it because of their religion.
You are appalling.
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@JamesEsses
@CostaCoffee
Hi
@CostaCoffee
do you understand how the glorification & promotion of medically unnecessary mastectomies could be distressing and offensive to women who have suffered breast cancer?
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@bandwildyouth
He said a rapist was a man. How "kind" do you think you are being to the victims?
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Breaking News. Our remedy hearing this morning confirmed that the faulty definition of "women" would be struck from Gender Representation on Public Boards Act and that we are awarded full costs.
Thank you all for your support!
#SexNotGender
#WomenWontWheesht
#SexMatters
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@jk_rowling
Something tells me that a man notorious for wanting to get rid of age of consent and who thinks women should be submissive, isn't that bothered about trans people, but does enjoy an excuse to bully a woman.
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@jk_rowling
@wizardingnews
So angry about all this - sending much love to you and all the family. It is disgusting they are putting you and your daughter through this.
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Guilt by association - much like the
#HateCrimeActScotland
- is a very one way street. If you point out that predatory men abuse self ID or that others take spaces reserved for women, you are likely to be told that you are smearing all trans people by association.
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This event was oversubscribed. Ellie is legally and biologically male and, according to the ruling in our JR, should not be eligible to take advantage of a scheme designed for women. We wrote to
@ElectHer_UK
saying this was unlawful.
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Good to see Naomi of
@SexMattersOrg
getting it on record that some men cross-dress & want to be seen as women for erotic purposes & that women should not be co-opted into their fantasies.
It seems some of the gallery behind her found this smirk-worthy.
#No2SelfID
#SaveOurSpaces
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The women of
@MumsnetTowers
boards have been digging. It seems the great period leader was appointed by the same person to his last 3 roles. It also seems that, for the 9 days the job was advertised, it was in the wrong section!
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@simonrim
Would it not make more sense to have a separate loo for the tiny number of trans and non binary people? Why inconvenience and make uncomfortable the majority of your customers and potentially discriminate against women and ethnic/ religious minority groups?
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@BBCSport
There is appalling and offensive sexist bias in the article on your website which I trust you will therefore investigate. You have been disingenuous about relative weight of scientific evidence & the expertise of witnesses. Statements which should have been fact checked were not.
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If the male boss of this charity felt bullied because Emma Barnett asked why he refused to use the word 'woman' when posting about a condition that ONLY affects women, maybe he should:
a) use 'woman'
b) toughen up or not take on the job when clearly he was going to face
Transgender boss of endometriosis charity says she felt bullied, 'bruised and upset' when Woman's Hour presenter Emma Barnett asked why she did not use the word 'woman' in statement on the disease
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"If any woman or girl suffers voyeurism, sexual harassment, assault or rape in consequence of the Scottish government’s lax new rules, the blame will rest squarely with those at Holyrood who ignored safeguarding experts and women’s campaigners."
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The following press release has been sent by Marion Millar's lawyers.
We are pleased that sense has prevailed and we hope that future cases are considered more carefully.
#WomenWontWheesht
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@jk_rowling
Police Scotland must hold victims in utter contempt. Not only do they allow their assailants to lie, but they are enthusiastic participants in the deceit and gaslighting.
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"transgender self-identification law has been blocked at the last minute in Germany over fears it will be abused by criminals trying to escape punishment."
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@jk_rowling
India has been looking increasingly like a dangerously obsessed stalker for a while now. He is currently revelling in the attention, but I trust his unhinged behaviour will mean that no reputable orgs will ever risk going near him again!
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@Indy4Scotss
@olafdoesstuff
You talk of "outdated stereotypes" yet say Ellie "dresses like a woman". So "woman" to you is just clothing?
You are the person upholding stereotypes!
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“The last one to get out [of jail] is now back living as a man. The one before that got out — back living as a man. When he was in our hall he was telling people ‘I’m stopping taking my medication because I can’t get [an erection]’.”
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Reports
@policescotland
were used tonight as personal arm of TRA bar staff
@DoctorsBar
who reported women for the heinous crime of paying for drinks and consuming them quietly while in possession of wrong opinions as expressed on T shirts.
5 officers were, apparently, needed.
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@itvnews
@stevescott_itv
@BorisJohnson
Emily is NOT female, which is the whole point. This is gaslighting and it would be very good if journalists could do their job and correct such statements!
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Stonewall's employee has just cited "risk assessment" as a reason to not want to be in the same building as Allison Bailey. Apparently, safeguarding covers "remote scenarios".
Except, we imagine the prospect of male rapists hurting women in prison?
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Maggie Chapman was COO of a rape crisis service. She cannot bring herself to say that the rape or murder of women as a tool of war is wrong.
Apparently, they asked for it.
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"Scottish police have defied Nicola Sturgeon’s sex self-ID drive by referring to a transgender butcher arrested in connection with the disappearance of an 11-year-old girl as a man."
Andrew Miller is a man - and it seems the police agree!
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Tonight on
@BBCScotNine
India Willoughby made a claim that there is "lots of evidence" to show we are funded by the "US religious right".
We know there is none and we would like an apology from Willoughby on
@BBCScotNine
tomorrow.
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So,
@PatrickHarvie
is apparently now worried about abuse and "toxic" debate. But mainly when he's on the receiving end. Let's have a non-exhaustive look at all the times Harvie has tried to elevate the conversation:
#HarvieHatesWomen
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The CEO of Edinburgh Rape Crisis has said "Sexual violence happens to bigoted people too. But if you bring beliefs that are discriminatory, expect to be challenged on your prejudice. Reframe your trauma"
Apparently, survivors are to be "educated" in this service.
@Iris_as_was
@ViatorCaveat
@FeministRoar
@GuiltFemPod
I worked in mental health services for many years not once did I challenge anyone I supported political or religious beliefs that disagreed with mine. It wasn't my role to do so. Neither is it his
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.
@stellacreasy
should be embarrassed by this inane and incomprehensible word salad. A transwoman is "an adult human female" and a person with a penis is woman if they say they are.
This is privileged sub-student politics at its finest!
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No, he won't because no one is killing you. Stop fetishising violence, stop scaring and lying to vulnerable kids.
You want to see what ACTUAL violence looks like? Turn on the news. You wouldn't be so determined to cos play a woman and a victim outside your safe bubble.
Starmer and all those working to put him in number ten will be complicit in the deaths of the trans people who will be killed because of this.
The LGBTQ+ community have long been used to hate speech coming from the Tories but to see it from the Labour leader is unconscionable.
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We are also pleased to confirm that, following the Court of Session ruling which found the Scottish Government liable for our legal costs, we have now received a full and final settlement of £147,500.
#ForWomenScotland
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The SNP are having quite the impact on other MPs.
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@Hollyoaks
In the same week the
#wpathfiles
are released, you thought you'd push this dangerous narrative? Children are being permanently damaged and, as the WPATH medics admit, lack capacity to consent. Shameful.
*The WPATH Files*
Our report on UK-based WPATH activism. What is the influence of WPATH on the NHS, the Tavistock GIDS and professional bodies?
#WPATHFiles
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@NebraskaMegan
This is better directed at "Lia" Thomas who was so desperate to win (and see naked women) that he cheated women out of medals.
It's not Riley who needs to grow up but Thomas and those who let him steal what he cannot win on his own merits against his own sex. Get off your knees!
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@jk_rowling
So what, exactly, is Linda Riley's problem with celebrating a black, working class, lesbian woman?
Are some lesbians supposed to be silent and invisible in
#LesbianVisibilityWeek
?
#IStandWithAllisonBailey
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Yeah, you've been gloating all day about the attacks on someone else's mother. From a mob that the police said she was lucky to escape with her life. You RTd a call for more of the same in Dublin. You claim you're "supporting trans people", well, Janey, no one needs the support
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@talkRADIO
@thejamesmax
If
@thejamesmax
is going to make an appeal to authority, it would help to cite the doctors he claims believe in the concept of a gendered soul and what peer reviewed papers have been written on it.
Even Mermaids no longer say this!
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This is disgusting targeted abuse of a woman - and all because she spoke up about cheating.
Can you imagine if any women's rights protesters turned up to scream abuse about an individual? We'd be pilloried - and rightly so. This is animalistic behaviour & all decent people
For this reason and this reason only, I'll be quitting my activism of fighting to protecting women's sports and single-sex spaces.
Things like this have become FAR too intimidating and happen way too often. This was the final straw...
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@jk_rowling
Whenever women recount the reasons why single-sex spaces matter, they are accused of "weaponising trauma". Meanwhile, we are supposed to bend to every faint whimper of hurt from those who seek to steal our words and spaces.
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@BBCWomansHour
@Docstockk
@Emmabarnett
One of the foremost academics in the country hounded out of her job. The behaviour of her colleagues are a damning indictment on Sussex. This reflects badly on the University and the students - who may find that a degree from the university is now devalued.
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We are delighted that we have won our appeal on Gender Representation on Public Boards Act.
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@The_TUC
No, because HE is NOT a mother and he is mocking and appropriating motherhood.
Think Dolezal.
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"Rowling has been a staunch supporter of women’s rights and vocal about the trans debate. She has previously said she would “happily do two years [in prison] if the alternative is compelled speech and forced denial of the reality and importance of sex”.
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Fantastic question from
@JNHanvey
on the reluctance of
@metpoliceuk
to take action against those threatening MPs or "Sarah" Barker for the appalling call to arms at the weekend. He also asks about the malign influence of homophobic & misogynistic orgs on our institutions.
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Do you know what is 'offensive and upsetting'
@HumzaYousaf
? Having an FM who won't call a rapist "he".
Hearing the head of a rape crisis centre call survivors "bigots" if they don't want male counsellors.
But sure, you worry about men being called men.
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This man is an MP.
He's accusing a female presenter - herself with endometriosis - of bullying because she wouldn't let Steph and Jodie get away with pretending this is a condition which affects men as well as women.
@JodieEndoPhD
if that was you on
@BBCWomansHour
just now, huge respect to you & your colleague for withstanding the appalling presenter bullying & defending inclusive language & services. 🙌🙌🙌
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Now confirmed that the court warrant said Graham should be sent to Barlinnie, but that was over-ruled by the SPS due to their "ahead of the law" self ID policy. Were Ministers involved?
@KeithBrownSNP
?
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Have
@StarbucksUK
made a statement on this aggressive man?
Your staff member abused a female customer then assaulted another customer. What action has been taken?
When women see men who think they’re women in female spaces, they often get themselves out as quickly as possible & say nothing because we all know how men react when we say something they don’t like.
Like, “why are you in here?” or “he”.
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Susan Smith, For Women Scotland, said Ms Black’s comments were a “damning indictment of her intellectual capacity and her fitness to act as a legislator”.
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“We are in a position where a 16-year-old child in S5 who wants to change their Higher subjects can’t do so without parental consent but a 12-year-old in S1 can change their gender and the information will be actively concealed from their parents."
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So it's now "right wing" to object to paedophilia, mocking rape victims and laughing at suicide?
Got to say
@RollingStone
this is one hell of a hill to die on!
The Right Is Trying to Make Bud Light Happen All Over Again With a Doritos Boycott
More:
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This intervention from
@MhairiBlack
is ignorant and offensive.
She recycles old, misinformed nonsense about "intersex" being as prevalent as red-heads and clearly is unaware that most people with DSDs are unambiguously male or female.
So, Mhairi, some facts:
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This was the moment
@murdo_fraser
said he had attended the FWS demo last week and the
@ScotGovFM
showed contempt of the women who gathered by shouting "shame on you". As an aside,
@TessWhite4NE
expression is wonderful.
#WomenWontWheesht
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MSPs voted against safeguards to prevent sex offenders get GRCs. Women in the gallery shouted "shame on you".
Everyone has been kicked out.
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@brianpaddick
We are awake Brian and we know that the first stage in removing women's rights is to pretend our needs are indistinguishable from men's.
If you think you can fight for women when you can't define us, you are deluded.
It's you who are standing against us.
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Honestly, as women's rights campaigners, we are not naturally allies of Matt Walsh.
But we are being forced to chose between him and a woman who says that unless we know whether the chicken is suicidal or crying, we can't assume laying eggs makes her female. Help us here!
This is why they don’t want you to see
#WhatIsAWoman
. It’s because of moments like this. Gender ideology is an insane, incoherent mess.
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She really is a f--king rockstar!
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Hi all, thank you for offers of help for Marion M.
We are going to have a chat tomorrow with Marion & lawyers to work out best way forward. There will be a fundraiser & we will think of other ways to help.
We promise to let you know!
#WomenWontWheesht
#IStandWithMarionMillar
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****NEWS****
The Court of Session granted permission today for Judicial Review to proceed against Scottish Ministers for redefining “Woman” and a substantive hearing has been assigned for 7th January 2021.
Please support our crowdfunder and retweet!
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@_katya_long
Do they have examples of these books? Presumably anything by second wave feminists. Heaven forfend uppity women should think they have rights!
Maybe working for a book retailer isn't for them?
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@OliLondonTV
Just a correction, Herbert did stand for Labour but was not elected and faced sanction after posting abusive things about women. He therefore decamped to the Scottish Greens (who have no such qualms) and has been a candidate for them (still not elected).
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***BREAKING NEWS***
We have been granted permission to appeal our judicial review decision to the UK Supreme Court.
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@sussex_police
@zeno001
@Weatherwax6655
@SussexPCC
Sex is very relevant when recording sexual assault. Appalling that you are dismissing the reality of male violence against women and children.
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@DrJaninaRamirez
That sounds lovely, but you can't have social justice movements or class analysis based on individuality. Individualism in politics comes down to every man for himself. It's extreme Thatcherism. You can't solve problems by legislating for each and every person. I'm not sure what
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We have been offered a meeting with the minister, Shona Robison, on Tuesday to discuss the GRA Bill.
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We are heading back to court.
The Scottish Gov has issued new statutory guidance for GRPB which, we believe, does not accord with the ruling we won earlier this year. The only remedy is to return to court at further cost to the tax payer.
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@jk_rowling
@wizardingnews
They deleted, but they aren't taking responsibility or apologising. In fact, they are blaming you for their decision to put her in harm's way. And the lie that you are a grandmother is still up.
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@andrewbrownld
When drug cheats cyclists failed to beat clean athletes, did you also take that as proof that doping did not give an advantage?
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This man CANNOT be allowed into a women's prison. He is considered too dangerous to even be taken into court & it required 11 guards to restrain him.
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Today, the ebike category at the TweedLove Enjoyro mountain bike race in Peebles was won by Maxine Yates, a trans athlete, who was allowed to enter the women's category under British cycling rules.
This isn't just affecting elite women.
#SaveOurSports
#SaveWomensSports
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The people who claim wrong pronouns are genocide are on the
@CostaCoffee
thread telling female cancer survivors they need to lighten up and not be babies about major surgery and life changing illness...
Presumably this is the clientele Costa now want.
#BoycottCostaCoffee
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Perhaps
@Channel4News
can tell us what the new rules are?
Two case studies:
1. Male rapist attacked 2 women while identifying as a man. Turned up to court in wig & lippy, so victims were forced to hear about "her" penis.
2. Male paedophile attacked girl while wearing false
Baroness Falkner allegedly described a trans woman – Emma Laslett – as a “bloke in lipstick” at an official Board meeting of the EHRC – comments reportedly rebuked by the Commission’s Chief Executive at the time.
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Willoughby really is repellent - now calling
@ChoooCole
a liar (presumably because even he can't defend this) & insinuating it's the product of some right-wing religious fantasy.
Actually, India, US surgeons, incl the dreadful Sidhbh Gallagher & Joanna Olsen-Kennedy openly brag
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@StandComedyClub
So you let your staff illegally discriminate?
Cannot wait for the legal case on this. I hope you have deep pockets!
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For Women Scotland has made a formal complaint to the broadcaster, accusing it of a lack of balance and allowing partisan commentators to make unfounded claims unchallenged about puberty blockers.
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.
@MoPOP
you know who else played stupid games like this? Hitler and Stalin. Well done you idiotic, pathetic, totalitarian brats.
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To
@The_Globe
A poem written nearly 30 years ago by the incomparable
@MagiGibson
This matters. It still matters.
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This is disgraceful! Izzard is not Jewish and was trying to appropriate the Holocaust.
If
@UKLabour
is to investigate anyone for antisemitism, it should be him, not Rosie. This is a sick joke.
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@savanQadir
@IndiaWilloughby
India is a racist, homophobic, sexist troll who has abused other trans people like
@DebbieHayton
He (according to IW, he never applied for a GRC, so as per our JR, he is a man in law), has been sending the foulest messages targeting JKR for months. But I bet you never said a
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Completely emotional day - thank you to all who are making this challenge possible - especially
@jk_rowling
(we are uncharacteristically struck dumb!).
This matters for the whole of the UK. Let us find out once and for all where women stand in law. Thank you.
Night x
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@jk_rowling
And we'll die on that hill next to you.
Been remembering the witches tonight. Scotland has an ignominious record of persecuting women, but we can fight it together. 💜🤍💚
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Should
@networkrail
need a reminder:
“The poster in question is against our code of acceptance for advertising in our stations owing to its political nature.
“We do not allow advertising that is likely to support or promote one viewpoint over another.”
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Full transcript of the shocking comments from Mridul Wadhwa yesterday.
Including repeating the notion that a movement built by volunteer women needs to "wash and clean" itself of the past female activism./
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*** NEWS ***
We are appealing Lady Haldane's judicial review decision that "sex" in the Equality Act is "legal sex" and not biological sex.
More details on our CrowdJustice page. Please support the case!
#SexIsBiological
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We have written to the chair of
@theSNP
NEC and
@HumzaYousaf
@ScotGovFM
about the unlawful inclusion of a male on an all-woman short list. We hope they respond soon.
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Yes, it's the 21st century. That means rich, white, 60 year old males don't get to bully and intimidate women any more. Shocking though Eddie might find it, in this century, women have rights!
#ThisIsMyNo
"People have got to sort themselves out. Join the 21st century."
Eddie Izzard says she isn't going anywhere after Rosie Duffield said she'd rather be arrested than refer to Eddie as she.
@eddieizzard
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@RuthDavidsonPC
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#TimesRadio
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Thank you
@MGallacherMSP
for this motion for a Ministerial statement from
@scotgov
on the
#CassReview
. Absolutely shocking it was voted down!
53 votes for, 61 against, no abstentions.
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23 is too young to understand the consequences of raping a woman a burning her alive.
12 is fine to consent to sterility and osteoporosis.
Welcome to Scotland.
@HumzaYousaf
‘A man who raped a mother-of-two and then burned her alive was handed a lighter minimum prison sentence due to his younger age and early guilty plea.’
Why the hell should this monster’s age be taken into account? The report is so horrific, it made me cry.
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