Maya Forstater
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Five years ago today I lost my job
@CGDev
Three years ago we launched
@SexMattersOrg
I don't regret anything.
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I have received the "remedy" judgement in my case.
@cgdev
has been ordered to pay over £100k in compensation for loss of earnings, injury to feelings and aggravated damages for their high-handed conduct.
Thank-you to everyone who supported my case
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.
@jk_rowling
has been such a source of strength to me and to so many women standing up for women's rights.
#SexMatters
#RespectMySex
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@ACLU
You removed the word woman?
From abortion rights?
From the woman who co-founded ACLU's Women's Rights Project?
Unreal.
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@adamdavidson
I lost my job for saying that women are female, and men can not become women.
I can attest that losing your job and being unpersonned from the sector you used to work in is not just a feeling
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For the avoidance of doubt: India Willoughby is a man.
For reference, this is the individual whose precious feelings are more important than truth, according to some of his fellow men. If you think women calling this person a man is more offensive than him publicly fantasising about kidnapping women, I can't help you.
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Men should not be supported to try to simulate breastfeeding.
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Using words like “genocide” -- about fair cycling rules -- is profoundly offensive to the descendants of Jews who died in concentration camps, Tutsis murdered in Rwanda, Muslims in Srebrenica.
@polblonde
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Thanks to JK Rowling's brave and unexpected intervention people are talking about my case around the world. I have had so much support &💜. I'll let you know about my next steps & what that is going to take in due course. But in the meantime...there are other women using the law
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@MargaretAtwood
Dear Margaret Atwood
I have seen you getting terrible abuse for posting articles that question gender ideology.
Now I see you trying to avoid that abuse by posting a video that attacks JK Rowling and attacks me with false accusations. I am so disappointed that you would do this
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Do you ever feel like this new "be kind" intersectional identity-bases feminism isn't all it's cracked up to be, but just another way to put women in their place? 🤨
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Yes! We won. All the important bits. I was discriminated against by
@CGDev
because of my beliefs.
A potential job offer and visiting fellowship were withdrawn. My biography was taken down from the website when I tried to assert my rights under the Equality Act (victimisation).
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OK. Now i'm crying...
Every woman who’s been harassed, silenced, bullied or lost employment because of her gender critical beliefs is freer and safer today, thanks to the warrior that is
@MForstater
. 🎉
#SexMatters
#IStandWithMaya
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I will always be grateful to
@jk_rowling
for speaking up for me and for so many who don't have a voice.
Her integrity and bravery inspires.
#IStandWithJKRowling
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Oxfam abolishes the word "mother"
Its not inclusive says
@oxfamgb
No it's not "inclusive" it describes a specific thing. That's what words are for. 🤦♀️
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BBC upholds complaint against Today's Justin Webb for saying "trans women are male"
This is absolutely nuts.
The very first step in being able to understand this issue is to work out "trans woman" and "trans man" mean.
"trans women" are male
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The womb comes attached to a woman: it is not an interchangeable Lego part, a crop to be harvested, or a vessel sold to the highest bidder for rent or sale.
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Like everyone else who has spoken up and paid a price, I'm wondering what the colleagues who tried to destroy my reputation to protect their own are thinking today. I'm sure no one will ever say "we were wrong" or "I'm sorry" to any of us.
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Transwoman appointed CEO of endometriosis charity
@thetimes
This is a tiny charity (c £8k) but CEO will get invited to women's health forums, women's sector meetings etc..
What a great opportunity to role play and bully any women who don't play along!
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The idea that no one knows what sex anyone else is unless they inspect their genitals is one of the wildest flat-earth things I have ever heard.
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Here it is: CGD are not appealing the Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment that gender critical beliefs are worthy of respect in a democratic society.
The judgment stands and is a legal precedent.
Next step: employment tribunal to hear the rest of the case.
I am very happy!
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Any staff or students
@ICMPLondon
who face discrimination or harassment because of your gender-critical views: this is the exhibit to put on page one of your tribunal bundle
#WorthyofRespect
#PageOne
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@simonrim
It's good you are thinking about your customers and staff. Did you consult your female customers and staff? Did you consider their needs and ask them how they feel about not having female only facilities?
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#IStandWithRoisinMurphy
What did she say? She said what Dr Hillary Cass has said, what the Tavistock whistleblowers said.
Blocking children from going through puberty is what should be cancelled.
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Single-sex toilets with clear policies to be required in new buildings and refurbishments.
Thank you
@KemiBadenoch
!
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If you are a public figure thinking of speaking up now: please do it!
Don't think "Andrew Neil has done it so there is no need for me".
And don't feel bad that you didn't speak earlier (well, do, but get over that).
Unwinding this injustice is going to take some effort!
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Trans activist pours urine over "herself" outside EHRC office in protest against women's rights
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150 police and 6 horses needed to protect a group of women speaking about women's rights, from angry aggressive men. One steward was assaulted.
@hopenothate
@lowles_nick
are you sure you picked the right side?
#LetWomenSpeak
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In a packed room at the House of Lords. It is standing room only to hear from
@RichardDawkins
and
@HJoyceGender
taking about what sex is and why sex matters. With Baroness Ann Jenkin &
@SexMattersOrg
❤️❤️❤️
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The blasphemy of "transphobia" means telling the truth that a man in a wig is not a woman.
It is cowardice and misogyny to pretend that you cannot see this.
“Without a shadow of a doubt it is a transphobic comment.”
Bromsgrove’s
@TheGreenParty
candidate
@melissampgp
condemns Tory Deputy Chairman
@redditchrachel
for social media remarks about her transgender identity.
#PoliticsMidlands
begins at 10am on BBC1…
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If you stand up for freedom of speech you are going to find yourself standing on the side of people you vehemently disagree with on many things. The same if you stand up for safeguarding children. It is uncomfortable. Don't be shamed. Be proud.
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NHS axes Stonewall-backed Rainbow Badge Scheme which told hospitals to stop using 'woman' and 'mother'
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@billybragg
You want to see me cry?
I've just told you I was harassed by men following me down the road shouting abuse at me. You've seen the video of them doing it.
But still it's not men harassing women because the victim didn't look right to you?
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Was this role advertised
@UNWomenUK
?
What are the criteria by which you judged this to be the best person for the job?
Or did you just want to troll UK women by giving them the message that men always come first.
Male trans-activist, Munroe Bergdorf, has just been named as UN Women's 'UK Champion'.
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What a terrible statement
@TimJBlackman
-
You are "disappointed" by the judgment which held up the rights of one of your staff against appalling discrimination and harassment.
Its time to admit that you have a problem.
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Utterly immoral
@CostaCoffee
@stonewalluk
@oxfamgb
@drmartens
cartoons trivializing cutting girls' breasts off
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Congratulations to Rachel Meade - Social Worker who has won her discrimination claim against her employer, Westminster City Council and professional regulatory body Social Work England.👏
And to her legal team Naomi Cunningham &
@_ShaziaKhan
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Things that
@KemiBadenoch
talked about today in Parliament.
1. The disgraceful way that Rosie Duffield has been treated
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Not a single member of the fence-sitting, be kind "both sides" crew have had a word to say about this.
These are not counter-protesters to an event or a march.
This is a mob following women walking down the street shouting personal abuse and intimidation at them.
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JK Rowling backs call for female only rape support in Scotland and across the UK
She welcomed
@SexMattersOrg
report saying "This report exposes the current silencing of sector leaders and the dire consequences for victims."
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There have always been men who want to tell women to "shut your stupid fucking mouth"
Now they can do it and pretend to be progressive
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And in other news....
The judgment in Forstater v CGD will be released tomorrow around 11 am
(I don't know what it is yet)
#WorthyOfRespect
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So the
@ChtyCommission
has launched a statutory inquiry into Mermaids.
A thread of some of the things it may consider.
We've opened a statutory inquiry into Mermaids, after identifying concerns about its governance and management.
Read more:
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This is really quite pathetic
@labour
- hanging up curtains to hide the urinals to make "toilets for everyone" rather than recognizing that separate sex toilets are most practical for busy venues.
Women do not want to have to sit on toilet seats that men have pissed on.
Toilets in the Labour Party Conference. Not everyone is happy in this mixed sex environment with black curtains covering urinals and the floor awash with male pee.
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Imagine training as hard as you possibly can only to be beaten like this
Imagine knowing your career will be ruined if you speak up
Society has always told women they matter less than men.
Organisations are just reverting to type and calling it "progress"
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Lia Thomas is the
@IvyLeague
champion in the 500 free. Her time of 4:37.32 is a new pool record.
Catherine Buroker finishes in second.
#FightOnPenn
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Wow
@dhnnjyn
@oxfamgb
This still of the Evil TERF (with shinigama eyes) in
@Oxfam
's
#ProtectThePride
video
Can you imagine having gender critical views and working at Oxfam
(did you learn nothing from CGD?)
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@MargaretAtwood
I am an ordinary woman who lost her job and her livelihood because someone shouted "transphobia".
The video that you are spreading accuses me of being "transphobic" based on lies and smears.
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Day 2 of fumbling around, and awkward silences amongst trans-rights-twitter trying to find "the line" to take on Jo Phoenix's judgment.
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When I first stumbled into the gender debate I wondered where are the academics, where are the thinktanks, where are the regulators, where is the media, where are the politicians, where are the lawyers?
Where the people whose job it is to look at this issue calmly and carefully?
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Australia: medical insurer drops cover for doctors that prescribe hormone treatment to dysphoric children
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10 June 2021 at 10:30am the judgment is being handed down in my case:
More here on the day
I am going quiet on social media now until then
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Best of luck to
@salltweets
in
#TicklevGiggle
Starting tonight in Australia!
The brilliant
@HJoyceGender
is testifying too.
Support the cae here:
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The thing is NO ONE in the chain of command who signed this off or who saw it internally raised concerns.
Either
1) they didn't see the misogyny
2) they approved of it
3) they were too scared of being labelled a TERF to say anything
This is the culture bad EDI has built
We have removed the post because of concerns raised with us. We will re-post shortly
#ProtectThePride
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The judgment is 81 pages. It is highly fact based. I did not harass anyone and there was never a claim that I did.
This is not a license to harass people. Rather it is a recognition that in a democratic country people with different beliefs can express them and get along.
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Feeling optimistic, still angry, and most of all proud to have built
@SexMattersOrg
.
The battle to win back institutions corrupted by gender ideology is a long-haul, but we won a lot this year.
#OnwardsAndUpwards
#MehrLicht
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Just looking a
@networkrail
's menopause policy.
Who are these mysterious people who go through menopause?
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@ElisabethJane
How do you feel about the Muslim women and Jewish women and any woman who wants a female-only space when they are naked, changing or swimming are no longer welcome?
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@PeterTatchell
Its not a blanket ban on all trans athletes. It is a blanket ban on males competing in the women's category.
Some men are smaller and weaker than the average woman. That doesn't mean they get to compete in the women's category.
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So much love for
#JKRowling
#Filia2023
They are talking about young women, about male violence against women, about misogyny, about lesbians, and women's rights.
"This has never been about trans rights, it is about women's rights"
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Maternity hospital downgraded in diversity scheme for use of term "mother"
🤯
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Employers take note: if people who think gender critical beliefs are not worthy of respect tell you to discriminate against us and you do, you could be liable.
Review your policies and make sure they don't discriminate against people with gender critical beliefs
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#IStandWithPosieParker
Kellie-Jay Keen has been nothing but brave in standing up for women's rights, voicing our anger, and making a space for ordinary women to speak.
We are winning and we will not be intimidated.
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@KayBurley
@Mark_J_Harper
No it isn't breaking the law to say that men are not women.
It is breaking the law if you fire someone because they are a transsexual.
You don't have to pretend they have actually changed sex.
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@volker_turk
Do you know how insulting it is to suggest that cross-dressing men are women? It says you don't see women as full human beings, but as a costume, a stereotype, and supporting players. It's sexist nonsense dressed up in progressive tones.
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Dear
@CPhilpOfficial
Male officers remain male, even if they have a GRC.
Police searching policies
@PoliceChiefs
must respect the women's rights not to be searched by male officers.
National
@PoliceChiefs
guidance allowing transgender males to strip search women temporarily withdrawn.
@SexMattersOrg
@fairplaywomen
@WomensRightsNet
call on
@CPhilpOfficial
to get this right: GRC is not a pass to search women.
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Just as the GIDS is being shut down, so too should the school propaganda pipeline promoting gender identity.
There should be an investigation of Stonewall, Gendered Intelligence, Mermaids and they should be out of schools.
The GIDS problem cannot be solved by the NHS alone.
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Can you imagine the corporate culture in which this gets signed off?
Someone thinks it is a good idea and then every level of management that might be expected to say "no" waves it through because they are terrified of the "transphobia" finger pointing at them.
Utterly immoral
@CostaCoffee
@stonewalluk
@oxfamgb
@drmartens
cartoons trivializing cutting girls' breasts off
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These flags and signs on shop doors are not simple signals of welcome.
What they say is if you are sex realist you are not welcome here.
You are a second class-citizen.
You should feel uncomfortable and on edge.
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I gave a talk to the sixth form of a girls school the other day.
The girls asked good questions. They listened. Some clearly disagreed. No one cried or stormed out the room. I've heard it started some interesting conversations. 😊
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"There will always be places where it is reasonable for biological women only to have access"
Lets make a list:
- female showers
- female dorms & hostels
- female changing rooms
- female toilets
- women's prisons
- women's refuges
- women's counselling groups
- women's orgs
Responsible politics isn't about doing what's easy. It’s about doing what's right.
That's why Labour will act where the Conservatives have failed by modernising, reforming and simplifying the outdated gender recognition law.
Here's how ⤵️ 🧵
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Andrew Neil is feeling ashamed and angry.
This is exactly the right reaction.
I understand that. But we allowed it to happen. In my case because I had no idea such things could be done to young, vulnerable people. I feel ashamed and angry. It must be stopped.
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"With glossy red hair and a plunging neckline, Rowling out-glammed them all, even as the poses got sloppier with each bottle of wine."
Can you imagine writing this sentence about this picture ...?
Can you imagine writing it about a group of male dissidents?
There was a lunch and I'm not saying I've only just sobered up enough to type this tweet but at the same time, I'm not not saying that. 💜🤍💚
#RespectMySex
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Amongst all the joy today I heard heartbreaking stories - girls being transed in school, women in prison being forced to share with fully intact males.
Lots of people told me how "Forstater" has helped them at work. We must keep speaking up.
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No one, but no one thought the Equality Act was giving men the right to play women's rugby.
Stonewall's idea of "inclusive" is that women don't count.
I hope this gets to court
If you can, support
@tigergirl_70
in her fight for an inclusive rugby game
#MakeSportEveronesGame
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Next tell me what I did to deserve it. Tell me what Allison Bailey did. Tell me what Kathleen Stock did. Tell me what Kate Scottow did. Tell me what Venice Allan did. Tell me what JK Rowling did
What happened to us was predictable.
Women who challenge this get punished.
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In case you are wondering, Post Office was a member of Stonewall Champions and Workplace Equality Index.
I don't think these virtue signalling schemes help organisations focus on integrity, compliance and value.
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With thanks to
@CrowdJustice
and everyone who supported the crowdfund
@anyabike
& Ben Cooper
@OldSqChambers
and
@peter_daly
@Doyle_Clayton
@ehrc
@IndexCensorship
interveners in the EAT,
@jk_rowling
(of course), all my friends and family that stood by me, and
@SexMattersOrg
xxx
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So apparently the bad thing is not when a children's charity employs a man whose pornographic image is posted on Twitter, but when women raise the 🚨 and share the image
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How low can this movement go?
A man who has a thing for nipple clamps making a baby suck on his nipples?
A man urging a crowd of people to punch TERFs in the face?
The slippery slope of giving away protection of women and children because a man wants something does not stop.
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Also I've just been outside getting my photo taken, and three separate women walking past stopped to say congratulations and thank you.
I hope my case wakes politicians up to his many women have been let down by there unwillingness to tackle the gender bullies
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A man last seen organising a protest outside a feminist conference, and complaining to the UN about the Equality and Human Rights Commission has now been appointed CEO of an endometriosis charity.
Slow hand clap.
We are excited to share with you all that we welcome Steph (
@PompeySteph
) to the team as our new CEO. Supporting to move forward with our missions as a charity - we are all grateful to have Steph on board. Watch this space for more updates soon 💛
#Endometriosis
#Adenomyosis
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Do you remember when
@networkrail
removed the I ♥️ JKR poster at Edinburgh Waverley Station because they said they have a policy of no political advertising?
(HT
@campervanwoman
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