My appeal against Stonewall will be heard at the Employment Appeal Tribunal in London this week, 14 -15 May 2024.
Four and a half years ago, I was a barrister at Garden Court Chambers. It was 2019 and I had decided that I could not ignore what was happening to women and to…
@labisiffre
Agreed.
There are only two biological sexes in Humans.
Female & Male.
Humans can’t change sex.
A Woman is an Adult Human Female.
A Man is an Adult Human Male.
Dialogue became impossible when some people started changing these definitions for their own ideological purposes.
@60Mins
@HannahMouncey
Why not state the actual facts?
Males are being banned from Female sports.
They are not “banned from competing in international events”. All Males - regardless of how they identify - can still compete in Male sports.
We know you don’t get it
@IndiaWilloughby
- that’s because you view the world through a lens of restrictive stereotypes.
These are just women.
There’s no right or wrong way of being women.
You just need to be born female & survive into adulthood.
Great shots
@GetTheLOutUK
Seems a good day to celebrate a woman who chose to do “what is right” rather than “what is easy”.
Thank you for standing up for Women, for LGB & TD people & for freedom of speech & freedom of thought
@jk_rowling
#IStandWithJKRowling
#ThisIsNotADrill
If you can’t see the inherent cruelty in calling a service for vulnerable women, like a Rape Crisis centre or a Domestic Violence refuge “Women Only“, & then leaving the Women to discover on arrival that it’s actually mixed-sex, I don’t know what to tell you.
#SaveOurSpaces
@robrousseau
@jk_rowling
By “this” you mean standing up for vulnerable women like the Female prisoners currently being locked in prisons with Male sex offenders?
Thank you Jo for continuing to stand up for everyone negatively impacted by Gender Ideology, & for laws & social policy based on facts.
@mummabeeblu
“I love unisex changing rooms…everyone feels included…but I will be excluding myself from now on because I don’t want men walking in on me while I’m undressing”
How have we let girls down this badly?
#SaveWomensSpaces
#Primark
@Martina
@josierones
Agreed Martina.
I also don’t know why Rosie doesn’t understand that some disabled women want to be able to guarantee access to same-sex intimate carers.
We get accused of being “hateful” & “transphobic” just for saying that.
Seems “being kind” only applies to some.
@The_Globe
Getting rid of interesting Women from Female history one Woman at a time
I’m assuming this rather pathetic “we’re not the only ones who’ve done it” tweet means even you think it’s a bad idea
That’s you off my bucket list
@The_Globe
A good excuse to promote this though
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I just have no words to explain my exasperation at anyone who thinks that a 4 year old girl who “refused to wear pretty shoes” & wanted to play with the same toys as her twin brother should be put on a medicalised path.
Why does she need a clinic at all?
@AbsMcFabs
@thames_pilgrim
@BTPBerks
Why don’t we let the sex offender describe himself however, he likes & let everybody else - including the Police - speak the truth & state the facts.
Public announcement:
“Man in skirt & purple wig exposed his genitals to two teenagers & publicly masturbated at
#Theale
station”
“It doesn't matter whether or not a man is innocently seeking to use women's spaces or services or whether he has an ulterior motive.Women want the norms of privacy, dignity & our need for safety to be respected…It's not "hatred" for women to assert this”
“For years we’ve been told there’s no conflict between women’s rights and the demands of trans activists. If that were really the case, no one could possibly object to putting the word “biological” in front of “sex” in equality legislation, could they?”
Hi
@LNER
,
can I ask what percentage of your “inclusive” trains are fully accessible to wheelchair users, how many fully accessible stations you stop at, how easy it is for disabled people to use your trains without having to book an assistant to help with boarding etc.
Who do you think your obvious dislike of women is winning over
@IndiaWilloughby
?
You might think we should all look like Barbie dolls or even men who’ve had a lot of plastic surgery, but guess what, no matter how much you spend, you will still look male & Joanna looks female.
You’re highlighting middle-aged man Laurel Hubbard who stopped 20 yr old Roviel Detenamo being the first woman from Naura to qualify for the Olympics, & took a Pacific Games gold from 19yr old Feagaiga Stowers who took up weightlifting in a domestic abuse shelter?
#ThisGirlCan
“The BBC apologised after [Evan Davis] allowed a pundit on radio to accuse JK Rowling of transphobia & did not challenge her on her claims…despite the fact that it has never been proven that Ms Rowling has said anything transphobic in her career”
“We, the members of the Black Women’s Caucus of Women’s Declaration International USA, believe that it is crucial for Black Women to denounce gender identity ideology…masked as progressive & inclusive [GII] is actually intrusive & harmful to women”
“The 2nd legal action against a US healthcare provider involving a case of childhood medical transition has been launched…Kayla Lovdahl…was medically transitioned as a child…puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, & a double mastectomy [at] 13 yrs old”
@CharleyHasted
If you choose to think that women leafleting about their own legal rights as currently enshrined in the Equality Act 2010 makes you “unsafe”, you are giving your own feeling of safety away - no one is “taking that away from you”.
@HalifaxBank
Was it your intention to tell everyone who doesn’t believe in the quasi-religious tenets of Gender Identity Ideology - ie most of the population - to close their
@HalifaxBank
account when you launched this campaign?
@TheChrisMosier
This is:
A) Not true
B) Totally irresponsible of you
Why are you trying to terrify people when the statistics do not bear this out? (See next tweet)
Why are you telling trans IDing kids that they ought to be feeling suicidal? Conversation between a desister & a detransitioner.
“PENNY Mordaunt’s brother escaped jail today after he admitted sexual activity with an undercover cop posing online as a 14-year old girl.
Edward Mordaunt, 44, was sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for two years”
Anyone remember the female jogger on here who said she’d been chased, intermittently by a male jogger who would drop back, catch up & repeat. Then said “that was fun” & ran off.
Please don’t be that man.
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@TimesRadio
@eddieizzard
@RuthDavidsonPC
When did the 21st Century become about compelled speech?
I don’t believe in Gender Identity Ideology - I find it regressive, sexist & homophobic - so, like Eddie did until very recently, I use sex-based pronouns to describe people.
Plus, GII in the NHS needs to go.
#Tavistock
@gwentpolice
Hi
@gwentpolice
Please consider this a FOI request.
When was the last time your officers received Equalities training with a focus on Disability?
Which organisation provided the training?
“Susie Green…has been hiding in plain sight for so long that I sincerely hope we can see her clearly now. How this woman was ever allowed to have so much influence over vulnerable children, never mind medical professionals,is frankly disturbing”
#Mermaids
@shelleysilas
Because in the UKs current political/social climate it does/can affect other people’s lives.
Do you think a Woman who has been raped should be forced to lie in court & describe her experience as though the Male perpetrator is a Woman or risk censure by the judge?
I don’t.
23 yr old male goes into 3 cubicles in a women’s toilet, alarms three 13 yr old girls enough that they shoo him out...& he thinks they are the aggressors.
At no point does he identify “with” the girls...even if he now says he identifies as one.
Clueless.
@ZoeJardiniere
Males are a threat to Women.
“TransWomen” are Male.
What’s the point of pretending this isn’t true?
All the stats we have show that Trans Identifying Males retain Male patterns of violence.
@jk_rowling
@iesamina
@Apollo_1776
@gaelicana
@preselectlee
Based on current UK Ministry of Justice stats the rate of sex offences committed by Trans Identifying Males is actually higher than the rest of the Male prison population.
Plus, if all TIM prisoners were put into Female prisons they’d be 1/3 of the Female prison population.
Do I think people, in this case Penny Mordaunt, should be held responsible for the behaviour of their family members?
No.
Do I think it’s worth noting given that Penny has campaigned to remove safeguards for Girls & Women by supporting Self-ID?
Yes.
@eva_kurilova
@judgejules75
It’s astonishing to me that athletics has banned the use of some trainers (that anyone could buy) because they give an “unfair advantage”, but we’re still having to debate whether Males should be included in Female sports.
@hen10freeman
@SaladinRospigl1
@MaggieChapman
I’ve asked you that question too Maggie.
Should disabled women be able to ask for same-sex intimate carers or not?
You might think “TransWomen are Women”, but not everyone shares your beliefs.
TransWomen are Male.
Why are disabled Girls & Women so irrelevant to you?
@bessbell
Well that’s another series not to bother watching on
@PrimeVideo
Is it a lack or reading, a lack of comprehension or just the desire for click bait on your part?
Here’s what JKR has actually said…
@with_rhymes
How novel.
Women hold a meeting and talk about, amongst other things, male violence against women…and two “Men’s Rights Activists” sit outside with aggressive slogans about genitals.
Sums up exactly what’s been going on.
@solange_lebourg
@jk_rowling
@bindelj
Because it’s easier than dealing with an angry mob.
The police are effectively employing a policy which means that women can be hounded out of speaking in public anywhere in the country as long as the mob protesting against them is big enough.
“Human beings are often irrational. They believe all sorts of improbable things,& demonise people who disagree with them. That’s what has happened to Professor Kathleen Stock, the philosopher who politely but firmly points out that people can’t change sex”
@womensmarch
If you can’t define “Women” how do you know that “TransWomen are Women”?
Plus, please answer these questions from Detransitioned Woman
@ImWatson91
- who was one of the co-founders of
#DetransAwarenessDay
If trans people can change their sex, at what stage in transition does this phenomenon occur? When did I stop being female?
Was it when I began injecting testosterone?
Was it when I got the double mastectomy?
Was I, in fact, always male because I “felt” like it?
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@chasestrangio
Because you are Female & therefore to anyone who doesn’t believe in Gender Identity Ideology, such as myself & presumably Bill, you are not a Gay Man ie a same-sex attracted Male.
Identify how you like, but don’t expect everyone else to use your own quasi-religious terminology.
@SethAbramson
@alexmassie
Since when does not believing in someone else’s quasi-religious belief system mean we want someone dead?
What a bizarre leap.
I want Female prisoners to be kept safe from Male prisoners.
That’s it.
If TIMs require a separate space that can be accommodated in the Male estate.
@brianpaddick
A lot of people disagreeing with things you said on a public forum at the same time doesn’t make it an “organised attack”.
A lot of people disagree with you. Twitter doesn’t have a queuing system.
I think the rights of Female prisoners are more important than you apparently do.
@NWCI
Bodies play sports, identities are irrelevant.
How can you call yourself an organisation for Women & rank fairness & safety for Female competitors lower than the feelings of Males who “identify” into a different social category?
You are not fit for purpose.
Hi
@RMTunion
I realise
@laurencec123
is your LGBT+ rep - but as a bisexual woman & a wheelchair user I’m far more interested in whether trains are physically accessible than what they call me when/if I manage to find an accessible train to board
Perhaps Laurence could ask
@LNER
Hi to everyone sticking their head above the parapet on
#GenderCriticalComingOutDay
Here’s the definition of Gender Critical Belief taken from Maya Forstater’s Claimant’s Witness Statement in the case of Maya Forstarter v. CGD (which Maya won on June 10th 2021)
#GCComingOutDay
“actress Ellen Page experienced her religious conversion into “Elliot” during an ascetic sojourn at a cabin in Nova Scotia…Page used a combination of self-flagellating violence, fasting, & forced solitude to achieve gnosis & hear the voice of God”
@tomhfh
Biological Males don’t stop being biologically Male no matter how much surgery they have or how many hormones they take.
Women’s sport isn’t for “Women & Males who’ve chosen to lower their own performance level”.
#RespectMySex
@BettsCaro
@HJoyceGender
@MForstater
@SexMattersOrg
Misogyny aside, the reason why the sex denialists & anti-women activists - aka TRAs - are shouting “Fuck Helen Joyce” is because
@HJoyceGender
articulates the problems caused by implementing Gender Identity Ideology into policy & law better than just about anyone
#I
❤️HelenJoyce
@BetteMidler
“People with uteri”?
You’re no longer worried about this any more then.
There are Male sex offenders in Women’s prisons just because the Males have changed their pronouns to she/her Bette.
And you are now OK with that?
Your voice is a loss to every Girl & Woman in the USA.
@BTPBerks
Wouldn’t you be more likely to find this male who exposed his genitals to two teenagers while masturbating if you actually described him as a male?
@SuellaBraverman
“76% of referees to The Tavistock & Portman Gender Identity Service…are adolescent girls…Tavistock’s statistics [show] that 48% either have a diagnosis of or show traits of Autism…characteristics that are usually only present in 1% of the population”
'How my career was cancelled by the woke warriors who have taken over publishing'
Dropped for supporting JK Rowling,
@Gillian_Philip
now works as an HGV driver. Here she reveals the dystopian world of books where writers are obliterated overnight
@cathydevine56
@mcashmanCBE
Women’s rights are non negotiable.
Now what Michael?
If you can’t see an obvious clash between the rights of girls & women to female only single-sex spaces, services & activities & the males who want access to these things…get your eyes tested.
#RespectMySex
@BBCPolitics
What about girls & women’s sex-based legal rights
@iain_w_anderson
?
The very rights
@StonewallUK
have been campaigning against since you stopped being an LGB Charity in 2015.
“Women’s bodies are different from men’s from cellular level upwards, yet the same treatments are usually prescribed for both sexes – to the detriment of women. Dr Alyson McGregor raises the alarm”
Why does medicine treat women like men?
#SexMatters
Hi
@TwitterSupport
- why have you suspended
@Aja02537920
for describing a video showing a “middle aged balding man playing on a team with young women” when that’s exactly what that video shows?
#TwitterHatesWomen
@guardian
Online misogyny?
Like someone published by the Guardian directly calling the mothers of stillborn babies bigots, TERFs & transphobes for wanting a charity for grieving parents to use the word “mother” rather than replace it entirely with “birthing parent”?
Grotesque.
@jk_rowling
How unkind of you to point out that these angry balaclava clad misogynists trying to stop women speaking look & sound exactly like the angry misogynists women have always dealt with.
#SameArseholesDiffererentUnderwear
@shelleysilas
Do you think Female prisoners should have time added to their sentences because they won’t call the Male sex offenders they are locked up with by Female pronouns?
I don’t.
I don’t care how other people identify. I do care when laws & social policy may force me to comply.
@bandwildyouth
If you sacked Ian because he can tell the difference between male & female & doesn’t think that newspapers should lie about it or that male sex offenders should be sent to female prisons, Ian is right, this is clown world.
Where’s your “unity” with & “kindness” to women?
@pronounced_ing
Why doesn’t that work both ways?
If women find being called “Cis” disrespectful, why are their feelings less relevant?
Where is the respect for people who don’t believe in Gender Identity Theory?
@_DylanHamilton_
Have you watched the film?
How do you know it’s “transphobic” if you haven’t?
Why do you think you get to decide what other students are allowed to watch & ask questions about?
@TimesRadio
@eddieizzard
@RuthDavidsonPC
Here’s a couple of great examples from India Willoughby, who seems to struggle with the notion that some women are lesbians & that women can have short hair without having to pretend they’ve changed sex.
So progressive…
@KatyMontgomerie
@_Leyanelle_
@AlexJayMac
Males not wanting to share facilities with other Males = OK
Females not wanting to share facilities with Males = Bigotry
The clown emoji was the right choice.
What a great (unintentional) portrait of
@jk_rowling
shining out through the murk of lies, misrepresentations & baseless accusations of the last few years.
Thank you Jo for speaking up on behalf of vulnerable girls & women.
#IStandWithJKRowling
(Still. No change there.)
@BoyGeorge
George - we all know nice Trans people.
We also know or come across plenty of males who will abuse whatever loopholes they can to get easier access to vulnerable people.
Law & social policy has to deal with that, not just how nice your friends are.
Women’s rights matter.
KH: my good friend Allison Bailey said the word lesbian is taken. The word is taken by us. I'm going to speak for milliosn of lesbians around the world. We love other women. We will mot have that stolen from us.
A viral video depicting a male teacher wearing large prosthetic breasts in view of young students can be traced to Oakville Trafalgar High School in Ontario.
Kayla Lemieux is a tech teacher currently employed at the school.
@PeoplesMomentum
Eddie Izzard is a man.
Why do you think we should be legally compelled to say otherwise?
Who else do we have to lie for?
People who claim to be dragons? Adults claiming to be 6 yr olds? Able bodied people claiming to be paralysed? White people claiming to be black?
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Last week I saw a father with a 5(?) year old boy tell him to “chase that lady” as a woman jogged past them. I saw her tense up but she didn’t say anything.
Please don’t train your sons to be that man.
“to sum up, Mridul Wadhwa has spent well over a decade working in the women's sector. In that time he's actively pushed an agenda that allows males into what used to be female-only services, ostracising & denigrating the women who protest”
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@BBCNews
Do you do any research
@BBCNews
?
“Aida H Dee is intended to be a positive LGTBQ role model for children, said Sebastian Samuel, the man behind the character”
I repeat - the character of “Aida H Dee is intended to be a positive LGTBQ role model for children”
Seriously?
@PayPal
I’ve just used my credit card twice this morning.
I would normally have used PayPal, but since you’ve decided your company gets to dictate free speech in the UK I’ve closed my account.
@marksandspencer
@b_biffa
If women & girls are self-excluding because your changing rooms are mixed-sex, it’s not an “inclusive” policy. I’d like a fitting room that is single-sex - Female only - as outlined in the Equality Act 2010. Is that choice available?
Hi
@samaritans
@ScotRail
@BTP
- what’s the right course of action for women being photographed by rather creepy & disturbing men while they’re working on the train?
“I hope every single woman…fight every time this happens within the charity sector,” Maria says. “Oxfam is supposed to be protecting women and girls in the most vulnerable situations all over the world, and this ideology will ruin it.”
#BoycottOxfam
Some of the “baddies” are the ones telling vulnerable people they’ve been “born in the wrong body” & who then stay silent when those people realise that the major cosmetic surgery & health ruining hormones they were told would help in fact made things worse.
You
@kathryn42
?
@sussex_police
You don’t seem to know what the “boundaries of the law” are.
Are you talking about the actual law or the interpretation you paid Stonewall for which “gets ahead of the law” ie isn’t the actual law?
Which other legal terminology do you claim is “outdated”?
Your own EDI policy:
@KayWesley
Why do you bother calling yourself the Women’s Equality Party?
How does Self-ID allow you to stand up for the rights of this girl when you’ve already decided that the desires of this adult male to identify as a “trans dyke” are more important?
@alexsobel
@maryBCHR
You were asked about showers and did not answer.
You replied about mixed toilets - for which there is both evidence that they are less safe & that girls will avoid using them to their own detriment.
Why assume women who value their own privacy are bigots?