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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

6 years

Thread: Re Sex and the Census. For many individuals identity is very personal and important and the 2021 census will allow those people to express a trans identity for the first time. All good so far...

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

2 years

I have written a column on the FM’s responsibility for the current debacle on sex self ID - very much her personal agenda - which has damaged her party, country & independence cause. Written before today’s disastrous poll was published via @Sunday_Post

Former MSP warns FM must own gender ID fallout

A former SNP MSP has warned Nicola Sturgeon must accept “personal responsibility for her personal passion” after driving through laws making it easier to change gender.

www.sundaypost.com

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

3 years

⁦Enormously significant judgement for feminism and free speech today in ⁦ @MForstater ⁩ case. Women who believe sex is real and question gender identity beliefs are protected under the Equality Act. Well done everybody who supported #istandwithmaya

Statement 10 June 2021

Maya Forstater Statement about the judgment in her employment appeal tribunal casewww.Sex-matters.org

www.youtube.com

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

3 years

As someone who as been maligned and misrepresented simply for stating sex is real, I am enormously relieved by this judgement not just for @MForstater but for thousands of women who have been cancelled for expressing an opinion, however respectfully.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

5 years

If you have step in to deliver a £43bill national budget with almost no notice it helps if you have an impressive grasp of detail. Thank goodness then for the intelligent and fluent @KateForbesMSP - not yet thirty & the first woman to present the Scottish budget.. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💪⭐️

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

4 years

@joannaccherry has been a fantastic justice and home affairs lead & a credit to Scotland. When I campaigned with her in Edinburgh in 2019 strangers stopped & asked to shake her hand. Here’s a reminder of the day she made history

Boris Johnson should have the guts to resign, says SNP's Joanna Cherry – video

Joanna Cherry says Boris Johnson 'should have the guts to resign' after the supreme court unanimously ruled his decision to shut down parliament for five weeks was unlawful

www.theguardian.com

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

2 years

This is not true from Nicola Sturgeon. There is a group where the actions of a minority of individuals means the whole group lose rights - men. Most men don’t offend, but because a significant minority do, they all lose the “right” to share spaces where women are vulnerable.

Philip Sim

@BBCPhilipSim

2 years

Nicola Sturgeon's core point from today's Q&A, on the trans prisons row - "there is no other group in society where we accept that the actions of an individual somehow forms a justification for taking away rights from the whole group, or not according rights to that group"

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@JoanMcAlpine

6 years

But sex and identity are not the same thing and require separate questions. Biological sex is an important demographic variable needed to record & plan services and understand different population trends. @NatRecordsScot themselves say this

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

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We know he was a political giant. But the @AlexSalmond I knew was also a warm and caring human being. So funny and kind. Happy memories of him going out of his way for my two daughters and my late father, who adored him. No words beyond this. Heartbroken.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

6 years

Recording birth sex is important to monitor sex discrimination and the Equality Act 2010. Women experience discrimination on the basis of biology, not how they identify (although trans people experience discrimination too, it is of a different type)

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

3 years

It’s now for those people in positions of power to think carefully about their failure to stand up to intolerance - or why they stood by when women were attacked and misrepresented by online mobs - some, sadly, whipped up by publicly funded organisations and public figures

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

4 years

A professional ballet dancer has sacrificed years of their life to tough physical training requiring the utmost dedication. They will endure pain, and all that on top of exceptional natural gifts. The ad is so insulting in so many ways

Downing Street joins criticism of 'crass' job ad

Downing Street and the culture secretary disown an ad suggesting a ballerina retrain in cyber security.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

2 years

Angry men shouting abuse at women trying to meet peacefully. At the end of this frightening clip, the man in black roars: “Go home and look after your kids!” This is no progressive movement - it’s the same misogyny of decades past. Let’s drop the “both sides are toxic nonsense”.

♀️🦖The Women Coventry💚🤍💜

@thewomencov

2 years

#LetWomenSpeak @StandingforXX Speaker's Corner event in #Bristol . Some of us were there and took this video. Aggressive men rage-shouting at women. For speaking up for our rights. These #PoundShopNinjas will not silence us.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

6 years

They will not listen to concerns of many ordinary women in Scotland who fear that the definition of female is being replaced with a concept of "gender identity" based on 1950s sexist stereotypes. This is not a feminism I recognise.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

3 years

I am so grateful to @MForstater for her bravery and I hope the “institutional capture” she refers to will be addressed. Women have rights under the law to single sex spaces and services. Now they are able to defend those legal rights without being threatened and intimidated.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

5 years

@jk_rowling Thank you

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

4 years

For the avoidance of doubt 😉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #SP21

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

2 years

Delusional and Divisive. The public did not support legislation that allowed any male, including rapists, to claim to be women. @theSNP members left in droves. It brought down Nicola Sturgeon, but Humza thinks it’s a winner 🤔.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

3 years

Thank you to everyone in Dumfriesshire who voted for me and the SNP - a rise of more than 3000 people, or 3.8% in SNP vote share - nearly three times the rise in the party’s vote across Scotland.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

2 years

As @kmckenna63 has posted this already and the paper shops have shut, I’m now sharing today’s column from @Sunday_Post . “Not since Bonnie Prince Charlie sacrificed his Highlanders at Culloden has a Scottish battleground been so ill-chosen.”

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

5 years

My statement in response to Cllr Gregor Murray's suspension by the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

5 years

This is sad news. A clever and uncompromising young women taken too early by brain cancer.. the best tribute to her is the videos she made. Watch them here #MagdalenBerns

Magdalen

@MagdalenBerns

5 years

This morning Magdalen died peacefully in her sleep (around 920am), surrounded by her family ❤️

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

11 months

On the left is me today…vs me in 2019. Lost 4 stone+, starting late 2020, final push this year including fitness drive. Of course it’s not for everyone, we just need to be happy in our skin..but am I pleased with myself? Damn right. 🤣 Maybe politics was bad for my health!

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

6 years

Sex is binary. Using the 1 in 5500 babies to claim sex is a spectrum is like saying human beings dont have ten toes because some human beings are born with more than ten toes, or less.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

18 days

In today’s @Sunday_Mail - account of meeting I arranged in 2019 between sexual assault survivors & the leader of Rape Crisis Scotland. Well done to these brave women.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

5 years

Hi @FinlayMcF - sharing a picture of me with a target painted round my head & encouraging others to pile on is irresponsible. Are you aware some women targetted by trans activists, eg @selina_todd now require security guards to attend work? This kind of thing doesnt help.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

5 years

Funnily enough, #Istandwithmaya and support @jk_rowling in her call for by tolerance and freedom of speech - which is why I’m recommending this piece by the brilliant lesbian journalist @bindelj

Triumph of the trans lobbyists | Julie Bindel | The Critic

In 2008 I was nominated for Journalist of the Year in an award ceremony organised by the gay rights group Stonewall. I have long been vocal about my displeasure with Stonewall…

thecritic.co.uk

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

5 years

In tribute to @magdaleneberns , who died yesterday, here is the video that was a shocking, Emperor-has-no-clothes moment for many. Language a bit naughty, but we are all grown ups.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

5 years

So incredibly proud of @joannaccherry and others who have secured a historic victory for democracy and the rule of law today. The judges' unanimous decision found @BorisJohnson acted unlawfully in shutting down parliament. He should resign. #supremecourt #cherrycase #borisout

Phantom Power

@PhantomPower14

5 years

Neither the Government nor indeed *the Monarch* are above the law. That's going to sting in Balmoral. #SupremeCourt

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

8 years

@realDonaldTrump You are in Scotland. We voted #Remain . #EUref

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

6 years

Huge thanks to all who liked/shared my Sex & the Census Thread & the private messages of support from women,men, gay, straight, lesbian, bi & trans folks (including politicians of different hues!) who believe in respectful, open discussion of these issues.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

4 years

I am absolutely honoured to be selected as the @theSNP candidate for Dumfriesshire after a ballot of constituency party members. Thank you to everyone who put their faith in me. Looking forward to campaigning with our amazing local activists! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙

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1 year

In 2021 My solicitor wrote to @theSNP NEC about their decision to ignore the member’s choice of list candidates & impose a system that senior counsel told them was likely unlawful. Solicitor got no response. I’ve written about it here for the first time 👇

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

4 years

Pleased that the man who sent violent, threatening messages to my friend @joannaccherry has appeared in court and admitted his offence.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

6 years

The census sets an important precedent. How can we defend the Equality Act, which clearly gives women protections based on biological sex, if we have said this definition of sex is irrelevant to our largest data gathering exercise?

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

6 years

My response welcoming the statements from @S_A_Somerville and @NicolaSturgeon on women's concerns about sex self-ID

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

5 years

@iainmacwhirter Cis privilege. A way of gaslighting biological women. Reduces them to a mere subset of women. Claims "transwomen" are a worse off subset than "lucky" cis type. So women with penises are the most oppressed women of them all. Who will think of the men?! 😳

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

3 years

@ruth_wishart fought for progressive causes all her life as a journalist, commentator & citizen. She’s a socialist & feminist who succeeded despite a sexist media culture. Anyone who “others” her, ignoring her record of activism, proves the misogyny she fought is still alive.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

4 years

This is what a statue to a great feminist pioneer should look like. Rent strike leader and social justice campaigner Mary Barbour in Govan, Glasgow #MaryWollstonecraft

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

4 years

90% of care home residents in Scotland now vaccinated says @NicolaSturgeon . In Dumfries and Galloway it’s 100% In line with #jvci priority list. #COVID19 @ScotParl

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@JoanMcAlpine

4 years

Polls show support for an independent Scotland is consistently around or above 50% as a SOLUTION to priorities in health, education, economy. That was not reflected in the selected questions and audience balance tonight @LesleyRiddoch is correct #BBCLeadersDebate

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

6 years

Lastly I am disappointed with the "official" women's groups who have embraced concept of sex self ID, even though the GRA is unchanged and self ID has no legal weight. I was told these groups will not accept membership from women with different view.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

5 years

Today I spoke out @ScotParl against no platforming of @selina_todd @bindelj @Docstockk and other bullied feminists, including female poets ably defended by @ByLeavesWeLive . Watch it here #istandwithselina #IWD2020

Debate: Celebrating International Women’s Day 2020 | Scottish Parliament TV

www.scottishparliament.tv

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

3 years

My activity in this area was through the work of my parliamentary committee examining how sex was defined in the census - I also FACILITATED DEBATE by holding meetings in parliament to discuss sex and gender - for this I was subject to unacceptable abuse & false accusations

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

6 years

So the sex question should stay binary. Non binary people can express their identity in the trans question. Non binary people still have a physical sex. I note that non binary is listed as part of Stonewall's "trans umbrella". It's an identity.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

4 years

Today I wrote to the Dumfriesshire CA and @theSNP National Secretary to express my interest in contesting the seat in the 2021 election. I am delighted to have passed the party’s vetting process and am keen to get cracking with our activists to take the seat from the Tories!

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

3 years

💔 Impact statement from the mother of #SarahEverard What kind of culture produces such men? Societies where violent pornography is endemic & many men view women as trash. His associates must have seen his misogyny. It was ignored, because misogyny is tolerated.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

4 years

Today @scotparl unanimously passed the Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Bill which will help the victims of rape and sexual assault

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

9 months

I arranged for survivors to meet Rape Crisis Scotland to discuss their need for female-only support. RCS failed to reassure & brought an outside trans rights activist to meeting. Writing about it now, to show gaslighting exposed in recent Edinburgh tribunal in place for years 👇

Holyrood magazine

@HolyroodDaily

9 months

Evidence from the employment tribunal involving Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre shows that a service designed to help traumatised women appears to have forgotten its core purpose, writes @JoanMcAlpine

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

5 years

Deeply (delibrately?) misleading @BBCNews . Women are not “just as likely” to seriously offend. Scottish Court stats 2017-18 show males were perpetrators in 98.5% of sexual crime and 88% of non sexual violent crime. Other countries much the same #waronwomen

Professor Alice Sullivan

@ProfAliceS

5 years

“We wanted to show that women are just as likely to commit violent crimes as men.” Except of course they are not.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

5 years

Women across the UK told me they cried when this tweet went out. It ended "no debate". Whatever your view on sex v gender id, you deserve to be heard. Today you were heard in @ScotParl . Westminster should be next

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

8 years

I'm a member of the Scottish Parliament who speaks with a Scottish accent - like vast majority of population. Tories find it funny #scotref

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

9 months

What a fraud this woman was - but such a convincing one…

Ciaran Jenkins

@C4Ciaran

1 year

‘Can you guarantee to the bereaved families that you will disclose emails, WhatsApps, private emails if you’ve been using them. Whatever. That nothing will be off limits in this inquiry?’ My question to @NicolaSturgeon August 2021

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Joan McAlpine

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6 years

Sex exemptions in the Equality Act are vital for privacy & dignity in shared spaces also "occupation exemptions" for jobs supporting vulnerable females. This matters as more men self ID as women while retaining male bodies and male genitals

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

5 years

Exactly a year since I posted this thread. No regrets at all 😊

Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

6 years

Thread: Re Sex and the Census. For many individuals identity is very personal and important and the 2021 census will allow those people to express a trans identity for the first time. All good so far...

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

5 years

Standards Commissioner for Scotland suspends councillor for online abuse of women - including the term TERF. Significant ruling here

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

4 years

This is deeply troubling from a legal case in England. A black, working class, lesbian barrister at risk of losing her job when her employer is contacted by a powerful lobby group accusing her of “hate speech” & demanding action against her for opinions such as sex is real

Allison Bailey

@BluskyeAllison

4 years

BREAKING & EXCLUSIVE: I’ve published Stonewall’s complaint about me in full, along with my detailed rebuttal. Understand what was done & what is at stake. The trial is less than 12 weeks away. Please continue to donate. Thank you!

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Joan McAlpine

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6 years

Male leader of the Green Party in Scotland there, pinning his colours firmly to the "she was asking for it" mast. Reminder: I shared comments from MTF Trans activists who called me trash and justified violence against women who disagree with them.

Patrick Harvie 🇪🇺🌈

@patrickharvie

6 years

There is a serious debate to be had about such "abuse", but we can't have it if people react with outrage to complaints from anti-trans campaigners but say nothing about the horrific wave of transphobic hostility, prejudice and violence that's destroying people's lives every day.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

3 years

The meetings I helped facilitate included transsexuals on the erosion of their rights by sex self ID, doctors on the evidence base of transitioning young people, human rights lawyers & people working with abused women + feminist academics and activists . None were bigots

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

6 years

Some lesbian and gay folk I speak dont share this dismissal of biological sex - if you cannot define sex how can you define sexual orientation? @ons make similar point when they said keep census binary here

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

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It was left to newly formed, unfunded, female rights groups like @ForwomenScot -and academics like @GoonerProf @kathmurray1 - to articulate what many women are too scared to say. They were respectful of trans people and supported asking the trans question.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

5 years

Everyone who signed this letter @TheScotsman respects human rights & the existing legal protections for trans people. Changing the definition of male & female should not be rushed. Many politicians in rival parties feel the same. Let's take a breath. Let's talk.

The Scotsman

@TheScotsman

5 years

RT Tomorrow's @TheScotsman front page and top stories, including an exclusive from @wornoutmumhack Gina Davidson: Concern over proposals for the Gender Recognition Act #ScotPapers #BuyAPaper

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

2 years

And before anyone makes this point, sex self ID was not in the 2021 SNP manifesto. That just contained a vague promise of reform. A previous bill had been shelved during the pandemic and after a party mutiny. It was the FM who was determined to bring it back

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

6 years

Despite this respectful approach, some suggest these women should not give evidence to parliament. That is worrying when you consider policy in this area has been subject to "capture" by a tiny number of stakeholders with similar views

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

6 years

This extraordinary advice says if an abused female objects to a male born person in a womens shelter/service then she is akin to a racist and should be re-educated. No wonder so many women believe professional feminists are selling them out

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@_Leyanelle_

6 years

@LGBTIScotland @hahacatzbird @JoanMcAlpine @holyroodmandy @RhiannonV @Martina @ScottishTrans @scotwomensaid @rapecrisisscot >for the trans woman to be moved. The service has to make any decision about provision based on good practice rather than prejudice. In this situation, we would work to educate other service users – much in the same way that we would if we received comments regarding other >

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

5 years

This attack on Catholic Schools has to stop. People of RC faith in Scotland have historically faced discrimination. Linking the existence of Catholic schools to sectarian violence stinks of victim blaming

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@mrmarkmillar

5 years

Massive push in Scotland coming to close down Catholic schools. I've seen this coming for a while, several high-profile politicians privately telling me they want them gone. All parties.

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Joan McAlpine

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5 years

Joanna is one of our finest parliamentarians. She does an incredible job holding the UK gov to account on #Brexit . She's been widely praised for exposing big tech's #waronwomen . We are lucky to have her.

Joanna Cherry KC

@joannaccherry

5 years

Lies are being told about me in some newspapers today. At present I’m not able to give my side of the story. I hope to be in a position to do so soon. Meantime I’m overwhelmed by the support from constituents, @theSNP members & #Yessers . Thank you 🙏

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Joan McAlpine

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2 years

She was warned in 2019 her pet project harmed women. She never listened. Never reached out. Condemned concerns as “not valid” Even ignored former prison governor @HotchkissRhona who described trauma caused to incarcerated women

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Joan McAlpine

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11 months

John Byrne leaves Scotland culturally richer. He gave us Tutti Frutti, The Slab Boys and so much wonderful imagery. It’s impossible to overstate how important he was as an artist. Sad he is gone but thankful for what he has given us.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

5 years

So delighted to see @joannaccherry increase her majority to almost 12,000 in what was once a three way marginal. Though not really surprised given her achievements and ability. #GeneralElection2019

Joanna Cherry KC

@joannaccherry

5 years

I can’t thank voters in #EdinburghSouthWest enough for the resounding majority they’ve given me. I had the best @theSNP campaign team ever & this is their victory as much as mine. Now my job is to defend #Scottish #democracy & I will do it with relish

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

6 years

During evidence I asked @LGBTIScotland how @PippaBunce should answer the census sex question if they identified as woman one day and man the next. I was told they would be non binary. But Bunce still has a biological sex which would then not be recorded.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

5 years

Came back from recess to another heap of cards from supportive women. Thanks for taking the trouble and for your inspiring messages. All displayed at entrance to my office @ScotParl

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

5 years

@iainmacwhirter Cis privilege. A way of gaslighting biological women. Reduces them to a mere subset of women. Claims "transwomen" are a worse off subset than "lucky" cis type. So women with penises and the most oppressed women of them all. Who will think of the men?! 😳

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

4 years

On #internationalwomensday2021 I think of the 23 million girls since 1970 who were not born due to sex selective abortion #sexmatters

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

4 years

No female politician should have to put up with this, including from members of her own party. We should all condemn it.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

6 years

It's not a good look to attempt to bully and shame another woman simply because she welcomed a discussion about the consequences of replacing biological sex with self-declared "gender identity" @heraldscotland @RBFMaguire

The Herald

@heraldscotland

6 years

SNP MSP Ruth Maguire thanked Nationalist colleague Joan McAlpine who had come out against plans to give trans people an option in the census sex question

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Joan McAlpine

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1 year

Remembering today that I wrote to @TommySheppard to complain about the misogyny of the compère at @StandComedyClub after my first/last visit many years ago. I worked in newspapers so was used to robust banter, but the sexism directed at female audience members was imo vile

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

1 year

Excellent from @holyroodmandy on the Sturgeon way of working: “identifies an issue, comes up with a simple, but unevidenced fix; picks a side; lobs in some passive aggressive comments; steamrollers on; and then wonders why it becomes so polarised.”

Nicola Sturgeon is completely lacking in self-awareness when she complains of polarised debate

Sturgeon's latest lament is sheer audacity from someone many see as the chief protagonist in Scotland's bitterly divided...

www.holyrood.com

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

5 years

Some people think this perfectly reasonable article should not have been published. Read it and judge for yourself.

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@JoanMcAlpine

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Individual census returns remain confidential for 100 years. Many respondants might find other mandatory questions about illness, ethnicity & personal circumstances sensitive and difficult. But they answer them knowing their privacy is protected.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

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That’s me officially @theSNP candidate for #dumfriesshire . Nomination papers submitted & approved, boards going up. #BothVoteSNP #SP21

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

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Wishing ⁦ @joannaccherry ⁩ all the very best. She will excel of course. Life after politics has much to recommend it!

Former MP Joanna Cherry resumes legal career with leading Edinburgh advocates' set

Joanna Cherry is set to return to legal practice, with the KC joining Edinburgh’s Ampersand Advocates.

www.heraldscotland.com

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

6 years

This is a measured and important intervention by prominent and respected lawyers. It is important that women know their legal rights

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

4 years

Clearing out my office on last day of parliament and had to remove all the 100s of lovely cards I received from women all over Scotland and the UK. They will be treasured and kept safe believe me. Thank you!

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

2 years

It’s the worse possible ground to take on the UK government. You choose your battles, and this isn’t the one…except for Nicola, who cannot even bring herself to call a rapist a man. The column will go live on @Sunday_Post website later. Here’s a taster

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

10 months

Beira’s Place: Thousands helped by Edinburgh rape centre set up by JK Rowling… via @Sunday_Post

Beira's Place: Thousands helped by JK Rowling rape centre

A year on from the opening of JK Rowling’s women-only rape centre, thousands of victims have reached out for help.

www.sundaypost.com

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

6 years

There is a view among some DSD reps I spoke to that there is an attempt to misrepresent their conditions to push unscientific claims that "sex is a spectrum" & lots of folk are "intersex", itself a term which DSD Families say is confusing and unhelpful

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

6 years

These same groups are key government stakeholders. They receive significant government funding and shape equality policies, including those affecting women. They were consulted about these changes to sex question in census to the exclusion of anyone else

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

5 years

@Miss_Leeze @joannaccherry @MhairiBlack @HannahB4LiviMP @YSINational The disgrace is your disgusting misogyny

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

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Proud to call this woman my friend @joannaccherry @FiLiA_charity #realfeminism #sisterhood #FiLiA2023

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

4 years

So sad to hear of the passing of #SeanConnery He was so much more than an actor. He was an icon. But as I discovered on a very special trip to interview him ten years ago with @wats67 , he was firstly a loving husband, father and grandfather who will be deeply missed.

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

6 years

This is where it began. A thread asking for balance. The support is overwhelming. Sad that an intolerant minority say respectful debate is transphobic. Then I remember those same folk say @Martina is transphobic. That's all.

Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

6 years

Thread: Re Sex and the Census. For many individuals identity is very personal and important and the 2021 census will allow those people to express a trans identity for the first time. All good so far...

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

4 years

Well done @HumzaYousaf who’ll amend the hate crime bill to ensure freedom of speech. The polarisation around this topic means some very vocal groups & individuals view any debate/discussion as “threatening” & “abusive” when it’s not at all. Amendment is necessary & welcome 👇

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

6 years

@PiroBurgher @pickle_bee I had never heard of either of you until you sent me unsolicited abuse on twitter. Hint: calling a woman "trash" is misogynist. I have never commented on you other than to share the abuse you directed at me, simply for doing my job @ScottishTrans

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

5 years

This supportive thread by my close pal Malcolm made me cry. He came from a working class Ayrshire town to lead the university Gay Society at a time of rampant homophobia. He was brave then and he is brave now...

Malcolm Clark

@TwisterFilm

5 years

Lovely to see a great piece in Spectator about @JoanMcAlpine by @JournoStephen . Joan and I go back a long ago. We met at a student party where she was dressed like she'd just walked off the set of a Jean-Luc Godard film; in a wraparound shiny plastic chequerboard coat...

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

5 years

Congratulations to @Womans_Place_UK and @fairplaywomen who organised the public meeting in London tonight on fairness in female sport. Incredible turnout and array of quality speakers/support @sharrond62 @Tanni_GT @damekellyholmes

Dr Karen Ingala Smith

@K_IngalaSmith

5 years

And we’re off! A Woman’s Place is on the Podium. Our biggest event yet. @Womans_Place_UK and @fairplaywomen #WPUKFairPlay

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

5 years

Important letter in today’s The Herald condemning the intemperate and inaccurate attacks on myself and @JennyMarra simply for facilitating discussions about women’s rights.

Unfair to pick on these MSPs

LAST Friday (Nocember 22) you published a full-page advert from Anent Transphobia. It was headed “Anti LGBT bigotry haes nae place in wur Scots…

www.heraldscotland.com

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

6 years

Also people with Differences of Sexual Development were ignored in the census consultation which said "intersex" was same as trans. Vast majority are male or female, less than 1:5500 babies have difficult-to-determine sex - see here

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

4 years

A brave and balanced speech

Joanna Cherry KC

@joannaccherry

4 years

It’s possible to support both #transrights & #womensrights . Neither should be sacrificed for the other. But women’s biology & lived experience must not be erased from the statute book. #LesbianVisibility is also important. My speech on #MOMABill

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Joan McAlpine

@JoanMcAlpine

10 months

Time for @scotgov and @theSNP to let this go. As I have said before, this is the wrong fight to pick with the UK. Gender self-ID is unpopular and clearly undermines the protections women and gay people have in the Equality Act

Scottish court rules UK government veto of gender recognition bill was lawful

Lady Haldane’s decision disappoints LGBTQ+ campaigners and offer boost to Rishi Sunak at end of difficult week

www.theguardian.com

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