Extremely proud to say my daughter co-wrote the letter to
@GillianKeegan
To those who say there's no way 2 14-year-olds wrote it, I say thanks for the compliment - I'll pass it on.
And on that subject I'd like to thank
@jkrowling
for her contribution to child literacy. 1/
Extremely proud of my daughter who has co-written this open letter to the Education Secretary
@GillianKeegan
.
And to those of you saying a pair of 14-year-olds couldn't have written it, thanks - I'll pass on the compliment. There's hope for our education system after all!
Dear Gillian Keegan
An Open Letter to the Education Minister from two teenage girls.
"We call upon the education minister to value the dignity and safety of girls in secondary schools like us, and to value the freedom of speech of all students."
@Otto_English
@OttoEnglish
wind your neck in mate. My daughter co-wrote the open letter because it's something she feels strongly about.
Women and girls are tired of being talked over by blokes like you.
@OliLondonTV
Call me old fashioned but I remember the days when they advertised skincare by using photos of models and hoping women think "I want to look as good as she does".
No woman aspires to look like this.
My daughter is one of those teenagers. Relieved that someone is listening to girls about what's happening to them in schools at last.
Thanks
@KemiBadenoch
for being the grownup in the room. I only hope
@GillianKeegan
will listen too. The schools guidance can't come soon enough.
"I had a group of teenage girls in my office who told me that because of mixed-sex sports they are bullied and pushed around..."
This was a masterclass from
@KemiBadenoch
today in parliament: a role model for those teenage girls in how to be an ethical, principled politician.
To be clear, there were some lockable cubicles which were all taken. M&S's tweet implies they are all lockable. They are not.
In most shops this would not have been a problem. The other customers were women but knowing M&S has a mixed sex policy I didn't want to take the risk.
Although I'm definitely not the normal Telegraph demographic, I'd also like to thank them for covering this issue while the
@guardian
looks the other way 2/
@Jebadoo2
So basically Social Work England and Westminster Council just got done under equality law because a social worker was maliciously targeted for her legally protected beliefs under equality law by ... the Strategic Lead for Equality at
@Sport_England
?
Have I got that right?
@STILLTish
So basically Social Work England and Westminster Council just got done under equality law because a social worker was maliciously targeted for her legally protected beliefs under equality by ... the Strategic Lead for Equality at
@Sport_England
?
Have I got that right?
@KDansky
Solidarity from the UK. Breaks my heart to say it but at least the so-called "progressive" parties here are not in a position to act right now. Much as I despise our current government, I dread being in your shoes in a couple of years.
@jake_swinburne
If advocating for single sex spaces is a "transphobic dog whistle" then "Hate never wins" is a rape apologist dog whistle.
#VAWG
#RapeCulture
@SkyNews
Outrageous that this guy thinks it's okay to just eyeroll when we're talking about the safety of women & girls.
Yet another young man who has clearly been brought up to centre his own wishes and not to respect or value women.
@BBCScotlandNews
"Ms Sturgeon initially said she did not have enough information to say whether Bryson's claim to be a woman was valid or not."
What an utter clown you are
@NicolaSturgeon
@EddieIzzardLab
Great. Let's start with some dignity, equality and respect for women shall we?
Oh ... not THAT kind of dignity, equality and respect.
#LabourLosingWomen
@benonwine
@LushLtd
Sorry. Can't
#BoycottLush
as I'm boycotting them already due to their pushing breast binders on vulnerable children behind their parents' backs.
Saved me a fair few quid as well 👍
A mystery why their local store is always empty though 🤔
If you are not standing right now against this transphobic moral panic we have created in the UK, then you are part of the problem. We all know the majority of the public don't support any of this hateful stuff. Speak up 2/2.
Oh and
@LouisaClarence
thank you for writing the article and getting girls' voices heard, but my daughter is disappointed you mentioned 2 genders not sexes in the very first line.
It's a crucial distinction and if it can be corrected that would be wonderful 👍
@JournalistJill
Yeah a lot of my teenage daughter's friends do. About 10% of the girls at her school. I had to ban one of her 14yo "gender fluid" friends from my house a couple of days ago for calling me a "terf bitch".
@JayneOzanne
@SuellaBraverman
I know you get excited about the idea of child suicide, so I don't expect you'll be pleased to hear that there's no epidemic of suicide linked to not chopping young people's breasts.
Sorry mate - thoughts and prayers 😢
@irwinmitchell
@stonewalluk
Slow hand clap.
What are you going to do about your 18% pay gap? Pretend the blokes are women?
No self-respecting woman or LGB person wants to work for an organisation like yours.
My partner has just asked me what he should spoil his ballot with. I'm actually quite touched because he's taken a lot of convincing to take this seriously.
Anyway he's suggested "what is a woman?"
I'll be spoiling mine too (several elections in a row now 😭). Any suggestions?
Dear Gillian Keegan
An Open Letter to the Education Minister from two teenage girls.
"We call upon the education minister to value the dignity and safety of girls in secondary schools like us, and to value the freedom of speech of all students."
@Docstockk
@BBCSussex
Just keep remembering that for many listeners this is their first opportunity to hear the tired arguments debunked.
And keep remembering you're doing a great job of it too - thank you.
This is not a serious politician. She shouldn't be on the Women and Equalities Select Committee if she cannot distinguish fact from fiction, or indeed if she cares nothing about women.
She doesn't speak for me.
#LabourLosingWomen
#KateOsborneIsALiar
I'll save them the bother of doorstepping me.
Yes some women have a penis.
It's clear that Tory allies will help with their
#waronwoke
Vilification of trans people to distract from mess country is in.
How about asking MPs if they will eradicate Homelessness & Child Poverty?
@australianwoma1
Good work. Women have spending power. Let's use it!
Did you let them know why you chose another provider? Companies should know that this nonsense is hitting their bottom line.
#JAILED
| A man and a woman have been sentenced to a combined 16 years and 9 months in prison for their roles in the sexual abuse of a child.
Naomi O’Brien, of Ashton-under-Lyne, received a total of 4 years and 3 months in prison.
Read more here -
My God - I knew Billy Bragg was thick, but this takes the biscuit.
Witches all wear wigs = all people who wear wigs are witches?
Even your average 6-year-old has better reasoning skills than Billionaire Billy.
Get to the back of the class, dunce.
Suppose your mum wears a hairpiece due to chemotherapy and kids in your class call her a witch because they read in Dahl’s book that witches all wear wigs. You’d think that as a feminist Suzanne Moore would have some sympathy, but no because woke
@guardian
Mermaids? The ones being investigated by the Charity Commission for multiple safeguarding concerns? You're kidding.
This is what happens when you take away separate toilets.
@dancinginshado
I sincerely hope the TRA rhetoric about genocide didn't play a part in this. If it did, I hope those surrounding this person give pause to reflect on how harmful these messages are to fragile youngsters who need proper mental health support.
@colwight
Exactly. I don't consider myself a single issue voter and have held my nose plenty in the past to vote
@UKLabour
. But giving my daughter fewer rights than I've had, and prioritising politics over children's health, are lines I won't cross.
My conscience won't let me.
#GE24
@Telegraph
Telegraph once again putting most of the media to shame with its coverage.
I wonder if
@BBCNews
and
@guardian
will even cover the Cass Review.
"I'm sitting, reading
@Glinner
's memoir under an apricot tree in Cyprus and every welcome breeze brings a small series of 'plops' as the ripe fruit falls... They write the best, those that can tell the difference between a man and a woman". Jolyon Maugham, crowdfunding expert.
@cuelou
😮
Jesus Christ. Are any of you in
@SpeechUnion
? Maybe club together and try again? This does not stand up legally.
Sounds like a horrible place to work 😟
North East has a child poverty epidemic.
In Jarrow child poverty is up by 10.6% since 2015.
That's nearly 6000 children.
It's a disgrace that Tory policies are pushing people deeper into poverty.
We must end it.
As I said at
#PMQs
extending
#FreeSchoolMeals
would be a start.
@STILLTish
@Sport_England
But she's still there and continuing to do lots of damage.
@Sport_England
needs to get its house in order.
What is it about these women and their feverish contempt for other women? Time to stop listening to these deranged ideologues.
#SaveWomensSports
@terfasaurus
I met 3 of my favourites at Speaker's Corner last week -
@glinner
,
@jebadoo2
and
@MrMennoTweets
.
I have a particularly high opinion of Graham Linehan as he has such a big public platform and he's not afraid to use it to call out others in the public eye.
@damekatydenise
Just showed this to my nan and she's convinced it's the same bloke who nicked her washing off the line last week. Says she'd recognise that hairline anywhere.
Nice slur. Can I remind you that most of the public (and therefore your constituents) are not on board with your extreme trans activism?
PS I'm no Tory but it was a pleasure to see Kemi wipe the floor with your dumb arse. A highlight of 2023 - thanks 🙏
#VoteLabourGetStonewall
Well they say you can't fool all of the people all of the time and they're right.
14 people out of 79.2K believe your story Lloyd - that's pretty good going I'd say 😂
It is not uncommon at the end of a debate for people to sit at different seats while waiting to enter the chamber or the lobbies.
I had no concept that this was making any member feel awkward and would never do anything to deliberately intimidate anyone in or out of the chamber.
@JanuaryDoNoHarm
@LeorSapir
@jaypgreene
I wonder how many doctors prescribing female hormones to men are aware of these risks, and how fully the men (especially young men) taking them understand them.
You would think the likes of
@stonewalluk
and
@Mermaids_gender
would be all over this stuff wouldn't you 🤷♂️
@peterboghossian
Too right Peter! All those 12 year old girls who come across a 6 foot 5 bloke in the women's toilets just need to do a karate kick to the groin and voilà!
Problem solved & you "real men" can go back to talking shit about how women wanted equality & now they've got it they moan.
@judgejules75
I did a few things I was proud of. Heard about multiple rapes being covered up at a local school, tried to get the press interested - no joy. One FOI request later I got it in the papers. JKR tweeting it to her 14m followers was the icing on the cake.
This was entirely foreseeable and preventable. A Sunday Times investigation in 2028 found 88% of sexual offences committed in changing rooms and public bathrooms take place in those that are unisex. 1/2
@jk_rowling
@jk_rowling
disgracefully transphobic of you to imply that all transgender inmates are sex offenders.
Some of them are in for murdering strangers after putting a cat into a blender alive.
Educate yourself.
Absolutely horrendous service from
@Specsavers
Kings Lynn who despite being told I was King Charles staff went on to call me Prince Charles and refused to curtsey.
Absolutely horrendous service from
@Specsavers
Hempstead Valley who despite being told I was Transgender staff went on to misgender, deadname & walk me across the store to explain myself in front of other customers, my favourite bit was the staff discussing me at the main desk
@avivaplc
@stonewalluk
An employer for women and LGB people to avoid then, not to mention customers who care where they spend their money and don't want to support a regressive, homophobic and misogynistic worldview peddled by
@stonewalluk
.
Watching with the sound off. This guy really thinks he's nailed female mannerisms. All I can see is barely concealed male aggression.
We all know it when we see it. We don't want to see it in our toilets.
Leave us alone.
Victory for Rachel Meade!
Social worker Rachel has been awarded almost £58,000, including exemplary damages, from Westminster city council and Social Work England. This has been described by lawyers as an unprecedented move.
She was subjected to harassment by Westminster city
@DreyfusJames
Yes. When I used to go to gay places (because my friends didn't want to have to always hang out in straight places) it was understood that some venues welcomed all comers and some didn't. And nobody had any problem with that. It worked for everyone. It was fun! Sounds grim now 😟
Random bloke: I fancy hanging out with preschoolers. Can I come down to the library and read them stories?
Librarian: Err no, random bloke. That would be weird. Ever heard of safeguarding?
Random bloke: What if I'm wearing makeup?
Librarian: step this way ma'am!
Brice Williams is thought to be at least the seventh drag queen who has performed in front of children to have been arrested for child sexual abuse offences of late
@patrick_ness
You're not needed, you'll be glad to know. There are plenty of bog standard misogynists talking over women to go round.
So yeah, feel free to fuck right off again 👍