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Helen Steel

9 years

Why should #spycops who abuse people's human rights have a permanent shield preventing scrutiny of their actions

Helen Steel Demolishes "Neither Confirm Nor Deny"

Helen Steel at the Pitchford inquiry, forensically dismantling police claims to 'neither confirm nor deny' details of undercover officers.

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Helen Steel

@helensteel12

8 months

There's nothing 'inclusive' about kicking out a 90 year old woman, who has volunteered for your charity for 60 years, just because she hadn't complied with pronoun policing. It is disgusting bullying to treat anyone this way, let alone such a dedicated volunteer.

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@mssociety

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A statement from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society:

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Yesterday in the Scottish Parliament I couldn't contain my anger listening to politicians endlessly repeating the lie that sex self-ID has been passed in many countries around the world with no resulting harm for women. Thread of just some recorded harms..

Meeting of the Parliament | Scottish Parliament TV

www.scottishparliament.tv

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7 months

Why has @guardian used the dehumanising phrase 'ovary owners' in place of 'women' in its headline? Author of the article seems to know which sex goes through menopause, so presumably it's a misogynist editor who wants to erase women. Sick of this sexism.

‘I’m as baffled as the next ovary-owner’: navigating the science of treating menopause

Conversations about menopause have matured but the question of when and how to treat perimenopausal symptoms remains confusing – even to a science journalist

www.theguardian.com

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Hostile crowd of trans activists heading towards #LesbianStrength march in Leeds. Fight homophobia, defend the rights of lesbians to express and celebrate same sex attraction.

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@helensteel12

5 years

While trans activists assert it is 'triggering' to them for women to talk about periods or our bodies, they apparently think it's fine to turn up to protest outside a women's meeting wearing a balaclava & a flashing penis & filming women while asking for our names & where we live

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Female bartender given 50 hours community service and 2 years probation for trying to remove a man from women's toilets. This is #InstitutionalSexism - prioritising the claims of a man over reality and over women's rights to privacy and safe facilities.

Portland bartender who shoved transgender woman in bathroom dispute guilty of hate crime, jury rules

Jake’s Place bartender Cassie McIntyre pushed customer Riis Larsen, a transgender woman, outside the women’s restroom.

www.oregonlive.com

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Helen Steel

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1 year

Women's banner damaged & stolen by police supposedly 'because some people might fight it offensive'. Many women find it offensive that males can call themselves women and get taken seriously. Why are trans activists views prioritised over women's right to freedom of expression?

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1 year

Women are facing a tide of bullying with spurious accusations of transphobia, many are frightened to speak out as they risk public cancellation. Institutions need to be held accountable when they enable harassment of gender-critical people

Gender-critical woman wins harassment claim against Arts Council England

Employee had said LGB Alliance had ‘transphobic staff’ and ‘neo-Nazi, homophobic and Islamophobic’ supporters

www.theguardian.com

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3 years

Fabulous rally in solidarity with @millar_marion on Glasgow Green. Inspirational speeches in support of women's rights. #WomenWontWheesht #SexNotGender #SexMatters

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2 years

In Nottingham for screening of @AHFdoco - but as we arrived, trans activist male on megaphone bragged that they had succeeded in getting the venue to cancel the screening. Trans activism is founded on misogyny, authoritarianism and denial of reality. #RealityMatters #SexNotGender

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2 years

This is where #NoDebate ends up. So sad that protesters outside #WPUKWithWomen last night had such fundamental misunderstanding of feminists who have long fought against sexist expectations about how people should look or behave. Maybe listen properly to your Mums! #MyMumsATerf

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9 months

Any decent trade unionist needs to study this judgement, stop assuming every accusation of 'transphobia' is accurate and start defending women in the workplace & political sphere. Women have faced endless bogus complaints by trans activists to silence us

Rachel Meade ‘Gender Critical’ Social Worker Wins Harassment Claim — Cole Khan

JUDGMENT OF 8TH JANUARY 2024 WIN IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL – MS R MEADE V WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL AND SOCIAL WORK ENGLAND Ms R Meade v Westminster City Council and Social Work England ( Case No:...

www.colekhan.co.uk

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1 year

In an absolute betrayal of all the women who invested time, love, energy and money in creating the @feministlibrary , FL have organised a male only meeting for men LARPing as being 'butch women'. As if men didn't have enough opportunities to meet without women already.

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11 months

Why is the @BBC giving a platform & headline space to a man complaining that males should be allowed to race in female sporting categories? So sick of this sexism. Women deserve fairness. #TranswomenAreMen #StopSexDenialism #SexNotGender

Ban on trans-women in female category 'fails cycling community'

Top amateur cyclist and campaigner Josh Jones says rule changes do not "respect people's identity".

www.bbc.co.uk

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Helen Steel

@helensteel12

2 years

Here's a list of 122 males convicted of sex offences, violence & murder, who 'self-identify as women'. There are many more stories like these 'that never happen' as a result of sex self-ID. More details linked from each name. Women suffer as a result.

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Helen Steel

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5 years

And while they tell us not to 'misgender' (also known as correctly sex) because it causes distress, apparently they didn't consider that it might cause distress to create the smell of smoke inside a packed meeting hall in the shadow of Grenfell Tower.

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1 year

Gender Wars review –a mere introduction giving voice to both sides of the 'trans debate'. "You’d need hundreds more of these shows to truly address the issues". Imagine if @guardian had played that role 5 years ago, rather than largely shutting women down

Gender Wars review – you’d need hundreds more of these shows to truly address the issues around...

This carefully scripted hour-long documentary gives voice to both sides of the transgender debate. But given its divisive and complex topic, the show is a mere introduction

www.theguardian.com

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Helen Steel

@helensteel12

1 year

NHS guidelines prevent men under 30 from getting vasectomies due to risk of later regret. Why aren't same standards applied to young adults seeking 'gender reassignment' which carries far greater risks of both irreversible infertility & sexual dysfunction

Vasectomy

Find out about vasectomy, including how it is carried out, risks and benefits and getting it on the NHS.

www.nhs.uk

TransgenderTrend

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1 year

**NEW** 17-year-olds on the GIDS waiting list are being fast tracked to adult gender clinics. Adult clinics are affirmative, they provide hormones & surgery. These teens need exploratory therapy, not drugs. Has NHSE learned nothing from the Cass Review?

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Helen Steel

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5 years

This is what happens when you centre males in your feminism. You end up replicating patriarchy by putting their priorities & perspectives at the top of your list, expecting women to keep quiet to keep them happy, excusing male violence + blaming women for male violence.

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2 years

Here's a lesbian in Norway, former Eurovision song contestant who has had her performances cancelled & is now being investigated for alleged 'hate crime' for defending women's rights and saying that males cannot be lesbians. Another harm from sex self-ID

Lesbian says she faces jail for trans remarks but her critics say otherwise

Tonje Gjevjon, a performance artist says she is being censored and criminalized for having an opinion.

www.newsweek.com

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Helen Steel

@helensteel12

4 years

On this day 30 years ago, McDonald's served a libel writ on me as I stepped from the van of my then partner, who unbeknown to me was an undercover policeman, John Dines, who was spying on me & other campaigners in London Greenpeace #spycops #McLibel #OTD

Helen Steel and John Dines: The spy who loved me

Imagine spending years of your life with a man you saw as your soulmate, only to find he was an undercover policeman sent to spy on you.

www.smh.com.au

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9 months

Huge numbers of women have been labelled 'transphobic' & vilified in their workplaces, unions and elsewhere for saying that females & males are not the same. Fantastic to see women vindicated in the courts, but women shouldn't have to fight this long & hard to get a fair hearing

Prof Jo Phoenix

@JoPhoenix1

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have received the Tribunal’s judgment in my case against the OU today: I won! The Tribunal found that I was discriminated against and harassed because of my gender critical beliefs, and that I was constructively dismissed.

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Helen Steel

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3 years

@neilhimself @AndrewBarnick @Chican3ry It's not surprising that people's mental health is affected by bullying & people like you spreading smears about them. People used to oppose bullying for that very reason, but gender self-ID proponents make bullying their central tactic in order to stop anyone questioning it.

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2 years

Here's a thread by a journalist who tried to investigate the impact of sex self-ID on crime rates in Belgium and discovered the police had stopped recording the sex of offenders, so of course "there are no recorded problems from self-ID"

Róisín Michaux

@RoisinMichaux

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Belgium has had self ID for almost 5 years. Not a single report of a trans woman crime? Not a single one. No stories of men attacking women in prisons? Not one. I asked the police why. “We don’t communicate that”. 1/

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2 years

Not women or she, but men thinking its fine to leave their piss in public places for others to walk through,smell & clear up. Not unusual & key reason, aside from privacy & safety,why we don't want males in female loos.Women don't want to sit in & smell it

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5 years

I was sitting inside the meeting near the door and I & several women in that area smelt the smoke and became alarmed, so I went out to report that to the stewards and then found out it was smoke bombs. If you were inside the meeting you didn't know the cause - it was alarming

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2 years

Male cheats by entering women's cycling race, then assaults female cyclist about to overtake him. Still gets awarded a medal, while the woman he assaulted loses her place on the podium. Open misogyny on display by @usacycling who allowed this. #SaveWomensSports

Tom Pearman

@TomHPearman

2 years

@usacycling Forget the fact that AK is a biological male. He/She should have been DQ for this move which was only one of at least 3 attempts to put Arnesman into the tape. I was standing right there when one of the others happened. You can do better.

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2 years

Here's a woman, a black lesbian, who challenged the presence of a white male in the women's toilets at her university in Brazil. He accused her of transphobia and threatened her with violence. She now faces the threat of expulsion from the university.

Exclusive: In Brazil, a trans-Identified Man Who Assaulted Fellow Student Has Long History of...

Women at UNB describe years of threats, aggression and sexualized behavior by fellow trans-identified male student.

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Helen Steel

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2 years

Here's some accounts of women in prison, forced to share space with males - including sex offenders who 'self-identify as women'. Women suffer fear, trauma, sexual assaults, violence & risk of pregnancy as a result of allowing males in female prisons

Keep Prisons Single Sex

Stories from women in prison of their experiences being locked up with male prisoners.

kpssinfo.org

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Helen Steel

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2 years

@PrueBray How? Go on? Explain how it's unscientific to acknowledge that females are not the same as males. Explain the science behind 'gender identity'. I bet you can't even define the characteristics of a woman's 'gender identity' or how it differs from a man's GI. How about you try?

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5 years

There was something very cult like about the chanting by trans activists which greeted us outside the @LabWomenDec #ExpelMe rally last night. The only chant that didn't involve repeating what the megaphone said was where they shouted "Fuck Off" in answer to Julie Bindel's name

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Helen Steel

@helensteel12

5 years

Solidarity with @Docstockk as another arrogant sexist man spreads lies & smears about her & other women as part of a concerted effort to silence women's voices. You are sexist if you think women shouldn't be able to talk about proposed changes to the meaning of the word 'woman'

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Helen Steel

@helensteel12

3 years

@neilhimself @AndrewBarnick @Chican3ry We oppose gender self-ID because we want to get rid of gender stereotypes not make them into the very definition of the words woman & man as trans activists want. Sex is real, we cannot choose our sex, it has material consequences for our lives & needs.

Sex

A Beginner's Guide

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Helen Steel

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3 years

Why do this group of MPs say that the debate around GRA reform has "caused real distress to many within the transgender community”, but make no mention of the real distress to females of being forced to share single sex spaces & facilities with with males?

UK government’s approach to trans rights has ‘caused real distress’, MPs say

Cross-bench committee calls for urgent reform to the way people can officially change gender

www.theguardian.com

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2 years

Leeds 'Anti-Fascist' Network declare their homophobia - calling for people to oppose a Lesbian Strength march because lesbians won't include males in their dating pool. How warped & abusive is that. Lesbians don't want sex with males, get over it.

Leeds AFN

@AFN_Leeds

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We will joining Trans, Non-Binary and cis feminists in opposing the transphobic Lesbian Strength march

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Helen Steel

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2 years

Here's an example of one of the many women & girls excluded from sport they trained hard for, but were beaten by mediocre males who were allowed to compete in female sports because they 'self-identified as women'. This is another harm from sex self-ID.

Swimmer Who Raced Lia Thomas Says UPenn Team Members Thanked Her for Speaking Out

“I actually had a ton of Lia Thomas’ teammates reach out to me personally, and thank me for what I’m doing”

www.yahoo.com

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4 years

Court of Appeal rejects attempts of mother to register as father of child, recognising the right of a child to know the biological reality of its birth. This is the right decision, knowing and keeping hold of reality is vital for making sense of the world.

Transgender man loses appeal court battle to be registered as father

Freddy McConnell, who lived as a man before giving birth, hopes to take case to supreme court

www.theguardian.com

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3 years

"What they mean by 'blatant transphobia' is nothing more than a recognition that sex is biological, immutable & binary". Kay has called the process a "Kafkaesque nightmare" in which she has been "lied to, ignored, ostracised and shut out of my own company"

Rosie Kay: Dancers write open letter to choreographer after gender row

Choreographer Rosie Kay says she was forced out of her company over her views on sex and gender.

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@helensteel12

2 years

Sending get well wishes to @BluskyeAllison who was taken to hospital last night. Stonewall incited bullying of women, especially lesbians, is having a detrimental effect on many women's lives. Fighting court cases to stop bullying is very stressful. #IStandWithAllisonBailey

Tribunal Tweets

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BC: Claimant was taken to hospital last night and is still there - will not be able to attend today. BC: We can't right now say any further than that re court planning

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2 years

Great to see hundreds of women protesting outside Scottish Parliament against sex self ID #NoToSelfID #SexMatters #WomensRally #WomenWontWheesht

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5 years

Thank you to all for your messages of support. I was disappointed that a small sub group of LJN allowed themselves to be used in this way, but the architects of the bullying were some academics from @Women_Strike who despite their name seem to be focused on servicing men and

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Outside Glasgow Sheriff Court in solidarity with #MarionMillar who was cheered on as she entered the Court. Shouts of #WomenWontWheesht #WeStandWithMarionMillar Women have a right to campaign against sexist gender identity politics without facing harassment & intimidation

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2 years

I've been on hundreds of anti capitalist & anti fascist demonstrations in my life & usually police force people to stand at least a road's width away from subject of protest, often even for silent ones. The police are choosing to allow intimidation of women #InstitutionalSexism

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World Health Organisation quietly announces controversial gender guidance- using Christmas to slip out the news. How have sex-denialists without credible scientific backgrounds gained such a stronghold in major organisations? Why aren't you worried?

WHO quietly announces controversial gender guidance

A few days before Christmas, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it would be developing guidelines on “the health of trans and gender diverse people”, with a focus on access to...

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1 year

Here @novaramedia and @AyoCaesar are doing their bit to defy, deny & distort reality. Do they really believe human males can become female? Why propagate this BS?

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Transphobes are defying reality. @PhilosophyTube | @AyoCaesar

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#IStandWithMaya Women are not the same as males who say they 'identify as women'. We have the right to talk about our lives, our bodies & the sexism we face on account of being female, without risk to our jobs or freedom because those males don't like it

Maya Forstater

@MForstater

5 years

I am blown away by the support and interest in my case, both in public and private. All I ever wanted on this was for people to be able to talk about the policy questions around sex and gender identity in a normal, open, democratic way.

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@DrAdrianHarrop @beckynz @CarolineLucas @Indy_Leya @DebbieHayton @joaniwalshi @TheEconomist Tell me Adrian, when did you last make any effort to consider that as a man who benefits from male socialisation & privilege, it might not be appropriate for you to tell women what they can & can't discuss? Or that you know better than women what 'woman' means. Stop your sexism.

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So according to @women_strike males who say they identify as women need to be protected from women opinions on seeking to preserve our sex based rights, but women do not need to be protected from males who threaten physical violence against women for alleged 'wrongthink'

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Protest outside Styal Prison today against the sexist and inhumane decision of the Ministry of Justice to put males into women's prisons if they claim to ID as women. This is insane and abusive. #KeepPrisonsSingleSex #NoMalesInWomensJails #WomenAreNotHumanShields

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Heart breaking - Kenyan schoolgirl, 14, kills herself after she had her first period during school lesson & was reportedly branded ‘dirty’ by a teacher & expelled from classroom. There is no shame to being female & having periods, this misogyny must stop

Kenyan schoolgirl, 14, kills herself after alleged period shaming by teacher

Teenager who had her first period during school lesson was reportedly branded ‘dirty’ and expelled from classroom

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2 years

@LBC @MaggieChapman @TomSwarbrick1 Unbelievably irresponsible & dishonest response from @MaggieChapman - every time women raised concerns about the harms of allowing males to self-ID as women, we were ignored. There are multiple examples listed in this thread, and many more besides these.

Helen Steel

@helensteel12

2 years

Yesterday in the Scottish Parliament I couldn't contain my anger listening to politicians endlessly repeating the lie that sex self-ID has been passed in many countries around the world with no resulting harm for women. Thread of just some recorded harms..

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Why are Antifa & others using & threatening violence against women for wanting to keep males out of female only spaces? Have you no understanding of sexism? There is no campaign of violence by women & no justification for physical attacks on us #WiSpa

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Examples of the harm to young gender non conforming women's lives, bodies & health caused by parliamentarians, journalists, schools & colleges, health & legal systems engaging in & promoting the lie that it is possible to change sex

Ellie and Nele: From she to he - and back to she again

When two trans men fell in love they began to have second thoughts about their gender.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Fantastic hearing from the panel of speakers after the screening of @AHFdoco in Manchester tonight. Trans activists hoped to disrupt the event, but failed. Brilliant organising by @FemNorthern @WRN_Manchester @MancFemNet Women will not be silenced!

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Transgender singer cancels gig after calling for feminists to be punched.Why use 'she', this is not a woman, this is toxic masculinity, part of long history of men using & threatening violence towards women to control what women think & say. Stop colluding

Transgender singer cancels gigs after calling for feminists to be punched

The headline act of a transgender event in Dundee has pulled out after calling on people to “throat-punch” radical feminists.Peyton Rose, a transgender singer-songwriter from Edinburgh who was to top...

www.thetimes.com

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@gaying_mantis @bindelj They were counter protestors, here's those same men shouting "We're here, we're queer, 'trans lesbians' welcome here" as the Lesbian Strength March passed by them. How much more insulting, sexist & arrogant could they be, trying to coerce lesbians to accept males as partners?

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Actual women are specifically excluded, they aren't as oppressed as the poor men posing as women apparently! How apt that they call themselves Masonry. #TransActivismIsAMensRightsMovement

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The Scottish #HateCrimeAct came into force today. I filmed this outside Scottish Parliament in 2021, but if it happened today, the woman speaking the truth could be arrested, while the man screaming abuse in her face would still be protected.

Helen Steel

@helensteel12

2 years

@ChloeABradfield @theJeremyVine I filmed it. Here's what happened immediately before it. He & others were shouting 'Trans rights are human rights' to disrupt a protest by women outside Holyrood. A woman shouted back 'so are women's rights' and the aggressive male then charged straight at her screaming 'witch'

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@DrProudman @blablafishcakes @KatyMontgomerie Montgomerie's tweets are not a reliable citation. Appalling that you are willing to advocate for putting women at risk from male violence just because a male has told you that males are supposedly more vulnerable than females, despite decades of statistics showing the opposite

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Twitter is not a neutral platform. #Twitter is #sexist . Witness this contrast: "Only females get cervical cancer" vs "Suck my dick JK Rowling!!!!" Guess which got banned

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@GeorgeMonbiot @StewartLeeBits There's nothing magnificent about the denial of reality. The reality is that children (& adults) are being misled & bullied into adopting the ludicrous belief that anyone can choose their sex/gender & that women & girls do not deserve our own words & spaces. It's flat earthism.

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Symposium in support of Afghan and Iranian women postponed after organisers received threats from transgender activists for inviting a feminist who says sex is determined by biology. Trans activism is founded on sexism & authoritarianism.

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Its really disappointing and frustrating to see male political activists I have worked with actively supporting the erasure of women's rights to freedom of speech. How dare you try to guilt trip women out of speaking up about how gender ideology affects lesbians and other women.

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The police have a long history of #InstitutionalSexism & using strip searches to try to humiliate and shame women. To now allow males to strip search women is a gross violation of women's human rights & demonstrates total contempt for women + the ingrained sexism of the police.

Women's Rights Network - WRN

@WomensRightsNet

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BREAKING 🚨 - STATE SANCTIONED SEXUAL ASSAULT A new policy has been implemented under the radar by the majority of police forces in the country. This allows trans-identifying male officers (men who claim to be women) to STRIP and intimately search women. If you object, you are

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I was a #UNISON shop steward for 10 years & also served on the NJC. @unisontheunion should withdraw this motion which promotes outright lies about the UK gender critical movement which was initiated by feminists on the left - women who oppose the far right and religious right.

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@feministlibrary Shocking to see the feminist library engaging in shameful bullying & intolerance. There are many LGB people who do not subscribe to gender identity theory and they deserve representation too. Gender identity politics rest on sexism & homophobia. @ALLIANCELGB have a right to exist

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Outside New Hall Women's Prison and YOI, Yorkshire. #IWD2022 protest against @MoJGovUK policy of putting male prisoners in women's prisons if they claim to 'identity as women'. This is a breach of women's privacy, dignity & safety. #NoMalesInWomensJails #KeepPrisonsSingleSex

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Now hearing from film makers & audience angry at continued censorship of women.Why? "Left has become gentrified & do not have an anchor in working class struggles. Working class women used as collateral eg trans activists asking for men to be in women's prisons" #RealityMatters

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Outside Sheffield Police Station No to sex self-ID. Men cannot be women. Women are not human shields. #NoMenInWomensPrisons #NoMalesInFemaleJails #NotOurCrimes #NoToSelfID #SexMatters

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There is nothing brave or clever about males claiming to be “a lesbian trapped in a man’s body". It is homophobic, creepy & the height of male entitlement & disrespect for lesbians. @guardian should not uncritically repeat this sexism & homophobia.

Eddie Izzard to use the pronouns 'she' and 'her'

Stonewall praises comedian for her bravery after announcement on Sky Arts show

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@TJTypes @gardencourtlaw How can anyone trust anything you say when you deliberately distort what Allison said & then use that distortion to call for her to be sacked or censured.This is part of a wider pattern of bullying by trans activists, intended to intimidate & silence women

Meet the academics hunted down and hounded out of jobs for having the 'wrong' thoughts

When Kathleen Stock pressed “send” on a blog about the gender recognition act last summer she knew she was pressing a detonator.

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I was told by the academics from @women_strike that I had to leave the event because 'transwomen didn't feel safe' in my presence. I pointed out that I have now been assaulted and/or surrounded by trans activists on four occasions now, but despite that have not actually hit back

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Hundreds of women at the opening session of #FiLiA2019 listening to the inspirational Pragna Patel of @SBSisters on the historical & current campaigns of secular black feminist organisation and the rising threat of the intolerance of identity politics & religious fundamentalism

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Why is the government promoting anti science nonsense that it is our parents who decide whether we are male or female?Our sex is determined by biology & recorded by medical professionals.Gender is what happens afterwards when society tries to make us conform to sexist stereotypes

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The Undercover Policing Public Inquiry finally starts today, after 5 years of delay & attempts by the police to cover up the human rights abuses committed by these secret political policing units. Don't let them hide the #SpycopsInquiry news - please share

What is the Undercover Policing Inquiry? - BBC News

One of the most important public inquiries in recent years is beginning in London after years of delays.

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@PeterTatchell @parislees Feminists aren't saying biology is destiny, we are saying biology determines whether a person is female or male, but that none of us should be forced to follow stereotypes of 'femine' or 'masculine' behaviour. If you listened you might start to understand

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Solidarity with @BluskyeAllison who is facing attempts by trans activists to have her sacked /censured for daring to express opinions they don't like. Human rights lawyers please wake up to the totalitarian tactics of trans activism & speak up in defence of womens A10 & 11 rights

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Here's an 80-year-old woman in the USA banned from her local swimming pool and reported to the police after challenging the presence of a male in the female changing rooms as she showered and young girls were undressed nearby.

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Leaflet handed out at #ManchesterPride explaining why #Lesbians want to #GetTheLOut of a sexist #LGBTQ alliance which prioritises the feelings of males over the sexuality, safety and health of #Lesbians .

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Trans activism is founded on authoritarian bullying, not on protecting a marginalised minority. Check this thread. Yet again mainly white males have masked up to prevent women from gathering to watch a film about women's rights. There's nothing progressive about this - wake up!

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Tonight at @EdinburghUni trans activists shut down the film @AHFdoco That film features Lucy Masoud, a black lesbian. Lucy survived the bombing of the Admiral Duncan pub but her girlfriend was seriously injured. This was an attack on same sex attracted people by a neo-Nazi and

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#IStandWithShumirunNessa It's appalling that she & her children are being threatened for exposing the creepy & abusive behaviour of Jeffrey Marsh who encouraged children to go no contact with their parents and privately message him via Patreon.

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Shumirun received a threatening email which targeted her daughters and included personal details about her home and children schools. Heartbreaking and shocking. Please show support #IStandWithShumirunNessa #Youarenotalone #ChildrenSafety #MuslimWomen

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@victor_madrigal @ScotParl @UN_SPExperts @UKMissionGeneva @UNHumanRights @drtlaleng @ScotHumanRights @free_equal @ShonaRobison @UN_HRC @MaggieChapman @CommissionerHR As no-one is capable of defining the characteristics of a woman's 'gender identity' or how they differ from a man's GI, what exactly is it that you want recognised? Whereas sex based definitions are vital for ensuring women can distinguish our needs from the male default

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@gardencourtlaw @TJTypes Allison Bailey's comments are perfectly reasonable and trans activists should stop trying to bully her & other women into silence. Garden Court & other human rights lawyers need to start speaking up in defence of womens rights to freedom of expression and association.

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I stated that I support universal human rights, including for those who identify as trans, but it seemed they didn't, as they think women are not entitled to freedom of thought & expression, nor to the right of a fair trial, since they hadn't provided details of what I was

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@amrook This is a shameful, one sided attack on Inga Thompson. She's not 'anti trans', she is pro fairness in women's sport and it's unfair to women to include males in the female category. 'Trans people' are not excluded from sport they can enter the right category for their sex.

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@AndrewBarnick @neilhimself @Chican3ry Believing in the material reality of sex and that we need the words woman and man to continue to reflect biological sex not some ill defined ideas of 'gender identity' is standard common sense, not 'radicalisation' or 'bigotry'. Stop promoting lies.

Sex

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sexandgenderintro.com

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@kathy__odonnell @michaelwhudson @guardian @KathViner Women have a right to disagree with trans ideology without being smeared with false claims of transphobia.Disagreement is not hatred or fear. You appear to be authoritarians who can't tolerate women having different opinions to yours. We refuse to bow to authoritarianism & sexism

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@Independent Disagreement with gender identity theory is not transphobia. Why publish such a one sided piece. There are very many people who have serious concerns about the impact of GI theory on women's rights & on young people being misled into thinking they can choose which sex they are.

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Are there any trans advocacy organisations that can actually explain the purpose of GPs recording a person's 'gender' rather than their sex? Seems all that does is create the likelihood that sex specific health issues will be missed.Very counterproductive

‘GPs fob us off’: most trans people avoid the doctor when they’re sick

Survey shows need for training to ensure patients are listened to

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@billybragg @OwenJones84 @JosieLong @gracepetrie @Glinner @frankieboyle @Kathbum @jonronson Or alternatively he is trying to draw your attention to the absurdities arising from pretending that any male who says he is a woman suddenly magically becomes one. There are good reasons for distinguishing between women & men on the basis of sex, no good ones for using 'gender'

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@sivavaid Or maybe you should investigate what she actually said before repeating baseless smears. Women wanting to retain the words to name ourselves and distinguish our needs and experiences from the male default is not some form of extremism, it's basic human dignity. Stop your sexism.

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@MagdalenBerns So very sad to go so young. But Magdalen's bravery & honesty in fighting for women's rights at a time of mass deceit will be long remembered & will continue to provide inspiration for many. Deepest condolences to family and friends.

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@OwenJones84 Do you never stop to consider the privileges you have for being born male and that females may have different perspectives based on our life experiences of sexism?

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This is a MAN, with a long history of sexually abusing others for his own pleasure. His probation officer described him as 'manipulative' & 'deceitful', yet the court and the media have enabled his abusive behaviour by calling him a woman. Stop the lies.

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We wanted to expose the #InstitutionalSexism that allowed these relationships to happen and to stop more women being abused by officers. By writing our story together – you start to see patterns that demonstrate that this was a systemic problem #spycops

‘It was as if he set out to destroy my sanity’: how the spy cops lied their way into women’s hearts...

For years, undercover officers from the Metropolitan police deceived and manipulated female activists such as McDonald’s campaigner Helen Steel. Her new book reveals their callous tricks

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@cocamidemea "Be kind" says the bully, being nasty, threatening and using emotional blackmail in an attempt to gaslight women

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Excellent in depth report in 'The Land' about the controversy surrounding gender identity politics and harm caused to political movements by trans activist efforts to exclude people who don't share their views, rather than engaging in much needed debate

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silencing women. @Women_Strike were also previously involved in harassing a woman trade unionist on her picket line for the supposed crime of attending a meeting about women's rights.

Footage of picket line attack - Woman's Place UK

Violence against women and sex discrimination still exist. Women need reserved places, separate spaces and distinct services.

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@UKEDNurse Sex self-ID harms women by allowing males to access places & services reserved for women. Providing those males with a birth certificate that falsely identifies them as female makes it even harder for women to keep them out of women only services & also to name & fight sexism

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