For people isolating with a vulnerable older relative, there a few simple steps which can help. My mother is 88 and largely confined to her bedroom. My sister & my neice (carers) are only going out for food. These are suggestions which won't be applicable or possible for all. 1/6
@bindelj
@joannaccherry
@Womans_Place_UK
As a gay man, my boundaries were looked after by lesbians in the 80s/90s. I would like to offer my services to events like this one in the future to enable women to confer and organise.
@Jebadoo2
@sturdyAlex
Exactly. I am silenced at work and am denied any kind of realistic involvement in my large NHS organisation LGBT network because I disagree with regressive stereotypes and ideas such as gender nonconformity means that you are on some sort of spectrum. It's horrifying.
@ripx4nutmeg
@Aja02537920
@Bannatyne
Why is it that so many adults believe that trans-id male = de-penised (& homosexual)? Why is this fiction remaining so stubbornly prevalent? What do we need to do to get this more openly understood?
@tribunaltweets
The same sickening goading
@BluskyeAllison
faced during her tribunal. That lesbians are expected to justify their rights to their word in Court by men, especially, should be seen for what it is; process as punishment. Shame on these men. Let's never forget what they've done.
@KaindeB
I'm thinking of you and all the love that Meghan & Harry have from the UK. I am no monarchist, and what I say may seem a little trite. Harry brought a jewel into our national life. Clearly, we didn't deserve her. I hope we will within my lifetime.
@Shatterface
@peterjukes
@Hagster69
@miffythegamer
Lots of German women describe dreadful experiences particularly in their youth. I hear it from patients of mine as trauma. Do you really think that German boys and men are so different from many here who make women feel uncomfortable or frightened?
@RexDraws
@rolosgran
@hen10freeman
'No one transitions to exploit others'. I know the hard work & years it takes to reach an NHS Consultant position. Whoever thinks that a man will not put on a dress & some lippy just to access victims should not be in safety-critical decision-making roles.
@gina_scot
@ThriftyHedgehog
@BBCBristol
@BBCNews
looked into these alleged abuses or just 'identifying' as a news website now? Odd that you chose not to describe this from the company's 'zine linked to the show. I would be investigated if I searched this from a work computer. For ages 5 and up?
@LazySusan14
@PankhurstEM
@luxelovesshoez
Oh no! As if we needed further evidence after Friday Night's spectacle why no male, trans-ID or otherwise, should be entitled to enter/be in single sex spaces by right, and why all girls & women should be empowered to set, maintain & reinforce their own boundaries.
@jk_rowling
@NicolaSturgeon
I for one am hugely disappointed in Nicola & many other women in powerful roles having apparently 'lost' all sense of what women experience every day. Detained women are among the most vulnerable and marginalised people in the UK: frankly the opposite of the prevailing man-tra.
@ALLIANCELGB
As a socialist I am appalled that you were refused a stand at other party conferences, but applaud your presence at this one. Thank you for all that you are doing and I'll be back for the conf on the 21st.
@SFWYorks_Humber
@DwindlingGravy
@blablafishcakes
@cmkavanagh
Letting off a smoke bomb in a public place is an offence.
@sussex_police
know this. There's no need for an individual to complain; we all watched as a policeman removed one which had been thrown recklessly into a dense crowd of women, many older, some in wheelchairs, children too
@PeachesNPlum
@gina_scot
@ThriftyHedgehog
@BBCBristol
@BBCNews
The
@BBCNews
website is pitching this as a result of 'abuse & threats'. There were going to be boycotts of any venue staging. As a gay man I'm sick of movements appropriating my sexuality & history in order to justify overcoming both boundaries set by women & the safety of kids.
@CeriSmith5
@FlorenceJeffr10
@ripx4nutmeg
@carafitz4
@FionneOrlander
Yes. Private healthcare in London makes a LOT of money from populations of people with equally specific expectations around nursing/personal care. What a brave woman and what an appalling experience. I am horrified on behalf of my profession that care could be so compromised.
@Slatzism
@ReduxxMag
Femicide refers to the murder of a female person because of their sex, not to do with the perpetrator(s). I agree 100% with you about the abominably grotesque distortion arising from male perps 'claiming' to be women, when their victims are almost always female. Who doesn't?
@BenInLDN
As an NHS Consultant who happens to be gay, I couldn't be more delighted. Political endeavours such pushing extra-legal gender identity ideology have no place in healthcare, and certainly should not be taking up precious time and scarce resources.
@Conviction19c
@sturdyAlex
@danielaconte
The TWAW mantra is most often shouted by men; people with nothing to lose in any of this. Transwomen are a subset of men, and those stickers are a response to men's activism. If you don't see that I'm afraid that you like many are not seeing beyond your sex. Congratulations.
@HomoLittlest
@mayohfour
@UbakaOgbogu
@MargaretAtwood
If it is not a man coming onto a woman's timeline to criticise her suggestion that inclusion must be reasonable. Just what is it Ubaka, that puts your sense of being encroached above anyone else's?
@TwisterFilm
@jk_rowling
Why is India not banned for repeated hate speech directed towards women and gender non-conforming women in particular? I find her relentless hatred dreadful, and I am a man. Is
@TwitterSafety
only interested in some versions of people?
#LGBAlliance2021
@luluchops1
with one of the many massive cheers today. What an inspiration. Firefighter, Union rep, now a Family Barrister. The insidious impact of the 'Bench Book' cannot be overstated especially for women.
@luluchops1
@teresadric
@SinclairJM1987
@speakoutsister
White gay man here 👋 This is Stonewall-speak, designed to quell dissonance for the chattering classes & appeal to their belief in their 'better judgement' about who are the few they regard as being 'most in need' & deserving of 'charity'; men like Eddie, not black lesbians obvs!
@pauldashworth
@laureleccles
Is this true? I am about to become apocalyptic. Recovering from covid19, sick of the absence of guidance for people. It nauseates me that we are losing guys like him. Unnecessary tragedy, there is an abject absence of leadership in the UK. As an NHS doc i will never forgive you.
@coccinellanovem
@aaronbeep
@guardian
I'm a gay man. I'd intense wishes to provide for a child from my 30s - 40s but my relationship wasn't one to bring a child in to. I'm for equity, but question gay men living heterosexual norms. Many who do seem to reinforce gender conformity, the most stark example is surrogacy.
@nprpolitics
DJT & Dr Carson & no doubt others in their orbit have access to monoclonal treatments, probably saving their life, at cost to US taxpayer of 000,000s of dollars, after unmasked gatherings. Untold US tax-payers have died & will die without access to these same treatments. People?
@bindelj
@billybragg
Not that you need it, but as a gay man who grew up in the 70s/80s, you have my full support. I do not want to be lumped back in with PIE-adjacent Q+ folk. And as a socialist, I remember the so-called allies who gave them encouragement. No thank you!
@ForWomenScot
@Martina
@LesleySemmens
@feministgadfly
@Forbes
Man's opinion incoming . . . . The mere idea that women are having to justify their right to compete against other women in the absence of men is THE problem. What the feck has it to do with men. Women should not have to argue on any terms, whether swimming, chess or tiddlywinks.
@LewisJ815
@jk_rowling
@soniasodha
Man bored by women's expectations that consent is something to be given, not expected and cannot be gained through coercion. Mobilisation of shame as a mechanism of is older than man as a species, but men certainly capitalise on it.
@ThePosieParker
@JaneyHBomb
Exactly. Of the three suicides in under 18s since 2018, all had socially transitioned and were accepted in their preferred 'gender'. It is almost as though 'transitioning' is not the answer, and no adult was asking the right questions.
@alexrubner
All deaths are a tragedy. Age ranges from 15-28. 4 were under 18. Of those 4, one was not a suicide & they were in treatment with GIDS, one was on the GIDS W/L. The other two did not seek gender-affirming 'care' and GIDS irrelevant. All had socially transitioned and were accepted
@djmissgripper
@spikedonline
40 years ago, the early 80s? The Netherlands were the first to trial. They weren't licensed in the US for another 25 years. Anyway, all of that aside, JFC are you under 50? If they are supposed to reduce dysphoria I'd step aside from the role of 'poster child' if I were u.
@hen10freeman
@B25424689
As a male doctor, I wrote to our executive board 2 years ago stating that I refuse to be 'chaperoned' to care for female patients by any member of staff who isn't female, or by anyone who calls themselves non-binary. If I cannot explain what NB is, then I can't establish consent.
@hair_rayney
@DergeDantina
@ninjatune
No. These cause irreversible developmental delay. Puberty is time-limited and time doesn't get added/puberty doesn't speed up if kids have taken 'time out'. Giving kids x-sex hormones does not result in adult development. Boys become feminised eunuchs, girls are severely affected
@TomoAyu13
@jk_rowling
That escalated quickly! You do realise that your reply is the very essence of 'trans panic' aka the genocide where no one actually gets killed because they are trans, which I am very pleased about. So should you be.
@helensaxby11
@rcgp
I'm absolutely appalled! For the
@RCGP
to not afford gay practitioners like myself to have different opinions is homophobic. This statement will be used in evidence by any practitioner who believes they have been discriminated against because of so-called 'GC' beliefs.
@mithril_mayhem
@RockyMountViews
@g2mcc
@ErinNiBhroin
'Families devastated', has anyone who has experienced 'devastation', imagined that not getting home for Christmas would attract this sort of hyperbole.Get a life & a sense of proportion, you sound like idiots. Sure,it's disappointing. How the hell would you cope in a real crisis?
@JustMisogyny
@bencsmoke
They will have been instructed to close the helpline and urgently provide training to all staff to ensure that children aren't being provided with advice which is unlawful, potentially harmful, and likely to lead to further headlines in the press.
@nikkiirose
@benjamincohen
I have reported this tweet as have many other oft-called non-genderist 'bigots'. Women have been receiving threats like this for years for having the temerity to state that women are a sex-class of humans, and not a category into which men can 'identify'. Reflect!
@CF_Farrow
@QMaebh
@drlouisejmoody
Simply appalling, criminal abuse. I'd make sure I had a video door bell and something like EveAid to hand. That this person feels able to terrorise with impunity makes me so angry with the way in which many police forces appear to ignore aggression and violence towards women.
@davecoviddave
Odd? 25k follows, yet none take notice of anything she writes. When you think about it, drumming up a lot of attention by baiting people who have beliefs and values & getting mentions suddenly doesn't seem so odd. She is now undoubtedly known as the 'cat-piss woman on twitter'.
@rhys_goode
The 'inmates'?
@MindCharity
this Labour councillor appears to be invoking mental health in-patients in his disparaging of those who object to his misogyny.
@hannahsbee
Although a Dr, I am not a BMA member. I'd have to look in to the BMA Council's ToR however this leadership voting on a political position without a mandate or engaging members is unwise. The BMA need to be mindful that they are a union, that is all they are.
@betsvigi9
@Legion_Blight
So many commentators on this fail to understand that the counterprotestors included men of all ages. The framing of this as feminists 'macing' kids is bonkers; given the aggression we've seen in the UK, it's only sensible to carry person protection such as pepper spray in the US.
@BeholdTheGlove
@SophieMolly_SG
@scottishgreens
I'm a GP member. That man is not fit to hold office. Both he and his partner are revolting fetishists who place their sexual interests ahead of everything. I'm interested in reducing man's impact on all of us and he is doing precisely the opposite.
@helenstaniland
Given that in the UK an average of 3 women are murdered each week, I've not noticed this ever having given Aidan cause to pause his misogyny.
@BrandonMShow
@DieMadTerf
Every one of these girls/young women are lionesses! Incredible. I hope every parent will see this and take note. Bring up your daughters to be like them.
I'm a bog-standard white gay man who evolved through the 80s & 90s. I am yet to find a 'type' of man to whom I cannot be attracted. There is no version of man which includes woman. Genderism is inherently misogynist and racist in it's path.
@starson777
@jammach
@BNealBlevins
You misunderstand the issue being discussed here. Stating that a gay man, aka a male homosexual is exclusively same-sex attracted is not a value-judgement on anyone who doesn't fall into that category, whether the desirer (you), or the désirée (Ex). Don't take it so personally.
@sharrond62
@FrankieJack69
@Daley_thompson
@Martina
@mara_yamauchi
I hope referees will refuse to participate in this horrific spectacle. They are in a very exposed position while holding significant responsibility for the wellbeing of competitors. I am sure many are baulking at this. If there are men in the room, they need to stand up NOW!
@Colmogorman
I do, my role is to meet or advocate for the health needs of anyone who asks me. YOU, have a similar role. Do your job or stand down if you are unable.
@tomtemprano
This is not stunning or brave. If I thought that my 50+ years of standing against homophobia and misogyny would be stolen by silly que*r he/hims trampling over women's dignity, I'm not sure that I would have bothered. As a man I had a choice to do what was right. So do you!
@scarimor
@TabitaSurge
I'm a male healthcare worker. My use of chaperones has nothing to do with risk from me; in the event that we cannot provide a practitioner of the requested sex/ethnicity/religion, we take steps to enhance confidence & limit impacts on a person's dignity. Validation? Get therapy.
@RooneyRachel
@jk_rowling
@JessDeWahls
Rachel, I can only imagine a fraction of what you've been through. It's extraordinary to me that attacks on so many creative intelligent socially-minded women are not just ignored but celebrated. Yet, you are all going to win; misogynists constantly underestimate women.
@Serena_Partrick
@Brig_333
She exploits divisions between women for her own ends. A wedge who'll exploit any opportunity. 3 women I know and have great respect for have been split apart by her. I believe her to be a racist narcissist and quite amoral. The videos she posted at LWS Edinburgh speak volumes.
@KaindeB
@GMB
@GBNEWS
I have seen the cartoon. However it may be perceived, I believe that the cartoon is a pastiche of mainstream media's perception of a maligned strong American woman of colour and a UK 'spare'. It can't be read any other way, unless you are a racist misogynist.
@mrshtomlinstan
@FionnaCSmyth
@peterjukes
It is nothing like the 80s at all. If gay men had not ejected PIE from the movement, I really don't think that we would have made any headway. Also gay men and lesbians were not seeking to remove or change anyone else's rights, and we successfully advocated for our own spaces.
@BevJacksonAuth
@billybragg
@ZombieTron
@joslyoung
There is no agreed 'trans community'. I've transsexual friends who've been doxxed & harassed by Trans Rights Activists. Who made you an advocate for them anyway? Stop telling women what to think. Put on a concert and raise some funds for 3rd spaces if you want to be constructive
@urcrazytoo
@ripx4nutmeg
I find it very hard to see a pathway out of this for the trans-identifying female 'husband' without having to face significant psychological distress as well as irreversible physical harms. They are sacrificing their own life/well-being for a most mediocre man, twas ever thus 🙄
@Jebadoo2
@Docstockk
I suspect he was getting grief for participating from TRAs, especially as 'trans rights' were being debated in the absence of anyone who identifies as trans.
@HildegardP
@FemmeLoves
100% Ceri. How dare they question anyone over allegations of vicarious harm in this way. If they have the tweets, why should they need to interview you? You'll think through how best to proceed. You have so much support available to you. Take care.
@billybragg
Nope. As a life-long sociaIist & gay man, I read your missives and feel embarrassed. Not sure why exactly because your opinions appear to be in keeping most clearly with right leaning libertarianism when it comes to women, and you aren't gay. I blush because you are so ignorant.
@gina_scot
@tribunaltweets
It's much more than that. MPTS sanctions are a 4 step escalator, warning - conditions - suspension - erasure. He's skipped the first two steps.
@ReduxxMag
@lamenzies73
The lack of interest in the effects of menopause within my own medical profession is disgraceful. Its imposition on teenage females is an iatrogenic abomination. Suicide should be no surprise to anyone, certainly not GIDS former clinical leadership.
@LaurakBuzz
The article was pro-lesbian. It would only be read as anti-trans by male people who want to date lesbians, & their apologists. Any reasonable trans-identifying person knows this. Everyone has been aware of these issues for years. The shock is that the BBC found its gonads.
@KelvinJPersonMe
@billybragg
She creates a platform, invites women to speak: she denies she's a feminist, doesn't claim to speak for all women. Nor sure why it's so hard for you to understand. But it's men's ongoing intolerance towards women having their own spaces which matters, & Billy's showing up👍
@LiamOMaraIV
@MarvelousMsMcK
@OdessaKellyTN
If a boy wants to wear a dress, let him, focus on changing society to allow that to happen safely. Women wearing jeans/trousers is recent & I don't remember them all wanting to change sex. Pretending sex is a 'feeling' is a lie, using suicidality as justification is neglect.
@Gillian_Philip
@drlouisejmoody
Seems completely redundant, if not wholely counterproductive to shout down lesbians, & women more generally. The optics are appalling, esp when male TRAs are doing the confronting. None of you will budge, nor will allies like myself. Take care tho'. Will be watching the livefeed.
@my_real_name
@leakylike
@youngvulgarian
@antoniabance
As a gay man, I reject the framing of this as a gay rights issue. I am gay, not infertile, and can adopt, and so have options available to me which do not rely on the exploitation of women. Life brings choices, and choices have consequences. I balk at gay men using surrogates.
@stephenwhittle
What experience, training or qualifications do you have which makes you a man Stephen? "Keep out of matters that don't concern you and about which you know nothing". I couldn't have put it better myself.
@hem_heidi
Yeah, men & especially violent men in socially conservative cultures slavishly follow female artists & are prompted by feminists centering women into punching men who identify as women, coz they understand the situation women are in and are enraged. Have I got that right Heidi?
@RooneyRachel
@MrMennoTweets
I was 'ugly crying' most of yesterday, watching the livestream of all the fantastic women speaking their truth & supporting each other in solidarity. It was incredibly moving, & thank you Mr Menno for being such a fantastic example to we men who wish to be allies to our sisters.
@ZeldaTheChicken
@DatCatDer
Truly bum-curdling. How are these people appointed to academic positions when they cannot think their way out of a damp paper bag of their own making. It's all opinion As has been said, someone knows what they are doing, yet why are they still permitting the 'intersex' nonsense?
@BevJacksonAuth
@HomoLittlest
@GaryLineker
@MForstater
I wonder how Gary imagines we cut out the division. It is inherent. Frankly, his area, sport, was a strategy for dealing with conflict without resorting to war. Perhaps Gary should stay in his lane 😘
@hen10freeman
@EveryF_ingTime
@LianaJacob
100%. I'm a gay male Dr who would never present a risk to anyone, yet recognise no one knows that but me. I'd never provide any care which required me to touch someone else, male or female, without their expressed consent. Not controversial. Anyone saying otherwise is a red flag.
@SoNowUknow2
@Aja02537920
We are painting roads used by guide dogs & horses the colours nature has chosen to warn animals of danger. As humans we also use red in signs, and for any person who is partially-sighted, sensorally different, or has certain learning disabilities, this can restrict independence.
@Cleavon_MD
As a Dr I like rehabilitation, but they all need to be imprisoned for a long time. Trump said mandatory 10 years. That would help. Consequences. If black=dead, whether jogging, holding a toy, asleep in bed, passing a bad $20 bill. It'll never be enough, the fight is starting!
@LesleySemmens
@BluskyeAllison
Me too Lesley. Such an important framing of the consequences of life-changing experience-limiting decisions taken by young people in distress. Perfectly pitched to that adult audience, connecting us all to our younger vulnerable selves. Horrific, I found it incredibly moving.
@ripx4nutmeg
@ClaudiaWebbe
@Bonkersbritain1
There have been multiple serial attackers/killers of women and 5 of gay men, just in London in my own adult lifetime.
#ZaraAleena
was targeted because she was a woman. There was a multiple homicide incident in a gay & lesbian club this morning in Colorado, &
#VAWG
is endemic. 🤬
@NoShirleyNo
@mindsci
And the assumption of 'mentally ill' is ignorant and irresponsible. While I do not believe that he is mentally ill, the vast majority of men who dress up as women are not unwell and know exactly who and what they are, women owe men nothing anyway.
@DreyfusJames
As an 30 yr NHS 'shrink' working with clinicians & administrators, it should mean leaving most personal needs outside, & yet sharing what is appropriate & coping with the fact that the working place shouldn't be discriminatory but also isn't about 'validation'. Boundaries, innit!