Very good points @CoachCaroline thread https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬇️" title="Pfeil nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach unten">

It& #39;s why so much Twitter & #39;debate& #39; is spitting in the wind!

I try to follow these rules:

1. Don& #39;t argue with zealots & dogmatists. You won& #39;t change their minds. It& #39;s exhausting, a waste of time & energy. Also: they don& #39;t really matter! https://twitter.com/CoachCaroline/status/1279317771583664129">https://twitter.com/CoachCaro...
2. The only value in those arguments is shining a light on the madness/ abusiveness of the TREs so as to & #39;peak trans& #39; more people.

[NB I& #39;m talking about trans rights *extremists*, not moderates]

3. But: we already know about Twitter lunacy & most people steer well clear!
4. We need more people to understand what has happened, what is at issue & why it matters.

5. That is best done by illustration not by writing theoretical screeds that few read & fewer understand, eg stories about:

- schools, shopping/ leisure centres not providing single..
...sex toilets, wards, changing rooms for girls/ women

- girls/ women losing out on sports, awards, scholarships, roles as woman& #39;s advocate &c

- niche but I am fixated on Hampstead Ladies Ponds!

- women& #39;s refuges in Scotland not being eligible for funding unless their ...
...policies include TWs

- number of male sex offenders becoming TW and being placed in women& #39;s prisons (where kids may also be present)

- the Tavistock & risk of harm to kids eg as per Kiera Bell

- the cotton ceiling (& boxer shorts) & erasure of lesbians/ gay/ bi people
- the 100+ genders theory & "embrace discomfort" being taught to children in schools

- safeguarding issues created by erasing children& #39;s understanding of biological sex & boundaries

- impact on provision of services & policing if data is skewed by pretending there& #39;s an upsurge
... of women committing rape (legally impossible!) & other crimes

- injustice in forcing rape victims to lie & call their rapist a woman/ she/ her

IMO focusing on dangers of predatory men posing as TWs is not necessary & has been overdone. Women & girls are entitled to our...
... hard won sex based rights for a multitude of reasons inc. privacy, dignity, fairness at school, sports, work &c as well as bodily safety.

6. We know that Stonewall, Mermaids et al have captured many public bodies & corporations. To counter that, we have to ensure that ...
... @GEOgovuk @EHRC clarify/ strengthen the law & guidance under the Equality Act so that those bodies can more readily be challenged if they do not adhere to the law/ guidance.

7. Stonewall Law/ Mermaids Guidance has to be exposed & delegitimised. @EHRC is key to this. That...
... even govt & EHRC do not understand the Equality Act & the protected characteristics, is a scandal that must be addressed otherwise the field will be left clear for Stonewall Law.

8. Legislation such as Gender Recognition Act must define & not conflate sex with gender.
9. These objectives have to exit Twitter echo chambers & reach the ears of the people that matter ie the general public, politicians, public bodies, the media & press.

That is happening now thanks to the hard work of GC women campaigning on Twitter and IRL. I want to mention
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