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Very good points @CoachCaroline thread 
It's why so much Twitter 'debate' is spitting in the wind!
I try to follow these rules:
1. Don't argue with zealots & dogmatists. You won't change their minds. It's exhausting, a waste of time & energy. Also: they don't really matter! https://twitter.com/CoachCaroline/status/1279317771583664129
It's why so much Twitter 'debate' is spitting in the wind!
I try to follow these rules:
1. Don't argue with zealots & dogmatists. You won't change their minds. It's exhausting, a waste of time & energy. Also: they don't really matter! https://twitter.com/CoachCaroline/status/1279317771583664129
2. The only value in those arguments is shining a light on the madness/ abusiveness of the TREs so as to 'peak trans' more people.
[NB I'm talking about trans rights *extremists*, not moderates]
3. But: we already know about Twitter lunacy & most people steer well clear!
[NB I'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..
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's advocate &c
- niche but I am fixated on Hampstead Ladies Ponds!
- women's refuges in Scotland not being eligible for funding unless their ...
- girls/ women losing out on sports, awards, scholarships, roles as woman's advocate &c
- niche but I am fixated on Hampstead Ladies Ponds!
- women'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'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
- number of male sex offenders becoming TW and being placed in women'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's understanding of biological sex & boundaries
- impact on provision of services & policing if data is skewed by pretending there's an upsurge
- safeguarding issues created by erasing children's understanding of biological sex & boundaries
- impact on provision of services & policing if data is skewed by pretending there'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...
- 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 ...
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...
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.
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
That is happening now thanks to the hard work of GC women campaigning on Twitter and IRL. I want to mention
... a few but @there are many more!
@MForstater @BluskyeAllison @ALLIANCELGB @Docstockk @WeAreFairCop @SafeSchools_UK @HJoyceGender @MsHelenWatts @bindelj @SoniaPoulton @helensaxby11 @helenstaniland @polblonde @Baroness_Nichol @jk_rowling @cwknews @SVPhillimore @AudreySuffolk
@MForstater @BluskyeAllison @ALLIANCELGB @Docstockk @WeAreFairCop @SafeSchools_UK @HJoyceGender @MsHelenWatts @bindelj @SoniaPoulton @helensaxby11 @helenstaniland @polblonde @Baroness_Nichol @jk_rowling @cwknews @SVPhillimore @AudreySuffolk
@JackieDP @trussliz @ClaireShrugged @SBSisters @ForwomenScot @NewgentTGA @Glinner @BuckAngel @WepWomen @RadfemJana @jo_bartosch @RadFemLawyer @peter_daly @MccolganAileen
