Forwomen.scot
38 posts todayThank you to all who supported us today. Please keep sharing this - we will need all the help we can get! https://t.co/g5CDPW...
Forwomen.scot
38 posts todaySo today in Scotland, we took the first step to challenging the government's definition of women in the GRBPA. https://t.co/Qrd7jn...
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38 posts todayAways charming when non UK citizens presume to lecture us about laws of which they are ignorant. https://t.co/AWb7CY...
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38 posts todayRT @_freetodisagree: The Herald has received so much correspondence on the Hate Crime bill it's printed a 'letters special'. All four letters are opposed to the Government's plans. The first is from @NaeFear - ally of Free to Disagree and former ...
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38 posts todayRT @_freetodisagree: Former SNP Councillor hits out at hate crime plans. Councillor Andy Doig said: "Unless there is to be radical revision of the bill, I urge the Government to scrap it. The bill is very badly drafted." https://t.co/uoaEu7...
Forwomen.scot
38 posts todayRT @ripx4nutmeg: Edinburgh Waverley station today https://t.co/sVK8Xf...
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38 posts todayRT @holyroodmandy: Be interesting now to see if any others throw their hat in the ring for @theSNP Edinburgh Central selection contest or will HQ just decide that too? #SP21
Forwomen.scot
38 posts todayThese women are like the Scarlet Pimpernel! They're everywhere. A little bird says the banner may be there on Sunday for selfies. #ILoveJKRowling #HappyBirthdayJKRow... https://t.co/CLa1ez...
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38 posts todayRT @AlisonJDowling: @LabWomenDec @ForwomenScot Anyone attending this event on the train from Glasgow feel free to DM me to meet up enough route. ✊❤ https://t.co/MkNSgD...
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38 posts todayTo block one politician who has spoken in support of women's rights is unfortunate, to block two looks like @theSNP are taking a leaf out of the playbook of less than democratic regimes. https://t.co/L5wCL2...
Forwomen.scot
38 posts todayIt looks like a poster may be back (temporarily) in Waveley! Women won't submit quietly, it seems! #HappyBirthdayJKRow... https://t.co/Ie9rgZ...
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38 posts todayWhat is it about these men? Pete has spent the day obsessively arguing that males should have a right to self declare and also that women commit violent crime at similar rates as men. It appears he's another who really and truly is transphobic. ...
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38 posts todayThe pressure on young lesbian and GNC children is resulting in these devastating stories. Much love to Joanna and her daughter. https://t.co/PTnuFB...
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38 posts todayFor those who say "no one is trying to change equality law" To be clear, all attempts to change legislation - including the GRBPA which we are now challenging - have been to effect a removal of women's rights. Stonewall et al have proposed roll backs ...
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38 posts today"Luckily, there is something we all can do, which is to write to Andrew Haines of Network Rail and complain. The removal of the poster is an insulting insinuation that there is something hateful about standing up for women who stand up for ...
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38 posts todayRT @STILLTish: #HappyBirthdayJKRow... I wrote this a year ago. Never did i think I would get a follow back a year later. Or that things would get so much worse but also so much better. 👍✊️ https://t.co/I0EkTf...
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38 posts todaySome of the replies to a lovely, innocuous birthday message! These children are spoilt, entitled brats. Were they really fans of books that argued for love & respect along with standing up for what is right in the face of totalitarianism? ...
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38 posts todayRT @crit_gen: @hightreebud @ForwomenScot Had a reasonable covo with MSP today re GRoPB guidance. He's gonna write & ask why consultation responses were ignored (& send me draft of letter prior to sending). Suggested terms in the equality act ...
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38 posts todayFurther to our pre-action letter, this is an important point. @ChristinaSNP claims that objections to the redefinition of women were "not within the scope of the consultation". As Trina points out, this means answers to Q11 were ignored (along with ...
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38 posts todayRT @DreyfusJames: Have a Fantastic Birthday, Jo!!!🎁🎁🎁 @jk_rowling (Now, ill just sit back & wait for the trolls, out larping or posing in a mirror somewhere,to be CATATONICLY OUTRAGED!!....all because of sending best wishes...🤦🏻) HAPPY ...
Forwomen.scot
38 posts todayRT @OHaraMaureen9: @ForwomenScot's lawyers have sent a pre-action to @scotgov challenging their attempts to re-define the meaning of 'woman' in law. The Scottish government is attempting to do this without public consultation, and has no mandate for ...
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38 posts todayRT @mbmpolicy: Campaign group @ForwomenScot have today sent a pre-action letter to the Scottish Government challenging the definition of 'woman' in the Gender Representation on Public Boards Act: https://t.co/SIafWg...
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38 posts todayRT @janeayres: Very pleased to see that @ForwomenScot are taking this further. Self ID is a serious, and damaging, idea, not something to be slid in sideways in the regions. https://t.co/afPO9W...
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38 posts todayRT @LabWomenDec: Solidarity with @ForwomenScot "It beggars belief that the Scottish Government has introduced new legislation that contravenes the very essence of what a ‘woman’ is in law. This is just the introduction of self-identification of sex ...
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38 posts todayRT @michelemooreEd: Happy Birthday @jk_rowling ❤ Thank you for your courage and integrity #HappyBirthdayJKRow...
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38 posts todayRT @STILLTish: Set up a podcast #Jenni https://t.co/6yvw8e...
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38 posts today***Update!*** Our lawyers have sent a letter to the Scottish Government challenging the redefinition of "woman" in the Gender Representation on Public Boards Act. We have just issued the following press release. ...
Forwomen.scot
38 posts todayRT @Obsolesence: @ForwomenScot @scotgov "Speaking for For Women Scotland, Marion Calder said: “It beggars belief that the Scottish Government has introduced new legislation that contravenes the very essence of what a ‘woman’ is in law. This is just ...
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38 posts todayRT @wornoutmumhack: She added: "I think that most fair-minded people will see the events of the last few days for what they are." She said the Edinburgh Central branch had hoped to have her as a candidate in the selection contest ahead but "this ...
Forwomen.scot
38 posts today***Update!*** Our lawyers have sent a letter to @scotgov challenging the redefinition of "woman" in the GRPBA. We have just issued the following press release. https://t.co/0YZqhz...
Forwomen.scot
38 posts todayRT @ripx4nutmeg: "I'm sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?" #HappyBirthdayJKRow... https://t.co/WWFXA0...
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38 posts todayAppalling from @scotgov. Rather than amend the flawed Bill, they are outright misrepresentating the content. The arrogance is extraordinary. https://t.co/glwbqq...
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38 posts todayRT @blablafishcakes: The absolute IRONY of seeing this in @guardian "Above all, we need leaders to show that women’s safety is a priority." They have done so little to help women of late and, indeed, actively harmed women's rights by their pushing of ...
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38 posts today"I love women, just not if they answer back in which case I'll make personal comments and tell them they are ugly" (see disgusting comment about woman needing cosmetic surgery). https://t.co/jhJzGX...
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38 posts todayAnother claiming to be a "comedian". Aidan C has competition... https://t.co/u7ARPa...
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38 posts todayRT @ArtyBagger: Happy birthday to @jk_rowling A kinder, more talented, more caring, generous, principled , funnier or gorgeous person would be hard to find. Yes, I know what happens next on my mentions. I don’t care, because I know and love her. 🎈🎉🎂 ...
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38 posts todayRT @JournoStephen: Hey, @networkrail. I ❤ JK Rowling, too. #IStandWithJKRowlin... https://t.co/fuUZ0c...
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38 posts todayRT @CroneInAMillion: "Readers born with uteri". That's 51% of the population: it is surely blatant misogyny that no-one's even come up with a word for "readers born with uteri". I'm surprised Dr Wolf has never called this out. https://t.co/wn0UvC...