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15 posts todayResponse: ‘What is Transphobia?’ from Edinburgh University
Response: ‘What is Transphobia?’ from Edinburgh University
We hope that @EdinburghUni will honour the commitment to academic freedom and publish this alongside the other piece on their website. Thank you @XXFeministNet https://t.co/h9oocO...
RT @WomensSpaceIre: "..we sex-segregate spaces and we're not saying every single man is a potential attacker, but there is unfortunately a higher chance. So to say that concerns about safety evaporate the minute someone decides they self-ID is a ...
Doctor of stupid indeed. Chemotherapy can kill cancer cells and extend the life expectation of people, who in past centuries would have a short time left, by years or decades. TRAs are really low, but comparing experimenting on children to cancer ...
RT @therestofus5: Wow. Women is being "white, wealthy, fertile and appealing to men." Maybe Sally would like to explain this to the thousands of brown and black girls abducted and trafficked every year.Not targeted for their sex, apparently. Only ...
RT @Obsolesence: So, let me get this straight...the Scottish Gov wishes to protect men that dress as women from hate crimes, but not actual women? Remember that, ladies, when it comes to vote in May (and I bet a couple of other parties will support ...
Powerful thread https://t.co/Bw7W8z...
RT @VernMachil: @patrickharvie @GalloglySwan @Common_Weal It's appalling behaviour. I wish I could say it was surprising. https://t.co/hEPzzs...
RT @AudreySuffolk: It is not for this individual (or even any section of the population) to unilaterally decide what can or cannot be debated. Everyone is entitled to debate what the law is and should be; and Parliament and the courts to determine ...
RT @rogdmum: @EdinburghUni appear to be unaware of the Bell case: “Another ‘reasonable concern’ is alarm at the increase in gender identity services for children, despite evidence that early support for individuals reduces psychological problems and ...
In a world where life for women can be worse 'simply by virtue of their sex', biology matters – Susan Dalgety
A belter of an article from @DalgetySusan on the harsh and inescapable reality of sexed bodies, the appalling past treatment of unwed mothers, and the new institutional sexism which would, again, erase women's experience. https://t.co/Std9ui...
Of course, it these people succeed in amputating a limb etc, they will then be disabled. Perhaps we should allow them to self-id to prevent harm? Allow them to claim to be blind when they can actually see etc. Of course, we know that would be ...
This, Scot Gov is what happens when you mess with data. For the purposes of covid you need a person's sex. You do not need screeds of paper and officials wasting time on this! https://t.co/VleQQP...
RT @_Leyanelle_: The man who thinks rape victims should not have the right to request their examiner be of the female sex, & who calls rape survivors bigots for having & taking about their trauma, is now trying to pretend he cares about ...