Forwomen.scot
30 posts todayRT @iseult: "We also have the freedom to be confident and to wear whatever we like". I dunno - I was aspiring to equal opportunities and freedom from sexual harassment and sexual violence. ...
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30 posts todayRT @iainmacwhirter: 25 witnesses have 90 minutes to make sense of the most illiberal bill yet proposed by this Scottish government. This looks very like a device for generating a fog of confusion. https://t.co/ToWZ8u...
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30 posts todayRT @mbmpolicy: As the image here shows, the principle that hate crime legisation is not about criminalsing "offence" can be easily lost on the ground. Legislators' duty is to do as much as they can here to ensure law as drafted does not leave room ...
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30 posts todayReader, GC women do not refer to "proper women". Just women. Sex - the reason women were denied rights. Not epithets. Kirsty should listen and read more. Alcott knew why Jo was denied opportunity. https://t.co/bPnlVY...
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30 posts todayAnd only one of these would be a #hatecrime in Scotland as in Spain. Right, @HumzaYousaf ? https://t.co/qk6ug7...
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30 posts todayRT @Scott_Wortley: for what it is worth (ie nothing at all) a quick submission to the justice committee on the hate crime freedom of expression amendments https://t.co/PZsmJh...
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30 posts todayRT @SikhMessenger: Our 3rd submission to @SP_Justice on the controversial Hate Crime Bill. Only 2/4 'catch all' free speech provisions include an already agreed clause for religion & belief. The @NatSecSoc are right - this is 'perplexing and ...
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30 posts todayRT @MsGiveZeroFox: @FionaKabuki @McgillMorven @crit_gen @ForwomenScot @Obsolesence @cazadams58 @EdithHiom @TJVRD @AWumman @sandcrankin @RalphieBag @GillGreeny @damilne1 @ChrisFalconer16 @Leadinglady0609 @GraceBrodie @SofonisbaAngui7 @kaymoonshadow ...
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30 posts todayRT @mbmpolicy: Maximum possible clarity is needed on the face of the law not least to limit how far any individual police officer’s personal view of the issues determines whether a complaint is turned into an investigation. https://t.co/EEnk0c...
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30 posts todayRT @MsGiveZeroFox: @FionaKabuki @McgillMorven @crit_gen @ForwomenScot @Obsolesence @cazadams58 @EdithHiom @TJVRD @AWumman @sandcrankin @RalphieBag @GillGreeny @damilne1 @ChrisFalconer16 @Leadinglady0609 @GraceBrodie @SofonisbaAngui7 @kaymoonshadow ...
Forwomen.scot
30 posts todayCaroline said that biological sex mattered in safeguarding women. This is also the position in UK law under the Equality Act. Is this POLICE account declaring they don't support or endorse UK law? Because that is worrying. https://t.co/nqWjNv...
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30 posts todayHmm, not sure support like this is helpful to Paisley or Scottish PEN... https://t.co/NBcJtk...
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30 posts todayRT @NuriaCSopena: A quienes están exponiendo a la mitad de la población a su borrado. A los medios q utilizan el marketing de la penita con lo Trans de la misma manera q con los comprabebés: escuchen. La diferencia entre quienes luchamos contra la ...
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30 posts today"Smoke the TERFs out" "This is our town" "Gotta take em out" May we ask @theSNP and @NicolaSturgeon if this a sentiment they wish to endorse? https://t.co/ohhZk4...
Forwomen.scot
30 posts todayThis is embarrassing for @theSNP https://t.co/tFTc21...
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30 posts todayRT @shonacraven: Various people associated with Scottish PEN last year signed a letter condemning the Scottish Poetry Library's call for an end to bullying, harassment + no-platforming attempts by poets. They didn't seem to find any of that "deeply ...
Forwomen.scot
30 posts todayAsking for an investigation by EHRC sounds serious. We take it that Teddy is referring to genuine sexual or physical abuse. However, if this is about hurt feelings, it is distasteful and offensive to victims of serious assault. https://t.co/nV51Hy...
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30 posts todayRT @amoozeboosh: @ForwomenScot @judgejules75 https://t.co/WcIj5h... listening to this right now. Husband, who is not hugely invested in this issue, disgusted to overhear that Nicola Sturgeon didn't even lift the phone to Joanna Cherry to offer ...
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30 posts todayRT @JonnyWorst: .@ScottishPEN should be less selective about who deserves to have their free expression defended. Its immediate solidarity with @joannaccherry's bully contrasts with the year it took for them to acknowledge @msjlindsay's artistic free ...
Forwomen.scot
30 posts todayAnother well researched article. https://t.co/i5nCRt...
Forwomen.scot
30 posts todaySNP divided over transphobia definition
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30 posts todayBecause... https://t.co/nMbSP3...
Forwomen.scot
30 posts todayHonourable mention for partial free speech advocates Scottish Pen! https://t.co/WjPdjv...
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30 posts todayJoanna had credible threats that resulted in her needing police protection for herself and her family. To equate this with people having an opinion on safeguards on Twitter is rather offensive. https://t.co/YWIBrz...
Forwomen.scot
30 posts todayIt seems like Paisley & Rodgers concocted a slanted article causing yet more distress to Joanna and her partner. Disappointed that PEN leapt in to make this a free speech issue - especially considering how slow they have been to support female ...
Forwomen.scot
30 posts todayEvery member of the @SP_Justice should be terrified by what the party of government are doing. This will gag @theSNP MSPs from speaking out against their draconian hate crime bill. https://t.co/kfWUJt...
Forwomen.scot
30 posts todayRT @lubelluledotcom: This @DavidPaisley is truly frightening: He harasses women, defames those who disagree with him & now is working to de-platform free speech. Here's an idea: Maybe the bottom line for social media shouldn't be to shut down ...
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30 posts today'One leading campaigner...descri... the definition as “unconstitutional, undemocratic and deeply intolerant”. She added: “It makes a mockery of reassurances given on free speech in the hate crime bill.”' @HumzaYousaf the SNP has made bill more ...
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30 posts todayRT @ripx4nutmeg: A domestic violence charity has lost its council funding because, while it allowed anyone to use its services, it catered more to women due to demand. The £5m cut came after trans people told a survey that 'the type of support they ...
Forwomen.scot
30 posts todayWe wonder what @ScottishPEN think of Mr Paisley's petitions which demands the no-platforming of LGB groups & individuals or his campaign demanding pubs remove Boyz magazine. This is not a man committed to free speech. https://t.co/DtdEJS...