Forwomen.scot

 

17 April 2021

 

Forwomen.scot

33 posts today

RT @LucyHunterB: @ForwomenScot “Your reading is too, too ridiculous for it to be worth our while explaining what we did mean to your horrid little magazine and its readers in the middle of an election” is an interesting attitude and very Gatsby/Waugh ...

April 17th @ 3:56 pm |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @LucyHunterB: @ForwomenScot This outbreak of explaining on Twitter would have been better handled as not “declining to comment” to the journalist. Or having an explanation in the manifesto about which bits are regarded as relevant to Scotland’s ...

April 17th @ 3:37 pm |

Forwomen.scot

33 posts today

RT @liz6153: The Nordic model protects the, mainly women, involved in prostitution, and criminalises the purchaser. It appears to be successful in reducing exploitation and sex trafficing. Unlike the decriminalisation of prostitution which has the ...

April 17th @ 3:36 pm |

Forwomen.scot

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"Harvie brushes off any criticism with a sneer that could sour organic soya milk at ten paces." This is absolutely blistering stuff from @DalgetySusan on the arrogance, superiority and, sometimes, idiocy of the SGP. https://t.co/WLVOOf... via ...

April 17th @ 2:34 pm |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @mbmpolicy: The Yogyakarta Principles commit signatories to "end the registration of the sex and gender of the person in identity documents such as birth certificates, identification cards, passports and driver licences, and as part of their legal ...

April 17th @ 1:14 pm |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @FiferJP: @ForwomenScot Principle two is also worrying as it puts gender rights above all other rights with the wording "whether or not the enjoyment of another human right is also affected."

April 17th @ 12:50 pm |

Forwomen.scot

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Some lovely comments: “We’re behind you”. Thank you for being there. XXX In honor of Magdalen Berns As promised, a donation prompted by that outrageous post on twitter! Keep up the great work! https://t.co/99rZuz...

April 17th @ 12:50 pm |

Forwomen.scot

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As a manager at Engender, who claim to respect the need for good data, we wonder how Alys feels about the SGP's commitment to destroy recording of sex on official documents. We also wonder if she stands with the appalling Bradley and Eilidh. ...

April 17th @ 12:45 pm |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @DreyfusJames: A good time to support this excellent, balanced, honest, civil publication. If you can’t donate, please could you RT? No need to like. Just RT. Many thanks. X Please donate to Lesbian and Gay News - Support Lesbian and Gay News ...

April 17th @ 12:12 pm |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @Obsolesence: Rule 1) of witch club - always carry a pop-up witchy hat Rule 1) of witch club - always stay hydrated during random Scottish weather Rule 3) of witch club - tell everyone about witch club because #WomenWontWheesht ...

April 17th @ 12:03 pm |

Forwomen.scot

33 posts today

RT @DalgetySusan: @ForwomenScot Scotland 2021: I have direct experience of someone living with VSD & understand the many psychological & physical issues that such conditions bring. I am a feminist. And I believe in science. The Scottish ...

April 17th @ 12:01 pm |

Forwomen.scot

33 posts today

It takes some chutzpah to claim that the person who drafted the Yogyakarta Principles hasn't read them in full. It's also pretty tiresome and racist to claim that a scientific knowledge of sex is "colonialist" and to, once again co-opt people with ...

April 17th @ 10:40 am |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @_Leyanelle_: “We smeared a female candidate and activist and we did this knowing it would likely lead to violent threats, and it did, and now she has the temerity to defend herself with some facts, and in public - will this nightmare never end!” ...

April 17th @ 8:38 am |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @WepWomen: Our latest blog 👇🏿 on today's report on FOIs revealing male rape suspects are able to self-identify as female #TheseAreNotOurCrim... @WEP_Scot @Womens_Voices_ @WEP_UK @ManduReid @TabithaMortonWE @legalfeminist @ForwomenScot @LabWomenDec ...

April 17th @ 7:23 am |

Forwomen.scot

33 posts today

RT @mbmpolicy: Police Scotland was asked two years ago when and why they stopped recording incidents according to a person's biological sex and instead started recording according to self-identified gender. They replied that it had 'evolved as best ...

April 17th @ 6:52 am |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @mbmpolicy: We have a piece in today's @courier_dundee arguing for the reporting and recording of a person's sex in certain types of criminal cases. Grateful to the paper for providing this space. https://t.co/37Om8R...

April 17th @ 6:51 am |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @CallieMac88: This article explains the serious risk to females from the Green's manifesto pledge to incorporate the Yogyakarta principles into Scots law. #WomenMatter #WomenWontWheesht #DontVoteGreen https://t.co/TCe17Q...

April 17th @ 6:30 am |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @K_IngalaSmith: “Police Scotland said that if a rape or attempted rape was perpetrated by a “male who self-identifies as a woman . . . the male who self-identifies as a woman would be expected to be recorded as a female on relevant police ...

April 17th @ 5:36 am |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @MinceOrwellian: @ForwomenScot @JohannLamont @policescotland @HumzaYousaf Dr KM of @mbmpolicy: “a person’s sex at birth was hugely relevant information in the case of rape. Recording & presenting violent & sexual offences committed by male ...

April 17th @ 5:00 am |

Forwomen.scot

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'Asked about the consequences of not recording sex or gender on a birth certificate, Wintemute replied: “Potentially, it means that women would cease to exist as a legal category.”' A mistake? Or would @scottishgreens happily trash women's rights? ...

April 17th @ 4:14 am |

Forwomen.scot

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Thank you @JohannLamont for pursuing this. It is outrageous @policescotland think it is acceptable to mock victims in this manner. Concerning also that @HumzaYousaf is, apparently, clueless as to what is happening. https://t.co/HqOVc0...

April 17th @ 4:06 am |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @DuncanHenry78: This makes no sense at all. I have no gender identity. I am also a gay male. The NHS *cannot* consider donors to be the sex they identify as, that is clinical malpractice. This advice has to be called out. https://t.co/FT5xPS... ht ...

April 17th @ 1:32 am |