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28 April 2021

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Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

RT @SarahPedersen2: Very proud to have been elected Chair of the Board of Directors of @GWomensAid yesterday. This is such an important service supporting women, children and young people in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. https://t.co/JGzYYL...

April 28th @ 6:37 pm |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

RT @fatblackcatspaw: feminist amigos! or allies are you being paid this week? can you throw some cash at @ForwomenScot crowdfunder to challenge Scot Govt's OUTRAGEOUS redefinition of women to include men? THANKS & PLEASE RT! ...

April 28th @ 3:59 pm |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

RT @PGtwweets: #AskNicola Have you read Motherwell by Deborah Orr which was published posthumously and so she never got to see how much her memories resonated with Scottish women? If not I'd recommend it. Also why are you following someone who was ...

April 28th @ 3:39 pm |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

RT @VoteWithOurFeet: Read this comment on @Dis_Critic's emotional piece and don't get angry, get active. DEMAND answers from the parties who devise these policies and VOTE for those who will protect same-sex care #WomenVotingWithOur...

April 28th @ 3:00 pm |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

RT @kathmurray1: "The Justice Secretary’s statement that government will accept whatever the working group on misogyny recommends raised some eyebrows. It demoted the minister from someone exercising political judgement to a rubber stamp for an ...

April 28th @ 11:03 am |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

RT @iseult: Tomorrow (thurs 29th) 6.30 pm IS I will be *Speaking up for Free Speech* Talking about free speech in current environment in Ireland and looking at the impact of hate speech legislation in other jurisdictions. Book here ...

April 28th @ 10:36 am |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

"Anxiety about what will happen here after May explains why the hashtag #WomenVotingWithOur... and the slogan 'If you won’t respect my sex, don’t expect my X' are also a feature of this election." https://t.co/k6sqGA...

April 28th @ 10:25 am |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

The #HateCrimeBill received Royal Assent on 23rd April. @HumzaYousaf has betrayed every woman in this country. We told him that this would happen. This is on him. #WomenVotingWithOur... #WomenWontWheesht https://t.co/pGzUos...

April 28th @ 10:08 am |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

RT @SexMattersOrg: Thank you for all the kind appreciation of our live tweeting of #MayaAppeal today (including offers of Veuve Cliquot). What we'd like best of all is if you'd head over to our website and sign up to the campaign.

April 28th @ 10:05 am |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

RT @SVPhillimore: URGENT SCOTTISH CRIMINAL LAWYERS X is being told to 'present herself for interview' re a transphobic/homopho... tweet which is a 'hate crime'. Not clear to me if she is being arrested. I assume advice would be a) refuse to go unless ...

April 28th @ 9:55 am |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

RT @HeatherMc4NE: As an @AlbaParty candidate for North East Scotland, I’m delighted to have signed this @ForwomenScot Women’s Pledge. #WomenMatter. Women’s Pledge for MSP Candidates - For Women Scotland. https://t.co/PIQruO...

April 28th @ 9:31 am |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

Some questions about this. We are asking people to #VoteForWomen 1 and 2 This may mean some odd combinations! We have heard from indy peeps voting Lab/Con 1, Alba 2 (for example!), or unionists with a good SNP candidate (eg Joan!) voting for them 1 ...

April 28th @ 7:23 am |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

This is a terrifying argument from the respondent QC. It would destroy the basis for Equality Law in the UK which does, indeed, recognise that people are different (not superior) because of their biological sex. https://t.co/ABOAK3...

April 28th @ 6:32 am |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

Some of the ridiculous replies and quote tweets to this illustrate why we, as a society, are in such a parlous state. Some people really are so coddled that they think holding legitimate, opposing views on politics, faith or culture will cause them ...

April 28th @ 6:29 am |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @iseult: This is an important question about the success of #MayaAppeal. If the appeal is not successful we can forget any right to freedom of expression around the biology of sex. https://t.co/Zg5xJc...

April 28th @ 6:18 am |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

I didn't realise that UK law was now dictated by half of an out of context quote from an author, who assuredly did not mean that we can change sex. We can all play the out of context quote game. https://t.co/aK19ra...

April 28th @ 5:49 am |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

RT @SexMattersOrg: Good morning to our followers, new and old. The Sex Matters team will be live tweeting proceedings from day 2 of Maya Forstater v CGD Europe in the Employment Appeal Tribunal, Central London. We will be using the hashtag ...

April 28th @ 5:46 am |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

RT @Obsolesence: On a @SWCwomen hustings and first all candidates - in response to a question about women's rights- responded with "transwomen are women" and why do women need single sex spaces, and now the chat is disabled. So, have to ask ...

April 28th @ 5:43 am |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

RT @IdollyDancing: #AskHumza why @Dis_Critic has to do this 👇 @HumzaYousaf? "At no point... did I expect to find myself in a position where I would be forced to remind my elected representatives about something as basic as my vulnerable daughter’s ...

April 28th @ 4:28 am |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

RT @HeatherMc1960: As an @AlbaParty candidate for Central Scotland, I’m delighted to have signed this @ForwomenScot Women’s Pledge. #WomenMatter Women’s Pledge for MSP Candidates - For Women ScotlandFor Women Scotland https://t.co/zvvkmt...

April 28th @ 3:32 am |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

Update in our guide for the Greens: It has been brought to our attention that the Scottish Greens (not just the Lib Dems) advocate for the decriminalising of sex work in their manifesto, so we have downgraded their rating from a paltry half a star ...

April 28th @ 2:44 am |