If this is the @scottishgreens position, it means that medical intervention would be unethical. Can @thesnp members of @scotgov they agree with SGP colleagues that there is no need to fund medical treatments for trans patients? https://t.co/q45qNH...
.@EngenderScot have decided to re-enter the arena. So they need to address this. We are sick and tired of tax-payer funded groups being too rarefied to address the grubby reality for women on the sharp-end of misguided policies. Are you feminists or ...
RT @amoozeboosh: LIARS. Engender wouldn't even let FWS affiliate. They were too shitscared to host a debate. They should be defunded. https://t.co/6nCwc9...
RT @HJoyceGender: So damn depressing. The single most common male sex crime, and there are places where it has been decriminalised - women’s private spaces, where they go to undress away from the male gaze. State-sanctioned sex crimes without any ...
It's exhausting. Even as extraordinary women like @thatveganlass are tying to raise awareness and legislate against the abuse of pregnant women, @CHANEL decides that "battered expectant mother" is an "edgy" catwalk look. Do Better! ...
RT @AuschwitzMuseum: 77 years ago today over 7,000 prisoners of the German Nazi camp #Auschwitz, including some 700 children, were liberated by the soldiers of the Soviet Army. 1,689 days of murder, pain, suffering, and humiliation were over. Today ...
To all the people trying to draw false equivalence between this unspeakable tragedy & your pet cause: don't. Remember the 6 million. Their memory deserves to be respected & the horror that overtook the Jewish people in Europe must never be ...
Thank you @TasminaSheikh and @AlbaMcallister for this unequivocal statement. https://t.co/UBDtTx...
RT @ShonaghDillon: @MaggieChapman @RileyCoggin @KarenAdamMSP @fatima_joji @LabourMercedes Hi @MaggieChapman I work with victims of stalking every day. The experiences they endure from obsessed and fixated perpetrators affects everything they do. ...
This is practical reality of this stupid and dangerous policy. It isn't good enough for @ShonaRobison and @NicolaSturgeon to shift blame to over-tasked NHS workers. We need guidance from the top. It's your job, after all! https://t.co/kNXMqW...
RT @LiviaBurlando: Engender is not a women’s organisation, it’s a subcontracted unit of government. It is no more than, at most, 18 people, staff and board, and it doesn’t represent any of us other than those few, plus its effective owner, the ...
Scottish Gov minister has "no opinion" on whether women should be traumatised or threatened by males on a, supposedly, female ward. We are reminded of Pontius Pilate and the hand washing routine... https://t.co/mtz7hX...
RT @LucyHunterB: When we met the Cabinet Secretary last week we asked specifically about such a case, and whether in such a situation it was acceptable for a woman to complain. We were told SG has no view of its own on this and it is entirely a ...
RT @chloeklassen: @EngenderScot Noting your contribution regarding these concerns for the record. https://t.co/o3iqSk...
Engender have been pretty quiet for the past few months. During which time there have been many serious issues around women's rights and safety, esp the impact of lockdown. They have, however, sprung back into action because the GRA is in question. ...
UK Equality Watchdog says asking Sex in Census does not breach human rights. • Fair Play For Women
#WomenWontWheesht We are so proud to know the woman who created this hashtag and the women who made it go global. #ScottishWitches are the best! https://t.co/3sVpdK...
Fatima is director of @5050Parliament. She is backing Maggie Chapman after she responded positively to a known doxxer making libellous allegations about a women's rights campaigner & revealing personal details. Apparently this is "funny" and she ...
Dear goddess, @MaggieChapman! Why are you supporting someone with a record of stalking and harassing women?! You are an MSP! Do better! https://t.co/H1kWJC... https://t.co/cNmrsb...
Absolutely devastated to see this today of all days. We hope that someone within @theSNP will tell this affiliated group that their appropriation of a Jewish tragedy is obscene. We have seen several snide attempts to co-opt this, but this goes beyond ...
RT @judgejules75: ‘’We're uncomfortable in our own locker room.' Lia Thomas' UPenn teammate tells how the trans swimmer doesn't always cover up h** male genitals when changing & their concerns go ignored by their coach’ Thomas still has a penis ...
RT @amoozeboosh: @ForwomenScot Not only did you have to fight, you were and are routinely smeared by captured politicians, journalists and public bodies! and yet #WomenWontWheesht Well done to every woman that has kept wading through this shite for ...
For some years, grassroots women's & LGB groups were routinely shut out of conversations. We had to fight to make our presence felt in the corridors of power. Now, those who have, to date, enjoyed privileged access suffer a minor setback and fall ...
Thank you Joanna. It is outrageous that @Twitter allows women to be abused on this platform. Hopefully the law will be tightened. https://t.co/UcZtYb...
There is something rather unpleasant about the determined attempts of some in SGP to smear a woman of colour, who has long worked on issues around democracy incl in poorest nations, by appeals to the authority of an Oxbridge educated white male ...
RT @Brigid88616149: @ForwomenScot Indeed, this kind of language is disingenuous and unhelpful. We want better support for young people with gender dysphoria. But we are concerned about unintended consequences- sadly there are men who will exploit ...
RT @legalfeminist: What Nancy says: we agree. It follows that we applaud @EHRC for urging yesterday that there should be full consideration of the interests of all affected groups - and open and respectful debate about how those interests can best be ...
RT @hightreebud: @amoozeboosh @ForwomenScot The Equalities Committee @SP_EHRCJ should also pay close attention since they failed to take any evidence from detransitioners when recommending the banning of just the type of therapy @ImWatson91, and so ...
This is utterly horrific. Can we PLEASE see some condemnation from those who regularly pretend to stand against abuse? https://t.co/B3vest...
RT @SpeechUnion: Prof @James_Treadwell, a criminologist, is under investigation by @StaffsUni for warning about housing biological males in women's prisons. Launching an investigation has a chilling effect on him, his colleagues, and students. Our ...
"...if MSPs cannot ask orderly parliamentary questions about public policy without the threat of disciplinary action, parliament cannot function properly." Excellent from @JournoStephen on the reaction to John Mason's question yesterday. ...
There were excellent sentences?! Did you know, Sian, women were only admitted to Trinity College Oxford in 1979? You couldn't self ID in. A few years ago they exhibited portraits of prominent female alumni in place of the oils (male) in the hall. I ...
But how do we know what Nick Robinson identifies as? https://t.co/k1cKp3...
RT @crit_gen: A reminder. Women were told that their rights would be protected under the Equality Act if GRA reform went ahead in Scotland. If the organisation tasked with upholding the Equality Act has issues with GRA reform then you cannot claim ...
Thank you @MGallacherMSP for asking this important question. The response from @ScotGovFM was inadequate and disappointing. https://t.co/LxnYIm...
RT @MGallacherMSP: It’s really not appropriate for any MSP to behave in this manner over a polarised and sensitive topic. All Groups should have the right to raise concerns regarding GRA reform. We need to be respectful and these comments don’t help. ...
Which is odd coming from the CEO of an org who regularly claim there is no dissension from their line. Perhaps if Stonewall stopped making broad claims on behalf of LGBT, others might not respond in kind? https://t.co/o43nCR...
RT @kevin_ovenden: @ForwomenScot @ScotGovFM @EHRC There is a word for not changing your mind in the face of fresh evidence or refusing to be moved by new arguments and balance of opinion - dogmatism.
Joint statement on Scottish Government plans to legislate for the self-declaration of sex
Joint statement on the letter from @EHRC to @scotgov We hope this will be taken on board by ministers. https://t.co/4wUNN3...
We think that the debate needs to go forward in a reasonable and respectful manner. While Ms Chapman continues to abuse and lie about critics, we cannot, for our own wellbeing, appear before any committee of which she is a member. ...
Ms Adam also sits on the committee who will scrutinise the GRA Bill. She has branded protesters against reform as hateful and claimed they triggered a trauma response. She blocks women who disagree with her. We have no faith in @SP_EHRCJ or the ...
"If you or anyone in your family has been affected by the issues raised, including loss of parents to one of the unforgivable curses, werewolf attacks, or loss of dragon eggs, please speak to a staff member at the top of the Astrology Tower" ...
RT @amoozeboosh: Perhaps the reason for the @EHRC's apparent change of heart is that this activist left his role as Chairman and was replaced by a Muslim woman from an ethnic minority who has insight into the concept of balancing competing rights? ...
RT @serialsockthief: “Your concerns aren’t valid! There’s no conflict with women’s rights!” I mean it’s pretty clear to everybody but @ScotGovFM and her govt funded mouthpiece orgs that concerns absolutely are valid and there very much is a conflict ...
RT @serialsockthief: I’d be more worried about organisations and individuals that don’t change their position based on information available to them. This is pathetic stuff from @ScotGovFM. The whole point of consultation is to refine and shape ...
RT @VoteWithOurFeet: to the surprise of no one, @ScotGovFM does her best 'la la la fingers in my ears, I can't hear you' impression re the EHRC. Be under no illusions: Sturgeon is determined to push thru GRA reform. We women are equally determined ...
RT @amoozeboosh: @ForwomenScot Anyone hate-following FWS should read this https://t.co/bfHrT4... from Sinead and ask yourself why she didn't deserve the very best therapeutic care when she was a young girl in distress? Then ask yourself why Stonewall ...
RT @theedijester: @deliam @ForwomenScot @soniasodha @cathydevine56 https://t.co/Ybiu1g...
Looking horribly like SGP endorse schoolyard bullying! https://t.co/HUVWJ9...
RT @joannaccherry: Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. We remember the six million Jewish men, women & children murdered alongside the millions of other people killed under the Nazi persecution of other groups & in all subsequent genocides. ...
RT @IanSMcNee: An angry @MaggieChapman asks what has happened since 2017 to make the @EHRC change its mind on #GRAreform? The answer is clear: the silencing of debate by @StonewallUK backed by Chapman has failed, women's voices are being heard: ...
Another great statement on Giggle by Sall. https://t.co/Gcs3om...
Chapman's position on the committee is surely untenable. @SP_EHRCJ https://t.co/VKicjR...
RT @nia_endingVAWG: We welcome this intervention from the EHRC. https://t.co/JoSA7G...
RT @polblonde: The Times: 'Gwent police said it had received six complaints about offensive posters. The force said that it was required to respond when members of the public reported they were offended by posters.' The problem w/ hate crime ...
Fresh in from the SNP's former Equality convener. She appears to be alleging that @EHRC are forcing people into prostitution. (BTW, she also considers this a valid career choice) https://t.co/tcyZ6S...
RT @ashmill1973: This is the MSP that replied to my @ForwomenScot email with a huge speel about how hard it was for her to set up an office and how it was against HR for her a list MSP to take on cases that should be done by Elected MSP or more than ...
Thank you, Emma! Self ID harms vulnerable women. It's time certain politicians stopped pretending! https://t.co/XYUaig...
RT @bombusmonticola: Transactivism wants to enforce its beliefs on everyone (mixed sex toilets for all, too bad for those who feel unsafe/uncomfortabl... The other solution protects everyones rights by offering choice (single sex and mixed sex ...
RT @ProfWootton: Nonsense: see Forstater v. CGD https://t.co/j0O2Do... https://t.co/dVvXje...
Seems like a good day to point out that the previous chair of the EHRC was chair of Stonewall from 2003-2012. https://t.co/H79Pxz...
She could have said the earth is flat and 6000 years old, it would not make it true! https://t.co/Ld4Z76...
RT @lnmackenzie1: Woman, who is also a DV survivor, is on a female only hospital ward in England. There is a male patient in the ward. She is afraid and complains. The result: the doctors discharge her on the spot. Do politicians who advocate self-ID ...
RT @leakylike: @ForwomenScot @MaggieChapman @EHRC @SP_EHRCJ Maggie Chapman should indeed reflect on what has changed Evidence from many other people affected beyond the translobby groups that ScotsGov had previously only listened to & the ...
RT @euanmccolm: maggie chapman’s pledge on today that there will be time to discuss issues raised by the ehrc is undermined by her appearance on today to attack the ehrc.
RT @JNHanvey: Maggie Chapman throwing a hissy on #r4today in response to completely reasonable questions on EHRC opinion. Three recent opinion polls show overwhelming opposition to self-ID Robinson: “That’s a matter of opinion not a matter of fact.” ...
RT @Lachlan_Edi: @MaggieChapman You are demonstrating your extraordinary cloth ears. Reforms as proposed raise real concerns. You - a legislator - just refuse to listen, even to the experts with a statutory duty. That is what's outrageous ...
RT @helensaxby11: 'Transphobic or misinformed' says @MaggieChapman about the women in Scotland who have been involved in this debate for years. There has never been any intention to listen to their concerns has there? #r4today ...
RT @campervanwoman: @polblonde @BBCr4today And the Scottish Govt declined to appear. When Maggie Chapman is a better option, you know you have a problem. Have you seen an earlier impressive media appearance? https://t.co/r10TGy...
RT @polblonde: This woman from the Scottish Greens doesn't like being asked about the Scots government's unpopular proposal to push self-id into law @BBCr4today
This morning Ms Chapman said critics were misinformed. It appears she is sadly misinformed about how the acquisition of a GRC affects how prisoners are housed. (Note the question she responds to is not the one asked!) https://t.co/HWNsaB...
Radio4, Maggie Chapman, 27Jan2022
RT @JNHanvey: We’re in this sorry place because a deliberately hostile intolerance has led & pervaded this issue. Activists & ‘allies’ have participated in the most egregious & aggressive behaviour. There have been concerted efforts to ...
Polish women are dying under this twisted law. Solidarity with our sisters there. https://t.co/76Icac...
Maggie Chapman on #r4today alleging the @EHRC is compromised and dreaming opinion a fact. She calls opponents transphobes and accuses people of misinformation. This is no way to improve the conversation! ...