"The founder of a charity supporting women who have suffered domestic violence has been interviewed by police after she was reported for hate crime after stressing its female-only services." Solidarity with @thatveganlass https://t.co/NcSIeA...
RT @Obsolesence: @rita_rake @EHRCChair You can donate to @ForwomenScot here since none of the women's groups fighting the GRA receive funding from the Gov. Unlike the groups pushing it through. Click the big yellow Donate button at the bottom of the ...
"In other words, the EHRC did its job. It considered the Equality Act’s nine protected characteristics ...and kept their competing rights in balance." Blistering from @VictoriaPeckham https://t.co/KHIQzk...
Yes, sadly. https://t.co/2gfO0p...
RT @judgejules75: Please read this and tell me again how women aren’t losing anything by allowing males to self ID as ‘women’. How would you feel if this was happening to a seriously ill female friend or relative of yours? #WomenWontWheesht ...
RT @AdeleMcVayHV: Q: @JohnMasonMSP asked the Scottish Government was "How many people whose biological sex is male are currently in women’s prisons in Scotland" A: FIVE men have been incarcerated in women's prisons. That's 5 too many Maggie. ...
RT @ripx4nutmeg: The person who allegedly claimed that feminist stickers in Gwent had glass and pins behind them, which led to the police arresting a woman, just days ago claimed that there might be an allegation of rape against them but if there was ...
RT @Lachlan_Edi: And you want me to believe that these idiots are the ones who led our movement through its darkest days? They didn't. We did. On our own, by ourselves. Rather well. Because we never sought to deny legitimate interests of others. We ...
RT @andrewdoyle_com: Nobody in their right mind could possibly believe that the @EHRC hates trans people. Yet here comes the accusation of “transphobia”, right on cue. You don’t get to claim the moral high ground while hurling out such baseless ...
RT @Notplay65894531: @MaggieChapman @adhib @libby_brooks https://t.co/dJPL7b... Has Maggie Chapman heard of @BlanchardPhD? @ForwomenScot ...
RT @robmarki: @janeclarejones Many nurses are also very concerned about way in which legitimate concerns raised by women are being framed as bigotry by some within our profession. Single sex spaces are essential to the safe, therapeutic & ...
Rape is, effectively, legal now. We are fed up of people who argue to remove safeguards on the basis that perpetrators will be caught and punished. They aren't now, why would this change? Women and girls need protection and the police and courts need ...
RT @SexMattersOrg: It’s been an eventful week in all things #SexMatters! Time for our weekly round-up in the Sex Matters Memo, gone out to our supporters this afternoon… https://t.co/bvlMOT...
RT @Womans_Place_UK: It is good to see that the EHRC has finally put the record straight, emphasising the importance of collecting data on sex. https://t.co/c1Q28U... 5/5 ...
RT @sharrond62: Gosh look at that.. the great Michael Phelps with his only remaining world record just 0.5% faster than the next best male swimmer! Not 10 or even a 30% advantage with all his superman benefits! In fact the vast majority are less than ...
RT @MForstater: Excellent by @NotThatBigIan on the crazy doublethink world where officials treat a piece of paper as if it really changes a criminal from being male to being female for the purpose of risk assessment in prison. https://t.co/VkRvjQ...
This must the international best practice again. @ShonaRobison insisted that other jurisdictions had no problems. Would she be happy to see this happen in Scotland? (It already has, of course) https://t.co/sNFPZj...
RT @ImWatson91: Things looking dire at the Sandyford GIC. When I self-referred in 2014 I waited a year to be seen. The wait time is now up to 4 years. It would appear the enormous surge in the number of young people now identifying as trans is ...
RT @BudBoo79: @MaggieChapman My mum, a victim of long term violent domestic abuse, died in hospital last year petrified because there was a sweary aggressive person (obviously biologically male) in the ward. I wish my mum had died with dignity, ...
This is rather amusing. The clip Maggie has posted is the one where @aewing4Cbeath rebukes her for her language and the suggestion that a question which was selected and appeared on the business bulletin was contributing to violence. ...
RT @hightreebud: @MaggieChapman You have just tweeted a video of the deputy presiding officer calling you out on your language. It would surely be wise of an MSP to pay heed to @aewing4Cbeath's words, rather than repeating your accusatory nonsense on ...
RT @hightreebud: @Cmacf76 And this is where the responses to the consultation are. We haven't seen them, and the important issues they raised have not been discussed or resolved. Try changing your spots, leopard: stop lobbying the Govt to be ...
We see the CEO of @StonewallScot has "liked" this false and defamatory tweet. https://t.co/xnaNq9...
This is horrific. Especially as most of us read the desperate story behind it. How can this man have no empathy or concern for a vulnerable, terrified, ill woman? https://t.co/OkKi9r...
A practical, clear paper from @SexMattersOrg Perhaps @scotgov and @ShonaRobison could consider using this to help service providers understand practical implications and set policy on single-sex space that comply with the law? https://t.co/Hbp9iZ...
RT @MForstater: How to solve the problem of single sex services with clarity and respect? Read @SexMattersOrg new white paper https://t.co/jV9dqw...
When we met with @ShonaRobison she said "an organisation can have those exemptions, can exclude transwomen or transmen if it's a proportionate response." Does @LGBTIScotland agree with the minister and accept they misrepresented the law here? ...
RT @hightreebud: @ForwomenScot @LGBTIScotland @AlbaMcallister And I do hope @WDCouncil will pay @LGBTIScotland no heed, after all they are an "equality" org that misrepresents the law to such an extent that they boldly state women and girls are ...
RT @DreyfusJames: How old is this lad?? 6 and a harff? Honestly, you’d get a more coherent argument from Babarpapa… https://t.co/cT5ukH...
RT @hightreebud: @ForwomenScot @LGBTIScotland @AlbaMcallister I do like the way they have publicised @AlbaMcallister's sensible motion to the council, but can't bring themselves to retweet LGBT Youth's infantile statement about the EHRC. 🤣
.@JoanMcAlpine https://t.co/fYBZxO...
We do hope @LGBTIScotland will evidence why women's rights are "transphobic". We keep being told there is no conflict... It's extremely tiresome that these boys get so testerical about women's rights. Solidarity @AlbaMcallister https://t.co/NrK2C2...
RT @CharlieHeron2: @benhowlettuk @ForwomenScot You were also asked to clarify the transphobic statements you mentioned, and you did not. What does a drag queen have to do with a person suffering from gender dysphoria ?
Reader, it doesn't say that. Perhaps we were too kind. Ben should first learn to read! https://t.co/xnaNq9...
Well, at least he didn't call us "shrill"... https://t.co/UuI9o8...
Asking about male inmates in women’s jails isn’t transphobic | The Spectator
RT @JackieDP: @benhowlettuk @stonewalluk @UNHumanRights @Ganhri1 @EHRC Have you actually read what the EHRC say in their letters? This extremist nonsense Ben. ...
RT @DuncanHenry78: Are people really trying to report @EHRC to “teacher”? The real world is not twitter. The EHRC have made a very even handed and considered intervention *which is their point* and I really hope will not be bullied by such ...
This is a very good point! And which has been missed by many. https://t.co/u9AKXb...
Ben, as a former MP, can you clarify what the "transphobic statements" were in the letter? Accuracy is vital. https://t.co/adVZ6E...
RT @HJoyceGender: When women disagreed with government policy, we didn't throw our toys out of the pram, we made rational arguments to convince policymakers they had overlooked our needs and interests. Now policymakers have started to listen to us, ...
RT @DalgetySusan: @ForwomenScot @EHRC The last par suggests that many Scottish trans people and their families have died in recent years because of the 2004 Act; if that is the case it would be a scandal, but where’s the evidence? You can’t see shape ...
A question for LGBT Youth who today cited their friends at @ScottishTrans Do you no longer support medicalisation and diagnosis? https://t.co/ct49Eg...
This letter from LGBT Youth in response to @EHRC is one of the most illogical and hyper emotive to date (which is saying something!). It stresses their "hurt and anger". If that were grounds policy, women would have much better protections by now! ...
Yes indeed, Happy Birthday @JoanMcAlpine ! You are sorely missed in Holyrood. #WomenWontWheesht https://t.co/pH7aCG...
"Given the respect the EHRC enjoys within the political and legal establishment across the country, one might have expected Scottish ministers to consider this thoughtful contribution to their consultation seriously. They haven’t, though." ...
"...her government was accused of holding a “sham” meeting with feminist groups, in which it was claimed that one of her ministers had been unable to answer “well-evidenced” concerns her plans would erode women’s rights." https://t.co/Canw8v...
It seems that UK ministers can also be pig-headed and have a knee-jerk refusal to accept the merit of EHRC's carefully considered recommendations. They are there to uphold the EA: as an Equality Minister, it is not your job to trash it. ...
RT @AlistairMay: @dhothersall But that's not what's happening. People saying "I disagree with the EHRC because...." would be absolutely fine. But, instead of that, people are questioning its bona fides, agenda, and impartiality. That rings certain ...
RT @amoozeboosh: Blimey. This is a huge admission on the part of the FM. The Civil Service in Scotland is SNP? https://t.co/vki72i...
Another Kafkaesque nightmare this time courtesy of @MerseyPolice Women are being questioned and arrested for raising valid safeguarding concerns. Who on earth do Merseyside police think benefits in this scenario? Quote Tweet https://t.co/OPOWbj...
Another Kafkaesque this time courtesy of @MerseyPolice Women are being questioned and arrested for raising valid safeguarding concerns. Who on earth do Merseyside police think benefits in this scenario? https://t.co/OPOWbj...
Wow, @ScotGovFM here implying that Civil Servants are biased and act on behalf of the government and her party. If this is really true, then an urgent review must be undertaken. The impartiality of the CS is a corner stone of good governance. ...
RT @JournoStephen: 'If MSPs cannot ask parliamentary questions about public policy without the threat of disciplinary action, parliament cannot function properly. Holyrood is dysfunctional enough, thank you very much.' https://t.co/Y4R3TJ...
RT @mbmpolicy: In the interview, Lucy referred to this exchange which took place in the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday, where a Green MSP accused an SNP MSP of transphobia for asking a question about the number of biological males in the female ...
Listen to @LucyHunterB on @LBC talking about GRA reform and the EHRC's letter. https://t.co/LZgb8X...
RT @LesbianLabour: The book in question does not break any laws, it is freely available to be bought in shops across the country and one of the chapters in the book was written by one of our Team. #WomensRightsAreHum... https://t.co/cR8Gv4...
RT @JeanHatchet: When an obsessed online stalker deliberately defames and targets a feminist woman and a member of the Scottish Parliament invites him to “come visit” your jaw drops. A lot. @MaggieChapman my DMs are open. https://t.co/UdB1Ir...
Turning point has been reached in debate on sex and gender identity
Watchdog’s census move heaps pressure on Nicola Sturgeon
“Accurate recording of sex matters...We now learn that more public funds are being wasted by a Scottish government-funded transgender lobby group to shore up the government’s position." @AskNic https://t.co/okUiSN...
Fantastic by @joannaccherry: "The most important thing about the EHRC intervention is the underlining of the importance of the “established legal concept of sex”. Women’s rights and lesbian, gay and bisexual rights are dependent on the secure ...
RT @TwisterFilm: 1./ Has @stonewalluk finally blown itself up? In Nov 2021 when the lobby group was criticised, for effectively being publicly funded gangsters who misrepresent the law and intimidate employers to keep paying them protection money, ...
RT @amoozeboosh: @lazyjoolz @ForwomenScot @EngenderScot Altogether now, "IT'S ONLY A CHANGE IN ADMIN" "THERE IS NO CLASH OF RIGHTS" and the more recent floor-filling banger "THE EHRC DIDN'T SAY THAT WHEN THERE WAS A MAN IN CHARGE." ...
RT @MForstater: There's so much pathetic in this thread it's hard to know where to start. I'll just point out this research was nonsense and is now out of date nonsense. Biological sex (as in Corbett v Corbett) is not a special purpose thing for ...