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#banconversiontherapy thread. Act on HMG proposals: respond to the consultation. There's help at bit.ly/3osrek5 from
@Transgendertrd; explore issues eg from
@SexMattersOrg bit.ly/3ncZC2R & survey at bit.ly/31PbzDJ; talk to MPs & #Senedd.
@Transgendertrd; explore issues eg from
@SexMattersOrg bit.ly/3ncZC2R & survey at bit.ly/31PbzDJ; talk to MPs & #Senedd.
#banconversiontherapy In Wales we need to #CanthePlan bit.ly/30mPfAQ We ask Ministers in Cardiff & Westminster to address the interaction of the proposed ban w/ ‘affirmation’. We want ethical, legal, local therapy (bit.ly/3nkvV0d for the
@Transgendertrd advice)
@Transgendertrd advice)
#banconversiontherapy Poor drafting of the proposals on conversion therapy from UK Government risks long term harms. #sexisreal
Ar faes y gad o ran cipio sefydliadol, rydyn ni wedi bod yn symud ymlaen ers tro. Ond mae'n teimlo fel bod @StephenNolan newydd droi i fyny gyda thanc! Dolenni i holl benodau'r podlediad yma: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09…
Rydym yn un o nifer o grwpiau a gododd bryderon am y berthynas rhwng Stonewall a @LlywodraethCym. Ysgrifennom atynt yn gofyn iddynt adael y Cynllun Hyrwyddwyr Amrywiaeth dadleuol. Nid ydynt wedi ateb. #WomenWontWheesht #DimDiolch #NiFyddMenywodYnDdistaw merchedcymru.wales/2021/06/09/mer…
Gwnewch yn siŵr eich bod chi'n lleisioch barn ar yr ymgynghoriad hwn. Mae'n cau ddydd Gwener 22ain Hydref. Mae mwy o wybodaeth, gan gynnwys ar sut i ymateb, ar gael ar ein gwefan. #CanThePlan #DimDiolch #NiFyddMenywodYnDdistaw #SexNotGender #RhywNidRhywedd merchedcymru.wales/can-the-action…
On the battlefield of institutional capture, we've been advancing for a while. But it feels like @StephenNolan has just turned up with a tank!
Links to all the episodes of the podcast here:
bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09…
Links to all the episodes of the podcast here:
bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09…
We're one of several organisations that raised concerns about the relationship between Stonewall and @WelshGovernment. We wrote to them asking them to leave the controversial Diversity Champions Scheme. They have not replied.
#WomenWontWheesht #DimDiolch
merchedcymru.wales/2021/06/09/mer…
#WomenWontWheesht #DimDiolch
merchedcymru.wales/2021/06/09/mer…
Our government is currently consulting on a LGBTQ+ Action Plan. We & @LGBAllies_Cymru asked to be involved in its development. Instead they set up an Expert Panel of known supporters of gender ideology. No diversity of opinion, no consideration of other protected characteristics.
Here's the inspirational Stephanie Davies-Arai's #CanThePlan webinar presentation:
"The substitution of ‘gender identity’ for ‘sex’ as the distinction between men & women, takes away the rights & protections of girls as the female sex. Gender identity ..> merchedcymru.wales/2021/10/10/lan…
"The substitution of ‘gender identity’ for ‘sex’ as the distinction between men & women, takes away the rights & protections of girls as the female sex. Gender identity ..> merchedcymru.wales/2021/10/10/lan…
.. is not a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010; sex is."
"A political goal of adult activists should not be the basis for the education of children.
To believe that sex is immutable & cannot be changed is a protected belief under the Equality Act 2010. The ..
"A political goal of adult activists should not be the basis for the education of children.
To believe that sex is immutable & cannot be changed is a protected belief under the Equality Act 2010. The ..
.. Education Act 1996 prohibits the political indoctrination of children in schools. The gender ideology enshrined in the Wales LGBTQ+ Action Plan, if taught in schools as fact, would be in breach of that Act by indoctrinating children into a belief in a highly controversial ..
Mae ein hadroddiad #CanThePlan yn amlinellu pryderon ynghylch Cynllun Gweithredu LHDTC+ @LlywodraethCym, a pham rydyn ni'n meddwl bod angen iddyn nhw ei roi o'r neilltu a dechrau o'r newydd.
Wedi'i ddatblygu trwy ymgynghori â gweithwyr proffesiynol, > merchedcymru.wales/wp-content/upl…
Wedi'i ddatblygu trwy ymgynghori â gweithwyr proffesiynol, > merchedcymru.wales/wp-content/upl…
> adborth gan aelodau Merched Cymru, @LGBAllies_Cymru, chwaer-grwpiau o bob rhan o'r DU ac Iwerddon, a thrafodion gweminar a gynhaliwyd ym mis Hydref, gallwch ei lawrlwytho o'n gwefan.
Yn rhan 1, rydym yn dadlau bod y Cynllun drafft
• yn creu gwrthdaro hawliau >
Yn rhan 1, rydym yn dadlau bod y Cynllun drafft
• yn creu gwrthdaro hawliau >
• bod yr iaith a'r fethodoleg yn ddiffygiol
• heb sylfaen dystiolaeth
• a bod yr argymhellion yn anghynhenid.
Mae Rhan 2 yn cynnwys blogiau a myfyrdodau personol o ystod eang o safbwyntiau, gan gynnwys arbenigwyr yn eu maes, gweithredwyr ac ymgyrchwyr. Mae pob un yn >
• heb sylfaen dystiolaeth
• a bod yr argymhellion yn anghynhenid.
Mae Rhan 2 yn cynnwys blogiau a myfyrdodau personol o ystod eang o safbwyntiau, gan gynnwys arbenigwyr yn eu maes, gweithredwyr ac ymgyrchwyr. Mae pob un yn >
Our#CanThePlan report outlines concerns around @WelshGovernment's LGBTQ+ Action Plan, and why we think they need to set it aside & start afresh.
Developed through consultation with professionals, feedback from Merched Cymru members, @LGBAllies_Cymru, >
merchedcymru.wales/wp-content/upl…
Developed through consultation with professionals, feedback from Merched Cymru members, @LGBAllies_Cymru, >
merchedcymru.wales/wp-content/upl…
> sister groups from across the UK & Ireland, & the proceedings of a webinar held in Oct, you can download it from our website.
In part 1, we argue that the draft Plan
• creates a conflict of rights
• that the language & methodology are flawed
• lacks an evidence-base >
In part 1, we argue that the draft Plan
• creates a conflict of rights
• that the language & methodology are flawed
• lacks an evidence-base >
• and that the recommendations are incoherent.
Part 2 includes blog posts & personal reflections from a wide range of perspectives, including experts in their field, activists & campaigners. All are critical of the plan. You can also read the individual blogs on our website.
Part 2 includes blog posts & personal reflections from a wide range of perspectives, including experts in their field, activists & campaigners. All are critical of the plan. You can also read the individual blogs on our website.
Merched Cymru/LGB Alliance Cymru's webinar has just started. Chair, Sarah Tanburn says this week has proven that 'no debate is over' but we're still being ignored in Wales and GC voices not included @fmwales
#CanThePlan
#SexNotGender
#DimDiolch
#CanThePlan
#SexNotGender
#DimDiolch
Plan isn't fixable, says Sarah. Urges Welsh Government to start again, and be fair and transparent.
#CanThePlan @wgmin_education @WGMin_Health @WG_Communities @fmwales
#CanThePlan @wgmin_education @WGMin_Health @WG_Communities @fmwales
Laoise from the Countess Didn't Fight For This talking about the picture from Ireland where #SelfID brought in in 2015 without consultation. Huge campaign of awareness raising of impacts undertaken.
#CanThePlan #DimDiolch
#CanThePlan #DimDiolch
The male psychology affected by certain decisions and their attendant consequences: expanded.
Consider a transwoman who passes.
Hair, face, figure, all highly reminiscent of, not just any woman, but the most beautiful, most desirable of women by our society’s standards.
Consider a transwoman who passes.
Hair, face, figure, all highly reminiscent of, not just any woman, but the most beautiful, most desirable of women by our society’s standards.
It’s not a woman’s body, but how would you know?
“You don’t see gametes!”we’re repeatedly told.
She looks like a woman, she feels like a woman, she lives as a woman, uses pronouns and everything.
But.
She thinks like a man.
How do we know?
Because she has a man’s physiology;
“You don’t see gametes!”we’re repeatedly told.
She looks like a woman, she feels like a woman, she lives as a woman, uses pronouns and everything.
But.
She thinks like a man.
How do we know?
Because she has a man’s physiology;
she has a man’s psychology:
She has the body and brain of a man who has thought of himself as, and has been made to look like, a beautiful woman.
Did her physiology inform her psychology, or her psychology direct her physiology?
She has the body and brain of a man who has thought of himself as, and has been made to look like, a beautiful woman.
Did her physiology inform her psychology, or her psychology direct her physiology?
