An FOI shows #Stonewall in #NorthernIreland got the NI Civil Service to remove the words 'mother' and 'woman' from their maternity policies. @StephenNolan you covered this re Scotland; now it's here too. Doc 5 in FOI reply:
whatdotheyknow.com/request/819001…
Left column is #Stonewall's recommendations to remove 'woman', 'her', etc; right column is NICS HR response.
@StephenNolan @dt_ni @News_Letter @irish_news @BelfastLive #Mumsnet
#WomanIsNotADirtyWord and the NICS should #ComeOutOfStonewall
@StephenNolan @dt_ni @News_Letter @irish_news @BelfastLive #Mumsnet
Stonewall removing the word 'mother' from the NI Civil Service #maternity policy. Public enquiry into this lobby group's outsize influence in NI public life now, please!
@StephenNolan @dt_ni @News_Letter @irish_news @BelfastLive #Mumsnet
@StephenNolan @dt_ni @News_Letter @irish_news @BelfastLive Leave the word 'mother' alone, #Stonewall! #misogyny
@StephenNolan @dt_ni @News_Letter @irish_news @BelfastLive #Mumsnet
The word 'mother' appears in the maternity policy 0 times.
The word 'father' appears in the paternity policy 10 times.
Do you see the problem yet? Gender identity ideology is MISOGYNISTIC to the core. #ComeOutOfStonewall
From the FOI:
"2. The following groups were consulted by NICSHR in drafting these policies:
NICS Stonewall Steering Group
NICSHR colleagues
Central Trade Union Side
GMB union
Unite the union"
All captured on #genderidentityideology. But there's more:
Stonewall & The Rainbow Project partner in NI. A member of NICS LGBT Network sits on Rainbow Project's trustee board. This is #insitutionalcapture, & given TRPNI shut up those speaking up via 'hate crime' reporting threats, it's a #TRAfia. @StephenNolan
stonewall.org.uk/people/stonewa…
@StephenNolan You may remember #razorgate from last year, when The Rainbow Project (who claim to work for the wellbeing of 'trans young people) scared them with lies about razors - and NI politicians RTed and called us a 'hate group':
We contacted @PSNIBelfast to ask if they'd found any razors. They hadn't even received any reports. TRPNI told people to report 'directly' to themselves, rather than PSNI. Clearly they didn't pass on the reports they claimed. Do they think they have more authority than the PSNI?
In November 2021, @thetimes reported that Stonewall said they would no longer recommend to employers that the word 'mother' be dropped from policies. But we are told the NI Civil Service maternity leave policy was shared internally in December, now public.
thetimes.co.uk/article/stonew…
@thetimes So what's happening here, @stonewalluk? Oh wait, they've blocked us, so won't see this. @Nancy_M_K, any comment? Have Stonewall NI gone rogue?
@thetimes @stonewalluk @Nancy_M_K What's this? A serving @PoliceServiceNI officer telling the public to report hate crimes to the TRPNI if they're not comfortable telling the police? @ChiefConPSNI, was Stonewall/TRPNI vested with special powers recently? #politicalpolicing
@thetimes @stonewalluk @Nancy_M_K @PoliceServiceNI @ChiefConPSNI Speaking of which, the new NI Hate Crime Legislation consultation notes make shocking reading. We encourage everyone to read and respond: justice-ni.gov.uk/consultations/…
We also submitted an FOI to the PSNI on 'non-crime hate incidents', submitted after Harry Miller win at the High Court. @PoliceServiceNI told us 950 such incidents were recorded in NI in the last financial year. @WeAreFairCop
We had asked them to break down the 'non-crime hate incidents' by category, and they said that was too time-consuming. We thought it would be a simple database query. But we have refined our request and look forward to seeing the breakdown. whatdotheyknow.com/request/record…
A reminder that Stonewall's partners in NI, The Rainbow Project NI, have a guide to 'chemsex' on their website, in which they discuss taking Class A - C drugs with NO reference to the illegality of same. @ChiefConPSNI @PoliceServiceNI @dt_ni @StephenNolan rainbow-project.org/what-is-chem-s…
@ChiefConPSNI @PoliceServiceNI @dt_ni @StephenNolan Whatever your views on #decriminalisation, these are controlled drugs at present. Yet The Rainbow Project doesn't mention that in their 'guide', and their site is recommended as a resource for young people by EANI & NIHSC. #ChildProtection #safeguarding
psni.police.uk/crime/drugs/co…
The #razorgate fiasco was initiated by The Rainbow Project just after we shared screenshots of a 'Trans Sexual Health Guide for Young People' 'co-produced' by SAIL NI & GenderJam activists & @SouthernHSCT & @setrust. 'Sex work', BDSM & chest binding, more
We raised FOIs to the 2 Trusts & HSC Board. @SouthernHSCT: "The SHSCT has not been involved in a procurement/commissioning exercise regarding above."
@SouthernHSCT: No reply
@HSCBoard: "These are matters for the respective Trusts to consider and respond to" @RobinSwannMoH
We did find out that the @publichealthni paid for this guide. We think it is a massive crisis of #childprotection that a 'young person's guide' included information on 'sex work', BDSM, DIY genital prosthetics, binding/tucking. WHERE are the professionals? The NI media?
@publichealthni It seems that in #NorthernIreland, professionals tasked with #childprotection #publichealth and #equality are in thrall to/fear of our NI #TRAfia to such an extent that no content is scrutinised, and all obvious red flags are missed or waved through. To the harm of ALL kids.
@publichealthni As we overheard recently, it's like pointing out to someone, 'Look, that building's on fire!' and them saying 'It can't be, there's a rainbow on it!'
NO person or organisation is above scrutiny. Have the powers that be learned nothing from #Savile or NGO abuse scandals?
Ask questions of everyone responsible.
Stonewall partners, The Rainbow Project NI, asking for donations to keep running their popular 'wear what you want' ALL-AGES swimming event:
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