Quite rightly, transgender rights are already protected in law, that won’t change.
But trans pressure groups took it too far, they weren’t just asking for trans rights, they were demanding women's sex-based rights too.
Women understandably said no. /2
No fair-minded government could have ploughed on regardless.
We commend @trussliz for showing the courage and integrity to be the first minister to listen to ordinary women and not just powerful lobby groups. /3
We hope this signals a fresh start, women have been vilified for standing up for their rights, when all we want is to find a fair way forward for everyone. /4
Ordinary women realised the big women’s organisations weren’t fighting for us and media wasn’t covering it. So we did it ourselves and took our campaign to the streets.
It took courage to step up. Brave women everyone single one! /6
The idea that any man could be allowed to change his birth certificate to say he was BORN female, on his say so alone is BAD LAW. Everyone knows this. /7
We asked whether they plan to remove Germany from the list of approved countries for the overseas route of gender recognition after the German Self-Determination Act comes into force on 1 November.
They said GR systems in other countries "constantly change" and it would update the "list annually".
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They ignored our key question about whether German applicants could now get a UK GRC without supplying medical reports. Just a copy and paste answer about annual updates /3
Breaking News: Census data on trans population downgraded by Stats Regulator. /1
“We consider that there is sufficient evidence that the gender identity question in the census has underperformed, with some groups of people being more likely than others to misunderstand the question.”
Analysis by Professor Michael Biggs showed flaws in the data triggering this investigation. Public struggled to understand a complicated question about gender identities matching sex registered at birth. Result was lots of people saying they are trans by mistake and inflating the figures /2
The ONS team in charge of designing the Census were captured by gender ideologues. Basic questionnaire design principles abandoned in favour of ideological language and motives. /3
The office of the Taiwanese ambassador, Vincent Yao, contacted us on Tuesday to express their “gravest concern” that we had chosen to “verbally attack a biological female” and asked that we “put an end to the act of spreading disinformation and harmful comments.” /3
Semi-final starts soon. Follow this thread for live updates. /1
Suwannapheng is a phenomenal female boxer. Silver medalist in World Championships last year. Will her female talent be enough to overcome the male sex advantage of her opponent? /2
“The lawyers advised to monitor the situation and to contact the IOC. IBA informed the IOC representatives about these tests, but no reaction followed from the IOC side.” /2
“At the next IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships 2023 in New Delhi, Khelif and Lin were tested following their consent again before their first fights. Blood sample collection was made on 17 March 2023. The findings were absolutely identical to the first test results.” /3