It turns out our view is "worthy of respect in a democracy" (although my appeal still to be heard on that)
Women spoke up though the democratic means of holding meetings, considering evidence, debating, writing, talking to friends, family, our MPs, demonstrating, direct action
In the face of lies, abuse and bullying , and the cowardice, indifference and capture of our own womens organisations, trade unions, voluntary sector and the human rights movement.
Self ID is off the table in England & Wales, for now. But we still need to fight it in Scotland. & get Labour to understand authoritarian irrationality is political suicide. We need to unpick it from institutions run ahead of the law. We need policies to recognise #sexmatters
I hope everyone is feel a bit braver this morning. And proud of yourselves and the risks you've taken, and the integrity we have acted with.
Women speaking up in the UK made their voices heard, and women and men around the world are speaking up.
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On March 13 2024 I made a complaint to the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office about Master McCloud, a serving judge who has been engaging publicly and inappropriately in debates on sex and gender.
- She posted a list of the 9 protected characteristics from the Equality Act and highlighting that gender expression, gender identity and gender are not PCs.
She shared a link to "my body is me" by @RooneyRach
I went to this yesterday, with my pal @charlesworth102
Professor Cooper was presenting on the findings of the £0.75m @ESRC funding research project.
We were underwhelmed.
As @_JVigo wrote at the start of the project in 2019 it did not define what it meant by gender or sex and consistently demonstrated a lack of understanding of bodies.
In 2024 that hadn't changed. Prof Cooper slipped between "gender" and "sex" throughout
The project hadn't delivered on its ambitious goals of offering policy and regulatory recommendations and influencing govt departments and shadow ministers.