What a wk!
Here's a thread to warm hearts -
Clips of our signatories @JohannLamont @JennyMarra @ProfAliceS @Docstockk @GoonerProf & Lord Young of Norwood Green in action @UKHouseofLords @Commonswomequ & @ScotParl,
& @LabWomenDec webinar
#SexNotGender
youtube.com/channel/UCQRGV…
1/8
Here's the mighty @scottishlabour MSP @JohannLamont opening the debate on Thursday for her amendment -
"For the word ‘gender’ substitute ‘sex’ "
to the Forensic Medical Services Bill (Scotland)
#SixWords
#SexNotGender

2/8
Here's @JohannLamont's unforgettable closing speech in that debate.
The amendment was passed by a landslide majority.
Just 9 against (Libdems and Greens).
#SixWords
#SexNotGender


3/8
On the same day in @Scotparl, @ScottishLabour Founder Declaration signatory @JennyMarra asked the FM about the use of puberty blockers for children in Scotland in the light the #KeiraBell judgement's findings.
She received a poor answer
#Safeguarding

4/8
Also on that day in @UKHouseofLords Declaration signatory @UKLabour peer, Lord Young of Norwood Green, pressed HMG for a statement on the use of puberty blockers for children & on the need for proper funding for CAMHS for all young people
#SexNotGender
5/8
The previous day in @HouseofCommons 3 @LabWomenDec Founder Signatories spoke eloquently and cogently at the @Commonswomequ #WESC.
Here's the clip (Just over an hour) of @ProfAliceS @Docstockk & @GoonerProf talking common sense & feminism.
#SexMatters

6/8
Want to know more what Labour Women's Declaration is about and why we launched it just over a year ago?
Here's our webinar explaining all.

#LabourWomensDeclaration
#SexNotGender
7/8
At last we are hearing the arguments in defence of our human rights in the courts and from @UKLabour & @Scottishlabour politicians in the debating chambers.
Keep up the pressure. Add your voice. Sign and comment.
#SexMatters
ipetitions.com/petition/labou…
8/8

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24 Nov
Alice Bondi, LWD Working Group, presents
"How 50 yrs of women's liberation led to Labour Women's Declaration" - short clip from our recent webinar.
More info here: fb.watch/1YMFQgB3g9/..

40 yrs ago this wk Alice was one of 11 women arrested for protesting at Bradford’s Odeon
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In the wake of Peter Sutcliffe’s death Alice has written this account of her arrest and treatment..."The police persisted
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Watch @UKLabour councillor @KevinPrice57 resign live at full Cambridge Council meeting
"Trans rights are human rights. Of course that is indisputable"
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there is a conflict of rights and who want to be be able to discuss those in a calm and evidenced based way, as indeed was shown by World Rugby in its recent decision to exclude transgender women in those areas of the sport which it controls on the grounds of safety and fairness
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13 Feb
Supporters of the Labour Women’s Declaration were appalled to hear @lisanandy on @BBCr4today programme this morning, clearly stating that she wanted those who are concerned about male people being included in female-only spaces to be expelled from the Labour Party.
Women have been subject to harms that are far more tangible than words, quite apart from the verbal abuse and harassment virtually every women has experienced. And yet Nandy refers to @Womans_Place_UK which stands for the rights of women in every arena of life as a hate group.
This appears to be entirely on the basis that they want to retain the single-sex provisions of the Equality Act 2010, which were highlighted as in need of greater understanding and implementation in the 2019 Labour Manifesto.
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@RLong_Bailey @Keir_Starmer @lisanandy @EmilyThornberry Labour Women's Declaration wrote to each of you at the launch of your leadership campaigns asking whether you were committed to upholding the Labour 2019 Manifesto pledge on sex based rights #ExpelMe #WomensVoicesMatter
Labour Women's Declaration also asked how each of you, as leader, would ensure women in the party were able to meet, organise & discuss matters of policy change & how any such changes might impact women' sex based rights, without fear of threat/intimidation #SexMatters #ExpelMe
Labour Women's Declaration notes that to date we have not heard back from any of you with regards to our questions on women's sex based rights. We do note that @RLong_Bailey & @lisanandy have been quick to act in signing up to Labour Campaign for Trans Rights. #WomensRightsMatter
Read 11 tweets
11 Feb
Women’s rights should be at the heart of the Labour movement. We firmly reject the allegations that women’s and LGB rights groups advocating for our sex-based rights are transphobic or hateful.

#ExpelMe #SexNotGender
Without an understanding that sexism, homophobia and lesbophobia are inequalities based on sex, the Labour Party cannot work for a fairer society for all.

#ExpelMe #SexNotGender
We recognise that trans people are affected by discrimination in many areas of life, and we condemn this, as we condemn all violence and discrimination against any group.

#ExpelMe #SexNotGender
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11 Feb
Women's rights should be at the heart of the Labour movement. We firmly reject the allegations that women's and LGB rights groups advocating for our sex based rights are transphobic or hateful #ExpelMe #SexNotGender
Without an understanding that sexism, homophobia, and lesbophobia are inequalities based on sex, the Labour Party cannot work for a fairer society for ALL #ExpelMe #SexNotGender
We recognise that trans people are affected by discrimination in many areas of life, and we condemn this, as we condemn all violence and discrimination against any group. #ExpelMe #SexNotGender
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