Welcome news out today. Pressure groups will always lobby for their own interests but taxpayers should never have to pay for the privilege of giving Stonewall preferential access to government officials /1
Public Sector Equality Duty means public bodies MUST show due regard to all protected characteristics and balance them fairly. Stonewall’s refusal to accept other groups have rights too has long undermined this lawful requirement. /4
The result is unlawful and discriminatory policies that don’t work. ONS, NHS, MOJ all in court having their Stonewall inspired policies held up to the scrutiny. /5
Stonewall’s power is ebbing away and it only has itself to blame. Insisting on #NoDebate and shutting out all other voices has led to its demise. /6
Weight-lifter Anna Vanbellinghen speaks out. This takes tremendous courage. /1
“anyone that has trained weightlifting at a high level knows this to be true in their bones: this particular situation is unfair to the sport and to the athletes."
"why is it still a question whether two decades, from puberty to the age of 35, with the hormonal system of a man also would give an advantage” /2
“For athletes the whole thing feels like a bad joke.....Life-changing opportunities are missed for some athletes - medals and Olympic qualifications - and we are powerless” /3
How on earth has it come to this? Police forces admitting they would record a male rapist as 'female' if that is how they self identify /1
Here's another police force doing the same. Did it prick anyone's conscience when they typed these words in the FOI? Did anyone say 'hang on should we really be recording a male rapist as female?' /2
Whose dignity matters most? The male rapist or the victim? How does the victim feel when she's told she's been raped by a woman? /3
Thread: Great to see the problem of police recording crime based on gender identity not sex being called out in parliament. Thank you for standing up for women and girls @toniaantoniazzi /1
And great to see figures revealed by Fair Play For Women now being used by MPs in their speeches
Freedom of Information requests revealed up to 16 police forces now record crime according to how the offender identifies and not his sex. Even rapists /2
And this is the consequence. BBC and newspapers report a shocking increase in female child abusers. There is no way to know how much of this increase is due to males identifying as women /3 fairplayforwomen.com/sex_data_wrong/