Mini thread. Last year the dozen or so women who are part of Sole Sisters gathered shoes, then pitched in a fiver each and ordered 1000 postcards that outlined the reality of sex self-ID and its impact on women and girls as proposed by @Scotgov GRA reform 1/
At our first street stall in Ayr, we handed the cards out to passersby who either had no idea of the proposed legislation or understanding of its implications. The cards were gratefully received 2/
So we asked our Twitter followers if they too would like cards to hand out or leave in public places to spread awareness of sex self-ID. And we held more street stalls and handed out more cards 3/
We asked only that those requesting cards cover postage but the donations flooded in. So we ordered more cards and bought more envelopes (and even some ribbons in suffragette colours) and kept posting 4/
Our latest fundraiser is sitting at more than £3k and we plan to put it to very good use in making our opposition to this form of GRA reform as public as possible. You can donate here 5/
In the meantime we’ve still got cards! And we are more than happy to share so everywhere in Scotland gets the message. So drop us a line at votingwithourf33t@gmail.com and your batch will soon be winging its way to you #WomenWontWheesht#no2selfID#BinTheBill 6/
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Long but important thread: Women Voting With Our Feet were this week invited to meet @ShonaRobison, the Cabinet Secretary who will steer reform of the Gender Recognition Act through the Scottish Parliament #no2selfID 1/
We made our point that, while we appreciated the invitation, calling it at 3 days’ notice suggested a less-than-collegiate approach to listening to ALL views on GRA reform despite the manifesto promise of @NicolaSturgeon 2/
Shona Robison told us reform is essential because being trans is no longer considered a medical issue. However, *only* the process of gaining a gender recognition certificate will change with reform by “demedicalising” the process 3/