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Jul 17

In the light of the proposed conversion therapy ban, this harrowing 2020 article by Laura Dodsworth is more relevant today than ever. All of these women would have benefited from careful exploration of the real reasons for their bodily distress.
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Sinead would have benefited from careful exploratory therapy instead she was affirmed as trans immediately. A mastectomy & high dose testosterone have left her with irreversible effects on her body 2/7

Ellie says ‘I had put the problem inside myself, when actually it is with how the outside world sees women who don’t conform to feminine norms.’
Ellie’s parents tried to dissuade her. Would their actions now fall foul of the proposed conversion therapy ban? 3/7

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@WomensRightsNet

Jun 11

News reaches WRN HQ: the new man at the top of @BBCSport is in post. A new broom! We’re thinking equal coverage of women’s sports, calling out the males in female categories, holding to account politicians and governing bodies allowing this to happen, accurate reporting of males with differences of sexual development in female sports?
bbc.com/mediacentre/20…

We won’t hold our breath. Director of Sport @AlexKayJelski has previous when it comes to anti-female journalism. In a mastery of subconscious (or perhaps conscious) bias the BBC has appointed a man who will conform to the prevailing anti-female sentiment at the Beeb. How do we know?
archive.ph/2024.06.10-153…

https://x.com/WomensRightsNet/status/1790414488195285034

Exhibit 1. Kay-Jelski says there’s no problem with males competing in female categories. Not a problem for the bloke who’s reached the top of @BBCSport but quite a problem for the 72 women and girls ousted from football teams by males because @FA rules allow it … As Gary Lineker’s new boss maybe this will feature on @BBCMOTD ?

https://x.com/WomensRightsNet/status/1790414488195285034

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@WomensRightsNet

May 10

Another man admitting to holding serious indecent images is spared jail.

There is a growing concern our courts are no longer implementing sentences that reflect the level of threat and serious danger to women and children.

Courts are becoming too lenient under the guise of over crowded prisons and ‘extenuated circumstances’.

Every image represents a child who has been abused. These offences are very serious and damaging.
These men should be sentenced according to the guidelines.
Predators shouldn’t be allowed to prosper without fear or repercussion.

We are aware of a few number of cases over the last five months where women have been jailed for shoplifting while these men who possess child porn walk free.

These highly concerning cases must be urgently reviewed @AlexChalkChelt

A quick google search reveals just how many of those cases there are

mylondon.news/news/east-lond…

cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-c…

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Apr 14

The elections for the role of Police & Crime Commissioner are taking place on 2nd May. The incumbent @ASPolice PCC, @ShelfordMark is seeking re-election.
We call upon the women of Avon and Somerset to hold ALL their PCC candidates to account.
Ask him and all other candidates -
🚨Will they commit to single sex services for domestic violence and sexual violence victims?
🚨Will they commit to ensuring their Women’s IAG is just that – for women?
They are currently failing women.
#AskYourPCC #RespectMySex
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The overwhelming majority of domestic violence and sexual violence victims are women.
The overwhelming majority of domestic violence and sexual violence perpetrators are men..

Yet not a single female-only support service exists in the Bristol area for women who have suffered domestic or sexual violence. Sadly, this is replicated in other regions.

It is unacceptable and scandalous.
Yet our police forces and PCCs are complicit in this.

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Women who go to these services are traumatised and vulnerable.
They may well encounter a male who has self-identified as a 'woman' or even a male who says he is 'non-binary'.
Why aren’t they deserving of value @PoliceChiefs @AssocPCCs?
Why aren't their needs, and their trauma, important?
Why don’t you #RespectMySex?
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@WomensRightsNet

Apr 11

What has the #CassReport got to do with sport?

While the focus of Cass is on the medical and surgical pathway of vulnerable children and young adults, it appears that sports NGBs may have been part of the problem. Our analysis of over 70 transgender sports policies reveals many which support the social transition of children - against the advice of Cass

Children who socially transition - being treated as the opposite sex, using pronouns and a name of their choice, being allowed to use the toilets and changing rooms of their choice - are more likely to undergo medical treatment later, says the Cass Report.

Over 50 sports allow males to self-identify into female categories for competition. We were shocked to find examples of sports encouraging participants - including children - to use preferred pronouns and names, and to use the changing rooms / toilets of their choice. It is not the role of any sport to facilitate the social transition of children and young people.

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Take Sailing. The governing body, @RYA, exhorts club officials to ask members for their name and pronouns, stating that ‘other club members should use the right pronouns’. If anyone in the club makes a mistake, they should be ‘politely reminded if they accidentally forget to do so’.

The RYA changing room policy states: ‘trans people should be able to use the toilets, showers and changing rooms of their self-identified gender, whether or not they undergo gender surgery or retain the physical characteristics of their former gender.’

Reminder to all: self-identification is NOT the law in the UK.

‘The use of single sex facilities can be challenging for trans people,’ says the RYA.

Not worrying about the women and girls who might find it ‘challenging’ to share their facilities with any old Tom, Dick or Harry who fancies being female today.

2/4rya.org.uk/about-us/polic…

Sailing’s policy is possibly the worst we have had the misfortune to read. But it’s a crowded field. Sports with policies that allow males into female categories, also actively welcome males into female changing rooms and toilets.

@EnglandHockey states that clubs should ‘support the trans person with their choice of changing facilities’.

@EnglandRounders says: ‘best practice is freedom of choice’. If a club member complains that a person of the opposite sex has entered the changing room, ‘the person who objects should be supported to find an alternative space’.

We know that women and girls give up sport when they encounter males in their single-sex spaces.

3/4englandhockey.co.uk/governance/equ…
roundersengland.co.uk/content/upload…

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Women's Rights Network - WRN

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Apr 10

The #CassReport has detailed what many of us have been warning for some time.
@NHSuk GIDS services have comprehensively failed vulnerable children and young people.
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1/10cass.independent-review.uk/home/publicati…

#FirstDoNoHarm was ignored and instead activists were given free rein to promote a treatment pathway which encouraged young people to embark on life-changing medical and surgical treatments.
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There were so many red flags: the rise in young women questioning their gender identity; the fact that 10 whistleblowers raised serious concerns about the rush to transition children and young people; the fact that decisions were being made on the basis of next to no evidence.

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