Watched the Common’s ‘debate’ on the EHRC guidance.

Here’s the TL:DR version.

Buckle up. Get wine. Much wine. Then get more.
1/7 Sarah Owen wishes “there was a better start Pride month”

Really. A better start than lesbians & gay men having their rights confirmed?

That’s good, right? Nooo transvestites be sad.
2/7

Interesting choice of words from Andy B here:

‘people standing up for trans rights and people SUPPOSEDLY standing up for women’s rights arguing on the streets of Manchester’

Let’s have a look what he could mean
1/4 He’s presumably referring to this event where women from all walks of life gathered to speak in St Peter’s Square

Aggressive & violent men in balaclavas surrounded Emmeline’s statue to try and silence them. Women were attacked. The police did nothing
2/4

Incoming 🧵
So @KeeleUniversity have had over 200 days to comply with @ForWomenScot
Let’s see how they’re doing …

They want to make “everyone feel welcome”, that’s nice

Oops, error on page one! What do you mean “gender identity assigned at birth”. Even the zealots don’t think midwives assign a gender identity 🤦‍♀️

Did you nod off in a Stonewall training session?
1/8 This policy has a wide scope, including all accommodation & facilities

You say that any breach of the EA is a “serious disciplinary offence”

With 12000+ students, 10% from overseas, if you’re telling them they’ll be disciplined, let’s hope you’ve got the EA right 🤷‍♀️
2/8

Given that vid of the bloke having conniptions because women were having an event in his “safe space” on #IWD2025 thought it might be informative to have a little look at what events are deemed acceptable by Number 40 on Skinnergate 🧵
1/8 They’re happy to host a TDOR vigil. Of course they are.
Child safeguarding groups - bad
Remembering Brazilian sex workers - good 🤷‍♀️
2/8

So, the government have announced their “Draft Conversion Practices Bill” today.

An apparently worthy cause to target acts “not captured by existing legislation” and showing they’re “committed to listening to all viewpoints & concerns”.
Buckle up 🧵..
1/15

First they claim that, “there is consistent & current evidence of prevalence which suggests this takes place today and is not a historical issue”.
Fucking important then?
Let’s hope you’ve got your facts straight.
Their “evidence” is a 2022 study by GALOP.
Let’s have a look
2/15

Thoughts on Caolan’s interview with IW 🧵

For those who don’t want to add to views or otherwise can’t be arsed.

Obvs not focusing on Caolan’s previous incarnation as Tommy Robinson’s boot boy as I believe a certain @jk_rowling has that covered.
1/11 India describes being in a “maelstrom of hate”… or is that “male-strom”
Hard to tell without subtitles (that’s the things that change “he” to “them” 😂)
Throughout the next 25 mins he will accuse JK directly of “committing a hate crime” 4 times.
Lawyer up dude.
2/11

Edinburgh rape crisis was set up in 1978 by women who wanted to provided a safe space for women who’d been raped.

It was funded entirely by donations and staffed entirely by women volunteering their time, knowledge, empathy and energy.
1/- For a decade it continued like this.
More women, more time, more energy.
It wasn’t until 1987 that it received a small grant to help with running costs
It would be a further 5 years before it received another grant for a single paid worker.
2/-

Hey @narindertweets I can see you’ve had a bit of a pile-on. I’ve been part of it. But maybe you need to understand why.
This is my Momma and me.
She was an awesome woman. With help from my grandparents she went from being an outcast single mum in 60’s to be a headteacher
1/ She was intelligent, funny and brave.
She could also be an arse sometimes.
Many people are.
But I think she always admitted her mistakes. 2/

Having noticed that in all the libraries throughout Staffordshire there’s only ONE copy of @HJoyceGender book and ZERO copies of books by @Docstockk @hannahsbee or @sharrond62 I thought I’d have a little meander to see what they did deem shelf-worthy 1/11 First off, “a groundbreaking memoir of being a trans teen” … in the children’s section, because, of course. 8 copies of this little gem 2/11