Last night we decided to do a very quiet and peaceful action. We ended up having tomato ketchup thrown all over us, drinks thrown at us, threatened by bar staff and the police called to arrest us. I wondered how such a quiet thing would go. Here is how… The idea was to see reactions in a normal bar on truthful statements about the reality of sex versus the nefarious gender. We weren’t saying anything. We weren’t giving our views out loud. We just wondered what people would do if they looked at a quiet truth written on boards.

Will the political leaders stop saying women-only “spaces”? The issue is service provision for female survivors of male violence, fair competitive sport, sex-segregated prison accommodation, changing rooms and toilets which are safe for females to be undressed in away from males. We don’t demand to walk around in a man-free bubble, though sometimes that would be nice, we don’t want a nice garden or cafe. We want fairness and safety. It’s not a “space” it’s safe and fair institutional provision for female people and in a legal format made clear as to sex. Stop making us sound like we are all demanding the fainting couch back. @Keir_Starmer @RishiSunak And for goodness sake @RishiSunak it’s a piece of legislation called Equality Act 2010. It is not the “equalities act” and women can’t believe you’re serious about it if you don’t know what it is you tiny-trousered plumb.

Dropped car at garage and walked back past the polling station to the grinning @TheGreenParty candidate @PeterGilbertUK outside. It began.

Me: What do you think of Alison Teal? She was kicked out of your party for reading an article I wrote.

Him: <trying to maintain inane… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Him: Look I campaigned with her on the tree issue. I looked up to her. She inspired me. She was a hero.
Me: She IS a hero.
Him: well there are other things.
Me: what things?
Him: well I think …er… on some things she’s on the wrong side.
Me: what things?
Him: the trans issue.

What struck me most about KJK’s face as she was shuffled out of that baying mob was not just the fear, but her sudden knowledge of what male violence is up close. Many of us come to the feminist cause because we have experienced male violence. So when KJK talks of her fear of falling to the floor and what would happen, it’s because many of us have been on that floor and we know what happens. That’s why we women, even those who have disagreed with her in the past, felt a surge of sympathy. No woman wants another woman to face that either from a mob

This is disgusting. Facilitated by @SheffLibraries - there was no protest organised and I attended with and took notes as a writer. I’m not gloating. I was right at the back so not sure how good his eyes are. But wow at the intent to intimidate. I am putting in a formal complaint to @SheffLibraries about how I was treated. I was quietly attending a talk open to the public. I am a Sheffield woman and you “guarded” and intimidated me for no reason. I posed no threat and all I did was take notes which the woman guarding

I’ll just add a few things to this thread from last night and my thoughts on the Sophie Labelle event in Sheffield. Snippets of my notes to follow.

https://twitter.com/jeanhatchet/status/1630309725202939905

I arrived to a fairly large protest. Two police were there and a number of door security. I asked the man on the door “what’s happening” his reply “I think they thought more was going to be going on than actually is”. Wasting police time? Should charge Labelle who

I might be Heading back to the car. Pretty scary as on my own. Will report back shortly

Is this thread on Sophie Labelle still accessible? Because @SheffLibraries should read it before tomorrow.

https://twitter.com/EssenceOfTweet/status/1364938947231584258

For those of you blocked here is the thread on Sophie Labelle. From a trans identified Twitter user who finishes with “Sophie Labelle cannot be trusted around children”. Is anyone in there @SheffLibraries ?

Nicola Sturgeon grilled hard about #AdamGraham by Douglas Ross in #FMQ just now. He pushed her “the prisoner is in a women’s prison right now!” But she prevaricated around “segregation”. She’s all over the place in her statements and panicking. Oooh he continued “the first minister is hiding behind the Scottish Prison service but they are a government agency accountable to SNP ministers. So all this really comes down to is what ministers decide”