When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people - Abraham Joshua Heschel
Jan 22 ā¢ 15 tweets ā¢ 3 min read
I was studying with @OpenUniversity when Jo was being harassed. In fact I contacted her to ask for help as students were also being scared in to silence over any discussion about the significance of sex in their studies. 1/
#PhoenixRising
We'd been told we could not discuss why the MOU (signed by NHS, Counselling bodies & the sodding Chief Medical Officer) to affirm gender identities was ethical, when some of the most vulnerable people were being dragged into the cult. Staff were scared. 2/@DrGregorSmith
Mar 25, 2023 ā¢ 22 tweets ā¢ 7 min read
Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull is a woman that knows that humans have 2 sexes and they are immutable, just like the vast majority of people in the world. However, this has become controversial because a small group of people want to force us to believe that males can become 1/
females. And while most people don't really care if someone holds an "eccentric" belief, this one comes with pressure to accept those males into female spaces & activities. Women are saying no! KJ is saying no! KJ has been holding rallies across the UK to allow women to 2/
Nov 23, 2022 ā¢ 11 tweets ā¢ 5 min read
I've sat through all but one of the Scottish Parliamentary hearings related to Gender Recognition Reform Bill. Last week I was asked to leave because of my scarf choice, this week a friend was asked to leave after pointing out the Cabinet Secretary was not paying attention 1/
during the final Stage 2 hearing of over 150 proposed amendments to the Bill (otherwise know as papering over the cracks).
I've just noticed that 1 of @thesnp MSPs on the committee dealing with the Bill @SP_EHRCJ is very critical of the member of the public that spoke her mind 2/
Nov 22, 2022 ā¢ 100 tweets ā¢ 36 min read
So, the @sp_ehrcj has started. Every woman in the public gallery is wearing a scarf and clothing encompassing purple, white and green. We even have a suffragette in the room (sat behind Shona). Let the 2nd hearing of the Stage 2 amendment session begin.
@Rachael2Win & @TessWhite4NE speaking about their amendments, including what "living in their acquired gender" actually means & how anyone can be found to be behaving fraudulently when no-one knows what the bar is.
Oct 26, 2022 ā¢ 38 tweets ā¢ 6 min read
It never bloody ends.
"āSturgeonās Tavistockā clinic offers trans children surgery not backed by ārobust evidenceā. Leaked recording reveals that medics at the Sandyford clinic in Glasgow admits there were huge gaps in evidence around trans healthcare" 1/ telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/10/2ā¦
A gender identity clinicā branded āSturgeonās Tavistockā has been offering patients irreversible sex-change treatments despite senior clinicians admitting that its methods are not backed by ārobust evidenceā, a leaked recording showed.
Oct 25, 2022 ā¢ 7 tweets ā¢ 2 min read
The first time I was flashed I was about 6 or 7. Innocently playing with my friends behind one of our houses. It was the stereotypical man in a flasher mac. We knew enough to know it was a bad thing. There was clearly a spate of dirty young/old men at the time because it 1/
happened again & again. So often that the 3rd or 4th time I told my brother, he called Police, they came straight out. I was so young I didn't understand why the Policewoman was asking if "it was pointing up or down". Everyone in the room was deadly serious. I cried. They took 2/
