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I am outraged at the lies the gender lobby tell about female athletes

I care very much about the girls and women who are being mistaken or rumour mongered  as masquerading as female , the hurt this causes them , the danger this puts them in.

I am outraged at the lies the gender lobby tell about female athletes and the pretence that males entering female sports is harmless and fair .

Further to the female athlete point I’m also outraged at the lies the gender lobby have been spreading about Michele Obama , the pretence she must be a transwoman or at very least is intersex and must have used surrogates etc. And now the cover up that this was a Republican plot . Trump might be lots of things but he isn’t pretending men can be women or that any girl or woman as tall and intelligent as Michele Obama must therefore be at least a physiologically masculinised female if not a full blown male.

I do not want sex based words to be redefined or the theory that sex is on a spectrum taught in schools. I worry that sex spectrum theory is being /will be used to shame and humiliate girls who are taller than average or have facial features which have been deemed ‘masculine’ by genderists.

I am concerned the whole thing is an attempt to establish a big bad rational dominant men , little good irrational submissive women norm and destroy feminism once and for all along with naturalising male aggression and hiding female passive aggression too.

I’m also concerned about children being manipulated into damaging their bodies and having their wombs removed. And young men being tricked into sexual activity with other men and then being demonised for reacting badly to such abuse too.

I have been posting on social media and newspaper comments sections , supporting crowdfunders , fighting the good fight whenever I get the chance. Since 2017 mainly on Twitter.

I’ve been blocked and given verbal abuse.

Mary, Middle aged mother

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I am opposed to bullying, aggression, gaslighting, hatred and purposeful disruption to democratic processes

Truth matters and the material truth is that males and females differ. Women live in a male-dominated society and are oppressed as such. I care about women in general and my daughter’s future, in particular. I am concerned about the impact of certain ideologies including Queer theory on civil society and the maintenance and progress of equal respect for women in society.

I am opposed to bullying, aggression, gaslighting, hatred and purposeful disruption to democratic processes, all of which I have experienced from people advocating against women’s rights under the guise of other causes. A tolerant society has rules and boundaries for the protection of all, it also necessarily has norms and doesn’t deny female people their fundamental human rights to avoid offending a minority.

I have spoken out in the Labour Party locally and nationally and have written to my daughter’s school. I have commented on surveys and consultations and anonymously on social media. I also discuss my concerns with people face to face when I get the opportunity to do so.

I have been smeared, voted out of positions and bullied within the Labour Party and other activism. This has sapped my energy and curtailed my actions. I was dismissed and treated like a “difficult parent” by the school. I have felt fearful and threatened in meetings and other situations. I feel silenced and stigmatised for my belief in the material reality of sexed bodies and that female people are human beings with equal rights.

Anon, Female, daughter, mother

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Children are being harmed and women’s rights dismantled

I care because children are being harmed and women’s rights dismantled.

I try and speak about it to people I meet but only after carefully testing the water. I attend women’s groups and events.

I have been blocked by a whole group of friends.

J G, mlle_clunge

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I highly object to the assumption that you can call yourself a woman if you have been raised divorced from the structural sex based discrimination women face

As a woman I highly object to the assumption that you can call yourself a woman if you have been raised divorced from the structural sex based discrimination women face.

I have been almost entirely silent out of pure fear

I did raise it with a friend who stopped talking to me.

Whoreofbabylon, Ireland

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My identity and lived experience as a woman is being challenged, judged and altered without my consent

I care because I feel my identity and lived experience as a woman is being challenged, judged and altered without my consent and any attempt to raise this as a concern is attacked.  This matters because important legal rights that protect me are being eroded – making space for everyone should not mean removing protection and disadvantaging others.

I have spoken to friends and interacted with people on social media.

I have been told to shut up because I don’t know or understand what I’m talking about. I have been told I am a TERF so therefore nothing I say is valid.

C M

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As a woman this directly affects me

As a woman this directly affects me and all women

I post on social media daily and bring up the subject in real life whenever I can!!

I have had direct threats via DMs on twitter.

E.U, Lifelong feminist supporting women’s issues around the world

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All women need the security of female only spaces and fair representation

This matters to me because all women need the security of female only spaces and fair representation.  Sexism cannot be addressed if we lose the ability to define each of the sexes unambiguously.

I have handed out leaflets in the street and talked to people to ask them to fill in the GRA consultation in 2018.  I have written to my MP and my children’s schools.  I have attended meetings and protests, signed petitions and contributed to crowd funders.  I am part of a sub-group that puts together info for one of our campaign groups to use in their campaigning.

I have made a point of catching up with all my current and former acquaintances who are school governors, on health boards etc and have made them aware of the situation and issues with safeguarding.  I strike up conversations with women I don’t know and give them FairPlay leaflets.  I occasionally post on social media, mostly Mumsnet with a few twitter posts.

I have been attacked on Twitter and it now makes me uneasy to use Twitter.  I have had a few friends distance themselves from me.  I have resigned from my political party and all the local members that I had thought of as friends are no longer in contact with me.

S

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I’m grateful my daughter is grown up and not the toddler that insisted she was a boy

I care about women’s rights, freedom of speech, democracy. I dislike and fear authoritarian and violent nature of trans activism. I care about democracy and rights of women to meet, right to speak out. I care about accurate use of English language. I care about accurate data. I care about safeguarding children, and vulnerable women. I’m against gay conversion therapy whether it’s psychological by churches or medical and physical by voluntary organisations and the medial establishment. I’m grateful my daughter is grown up and not the toddler that insisted she was a boy.

I responded to consultations on reform of GRA in Scotland and Westminster, to implementation of Gender Representation on Public Boards, evidence on conflation of sex and gender to Scottish Government, responded to Hate Crime consultation. Write to MP, MSP, Cancer Research UK of effect of self ID on clinical trials. I’ve talked to friends and family and small group of people and arranged talk for same group. I’ve attended meetings. Left leaflets in books, metro on buses other public places.

I’ve had some angry messages when I arranged discussion of issues to small group.

Luddite, born in 60s, grew up 80s.

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I find it challenging that the debate is so out of control that there is no debate allowed

I believe that trans people should have equal rights and be treated with love and respect AND I believe that women only spaces should be protected. I find it challenging that the debate is so out of control that there is no debate allowed.

I’ve done very little – it feels toxic/dangerous.

I’ve witnessed negative consequences for others.

Lucy

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I’ve been blocked on Twitter by Frankie Boyle, Jolyon Maugham and John Nicolson MP – is this a negative?

This matters to me because it has revealed to me how fragile women’s rights are. The attempt to redefine us out of existence is the biggest threat to the rights our foremothers fought for. We mustn’t let them down.

I’ve spoken to friends, relatives and colleagues, I’ve written to political representatives, I’ve donated to crowdfunders, I’ve met MSPs, I’ve responded to Government consultations, I’ve badgered friends and relatives at home and abroad to respond to consultations, I’ve joined a campaign group, I’ve delivered leaflets to people’s doors, I’ve leafletted in the street and at football matches, I’ve set up stalls on high streets and talked to members of the public, and I’ve been to demos.

I’ve been blocked on Twitter by Frankie Boyle, Jolyon Maugham and John Nicolson MP – is this a negative??? When leafleting with a friend we were abused by a group of people who called us terfs. A meeting I attended was aggressively protested by transactivists. To be honest though, any negative consequences are massively outweighed by the positive. I’ve loved the campaigning and I’ve loved meeting some fantastic women. I’m still terrified at the assault on our rights, but I love my terfy friends!

Kate