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📢📢 Judgement Day!📢📢
FWS wins in the Outer House of the Court of Session
For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers
Judicial Review of the Scottish Prison Service Policy for the Management of Transgender People in Custody Operational Guidance.
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#WeKnowWhatAWomanIs #SupremeCourt
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Age TWO? Trans Identity?! You’ve lost your mind. Any organisation that pays you money for training or association needs to leave NOW .
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"She’s become a national hero. And what have her spineless critics achieved? Obviously they’ll never have her success. But more importantly: they’ll never have her guts."
Happy Birthday to our friend @jk_rowling. We love you to bits!
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Thank you all for the lovely messages, we are struggling to keep up, but are very grateful. Naturally, we are also getting some "fan" mail Luke this from Brad.
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Are you really saying that because Joan defied conventions and led an army she couldn't be a "real" woman? How regressive and sexist of you!
Which historic men will you trans? Bet it's not Henry V - probably the weak, so-called effeminate Kings like Richard II. Sexism on stilts.
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Ms Cunningham said: “What Sandie Peggie has done by withdrawing from the changing room when you were there is opted out of immersive role play. That’s why you were angry with her.” scotsman.com/news/scottish-n…
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We are taking @scotgov back to court.
We have been left with little choice as the Gov has refused to quash school & prison guidance. Papers have been served & the Gov has 21 days to respond.
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Sandie Peggie was piped into Endeavour House for the final day (for now!) of the tribunal. With thanks to @davidspiersiii
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Actually, Rory, we DID try to talk compromise 7/8 years ago.
Stonewall etc called us bigots and screamed #nodebate. They wanted everything: the most dangerous rapists in women's prison, men in women's sport, cross dressing volunteers "looking after" 11 year old girls on Guide trips. We went to law because it was all that was left. They overreached and the line, which was always biology, had to be reaffirmed.
Your "liberal" position is, in reality, still prioritising men. You could have listened back then too, but you and Campbell continue to speak over us and make assumptions. Would it be so difficult to invite a woman onto your podcast? Or are you scared you might have to learn something?
Oh, and yes, there are always more important things than women's rights. Or, at least, that is what feminists have been told for decades. We have to force the issue because, otherwise, we are at the back of the queue.
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Dr Searle wrote: “I’ve had a long chat with Beth and assured her that she has our full support and we condemn Sandie’s actions.”
This email was sent before Ms Peggie...was asked her version of events.
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The Scottish Daily Express understands that at least a dozen complaints about his behaviour has been made to the General Medical Council, which has the power to revoke medical licenses. scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/n…
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Eddie Izzard mocks women by saying that if a tiger attacks we don't ask “Is it a boy tiger, is it a girl tiger?”
No, Eddie, but women in the UK are far more likely to be attacked by a man than a tiger and yeah, sex makes a massive difference!
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Fantastic news! Edinburgh Women’s Aid has explicitly stated it will prohibit trans women or males who identify as NB from attending its group support services or refuges even if they hold a gender recognition certificate & will not hire them as staff.
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Sandie Peggie's solicitor says 20 colleagues shared her concerns over Dr Upton using the women’s changing room.
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“The new guidance makes it clear that the male doctor should never have been in the female changing room and it was absurd and obscene that NHS Fife invested so much time and money defending the indefensible.”
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Don't get in the way of a determined woman, @nhsfife
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Ms Peggie " is determined to continue with her legal claim in an effort to obtain accountability for the way she has been treated by Fife Health Board, simply because she objected to sharing a female-only workplace changing room with a man".
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"A preliminary hearing ruled Dr Upton could be called a man, which is how the Scottish Daily Express will be referring to him."
Bless you @ScotExpress scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/c…
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"Judge Sandy Kemp... has ruled in favour of Ms Peggie.
"He acknowledges this may be “painful and distressing” for Dr Upton, but does not accept that being described as a man in the employment tribunal setting amounts to harassment."
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#WomenWontWheesht
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Brilliant thread - we hope that this is being dealt with and we hope that your family are all OK.
Thank you for standing firm in the face of so much abuse. People who think that intimidation and threats are the way forward can never claim to be on the right side of history.
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We asked for permission to intervene in the employment tribunal of Sandie Peggie v NHS Fife and Dr Beth Upton. The Tribunal has now confirmed that neither the claimant nor the respondent has any objection.
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"Bodies with vaginas" is the language of serial killers.
Do you also talk about "bodies with penises" or do you grant men the dignity of not being reduced to body parts?
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Good, but they should never have been put through this.
They should also consider taking a case against the union which refused to support them.
Meanwhile, unlike in E&W, the Scottish NHS are not moving to correct unlawful guidance.
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What? Are the seriously going to mass urinate? Also, don't click the hashtag unless you have a strong stomach.
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Some of the usual bad faith actors are trying to whip up hysteria about toilets. This is deliberate as they are trying to test the ruling and spread the lie it's draconian and unworkable. Funnily enough, we never needed policing before this nonsense started. So, some facts:
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Sandy, there isn't a "visceral hatred of [you] for doing [your] job.”
There is anger and hurt that you DIDN'T do your job. You put men first and let survivors down.
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Maybe not a feature, but it would be lovely if you would consider why death threats directed at women do not break your rules but women talking about biology do!
Tackle the misogyny on your platform!
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Willoughby, leave @MartineBBC alone. She is right scientifically & legally. Only women get pregnant & only women are covered under pregnancy discrimination in EA2010. That includes transmen & female NBs because they are women.
@BBCNews will do nothing, because if they do, they would face a massive discrimination case. It's not a question of impartiality either. Using contested language is indicative of political bias. Using accurate language is to be expected of the national broadcaster.
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“I told him I was embarrassed and intimidated, and I didn’t think he should have been in there.
“Beth informed me he had as much right to be there as I did.
“I was hoping he would realise my discomfort.”
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I don't think I have ever seen so many cards! Thank you all so much. It's taken 2 days to open them all because I kept having to stop for a cry at all the lovely messages. We could never have done it without all of you 💚🤍💜
#WeKnowWhatAWomanIs
#WomenWontWheesht
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Nicola Sturgeon arrives to booing and chants of "shame on you" for #InternationalWomensDay
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Shameful move by @gmcuk
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Ah, so the girl on the back of the truck "asked for it" did she?
YOU are from Zimbabwe, Not sure you have moral authority to talk about the theft of land.
YOU were COO of ERRC but you think some women deserve it because of their religion.
You are appalling.
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Hi @CostaCoffee do you understand how the glorification & promotion of medically unnecessary mastectomies could be distressing and offensive to women who have suffered breast cancer?
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This is the mob who invaded the women's toilets in Holyrood and are now complaining that they'll be "outed" if they have to use a gender neutral one.
In case anyone needs a reminder: here's some prominent Scottish "transwomen" applauding the passing of the (later overturned by Westminster) Gender Recognition Reform act. If you need any help figuring out what sex they are...you're overdue to have your eyes tested.
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This is so ignorant. The Supreme Court would not have made a ruling that was in contravention of human rights. A small group of men have hijacked Trade Unions. We all need to stand up to the bullies & take the TUs to court if needed. telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09…
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“This is a gross insult to all women"
@PoliceScotland have decided that a rapist's ‘strong sense of belonging’ ranks above the law and above the wellbeing of rape victims. We thought we were beyond being shocked.
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Breaking News. Our remedy hearing this morning confirmed that the faulty definition of "women" would be struck from Gender Representation on Public Boards Act and that we are awarded full costs.
Thank you all for your support!
#SexNotGender #WomenWontWheesht #SexMatters
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.@theRCN has behaved disgracefully. 90% of the staff are female. What on earth do they think these women pay them for? And what is the point of a union which refuses to help workers? mol.im/a/14414931 via @MailOnline
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Out of interest, how many Afghan women have you airlifted to safety? How many rape crisis centres have you founded?
Do you even sit on the board of any VAW charity?
Are you involved with any global women's organisations?
Do you work on the frontline in VAW or orgs supporting victims of prostitution?
I only ask, because many of the women you are reducing to emojis do that. The women quietly working away in the foothills do so without an iota of your privilege and it grates that you are scolding them as if they are stupid & useless.
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Yes, really inclusive @TheLastLeg, but only if you're an unfit 51 year old bloke. Not so inclusive of blind women athletes who lost a dream.
Such revolting misogyny @adamhillscomedy. You boast of being a husband, father, son and brother. To women? Do you value them as little as the women Petrillo stamped on?
The men presenting @TheLastLeg doubling down on not wanting to #SaveWomensSports by congratulating the man competing against women in the @Paralympics , whilst taking the place of a professional female athlete. All in the name of inclusivity…for men.
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At the #sandiepeggietribunal in Dundee with two solid gold heroines, Sandie & Roz Adams. Never underestimate the strain this process has. We are grateful for their courage.
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He said a rapist was a man. How "kind" do you think you are being to the victims?
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No, a women's rights group @SexMattersOrg is trying to ban MEN from the women's pool. BECAUSE IT'S THE LAW.
I realise the law is an alien concept to you chaps.
A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – it's time to fight back
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"Following Sunday’s broadcast, bosses are understood to have checked in with Croxall in a supportive way.
“It’s a real cultural moment,” said one fellow BBC presenter, who said that there is a groundswell of support internally for using “honest language”
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If the National thinks Women's groups are anti-trans simply because we think women should have rights in law, then it's not rocket science to conclude they are anti-women.
Maybe Laura should tell her team?
🚨 Last night JK Rowling attacked The National as an "anti-woman newspaper". I think that is absolutely ridiculous chat.
Here's my open letter setting out why this kind of attack does not work on our team.
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Women! It's all our fault. If we just shut up and stayed home the violent men wouldn't be forced to smash up council-owned venues.
@sianberry you are a disgrace. Stand up for women, the rule of law, and democracy rather than mob rule or get out of Parliament.
Events that inflame division and create tension should be guarded against and @BrightonHoveCC needs better policies for which events it will host in our council-owned venues.
The choice of Brighton was clearly provocative from organisers and the problems caused predictable.
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NHS Fife admits no policies were in place over changing rooms.
@murdo_fraser said: “The more information becomes available, the more indefensible the position of NHS Fife becomes.”
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A nurse suspended after she complained about a trans woman in a female changing room has beaten an attempt to gag reporting of her employment tribunal.
Link in next post
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.@MaggieChapman, you put a man in charge of a rape crisis centre. A man who bullied the staff, accused victims of bigotry, & traumatised women who came for help.
Never, ever pretend you care about women. You subjected some of the most vulnerable to a twisted experiment.
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Honestly? When men stop abusing and filming women in unisex spaces, you may have a point. Until then, we don't want you boys in our spaces. OK?
Learn to deal with a NO.
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Apparently the men's rights activists in London defaced Millicent Fawcett's statue. No doubt the organisation which bears her name will condemn this, @fawcettsociety?
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She's also minister for women and equalities. But we don't expect you to think that terribly important.
You might have missed it, but there is a confusion at the heart of law. There is a supreme court challenge on what the EA means later this year. It needs clarity.
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Our CrowdJustice fundraiser is now live! Please donate and share widely.
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Something tells me that a man notorious for wanting to get rid of age of consent and who thinks women should be submissive, isn't that bothered about trans people, but does enjoy an excuse to bully a woman.
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Tut tut, @Hobbycraft, this is unlawful discrimination.
Your staff have no business refusing customers because of their political views and your managers need to leave their personal issues at home. Better get the lawyers on this one or apologise!
@Hobbycraft apparently bars GC people from its shops. I was in the #Dundee store with my partner today.
Staff member wore a badge reading ‘no terfs no tories’ as part of her uniform.
We confronted the badge.
We got chucked out for doing so.
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Margaret Gribbon said that an allegation of jeopardising patient safety made against Peggie by Upton had been directly contradicted by an eyewitness.
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A massive thank you to all our fantastic supporters. We couldn't have done it without you!
Whatever happens now, the discussion is shifting and the problems caused by this legal fiction are being aired on a bigger stage!
#WeKnowWhatAWomanIs
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No, men can't get ovarian cancer. What with not having ovaries.
This is stupid and insulting. Stick to clear language about SEX please and stop pretending cancer has anything to do with "identity".
Oh, and you will damage trust. What cancer survivor will trust you now to speak the truth?
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Alex Graham, who has given around £300,000 to the library, said he had been “shocked and angry” to learn that The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht had been excluded from an exhibit that he personally supported with a donation of about £20,000.
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Yes, Harry, you are a racist. You have made an assumption about which cultures are referenced.
Some cultures promote FGM or menstrual huts. Did you know that the Taliban, challenged by female muslim scholars, said banning women from singing was cultural rather than religious? Is that a valid culture? What about religious groups in the West who also promote the subjugation of women (and are majority white)?
Only someone who hates women would rate ANY culture that oppresses women, forces little girls into sexual slavery, or mutilates them as "valid".
I'm sure you enjoyed this opportunity to attack a black woman, but we see you.
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Neil Gray was informed by Margaret Gribbon that NHS Fife was failing “to comply with its legal obligations to provide suitable workplace single-sex toilets and changing facilities for its staff.”
He failed to intervene. How much has this cost the NHS?
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This is nasty, petty, & vicious.
It's been rightly said that if this were a right wing white man attacking Diane Abbott, they would find it unacceptable. This is no less repulsive. Women are fighting for safety, dignity & privacy & this man can only tell us to "be kind" even as he issues barely veiled threats.
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I am certain the lovely @johnboyne doesn't wish to end anyone's "existence". @GoodLawProject have had to take down one lot of defamatory material today, perhaps their director should be a bit more careful.
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Wow, an email on 30th from Kate Searle said that she had spoken to Upton and told him they condemned Sandie and fully supported Beth.
Before anyone had asked for Sandie's account.
This is shocking.
ED - I think she's responding to my email when I said it was totally unacceptable, I didn't know it was SP.
NC - did you get back to KS and question the 'condemn SPs actions'
ED - no I didn't read that email until 31 December and I had already spoken to Louise, and knew it was
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To add insult to injury, they originally challenged our summons on the education guidance claiming it was lawful. Now they have pulled it, effectively admitting that it wasn't. So they owe us costs for that too!
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On the day @JohnSwinney claimed women's spaces were protected by the EA2010, a female NHS worker in Fife has revealed she is going to tribunal after being suspended for being uncomfortable changing with a man. Her dignity & privacy counted for nothing.
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What is the bloke in womanface doing at a celebration of the man who wrote a poem called 'The Rights of Women'?
While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things,
The fate of Empires and the fall of Kings;
While quacks of State must each produce his plan,
And even children lisp the Rights of Man;
Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention,
The Rights of Woman merit some attention.
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Mridul Wadhwa has been put on "leave" pending the outcome of the current investigation (in which we have little faith) &, according to an "insider", is unlikely to return. If he had a shred of decency, he would have resigned by now.
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So angry about all this - sending much love to you and all the family. It is disgusting they are putting you and your daughter through this.
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Scottish Trans worries that 'men who can breastfeed' might not be protected under maternity rights. We think they should be investigated for endangering babies, not protected! thescottishsun.co.uk/news/15…
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.@Keir_Starmer is determined to throw women to the wolves.
"Undignified" to get 2 doctors to sign off a diagnosis? So, changing sex will be easier than getting an abortion.
And wives will be tied to transitioning partners.
@UKLabour for the men-y
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Many women do object to sexist rags.
JKR has done more for women - from saving women in Afghanistan to setting up rape crisis centres - than you and the tawdry men you celebrate could dream of. Carry on licking the boots of the patriarchy. We know who the real heroines are.
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This year, we learnt that ERCC conducted a "heresy hunt" against a support worker who wanted to offer reassurance to vulnerable women. They called those women "bigots" & kept their anguished emails in a "hate" file. 1/4
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We really hope that @bonaccordcentre are not disciplining low paid staff for upholding law in the face of threatening men. Rest assured, we will help fight any tribunal claims.
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Mr Maguire apparently told the Express he regretted the comment which was made in "the heat of the moment" and blamed the "toxic" debate.
We can confirm that his regret does not extend to offering us an apology. express.co.uk/news/politics/…
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Thanks to @iain_masterton for this picture. We have been told that MRA conspiracy nutters are saying the pic in Times of the "witch burning" placard was photoshopped. It wasn't.
We wish it were, but, sadly, MRA nastiness is real. If you dislike it, condemn it. Don't lie.
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.@TessWhite4NE speaks out for Sandie Peggie in @ScotParl as questions are refused & ministers refuse to make statements.
Public interest is huge & MSPs have been contacted by constituents.
"The public have had enough of the recent abdication, obfuscation, & moral cowardice."
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Guilt by association - much like the #HateCrimeActScotland - is a very one way street. If you point out that predatory men abuse self ID or that others take spaces reserved for women, you are likely to be told that you are smearing all trans people by association.
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Absolutely extraordinary scenes today in @ScotParl in which it emerged that MSPs and staff are confused about how to use the lavatory - something many nursery children manage without such tortuous introspection.
Let's dive in! 🧵
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This event was oversubscribed. Ellie is legally and biologically male and, according to the ruling in our JR, should not be eligible to take advantage of a scheme designed for women. We wrote to @ElectHer_UK saying this was unlawful.
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For Women Scotland has lodged a significant intervention in Sandie Peggie's employment tribunal against NHS Fife after a judge described the landmark ruling as "contentious" in court. heraldscotland.com/news/2535…
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#edinburgh
absolutely jubilant here, tears!
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Good to see Naomi of @SexMattersOrg getting it on record that some men cross-dress & want to be seen as women for erotic purposes & that women should not be co-opted into their fantasies.
It seems some of the gallery behind her found this smirk-worthy.
#No2SelfID
#SaveOurSpaces
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Not sure most people would be smiling after that performance!
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An employment tribunal heard that Dr Beth Upton and consultant Dr Kate Searle discussed reporting Sandie Peggie to the police for potential criminality for “misgendering” on Christmas Eve 2023.
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We are, thanks! #WeKnowWhatAWomanIs
#SupremeCourt
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Oh well, if it hasn't happened to YOU, I daresay we can ignore those little girls who were assaulted by Lennon "Katie" Dolatowski, can't we? Who cares about abused children if YOU personally weren't there.
Presumably, you've never been the victim of a serial killer, maybe you've never been assaulted by a teacher, taxi driver, policeman, priest etc. So there's no problem there either, right?
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.@MForstater on the background to the Sandie Peggie tribunal:
"Enough is enough. Women should not have to keep bringing these cases. The Government should make clear that no means no"
Absolutely! scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/c…
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Which other parts of the UK are no-go areas for women?
Can you provide a list and what we are permitted to say/wear/do in those regions? We would HATE to think we are putting men in the situation where they are FORCED to violently assault us. Thanks.
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Huge story!
@ScottishFA leads the way as it becomes the first football association in the UK to forbid men and boys from playing in the women and girls game.
It's great news for fairness and for the dignity of the sporting endeavour, signalling a sea change as sporting bodies adjust to reality.
Scottish FA to introduce ban on transgender players in girls' & women's football
🆕@mcgowan_stephen reports for @heraldscotland on a landmark decision after a lengthy Hampden review
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