HoxtonResident

Hoxton resident for 20 years. Feminist. Urban Walker. At last, enjoying relief from traffic noise, pollution and hazardous junctions. Loving Hoxton West LTN!

[Akua Reindorf KC @akuareindorf]

When people with penises stop using their genitalia as weapons of sexual violence, we’ll stop being obsessed with keeping them out of places where we’re easy prey

[HoxtonResident @HoxtonResident]

https://t.co/O9ApA2i0k3

The word is ‘woman’. Why is it so difficult for some people to allow us to say ‘woman’ or ‘women’ when we’re talking about ourselves?

[HoxtonResident @HoxtonResident]

@Terry934333 @jk_rowling As a woman I’m not concerned about being seen by a lesbian in a changing room. But I am concerned about being seen undressed by a biological male. Is that hard to understand? As all women I’ve experienced sexual harassment by men numerous times, but not once by a lesbian

[LabourWomen’sDeclaration @LabWomenDec]

Good to see @YvetteCooperMP & @bphillipsonMP condemn "appalling defacement of..national monument to the fight for women's rights" (by transactivists protesting @UKSupremeCourt ruling)

Govt must also condemn threats of violence against women campaigners.

https://t.co/jx8e3B01PW

[LabourWomen’sDeclaration @LabWomenDec]

Congratulations to @ForWomenScot for this unequivocal win at appeal!

Women’s & lesbians' rights are human rights. They do not impinge on others' rights.

@UKLabour Gov & public bodies must now review all existing policies to bring them in line with this ruling & common sense.

[LabourWomen’sDeclaration @LabWomenDec]

Has Stonewall over-reached in its latest rehabilitation attempt?
Here's some analysis of its CEO's strange claims (uncritically reported by @guardian & @BBCNews) about "evidence" for & potential of a #ConversionPracticesBan
PS CEO hasn't yet produced link to his actual "research"

[HoxtonResident @HoxtonResident]

Maybe now people will realise this is the upside of so-called ‘boring’ ‘cautious’ ‘serious’ ‘wooden’ and all the other non-showboating characteristics Keir is criticised for. And sometimes a legal background might be an advantage in politics and diplomacy!

[HoxtonResident @HoxtonResident]

What a relief it is to know we have a Prime Minister who is highly intelligent, very very hardworking, who’s studied his brief inside out, absorbed all the advice, has the courage to negotiate hard and with the emotional intelligence to get the measure of his opponent.

[HoxtonResident @HoxtonResident]

@piersmorgan @Keir_Starmer Maybe now people will realise this is the upside of so-called ‘boring’ ‘cautious’ ‘serious’ ‘wooden’ and all the other non-showboating characteristics Keir is criticised for. And sometimes a legal background might be an advantage in politics and diplomacy!

[HoxtonResident @HoxtonResident]

@GloriaDePiero Maybe now people will realise this is the upside of so-called ‘boring’ ‘cautious’ ‘serious’ ‘wooden’ and all the other non-showboating characteristics Keir is criticised for. And sometimes a legal background might be an advantage in politics and diplomacy!

[HoxtonResident @HoxtonResident]

@GloriaDePiero What a relief it is to know we have a Prime Minister who is highly intelligent, very very hardworking, who’s studied his brief inside out, absorbed all the advice, has the courage to negotiate hard and with the emotional intelligence to get the measure of his opponent.

[Gloria De Piero @GloriaDePiero]

A joyful set of front pages for the PM. I love to see it.

[LabourLGB @LabourLGB]

LABOUR LGB NEW TO X TOMORROW - In time to celebrate
LGB History Month.

[HoxtonResident @HoxtonResident]

Israel-Gaza war: ‘The four steps Labour can take to push for a lasting peace’ – via @LabourList https://t.co/gcqbDh2uET

[HoxtonResident @HoxtonResident]

To all decent men - please be an ally in helping women to be and feel safe in the streets - Good Guys Guide https://t.co/UZrOawA5EE

[LabourWomen’sDeclaration @LabWomenDec]

And finally, announcing our #Lab24 conference stand..
Daily q & a's on sex & gender - in sport, law, lesbian rights, schools, LAs, NHS, TUs, free speech, our Party..
Plus fringe meetings
1330 Sun 22 Sept "Where next?"
1900 Mon 23 "Unions for Women"
See thread↓
#LWDLiverpool2024

[James Dreyfus @DreyfusJames]

This is a genuine plea, David.

NOT an attack.

You’re a highly regarded actor with a huge reach &, rightly, a vast audience.

Whats “common sense”, is to actually attempt to comprehend that there ARE real life consequences to one group demanding immediate access to ALL the hard fought-for & won rights of another group.

Of course, people can “live their lives as they wish to & be free to be who they are”, but the MOMENT that desire impacts, concerns & overrides OTHER groups of people, those groups have a perfectly legitimate & reasonable right to take issue & have THEIR SAY.

We were told “No Debate! It’s happening whether you women, gays, transsexuals or detransitioners like it or not!”

What did you think would happen? They’d just roll over & acquiesce??

Perhaps you should rejoin social media, instead of relying on others, & actually HEAR the thousands & thousands of personal testimonies by those who ARE DEEPLY affected by changing rooms, sports, toilets, prisons, hospitals, r*pe shelters , the right to self assembly, etc.

Are you aware that gays & lesbians are no longer permitted to have their own bars, clubs, apps, ANYTHING of their own, without being picketed, screamed at & threatened?

Are you aware that women are intimidated, attacked & called the most wretched things when they gather together to discuss issues pertaining to THEM?

Are you aware of the distinction between transsexuals & TRA’s, and that the radicals refer to transsexuals as “truscum”?

Are you aware of the huge increase in detransitioners, their lives irreparably damaged, who are also treated as traitors & apostates by many Q+/TRA’s?

Because until you TRULY understand what the consequences are, your “allyship” is doing more harm to so many, than you could ever realise. And directly to many of us, who are now on the receiving end of the worst homophobic & misogynistic abuse I’ve encountered since the AIDS crisis of the 80’s.

Being “critical” of something does NOT equate to “hate”. It’s simply being critical because they’re are legitimate reasons.

This fight is NOT about taking away anyone else’s rights. We’re all agreed that trans rights are human rights.

However, there is NO AUTOMATIC HUMAN RIGHT to impinge, intimidate, threaten the rights of others.

This is about PRESERVING & PROTECTING women’s rights. Their privacy, their spaces & their dignity.

And just so you know, watching YET another man publicly telling a woman to “shut up” comes across as familiar, unpleasant & just misogynistic.

I’m not saying this to put the boot in. I’m saying it because I know you believe you are doing this with the best of intentions & you’re not st*pid.

But I, respectfully, ask you to REALLY consider & research the other side of this debate & the consequences for many others.

We didn’t all suddenly become “right wing bigots” overnight. There are very good reasons to question decisions made by a lobby group, which achieved its aims back in 2014, & now suddenly treats as “pariahs”, females, gays, lesbians, transsexuals, whomever, who vigorously championed their cause until their new direction caused the very unease they themselves predicted publicly. (See Ruth Hunt).

I wish you well.

Congratulations on your award.

Please RT. 🙏

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[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

You’ve asked me several questions on this thread and accused me of avoiding answering, so here goes.

I believe a woman is a human being who belongs to the sex class that produces large gametes. It’s irrelevant whether or not her gametes have ever been fertilised, whether or not she’s carried a baby to term, irrelevant if she was born with a rare difference of sexual development that makes neither of the above possible, or if she’s aged beyond being able to produce viable eggs. She is a woman and just as much a woman as the others.

I don’t believe a woman is more or less of a woman for having sex with men, women, both or not wanting sex at all. I don’t think a woman is more or less of a woman for having a buzz cut and liking suits and ties, or wearing stilettos and mini dresses, for being black, white or brown, for being six feet tall or a little person, for being kind or cruel, angry or sad, loud or retiring. She isn't more of a woman for featuring in Playboy or being a surrendered wife, nor less of a woman for designing space rockets or taking up boxing. What makes her a woman is the fact of being born in a body that, assuming nothing has gone wrong in her physical development (which, as stated above, still doesn't stop her being a woman), is geared towards producing eggs as opposed to sperm, towards bearing as opposed to begetting children, and irrespective of whether she's done either of those things, or ever wants to.

Womanhood isn't a mystical state of being, nor is it measured by how well one apes sex stereotypes. We are not the creatures either porn or the Bible tell you we are. Femaleness is not, as trans woman Andrea Chu Long wrote, ‘an open mouth, an expectant asshole, blank, blank eyes,’ nor are we God’s afterthought, sprung from Adam’s rib.

Women are provably subject to certain experiences because of our female bodies, including different forms of oppression, depending on the cultures in which we live. When trans activists say 'I thought you didn't want to be defined by your biology,' it’s a feeble and transparent attempt at linguistic sleight of hand. Women don't want to be limited, exploited, punished, or subject to other unjust treatment because of their biology, but our being female is indeed defined by our biology. It's one material fact about us, like having freckles or disliking beetroot, neither of which are representative of our entire beings, either. Women have billions of different personalities and life stories, which have nothing to do with our bodies, although we are likely to have had experiences men don't and can't, because we belong to our sex class.

Some people feel strongly that they should have been, or wish to be seen as, the sex class into which they weren't born. Gender dysphoria is a real and very painful condition and I feel nothing but sympathy for anyone who suffers from it. I want them to be free to dress and present themselves however they like and I want them to have exactly the same rights as every other citizen regarding housing, employment and personal safety. I do not, however, believe that surgeries and cross-sex hormones literally turn a person into the opposite sex, nor do I believe in the idea that each of us has a nebulous ‘gender identity’ that may or might not match our sexed bodies. I believe the ideology that preaches those tenets has caused, and continues to cause, very real harm to vulnerable people.

I am strongly against women's and girls' rights and protections being dismantled to accommodate trans-identified men, for the very simple reason that no study has ever demonstrated that trans-identified men don't have exactly the same pattern of criminality as other men, and because, however they identify, men retain their advantages of speed and strength. In other words, I think the safety and rights of girls and women are more important than those men's desire for validation.

I sincerely hope that answers your questions. You may still disagree, but as I hope this shows, I’m more than happy to have this debate.

[HoxtonResident @HoxtonResident]

@jk_rowling Thank you thank you @jk_rowling you’re using the platform you have to defend all women. Sisterhood!

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

If they go after any woman for simply calling a man a man, I'll repeat that woman's words and they can charge us both at once.