North East and Cumbria ReSisters

A group of women in the North East and Cumbrian regions of the UK. We organise meetings and campaigns to protect women’s rights. [email protected]

[North East and Cumbria ReSisters @NECReSisters]

@racket_2023 @FondOfBeetles Are you on glue?

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

I grew up in an era when mainstream women’s magazines told girls they needed to be thinner and prettier.

Now mainstream women’s magazines tell girls that men are better women than they are.

[Caroline Farrow @CF_Farrow]

1. Meet Stephen Ireland.
Founder of Pride in Surrey.
Appointed himself safeguarding officer.
Ran a youth helpline and spoke in schools.
Publicly praised by councillors and Surrey Police.
Meanwhile, he was grooming a 12-year-old boy through Grindr, supplying him with meth, and sexually abusing him.

[Alan Henness @zeno001]

Hi @networkrail

Is that the P.I.E. flag?

London Bridge station celebrates LGBT History Month - Network Rail

https://t.co/uQzRsNNIc7

[inkless imprint @toolongdead]

#DISOBEDIENCE

Blokes, guys
All just male people
commonly known as men
Told whoever would buy it
some special males were "women"
Blokes, guys, mansplaining madly
Sneered: You MUST call some men "SHE"
"It's MAN-HATE to protest men's denial of sex
Now bow down & deliver our Tea!"

[Heather Finlay 🕊️KPSS💚🤍💜 @LuxuryMoon]

@Hummus_Bean @MForstater

[Janet Inglis @ThatAussieWoman]

Controversial opinion - because I don't have enough of those.
There is no Gender Critical movement.
We are not a coherent single issue movement pushing for a common cause.
We are millions (probably billions) of women (and quite a few men, I know - but this post is directed to women) who want to keep men out of all our spaces and sports and to stop them using our resources.
That isn't a new thing or a novel suggestion for a new way forward for society.
We're not proposing a new ideology to replace an old way of doing things.
We're women from all walks of life and backgrounds fighting to preserve the measures that are under threat and that we know work to reduce the oppression of and discrimination against women and girls.
Measures that make it possible for us to live fulfilling lives and contribute to society.
It's a resistance to the agitators who want to destroy the mitigations and resources women have gained that help us ensure our human rights.
Our common cause is resistance to the political forces lined up against us to take our stuff and hand it all to perverted men.
I love being in the trenches with women fighting back against those elements that would destroy the gains made for women and girls in the last 100 or so years.
But I accept that there will always be divisions and passionate disagreement.
That's inevitable.
The latest few have been doozies 😵‍💫 and it's never fun to suddenly find myself in direct opposition to women I agree with on so many other things.
But, that's the way it goes.
As long as we all maintain that vision of fucking the perverted men right off out of our spaces, sports, and resources.
The one thing we all have in common is that we are all women who want men to fuck off out of our stuff and stay out.

[North East and Cumbria ReSisters @NECReSisters]

@Alan_Measles Check out https://t.co/Ibpzt2VC8Q utterly gorgeous ❤️

[Dr. Azeem Ibrahim OBE @AzeemIbrahim]

The scientific evidence is now overwhelming. Puberty blockers are doing immense irreversible harm to children & must be banned. 1/2

My essay in today's @heraldscotland

https://t.co/pLXHoNpow7

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Freedom of Belief is protected under the Equality Act. Companies cannot discriminate against people over lawful views.
There are many less high profile individuals whose accounts appear to been closed for this reason. I hope banks will look again.

https://t.co/gxWBqaBS8q

[Carole Hooven @hoovlet]

Caster Semenya has won a recent ruling. Caster has a Difference (or Disorder) of Sex Development (DSD), and the press has been misleading the public for a long time about about athletes with DSDs. People with DSDs deserve compassion and to live their lives free of harassment, with access to appropriate healthcare, etc. But cases such as this force the issue of their specific, sex-based biology.
https://t.co/MZKAAUfDvh
Caster and others with her DSD are not females with "hyperandrogenism," i.e., abnormally high levels of testosterone. They are males with testosterone-producing testes and XY sex chromosomes, and normal levels of testosterone for their sex. They experience the physical benefits of this high testosterone during puberty, which translate into athletic advantages over females. The issue for sports is that athletes with the relevant condition, 5-alpha reductase deficiency (5-ARD), may be socialized as female and even be legally female.

5-ARD is caused by a mutation in the gene that codes for the enzyme 5-alpha reductase, which converts testosterone into a more potent androgen, DHT. This androgen interacts with the androgen receptor, like testosterone, and is necessary for the typical development of male external genitalia (penis and scrotum) and the prostate. Without DHT, female-typical external genitalia develop. DHT is also responsible for male-pattern baldness and dark, coarse facial hair, which is why people with the condition have smooth skin that can give a feminine appearance.
Here's relevant bit on DSDs from the most recent Eligibility Regulations for the Female Classification for Athletes with Differences of Sex Development, linked to below (pg 2):

"Some individuals have congenital conditions that cause atypical sex development (known as “Differences of Sex Development”, or “DSDs”). In certain cases, this may lead to an individual being assigned at birth a legal sex of female and/or having a female gender identity, notwithstanding that the individual has fully functioning (internal) testes rather than ovaries."
https://t.co/7fv42Q7LWf

So the “decision makers” are aware that athletes affected 5-ARD are male, and that they experience the benefits of male puberty. The requirement to reduce T to typical female levels isn’t discriminatory, since these are males who are asking to compete in the female category. But more significantly, all the relevant scientific evidence shows that reducing male T in adulthood does not undo the physical benefits of male puberty.

It’s too bad that almost no mainstream media outlets will tell the whole truth. We need to rely on journalism report facts, so we can arrive at informed views about relevant policies. And the truth about sex is important when it comes to protected female spaces, like women’s sports. #sexmatters

[North East and Cumbria ReSisters @NECReSisters]

@CharmianNeary @FondOfBeetles @cubedreamer It’s the Morning After Pill.

[WeAreFairCop @WeAreFairCop]

1. THREAT OF PROSECUTION! The Chief Constable of @HantsPolice has written to us stating that if we post this flag, and it causes anyone anxiety, we will have committed an offence contrary to Communications Act S127 part 2.

We post today in defiance. Arrest us. Charge us. Or shut up.

[Julie Scott 🍒 @judgejules75]

‘Singer Tina Turner has died aged 83

"Tina Turner, the 'Queen of Rock'n Roll' has died peacefully today at the age of 83 after a long illness in her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland.

"With her, the world loses a music legend and a role model."’ https://t.co/kHWcITdZii

[Billy B 🦖💜🤍💚KPSS/Support Nordic Model Now @Boo1956]

@ForWomenScot Yes, if any event is publicised he’s on it. Zero chance the women meeting to view a film/attend a panel/hold a rally are going to be violent. Neither do we disrupt their events. Their behaviour means the taxpayer is having to pay for police to protect women

[North East and Cumbria ReSisters @NECReSisters]

@TorUdall Ironically, my ID counted for very little. It’s 11years out of date and in my maiden name! I took my marriage certificate along but they didn’t need it 🤷‍♀️. I’m on the electoral roll in my married name 🤷‍♀️ was a farce.

[North East and Cumbria ReSisters @NECReSisters]

@vonnegutty66609 @FKASerioJosh @Aja02537920 Who do men protect the women from?

[North East and Cumbria ReSisters @NECReSisters]

@StandComedyClub I do hope the other stand venues are aware of this stance. I will be very reluctant to visit my local @StandNewcastle if they are aren’t welcoming to all…

[North East and Cumbria ReSisters @NECReSisters]

@Sabielou @whyfemalematter @RainbowNHSBadge Have you read‘Invisible Women’ by @CCriadoPerez? Evidence would suggest that sex differences are not routinely considered, or even researched. In fact, considering sex differences is even considered detrimental to the outcomes by some grant-making bodies.

[North East and Cumbria ReSisters @NECReSisters]

@Sabielou @whyfemalematter @RainbowNHSBadge What public health training have you had? Individual health care is very different from the public health messaging you are promoting.