Fiona

Rower, parkrunner, Derry girl. Ho/hum

[Fiona @DerryBanShee]

Audiobook, ebook or print (with photos) - check it out! See https://t.co/i5SaABodKZ

[Fiona @DerryBanShee]

Aw, cute. That’s @NoraTheBora

Happy birthday Nora! 🎉

[Nora Calder @NoraTheBora]

Few people know this, but because it’s my birthday I thought I’d finally tell my own coming-out story.

I came out as female 34 years ago today, after a physician spent months confidently telling my mum I was a boy. Perhaps he needed his eyes tested.

Assigned male in utero. Observed female at birth. 💁🏽‍♀️

[Fiona @DerryBanShee]

Very enjoyable chat with Brendan O’Neill @spikedonline about the guys claiming to be gals in US pro basketball, the new tennis policy in the UK, and more.

[spiked @spikedonline]

🎧 📺 THE BRENDAN O’NEILL SHOW 🎧 📺

Why men are signing up for women’s basketball

Fiona McAnena (@DerryBanShee) – from @SexMattersOrg – on Sophie Cunningham, Enes Kanter Freedon and the WNBA’s sexist war on reality.

Watch it here 👇

[Fiona @DerryBanShee]

A confused boyfriend!

[Fiona @DerryBanShee]

This is good.
“All you need to know is the difference between an adult and a child, and between public and private spaces”
Worth a listen.
The trans person turns out to be a straight woman with a confided boyfriend.

[Fiona @DerryBanShee]

@SpeechUnion @hasnoclotheson Jack Grove’s inquiries weren’t just legitimate, they were important. The @Cambridge_Uni should welcome it - if it cares about maintaining its standards, reputation and integrity.

[Sex Matters @SexMattersOrg]

“If the Government is serious about reducing male violence against women and girls, it cannot remain silent while councils declare they will not protect women and girls.” @DerryBanShee in @Telegraph on six councils jointly vowing to defy the EHRC code
https://t.co/MptqnKWfeK

[Fiona @DerryBanShee]

I am responding to the people who say, “Women do not have the right to single-sex spaces.”

Yes there are further nuances, including about universal single-user provision. And yes it’s Grok. But a woman not having to share a space with a man is not just a social norm; in the workplace it’s the law.

[Fiona @DerryBanShee]

And for the terminally confused: women DO have the right to single-sex toilets (and changing rooms if needed) AT WORK. As do men. Under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992.

For service providers, single-sex facilities are permissible, not obligatory, but failure to do so may give rise to indirect sex discrimination.

Indirect, because treating men and women the same, but sex discrimination nonetheless, because it is detrimental to women.

[Sex Matters @SexMattersOrg]

“It’s a particular horror… for these NHS trusts to put the feelings of men who identify as women as so important and so precious that female staff and female patients lose any expectation of privacy.”

@DerryBanShee joins @GBNews to discuss NHS trusts ignoring the law.

[Fiona @DerryBanShee]

@BillyLinehanIRL @SexMattersOrg @WRN_NI @rtenews @IrishTimes Nope

[@SexRealistNews @sexrealistnews]

https://t.co/eSE9GGnyfZ
“Council leaders are putting their staff in an impossible position by declaring that they intend to defy the law,” she told The Telegraph.

“Female staff have a legal right to male-free toilets at work. Customers of council-run facilities like leisure centres who use changing rooms marked ‘female’ quite reasonably expect there will be no men in there.

“Bridget Phillipson should remind these councils that they could face unlimited fines if they recklessly and knowingly encourage their employees to breach the Equality Act.”
@DerryBanShee ⬇️

[Fiona @DerryBanShee]

@suzanne_moore I feel a teensy bit sorry for the woman at Brunel whose work he allegedly plagiarised. Because if so, her work is being widely ridiculed.

[Fiona @DerryBanShee]

Women should make exceptions for the men who ask nicely, seem reasonable, appear sincere. Says a man.

Women’s privacy is not yours to give away, @jessesingal, no matter how wise the man who’s asking.

And you’re sure no bad actor would take advantage, of course.

[Jesse Singal @jessesingal]

4/ I have no doubt that some activists wanted to frame it that way, and they clearly won at the level of the big orgs. How did that work out? I think the boring argument of "Look at this group of people, hear their stories, treat them as human" was far more effective.

[Fiona @DerryBanShee]

“It looks like the Rapporteurs haven’t made much intellectual progress since then.” 🤪

Great comment from @Miroandrej

[Jon Pike @runthinkwrite]

Terrific piece from @Miroandrej responding to the 'late challenge' from some of the UN Mandate holders here.
https://t.co/fnO98VJMNk

[Fiona @DerryBanShee]

Féile’s cancellation of @ni_wrn’s women’s rights discussion had plenty of airtime on @bbcradioulster @BBCNolan @BBCTalkback with @StephenNolan @csbuckler and @williamcrawley.

How was it? Have a look.

[Sex Matters @SexMattersOrg]

Our latest blog looks at BBC Northern Ireland’s coverage of Féile an Phobail’s cancellation of @WRN_NI’s panel, and what’s next in Northern Ireland.

https://t.co/OCBkNo3JMJ

[Kim Shasby Jones @KimJonesICONS]

I still can’t believe that I watched this unfold. I can’t believe the @ncaa and @IvyLeague abused young female athletes this way. In public. Out in the open.

[Fiona @DerryBanShee]

Legally it's called indirect when everyone is treated the same but the adverse effect falls on one group more than the other. It is no less serious than direct discrimination, just a different mechanism. It's important because it means the claim that everyone is being treated the same is not a defence to discrimination, if detriment can be shown.

[Fiona @DerryBanShee]

I couldn't agree more.

[Nora Calder @NoraTheBora]

“Inclusion” is a word I’m genuinely beginning to despise, it is used as a weapon to shut down legitimate boundaries. Exclusions exist for a reason

We exclude adults from children’s spaces. Drunk people from driving. Spectators from the field of play. Unqualified people from certain professions. And men from women’s single-sex spaces.

A boundary is not hatred. Privacy, dignity, safety and fairness depend on exclusion.

[Fiona @DerryBanShee]

🎯

[Prof. Gary Francione @garylfrancione]

@JournalismSEEN A tenet of trans ideology is that you cannot discuss trans ideology. That should tell you everything you need to know.

[Fiona @DerryBanShee]

What’s happening in Iran is truly barbaric 😭

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Another murder of an innocent young person in Iran and another day of deafening silence by the mainstream Western media. Actually, not a complete silence -- there is the sound of outlets practically cheering Iranian success in the Trump's botched war. Don't do this. Don't let your dislike of Trump or the war blind you to the dangers and horrors of the Islamic Republic's terrorist regime.

[Fiona @DerryBanShee]

@ginadavidsonlbc If Q wants to “help make Scotland safer and more compassionate for everyone” I suggest he stops talking.