Ana

A woman and "bloody annoyed". My gast has never been so flabbered. Policy Strategist for UKgov so I know that #sexmatters.

[Ana @InigoTinkle]

Violent transphobia on The Chase just now. ..🙄😆

[Rosie Duffield MP @RosieDuffield1]

Since @10DowningStreet are so keen on debating political issues via tv programmes, #BetterOffDead should be compulsory viewing for all MPs before the next reading/vote on #AssistedDying.
(Declaring my interest as my Director partner made it for BBC).
https://t.co/9HrC2RvvYI

[Review of Data, Research, Stats on Sex and Gender @Sullivan_Review]

The review provides concludes that organisations need data on biological sex and that there is no legal barrier to collecting this. Data on gender-diverse identities should be collected as a distinct variable, rather than muddled with sex
https://t.co/bH6TBKz1Q3

[Review of Data, Research, Stats on Sex and Gender @Sullivan_Review]

Data on sex is vital across a range of domains, including health, criminal justice, education and employment. In recent years, confusion over the concepts of sex, gender and gender identity has led to a loss of robust data on sex

[Genevieve Gluck @WomenReadWomen]

Someone needs to inform all these well-off slebs that the term "sex work" was created by brothel owners in order to legitimize PIMPS, aka, the violent men who traffic women and children

[Winston Marshall @MrWinMarshall]

The only people who benefit from destigmatising prostitution are pimps and abusers. Not women.

[Tanni Grey-Thompson @Tanni_GT]

This is important to note what the committee voted for. They have voted to be able to raise assisted suicide with CHILDREN

[Darlington Nursing Union @DarlingtonUnion]

BREAKING: Darlington nurses win legal battle over media reporting the identity of trans colleague for up and coming employment tribunal hearing.

Employment Judge Langridge concluded that the application for anonymity was "unsupported by anything concrete at all.”

The full hearing is scheduled to begin at Newcastle Employment Tribunal on June 16.

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

The Auschwitz Memorial stands as a symbol of one of the greatest human tragedies—a place where the memory of the victims must be protected above all else. This protection is about ensuring that this space is never instrumentalized for any cause, no matter how just or urgent it may seem.
Visitors are permitted to enter the Memorial grounds with national flags, but they must remain unaltered, without added slogans, symbols, or modifications. This regulation upholds the solemnity of the site. It prevents it from becoming a platform for any form of demonstration, especially if it is not connected directly with the tragedy of the victims or the history of Auschwitz itself.
The Museum's role is to preserve history, not to decide which causes are worthy of recognition within its grounds. That is precisely why, decades ago, laws were passed to regulate public gatherings at the Memorial. These laws require formal approval from the provincial governor, ensuring that no individual authority—even the Museum director—can make subjective decisions about who may use the space for advocacy. The group in question neither applied for nor received this necessary approval.
These protections prevent the Memorial from being used for any political, social, or ideological purposes, regardless of their motivations.
Many people share deep solidarity with those who suffer injustice and violence, many stand in deep solidarity with the hostages kidnapped by Hamas. But the rules safeguarding this place must remain unchanged. They serve as a shield, ensuring that Auschwitz is not exploited for purposes beyond remembrance.
Weakening these protections, even in well-meaning cases, risks setting a precedent that could open the door for demonstrations none of us would want to see here.

[SEEN in Journalism @JournalismSEEN]

Piers isn’t alone - there are dozens of senior and experienced journalists who would agree fully on the principles of fair and balanced reporting, but stop at pronouns like a snail reaching a line of salt.

For no clear reason, they see sex-based language as a step too far.

[Right To Life UK @RightToLifeUK]

Disability Studies scholar Dr Miro Griffiths (@MiroGriffiths) reminds the Committee that there are no deaf and disabled peoples' organisations in support of this Bill.

[VeganBigBro KPSS Ⓥ 🌻🌱🎗 @VeganBigBro]

@hannahsbee thanks to whoever archived the page here:
https://t.co/5CXJB9uQgw

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Yes, but before we pin it all on rogue doctors, let's not forget that sterilising troubled kids couldn't have happened without all the politicians, academics, celebrities, corporations and NGOs who actively promoted child transition and persecuted all who had questions.

[Michelle Shipworth @MShipworth]

@AnnMSinnott Archived: https://t.co/3SQGudoGkW

[Sonia Sodha @soniasodha]

Just finished recording first episode of my new @BBCRadio4 series The Body Politic, produced by @lealapad. Tune in Mon eves at 8pm from 13th Jan - it’s looking at the politics of bodily autonomy and life and death issues including surrogacy, prenatal screening and assisted dying.

[Hannah Barnes @hannahsbee]

For the full story, read the paperback edition of Time to Think:
https://t.co/f5wqwrymXW

[Yasmine Mohammed 🦋 ياسمين محمد @YasMohammedxx]

In Afghanistan, women are not allowed to see male doctors

Also, women are not allowed to study medicine

So what’s the long term plan here? If a woman in Afghanistan gets sick, she can just die?

[UnHerd @unherd]

It was wrong for the BBC to put Brigitte Baptiste on the same list as Gisèle Pelicot.

The corporation still doesn’t understand the importance of biological sex. @polblonde👇
https://t.co/A1EHB2BJNr

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

The rewriting of history begins.

Opponents of gender ideology haven't merely 'endured unsparing criticism'. I haven't simply been told I 'betrayed real feminism' or received a few book-burning videos.

I've been sent thousands of threats of murder, rape and violence. A trans woman posted my family's home address with a bomb-making guide. My eldest child was targeted by a prominent trans activist who attempted to doxx her and ended up doxxing the wrong young woman. I could write a twenty thousand word essay on what the consequences have been to me and my family, and what we've endured is NOTHING compared to the harm done to others.

By standing up to a movement that relies on threats of violence, ostracisation and guilt-by-association, all of us have been smeared and defamed, but many have lost their livelihoods. Some have been physically assaulted by trans activists. Female politicians have been forced to hire personal security on the advice of police. The news that one of the UK's leading endocrinologists, Dr Hillary Cass, was advised not to travel by public transport for her own safety should shame everyone who let this insanity run amok.

Lest we forget, gender apostates have been targeted for crimes such as doubting the evidential basis for transitioning children, for arguing for fair sport for women and girls, for wanting to retain single sex spaces and services, especially for the most vulnerable, and for thinking it barbaric to lock in female prisoners with convicted male sex offenders.

Now the political landscape has shifted, and some who've been riding high on their own supply are waking up with a hell of a hangover. They've started wondering whether calling left-wing feminists who wanted all-female rape centres 'Nazis' was such a smart strategy. Maybe parents arguing that boys ought not to be robbing their daughters of sporting opportunities might, sort of, have a point? Possibly letting any man who says 'I'm a woman' into the locker room with twelve-year-old girls could have a downside, after all?

Mealy-mouthed retconning of what has actually happened over the past ten years is predictable but will not stand. I don't doubt those who've turned a blind eye to the purges of non-believers, or even applauded and encouraged them, would rather minimise what the true cost of speaking out was, but 'yes, maybe trans activists went a little over the top at times' takes are frankly insulting. A full reckoning on the effects of gender ideology on individuals, society and politics is still a long way off, but I know this: the receipts will make very ugly reading when that time comes, and there are far too many of them to sweep politely under the carpet.

[Karen Ingala Smith @DrK_IngalaSmith]

This year, for the 13th consecutive year, we will commemorate all UK women suspected killed by men since #IDEVAW last year at @CountDeadWomen.
We will start with Milica Zilic, killed on 27 Nov 2023 at 8.30 am and every 5 minutes name another woman and where possible share her photo.
Currently our last tweet is scheduled for 4pm.

[David Challen @David_Challen]

Gisèle Pelicot is on the stand today and asked about her decision to continue using the surname "Pelicot".

Gisèle explains that when the trial began her children were "ashamed" of the name.

She adds: "I have grandchildren who are called that.

"Today, I want them to be proud of their grandmother.

"My name is known across the world now. They shouldn't be ashamed of carrying that name.

"Today we will remember Gisèle Pelicot."

Yes we will. What a woman.

#ShameMustChangeSides