When trans-identified men stop sex offending at exactly the same rate as other men, as all available statistics show they do, you might have a valid argument. In the meantime, women and girls, who make up 88% of sexual assault victims, need single sex spaces.

A union for academics and senior university staff which harasses its members and seeks to prevent discussion of contested social issues is a travesty. Please help hold UCU to account if you can.

Only 4 of the 33 London Boroughs collect sex-based data. Doing so is a requirement of the Public Secor Equality Duty. I will be writing to my council about this. Will you?

Today's column explores why some issues - like assisted dying, gender self-ID & surrogacy - defy alignment along a left-right spectrum, & why it's dangerous to pretend otherwise.

Sometimes our take on human nature trumps our political allegiances. Good

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Lucy HunterBlackburn It v much is local. This 👇 is what happens when councils pass TWAW motions. They may not be legally binding but they set the tone and expectations for funding of refuges, swimming pool operations etc. Create a chilling effect in NGOs, among council staff.
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Self-ID is very much a local government issue - it affects policies for leisure centres, social care, schools, VAWG services. Has anyone has seen a leaflet issued by the Lib Dems or Greens (the 2 clearly pro self-ID parties) in the recent local elections where they mention this?

Shout out today to all our brilliant midwife friends & supporters, who know that ‘midwife’ will always mean ‘with woman’. ❤️❤️ International Day of the Midwife #IDM2024

John Humphrys writes a long think-piece for YouGov on whether the NHS is captured by gender identity ideology, and ends “let me know what you think”.

With no email or link by which we can let YouGov know what we think.

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We were asked by a political journalist at The Herald to say what we would do if we were First Minister for the day… heraldscotland.com/politics/24298…

If only politicians did more of this. (And if only we had politicians of the quality of the three women who run MBM.)

Reminder that if you have ten minutes over the Bank Holiday weekend you can Google your local council’s single sex space policy and report it 🥳 what better thing to do while waiting at the till at the garden centre

It seems Norwich City Council is misrepresenting the Equality Act in its policy documents.

1977!!

'How did we ever get to a position where the definition of sex became a matter of debate?'

Viv from LabourWomen’sDeclaration 🐐 🐐 at WRN Derbyshire & Staffordshire's screening at the University of Derby of Adult Human Female documentary by realitymatters tiktok.com/@womens_rights…

Thank you to all the women who help organise these events including Conservatives for Women Liberal Voice for Women LabourWomen’sDeclaration 🐐 🐐. Thank you also to Rosie Duffield MP whom we were fortunate enough to meet and who speaks so passionately on this subject.

We were fortunate to be joined by members of Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender who spoke about consent, the issues in mental health and the problems with Annex B. Some of our founders also spoke about their own personal moving stories. Many of the speeches can be accessed above.

This week we spoke to parliamentarians about our campaign for single-sex care. We presented them with our report, sharing our concerns, your stories from your experience of care and we shared statistics gathered by others regarding abuse. Please see here: caringaboutdignity.org/our-news-and-r…

A most interesting letter about trans-rights activism from April 1998 in a feminist publication, 'off our backs,' which ceased publication in 2008. Thanks to the person who sent it.

“The ‘woman question’ may irritate Swinney. It may elicit yawns from political pundits more interested in internal party spats than real life. It may prompt calls of ‘bigot’ & ‘transphobe’ from so-called progressives. But it is one [he] needs to answer.” scotsman.com/news/opinion/c…

Wow -another wonderful review of my book 'Sister in Law' published on 2 May and available now - 'Inventive, compassionate and tenacious, Wistrich has scored many landmark victories for women. It is vital work and her book is an important record of it.' thetimes.co.uk/article/sister…