Speech given as part of WPUK meeting in Basingstoke.
thread discussing the meeting here:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3237493-Basingstoke-Womens-Place-UK-Meeting-17-May-MNs-SwearyG-speaking-Title-Edited-by-MNHQ
(extract)
"I’ve called ManFriday a movement, I think a better word might be concept. We are a loosely organised group of women who are horrified by the implications of self identification and the resultant erasure of women. We are making a stand against what is happening by self identifying as men on Fridays. We show how preposterous it is to be able to self-declare as the opposite sex by doing exactly that.
This all came about when Amy Desir took it upon herself to address the ludicrous guidance Swim England produced to engage trans people in swimming. This guidance, soundly rejected by the good ladies of Mumsnet, included such gems as telling us women who object to penises in their changing rooms require education, whilst our boobs should be covered at all times for fear of causing offence. Amy started a Mumsnet thread one Friday morning in February telling us that she had arranged a meeting at her local pool to discuss her inclusion in men only swimming sessions as a self identified man in accordance with the guidance....
(concludes)
No act is too small. Two women went for a swim and helped smash no debate wide open. I certainly didn’t expect us to get the coverage and traction we did, but there is no way I will squander it now. The mainstream press is talking, the public is talking, the people in power might not be listening yet, but some of them are asking to meet with gender critical feminists. The tide is turning. Let’s keep the pressure up to ensure it doesn’t turn back.
I am not afraid to speak the truth.
A woman cannot have a penis.
Men do not belong in female spaces.
I support the rights of women and girls.
My name is Hannah Clarke. But I may as well be any one of you."
manfridayuk.org/2018/05/18/why-manfriday/#more-1541
Feminism: Sex and gender discussions
#ManFriday background. Speech by Hannah Clarke
R0wantrees · 18/05/2018 10:10
articulate yet accessible speech - brill!
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Agree with Bowlofbabelfish
I always wanted to check out the mason’s temple in Covent Garden 
Keep up the excellent work Sweary
The event was billed as "A discussion on the Gender Recognition Act". However, having read Sweary's speech it does not mention the Gender Recognition Act (or the proposed changes) at all. The speech is just an ideological (and transphobic) rant.
You’ve just been arguing about this on another thread... so yeah I think you’re aware.
The only ranting I see is not from ManFriday. Hannah’s protest mode is polite, supremely British, one might say, civilised and thought provoking.
If you think a knob in the female changing area is fine but boobs in the Male pool are grossly offensive then I think you need to examine why you think that.
Just shout transphobia loudly and repeatedly, that seems to be working for the TRAs. Not so much on here though.
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