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Hive thread. Ways to take action - help please!

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DrummerWoman · 31/07/2017 19:35

Hello everyone! Fairly new here but finding the info and insights on the Gender Bill really fascinating and obviously very worrying. I hope you can signpost me or help me with action I can take. Petitions? Are there any standard type letters I can send to my local paper/MP? Is there a lobbying group I can support? I want a list of tasks I can do that will help prevent women's rights being trampled all over.
Freedom is in peril.

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Datun · 02/08/2017 08:04

OP, if you (or anyone) wants to join the Facebook group set up by mumsnetters in order to tackle this in an organised way, PM Thisisouting. It's a secret group so you will have to be vetted.

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DrummerWoman · 02/08/2017 07:24

Done not time

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DrummerWoman · 02/08/2017 07:24

The Hive Mind is just a way of appreciating that there are lots of people here with lots of skills, knowledge, interests, contacts and answers so it's good to work together to get more time if you are what I mean?
Thanks for the YouTube links. I've been working my way through things on this thread and emailing my friends about this.

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hi6789 · 01/08/2017 20:34

Don't know what it means, it is referred to in threads debating gender law.

morningrunner · 01/08/2017 20:18

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hi6789 · 01/08/2017 19:53

I felt like you last week, I discussed issues with friends but no-one was listening. Could not understand why everyone else was not really worried about this and thought that maybe I was just not understanding the issues. I found this video useful to help me understand why trans activists try to shut down debate by being so aggressive, it is because if you debate it logically then it makes no sense. Critically examining the doctrine of gender identity

This thread has lots of info:www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/2877199-Gender-Critical-Reference-Thread I have done lots of reading and sometimes felt I was stuck down the rabbit hole obsessing about 1 thing, the proposed bill will affect so many areas. In the last week I have written to MP and Justine Greening- no replies yet. fairplayforwomen.com/ is a useful site. Good luck Smile
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DrummerWoman · 01/08/2017 06:15

That's great everyone - thanks. If anyone else has thing a they can add/what they've done then please add to this thread.

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BetsyM00 · 31/07/2017 23:29

Government proposals for amending the Gender Recognition Act:
www.gov.uk/government/news/new-action-to-promote-lgbt-equality
part of which is the consultation with lgbt people:
www.gov.uk/government/consultations/national-lgbt-survey
Straight women are not being asked for an opinion but note that according to Stonewall, transgender “is an inclusive, umbrella term used to describe the diversity of gender identity and expression for all people who do not conform to common ideas of gender roles.”
I’m a gender critical woman and do not conform to, or agree with, gender roles or sex stereotypes - so apparently this makes me transgender, and legitimately able to complete the survey. 500 words at end of survey to state your message.

Sign petition: Say no to dangerous gender ID bill:
www.citizengo.org/en-gb/pc/41304-say-not-dangerous-gender-identity-bill?tc=tw&tcid=37972918

Sign petition against 38degrees removing petition:
www.change.org/p/38-degrees-38-degrees-stop-silencing-and-censoring-women?utm_medium=email&utm_source=notification&utm_campaign=petition_signer_receipt

Write to your MP:
MP contact details: www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/mps/
Check MP’s voting record: www.theyworkforyou.com/

Sample letters:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/2879137-Open-Letters-to-Our-MPs-on-the-Gender-Identity-Bill
www.criticalsisters.co.uk/campaign-resources/

The Times interview with Maria Miller covers the issues quite well:
Behind paywall: www.thetimes.co.uk/article/89e2bd02-73bd-11e7-83f1-667fddf1d78f
Full text here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/2993425-Maria-Miller-interviewed-by-Janice-Turner-full-text
Also Guardian article on mixed-sex hospital wards: www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/30/mixed-sexed-wards-endanger-and-humiliate-women?CMP=share_btn_tw

Scotland
Scottish schools gender neutral toilets consultation survey:
consult.scotland.gov.uk/school-infrastructure/updating-of-the-school-premises/
This has some good info on the effects:
www.transgendertrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Impact-of-the-Loss-Single-Sex-Spaces-on-Girls.doc

Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to reform gender recognition law with details supposed to be out by end of summer 2017 - so well worth contacting MSPs as well.

Anything else I've missed?

AssignedMentalAtBirth · 31/07/2017 21:54

Yes, join in the threads on the feminist boards and put out your view on twitter etc. There is a thread on the feminist chat board with templates for writing to your MP and other persons of interest

DJBaggySmalls · 31/07/2017 21:46

Write to your MP, a concise letter stating your concerns that women have had their protection as a class erased, and ask where they stand on the issue.
Many of us got a bog standard cut and paste letter back.

VestalVirgin · 31/07/2017 21:26

This article contains a link to a petition (at the end):

fairplayforwomen.com/petition-banned-38-degrees

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