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We need to talk about the GRA - Glasgow

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ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 11/11/2017 16:12

www.eventbrite.com/e/we-need-to-talk-about-the-gra-glasgow-tickets-39786635899?utm-medium

I may actually try and go to this if I am feeling brave.

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FactsAreNotMean · 13/11/2017 20:03

I've booked my ticket too. Can't absolutely guarantee attendance but I'll do my damnedest.

Kr1st1na · 13/11/2017 19:43

I suspect that meeting us lot will be the least stressful part of your evening Shock

I have met a number of MNers in RL and they have all been lovely. I know if I go on doing this I will meet a total arse eventually but so far so good.

FactsAreNotMean · 13/11/2017 19:42

Ah go on ItsAllGoingToBeFine!

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ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 13/11/2017 19:37

I suppose that if I am going to be brave and go to this, I could be even braver and meet you lot...

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PlectrumElectrum · 13/11/2017 19:26

I would be up for pre-event meet up too. Smile

PlectrumElectrum · 13/11/2017 19:24

I've bought a ticket. Thanks for posting.

Thelilywhite · 13/11/2017 12:29

Im happy to suggest a place/ places nearer the time.

PerfectlyDone · 13/11/2017 07:30

Oh, meeting up beforehand would make the whole thing so much less scary Smile

BetsyM00 · 12/11/2017 22:15

Just bought a ticket too, and would love to meet up beforehand.

It's expensive being a woman today: this ticket, donation to transgendertrend and a subscription to the Times. Smile

FactsAreNotMean · 12/11/2017 20:41

I would be interested in going too if I can make it.

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ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 12/11/2017 20:14

I've been brave and bought my ticket - I'm hoping wherever the location turns out to be isn't too hard to get to!

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Thelilywhite · 12/11/2017 18:05

So am I Terry ! Safety in numbers lets hope!

terryleather · 12/11/2017 17:57

Tbh I'm quite scared to go on my own which is fecking ridiculous for a 50 year old woman so a meet up could be a good idea.

Kr1st1na · 12/11/2017 17:42

I’m up for a meet up beforehand 👍

Thelilywhite · 12/11/2017 17:41

Im going. It would be great if some if us could meet up and go together

PerfectlyDone · 12/11/2017 10:49

Thank you for this thread.

I would not have known this was on - just bought my ticket.

Ereshkigal · 12/11/2017 10:45

There's not many people there

They had to move venue at the last minute so I expect people were still arriving if it was anything like the Speakers Corner meeting point situation and they didn't show the audience apart from at the beginning.

I've seen the Q & A session as well which was streamed on Facebook Live and it looked like there were more people then.

CocoaXx · 12/11/2017 07:23

I am so angry at the liberal, lefty, enlightened men putting down women’s concerns.

CocoaXx · 12/11/2017 07:22

Yes, just looking at my twitter feed and the comments against Janice Turner by men - I am going to go too.

There was a fantastic point made by JT that there would be an inquiry if this increase in referrals (to gender identity clinics) was happening with any other medical issue. I fully 100% get the issues of growing up female in this toxic society, particularly if you are not a girlie girl, but I do not see how binders, hormones and surgery are the way to go.

DJBaggySmalls · 12/11/2017 00:18

SingaSong12 You've just made my day, thank you Smile

Kr1st1na · 11/11/2017 23:46

I’m going.

SingaSong12 · 11/11/2017 22:16

DJ that at least won’t change with Brexit (not sure some of the Brexiteers know). It’s a completely different agreement under the European Court for human rights.

We do need to keep a close eye though to make sure these rights are maintained during the Brexit changes (slip though legislation while everyone’s worried about Brexit negotiations) and afterwards.

MadamMinacious · 11/11/2017 22:11

I think I'm going to go to this.

DJBaggySmalls · 11/11/2017 20:45

Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights protects the right to freedom of peaceful and legal assembly and association. The law is on our side until the UK triggers Brexit.

BlackForestCake · 11/11/2017 20:23

The only way to stand up to thugs is to refuse to be intimidated. The numbers of transcult thugs are actually tiny even if there are a load of armchair activists ready to cheer them on. The bigger the meeting is the less danger there is of there being any trouble. But it would be a good idea to have some burly stewards.