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SWEARY GODMOTHER WINS!

41 replies

TerfingHell · 21/03/2018 22:57

Swim England have overturned the rule allowing men into women's changing rooms!

Just shows what you can achieve when you man-up and show the world you've got the balls!

POPPING OPEN THE CHAMPAGNE AT MUMSNET TOWERS

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CuppaTeaAndAJammieDodger · 22/03/2018 01:22

👏👏👏👏👏

Just brilliant!

SecretsRSecrets · 22/03/2018 01:15

Absolutely amazing!! Well done to the both of you!!FlowersFlowers

LabourLostMe · 22/03/2018 00:52

Marvellous, absolutely marvellous!! Well done for being incredibly brave Thanks

thebewilderness · 22/03/2018 00:35

Awareness grows one factoid at a time.

Time4adrink · 22/03/2018 00:28

Yay this is good news

StandingOvulation · 22/03/2018 00:24

This is a grand start!

Well done Hannah and Amy with the lovely voices calming speaking important words.

Mouthtrousersafrocknowandthen · 22/03/2018 00:19

Excellent

SwearyG · 22/03/2018 00:11

Which is why we need to keep #ManFriday-ing and keep all the other pressures up. Ahead of the law is breaking the law, and I'm fucked if I'm going to let this get snuck through by stealth.

CircleSquareCircleSquare · 22/03/2018 00:11

Bloody well done to you both.
Let’s hope they continue along this line.

SuitedandBooted · 22/03/2018 00:07

They take advice from Stonewall though, and the Rainbow laces guidance is still there which is pretty similar to the original PDF which has been taken down. I'm a Swim Team manager, so I am a bit invested in this!

I hope they do have major rethink but I think it may be kicked into the long grass whilst they see what the Government does. The document Swim England put out was trying to be bit ahead of the expected change to the law.

GretchenFranklin · 21/03/2018 23:57

nice work

GretchenFranklin · 21/03/2018 23:56

What what Shock

SwearyG · 21/03/2018 23:53

I appreciate the credit but really @YesItsADebate did this. And we have only had it pulled from the website, but that's a bloody good start. I'm hoping that they will be rethinking and publishing something that doesn't put women and girls at risk if they continue down this avenue.

It does show that the smallest act can make a difference. Two (wo)men went swimming and brought something to the national consciousness and started to make people think about changes. This is something everyone can do.

Keep on with the minor acts of civil disobedience!

(Oh, and I don't want to be a dick but its Godmother, I'm 39 dahhhling )

*[Message from MNHQ: We've edited the title so it no longer says GRANDMA!]

JustPutSomeGlitterOnIt · 21/03/2018 23:43

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

UpstartCrow · 21/03/2018 23:35

YES!

busyboysmum · 21/03/2018 23:05

How do you know?