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Fighting a losing battle?

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ANameforToday · 01/04/2018 23:21

Has anyone got some positive news about campaigning against the proposed changes to the GRA? I know there have been a few articles now in the media presenting a more balanced view but the suspension of members from the Labour party, closure of GC social media accounts, investigation into David Davies and now shutting down Venice's clothes swap are just a few of the issues that are beginning to make me think this goes too deep and we can't win. I'll still be attending the WP meeting next week and will continue to write to people about the issues but am feeling v downhearted about it all tonight. I worry for myself and my daughters.

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ReappearingWoman · 01/04/2018 23:49

And yes, going to the meeting will inspire you. You will come out feeling your optimism renewed & more determined to keep going.

Thisisouting · 01/04/2018 23:43

We are chipping away with ManFriday and the other groups. Keep going we are making a difference!

Terftastic · 01/04/2018 23:42

Never give up. We are 51% of the country, and we will be heard. How long did the suffragettes fight?

Our parliament is a bastion of free speech and political debate, I'm hopeful nothing will come of the complaint, but they have to investigate it.

More and more people are waking up to this

Good for you attending the meeting next month - it's something that really annoys the transactivists. So we should do it more.

Women talking on Mumsnet seems to annoy them too - so do that more!

ReappearingWoman · 01/04/2018 23:39

I understand that feeling, tempers are fraying, it feels like being under siege at times, relentless wilful misinformation & misrepresentation. But, when I think back to what this place was like back before Spartacus & the difference now - it's been a gradual build as more & more people hit peak trans. I think when this does go fully mainstream (when the debate actually starts) & a light shines on all of it, there won't be any hiding behind mantras & manipulation.

CircleSquareCircleSquare · 01/04/2018 23:29

Nope.
People are peak transing every single day.

We need to keep on keeping on.
It’s a battle but they are slowly but surely tripping themselves up.

AreYouTerfEnough · 01/04/2018 23:28

Nope, we have to keep on keeping on otherwise we’ll end up living in some dystopian nightmare. The TRAs are raging narcissists and the public are seeing them for what they are in all their raging glory.

53rdWay · 01/04/2018 23:26

Think how the Suffragettes must have felt - and then think about what they ended up building for their daughters and granddaughters. Women matter.