What can you do?
Background
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3145470-Break-it-down-for-me
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3335962-Frequently-Asked-Questions-FAQs-I-have-noticed-here
ONLINE ACTIONS and consultations you can fill out - please spread the word
(courtesy of MN user SexMatters)
No. 1 PRIORITY! - Deadline 19th October 2018: Reform of the Gender Recognition Act, get your voice heard!
Mumsnet threads:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3350455-ATTENTION-Seven-weeks-left-to-respond-to-the-self-ID-consultation
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3295953-GRA-consultation-is-live-Lets-get-reading
Fair Play For Women guidance to completing the GRA consultation: www.fairplayforwomen.com/full_guide/
If the Gender Recognition Act is reformed to allow anyone to change their legal sex by filling in a form, without a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, it will have huge implications for how children are assessed and treated.
Transgender Trend on the GRA consultation: www.transgendertrend.com/gra-consultation/
Sign the Petition for the Government to Consult with Women to protect our rights (Closes 12th September!)
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/214118
Deadline 14th September 2018: City of London Corporation Consultation into Gender Identity Policy
Mumsnet thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3317922-City-of-London-Corporation-consultation-is-out
This survey is flawed and biased so #ManFriday have re-written the City of London Corporation's survey and will submit the results to them as part of the consultation.
Please also complete it: www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/JHXB7JK
Deadline 5th October 2018: Consultation about problems experienced enforcing the Equalities Act
(The focus is on what the Women and Equalities Committee needs to do to ensure/enforce that the Act is upheld.)
Mumsnet thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3321779-Consultation-of-Equality-Act-enforcement-open-Womens-and-Equality-Committee
Deadline 17th November 2018: Government Consultation ins Sex and Relationships Education
Mumsnet Thread:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3311534-attention-draft-new-sex-and-relationships-education-guidelines
Defend academic freedom (study on transgender children being challenged by activists)
Direct link here: www.ipetitions.com/petition/brown-university-and-plos-one-defend-academic
More information:
www.4thwavenow.com/2018/08/28/brown-university-and-plos-one-defend-academic-freedom-and-scientific-inquiry/
Mumsnet thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3350957-Academic-Freedom-Please-Help
OFFLINE ACTIONS:
Get a Fair Play for Women Pack and spread the word!
fairplayforwomen.com/product/pack1/
Mumsnet thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3352646-Fair-Play-For-Womens-campaign-starts-today
Contact your MP!
Either in person (if you can) or in writing. Useful threads for guidance:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3336551-Due-to-see-MP-about-GRA-womens-rights-Any-advice
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3350246-Meeting-with-MSP
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3166160-Has-anyone-written-to-their-MP-about-the-GRA
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3198021--SexMatters-MP-letters
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3083137-Contact-your-MP-about-the-Gender-Recongnition-Act
Show support for Linda Bellos and Venice Allen in a silent demonstration 26th Sept
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3352663-Linda-Bellos-and-Venice-Allan-at-Westminster-magistrates-court-on-26th
Attend Meetings
Keep an eye out on the boards/Twitter or follow groups like Woman's Place UK, Let a Woman Speak, or We Need to Talk UK
FILIA Conference: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3309126-Kick-arse-feminist-conference-in-Manchester-Oct-FiLiA
Other discussions for actions:
How to support Stickerwoman
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3352526--StickerWoman
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3347476-Santas-little-helpers-helping-a-sHero-cover-the-country-before-October
Get Offline:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3329362-Get-offline
Please consider donating to gender-critical groups, and writing emails to support any brave gender-critical people who are publically speaking up, including academics/journalists/politicians.
(Apologies for another long thread with links - felt there were a lot of things happening at once and trying to pull them together)