Women Stand Up in Washington, D.C.

(Just to clarify that about 2020: I want Democrats to WIN in 2020 and will work hard for that outcome. I just want them to dump the female erasure bullshit well before 2020).

Meanwhile, Julia Long and Posie Parker have been meeting with Congressional staff to discuss the women's concerns about the proposed changes to the GRA in the UK, and the parallels to women's concerns about the Equality Act in the US:

m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2369345473185419&id=100003299679086&refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FBHQHEip7X3&_rdr

This is wonderful news. American parents of ROGD daughters; lesbians; feminists have gotten nowhere with getting elected representatives to listen to their concerns. I am so glad someone is finally listening!

I sincerely hope that representatives and Senators will take this opportunity to think through the implications of the "gender identity" language in the Equality Act and revise it before it becomes the mother of all wedge issues in 2020.

Oh God Andy you weren't here overnight then. The less said about that person the better.

And yet, telling a child they’re perfect as they are...they’re not in the wrong body, they’re just fine as they are, is transphobic.

Not just transphobic, but literally illegal for therapists to do in 15 states and counting. Madness indeed.

This is an international issue...We need to work together.
I agree completely. The genderists sure do so.

Bowl, Hacsi Horvath highlighted the loss to follow up numbers but it didn't get further discussion. I agree it's a point that needs amplifying. Politicians in particular, who have been lobbied by pressure groups and repeat the statistics supplied blithely, need to understand how shoddy those numbers are. Journalists too.

Unfortunately the vast majority of journalists and politicians are not very scientifically or mathematically literate. There are a few.

Thanks to everyone who read this thread. With all the nonsense going on right now, I thought it was important to look at what these people are actually doing and saying, or not doing and saying.

In particular I thought Julia Beck's comments when she spokeat the Heritage Foundation!of conservatives trying to mold people's personalities to fit their bodies, and liberals doing the opposite, but feminists rejecting both of those notions and wanting everyone to grow and thrive just as they are--such an act of political courage and such good evidence that merely accepting a speaking venue at Heritage does not make her or any of the other panelists somehow compromised by or beholden to conservatives.

I'd like to thank the poo-slingers and agitators who keep plopping on this board this week. Up until now I've been reading with increasing horror, commenting online, but not done much concrete action to protect the rights of women and girls. Will be making some donations today and reaching out to women in real life this week. Cheers!

Links to further contributions from some of the panelists:

Julia Beck's piece, "How I Became the Most Hated Lesbian in Baltimore"

www.afterellen.com/general-news/568221-how-i-became-the-most-hated-lesbian-in-baltimore

Hacsi Horvath, "The Theatre of the Body: A De-transitioned Epidemiologist Examines Suicidality, Affirmation, and Transgender Identity"

4thwavenow.com/tag/hacsi-horvath/

Bowl thanks for weighing in! You have such a valuable perspective to share.
I don't quite understand this tho:
Is this in the agenda? Because it’s incredibly important
The trans agenda or the panel's agenda? Sorry to be dense!

Tacky thanks for the Posie link; that was moving.

OvaHere I hope there will be some media coverage but my hopes are not high. I looked for anything about the Facebook, Twitter, HRC protests Saturday and the DC library event yesterday but haven't found anything.

Standing ovation from the crowd! Wow!

Question: Is there a possibility of alliance?

KD: That's the intention behind Hands Across the Aisle

JB: We need men on our team!

HH: Women have been in the lead, done 99% so far. Men are picking up on this only slowly.

KD: Trans rights is a men's rights movement.

Ryan Anderson talking about the "Biology Isn't Bigotry" panel last year.

Question: GRA in UK was counterproductive for the trans movement. Is the Equality Act an opportunity to spark a national conversation in USA?

JC: At least in UK you have national journalists speaking out. We do not have that here.

KD: I think that if people understood what the Equality Act would really do, there would be big questions, but it's an open question whether the media will give us a fair hearing.

HH: National media quick to counter any critical articles with a raft of trans responses.

Question: 1) Could you give some counsel in this polarized time in our country? Pointers as to how we can facilitate cooperation, put forth a united front? 2) Endocrinologists defer to prof orgs who have changed guidelines dramatically.

HH: Some of them are ideologues. Most doctors are busy and defer to the gung-ho ideologues. For the political questions, I don't play along. I don't say "she." This is gaslighting.

JC: Read 'Galileo's Middle Finger.' Doctors and everyone else are worried we will be attacked, lose friends and family. We have to give cover to each other and make room for questions. More and more people need to speak up.

KD: I have heard from my Republican friends that many conservatives think gender identity ideology is so ridiculous that the Equality Act will never pass. Feminists understand the unbelievable power and money behind the movement to promote gender identity ideology. We need to be prepared for a big fight.

JB: Just meet with people. Talk to your neighbors, talk to your family. Get away from the internet and discuss face to face.