Threats from transactivists in Ireland.

Hi, late to the game here but just been lurking over the last few weeks and have had my eyes opened and am particularly interested in the Irish perspective. The JKR pile-on got me started and I've been digging and reading ever since. There is a wealth of information from this board, its amazing. I'm in Ireland and feel that self id was introduced here without letting anyone know. There is no talk about it in media and I would guess that most of my female friends would not agree that we want women and girls sharing single sex spaces if they realised that 80% (if that's an accurate figure?) of trans women haven't physically transitioned. I'd guess the majority of the general public doesn't know about this here. In addition, there doesn't seem to be sex based protection in our equality act, am I right? It's all gender. What's that all about? I got that from ihrec.ie and also citizens information. What can we do in this country? Should we write to TD's (which ones?). I also checked the national women's council website which state "by‘woman’ we refer to any person who identifies as a woman". I presume they have to because of the self id law. Is there any point writing to NWCI to share my concerns, or to a TD (if so, which one?), or is it too late and protection based on sex is gone. I'd love to hear from any Irish people who have been here longer than me to get your thoughts on it. Even in real life there is rarely any discussion on this although I will be trying!

I know! And she's only 19 as well.

That's frightening - that poor girl.

@CumannNamBan that's nice.

@EstelleBirdy sending solidarity x

This was sent to an Irish woman on twitter.

Fair play Tiggers.

Lovely to see people meet-up here.

That is a form of Fascism.

On the upside, a girl at work brought the whole thing up with me.
Wokey work. Shes only early 30's. But she gets it. Most people do.

That's horrendous and very frightening.

I’m at a loss for words actually. That people are being tagged for daring to be friends with someone who dared to say “I am uncomfortable with this”.

What’s particularly disturbing is that these are people I campaigned side by side with to repeal the 8th and for same sex marriage. So disappointed that we cannot raise any concerns or questions about Gender politics without our jobs and social lives being threatened.

Name changed for this post.
Just seen a Facebook friend has posted screenshots of EstelleBirdy’s posts, with the names of any of her friends whose acquaintances liked or shared the screenshots telling their friends to out them as “terfs” to all their mutual acquaintances. It’s absolutely horrifying.

That's very good of you Tiggers.

@WhatTiggersDoBest this is a wonderful offer for anyone who might be feeling vulnerable. Thank you.

@TinaTurnoff wow! That’s so cool. Such a small world and I’m so grateful that you’d come on here to say this. Thank you, I really appreciate it. That’s deadly that we worked on the magazine together. In all of this, what’s been amazing is the number of women who will flock to support other women, total strangers, when those women need it most. It’s been so heartening at a time that was very destabilising and frightening. I’ve had calls and messages and emails from countless women expressing solidarity, speaking of their concerns and their fears about speaking out about misogyny and threats of violence. They’re all scared and they became more scared when they saw what was happening to me for merely pointing out the frighteningly violent nature of the threats in two publicly available tweets. I was not the first to point these out, I saw others had shared them with the same abhorrence for their content. I just became the focus and when I refused to recant, they unleashed a torrent of harassment. It’s nothing compared to what other women have tolerated but I’m sure they’re not finished with me yet. I’m really so grateful to you and to all
the women on here who’ve got me through the last day. We can DM to have a chat about old times if you like? I’d love that. :)

@EstelleBirdy I am so sorry for the attack you have experienced. You have great courage and conviction. I saw your name on a @Glinner tweet, and did a double-take as I actually remember you from secondary school; you were a year ahead of me. I am delighted to read you have a novel coming out. I think we were on a school magazine committee together.

I just wanted to add that if anyone on this thread in Eire (north or south) loses their job or home because they were brave enough to speak the truth, and needs a job or rental reference, PM me. I run my own business and can attest to your character.

Ireland’s a great place. Don’t let this put you off.

EstelleBirdy, this is dreadful. I can't imagine what you must be going through. Is there anything those of us outside Ireland can do to help?

On a wider note, as a radical lesbian feminist who has been considering a move to Ireland, I thank you for some of the information here. Lots of food for thought.

NotCursedE reveals h** sex by instructing people to endanger children. With a few notable exceptions, harming children is a male crime.

VictoriaLucas102

Some great comments on that.No most people don't know they extent of what trans activists are doing and how they are threatening women.

CumannNamBan

Goes without saying but screen shot everything.Hope you have some support.
One of the people who was threatening women in has now protected their tweets.I wonder why?

I'm being targetted now as well for posting about that person who was threatening women. It is heresy now to speak out against male violence. I won't post more detail for now.

What pearls of wisdom has Aoife Martin contributed? Actually I probably don't want to know...