WRITE TO YOUR MP

I gave just emailed my Tory MP in support of Liz Truss.

I felt nervous sending it. Like I was applying for a job.

My tory mp replied already, just to say he would share my letter with the minister.

@GeneticTest Have sent you a DM

[quote hypernormal][email protected][/quote]
thank you

[email protected]

Thanks for all the info, I sent my email last night but emailed Liz Truss on the wrong address.
Has anyone got the email address for JKR please? I saw it somewhere here on one of the threads but can't find it now - I want to email her to thank her, and show my support, for bringing all this to my attention, I had no clue before!

My Labour MP has responded. It looks like a formulated response that has been cranked out of Labour HQ. It’s basically all trans, trans, LGBT, trans, LGBT, trans, trans, trans. The EA2010 gets a tiny mention, as do women’s rights. It does not address the sex based exemptions or single sex provisions in the EA2010 even once, despite this being the focus of my email.

I’m really, really annoyed. Get your house in order, Labour! You don’t get to ignore half the electorate’s rights.

Please do copy your emails to Kemi Badenoch in her new capacity as Minister for Equalities. I have written to her in the past on this topic and she seems to be aware of the issues...

I have taken my eye off the ball a bit recently, with everything else that's going on, but I am definitely going to write a few emails to the relevant people!

I emailed my MP (male, Tory, 40s) on Sunday after reading the Sunday Times article, and received a response by post today. He writes:

"I am absolutely committed to protecting women's rights and freedoms. Reforming the GRA is a complex and sensitive issue, which is why it is important for everyone's views to be heard and listened to. I hope you will be assured by the Minister for Women and Equalities who has recently said that any reforms will ensure the protection of single-sex spaces. This, I feel, is extremely important."

I wasn't sure which side of the fence he was on before, but this seems positive. I suspect having 2 young daughters plays a part in shaping his views.

Just to correct myself it looks the petition is an old one that they are encouraging people to sign in view of the Sunday times article.

If you google "Change WOMEN UNITING CALL ON THE GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT OUR SEX-BASED RIGHTS" you should find it.

Glad to hear about WomenUniting posting info on twitter - but seriously if you are a campaign surely you need to recongnise you wont get very far if you only communicate by the least used social media platform!

And also they have got together a petition to Liz Truss but done that no hoper thing of putting it on change or some other social media platform.

Surely thisis important enough and to the Government to get it on the Parliament web site.

Thank goodness for mumsnet picking up all these unconnected threads and weaving it into a sensible whole!

saying for her departmental work it should be sent to:
[email protected]

Yes, I forwarded my email on asking her that she look at it in her capacity as Minister for Women and Equalities.

TheInebriati why didn't I think of that. She was very supportive when I wrote to her regarding something disability related. She even spoke in the HOC about it. Thanks, I'll do that tomorrow.

Just when you think you’re done emailing for tonight along comes another poster with more emails to contact

Ask her if she applies that logic to disabled people.

My labour MP is woke.
She actually thinks for sport women should just try harder.

Done! My MP’s voting record makes me quietly confident he is GC. Have also emailed Liz Truss and the prime minister.

[quote BaronessSnippyPantsofCroneArmy]I know Twitter is a cesspit, but we can't let the TRAs own it.
Thanks to ReSisters and WomenUniting for putting this together:

twitter.com/WomenUnitingUK/status/1273315521279275009?s=20[/quote]
This is brilliant, I wish I'd seen this first. It says to CC the other members of the Women and Equalities Committee then gives all their email addresses. The only thing is, on that thread it gives Liz Truss's email for constitutents and we've had a message back when we sent it to that address, saying for her departmental work it should be sent to:
[email protected]

When I last wrote to my female Labour MP I received the most useless template Labour party TWAW response which made me feel like she thought I was a bigot. She’s in a safe seat as well so I get the impression she couldnt care less.

I have written to my Labour MP (again) but she has never ever gone against the party so if I get a response I am expecting the party guff about TWAW blah, blah, blah!

Liz Truss has already pledged to protect single sex spaces, but detail of what that means is TBC.

Don't worry, they'll know you mean the leaked info in the Times. Your support counts!

Single SEX spaces