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Vaishnavi Sundar, Indian feminist writer and documentary-maker, includes this in her work vaishnavisundar.com/

Here is a good starting ground for the inclusivity in sports discussion.

It is done by the Australian TV channel SBS and has a number of experts there to provide perspective on the fact that male inclusion really is done at the detriment to females.

Sorry, cocoapopfan, this isn't an answer to your question.

Someone sent this to me on another platform the other day and I found it very interesting.

Lisa Michele looks back at the 50,000 lobotomies (a brain 'operation') carried out in the US in the 1930s onwards and draws comparison with what's happening today, medicalising young people. She's very thorough, very measured and I will be returning to her You Tube channel to see what other topics she covers.

Could anyone recommend resources on the effect of gender identity ideology on women in developing countries, including war zones / refugees? Also on NGOs, the UN and women’s status in international law?

@FemaleAndLearning, thank you for explaining Posey. I'd read the essay on pronouns as rohypnol and made the link, but always worried about being 'rude' if I didn't use preferred pronouns in public. I see now how and why Posey does it.

This is an amazing thread for those of us who are new and need to figure out how best to support - thank you all for compiling it.

The Women's Rights Network join together local groups all over Britain with campaigns and activism. Contact them to be put in touch with your nearest group:

www.womensrights.network/

They are one of the women's groups behind the current 'Respect my sex if you want my X' campaign, which is getting loads of traction in the press

In a nutshell -

'Although there is no doubt that children and young people suffering gender dysphoria are an extremely vulnerable group deserving of our support and care, the oft-quoted suicide statistics are from surveys which are not robust and there is no evidence that transition is a ‘cure.’

Really good thread, thank you! I'm guilty of not paying attention in the past. I ignorantly thought the trans debates were not my concern and only affected a small minority.

This thread is brilliant for new visitors.

Legal Feminist at www.legalfeminist.org.uk
are a collective of practising lawyers – solicitors and barristers – who are interested in feminist analysis of law, and legal analysis of feminism. The blogs by Naomi Cunningham are particularly good, such as www.legalfeminist.org.uk/2021/02/01/submission-and-compliance/

Oops sorry Domesticated Zombie didn’t see you’d posted already.

For an international perspective, Women’s Declaration Internacional record weekly talks from Gender Critical feminists from around the world every week on YouTube. It is shocking to her from nearly every country in the world how gender ideology is taking hold

@DomesticatedZombie Jane-Clare Jones wrote an entertaining explainer of recent history

Absolutely excellent, thanks so much for sharing that.

Kelly Jay Keen, uses plain language and will not capitulate by calling a man who says he is a women a transwoman or woman. She will call them men. Also she refuses to use preferred pronouns. I think she is right we need the language to be plain. I've seen her in action in Nottingham with two men behind her who said they were women. She kept referring to them as blokes and it made the discussion a lot more straight forward. Language is for communication and the language of gender identity ideology has deliberately confused language and conflated terms. So you will hear things like her penis, same gender attraction, transfemale. Even the use of transwoman can confuse people who think it is a woman who is transgender.

There was also some vitrol aimed at her for attending a meeting with other women in America that was hosted by right wing people but I don't know much about that other than I think the woman she went with was a mother to a child who was questioning their gender and the mother was desperate to be heard by someone.

I think she is brilliant and she is excellent at making the most of a moment and capitalising on it to get the message out.

Unfortunately many people really aren't aware of what is happening to women's rights so the more sunlight the better. We never have to agree one hundred percent, that is real inclusivity!
Not sure if this is upthread but this is seen as a classic interview.

Another thing that might be helpful is a simple and clear debunking of the myth about how much greater the suicide risk is in trans teens, and the myth that affirmation lowers this risk substantially. I know people who do see this is a major issue, and are worried about young people they know.

Barracker 'Pronouns are Rohypnol' on FPFW

fairplayforwomen.com/pronouns/

Because using someone's preferred pronouns is just a courtesy, right? But issues are much clearer if you call a spade a spade, or a man a man, or a TW a 'he'.

This is such a fantastic resource thread. Thanks so much all of you for putting it together

Here's a previous thread with podcast suggestions:

A podcast to explain?

And here's one with documentaries and other videos

'T*rf Wars' documentary on YouTube

Thanks for this thread. I'm new here and keen to find out more.

Thanks for doing this.