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DomesticatedZombie · 04/04/2022 09:35

Welcome.

If you're new to Mumsnet and/or the 'gender' debate, and have questions, fire away.

Plenty of knowledgable women here happy to help you out. Smile

We can provide links, evidence and explainers for many of the issues, and point you to further actions and ways to help.

Dive in!

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picklemewalnuts · 04/04/2022 19:03

Are any posts pinned on the FWR areas? This one could be, along with other really useful ones. Sorry if they already are- I tend not to notice such things.

PotholeParadies · 04/04/2022 18:59

Feminist goals, and organisations which are working towards them: a thread of female-centred charities

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/4184062-Feminist-goals-and-organisations-which-are-working-towards-them

Waitwhat23 · 04/04/2022 18:55

I always find these helpful for the inevitable 'there's no such thing as women's safe spaces' nonsense -

Protected characteristics - Equality Act

www.gov.uk/discrimination-your-rights

Single sex exemptions - Equality Act
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/notes/division/3/16/20/7

Occupational requirements - Equality Act
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/notes/division/3/16/26/1

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DomesticatedZombie · 04/04/2022 18:54

I'm sorry, Veronica. Flowers. Thank you for standing up for women.

On Facebook, there are some helpful groups if you search for 'gender critical' feminists, or rad fem groups, or for some of the organisations listed above.

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VeronicaBeccabunga · 04/04/2022 18:21

Thank you for all the links and all the support.
I raised my GC head above the parapet on Facebook earlier and now I'm hiding away, shaken by the hateful responses.
How JKR, Birdie, and all the many other brave and outspoken women deal with this daily I really do not know. Kudos and love to them all.
MN has been an eye-opener and a huge source of info, my thanks.

girasol · 04/04/2022 18:05

Thank you for posting all this, it’s very helpful to have in one place.

Cuck00soup · 04/04/2022 17:53

Thank you for this thread. I'm shamelessly placemarking for the links.

Safe schools alliance and transgender trend both have excellent stats when you need facts to back up your point.

FemaleAndLearning · 04/04/2022 17:34

A good film to watch is The call is coming from inside the house. It looks at the high number of girls saying they are boys and having surgeries and testosterone. About 40 mins.

Not everyone's cup of tea but GB News have some good videos and on a Sunday night the comedian Andrew Doyle hosts Free Speech Nation which often has some really good women's rights stuff on related to the word woman, men in women's spaces etc.
Woman's Place UK have lots of videos on their you tube channel. They share all the speeches from their conferences.
youtube.com/channel/UCzFqsUqDzyXEQMJVy42NwUw

Ithinkitsadoughnut · 04/04/2022 14:48

I love you all Flowers

malloo · 04/04/2022 14:41

Link to JK Rowling's excellent essay so you can see for yourself what she actually said www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/

HotCrossMocha · 04/04/2022 14:28

Is there a good brief summary anywhere about what JKR has actually said compared to what they think she said? And how to argue back against some of the ways people have to mislead new people into thinking that she said something transphobic? And the good things she has said since - and why some news outlets still call that controversial?

(obviously a link to her actual essay might be good too, though I know a lot of people will not read that)

mommybear1 · 04/04/2022 14:23

Thank you for this. I've been on MN a while but I'm just starting to educate myself more on these issues. Really helpful starting point.

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DomesticatedZombie · 04/04/2022 14:12

Wild Womyn Workshop for t shirts and Stickers

The famous artist birdy rose ditto

Jessica 're wahl for patches

All women who've been targeted, stalked, doxxed harassed and or cancelled

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Linguini · 04/04/2022 13:45

Has "Standing for Women" been mentioned?

www.standingforwomen.com/

Posie Parker (Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull) is often described as "controversial".

She has done incredible work including the infamous
"Woman = Adult Human Female" billboards that all got taken down.

FemaleAndLearning · 04/04/2022 13:36

Bump

Aretina · 04/04/2022 12:25

Very interesting links in here, thank you. I've been worried about this issue for some time, but IRL so many people seem to accept it, or at least keep their thoughts to themselves. It's so good to find people speaking up.

Ambushedbycakeinmydreams · 04/04/2022 12:01

This is a great thread and thank you for compiling this and links to essential information.

Thank goodness for Mumsnet that it is a beacon of light in these times of madness.

When I stopped believing in Santa Claus around the age of 5, I did not realise that there are a lot of people who didn't do the same ...

JemimaTiggywinkle · 04/04/2022 11:58

Thank you for all the information.
I originally joined mumsnet for pregnancy chat and had no idea about the breadth of support, experience and community I’d find. Really important stuff here.

MrsOvertonsWindow · 04/04/2022 11:52

A new women's political activist group, Women Unite aimed at forcing political parties to acknowledge the rights of women: (Respect my SeX if you want my X ):

women-uniting.co.uk/respectmysex/

And a useful crib sheet from them to keep by the door for canvassers from all political parties:

women-uniting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/RespectMySex-doorstep-questions.pdf

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DomesticatedZombie · 04/04/2022 11:48

The radical notion feminist magazine

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DomesticatedZombie · 04/04/2022 11:47

Good books to seek out:

Material Girls by Kathleen Stock
Trans by Helen Joyce
Feminism for Women by Julie Bindel
Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
The madness of crowds by Douglas Murray

For children:

My body is me by Rachel Rooney

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Slothtoes · 04/04/2022 11:32

Welcome all!
Great links on this thread.
If you’re interested in learning more about how lesbian, gay and bisexual people are being increasingly pressured by people who support gender ideology into ignoring the reality of biological sex, check out LGB alliance lgballiance.org.uk/

Jagertoddy · 04/04/2022 11:30

I’ve just been over to For Women Scotland lots of good info. Bought myself some lovely badges while I was there.
Huge gratitude to all the women on mumsnet and beyond for their dedication and masses of information. This is all so important.

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DomesticatedZombie · 04/04/2022 11:18

Thanks for the links everyone! Please do feel free to add more - I'm travelling so can't access stuff!

Other great organisations:

Women Speak Scotland
Women's Rights Network
For Women Scotland
A Woman's Place
Fair Play For Women
Keep Prisons Single Sex

Sorry can't link as on phone ...

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Linguini · 04/04/2022 11:03

I'm sure I may have forgotten some ...

Hope you don't mind a suggestion for another crowdfunder,

Fair Cop.
They do great work regarding batshit woke policing, there's a link to their crowd funder on their website
www.faircop.org.uk/

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