The week the trans spell was broken

It has been a good week. I'm sure you're right tabbycatstripy that the extremists will redouble their efforts and we'll see lots of emotive claptrap designed to guilt trip people.
But hopefully all the publicity means that the usual aggression and bullying of women, individually and collectively, will be harder to brazen their way through.
The next feminist meeting with aggressive, misogynistic bullies outside will be harder to dismiss. The targeting of women for speaking (like the elite athletes reported to their sponsors) is less likely to be acted on by organisations with the press keeping a closer eye on their behaviour.
And as for the excessive number of sex offenders self identifying as women - eventually a journalist is going to crunch those numbers and publish them in the mainstream press.

Bloody brilliant, at last!

What a week. But they’ll redouble their efforts. I’m already seeing lots of ‘scared’ posts on Twitter from trans people who seem to think there’s going to be some violent backlash. That only helps groups like Stonewall and Mermaids, both in terms of donations and political activity (people writing to MPs etc).

I was going to see my MP but I politely told them I thought the decisions this week were right and that I wouldn’t use their time unless necessary. I think it’s really important to send thanks to the EHRC, Johnson, Truss etc., for their measured, fair comments/guidance, and to copy in your MP.

I had a rant to my Director earlier, I feel like the dam has broken and wanted to reinforce anything he might have seen in the news as we have a fair bit of influence in a relevant sector.
Puuuullllllll

I love Hadley's writing. That's a really excellent article. The Cass interim report has made a huge crack in the dam and Thomas and Bridges have widened it.

It can't hold much longer, especially now so many people are speaking up.

Good article. I’m really pleased that Hadley is able to get these articles published.

A good week.
I'd only say about this article that Kathleen Stock wasn't fired but resigned (I know her position was basically made untenable by the bullying and harassment, but, as Hadley F says, language matters).

Fabulous clear summary of the kind of week we could only have dreamed of back in the era when Angela Rayner was proudly tweeting about keeping a place on the HoC benches for Labour Women's Officer and predatory troll Madigan.

Reading that, it made me wonder if all of this headline news will have an effect on the judgement in Maya's tribunal. Hopefully a statement from the Prime Minister can only help to underline that her views about biological sex are hardly offensive extremism and she was quite bloody right that a fecking think tank needed to be able to discuss this subject. (Just in case the judge was in two minds.)

Absolutely great, and love Hadley.

Brilliant.

I hope this filters through to the BBC - I've just heard their new Radio 5 film reviewers, one of whom hadn't even seen the film she was reviewing, slip in a dig at J. K. Rowling.

That's good thanks for the link

It's fantastic and I'm glad to see confidence in speaking out growing. As much as some individuals want to shout 'transphobic', I think others are beginning to realise that word is being thrown about incorrectly and as such, loses its value.

It’s great isn’t it.
I’m 99% happy and relieved with a 1% fear that those in favour of more trans rights ~at women’s expense~ will feel angry and beleaguered.
But we didn’t make the fight so dirty.

Super happy this week! It’s like everyone who knew what utter bollocks it all is, is finally waking up and also finding a voice.. and when more their voice and it’s encouraging others to speak out as well. Brilliant