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Gendered Intelligence

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Whatwherewherewhat · 14/11/2022 14:31

They are doing some presentations at my place of work soon.

Does anyone have experience of their presentations? Any idea what I can expect?

It's not mandatory but it makes me think there may be a forthcoming policy...

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Whatwherewherewhat · 14/11/2022 15:32

@KatMcBundleFace

Genius, I might do exactly that

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KatMcBundleFace · 14/11/2022 15:32

** you're

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KatMcBundleFace · 14/11/2022 15:31

*were SENT the article

KatMcBundleFace · 14/11/2022 15:30

Whatwherewherewhat · 14/11/2022 15:25

I'm prepared to contact the person organising it in an 'are you aware' sort of approach, do you think that's a good idea? Or keep my head below the parapet?

You could say were the Dr Brunskell-Evans article by someone with concerns on your team....

Then your just passing the concerns along.....

Newcatbrowntail · 14/11/2022 15:29

I wonder if Sex Matters has an information pack you can get sent to the person organising this visit by Gendered Intelligence. They have some very useful material. Maya Forstater is one of the main board at Sex Matters.

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Whatwherewherewhat · 14/11/2022 15:27

FusilliFettler · 14/11/2022 15:24

GI are worse than Stonewall, mainly because they fly under the radar.

Oh dear 🤦🏻‍♀️

That article describes them as sister charity to Mermaids 😑

I have name changed specifically for this by the way, in case my place of work is identifiable.

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KatMcBundleFace · 14/11/2022 15:26

Good neutral piece on actual DSD (intersex) numbers.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000222z

Just in case you can throw in a head tilt..... "I listened to BBC programme that suggested different figures for intersex, actually about 0.08%" type question......

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Whatwherewherewhat · 14/11/2022 15:25

I'm prepared to contact the person organising it in an 'are you aware' sort of approach, do you think that's a good idea? Or keep my head below the parapet?

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FusilliFettler · 14/11/2022 15:24

GI are worse than Stonewall, mainly because they fly under the radar.

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Whatwherewherewhat · 14/11/2022 15:22

Oh dear, this is pretty much what I was afraid of 🤷🏻‍♀️

Thank you all so much for the helpful replies. Had a quick skim of the article but will go back for a proper read.

The thing is, I work for a very large, prominent uni. So if they are thinking of getting GI to help write policy, it is going to affect an awful lot of people.

This uni got rid of Stonewall so I thought they were on the right track but apparently not.

Alarm bells are ringing all over the place.

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MimbleCat · 14/11/2022 15:02

Heather Brunskill-Evans has just posted a piece in The Critic on GI

twitter.com/brunskellevans/status/1592107786783129601

MrsOvertonsWindow · 14/11/2022 14:51

Gendered Intelligence - who offer 1-1 "mentoring" for children in schools confused about their sex. They suggest that schools use the Pupil Premium or Disability allowance to pay for their £90 hour plus travel & accommodation charges.

Theeyeballsinthesky · 14/11/2022 14:41

Gendered intelligence who stropped off from work with sport england when sport england refused ti agree with them that sex didbt matter GI

FusilliFettler · 14/11/2022 14:35

Yes, sat through one recently. They tried to tell us sex wasn’t binary, 1 in 100 people are intersex and that there were loads of trans people in other countries until colonialism came along. When asked which countries, the trainer couldn’t give an answer.
They also tried to gloss over the single sex exemptions to the Equality Act (not important apparently) and any time colleagues asked for advice on how to handle real
life situations of the tensyiln between womens right and trans desires they waffled in and never offered anything useful.

I suggest taking notes, asking polite questions and afterwards complain to whoever brought them in about the nonsense they spout.