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Parents get bill for security before gender talk at Porty library

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WandaWomblesaurus · 07/03/2023 22:33

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0158f5ee-bd0b-11ed-b039-425ba6c60d6d?shareToken=1657e05db536b4939b0dd736535f4f55

They've set up a gardening page if you look up "Defend Free Speech in Edinburgh"

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MaryThorne · 09/03/2023 18:37

I see that they have reached their target on the gardening page. Great news!

Interesting thought that it was nowhere to be found on a google search but was pretty near the top searching on DuckDuckGo.

ArabellaScott · 09/03/2023 18:25

What a bunch if dafties. Its not a counter protest. Its a protest.

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WandaWomblesaurus · 09/03/2023 18:00

lighthousebookshop.com/posts/trans-solidarity-call-to-action-in-support-of-queer-community-in-portobello-and-beyond

Not sure what the issue at Lighthouse books in Edinburgh is but it's clearly got an issue with concerned parents discussing issues that affect their children - I wonder why.

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Thelnebriati · 09/03/2023 11:47

Has anyone reported this to the EHRC?
www.equalityhumanrights.com/en

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WandaWomblesaurus · 09/03/2023 10:00

Azaila · 08/03/2023 15:29

Hey, I’m from the Porty area, is this still going ahead? Did they manage to get the funds for security? Is anyone from this thread going? I was thinking of going along and would like to but I’m 37 weeks pregnant with a high risk pregnancy and don’t want to risk getting attacked by activists and or being harassed by them. I’ve seen what they’re capable of when protesting at other women’s rights groups.

Never heard a thing about it until I saw the article in the Times.

You need to keep yourself safe, so don't attend in person, but I'd maybe write to the library and say that it's not fair that discussions like this are not being allowed to take place without threats and harassment of the people organising it. There's no reason for this level of hostility when discussing the safeguarding of children. Why the threats and the inability to discuss without screaming about suicide? It's mad.

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ArabellaScott · 09/03/2023 09:32

Oh, really ...

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WandaWomblesaurus · 09/03/2023 09:11

A Facebook page called Porty Pride has been deleting any questioning around the event that doesn't fit with their narrative - some pretty odd claims on there about children taking their lives and calls for the library staff to sabotage the event. When they are deleting comments from LGB people they cannot be held as representative of a whole group. It's shocking.

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ArabellaScott · 08/03/2023 20:24

PAge still not taking donations.

Binglebong · 08/03/2023 19:42

Since there seems to be protests at Drag Queen Story Time I trust Ada H Dee is being charged? What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the trans goose after all.

Rainbowshit · 08/03/2023 18:46

Azaila · 08/03/2023 15:29

Hey, I’m from the Porty area, is this still going ahead? Did they manage to get the funds for security? Is anyone from this thread going? I was thinking of going along and would like to but I’m 37 weeks pregnant with a high risk pregnancy and don’t want to risk getting attacked by activists and or being harassed by them. I’ve seen what they’re capable of when protesting at other women’s rights groups.

Never heard a thing about it until I saw the article in the Times.

I don't think it's worth the risk. You just can't tell what is going to happen at these events. The odds are that someone is going to be seriously injured at some point.

Rainbowshit · 08/03/2023 18:45

ArabellaScott · 08/03/2023 09:39

They should know by now that women are capable of driving to wherever and handing over tenners in cold hard cash, if need be.

You'll not stop us speaking, or meeting, or thinking, you wee horrors.

This ^^

Azaila · 08/03/2023 15:29

Hey, I’m from the Porty area, is this still going ahead? Did they manage to get the funds for security? Is anyone from this thread going? I was thinking of going along and would like to but I’m 37 weeks pregnant with a high risk pregnancy and don’t want to risk getting attacked by activists and or being harassed by them. I’ve seen what they’re capable of when protesting at other women’s rights groups.

Never heard a thing about it until I saw the article in the Times.

Brefugee · 08/03/2023 10:25

I'm in Germany and essentially no city even dares try this - one did and got challenged in court.

I'm in Germany too, and a season ticket holder at one of the 1. Bundesliga clubs with one of the high-risk matches, and it is still a matter of discussion here. It is moving towards at least extra policing required for these matches. I guess you're talking about the Werder vs HSV match where Bremen were asked to pay 400k Euros?

EsmaCannonball · 08/03/2023 10:15

In the case of football clubs it's because the clubs' own fans may cause trouble. In this case the attendees of the talk are the ones who need protection.

Datun · 08/03/2023 10:11

Christ almighty i'm getting so fucked off with all this.

Is it really beyond the wit of the government to have one person publicly announce that no, you cannot stop women's fundraising to talk about their rights, yes, it's completely legal to exclude men from their spaces, no, don't teach little kids about masturbation and anal sex and don't set up baby drag shows.

Fucking hell.

Helleofabore · 08/03/2023 10:04

ArabellaScott · 08/03/2023 09:43

So, what do we have

  • feminist group threatened by terrorists.
-Council insists they pay for security for a meeting
  • Gofundme suspends their funding

Women silenced on International Women's Day.

Anyone trying to stop women meeting and talking in 2023 - you are a fucking disgrace.

You nailed it!

People will deny it until the cows come home, but that is exactly what it is. Women silenced on IWD.

rioseco · 08/03/2023 10:03

Daylight needed! (Waves to media)

WaterThyme · 08/03/2023 10:00

There’s an article in the Times but I can’t see it for the pay wall

Klex · 08/03/2023 09:43

Looks like the gardening efforts have been subject to a great freeze

Parents get bill for security before gender talk at Porty library
ArabellaScott · 08/03/2023 09:43

So, what do we have

  • feminist group threatened by terrorists.
-Council insists they pay for security for a meeting
  • Gofundme suspends their funding

Women silenced on International Women's Day.

Anyone trying to stop women meeting and talking in 2023 - you are a fucking disgrace.

ohfibonacci · 08/03/2023 09:41

Hoping this hits the Scotsman /Evening News. Sunlight needed on these tactics. Shocking. Desperate

GrumpyPanda · 08/03/2023 09:40

Brefugee · 08/03/2023 08:49

IIRC football clubs do pay something towards policing for matches (not sure they cover all of it though) and of course they do have their own security/stewards on matchdays.

Interesting, thanks. I'm in Germany and essentially no city even dares try this - one did and got challenged in court. So my example doesn't work but it's a different situation of course given the clubs earn revenue off their matches. Changing the victims of aggression for protection is out of order and a failure of law enforcement.

ArabellaScott · 08/03/2023 09:39

They should know by now that women are capable of driving to wherever and handing over tenners in cold hard cash, if need be.

You'll not stop us speaking, or meeting, or thinking, you wee horrors.

BernardBlacksMolluscs · 08/03/2023 09:31

Jesus christ

such authoritarianism

334bu · 08/03/2023 09:27

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