Riley Gaines. So hard to do what she did.

Did we get Kemi Badenoch in? She’s been instrumental. And Janice Turner in The Times.

Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women has lent her voice on several occasions.

And all the incredibly well-informed women of Mumsnet who keep plugging away with their knowledge of facts. Sheroes every one.

Can I join you in the snorers' tent @Boiledbeetle and @Zebracat? Will bring and naice tonic in case we get parched after the terf bar has closed for the night.

A Gay bar in Stratford East London does too! X

I fear that there are quite a few similarities in the way that they view women.

They are the Traliban at the very least?

Dammit...can still wear purple, green and white though.

That phrase has been registered as a for profit company by women who are not Dis Critic.

There are a few phrases apropriated - so WWW makes me cringe now.

tbf that's another way of putting us back in our boxes. I would go to NZ in a heartbeat if given the opportunity, wonderful country, wonderful people.

We talk of courage but let a few TRA's keep us away.

They're not exactly the taliban.

I was absolutely disgusted by how she was treated in NZ. Made me determined never to visit that backwater.

Thanks to KJK for starting international dialogues and Elaine Miller for standing for election.

Marvellous, knowledgeable, courageous women.

Sarah (‘men know what a woman is in Holbeck’ speech) Field. Very brave, very early (2018).

Thanks to Johann Lamont and the other very brave Labour MSPs who stood up and fought for 'sex not gender' in the Scottish Parliament.

Thanks to Joanna Cherry, Ash Regan, Joan McAlpine for their immense bravery and integrity fighting for women in the SNP.

Thanks to Rachael Hamilton and Pam Gosal of the Conservatives for their standing up for women during the GRR consultation process.

When it comes to Scottish Greens, thanks to Andy Wightman and Robin Harper.

thanking Dennis Kavanagh and Clive Simpson too.

Wasn’t Kellie Jean Kean banned from here because she refused to say men could become women. I believe she posted as Posy Parker (this is before my time)

Of course you did.

Oh god yes. Wonderful woman.

Forgot about James Kirkup! Another early one.

He said at the beginning "I'm only writing about this because nobody else other than Janice Turner is, and she's getting hounded because she's female whereas my penis protects me. The media and politicians need to do their job and debate this. When that starts happening, I'll stop."

And I think he has now stopped. He really helped build us to our critical mass.

Andrew Gilligan in the Times to was another very early one.

Yes Sean Ingle is at the Guardian, and he had some how been managing to get factual articles about male athletes in female sport into that paper since at least as long ago as 2018, very, very carefully letting Guardian Sport readers know that there is 'another side' to the debate and keeping his language as factually clear as he could.

Sean was the only sports writer discussing this for quite a long time. And he was doing this despite being at the Guardian, with Chief Sports Writer Jonathan Liew of "even if transwomen did have an advantage and won everything in women's sport, who cares? It's only women's sport, it's not actually important"-fame.

I have huge respect for Sean.

Lionel Shriver
James Kirkup
Janice Turner
Suzanne Moore
Hadley Freeman

Proper journalists who did what journalists are supposed to do and didnt take the easy option.

Whenever I've met any of these amazing pp in real life, I've made a point of thanking them personally as I feel so incredibly grateful for how hard they've worked, their courage, how much they've sacrificed and the impact it's made. I love meeting my heroes in real life and they've always been absolutely lovely!

Indeed, we see further because we are standing on the shoulders of giantesses..(thank you Bernard of Chartres).

Oliver Brown? Isn't poor Sean stuck at the Guardian?
Another male ally - Ross Tucker - scienceofsport on twitter.

Heather Brunskill Evans, Julia Long, Venice Allen, Sheila Jeffryes, Marcus and Sue Evans, David Bell

So many amazing women whose shoulders we stand on…

This board has definitely helped me to see through the BS and become more vocal, especially the posts of Frood, Datun, ArabellaScott, BoiledBeetle and more. It has been a fascinating, terrifying, frustrating journey.

For the TERF bar, another post alerted me to Virago in Leeds, who are hosting a Vino & Vent Salon next month. Can’t comment on whether terf bras will be worn, but dogs almost certainly welcome.