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Bristol council bans women who raised trans issues from meetings

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BristolW0man · 05/12/2025 09:32

From the Times:

Bristol city council has banned two gender-critical women from stepping foot in City Hall after they asked Green Party councillors if the Supreme Court judgment on trans identity was “offensive or transphobic”.

The council alleged the questioning of the two councillors in the public lobby after a heated council meeting last month, in which Green councillors staged walkouts and held trans rights placards, was carried out “in a way that they found intimidating”.

The council has banned Wendy Stephenson, chair of the council’s independent remuneration panel, and Phoebe Beedell, a retired academic researcher, from attending any council meetings for six months because of their “unacceptable behaviour”.

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https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/trans-rights-green-party-news-hwgxd2qv0

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BristolW0man · 05/12/2025 09:56

There's a classic from a they/they Green councillor:

“At this point, Cllr Jenni Bartle interjected, stating that the judgment was ‘just an interpretation of the law’. Dr Beedell turned to Cllr Bartle and noted that it was nonetheless the law, and asked again whether quoting it was offensive. Both councillors declined to answer and turned away,” the letter states.

The Greens are really going to end up with egg on their face over all of this (not just in Bristol).

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CohensDiamondTeeth · 05/12/2025 09:40

Fucking hell! 😡

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