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WarriorN · 2026-02-25T15:48:31+00:00

Row breaks out over event's single-sex policy [[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8jxek8w8m0o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8jxek8w8m0o]]

WarrenTofficier · 25/02/2026 16:56

Is that the service set up my IamSarah following her fight to get single sex rape counciling in Brighton?

OpheliaWitchoftheWoods · 25/02/2026 16:55

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Mmmnotsure · 25/02/2026 16:48

There’s that infuriating reference again to the row that has broken out “on both sides“. No women’s groups are putting pressure on places to not allow men who identify as women to hold their own events.

peacefulpeach · 25/02/2026 16:34

‘Terf Watch Brighton said the line drawn for the need for "single-sex services" was "arbitrary, unevidenced, and based on prejudiced myths about how gender operates in society". ‘

Horrifying. Women (and Jewish people) are not welcome in accepting open Brighton, it seems. Gone are the days of Brighton being a welcoming and free space. Guess the high population of men took over.

FallenSloppyDead3 · 25/02/2026 16:26

WarriorN · 25/02/2026 16:21

women shouldn’t have to say why they want a women only space. They shouldn’t have to be highlighting their trauma at the hands of men as a reason to speak freely without men. However, it does rather highlight the misogyny of terf watch when they bleet on about it not being necessary blah blah

quite a good article for shining the light on that.

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Yes, a lot of unpeaked people reading that article will think 'wtf???'.

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WarriorN · 25/02/2026 16:21

AlexaAdventuress · 25/02/2026 16:04

Hmm. Not too sure about this trauma 'frame' - it's as if not wanting men present is a trauma response' that you can't 'reason yourself out of'. Well, some of us might not want to talk about our personal lives in front of men getting their jollies for feminist kind of reasons too!

women shouldn’t have to say why they want a women only space. They shouldn’t have to be highlighting their trauma at the hands of men as a reason to speak freely without men. However, it does rather highlight the misogyny of terf watch when they bleet on about it not being necessary blah blah

quite a good article for shining the light on that.

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FallenSloppyDead3 · 25/02/2026 16:15

I think it is of interest that BBC have chosen to write this article at all, and its framing is not unsympathetic to Sisters Heal. A little step along the BBC's long road to recovery, perhaps.

Augarden · 25/02/2026 16:12

"Terf Watch Brighton called the need for single sex services a myth."

Who are they to say what women need or don't need?

Helleofabore · 25/02/2026 16:04

Terf watch is absolutely chilling. When it comes to cancelling venues because the women hold the belief that female people need single sex provisions, in this case a place to meet to heal such as this group has which is so important, it is dire.

AlexaAdventuress · 25/02/2026 16:04

Hmm. Not too sure about this trauma 'frame' - it's as if not wanting men present is a trauma response' that you can't 'reason yourself out of'. Well, some of us might not want to talk about our personal lives in front of men getting their jollies for feminist kind of reasons too!

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WarriorN · 25/02/2026 15:50

”Terf watch” sound chilling - fabulous sunlight on how TRAs have organised themselves

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