One Year Later: 11th April - National Day of Action

Mr Menno was filming the London protest so I expect it’s on his YouTube channel.

Will there be any YouTube coverage of this protest does anyone know? Like a Wesley Winter style "let them talk" video? It seems like TRAs were roundly outnumbered which is great news for women's rights.

That was my first thought! It's quite a clingy fabric, we can all see his 'troubles'.

@GloomyWednesday won the blanket. Manchester would be quite the trip for me :) I'm glad you all had a great time.

I’m so glad you won the blanket, I really enjoyed making it! It was a great day in Manchester.
the TRA were few in number and really rather lacklustre!
Sorry I couldn’t go to the after party, hope you have lots of joy from your blanket!

Yes and it was thoroughly heartening to be there.

Is "see his troubles" a euphemism?
🤔

"Release the transactivists" like "Release the hounds" or "Release the Kraken" ?
The police putting it this way really paints a picture, doesn't it?

Of the plod holding back a pack of slavering beasts desperate to get at the nasty TERFS.
"Best get out of here ladies, we have to let them out soon"

I'd love for Hagrid/Demi to get a prime time TV slot to explain his position. They could show loads of clips of him protesting so that every one could see his troubles as a vulnerable and marginalised transwoman

Well, if nothing else it makes a change from “Whose streets? Our streets!” Which they were hollering when I walked past and which never makes sense because no one is ever saying they can’t use the streets

How does anyone think this is ok? 2026 and someone still turning up with a sign like this.

Women: we want our single sex spaces back and kids to be safeguarded properly.

Trans Rights Activists: we’d like to see you dead, we want to work in a bra shop, you’re all so unstylish, noise noise noise.What the actual fuck?

I wish I could have been there but I’m so glad it all went well. Thanks everyone for standing up.

At 5ft 11 and a size 14-16 I have a lot of understanding that it can be difficult to dress well at that size but I really don't think he's in a position to judge other people's stylishness.

Thank you! “Twat any man” sounds just so Mancunian A PM would be great thank you, I won’t be able to see it until I can use the site not the app though (wish MNHQ would sort that!)

How fab about your crocheted blanket too. I’ve been eyeing some up on Etsy for hospital stays, I wish I could crochet and I could do one in suffragette colours!

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Agree. And he did start it!

Women smile and sing and make friends.

TRAs wear masks, make threats and hang around with topless kidnappers

I liked that one too! But so many to choose from.

I guess somebody somewhere is tut-tutting about mocking people because of their appearance, but it would take the patience of a saint not to comment on that outfit😇

Besides, I think there's a difference between commenting on someone's physical appearance, and their wardrobe choices, as in this case😬

😆 I also liked the “Trans Demis Roussos?” Comment!

Via nitter, Lily Maynard is reporting batshit chant number lots and lots:

"Trans people deserve to work in a bra shop in Marks and Spencer"

I have no comment, Lily comments it seems oddly specific 😳

Oh my! Says it all really

'They also had approached the TRAs beforehand and politely asked them what they were protesting about only to be told to fuck off and google it.'

How to win friends and support. LOL.

ETA longer quote.

Manchester was great!

Huge turn out compared with the 13 oddballs and their shitty banners who were kept well away from us.

I was handing out flyers and had some great responses from people I gave them too.

The police were great and were trying not to roll their eyes at the TRAs. Chatting to a few who kept saying they had to be impartial but understood completely that they wouldn’t want blokes in their mum’s/sisters/daughter’s toilets etc.

A couple of lads in their 20s asked me what it was about so I explained. They were gobsmacked (as many people were) at the irrationality and downright weirdness of the TRA argument. One said he’d ‘twat any man if he saw one going in the women’s toilets with his sister’.

They also had approached the TRAs beforehand and politely asked them what they were protesting about only to be told to fuck off and google it’.
We were so much more polite and informative 😂

We all went for a few pints afterwards and had a fundraiser raffle where I channeled my inner Vegas high roller (spent £20) and I was delighted to win a lovely crocheted blanket.

Hope you feel better soon and can come to more local events @MancFemI’ll send you a private message if you like?

Thanks to all of you as @OpheliaWitchoftheWoods says!

How was the Manchester one? I spent yesterday feeling bitter and resentful that I couldn’t go and show support. My own brain is trying to murder me so at least I’m genociding extremely succcessfully, compared to you bunch of amateurs and your thought crime

One surprising comment on the website:

The Service works alongside Umbrella Cymru, a charity who describe themselves as 'Gender and Sexual Diversity Specialists' and whose registered address, surprisingly, is Blackwood Police Station.