Fairplay for Women, 'Rosa Freedman, lawyer and academic from the University of Reading, and Susan Smith, spokeswoman for Forwomen.scot addressed the Committee for Culture in the Scottish Parliament on Thursday. The discussion is ostensibly about the census, it's wide ranging and fascinating, covering the importance of clear definitions, intersex, a third option, and the implication of sex self ID for women and girls. If you have an hour to spare, it's well worth a watch.'
Important to be aware of the abuse, intimidation and accusations of 'transphobia' Prof Rosa Freedman has faced from some TRAs in recent weeks.
This escalated in the last week as reported by BBC:
A professor has said she faced online abuse and found her office door "covered in urine" after debating proposed gender law changes.
Prof Rosa Freedman said she feared for her safety after the reaction to her discussing a government consultation on how people can change their gender.
The human rights lawyer had raised concerns on how the changes might affect women's rights .
The University of Reading said staff and student safety was a top priority.
Prof Freedman, who has said she is against self-identification, attended debates on the plans to change the Gender Recognition Act.
She told the BBC that afterwards she found her door had been covered in urine.
Prof Freedman also said she was called a "Nazi" who "should be raped" and added it was a "tipping point" for her to "push back" against the abusers when she received anonymous phone calls.
Prof Freedman added: "I'm pretty public and open about the fact that I'm Jewish.
"I'm pretty public and open about the fact I've survived sexual violence - I have been throughout these debates.
"So obviously being told I'm a Nazi and being told I'm transphobic when I'm not transphobic and nothing I've said or done is transphobic...having been told I should get raped. None of them are particularly pleasant." (continues)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-berkshire-46454454?SThisFB=&__twitter_impression=true
& James Kirkup in The Spectator:
'Women are abused in the name of ‘trans rights’. But do MPs care?'
concludes:
"Rosa Freedman is a legal academic. Her job is to analyse and study the law and debate the law. For doing so in the context of transgender rights, she says she has been abused, followed and scared. She says she has had urine sprayed on her door and into her office. She says she has been threatened with rape and murder.
This is not shocking. This is not surprising. To people familiar with this area, this is pretty much par for the course. And that is shocking, or should be.
How did this come about? How did the abuse and intimidation of women for simply talking about the law come to seem almost routine and mundane? That’s a question that should be asked more, and answered by anyone who mouths those words about respectful debate and a conversation free from abuse. That includes the people who run universities, who should ask academics who preach that “trans women are women” whether they are encouraging students to take an intolerant approach to women who happen to have differing views.
And most of all, it should be addressed by any politician who says they believe in free speech and civilised politics free from fear and abuse. If those words really mean anything, Rosa Freedman’s case will outrage and appal MPs of all parties, who will want to debate its implications – and demand action to prevent such things ever recurring – at their earliest opportunity.
After all, MPs and ministers have – quite rightly – taken time and trouble to debate and address the wholly unacceptable abuse and discrimination that transgender people sadly face all too often. In that, they were doing their jobs, representing the interests of people who need someone to speak for them.
Will that happen in the case of Rosa Freedman? Will MPs do their job and ensure that she can do hers without urine on her door and calls in the night telling her she should be raped and killed? Don’t bet on it. After all, she’s only a woman, and who cares about them? Who speaks for them?"
blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/12/women-are-abused-in-the-name-of-trans-rights-but-do-mps-care/