If you’re gender critical…

[CurlewKate]

…is that the most important point for you when you’re deciding who to vote for? More important than the NHS, the economy, foreign policy? If you’re a Labour voter, would you actively have a Reform government because Reform are gender critical?

No, I’ll probably vote Labour, not because I want to but because there is no viable alternative option and it will be potentially close enough in my area that if enough people don’t vote Labour we’ll end up with reform which would be worse.

Im firmly “gender critical” although I prefer to just see myself as a person who understands the difference between truth and lie/reality and fantasy/scientific fact and religious belief…… but I’m a person who doesn’t want a Reform government so will do what needs doing.

There is no other choice. I worry that some women will give priority to their views on gender issues.

Does the 'their' in this sentence mean Reform or the women? If it's the latter, then women can prioritise whatever they like in relation to choosing who to vote for.

The Tories are sex realists (even if the odd MP isn't, Kemi is, so that's the party's stance). The SDP is too.

To answer your question, I won't vote for any party which suggests that people can change sex.

I'm actually pretty sure that Farage was all for TW in women's prisons. So I wouldn't vote for Reform (I wouldn't anyway, but certainly not on this issue).

Quite. But is is convenient to blame women for everything.

I find it interesting before Labour got in several posters were talking about holding their noses and voting Conservative, saying that under Labour everyone could self-identify etc etc and yet it was under Labour that the Supreme Court ruled that the terms 'man', 'woman' and 'sex' in the Equality Act 2010 refer to biological sex. What did Conservatives actually ENACT to convince everyone they and right wing parties were interested in women?

Labour had the square root of fuck all to do with the Supreme Court case, so I'm not sure why you're trying to claim that because it happened whilst they're in government that they're somehow responsible for it.

The Tories were starting to wind back from where the country had ended up due to Stonewall Law becoming pervasive. Sadly, Kemi ran out of time to sort the Equality Act before Sunak called the election.

No, it’s an issue but not the main one. I went least worst option in the local elections which for me/ this area was Lib Dem - they had the majority since they took over from the Tories in the last general election but Reform were running in this latest council one, and actually came second, so I felt it important not to split the vote and risk them getting in.

I don’t like our MP’s (or councillor’s) stance on trans issues, but am mostly in alignment with him on other issues and have been impressed with some things he’s done.

At a national level it feels more important - but I wouldn’t abstain and wouldn’t vote Reform and otherwise feel a bit politically homeless - I’m not really sure what I’ll do yet.

yes for me. I wouldn't actively vote for Reform in a GE but can't for Labour/Greens/LD because of their ludicrous TWAW stances.

No because Reform are the worst vote for Women full stop.

The SNP were returned to power in Scotland. And my understanding is that GC people don't like them.

I would take that as an indicator that other policies are considered more important by the masses in national elections ?

I'm GC and would never vote Reform. Previously only voted Lib Dem or Labour. Sex realism is a deciding vote for me, I don't have much faith in any parties vision or capability of delivering promises but I won't vote for anyone who cannot correctly identify what a woman is etc, if they can lie about that they can't be trusted on anything. Never voted Conservative but Kemi Badenoch is excellent on this issue. I don’t know if I would vote for them though.

I think it’s fairly bloody clear that reform hate women whatever the profess

Yes, it is a line in the sand. I will NOT vote for politicians who think (or say they think) that TWAW. Once I've ruled them out, if there is no one I feel I can vote for I will spoil my ballot, and have done so twice.

Are Reform GC? They have no issue with men in women’s prisons and have plans to repeal the Equality Act. Without that act women are up shit creek. What’s the evidence they actually understand the issue?

As pp said Labour had nothing to do with the excellent work by FWS nor the outcome.

I can't vote for anyone who thinks TWAW, or who are antisemites. I'm politically homeless. I'll probably spoil my vote.

Firmly gender critical but would not vote for Reform.

Reform wants tougher controls on who comes into this country, and they want to restore British values and reduce crime so that it might actually be safe to walk through the UK's cities again. Why is that not a good outcome for women?

It’s left me politically homeless to be honest.

Yes it’s a big deal. It’s about so much more than a few people who “just want to pee”
but no, I won’t be voting for reform. I’ve no idea who I’ll vote for because I feel like none of them are worth my vote.

I am GC.
I would never vote Reform.

This is not leaving me really with any good options.

You don't understand democracy in the UK and how the courts are independent of political parties. Instead they are there to hold the power of politicians to account.

It's working to a point.

Yes. It's absolutely the most important thing to me that women are accurately represented in parliament and in our institutions as a sex class.

Furthermore, it represents a truth challenge of whether it is more important to a party to present truth as it is or how they would wish it to be. And I have no truck with the infantilisation that accompanies the latter.

That is the exact same type of party and politician who would tell the public that, say, the influence of the bond markets should be disregarded. Sounds exciting but it's divorced from reality.

It is high on my list of deciding factors but not the only one. Really struggle to know who to vote for tbh because all the parties are terrible. I’d never vote reform though, they may be gender critical but they also seem to be anti women and have too much affiliation with Trump and I don’t want our country to be anything like America.

It’s probably the most important issue for me yes and I won’t vote for a party that endorses gender ideology. But I wouldn’t vote reform either - they want to scrap the equality act!

GC & politically homeless.
I’m increasingly becoming a single issue voter.

previously voted “left” but now don’t feel like any of the options have relevance for me now. Poor choices, polarised ideas.

like so many issues these days, I feel like we are as a society are feeling the pain of a couple of decades of this new digital online world, economy & segregation.

I’m gender critical and would never ever vote for a party which believes men can become women / grow a cervix etc …. That is definitely my red line.