PETITION!! Shon Faye And Amnesty International "Women making History"

[SuitedandBooted]

Following of from this thread;

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3247297-Ok-Amnesty-International-is-straight-up-trolling-women-now

There is a petition calling for Faye's removal as host;

www.change.org/p/amnesty-international-uk-the-removal-of-shon-faye-as-host-of-amnesty-international-uk-s-women-making-history-event

Signed.

Yes, it is.
AI were clearly not content with just promoting the idea of prostitution as a freely entered into "Career choice", they want to take the piss even more.

33 more needed to hit 2000

2050 and climbing.

Good. The more signatures the better.

I’ve signed.

Personally, I am confortable with a transwoman fronting this - it’s about what is being said, not who’s saying it. If a biological male can stand up for the rights of biological females, good on them.

Shon Faye has been repeatedly quoted being overtly misogynistic. SF as a spokesperson is harmful to women, and pretty terrible terms of trans representation and visibility too. There are plenty of trans men and women who aren’t into sluttifying children or silencing feminists.

Oh, I’ve just looked through the other thread. I’m going to get deleted for misgendering SF, aren’t I?

Hi there @QuoadUltra. We're afraid so, yes. If you could stick to preferred pronouns or simply a person's initials, that would be great. Thanks!

Ok, I will do.

I know it is hard for MN to balance this and so, of course, I will stick to Talk Guidelines here.

I get that pronouns can be weaponised but science will win the day in real life. Thankfully.

Signed. Amnesty International really need to get there act together.

Not that I hold much hope of that happening.

Did this go ahead with SF as host?

Yes, it did. Photos from the event available on SF’s Twitter.

Article in Gay Times, 'Shon Faye silences transphobic critics with empowering speech at Women Making History event'

(extract)
"Despite controversy surrounding her involvement as host for the Amnesty event, Shon Faye has silenced her critics, and paid tribute to trans people around the world who have lost their lives.
Opening her speech, Faye made reference to the abuse that she had suffered for agreeing to host the event – there was even a transphobic change.org petition calling on her removal which garnered over 2,000 signatures." continues...

www.gaytimes.co.uk/news/106636/shon-faye-silences-transphobic-critics-with-empowering-speech-at-women-making-history-event/