Turns out Hampstead swimming ponds are single SEX after all ...

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... at least the men's pond is

Well done to the fabulous #ManFriday gents for exposing this rank hypocricy! Splendid work, chaps

awfully well done man Friday chaps!

I just came across this quote from Abraham Lincoln. "The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly".

Excellent. Let's do it.

YY, sounds great.

God - the law hasn't even passed yet - but people are acting as though it has. So yay! Let's do it!

#No self ID - and if that law is passed, we will make a mockery of it. We will ID as men in every man's space to make a point. Prove I don't identify as a man, with my long hair, feminine clothes, and makeup. If women can have penises and beards - let the opposite be true.

Wonderful work chaps

(Fake beard wearer - whoever you are - I salute you)

"Are there any women here today?"

"No, no"

If Philip Bunce can be listed as a "top 50 female champion" for crossdressing a couple of days per week, I'm sure #manfriday can be taken seriously as men on Fridays.

Here's a bit of background on Pips :
mirandayardley.com/en/cross-dressing-all-the-way-to-the-top-where-all-the-transvestites-have-gone/

Ello ello.

DP made me watch the Monty Python beard clip this morning. Fabulous; cheered me right up,

The pond invasion went swimmingly. Sweary has already given a succinct account (well done SG!) so I’ll just reiterate that the police were excellent, the men at the pond firmly on-side and we were cooperative and within the rules at all times.

Favourite quotes from the day:

“It’s UTTER BOLLOCKS!” (man clearly not believing our ‘we are men’ line, the transphobe ).

“There’s a big fat women with a BEARD over there!”

Exchange:
Outraged man: “Men aren’t allowed to go over to the women’s pond and get their cocks out, so why are you?!”

Protester: “Um, we don’t have cocks.”

Outraged man: “I just saw your mate’s VAGINA!”

Protester: “I don’t think you did, although you might have seen her vulva.”

Seems men really do mind when women who identify as men invade their spaces. Who'd have thought it?

Yet us women are such unreasonable transphobes for protesting about penises in women's spaces.

Don't despair Sweary.... I though the Mail article was rather good - great photos - great quotes and key messages spot on..... Although not what you would have written I am cheering it! Yes, could have been clearer but really very good... people will read it and start thinking which is what we all want....

I was very very impressed by the fake beard I shall admit.

I suspect poor PC Barry will be for it for saying he'll kick men out of the women's pond though and will be sent on hours of equality training about the poor transwomen being women too though.

Well done chaps. The DM article isn't amazing but I agree it gets the important points across - you're never going to get a newspaper article to read the way you'd like it to.

About 70% of the commenters under that DM have totally missed the point and are frothing, saying “well maybe us men should just put a bikini on and go to the women’s pool!” Still, it is quite clear the men of DM are not keen on sharing.

Any idea when Sky or other outlets are covering this? I am home today, so have the opportunity to listen/watch live.

Hats off to you gentlemen, an truly excellent days work.

Still grinning at this quote from the DM - One man shouted: 'They aren't men!'

SwearyG - I thought the Mail article was good on the whole and I am pretty sure that one of the two bylined journalists is sympathetic to your aims. Oh, and well done!

Oh God, the comments!!

Sky were taping for a bigger piece that is going to go out in late June. There are a few recognisable GC feminists in it and a few from the TRA side. When we have a screening date I’ll let you all know.

I’m sure there will be coverage again in the papers, rehashing the DM story. If you see or hear anything please let us know.

Yes I agree re one of the journalists, hackmum, maybe I read too much into it last night whilst in my cups. Let’s see what today brings. Twitter is broadly supportive, but of course I’ve been blocked by all of the TRA lot.

Well done women of the #ManFriday campaign!!! Lead story in the DM and the most hilarious, po-faced quotes from the men whose privacy was 'invaded'. So they don't like it either? Fucking brilliant! Now maybe this ridiculous policy will be debated properly.

One man shouted: 'They aren't men!' Another said: 'This is ludicrous. If I turned up at the female-only pond and claimed to be a woman I would never get let in. This is our space and that's how it should stay.'

Great job ladies

oh well done chaps. fabulously exposing the hypocrisy of self ID as always.

I was trying to explain the David Lewis thing to my mum. She said, well maybe the labour party object because of his beard.

No Mum, there's that Alex person with a full beard who's redefining what it means to be a woman and is some sort or adviser to the labour party.

If David Lewis had put on eye shadow and adopted a breathy voice he'd have been fine.

That's all a woman is in trans ideology: make up and a skirt and flippy flappy hands.

But somehow no-one believes that performing masculinity makes you a man.

Why is that (genuine question)?

Outraged man: “I just saw your mate’s VAGINA!”

Protester: “I don’t think you did, although you might have seen her vulva.”. YesItsA

Wouldn’t that be ‘mangina’.

*Outraged man: “Men aren’t allowed to go over to the women’s pond and get their cocks out, so why are you?!”

Protester: “Um, we don’t have cocks.”

Outraged man: “I just saw your mate’s VAGINA!”*

@SwearyG Do you have the SwimEngland selfi-id guidance (currently withdrawn) with the example of how staff should manage a woman feeling uncomfortable with male body parts in changing rooms?

Links:
manfridayuk.org

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3252624--ManFriday-background-Speech-by-Hannah-Clarke

www.feministcurrent.com/2018/04/09/interview-uk-women-self-identifying-men-challenge-proposed-changes-gra-part-manfriday/

Why is that (genuine question)?

Because men make the rules.

Bloody well done.
I love the way the angry men in the DM article are making our points for us so we don't have to.
You have done this so elegantly. Like a judo throw or something.