Miranda in court

[EweSurname]

I didn't realise Miranda Yardley was in court today over alleged transphobic harrasment.

Debbie Hayton
‏ @DebbieHayton
At Basildon Magistrates Court where Miranda Yardley is on trial for transphobic Harassment. The prosecution applied for reporting restrictions to prevent the complainant Helen Islan from being named. The judge has not granted them. So Helen Islan can be named.

Sending Miranda good luck vibes.

I know a magistrate, and I'm pretty sure she said they'd had some training from stonewall about gender identity etc. Presumably not on what constitutes a crime (hopefully) but that will be why complainants are having to call defendants by chosen pronouns etc.

i’m so relieved that this case has been dealt with so unequivocally.

Thank you everyone for all the support extended to me on here.

Miranda

Well done you for getting through it. It was quite a trial!

Well done for getting a sensible judge Miranda and so a good outcome. What a nightmare it must have been though. I hope it's some consolation that this case will be of help to the cause of freedom of speech for gender critical people.

The case was mentioned in The Times today, in Melanie Phillips column. She's no fan of feminism, but even less so of 'intersectionality' and identity politics.

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/making-the-world-perfect-always-ends-badly-j9fgg7s6l?shareToken=ecfa0def88b9384ea1b6064b252707c5

miranda I'm sorry you were subjected to 10 months of uncertainty but you're an absolute star for weathering it with such aplomb

Is there anything we can do in the aftermath to help?

Hiya Miranda, glad to see you on here.

If you are taking this further then don't rule out crowdfunding for legal costs. I think a lot of people on here would contribute.

What you were put through was shameful. State-sponsored harassment.

mirandayardley
Its the least any of us can do, if you need to crowd fund or anything else just let someone know.

Miranda - you know I think we all owe you a great deal. Thank you for prioritising women.

Miranda, you are the best.
Thank you.

Thanks Miranda. So much appreciated.

hey Miranda - thank you so much and hope you're doing OK after such an awful experience.

I know a magistrate, and I'm pretty sure she said they'd had some training from stonewall about gender identity etc. Presumably not on what constitutes a crime (hopefully) but that will be why complainants are having to call defendants by chosen pronouns etc.

About gender identity? Stonewall and others are campaigning for amendment of the Equality Act to replace "gender reassignment" with "gender identity". Is it really appropriate for them to "train" magistrates about something that is currently not defined in law?

Hope you're ok Miranda. I would also contribute to a legal fund, and I hope you take up everyone's offers if this is costing you money. It is not right for you to be out of pocket because of this utter farce of a trial.

Miranda’s written more on the court case

Miranda Yardley, Transsexual, Prosecuted for ‘Transgender Hate Crime’

uncommongroundmedia.com/miranda-yardley-transsexual-prosecuted-transgender-hate-crime/

I love Miranda.

Thanks for link EweSurname. Makes me admire Miranda even more . It must have been such an ordeal and really scary to realise how much depended on having a sensible judge when the police and CPS were so willing to get involved.

I remain amazed that the case got as far as it did with that sort of evidence. The criminal justice system is under enormous pressure to only give court time to cases that are likely to end in a conviction. This pressure affects CPS, the court service, the judiciary, and the police. How the HELL did this get to this stage?

There's a direct link to Miranda's page, which is probably a better way to access the article as the clicks will be registered to that page instead:

mirandayardley.com/en/when-a-transsexual-is-prosecuted-for-transgender-hate-crime/

So Islan instructed Mischon de Reya (the expensive solicitors) in a personal capacity.

Islan is a single mum working part-time so I'm guessing an anonymous benefactor picked up that tab. Or Mermaids did.

Shudder

Miranda

Imagine going through this. I'm disgusted by the bullying TRAs. How the hell did they get the CPS to take this case forward? Batshit. The whole thing.

That’s a brilliant piece, Miranda. Your courage shines through. 💐

Miranda is incredibly courageous

It's worth having Mischon's Pink law initiative in mind Popchyk.

New article about Miranda in thread telegraph

First person prosecuted for transgender hate crime says it is a waste of police time

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/03/21/first-person-prosecuted-transgender-hate-crime-says-waste-police/