I think it’s interesting that it’s mainly always older woman at these protests. Just like with gay marriage and rights, the older generations tend to be stuck in their ways while younger people lead the way for change.
Thought I'd respond to this and there's always the claim that we are the minority outside of Mumsnet.
It was reading detailed accounts of what is happening to young lesbians written by those very same young lesbians that pushed me over the peak into deciding to take a stand.
And in the last 18 months I have met many more young lesbians at public meetings, and as members in the new secret as well as public women's rights groups.
Who all tell me the same thing - their exclusive same-sex attraction to other females is no longer acceptable within their LGBT Youth organisations and friendship groups. They are criticised if they reject males who identify as trans as sexual partners, then vilified and ultimately ostracised if they persist in their "prejudiced genital preferences". They cannot meet in lesbian-only spaces, places or clubs because they no longer exist.
They don't just get this online, these things are said in their faces. Screamed even. Most of them are too scared to be public about their distress, their anger and their loneliness. And when they reach the point where they want to take a stand themselves, many cannot do so at Pride for fear of the repercussions.
We actually do have a bunch of incredibly brave young lesbians that attend one of the groups I'm involved with and they amaze me. They are out and proud female homosexuals and now out and proud gender critical feminists to boot. They leaflet, help organise meetings and yes, they have protested at Pride, too.
And this brings me to the older generation. It's conversations with younger lesbians that has alerted many older lesbians to what is going on. Many lead busy lives, have family and careers, they are no longer that involved with LGBT spaces or activism. But as they became aware of the plight of young lesbians, they decided to take action.
Most of the ones I've met in the last 18 months are seasoned campaigners from the Gay Rights Movement. Many are trade unionists, socialists, anti-poverty campaigners, working in the women's sector or with vulnerable children and adults. Lawyers, doctors. Formidable women who bring their vast experience to bear on our work.
And beside the young and old lesbians, there's a third group of women who are now stepping up - their mothers, their sisters, their friends and aunties, grannies and daughters. Passionate defenders of their loved one's right to be exclusively same-sex attracted to other females, to be able to say that out loud and reject men, all men, no matter how they identify from their dating pool. And they damn well expect that right to be respected. But because they can see it isn't, they are now standing on that hill, too.
They don't go to Pride though, because like me they've always thought it was for homosexual and bisexual people. Not straight people. And joining a lesbian protest when you're not a lesbian always leads to accusations that no actual lesbians are protesting. So they tend to stay away from Pride protests.
But not the activism. Not the new women's rights groups. They're leafletting whole estates now, and conferences, they're seeing MPs and MSPs and councillors, too. Attending meeting, writing articles, educating the public.
And like me, they also talk to almost everyone they meet about the issue. Which has taught us that actually, those who reject transgender ideology and legislation are in the majority. Every poll confirms it. But of that majority, we are indeed a minority in taking action. Most people do not become active defenders of women's sex-based rights. That doesn't mean they oppose us.
So, no, the likes of us are not just confined to the Mumsnet echo chamber of a feminism chat board. We are everywhere now and our numbers are growing by the day.