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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

A Woman's Place is at Conference 23 September 2019 Brighton

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stumbledin · 09/09/2019 19:52

(At one point it says it is for Labour Party Conference delegates and later on it says it is a public meeting.)

A Woman’s Place is at Conference
Public Meeting in Brighton
Monday 23 September 2019 (Venue to be announced)
Doors open at 6:30pm, for 7.00pm start.

Woman's Place UK (WPUK) invites Labour Party Conference delegates to hear speakers discuss the WPUK Manifesto, focusing on women's issues. Half the tickets are available for FREE to Labour Party members.

Speaker biographies:
Dani Ahrens Founding member of Brighton Pride, a lifelong Labour activist, tweets as @rebelyarns
Onjali Rauf Founder and CEO of 'Making Herstory'
Kay Green "Socialist policy must always be based on reality." Kay Green is a socialist activist, supporting gender-critical voices on the political left.
Kiri Tunks Woman's Place UK founder (Chair)

Woman’s Place UK was founded in September 2017 to ensure women’s voices would be heard in the consultation on proposals to change the Gender Recognition Act. We had 5 demands and we didn’t expect the campaign to last more than 3-4 months.

Thanks to the support and actions of thousands of people all over the UK we had a big collective impact on the debate and, while we don’t expect to hear the results of the consultation yet, we know that the government has heard the voices of thousands of women.

At the same time, the debate has exposed the poor state of women’s rights in the UK. We have decided therefore to develop a broader campaign on the foundations we have built.

We will keep up the pressure on the government around the GRA and on councils and organisations to uphold equality law.

But there are other battles we need to fight too.

So we have made some New Year Resolutions to help us broaden the campaign in 2019:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-womans-place-is-at-conference-tickets-71716155953

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TerfTalk · 09/09/2019 23:28

Sounds great Smile

stumbledin · 19/09/2019 19:28

bump

As I understand it Labour Party Members get in Free!

Women free of party affiliations have to pay!

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VinandVigour · 19/09/2019 19:45

I’m going, it will be the fourth one I’ve been to. They are usually very good, and the last one i went to in London was packed with lots of young students cheering the speakers on. ‘‘Twas wonderful to see so many woman (and quite a few men) so enthused by the cause.

I was convinced that I had cancelled my LP membership, but no, I got another card through the post just last month, so I have taken advantage of that (might as we’ll get something out of it) to get a free ticket, but will donate when there.

womanontheedgeoftime · 23/09/2019 00:27

I'm also going. Looking forward to it.

Must get some sleep so I'm not totally shattered for it, tomorrow!

WomanBornNotWorn · 23/09/2019 00:37

Got my ticket. I'll be in town staring at my phone at 6 for the directions. Hope it's somewhere central :-)

womanontheedgeoftime · 23/09/2019 07:50

Yes, me too!

dianebrewster · 23/09/2019 08:06

I'll be there, sadly don't have the MN scarf though !

mrsrainbowsparkles · 23/09/2019 09:12

De-lurking to say I am going too. No mumsnet scarf for me either, but hope to see some of you there.

WomanBornNotWorn · 23/09/2019 18:58

Well that is quite scary. My heart is thumping.

From the voices, its mostly women, screaming and yelling at mostly older women. Haven't stopped to look tho.

Banging on the windows now, unfortunately the venue windows are street level so it's easy to hit the glass.

Hope the glass will stand the strain if it's not toughened.

AnyOldPrion · 23/09/2019 19:00

Good luck. That sounds quite threatening.

Speakoutwoman · 23/09/2019 19:03

It's the normal threatening and silencing of women. Remember this is the debate that is apparently extreme on both sides - yet there's only one group that issues the threats and violence. And it's not women.

Hope it's a great meeting everyone there.

NonnyMouse1337 · 23/09/2019 19:05

Bullies always think they are so badass. But that's only because they enjoy 'punching down'. Women gathering peacefully to discuss issues are obviously easy targets for smug self-righteousness. I bet the cowards outside wouldn't have the guts to actually confront actual Nazis and far right gatherings.

Keep your cool and your nerve. Best wishes to all those in the venue.

Has any kind of security been organised?

WomanBornNotWorn · 23/09/2019 19:12

The police are here. Not stopping them.

MrsSnippyPants · 23/09/2019 19:20

Be safe everyone, I am following on Twitter and can do nothing to support apart from retweeting really, but we are with you in spirit

WhisperingInTheDark · 23/09/2019 19:27

Also retweeting. I'm appalled.

WomanBornNotWorn · 23/09/2019 19:36

Please follow #WPUKLab19 on Twitter for live responses from those present

Redshoeblueshoe · 23/09/2019 19:39

Thanks WomanBorn

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 23/09/2019 19:43

Where are the police??? Can’t someone say there are some men being mispronouned.

Redshoeblueshoe · 23/09/2019 19:53

Fekko from reading the Twitter feed it sounds like they are there and doing nothing

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 23/09/2019 19:54

So women quietly handing out leaflets get 5 police officers (and a horse) but women being threatened get nada. Is that it?

dianebrewster · 23/09/2019 19:56

The police have finally moved MOST protestors from the windows (the odd one seems to break through and have a bash)

ChattyLion · 23/09/2019 19:57

Holy shit. Why are women allowed to be verbally abused like this and they and their meetings threatened? How are the police not intervening?

mobile.twitter.com/hashtag/wpuk?lang=en

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 23/09/2019 20:00

I hope it is being filmed. So police just saying ‘I say could you just move on a bit pretty please?’ Rather than arresting anyone?

NeurotrashWarrior · 23/09/2019 20:01

Yep, this was a few minutes ago.

twitter.com/janeclarejones/status/1176207467526676485?s=21

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 23/09/2019 20:05

Nope - we want to see their pretty faces don’t we?

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