50:50 Parliament Campaign to Encourage Women in Politics now have TWO Transwomen on the Panel

[gardenbird48]

I saw 50:50 women tweet to Sue Pascoe Chair of the Conservative Women’s Organisation some time ago on their #askhertostand, but then I couldn’t find the tweet and thought maybe they’d realised their mistake (can you guess?) and deleted it.

However, how wrong I was! There are now two people that have extremely limited ‘lived experience’ as a female (Sue was a married father and successful businessman and Master to Foxhounds until a few years ago). The other person has said hi on here recently.

I don’t mean to be rude but surely the whole point of encouraging women to stand for Parliament is to help overcome the barriers women face in entering politics. Any barriers that trans people face are rather different. It is also interesting that on a panel of three for their ‘Encouraging LGBT+ Women to Stand’ campaign, there us only one person with actual lived experience of being a woman (I am hoping that Mandu Reid of the WEP was born female at least...??)

Spirit of the Cherry Blossom.

Yes, I assumed it's because MN understandably don't like people posting on here solely to get likes etc over on Twitter. Although Jaz's posts are still up here so it would be strange to ban a poster but leave up their posts? I don't know if it can be clarified?

I have dipped in and out of this thread and found it truly upsetting, more than any thread here I can remember. We are being trampled over by people who have absolutely no connection to material reality, people who talk absolute nonsense.

I know there are trans people out there who are not like this, who are under no illusions - I wish they would continue to speak up in bigger numbers and speak out against this insane extremism, and I wish the media would give them more of a voice (even anonymously).

@Ereshkigalangcleg

Is Barracker our Queen now? Oh dear Datun, you've been deposed!

I thought the same.

EmpressWitchDoesntBurn

I thought you lived your whole life as an example of dignified restraint and moderation?

Haha! Why yes, yes I do. 😇

Where can I get some of those boots?

That Pink article confuses me.

So Jaz has come on here and said she is a woman (not a transwoman just a woman) , no debate, yet has left the 50/50 because she doesn't believe it supports transwomen.

That makes no sense, if she is a woman why would she need to leave the committee?

YY Bourbonne.

Apparently not submitting to use the term ‘c** is transphobic.

Barracker. is. our. leader 🤖🤖. {robotic voice}

Are they like mum boots?

Most importantly, do terfy boots have a heel. I didn't realise there was a uniform.

I need some new boots. Is there a form I need to fill in?

Reading between the lines I think it was out of protest because Rosie Duffield wasn't sacked for saying women have cervixes.

No heels. Heels are for 2020. We're all about the flats now.