Tuesday 9th March - could be a big day

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1. Helen Staniland and Glinner giving evidence to the Commons

1. Fair Play For Women VS UK Statistics Authority at Royal Courts of Justice at 10am

1. The Court of Appeal and Harry/ We Are Fair Cop - The Court of Appeal will examine the validity of the College of Police Hate Crimes Guidance

I wanted to start a thread where any major decisions or outcomes and links to anyone live tweeting or online footage. See you back here tomorrow!

Buying Glinner a coffee after that speech

[quote MsMarvellous]@glinner I haven't been able to watch but hearing what you have sacrificed to stand alongside women and amplify our voices is just killing me. You didn't have to do this, no one made you, but you knew it was right. I have so much respect for you. Thank you. [/quote]
I echo this. Thank you.

I'm going to watch it later but thank you Helen & Graham

What's happened to Glinner's marriage? I hope his wife wasn't harrassed but she probably was, I'm guessing.

I still cannot believe we got here, I mean this whole mess.

Heart-rendering and inspiring. Thank you Helen and @Glinner

Helen’s mass reporting data transparency request would be great if applied to MN too.

Oh yesss. That would be very useful indeed.

This thread is so positive! It's a pleasure to read. Well done, Glinner, Helen and everyone else who has been campaigning for women's rights today.

Yes, only state sex numbers-legal sex numbers.

Your ancestor could disappear if you had no way if knowing if your great granny became a legal man.

Great speech from Glinner...said it all and evidence from Helen. Got the feeling that it was the detail of how , than what and to whom that interested the committee more. So how to organise the free speech notion in companies that make their own rules on acceptability .but hearing the truth of what is happening should hopefully have done some good, in conjunction with all the other stuff happening.

Absolutely, know the charge(s) against you. The vexatious checkers.

How does one buy Glinner a coffee?

The key thing for me is that questions are being asked now. Be it prisons, puberty blockers, social media or the census these are decisions that should be made openly and challenged openly. No debate is toxic.

Just search "buy me a coffee glinner". I'm off to do the same now!

@ArabellaScott

How does one buy Glinner a coffee?

Link here

Just watched the latter part of the Committee hearing.
Thank you Helen and Graham. Your evidence was so calm and clear and coherent. I'm so sorry you've been through this awful stuff but so grateful you are standing up and speaking about it for all our sakes. You didn't have to.

I haven't caught up on the thread. But I just listened in full to Helen and Glinner in the HoL. If you read this -- absolute heros both of you. I could not hold you both in higher esteem. Points made with such articulacy and clarity. Not easy! And Glinner - that speech was amazing!! Amazing. You will always know that you stood for women. We thank you x 1000

Glinner's statement:

grahamlinehan.substack.com/p/full-text-of-my-house-of-lords-statement

Just heard his statement. Very clear and necessary.

Got the feeling that the Committee weren’t listening to Graham so well, but hopefully able to take on board his points coupled with Helen’s.
The issue about whether they’re private companies vs public space is well-evidenced by Glinner and Helen that, as bannings (to the point of character defamation, I think) can you follow you around from one platform to the next, there should be an understanding that social media as a whole, is a public sphere.
I’m unsure as to whether they understood the arbitrary nature of Ts&Cs and their lack of consistent application.

So mimmy has archived the old incorrect guidance and is encouraging her followers (which seem to be mostly born male) to fill in the Sex question in the way they see fit.

If they are hiding their trans identity (which seems to be the preferred option) - there will be fewer resources allocated for trans people (and more for women, with an inexplicable reduction in percentage birth rate due to some of the women not having the body type to enable gestation).

I don’t understand why they think this is a good idea. for Hamster - this must be so frustrating to watch as a trans person who understands the challenges this will create.

Thank you Helen, thank you Glinner.Thank you for fighting so hard for us all.

It's bonkers. If you assume the arguments about lack of trans healthcare etc were in good faith, they would want to get the number and sex if trans people recorded so they can campaign using that data.

(I realise this falls down on the "good faith" part)

#GrahamLinehanIsABigot now trending on Twitter. Evidently someone is really rattled by this guy.

Needless to say there are no cogent arguments as to why they think he's a bigot.

Hoping Glinner comes and posts his full statement. Have an e-mail of it, but he deserves to post himself

There will inevitably be people who will do what they want regardless. The main point was not to confuse the rest of the population in the process. Or discreetly make sex an umbrella or social term in public documents without this being legally and openly decided by the HoC and HoL doing the job the tax payers pay them to do.