Feminist student society sanctioned by Bristol University

[ArabellaScott]

Currently crowdfunding to protect their right to maintain a single sex space.

This looks pretty important, to me. Crowdfunder on Crowd Justice, if you search using the title of this thread you should find it.

'Our case could be the among the first brought by women who were directly prevented from or sanctioned for using the single-sex exemptions under the Equality Act 2010. The rights everyone has to single-sex spaces mean nothing if public bodies and institutions, such as the Bristol SU, can override and dictate which rights women should or should not have.

All we want is to hold our women-only consciousness-raising meetings where we discuss our lives and unapologetically centre ourselves. We simply want the BSU to abide by the law and recognise that their sanctions against us were unfair and discriminatory. We want to continue operating using the single-sex exemptions for our restricted consciousness-raising meetings, and to continue holding our successful public feminists events where everybody is welcomed'

[RealDinosaurofBarnardCastle]

Their statement sets out the case so clearly.

[howard97A]

Have dug again for this group of Bristol Uni students sanctioned by their Student Union for trying to hold women-only meetings.

Their statement here:

www.womentalkback.org/post/women-talk-back-statement-on-the-bristol-su

[FurysaurusVexed]

Dug.

[candycane222]

Pledged. Twitter link above was easiest one for me

[Chersfrozenface]

Spade deployed.

[CreepingDeath]

Bumping this again, there is one day left and they are only half way towards their target.

[ArtemesiaK]

Bump

[vivariumvivariumsvivaria]

Hang on, so we no longer have the right to gather? As women? Not allowed?

Donated.

This is shameful. Academia is losing the plot. This is what #nodebate did - killed debate.

[trumpisagit]

Donated.
Thanks for sharing.

[nocoolnamesleft]

Thanks for the links.

[Enough4me]

A very worthy cause to support. I donated recently and hope she feels boosted by all the support she's getting.

[BingBongSong]

Thanks - I have just donated.

I was at a meeting once where we were discussing who was and wasn't allowed into our "women-only" sessions. Later I asked if I could join the men-only session if I identified as a man. Was met with . They clearly hadn't thought about that possibility.

[Carriemac]

Completely agree Xenia

[Manderleyagain]

This is such a important case. But it'll be complicated because it's partly about whether the students union is allowed to prevent member groups from exercising their rights under ea 2010. I hope it will establish that what the group want to do (hold female only events- meaning natal female) is lawful. So is the su allowed to have a blanket rule that means affiliated groups are not allowed to do that? It would also be lawful to hold a group for womem including tw, but the su want that to be the only option. As an umbrella organisation would they be allowed to prevent student groups from using the exception which means ppl from the same religion or ethnicity can gather together without others? Or do the individual student groups enjoy the right to use the exceptions regardless of the su's opinion?

Or maybe I'm wrong, maybe it's about the specific harrassment and discrimination against the women rather than the rules as such.

Either way it all needs to come out in court.

[TalkingtoLangClegintheDark]

@CreepingDeath

Just bumping this again for the weekend crowd . 9 days to go if anyone else can dig.

I do find these reminders so very handy! Thank you kindly, spade duly employed.

[RealhousewifeofBarnardCastle]

@Xenia

I hope they win as the Act does allow those spaces and it is time we women fought back to assert our rights.

So do I Xenia

[Xenia]

I hope they win as the Act does allow those spaces and it is time we women fought back to assert our rights.

[Alekto]

[quote RealhousewifeofBarnardCastle]Here’s their website anyway

www.womentalkback.org/[/quote]

Oh I didn't know they had a website! Thank you, I'll take a look.

[ArtemesiaK]

Bump

[CreepingDeath]

@Andante57

WaltzingBetty how did you donate? I’d like to give a donation.

There are men only clubs which presumably are legal so why not the other way round?

If anyone wants to find it go to the Crowdjustice website and search for Women Talk Back.

[CreepingDeath]

Just bumping this again for the weekend crowd . 9 days to go if anyone else can dig.

[RealhousewifeofBarnardCastle]

@LongBlobson

Keeping this bumped, having just done a bit more digging.

Women only spaces are so important.

Quite

[LongBlobson]

Keeping this bumped, having just done a bit more digging.

Women only spaces are so important.

[CreepingDeath]

@RealhousewifeofBarnardCastle

Oh ok, how odd, thanks for explaining, I didn’t know.

I know, the rules can be quite annoying sometimes.

[RealhousewifeofBarnardCastle]

Oh ok, how odd, thanks for explaining, I didn’t know.