I’m an Aussie TERF and I have done a fair bit of gardening over the years to help out UK women who have run afoul of the TRA mob. Allison Bailey, Maya Forstater and Jo Phoenix spring to mind. Hundreds, if not thousands of Aussie women like me dug deep for UK women. As you probably know, Australia is still a couple of years behind TERF Island as far as women’s rights go in the sex and gender space. If you can spare some potting mix and seeds to help out Sall with her critical case, that would be great. Sall is a strong GC voice on X and has stood shoulder to shoulder with UK women for years.
I have never met or spoken to Sall but she has been the woman in the arena for years. This is what she has just posted on X-
A Sort Of Giggle v Tickle Update
While there is always so much happening behind the scenes, unfortunately, there isn’t much I can say publicly because I can’t say anything until it is on public record. I’d much rather just tell everyone everything that is going on. But I can’t, yet. While I don’t respect the premise of this case, I do respect the process & rules of the court. So it is what it is.
But what I do want to say is, while I very rarely detail the emotional & mental toll of 3.5 years in federal court for knowing men are not women, and having to put your entire professional life and a large portion of your personal life on hold for that, I think it is important to occasionally talk about it.
It’s important, in part, because there is still a decent percentage of the media class denying that “trans rights” have cost women anything. This really grinds my gears. Currently, in Australia, men who claim to be women have more rights than women. We cannot legally say no to them in our spaces, events, services & sport. I think that is a significant problem. A big part of women’s rights is the right to say “no”. Also, the fact that it has been left to ordinary, every day women - most of us, busy mum’s - is relevant.
But really, I don’t talk about the emotion/mental toll, because I don’t really like complaining about it all. Yes, it sucks. Yes, it’s horrible. But that’s obvious. Also, what is obvious, is there are many women in the world going through horrific situations & I think it’s important to have some perspective on that. Basically, I’d rather have the right to fight for women’s rights than not even have that right at all. So I take the right to be able to fight for women’s rights very, very seriously, and appreciate it immensely.
Still,
I will never, ever, forgive the Australian government for leaving this issue up to a single mother whose start up was destroyed by men who claim to be women to fix this obvious problem. At best, I’ll eventually become indifferent to them. But I sure as shit will never waste a moments energy trying to forgive them.
Similarly, I will never even try to forgive nor respect the Australian Human Rights Commission as long as I live. Not only have they completely abandoned the reality of “woman”, they have ignored their mandate to “humans” and “rights” and thrown most of them under the bus to appease the desires of a very select, self-identified, few. Human rights are not human rights if they require other humans to actually give up their rights, and they have seemingly forgotten that when it comes to “trans”.
And, finally, the Australian media continues to be absolutely dismal in relation to this issue. Everything that makes it to mainstream publication is saturated with language to appease the trans demographic - whatever that is - a demographic that will not be satisfied unless total capitulation occurs. In the sporadic event that the fourth estate does acknowledge the plight of women’s rights & freedom of speech/belief in this country, it’s through gritted teeth, but most of the time they ignore it all completely, not accepting that every single absurd thing women are having to deal with in relation to trans is of great interest to many, many citizens.
I can prove this. I have the receipts. Every time there is something relating to GvT I can publicly speak about, I send out a media release. This case was allowed to be heard in federal court because it was deemed in the public interest. So the public should be informed. 99% of the time, I get zero reposes from journalists. Literally zero. Nothing makes it to publication.
Yet, the one thing that makes me the most proud is that this case is alive because of the people supporting it. No massive donors. No gifts. No ulterior motives. Only people who care about women’s rights, and rights in general. And for that, I will forever be grateful. It makes it all worth it.
I’m very optimistic.
Thank you 🩷
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