Women Wont Wait Demo Scottish Parliament Sept 4th

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Going to be a big one.

Implement the Supreme Court judgement now
For Women Scotland
https://x.com/ForWomenScot/status/1955291798185582889

By 4th Sept it will be 20 weeks since the Supreme Court handed down its judgment, yet very little has changed in Scotland. Trans guidance for schools remains stubbornly in place, men are still housed in female prisons & women’s hospital wards routinely accommodate men.

Scottish government has the power and the resources to ensure that the law is complied with across the public sector, but they drag their heels. This won’t go away. We want our government to step up now and sort out the mess their faulty guidance has caused.

Please join us at the Scottish Parliament at 11am on Thurs 4th September to tell the Scottish Government that, quite simply, #WomenWontWait any longer. We want our rights fully restored…now!

Fantastic. I will be cheering them on and following online.

Whilst we are there, perhaps we should pop in to the National Library of Scotland to ask to see their copy of Women Who Won't Wheesht.

Bump!

The deadline for the Scottish government to respond to FWS latest court case falls conveniently on Demo day. Will the SNP give women back their rights? Or will they have to take them? It is happening either way.

Bonus - Apparently various Authors will be doing an banned books signing of that controversial bestseller The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht.

Its today at 11 folks going to a big turnout.

Speakers include Tracy Edwards, Lucy Hunter Blackburn, Jenny Willmott

Can’t be there, but looking forward to hearing about it on here!

On my way

Thanks to all who are able to attend!! Wish I could be there too.

How did it go?

Excellent turnout. Fabulous inspiring speakers.

They defeated the petulant young man who played a sound system very loudly while being defended by between 2 and 4 police officers who refused to maintain our right to protest, as Joanna Cherry pointed out.

A powerful and heartwarming event.

It was excellent. There was a bloke playing loud music who Joanna Cherry thought legally the police should have moved away as you can’t have freedom of speech if someone tries to drown you out and she thought they would have removed her if she had tried drowning out a trans meeting with loud music. I am not a fan of counter protests they just increase conflict and an us and them mentality. Organise your own protest on a different day. There were good speakers. Politicians spoke from all the Scottish parties except the SGP and Lib Dem’s ( no surprise there) and Lucy Hunter Blackburn reminded women to think about their rights in the MSP elections next May. The only SNP speaker is standing down and thought that if she didn’t stand down she may be deselected so they still sound very captured. Lucy spoke about us reclaiming our captured institutions. Forwomen Scot have given Scotgov until tomorrow to comply with the Supreme Court guidelines and start producing compliant guidance for schools prisons and local authorities or they will start legal action

The blaring out music not only silenced the prowomen event but an adjacent demo where the names of dead Palestinian children are being read in commemoration. Very good numbers

Pics here:
https://x.com/ForWomenScot

Glad to hear it! Sounds a great event.

Appropriate the demo celebrated a banned book and on the same day news came the ban is being lifted!
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5395312-has-anyone-else-had-a-reply-for-the-national-library-of-scotland

Interesting and powerful speeches from Scottish Labour think the Scottish elections net year are going to be interesting:

Scottish Labour Justice spokesperson Pauline O'Neill MSP at For Women Scotland rally 04.09.25

Scottish Labour Dep Leader & health spokesperson Jackie Baillie , For Women Scotland rally 04.09.25

Sound system guy attacked a woman with an umbrella and is now trying to get police involved:
https://x.com/ForWomenScot/status/1963701964732092800

Report on the police review into the handling of the counter protest:

https://www.thetimes.com/article/f9bb1251-fe87-46e4-821f-a1719946c4e9?shareToken=de80b2504ec903feef489b33ee1bfe69

Holyrood protest trans activist awarded cash by under-fire SNP quango
A Trans activist accused of disrupting a feminist rally at the Scottish parliament has been handed taxpayer-funded grants by a controversial SNP quango.
Tom Harlow – whose real name is Thomas Michael Moncrieff Carlin – was given thousands of pounds by Creative Scotland from a hardship fund set up for ‘freelancers’.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15144313/Holyrood-protest-trans-activist-awarded-cash-fire-SNP-quango.html

The way the Police handled this is being reviewed

https://archive.ph/WdmbL

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/police-scotland-tom-harlow-for-women-scotland-holyrood-9cqhhdjxm