Men in dresses smashed all the windows of the Brighton centre last night because women arranged to meet and discuss their rights

[SingleSexSpacesInSchools]

https://x.com/bindelj/status/1976558089991311400

No arrests so far...

That's appalling. There should be no support for Hamas. They're a plague on humanity especially the female half.

I would not support this, or any other political/religious affiliation as being a part of women having equality and legal rights.

I still absolutely don't condone breaking windows and behaving like a bunch of drunken thugs in an attempt to intimidate everyone out of attending. I wouldn't treat anyone like that, including the (many) events and attendees where much ranting and shouting about trying to erase women's rights have taken place.

The politics don't excuse the behaviour. Ever.

Oh no ....not , gasp , keffiyehs! Well known attire of the SS , very antisemitic.

Don't be cute

https://www.washingtonjewishweek.com/keffiyeh-as-neo-swastika-fashion-statement/

Thanks for the pointers @fromorbit . I've sent Filia a small donation in response to the window-smashing.

Really disappointed in the Israel/Palestine turn this thread has taken.

I reported the Bash Back tweet, there's a link on another thread (sorry not very helpful) to report terrorists threats to the Government. You can report anonymously.

Thanks.

This one I think
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5425523-welcome-to-a-new-era-of-trans-rage?reply=147751214

I was watching Samantha Smith's video on X of the protestors, ending on a lingering shot of a teenager weakly waving a tiny trans flag while clutching his skateboard, like a kid with a security blanket. 😆

... ending on a lingering shot of a teenager weakly waving a tiny trans flag while clutching his skateboard, like a soldier clutching his mace.

That is a longboard, not a normal sized skateboard. Very easy to hold at one end using the metal bits the wheels attach to as a handle. You then have a 2 1/2 foot long "club" with metal at the other end to add momentum to any swings.

A bit like an umbrella - a decent-ish weapon with plausible deniablity.

Terrorists, terrorising women, threatening violence towards women

Yes I was wondering if Peter had anything to say. He is not my MP but I came across him when he jointly led a backbenchers debate about domestic abuse in the family courts, 2016. Have followed him on social media ever since. committees.parliament.uk/committee/202/backbench-business-committee/news/99967/mps-debate-domestic-abuse-victims-in-family-law-courts/

Absolutely right. They are getting more and more openly aggressive:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5425523-welcome-to-a-new-era-of-trans-rage

They are encouraged by the police, who calmly watch these men attacking dissenters and rarely make a move to protect the victims (usually women).

We need an independent inquiry into the stranglehold the trans movement has on public institutions.

The safeguarding lead of the last Conservative government came on MN for one of the 'web chats'. Questions were left for them about what they intended to do about the obvious safeguarding loopholes that had allowed this movement to achieve political capture, and which could so easily be exploited again by other movements.

The questions were deleted by HQ, and not permitted to be asked.

That's shocking - did they explain why???

Dont be disingenuous. Hamas are not exactly pro-women. Israeli women and girls have been taken hostage and raped and sexually assaulted. Palestinian women and girls have been killed in the bombing and starved alongside their children. We are supposed to support ALL women, not just the "acceptable " ones.

Sian Berry’s victim blaming after the latest trans violence is disgusting

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/750eded022ab8e9b

Thanks for the link @socialdilemmawhattodo, hard to watch in places but a very powerful debate, I can totally understand why you have followed him! As a newbie MP back then he listened to women. I think Peter's description of the ways in which violent men are adept manipulators, that work the judicial system to perpetuate their abuse through violence or the threat of violence, so that they can continue to hold their power and control over women and children, translates well to TRAs. Back then his call for the need of separate safe spaces (at the family courts) he echos in a response to an email I sent to him re L Community, Southwark and the failure to supply SSS. So hopefully he'll get vocal and do something constructive about Bash Back (we can hope)

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womensrights/5385109-soho-lesbian-hangout-saturday-9th-august-women-only?reply=146195596

Male Allies Challenging Sexism (MACS)

Unsurprisingly #MACS2025, our men’s conference in solidarity with #FiLiA2025 has not been infiltrated, protested or attacked by activists. Nobody claimed we were in #Brighton to cause tension / be provocative. Despite the fact that some of the women speaking at FiLiA also gave their time to speak to us. Despite the fact that all of our male speakers acknowledge the importance of sex-based rights. What do you make of that?

Oo. a club I can join!!

Alright, alright, we were JUST ABOUT TO smash it up, God, why is everyone on my CASE, I'm doing it, ALRIGHT?? I had to have a mental health day which is why we were short-staffed and hadn't gotten around to it yet - are you saying just because we're trans we can't have a day off from destroying things? Typical colonial boomer mentality that we need to work work work for the capitalist PIGS that exploit our labour.

I just keep coming back to thinking how scared those women must have been. It must have been terrifying to be smashing windows whilst knowing that at any moment you may cease to exist because someone calls you a man.

🤣🤣🤣

I remembered this thread because I'd come across this article in the Telegraph

https://archive.ph/roIkW

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/24/brighton-council-bans-union-flag-artwork/

!

Has there been any further information on the violent actions that inspired this thread? Any arrests? I'm not holding out much hope...