STONEWALL REVERSE FERRET INCOMING

[Taytoface]

So, it looks like their income tanking might have finally made them see that trans rights is not quite the gravy train they thought it was. They are now pivoting to getting compensation for gay veterans who were badly treated. And apparently JKR is a wonderful lady, just needs to be a wee bit more kind.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/19/things-could-go-backwards-kezia-dugdale-on-safety-lgbtq-rights-and-the-future-of-stonewall

have looked it up and agree with the not lying on a child’s birth certificate, so it’s their mother and father named on it, not whoever decides they want to be… the birth certificate is for the child! They are entitled to know who their birth parents are, even if whoever brings them up is different.

The guardian thinks men are women if they say they are so no they are not generally great on facts

you are right that the meloni government has tried to roll back rights for lesbian and gay ppl but they have been generally stopped in the courts.

It's a bit more than that @PoppinjayPolly
Some of it I agree with, I'm not keen on anyone using surrogates for example but certainly not two gay men.
Not a fan of Stonewall either.

The Guardian might not be right on everything but it's right on Meloni and that's the point I was making. And laws don't have to succeed in order to make changes to society and to bring about a more hostile environment for marginalized groups @Theeyeballsinthesky

FTR I have been known to talk about ferrets.

Whatever we think of Dugdale, she has certainly put the cat among the pigeons.

n.b. I also often talk about cats and pigeons.

It is also the Guardian's 'logic'.

Stonewall deserves to crumble.

I want this on a Tshirt!

(in pretty rainbow colours, of course)

Totally agree.

i feel Helen Pidd piece was a total nothing burger which fits nicely alongside Dugdale’s word salad.

If you are writing about Stonewall and you don’t mention the way they have infiltrated schools and many other institutions; making a fuck ton of money from them, it’s pretty much the definition of a dereliction of duty.

That is a lovely ferret (also a bit scary). Do you suppose KD knows about reversing ferrets, or golden bridges, even?

I know we're supposed to, but I'm not sure I'm ready to build that bridge for Stonewall yet.

We will have to remain ever vigilant. I'm so so tired of doing this!

I wish they'd ask her why she still supports self-id.

I never shut up about gerbils.

A toxic sewer of hate? Well that's my new user name sorted 😂

Anya Palmer

By appointing Kezia Dugdale as a trustee, Stonewall has both doubled the number of women on its board of trustees (the other one being Jake Graf), and increased the number of women who know they are women from zero to one.

Ingrates!

There's a lot of "if we are not centred then we are discriminated against" feeling in that thread.

Happy very special Birthday @NotAtMyAge for whenever it is this week!
🎂(this probably doesn't have enough candles)

Yes, Happy Birthday @NotAtMyAge!

I've been on Mumsnet for just two years, and have encountered the phrase "reverse ferret" quite often. I admit I was puzzled at first but also intrigued, then delighted when I finally worked out what a reverse ferret is.

I love the way that posters use witty, funny, vivid words and phrases. Just above in this very thread, I've encountered a Nothing Burger to be consumed alongside a Word Salad - thanks @tobee - I've had Word Salads before but there's nothing quite so delicious as a Nothing Burger to go with it. Mmmm - mmmmmm.

Excellent thread, too. Great discussions and lots of information, thanks for starting it @Taytoface - I feel encouraged and heartened by the slow turning of the tide, and the prospect of the madness of all the confused and contradictory gender identity contagion being washed away, until it is gone.

This is horrific – I know she's probably not going to sue him, but she'd have no problem getting him into court for defamation of character. It strays well, well beyond the bounds of acceptable criticism.

I wonder sometimes if she'd ever think of suing him, just as a means of discrediting him and his organisation and potentially stopping them going after other women. I suspect she doesn't want the unnecessary distraction – going to court is a massive undertaking and her life is so full.

Oh my, being sued by JK is probably Jolyon's wildest fantasy.

A horrible thought.

"Have always been at war with Oceania..."

Right?

and the irony is they are constantly quoting 1984 and friends as if they have some deep connection to the truth, and not a bunch of fantasists.

Glad to have ground this thread as I noticed a few "i hate Stonewall, they're transphobes" hissy fits on BlueSky yesterday but didn't have time to check.

The idea of Stonewall at Pride being booed by the TRAs on one side & us on the other makes me very happy.

The thing is that only one side turns up in balaclavas, issues death threats, and has a vandalism-and-terrorist wing.