Yes, both sides. When making hyperbolic comments about Meghan Murphy meeting, @patrickharvie accused her of being abusive & hateful on the grounds that she was banned from Twitter. Perhaps he is unaware, but she was banned for comments regarding ...
It was quite clear that few MSPs were invested in preserving the bill as it stood. Mr Harvie seemed to be acting as the Rottweiler of a Justice Secretary who had lost conviction and looked like a chastised child. Harvie's shockingly misogynistic ...
RT @hightreebud: @ForwomenScot @JohnMasonMSP It was said in today's debate (by Sandra White) that MSPs have a duty to raise constituents' concerns in Parliament. I know other Green MSPs refuse to meet constituents about women's rights, so could ...
So, @patrickharvie doesn't deny he said this, he probably stands by it, and doesn't argue this might not meet a threshold for this bill. But somehow he has managed to blame @JohannLamont and ourselves for being on receiving end of his invective and ...
RT @duncrail78: They went there. They played *that* card. Pathetic. Caster’s case is hugely distressing and there is no best answer I can find. But fairness has to be fair. Also the “I” needs to get out of the LGBTQIA. It’s not helpful. ...
Thank you @liamkerrMSP for bringing this motion and allowing MSPs across the spectrum to air their disquiet at this bill. We'd also like to thank @JohannLamont, @RhodaGrant and @RBFMaguire for highlighting the omission of misogyny. ...
RT @PBC174: @ForwomenScot I just received my code to join this tomorrow night. Has anyone else signed up? https://t.co/pS7l3a...
Indeed it isn't and we hope that Mr Harvie will agree it is utterly repugnant that young lesbians are being told that they should include people with penises in their dating pool. by many, incl the editor of PN. He probably won't though. ...
RT @_freetodisagree: Thanks to @RhodaGrant and @Alex_RowleyMSP for speaking to constituent’s concerns over aspects of the Hate Crime Bill today, from the @scottishlabour benches.
RT @_freetodisagree: Thanks to @SandraWhiteSNP and @RBFMaguire for courageously raising the concerns of constituents in today’s debate. Everyone has the right to be protected from violence, intimidation and abuse. But changes to the criminal law must ...
RT @_freetodisagree: In today's debate MSPs from nearly every party, incl the SNP, expressed concerns that pt 2 of the bill threatens free speech. The Govt is under huge pressure. All eyes turn now to the Justice Committee whose 9 members will decide ...
Humza Yousaf's amendment: Yes 58 No 55 Abstentions 6 https://t.co/CvQ90a...
RT @lazyjoolz: I know youse are all busy watching the debate in Holyrood but I’ve had a meeting with black African woman friend who has told me about the number of women of her background who won’t go for cervical screening as they don’t know they ...
You might say that, we couldn't possibly comment... https://t.co/kMRjwM...
Despite the relentless focus on transgender issues from the equality groups, they are also failing transsexuals. Possibly a new TS org needed? https://t.co/1WWyBp...
RT @mbmpolicy: "We appeal to the Cabinet Secretary to pause...because the law as drafted goes too far. It is an attack on free speech. A damaging narrative has built up...which obscures the good intentions behind it."
Wonder which ones... Funded and in agreement? https://t.co/wehM70...
Isn't that ironic? https://t.co/X88p2C...
RT @JillBannister2: @ForwomenScot Go @JohannLamont! That was a storming performance (Patrick Harvie might not agree). Is there a video archive of the debate? I'd love to watch again.
Thread from MBM as well! https://t.co/40GqFC...
It's on... https://t.co/XRrJkl...
RT @Woman12967113: @BurdenCampbell @ForwomenScot @TanyaCompas https://t.co/FEWgAb...
RT @PBC174: @ForwomenScot I don't see why this can't be used by us. It doesn't specify just asks about abuse. https://t.co/APIQmM... https://t.co/TbkgtC...
RT @LucyHunterB: @ForwomenScot Looking for shortcomings in people’s motives, rather than at the actual content of their arguments, when they submit detailed concerns about any proposed legislation, damages our collective capacity for decent ...
The debate on the Hate Crime Bill is due to start at 2.50 https://t.co/AZOgsb...
RT @Woman12967113: The UK has strict guidelines on who can ask for children's information and who can store this information, what are your policies? also can you provide a charity number. I am sure you are doing a fantastic job with the lgbt ...
RT @_freetodisagree: Concerns over Hate Crime Bill on @heraldscotland letters page, AGAIN. Must be some kind of record no? https://t.co/Raaz4M...
This keeps being repeated by VSS, it is starting to appear like wilful misdirection. Many of the characteristics in the hate crime bill are also covered in EA. If they think this is sufficient, that should apply to all PCs or none. ...
RT @_freetodisagree: “With criticism of the Hate Crime Bill reaching fever pitch, the proper course of action for politicians in every party has become obvious – they must oppose Part 2 of the bill and see the contentious ‘stirring up’ offences ...
Sex is not included in the hate crime bill at all. It is a protected characteristic in the Equality Act but was not included in this bill in spite of Lord Bracadale's recommendations. It is of no use to incl it the problematic part 2 when it is not ...
RT @crit_gen: @Feorlean @HumzaYousaf @BBCRadioScot Is it Scottish exceptionalism that makes the @SNP think that people won't use this new law to bully others or is it just that they think that the Scottish electorate can't read? See Australia and ...
RT @SVPhillimore: I asked this organisation for a copy of its safeguarding policies. In light of their request that 12 year olds make contact with adults online. This was their reply. https://t.co/TV9qBQ...
The SNP need to start to listen & respond now to concerns instead of trotting out defences of this bill. Everyone knows it is flawed and the sooner part 2 is scrapped, the sooner we can analyse the deficiencies of part one. https://t.co/HMu4L2...
RT @intersexfacts: Tweets like this remind me of the vast difference between being LGBTQ+ and intersex, which only heightens my concerns with Stonewall "taking on the I". We don't find out we're intersex through introspection, we are diagnosed by ...
RT @ALLIANCELGB: Finally, here is a group whose materials are widely used in Scotland. https://t.co/P064gr... It explains to kids that when two lesbians have sex, if one of them has a penis they will need a condom.👇 ...
RT @underaredflag: @ForwomenScot @HumzaYousaf @katewal64655706 I see this very public and doubtless entirely independent endorsement of a Scottish Government initiative on the day it is being challenged in parliament and merely note in passing where ...
RT @Baroness_Nichol: Colleagues,I have written a personal note to the CEO of Sainsbury’s expressing my growing unease at what I see as poor treatment of their female staff;exacerbated in my opinion by their removal of ladies lavatories,which ...
Another day, another disingenuous tweet from Mr Yousaf. Victims of hate crime *are* currently protected under law. Yousaf has previously said the bill was to tidy this law up. Surely it is better to do this in competent & enforceable legislation? ...
This is why we are so worried about the ill defined terms in the hate crime Bill. Words like "hatred" and "violence" are thrown at women so often for refusing to cede our rights. https://t.co/wcwQth...
RT @ChrisFalconer16: Colour me shocked. Again. https://t.co/pJPUZ9...
Considering TRAs go nuts every time women raise a limited amount for specific projects or legal cases, it's interesting that different rules seem to apply when they approve the message. https://t.co/FYkSLC...
RT @mum_sex: @BurdenCampbell @intersexfacts @ForwomenScot @murdo_fraser @SP_Justice @ProfTomkins @dsdfamilies There’s a dimension that most people forget: dsdfamilies was set up to support children, young people and their families- they have been ...
RT @hightreebud: @ForwomenScot @murdo_fraser @SP_Justice @ProfTomkins And sexual orientation has been changed from definition in both preceding laws (Offences (Agg by Prejudice) 2009 & Equality Act 2010) of 'same or opposite sex' to 'same or ...
RT @underaredflag: Interesting seeing Civic Scotland attitudes to the Hate Crime Bill in it's current form. The more dependent on @Scotgov funding an org is - the more likely it is to be lobbying on behalf of the bill. Just a coincidence obv.
RT @SaveWomensSport: "The ACLU has threatened economic retaliation against Idaho to screen the truth that allowing males to compete in women’s sports hurts women." - @ChristianaADF #SaveWomensSports #FairPlay https://t.co/ACtisO...
RT @dabitch: Read this thread, ladies https://t.co/SNrYa0...