RT @hightreebud: Having followed progress of the Forensic Bill by @SP_HealthSport I know there was concern about letting the public know about the new NHS based self-referral service, with no need to report to police first. Reckon we've just saved ...
Thank you Michelle, it is very reasonable. https://t.co/FKR6Wj...
We believe women were motivated by truth and justice. It appears @patrickharvie thinks rape survivors had another agenda. https://t.co/5n3mF7...
RT @_Leyanelle_: So @patrickharvie thinks women and girls who have just been raped shouldn’t be able to request a female examiner. Let that be his legacy.
A reminder, James is talking about women who have been raped. https://t.co/3U6PQO...
Things for your MSPs to know: Survivors are not children, they know asking doesn't mean getting. But if they ask and are told their needs can be respected, it should not mean something other. Without consent, there is a second assault. #sixwords ...
Here's the rub. Women like Denise's daughter are important, not organisations. https://t.co/5Qgipd...
RT @MForstater: This Q&A between Kate Osborne MP and @ProfAliceS was quite astonishing about "the harm that has clearly been caused by the government as a result of opening this consultation. Alice speaking up for democratic debate ...
RT @MForstater: A clash of cultures here in the @Commonswomequ @PeterGibsonMP ask "do you believe TWAW?" Rosa - in law sex is biology, GRC a legal fiction Kathleen - we need a category to describe adult human females & males Alice - "adults do ...
Thank you! https://t.co/r3jtCT...
"If the Scottish government and now RCS really believe its effect would be neutral and view the ongoing argument as a distraction, the logical response is to let the amendment proceed." https://t.co/IIr0qp...
Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) Bill
RT @bestlifegoalz: @maidotheloch @MeAndTotoro @ForwomenScot Is @MhairiHunter revealing her view here. This is not about trans people delivering forensic services, it’s about Women and the sex of their examiner. She said earlier there are no trans ...
RT @truethingmies: Here's the circular argument.@Christina... has said that they comply with the #EqA . They have to she said. But orgs like Women's Aid that provide single sex services under the #EqA don't. They don't because they have to have trans ...
RT @IdollyDancing: Gorgeous! #WomenWontWheesht #CourageCalls @ForwomenScot @LabWomenDec @CforWomenUK @CUPWomensPledge @WomensPledge @mlindsay122015 @Obsolesence @jun_the_swan @FemmeLoves @crit_gen @ReSistersU @AudreySuffolk @ALLIANCELGB ...
We wonder if any MSP voting against Johann Lamont's amendment tomorrow agrees that, as a matter of urgency, "gender" should be defined in law to have exactly the same definition as sex as it appears in the EqA. Then they can use them interchangeably, ...
RT @MagiGibson: So, yesterday @rapecrisisscot told the public there’s no difference between using ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ in legislation for dealing with rape survivors. Today they tell MSPS word change from gender to sex re the medical officer attending ...
RT @waters_ivan: @ForwomenScot @scotgp On the pretext of a resource issue they are disingenuously kicking the can down the road re sex to let gender take hold and other legislation takes over governance of this issue. This is a crucial moment for the ...
RCS and Scot Greens, counter to your assumptions, women are not that stupid... https://t.co/23ZM7o...
Worth noting that those of us backing the amendment have been talking about WOMEN. It is the likes of Hunter et al who have made this a trans rights issue. https://t.co/2g3npe...
It's funny how many in @scotgp apparently received emails from confused constituents too foolish to understand what they were writing about. And RCS feel this should be "strongly opposed" apparently. On what grounds? Do they consider it harmful and ...
RT @WeirAlison: In what will be no surprise to anyone Patrick Harvie has responded to my email stating that he will not be supporting Johann Lamont’s proposed amendment to the The Forensic Medical Services (Scotland) Bill). I have responded. ...
This is a strawman argument. We KNOW there are not enough female FME. However, surely they want them recruited under schedule 9 of EqA to ensure they are female? That is why sex, not gender, should be specified. If it is so unimportant why resist so ...
RT @helensteel12: Victims of sexual offences need the right to choose the sex of the medical examiner. Females nearly always request females. For clear and consistent information it needs to specify sex, not gender which means different things to ...
We are, naturally, aware that changing gender to sex in the bill will not mean the supply of female FMEs increases. However, it will make training and recruitment under EqA easier. We do not understand why anyone would lobby so hard against an ...
RT @Allenomura: @_MichelleS303 @campervanwoman @FinlayMcF @markmcgeoghegan 'In their research into Sexual Assault Referral Centres, Lovett et al noted that adult service users, regardless of gender, expressed a strong preference for female forensic ...
They are, although we asked if the course was open to all, regardless of sex, and it is. Clarity in the bill might mean that the university felt they could offer places solely to women. https://t.co/FzBtAC...
Why Scotland must rethink its stance on children with gender dysphoria – Murdo Fraser MSP
RT @underaredflag: This thread is illustrative of a problem which exists across 'Civic' ..a term now almost interchangeable with 'scotgov funded' Scotland. The behaviour round this bill is a v acute example of the increasing unwillingness of such ...
We do like this. https://t.co/vQeIWQ...
Why Scotland must rethink its stance on children with gender dysphoria @murdo_fraser We understand that @JennyMarra also has a question selected for FMQ on Thursday on the use of puberty blockers. https://t.co/4nVOg7...
There is a lot happening in Scotland at the moment and this is also pressing. Please, if you haven't already done so, respond to the consultation. https://t.co/M9jUHN...
RT @amoozeboosh: Of COURSE the front line staff get it. Their leaders are too busy playing politics but the women trying desperately to heal other women know that males MUST be excluded. https://t.co/FsBZWB...
This is very consistent with what we are hearing from survivors and counsellors. The front line staff get this. The professional umbrella orgs seem divorced from the front line and the women who are doing the tough, draining practical work. ...
RT @ElleBeeG: No you don't. Expressing you want to be examined by a woman is just that. It's not excluding transpeople. It's nothing to do with transpeople. It's a woman asking to be examined by a woman. You know something Mhairi, you really are an ...
RT @CallieMac88: In all my years supporting female survivors of sexual crimes it's been a given that same sex clinicians, therapists, police, etc is best practice for survivors. I've never heard best practice described before as a dogwhistle. ...