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10 June 2021

 

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For those interested in the Equality Act (and how organisations and employers should and can balance the rights of everyone) by @AudreySuffolk https://t.co/wJmfiL... #EqualityAct #GenderCritical #MayaWon #MayaForstater ...

June 10th @ 2:26 pm |

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Over 7,00 views of this by @AnnDHenderson on her treatment by Edinburgh University. A damning indictment of the pernicious culture flourishing on some University campuses and the resulting curtailment of women’s participation in public life ...

June 10th @ 1:48 pm |

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RT @HJoyceGender: “Social media platforms ought urgently to take advice on whether they are impermissibly suppressing European speech and thought with a Californian scold’s bridle.” Excellent, by @MForstater ‘s solicitor https://t.co/4YuDqy...

June 10th @ 12:56 pm |

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RT @K_IngalaSmith: Delighted that Maya won her case. But I didn’t need the law’s permission to believe that women are a sex class and subjugated on that basis in patriarchal society. #WomenWontWheesht #FeminismIsNotACrim... #SexMatters ...

June 10th @ 12:56 pm |

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RT @oliverburkeman: The right verdict; if you're sincerely dismayed by it, I strongly urge you to read up on the case history instead of relying on social media – Twitter is still full of people promoting the falsehood that it was triggered by some ...

June 10th @ 12:56 pm |

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RT @kiritunks: This from @The_TUC is disingenuous to say the least. The case was never about the right to harass people. Pretending it was does all workers a great disservice. No acknowledgement of the abuse and oppression faced by women at work for ...

June 10th @ 12:55 pm |

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RT @GoonerProf: After three years of gaslighting by certain law academics, practitioners and non-lawyers, it is important to note paras 114 and 115 stating that Corbett -- setting out that in law sex is biological and immutable -- remains the leading ...

June 10th @ 12:54 pm |

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RT @GitaSahgal: @MForstater and @BluskyeAllison have been persecuted for their beliefs and their employment threatened. But differing opinions are too often regarded as persecution by Stonewall activists. If you still support Stonewall, think on ...

June 10th @ 12:54 pm |

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RT @LabWomenDec: We were dismayed when @K_IngalaSmith was refused membership of @UKLabour. This travesty needs to be reviewed and reversed. The Labour Party should be proud to claim Karen as a member. https://t.co/dyz7BI...

June 10th @ 12:54 pm |

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RT @EHRC: “Some may see the beliefs of others as questionable or controversial, but people must be free to hold them. This is why this case is so important.” @EHRCChair on the ruling in Maya Forstater’s appeal. See our case summary and full ...

June 10th @ 6:34 am |

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RT @rebelyarns: Yes. In fact there's no "but" about it. Maya's case was never about harassing trans people. She never did that, never claimed the right to, always agreed that trans ppl are and should be protected from discrimination and harassment. ...

June 10th @ 6:33 am |

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RT @JoanMcAlpine: ⁦Enormously significant judgement for feminism and free speech today in ⁦@MForstater⁩ case. Women who believe sex is real and question gender identity beliefs are protected under the Equality Act. Well done everybody who supported ...

June 10th @ 6:30 am |

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RT @Mocha_Soul: This is a victory for reason and reasonableness, I say, and for sanity and against totalitarianism. #SexMatters and it matters most for the half of humanity whose sex is as routinely neglected as it's put upon. Well done indeed, Maya! ...

June 10th @ 6:30 am |

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RT @helensteel12: Solidarity with @MForstater & total respect to her for her fight to defend women's rights & #FreedomOfSpeech . Hope the judgment today overturns the appaling ruling in the employment tribunal - women should not be at risk of ...

June 10th @ 6:22 am |

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RT @holyroodmandy: “This judgment does not mean that trans persons do not have the protections against discrimination and harassment conferred by the EqA. They do.” Important to read the judgement in @MForstater case. Maya has won but importantly no ...

June 10th @ 6:21 am |

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RT @legalfeminist: "Where a belief or a major tenet of it appears to be in accordance with the law of the land, then it is all the more jarring that it should be declared as one not worthy of respect in a democratic society." Well, quite. Well done ...

June 10th @ 6:18 am |

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RT @OxSoc: The Forstater appeal is yet another example of the process being the punishment. Having to go to law to establish that beliefs (almost entirely consisting of statements of facts) held by the vast majority of the population are not ...

June 10th @ 6:18 am |

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Congratulations to @MForstater - an immensely important legal judgment in favour of the right to believe that #sexmatters and to express that belief. https://t.co/IJqW4G... Thank you Maya for your persistence in standing up for women. ...

June 10th @ 5:43 am |

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RT @joannaccherry: This landmark judgment means that #gendercritical women & men will have a potential remedy under the #EqualityAct if they are discriminated against, harassed or victimised on account of their beliefs by employers, service ...

June 10th @ 5:40 am |

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Today OFSTED publish this report on the endemic nature of sexual harassment and abuse in schools. https://t.co/BbCFop... It will not be a surprise to individuals/ organisations (mostly women) who have been campaigning on this issue for years & ...

June 10th @ 2:30 am |

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RT @haloprojectuk: Yasmin Khan: "If honour-based abuse and forced marriage is referenced in a small paragraph in a huge strategy, it's likely the focus will be comparable within local authorities & public bodies too. We need to be investing in ...

June 10th @ 1:54 am |

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RT @CommissionerDA: We really need to tackle poor criminal justice outcomes @CommissionerDA tells the @CommonsHomeAffs when it comes to #VAWG. #DomesticAbuse conviction rates down some 30% over the last 5 years. Victims confidence need to be built ...

June 10th @ 1:52 am |

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RT @Lachlan_Edi: I suggest as many complaints to the BBC as possible. Time to nail this revision of our history. Here is a link to interview with Marsha, in which she clearly states arriving "two hours" after it started, when the place was already ...

June 10th @ 1:49 am |