RT @humanfemale1975: @Womans_Place_UK This is me. I’ve been a nurse for 22 years. I faced the first complaint I’ve ever had from a colleague this year. My offence? I said I won’t be adding pronouns to my email signature and I won’t be asking my ...
RT @zoelou2325: Not yet ready to be completely “out” but thank you @Womans_Place_UK for helping me get this far https://t.co/ROPoCs...
RT @sexnotgenderNM: This is so powerful. Please read- the perspective of a nurse, a survivor and a brave woman. https://t.co/3tuIhS...
RT @celticgilly: @Womans_Place_UK Obstetrician &gynaecologist Wendy Savage, another inspirational woman was suspended amid accusations of incompetence by male colleagues. A supporter of home births & community midwifery, she opposed increase ...
RT @celticgilly: @Womans_Place_UK Just ordered a copy! I worked as an au pair for a 'radical' midwife, Francoise Olive & her surgeon hubby in 1981. She was resolutely opposed to medicalisation of childbirth & only attended home-births. An ...
RT @cyclingkev: This is my Mother-In-Law. Very proud of her and her work. She got me and @pollydonnison to help her get to @Abortion_Rights meetings in her late 80s - kept fighting til the end. https://t.co/pbl9cE...
RT @robmarki: This is a very good personal reflection. A thoughtful, decent mental health nurse speaks up from front line where women's sex based rights & their histories of trauma are being ignored . Badges, slogans and ideological adherence ...
RT @MaraMatria: @Womans_Place_UK A brilliant book that I used as a reference for mine 💜
RT @sexnotgenderNM: The bravery of this woman to write this is immense. Speaking out on this when you’re a nurse or midwife, with a Stonewall champion regulator and constant threats of fitness to practice… she has our unwavering support and ...
RT @Ceeekerrr: "People who have been respected in their roles for many years and have a track record of delivering outstanding nursing care are fearful of the repercussions of expressing the opinion that biological sex exists. They remain anonymous." ...
RT @sexnotgenderNM: Please keep sharing and signing. It is imperative that the NMC hear our voices- that we are concerned about #Stonewall https://t.co/Ki5fTJ...
I speak for the women in mental health services who have lived a lifetime of abuse. Sadly, this is most of the women I see. Women again are silenced in fear." https://t.co/uV46wG...
"We believe that as a profession, there is specific risk to the reputation of nurses and our ability to work within our Code from the NMC’s affiliation with Stonewall." If you are a NMC registrant, please consider signing this letter. Thank you. ...
"I still carry this anxiety of losing my job or being abused, but my passion surrounding this subject supersedes this. I now feel that is the time for those who are able to express their voice to speak." https://t.co/uV46wG...
Jean Donnison (1925-2017) Historian, champion of midwifery. Known for her pioneering book ‘Midwives and Medical Men.The History of the Struggle for Control of Childbirth’. She exposed how male physicians & surgeons obstructed midwifery becoming a ...
Jean Donnison (1925-2017) Historian, champion of midwifery. Known for her pioneering book ‘Midwives and Medical Men.The History of the Struggle for Control of Childbirth’. She exposed how male physicians & surgeons obstructed midwifery becoming a ...
"Midwives want to be ‘with woman’ and women want us with them." Blog by member of @WeAreWithWoman collective https://t.co/kV0oTG...
"Since starting to speak out on social media and advocating for sex based rights, I have received numerous messages of support, often from people much higher up in NHS trusts than me." https://t.co/uV46wG...
We are keeping this letter open to signatories until 22nd December. If you know a nurse or midwife working in the UK, please share the text with them. Thank you. https://t.co/XjKWWP...
"I am delighted by the letter published on Woman’s Place UK, giving clear, articulate, and evidence-based reasons why the Nursing and Midwifery Council should withdraw from Stonewall." https://t.co/uV46wH...
For more comments on the importance of preserving sex-based services in healthcare, see this selection of statements from signatories to the NMC letter. https://t.co/VyKK8v...
"To be transgender brings unique experiences... but these are different experiences to those of many women. Both parties need their own, separate spaces to share their experiences and receive specialist support." https://t.co/uV46wH...
Here is the letter to the NMC calling on them to withdraw from Stonewall schemes - if you are nurse or midwife on the NMC register, please consider signing. If you are not, please share. Thank you. https://t.co/XjKWWP...
"Trauma informed care’ is preached at every corner in nursing. However, we are not listening to the voices of women who have experienced years of trauma and abuse." https://t.co/uV46wH...
RT @sexnotgenderNM: We are proud to announce our website! https://t.co/cxs7NN... To those in healthcare- we want your stories. Submit them on our site. They are anonymous. We promise to give you a voice, the unsafe culture of silence has to end. ...
For more statements supporting the letter to the NMC in this selection - please read and share widely https://t.co/VyKK8v...
"I have felt that as a registered Nurse I couldn’t speak out about my passion for delivering trauma informed care to victims of sexual abuse or assault for fear of losing my job." https://t.co/uV46wG...
If you are a current or retired NMC registant or pre-registrant student, please consider adding your name to the 640 nurses and midwives who have already signed their names on this letter https://t.co/XjKWWP...
"People who have been respected in their roles for many years and have a track record of delivering outstanding nursing care are fearful of the repercussions of expressing the opinion that biological sex exists. They remain anonymous." ...
RT @WepWomen: @ManduReid @cdfabre https://t.co/FA9xCf...
RT @KJ_Harrison: Hugely important development. The debate about how & why dogmatic claims about ‘identity’ negatively impact women’s, children’s & others’ rights is becoming more widely known. Will the organised left come to its senses or ...
Gender Dysphoria in children and young people: The implications for clinical staff of the Bell V’s Tavistock Judicial Review and Appeal Ruling
RT @robmarki: Bell V Tavistock places responsibility to determine informed consent in the hands of clinical staff. We are accountable 4 our actions and omissions @Baroness_Nichol @lascapigliata8 @Jebadoo2 @joannaccherry @jo_bartosch @ShaunLintern ...
Stonewall: Mental Health Nurse speaks - Woman's Place UK
In response to the NMC letter we are hosting, this post has been written by a mental health nurse: "I am a staunch believer in sex-based rights for women and am incensed by the backlash and abuse many, including myself, receive for simply stating ...