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Once again, has any other civil rights movement needed such secrecy?

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That is brilliant news, well done Maya, well done SexMatters, and thanks Graham for reporting it

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It is brilliant news, and I hope in particular that the Gov Legal Dept, HM Treasury and OFSTED (inspection of school and college education) are forced to divulge the mechanisms used to corrupt them. Yes, used to corrupt them.

This reminds me that I got reply to my complaint to the Crown Prosecution Service about the appointment of "Sarah" Cook as a "Speak Out Champion" inside the CPS. The CPS's "substantive reply" (their designation) was no such thing! It was a repetition of the job description! I wrote back demanding that they addressed my specific complaints: "Go away and try again. Please come back when you can answer my complaints:

(1) This person is a lobbyist and will remain a lobbyist for the Trans cause to the detriment of all the other 8 protected characteristics. The idea that HE will obey the Nolan principles is laughable.

(2) Far from encouraging employees to "speak out" HE, and I mean HE, will terrify employees so that they DARE NOT speak out.

(3) I strongly object to the CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE paying for a political lobbyist within the UK Government's supposedly "independent" prosecution service.

HIS appointment is a corruption of the service".

In capitals as above.

It may be a bit rash to attack the CPS. Wish me luck and I hope that others will support any Crowdfunder that may become necessary?!

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Fantastic result. Huge thanks to Maya and all those who have been (voluntarily) slogging away at Sex Matters to protect these democratic processes for all of us. Another milestone reclaimed from the Stonewall bullies.

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Brilliant! I particularly want Stonewall out of the academic bodies I associate with: Imperial College London, Institute of Cancer Research, The Francis Crick Institute, King's College London & Sanger Institute. And I'd like to feed Halifax their pronoun badges.

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This secrecy has always struck me as being “ don’t tell anyone or I’ll come and kill your rabbit “

Truly horrifying that we’re paying for this

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Tick tock, Stonewall UK. The overreach will do for you in the end. Let’s not forget they are stretching their tentacles into schools now.

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We are so fortunate to have an organisation like Sex Matters!

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The more secrecy the trans community and Stonewall demand, the more they should be exposed.

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My view of the march of trans flags in London Pride today brought on an involuntary chill---

Moreover, the extensive BBC interview with Peter Tatchell this evening, 6pm news was oh so terribly ground scraping to the point of feet kissing worship --

Scary, very scary---

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The gender t̶a̶l̶e̶n̶t̶e̶d̶ identity extremists are skating on thin ice.

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I have tweeted this article. Such excellent news.... the thin end of our new wedge just need a bit of hammering and hammering and hammering.....

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Excellent news. A few more dominoes are toppling.

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Why "commercial" confidentiality? If they are a charity / public body, what is commercial about it?

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This is fan bloody tastic

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Well done to Sex Matters and Legal Feminist for this.Thanks also to the Information Commisioner for this very sensible and fair decision.. Hopefully ,there will be more decisions like this.🙏

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