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Well this was a refreshing read. The tide is definitely turning.

Thank you JL for continuing to wade through the awful shit - which I often read with my jaw on the floor - and collating it for us. It can't be easy and at times it must feel utterly demoralising (it certainly feels like that to read). But lovely to have some positive news.

Vive la resistance <3

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Slowly shuffling forwards, and the push-back seems to be gaining momentum. Which I guess is inevitable. People are becoming more aware, and their common sense has been unaffected by the trans movement as they have not been exposed to it so they inevitably see that not only most of it is not right (in fact that it is wrong/downright bloody crazy), but they are shocked by the extent of the take-over. Most people are terfs, they just don't realise it yet.

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I think these are substantial gains - I wrote to Baroness Falkner using the 'they work for you' website which is fab and asked after they finally intervened with Maya's case and now the Essex Uni when is she going to instruct all public Govt bodies to throw out the Stonewall guidance on what they want the law to be - ill let you know if i get a reply

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My heart is singing. Fantastic work and relentless though it is we will prevail. One peak at a time. Thank you JL. Great read.

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Bar that idiot in Bangor, it has been a great week. It was good to heave a sigh of relief. Next stop, social media?

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God bless all these fearless women. Labour Lesbians, Baroness Faulkner, Tonia Antoniazzi, Rosie Duffield, from JK "too big to cancel" Rowling right down to every mum who called the school to complain about binding advice and unisex toilets. Thank you, ladies, you make my heart happy. And thank you, JL, for keeping us all up to date with developments so that we have the points to hand (for conversations online and offline alike).

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So nice to have hope at last. These men might try and deny biology, but they all had mothers and surely that should have taught them never to mess with an adult human female.

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Hopefully this gives heart to the people who are having to work so hard to maintain their sex-based rights and even their livelihoods in this onslaught. I'm cautious about celebrating, as the tentacles of Stonewall etc are so insidious, but it's good to see some good news as a reward for the hard work of people who have not been cowed.

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May 19, 2021Liked by JL

Thank God for some good news at last. I was beginning to despair.

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Excellent news and very well done to you Graham.

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Thanks for this! I needed it.

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May 19, 2021Liked by JL

Standing ovation from the back JL 👏🏼. Despite it often being bad news, I find your weekly #WarOnWomen to be vital and (albeit with a tiny following) I post it on Twitter with that hashtag to create an easily accessible record. Today’s piece has put a big spring in my step and I echo all the great comments 😘

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Fantastic stuff, thank you JL and also Glinner and Substack for providing a space and a voice for sanity. I am envisioning a LOT of backtracking once the tide turns more and the bandwagon jumpers tell everyone they didn't "really" believe TWAW after all, they just wanted everyone to be kind of course (except the TRAs who are strangely exempt from this expectation). I hope all those who've done the hard work of campaigning and holding the line are appreciated and not forgotten. Vive la resistance indeed! ❤️

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Well that's brightened up my day. Thank you for putting it all together.

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I can't thank you enough for sending this to my email. It was exactly the pick me up I needed and also gave me the push to subscribe to The Glinner Update. Well done!!

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Hallelujah! The tide is turning, thanks in no small part to your Herculean efforts, JL.

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