A Week in the War on Women: Monday 4th November - Sunday 10th November
A Week in the War on Women: Monday 4th November - Sunday 10th November
Monday 4th November - Be Prepared (For Grooming)
THE TELEGRAPH: The Scout Association is indoctrinating children into anti-science gender ideology promoting a game that centres around ‘preferred pronouns’.
The scouts website includes a game for its young members called ‘pronoun pairs’. It promotes and normalises gender identity ideology. The game is advertised as suitable for both scouts and cubs, so it is being aimed at children as young as eight. “Learn about pronouns, gender neutral language, and what to do if you misgender someone”, they are told.
The adult volunteers running the game are instructed:
“Explain to everyone that you’re going to be discussing pronouns. Pronouns are words used to refer to a person instead of their name. Pronouns often also refer to the person’s gender, such as ‘she/her’ or ‘he/him’. However, people can also use gender-neutral pronouns, such as ‘they/them’ or ‘ze/zir’. Some people may be comfortable with more than one set of pronouns being used for them, for example ‘she/her’ and ‘they/them’.
Explain that a lot of people may have had negative reactions, experienced bullying or abuse, or been discriminated against because they’re part of the LGBTQ+ community. This isn’t acceptable. Tell everyone that at Scouts, we welcome and accept everyone, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation. By taking part in this activity and learning about pronouns, we can celebrate the inclusion and diversity we’re so proud of…
Pronouns often also refer to the person’s gender, such as ‘she/her’ or ‘he/him’. However, people can also use gender-neutral pronouns, such as ‘they/them’ or ‘ze/zir’. Some people may be comfortable with more than one set of pronouns being used for them, for example ‘she/her’ and ‘they/them’”.
Volunteers are also advised to give children a blank label and encourage them to write down their name and their pronouns to “Help everyone understand how best to refer to each other”.
The game itself is played by turning over cards which depict Sam the dog, who uses ‘he/him’ pronouns, Leslie the ladybird, who uses ‘she/her’ pronouns, and non-binary Billy the butterfly, who uses ‘they/them’ pronouns. When the individual cards are turned over, children must form a sentence about the character being revealed, using their ‘preferred pronouns’.
A post-game ‘reflection’ advises children to make their language more ‘gender neutral’ by “Using ‘sibling’ rather than ‘brother or sister’, ‘everyone’ instead of ‘ladies and gentlemen’ or ‘boys and girls’”. It even tells them, “You could use ‘parent’, ‘carer’ or ‘grown up’ rather than ‘Mum and Dad’”.
Furthermore, those running the game are advised to play children a video called ‘What are Pronouns’. Produced by an Australian LGBTQI+ youth organisation called Minus 18, the video features a number of trans-identified teenagers and is a wholly uncritical promotion of trans ideology to children.
The teens in the film tell viewers how important it is for people to use preferred pronouns - “It’s a really cool thing to do!” - and warn against upsetting people by ‘misgendering’ them. Viewers are also told they must apologise if they make a mistake and are even instructed to challenge others over ‘incorrect’ pronoun use.
Furthermore, the video instructs viewers that ‘genitals don’t equal gender’. “What’s more important?”, asks one beaming teenager, directly addressing the viewer. “Someone’s anatomy or who they really are and their happiness?”
As Maya Forstater, a former cub scout leader, writes, “Teaching children that they can't use ordinary words like 'he' for a man and 'she' for a woman is a shocking abuse of the trust parents place in the Scouts… Have they not read the Cass Review? They should not be promoting child transition”.
Tuesday 5th November - A Fox in the Henhouse
ESSEX COUNTY GAZETTE: Theatre staff advised a female patron to use the disabled facilities after she complained that a male had barged into the ladies’ toilets.
Theatre patron, Sarah Hill, contacted Essex Police after finding a male in the women’s toilets at The Mercury Theatre in Colchester. During her visit to the venue in September, Ms Hill says that a tall and well-built man entered the women’s toilets and shouted at her when she questioned his presence. “He leaned down into my face and shouted that he was coming in. He refused to leave and I stepped aside allowing him in, fearing for my safety. The other women in the toilet clearly also felt very uncomfortable and didn't want him there.”
Although theatre staff were informed of the situation, instead of taking any action to remove the aggressive man from the female toilet, they advised Ms Hill that she could use the disabled facilities if necessary.
Essex Police are now investigating the incident after Ms Hill reported it to them. A spokesman for The Mercury Theatre said, “We are aware of the customer in question. She spoke to our duty manager on the day and then went through our complaints procedure via email. The last correspondence we sent was on October 8 and have since heard nothing from her. We were not aware she has contacted police as they have not been in touch with us directly on any matter”.
On the subject of The Mercury Theatre, a social media user posted on X/Twitter this week to make some some deeply concerning allegations. A woman who is known online as ‘Colchester Mum’ claims that Steven Mannix, who is both the CEO of the Mercury Theatre and the Chair of Essex LGBTQI+ charity, The OutHouse, had her arrested on allegations of criminal damage and non-violent harassment (both of which she vehemently denies).
Colchester Mum believes that Steven Mannix engineered her arrest in an attempt to silence her because she raises issues about two organisations at which he has very senior roles. On X/Twitter this week, she described the concerns she has tried to highlight in the past:
“Things like: sexually explicit Arts Council-funded children's shows; promoting violence against women and girls via their children's entertainers; BDSM fetishists reading stories to toddlers; transing vulnerable children behind their parents’ backs; making defamatory & hostile public statements designed to police the lawful speech of female members of the public, and intimidate women like me into silence; pushing puberty blockers on vulnerable children; allowing men into the women’s toilets; promoting breast binders; recruiting kids to make content that promotes gender ideology; putting violent middle aged male fetishists together with vulnerable teenage girls; tolerating hate speech by their Chief Executive and their children’s performers; asking local businesses to provide “safe spaces” from women like me in case we get violent...
The list goes on, and there’s plenty more that I can’t post here including very disturbing things people have shared with me in DMs. And don't get me started about the 7 counts of serious sexual assault/rape in the mixed sex toilets of just one of our local schools advised by Outhouse, which claims mixed sex toilets are “no risk” and also advises @Essex_CC [Essex County Council]”
In June 2023 police were called to a school in Essex over allegations that female pupils were sexually assaulted in its mixed-sex toilets. A teenage boy was arrested over four allegations of ‘serious sexual assault’. The Daily Telegraph reported that three of the alleged assaults are understood to have taken place in the school’s so-called ‘gender neutral’ toilets. Colchester Mum maintains that the school in question was influenced by The OutHouse, the charity of which Steven Mannix is the Chair, to install these mixed sex toilet facilities.
We have reported previously on The OutHouse, a publicly funded LGBTQ+ charity based in Colchester. According to its own website, The OutHouse can “Offer support and information to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people of Essex”. It provides counselling to LGBTQ+ people and offers training “To help develop LGBTQ+ awareness and support in your business, school or college”.
It has a ‘trans youth group’ which is “Specifically for young people 13 – 19 who identify as Trans+, non-binary, genderqueer, genderfluid or in any other way gender questioning” and “Is facilitated by an OutHouse staff member”. It also offers one-to-one support “For young people (aged 13-21) who are questioning their gender identity and/or sexuality”.
Six months ago, The Telegraph reported that The OutHouse has been promoting the medicalisation of so-called ‘trans’ children to pupils and teachers in Essex schools. In its school training sessions, The OutHouse instructed teachers to discuss hormone blockers and ‘trans’ surgeries with their pupils. One module of the training discussed “Sex Assigned at Birth” and attendees were instructed on “Medical and Surgical Gender Affirmation” and the (supposed) “Science of being trans”.
In the past five years OutHouse has received £100,000 in government grants.
Colchester Mum believes that The OutHouse has undue influence over Essex Police and its CCP and has even provided the force with LGBTQ+ ‘training’.
She has also voiced concerns about some of the events hosted by The Mercury Theatre, particularly those aimed at children and young people. For example, she cites the venue’s ‘all ages’ staging of ‘queer punk band’, Dream Nails. Fronted by a trans-identified female, Dream Nails perform songs which promote gender ideology, have sexually explicit content and, in at least one case, contain lyrics which appear to encourage violence against gender critical women.
Colchester Mum maintains that she has tried to approach the theatre with regard to her concerns but to no avail. “I’m well known to the Mercury. I started off going through the proper channels and got nothing but nasty, gaslighting replies to my emails, before they blacklisted me altogether”. Although she usually no longer visits the theatre, Colchester Mum did attend an election hustings event there in June. As she submitted a question in advance, it seems likely that the venue’s management knew she’d be on-site.
Seven weeks after the hustings event, Colchester Mum was arrested for criminal damage at the theatre, supposedly caused by stickering. “I’ve never stickered in my life. Out of around 400 people they somehow managed to narrow down the alleged criminal damage to me. I submitted a FOI request to the Police - Mercury Theatre hadn't reported any criminal damage for almost 2 years. What a coincidence!”
She shared a video of her arrest on social media this week. In it, one of the police officers tells her she is being formerly arrested on three separate allegations; criminal damage of the Mercury Theatre, the non-violent criminal harassment of Steven Mannix and the non-violent harassment of the Mercury Theatre as a company. When questioned about the law as it pertains to harassing an organisation, the officers don’t seem sure of the facts. In the video, Colchester Mum vehemently denies all of the charges but assists the officers in searching her home. As they wish to take her phone into evidence, she then has to cease recording the incident.
Her house was searched, she was taken into custody for six hours and questioned for three, had her DNA taken and her phone confiscated. Colchester Mum believes that her arrest coincided with an announcement that she was due to appear on the Council Watch YouTube channel to discuss her concerns about Steven Mannix and The Mercury Theatre. She asked the police how serious the alleged damage to the theatre was. A small amount of cleaning to a wall and fan, they said.
The case against Colchester Mum has now all been dropped, the CPS having dismissed all the charges against her. But, as so frequently happens when those who challenge gender ideology are targeted, the process is the punishment.
Wednesday 6th November - The Clocks Are Striking 13 at the FA
THE TELEGRAPH: A 17 year old girl has been punished by the FA after pointing out that the bearded opposition player she had to face on the pitch is a man.
A couple of weeks ago we reported on a 17-year-old girl, currently on the assessment pathway for autism, who plays for a local women’s football team. During a recent pre-season friendly against another team, she was concerned about the presence of a trans-identified male opposition player who is described as having a beard.
The girl asked the male whether or not he’s a man and then raised her concerns with the match referee. She said that she was concerned about her own safety “After already suffering a number of overly physical challenges”. The opposition team captain then confronted the girl during a drinks break and told her that she should not have an issue competing against a trans opponent.
The opposition team later lodged a complaint about the teenager though Kick It Out, an anti-discrimination sport watchdog. Both the trans-identified male player and the opposition squad captain accused the girl of ‘persistent transphobia’. She was subsequently charged by her county FA and became the subject of an investigation. The referee of the game reported he had not witnessed any behaviour that could be construed as ‘transphobic’.
The girl told the The Telegraph, “The moment the player clarified they were transgender, which I previously hadn’t considered, I respected their answer fully, dropped the situation and immediately shifted my focus back to the game before seeking guidance from the referee. At no point was my question meant to be hurtful or malicious as I only intended to seek clarity in an unfamiliar situation”.
She added that her concern was purely for her own safety. “I raised a concern about the risk of serious injury as a 17-year-old girl playing against a biological male who was much larger than me and a very physical player, which was possibly a safety issue as I did not want to get dangerously injured right before the start of the new season. Despite this, I made it clear that if the player met the eligibility criteria of the FA I would respect the rules and accept the risk involved in continuing to play the match.”
This week the teenager has been found guilty of ‘discrimination’ by an FA National Serious Case Panel. It is reported that the girl was so traumatised by the experience, she cried throughout the entire hearing. She has now been banned from playing football for six games. For pointing out that a man is a man.
The girls’ parents have raised concerns about the FA’s guilty verdict and its undermining of the safety of female players. Her mother commented, “We’ve always taught our daughter to ask questions, and if she doesn’t feel comfortable or she doesn’t feel safe then she should go to somebody in charge and ask the question. The FA is essentially saying that no woman, when faced with what appears to be a male on the pitch, is entitled to ask a question”.
Thursday 7th November - This Never Happens #1
HACKNEY GAZETTE: A trans-identified male with a long history of violence, especially against women, has been jailed for yet another offence.
37-year-old trans-identified male, Paris Bregazzi, has featured on this site on previous occasions. He has convictions for over 60 offences, including assault and harassment. In 2017 he threw an off-duty police officer onto a tube track in West London. Just a few weeks later he was apprehended behaving ‘aggressively’ to two elderly ladies at a bus stop and smashing the window of a parked car with a brick. He assaulted the arresting police officer, kneeing her in the chest.
In October 2019, he terrorised London tube passengers using an aerosol can and a lighter. He shouted at fellow passengers, threatened one woman that he would set her hair alight and shoulder-barged another. He then screamed racial and misogynistic abuse at two further women, spraying them in the face with the aerosol.
In February 2020 he ransacked a Kensington store and then attacked two women in the street, pushing one into the path of an oncoming car. Later in the year he violently assaulted three women in separate random attacks. In June 2020 he attacked two women in the London Bridge area, knocking one to the floor and throwing another off an escalator. In October 2020 he attacked a third woman at London Bridge station, slapping her around the head with the back of his hand.
Despite only being released from prison very recently, Bregazzi was back in the dock this week. He appeared at Croydon Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty to racially aggravated assault by beating after attacking a woman in Southwark the previous week. He was sentenced to eight weeks imprisonment.
Friday 8th November - This Never Happens #2
REDUXX: A trans-identified male recidivist paedophile not only had his sentence reduced because of his ‘gender identity’, he’s serving it in a women’s prison.
Earlier this year we reported on Krystel (formerly Danny) Lauzon, a 39-year-old male from Val-David, Quebec. On his Facebook page he describes himself as “Une Femme Trans en procédure pour hormono-thérapie (A trans woman undergoing hormone therapy)”.
On social media he has often voiced support for the medicalisation of gender confused minors, with many of his posts involving dubious images of ‘transed’ children and young teens.
In 2020, Lauzon was arrested after he filmed a 10-year-old girl as she took a shower, sharing the recording with online paedophile forums, and was found to possess hundreds of child sexual abuse images. Two years later he was convicted of charges of the production, distribution, and possession of child sexual abuse materials. He was sentenced to four years in prison but appears to have been released in autumn 2023.
On 11th January 2024, Lauzon was again arrested on charges relating to child sexual abuse images. Police officers from the Internet Sexual Exploitation of Children Investigation Team searched his home and his computer equipment was seized for forensic analysis.
According to La Presse, the depraved and sadistic materials in his possession involved little girls under ten years of age, some of whom were just toddlers.
Some media outlets reporting on Lauzon’s arrest referred to him as a woman. Both L’Info Du Nord and CIME Laurentides described him as a woman (‘une femme’) and used female pronouns with which to refer to him. Neither mentioned his true sex or trans identity.
In September, Lauzon pleaded guilty to numerous counts of the possession of child sexual abuse materials and the following month he was given a 32 month prison sentence. He was sent to Leclerc women’s prison.
Lauzon’s defence lawyer was able to arrange a plea-deal because of his client’s ‘gender identity’. He argued that the conditions of Lauzon’s imprisonment were ‘extremely difficult’ as he was frequently isolated from the female prison population. The judge agreed - “Madame is a trans woman… The conditions of detention are unique” - and Lauzon’s sentence was reduced from 32 months to eighteen.
Because, apparently, life in a women’s prison is just too hard for paedophile men.
Saturday 9th November - First, Do No Harm
THE TELEGRAPH: Trans-identified females are considering legal action against the NHS over ‘half built’ genitals.
A group of trans-identified females are threatening the NHS with legal action over delays to their genital surgery.
NHS England had previously commissioned a private clinic in north London to carry out the so-called ‘gender affirming’ genital altering surgery for trans-identified females. However, when the clinic’s contract expired in March 2020, the NHS did not renew it and it wasn’t until September 2021 that the New Victoria Hospital in Kingston was appointed as a replacement provider. This has created a a backlog, leaving many patients facing delays of up to four years for procedures that usually require multiple surgeries and lengthy periods of recovery.
The surgeries in question are metoidioplasty, which uses tissue from a hormone-enlarged clitoris to create a small faux phallus of about 4 to 6 centimetres long, and phalloplasty, a hugely complex set of procedures usually involving a major skin graft from the patient’s arm or thigh, the lengthening of their urethra and in implant to mimic erection. Both of these procedures are commonly performed following a hysterectomy and vaginectomy and accompanied by the construction of a faux scrotum and testicles.
All of these procedures are at risk of complications and long-term and even permanent problems. The most common complications following phalloplasty, for example, include urethral fistulas (an opening in the urethra that causes urine leakage), persistent vaginal cavities, and neourethral strictures which can result in permanent urinary and sexual dysfunction.
Now a group of 16 trans-identified females whose surgeries have been delayed or halted are considering litigation. They are represented by law firm, Leigh Day, and lobby group, TransActual, is also involving itself in the case.
TransActual was formed in 2017. It is “Run by the trans and non-binary communities, with the trans and non-binary communities, for the trans and non-binary communities” and has “A particular focus on healthcare”.
In June, The Telegraph reported that the group had infiltrated the health service, promoting its own ‘training’ and ‘research’ to NHS England staff. An NHS source told the paper, “These groups have infiltrated, influenced policy, and it’s really dangerous”, and that they campaign for “Privacy and dignity, but only if you are transgender”.
TransActual appears very much agenda-driven. Earlier this year it posted on social media, instructing its followers to respond to the NHS consultation and reject the government’s proposals for single-sex wards.
The group also rejects the Cass Report and, together with the Good Law Project, took legal action against the government in an attempt to reverse the ban on puberty blockers for children.
One of TransActual’s co-directors is trans-identified female, Chay Brown, who has held senior roles at Stonewall.
The other co-director at TransActual is trans-identified male, Jane Fae (previously John Omizek). He was a middle aged married man and the father of a teenage daughter when he ‘came out’ as trans and began his ‘transition’. He now describes himself as a ‘feminist’ though his approach to women’s rights and spaces seems anything but ‘feminist’. He is a long-standing and stalwart defender of even the most extreme forms of pornography. And you may remember his comments about domestic violence and the ‘boring, pedestrian’ murders of women.
Hardly an ideal organisation to be involving itself in the healthcare of vulnerable young women.
Sunday 10th November - Women at the Sharp End
THE DAILY MAIL: A trans-identified male has stolen yet another opportunity from female darts players while being cheered on for doing so by other men in the game.
We have written previously about the sad state of women’s darts. As a professional competitive sport, it is still in its infancy. The first female world championship wasn’t held until 2001 and opportunities for female players to earn a decent living on the professional circuit remain scant. Nevertheless, women’s hard won competitions and opportunities are already being plundered by male players.
Noa-Lynn van Leuven is a Dutch professional darts player who has been playing darts since childhood and competed on the Netherlands youth team. Now 28 years old and identifying as trans, he has been making “Big strides in the Women’s Series” since he started competing in female events two and a half years ago.
Last year Noa-Lynn van Leuven won the Denmark Women’s Open and took second place in the Welsh Classic Ladies Singles tournament. He also took part in the prestigious Women’s World Matchplay tournament, one of only eight players able to compete for the £10,000 prize pot.
In March, Van Leuven won a Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Women’s Series event, stealing the title from 20-year-old Irish player, Katie Sheldon. This prompted female darts players, Anca Zijlstra and Aileen de Graaf, to quit the Dutch national team rather than have to play alongside him.
64-year-old darts legend, Deta Hedman, has been at the forefront of the women’s game for decades. During the 1980s and 1990s, she was one of the players who fought extremely hard for recognition and opportunities in women’s darts. In May, Deta Hedman refused to play against Noa-Lynn van Leuven. The two were due to meet in the quarterfinals of the WDF Denmark Open in Esbjerg, but Hedman bravely forfeited the game in protest.
Now Noa-Lynn van Leuven is competing in the prestigious PDC Grand Slam of Darts, which is being held this week in Wolverhampton. The iconic tournament hosts 32 of the world’s top darts players who compete in group and knockout stages for the Eric Bristow Trophy and £650,000 in prize money.
The tournament ringfences two places for the top two female players in the PDC women’s series. Van Leuven qualified thanks to his being ranked as the Order of Merit runner up in the women's series. In consequence, he has stolen a place from Fallon Sherron, the female player who should rightfully be competing at the Grand Slam of Darts this week.
Noa-Lynn van Leuven knows his participation in the women’s game causes concern amongst female players but he doesn’t care. “If they really want to get rid of me”, he says, “They should play better. Practise more”. He seems to think female darts players just don’t work as hard as he does. “It's a matter of putting money and hours into it. Not many women do that, but I do”. He describes the women who have the temerity to challenge his colonisation of their sport as ‘toxic bitches’.
Van Leuven is being cheered on by other men in the game. This week two of darts’ leading male players have spoken out in support of his trespassing all over women’s sport. World champion, Luke Humphries, wished him all the best, hopes he wins, and thinks everyone should “Just let her [sic] get on with it and play.”
Fellow Dutchman, Michael van Gerwen, has also spoken out to support Van Leuven. “Let her [sic] play nice”, he said. “For me, there's never been a discussion”. He believes that ‘it’s nobody’s business’ what Van Leuven or other trans players decide to do, adding, “I don't understand why people get so angry about it”.
Easy for you to say, gentlemen; it’s not your opportunities, places, trophies and prize money that Van Leuven is stealing. But bros gotta stick together, amirite?
Van Leuven isn’t the only trans-identified male darts player to participate in female teams and competitions. Other examples include 28-year-old Samantha Lewis and 51-year-old Victoria Monaghan. The latter competed at the World Darts Federation Women’s World Championship in December last year.
These players are facilitated and even supported by the sport’s regulatory bodies. The Darts Regulation Authority, for example, allows trans-identified male players to compete in women’s events as long as they have a testosterone level below 10 nmo/L. The sport’s governing body, the World Darts Federation (WDF), issued a statement in April this year to reiterate its position; that it will allow trans-identified males to compete in women’s events as long as they “Submit documentation from a medical practitioner that gender reassignment has been ongoing for at least one year”.
Furthermore, female darts players are even threatened with disciplinary action if they refuse to play against trans-identified males. Earlier this year, the World Darts Federation, made a statement to that effect:
“The WDF wishes to clarify its position on player withdrawals. Once the first dart has been thrown in a tournament, any player that subsequently withdraws from playing a match may be considered to be bringing the game into disrepute and could face disciplinary action. This stance has been taken to suitably protect our Member Countries, their tournaments and tournament sponsors, as well as to preserve the integrity of the WDF ranking system.”
Women dart players should not have their trophies, prize money, competition places and opportunities stolen from them by men. They should not be expected to compete against males who have both physical and social advantages over them. And women should be entitled to their own sport - no justification required - free from males. But it seems we are not allowed anything of our own, not even one tiny corner of an already male-dominated sport.
See you next week.
This Essex girl is cheering ColchesterMum on.
P.S. why has the LGBTQ charity named itself after a toilet?
In good news today, in a way, my newly re-elected Congressman Seth Moulton is in the NYTs because "he's under attack" for saying he has 2 young daughters and doesn't want them run over on a playing field because they're being forced to play against males.
He also supports Israel in it's fight for survival against Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran, and --- in recognition of Veterans Day here in the U.S.--- he's a Vet.
And, I have to say he's the one Mass. Dem Congressman I'm proud to say who is my own. And that I voted for him and was very grateful that I could.