A Week in the War on Women: Monday 25th April - Sunday 1st May GOOD NEWS SUPPLEMENT

PHOTO CREDIT: @WomensRightsNet

Yet another jam-packed bumper edition! Here’s just a handful of the good news stories from the gender beat this week. Enjoy!

See You In Court

There is to be a legal challenge to Brighton’s Rape Crisis Centre Survivors’ Network over its policy of including trans-identified males. The brilliant Naomi Cunningham of the Legal Feminist has been instructed in this ‘groundbreaking’ case.

Outer Temple Chambers @outertemple

Naomi Cunningham has been instructed in a groundbreaking challenge to a rape crisis service’s trans-inclusive policy, arguing that the policy is indirectly discriminatory on grounds of sex. Find out more about Naomi here. #discriminationlaw

outertemple.comNaomi Cunningham - Outer Temple ChambersNaomi Cunningham has specialised in employment and discrimination law throughout her career. She acts for a mix of public and private sector employers.

You can read more about the case and contribute to the Crowdjustice fund-raiser here.

Respect My Sex

It’s been a fantastic week for the Respect My Sex campaign, as detailed in this thread:

Women's Rights Network - WRN @WomensRightsNet

🧵#RespectMySex If You Want My X Campaign Reflections on Week 4 @WomensRightsNet  launched our campaign with @WomenUnitingUK & @SexMattersOrg  on 2 April 22 what another amazing week it's been! This thread will highlight key moments over the last week #LocalElections2022 #AE22

Word is spreading.

Women's Rights Network - WRN @WomensRightsNet

Over the week our #RespectMySex If You Want My X campaign message has spread across Northern Ireland, Scotland England & Wales

Women all over the country are finding their voice.

Women's Rights Network - WRN @WomensRightsNet

No debate is over, women have found their wings and our message #RespectMySex is flying between countries. We demand the same rights for women whose wings are clipped in prisons too .

Politicians are running scared.

Women's Rights Network - WRN @WomensRightsNet

@WRNWales were at Swansea Guildhall today where @MarkDrakeford @PrifWeinidog was visiting He changed his mind about getting out of the car when he saw women with opinions were outside! #WelshWomenMatter #MarkMyWords #RespectMySex #ParchwchFyRhyw @WomensRightsNet @MerchedCymru

And efforts to silence us aren’t proving as successful as they used to be.

Wales-Women’s Rights Network 💜🤍💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @WRNWales

Oh dear! @gwentpolice had reports of the #RespectMySex message being ‘not very nice’ These lovely PCSOs disagreed though - read our leaflets too 😊 And we rocked on with our stall - spreading the message in Newport 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #LocalElections22 #WomensRightsNetwork @MerchedCymru

The NI Women's Rights Network is a grass-roots organisation speaking up for women and girls in Northern Ireland. They’ve been doing some amazing work.

NI WRN @ni_wrn

After a marathon week it’s marathon day and the women of Northern Ireland took to the streets of Belfast with their message. #RespectMySex.

Check out their fantastic ‘Respect My Sex’ billboards. One in Belfast:

NI WRN @ni_wrn

#RespectMySex If You Want My X Campaign Have you seen our billboard in Belfast? 👇 More importantly have you asked your candidates What Is A Woman? Let us know their answer we have had some interesting replies so far! #SexMatters #AE22

One in Derry:

NI WRN @ni_wrn

Oops!! We did it again!! This one is in the City of Derry. #WhatIsAWoman #RespectMySex

And how wonderful is this? Venus comes to Belfast’s Black Mountain!

NI WRN @ni_wrn

Those amazing women @ni_wrn are definitely on a roll. Look what they've gone and done now 👇♀️ Venus on the Black Mountain! #RespectMySex #SexMatters #AE22

The Future Is Rosie

Rosie Duffield, fabulous as always, spoke out about Labour’s policies on gender identity issues which are making ‘complete idiots’ of the party.

“The public are having these conversations… We need to have an answer, it’s not going to go away.”

Reed In The Room

It seems there’s another Labour MP who isn’t afraid to define what a women is. Speaking on GB News, Shadow Justice Secretary, Steve Reed, was unequivocal in his adherence to biological reality.

GB News @GBNEWS

Exclusive: Labour MP Steve Reed breaks rank and declares 'a man has a penis and a woman has vagina' - 'Of course I know what a woman is'

gbnews.ukExclusive: Labour MP breaks rank and declares ‘a man has a penis and a woman has vagina’Shadow Justice Secretary Steve Reed said ‘of course he knows what a woman is’ on GB News

Clare Muldoon asked him to define the word ‘woman’ he replied, "Oh my goodness me, of course I know what a woman is… A man has a penis and a woman has a vagina.”

Private Eye Nails Owen, Again

Private Eye are standing strong against a certain Twitter bully and his ‘misleading quasi-denials’ over the investigation into his conduct.

Caroline Hardman @LittleHardman

Glad I took 5 mins over lunch for the latest @PrivateEyeNews - they’re not backing down re bullying at the Grauniad.

“Although there is no legal definition of bullying, it can be described as unwanted behaviour from a person or group that is either offensive, intimidating, malicious or insulting.”

Ladies That Lunch

Lots of women showed their support for JK Rowling and other sheroes of the gender wars by having unsupervised lunches! Love and solidarity to you all.

Wales-Women’s Rights Network 💜🤍💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @WRNWales

Another day and off to Newport for #RespectMySex A wonderful day rounded off with another #Womenslunch Women having opinions, voicing them - and enjoying each other’s company Glorious! #WomensRightsNetwork @MerchedCymru @LGBAllies_Cymru

Nottingham ReSisters @NottsResisters

Wonderful women of Nottingham! #LadiesWhoLunch #RespectMySex @jk_rowling @M Forstater

🟥 Hackney KPSS Yellow Blob Terf @HackneyTerven

Rain? Bah! Terfs are hardy. Happy #LadiesWhoLunch Day. #IStandWithJKRowling

Oxford Feminist Union @OxFeministUnion

A fantastic #JKRLadiesLunch today - celebrating the sisterhood @jk_rowling inspires and raising money for our winning charity @OSARCC! Thank you to all the brilliant women who came! #IStandWithJKRowling #RespectMySex #RespectMyX #SexMatters #AmplifyingWomen

Women were even lunching down under.

IWDBrisbaneMeanjin @IWDBrisMeanjin

Brisbane Meanjin women had lunch today to celebrate Katherine Deves and JK Rowling. We toasted these two fine women for their sterling contributions to the struggle to recognise girls' and women's basic rights.

Glinner Of Hope

Don’t miss Graham on Dan Wootton’s show.

And on Free Speech Nation.

And Finally…

Philip Nolan @philipnolan1

How could you not love dogs? 😀

After such a fantastic week, I think we deserve a bonus ‘And Finally’…

three steaks pam @alexandrakuri

when you’ve got new shoes on and you’re waiting for someone to notice