A Week in the War on Women: Monday 25th September - Sunday 1st October

Monday 25th September - Capture of the NHS

THE TELEGRAPH: NHS healthcare workers are attending a tax-payer funded 3-day seminar promoting gender identity ideology.

Bromley Healthcare is the NHS main contractor in south-east London. Following its latest inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) it was found to require improvement in five out of six key areas of competence. Its safety standards, effectiveness, responsiveness and leadership were all found wanting.

Nevertheless, Bromley Healthcare is spending tax payers’ money on an annual 3-day conference focusing on gender. The ‘Be the change’ event is being held from 3rd - 5th October and will include lectures on ‘pronouns, language and LGBTQ+ allyship’ and, more worryingly, ‘gender and LGBTQ+ sessions for colleagues working with children’.

Bromley Healthcare’s 1,300 employees have received numerous emails from CEO, Jacqui Scott - who has pronouns in her email signature - urging them to attend the conference. A source told The Telegraph that the invitation was sent to teams so short-staffed that they were in ‘near crisis mode’ and on the brink of ceasing operations. Furthermore, emails seen by the paper show that staff were also instructed to complete ‘mandatory unconscious bias training’.

The NHS is experiencing unprecedented backlogs with almost eight million patients currently waiting for hospital treatment. Yet it seemingly has money to waste on indoctrinating staff in gender woo.

Miriam Cates MP commented, “This kind of ‘training’ is not only a complete waste of taxpayers’ money, it is also deeply divisive, spreading destructive ideas that the majority of the population reject… The Government should introduce a ban on all public sector training that does not directly relate to the activities for which staff are employed”.

Also Today - Men Make The Best Women #1

A video gaming programme supposedly intended to promote women in e-sports is prioritising trans-identified males.

League of Legends is a hugely popular multiplayer online video game. Its publisher, Riot Games, hosts an annual professional world championship tournament which is the most-watched video game in the world. Teams competing for the League of Legends World Championship are not only hoping for the title, prestige and resultant professional opportunities, but for a multi-million-dollar prize.

The e-sports industry has long been criticised for its sexism and misogyny. In 2018 gaming site, Kotaku, published a story about the sexist culture at Riot Games, the League of Legends developer, describing a toxic workplace in which women were belittled and sexually harassed. There followed a sex discrimination and sexual harassment class-action lawsuit which was concluded last year when Riot Games paid an unprecedented $100 million settlement.

In 2021 Riot Games established its League Championship Series (LCS) Game Changers programme in order to “Mentor and recruit women and people of marginalised genders in the competitive League of Legends ecosystem”.

It seems that, even as part of a programme supposedly intended to encourage and support women in gaming, it's the ‘marginalised genders’ - ie men - who are still being prioritised. In a video promoting this year’s LCS Game Changers programme, five of the six players featured are male.

And when social media users began pointing this out, @LCSOfficial hid their replies.

Gamergate casts a long shadow.

Also Today - Men Make The Best Women #2

Meanwhile, in the UK, a trans-identified male won an ‘outstanding female’ award at the 2023 East Midlands Women’s Awards.

Katie (formerly Martin) Neeves, did not transition until he was in middle age. In a 2018 interview with Leicestershire Live, he described cross-dressing as a ‘hobby’. He told the paper how he wore his sisters knickers as a child and that, as an adult, he continued to wear his sister’s clothes and those of his girlfriends, in secret. He has been married twice - keeping his transvestitism a secret from his first wife until well into their marriage - and has fathered a child. He now, of course, claims to be a lesbian.

After a successful career as a press photographer - a male-dominated profession - Neeves set up his own photography business. According to his own website, he “Started living full-time as female” and changed his name to Katie in September 2018 at the age of 49. Conveniently, his photography business, Martin Neeves Photography and Film, retained his male name.

Around this time, Neeves recorded a video of himself ‘pretending to be male’ for the final time which he then posted online. Prior to this point he’d been ‘living as Katie’ on a part-time only basis, maintaining his male persona when expedient to do so, such as for professional engagements etc. Apparently, he had to cut his garden hedge before ‘switching over’ to Katie full-time - “I’m going to do something really manly like play with this big powerful hedge trimmer… Grrrrr!” - and he quipped that for subsequent hedge-cutting, he’d have to ‘get a man in’. He clearly believes that women can’t operate garden tools.

Having set up Cool2BTrans, an organisation which offers ‘trans awareness training’, Neeves is now a self-styled ‘trans ambassador’ and ‘inspirational speaker’. Despite peddling anti-science nonsense about sex being ‘assigned at birth’ and existing on a spectrum, Neeves has provided ‘trans awareness’ training for the Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust.

He believes such training should be mandatory.

In March 2022, Sarah Summers, wrote in The Critic about having attended one of Neeves’ workplace training sessions.

The article is quite an eye-opener:

“Living as a woman, according to Neeves, is wearing a short skirt and boots and having white van drivers stop to let you cross the road… Six minutes into the session and Neeves is recounting feelings of excitement, shame and humiliation after being caught wearing his sister’s underwear. He speaks of secretly wearing the clothes of family members and girlfriends well into his 20s. The male entitlement is smug and brazen, the consent of the women he violated irrelevant. 

It is difficult to think of an appropriate time to talk about knickers to a room full of strangers, particularly when they’re at work, yet Neeves gleefully manages to drop the word in at every opportunity. He speaks of wearing women’s knickers on a first date, his eyes partially shut, his lips curled with euphoria. It’s uncomfortable to watch, and Neeves’s demeanour suggests the audience’s discomfort is very much his intention… It’s clear the act of wearing his sister’s underwear was exciting and arousing for Neeves…

Neeves’s attempts at girlish coquettishness and repeated references to underwear reveals how exciting and naughty he considers womanhood to be.”

Katie Neeves - IMAGE CREDIT: Janice Rose Lingerie

Despite the overwhelming evidence that they are harmful and their use unevidenced, Neeves seems to be in favour of prescribing puberty blockers to dysphoric children (remember, he’d fathered a child and was nearly 50 before embarking on hormone treatment) and he regularly reposts social media content by disgraced gender doctor, Helen Webberley.

Set up in 2016, The Women’s Awards are intended to be “A prestigious multidisciplinary award celebrating the outstanding achievements of women”.

This week, at the East Midlands Awards, Katie Neeves, a heterosexual male who pretends to be a lesbian, maintains his male privilege when expedient and talks a lot about stealing women’s knickers, won the Outstanding Female LGBTQIA+ Champion award.

You couldn’t make it up, but then again, you don’t have to, because here it is, happening right in front of your eyes.

Tuesday 26th September - Leave Lesbians Alone

REDUXX: The Australian Human Rights Commission is denying a lesbian group the right to host an all-female event.

A few weeks ago, we reported on the Lesbian Action Group (LAG) which is based in Victoria, Australia. Intending to host an event to celebrate International Lesbian Day on 15th October, the group sought an exemption from the Australian Human Rights Commission to, not unreasonably, exclude heterosexual people and males, including those males who ‘identify as women’.

The LAG applied to host their event at the state’s new pride centre in St. Kilda. Even though the venue is happy to host exclusionary trans-only events, the Victorian Pride Centre rejected the LAG’s application. CEO, Justine Dalla Riva, stated, “An event that excludes and seeks to legally discriminate against people on the bases of their sex, sexuality and gender is inconsistent with the Pride Centre’s purpose”.

Consequently, the LAG applied to the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) for a 5-year exemption. The group planned to host their forthcoming event for International Lesbian Day at an alternative venue and then continue to hold regular female-only lesbian events during the exemption period.

The AHRC has denied the LAG an opportunity to hold lesbian-only events which exclude males. The preliminary decision has rejected the LAG’s exemption application.

The AHRC is claiming that a lesbian-only event open only to females would constitute ‘unlawful discrimination’ on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

The AHRC seems to believe that being a woman is an ‘experience’ in which males can participate: “The Commission is not persuaded that it is appropriate or reasonable to make distinctions between women based on their cisgender or transgender experience.”

Further reasons given for rejecting the application appear to include a) don’t be mean to trans ladies and b) you won’t stop males forcing their way in anyway.

Wednesday 27th September - Tail Wags Dog

THE TELEGRAPH: Trans activists have forced organisers of London’s Comic Con to cancel a Harry Potter event, claiming it would affect the safety of transgender attendees.

The MCM London Comic Con is a twice-yearly fan convention focusing on sci-fi, cosplay, video games and popular media. Featuring hundreds of panels and attracting over 100,000 attendees, it is one of the biggest popular culture festivals in the country. This year’s event is to be held at London’s ExCeL Centre at the end of October.

The schedule was to have included a panel of the producers behind the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child stage show. They were to offer a peep behind the scenes, explaining how JK Rowling’s story was brought to life for the stage.

LGBT charity, Switchboard, objected to this panel being held at the event, stating that it had “Concerns about the potential impact on our community, particularly trans individuals”. The group ‘felt compelled’ to complain to event organisers after learning of “Plans to feature any panels using the Harry Potter IP [intellectual property]”. It threatened to pull out of hosting a ‘pride lounge’ at Comic Con if the panel was allowed to go ahead.

And, lo, London Comic Con bosses cancelled the Harry Potter panel.

Switchboard boasted on social media that the event’s organisers “Have been receptive to our conversations” and dropped the Harry Potter panel.

Kate Barker, co-founder of the LGB Alliance, commented, “How incredible that a charity that seeks to listen to and help people is so afraid of a famous writer of children’s fiction. Time for LGBTQIA+ Switchboard to grow up and stop fighting windmills”.

Thursday 28th September - This Never Happens #1

REDUXX: A UK woman has told Reduxx that the man who groomed and abused her when she was a teenager is now ‘identifying as a woman’.

Maya (a pseudonym) was just sixteen when she moved in with Phil, a 45-year-old family friend. Initially flattered by the attention he paid her, she now recognises his behaviour as grooming. Experiencing some problems at home, she had intended that her stay with Phil and his teenage daughter, just a few years her junior, would be temporary. However, he effectively cut her off from her family, friends and social workers and she found herself trapped in a ‘relationship’ with him.

Maya alleges that Phil consistently physically and sexually abused her, on one occasion sexually assaulting both her and his own 15-year-old daughter. Despite the ongoing trauma, being isolated and financially dependent on Phil, Maya found it impossible to leave.

When she was nineteen, Maya had a baby girl. Phil’s behaviour towards the child gave Maya considerable cause for concern so she took her baby and escaped to a domestic violence refuge. She reported Phil to the police over his abusive behaviour and he was arrested. However, Maya felt the police actively discouraged her from pursuing the case and, when Phil threatened to fight her for full custody of their daughter if she persisted, she dropped her allegations.

As her baby got older, Maya came to believe that Phil had sexually abused her. The Children and Young Persons Services were notified but determined that the case didn’t meet the threshold for an investigation due to the child’s age and level of communication and because of the time elapsed since the alleged offenses took place.

In 2019 Maya learned that Phil, now ‘identifying as a woman’ and calling himself Jean, was ‘transitioning’. He contacted her out of the blue and, in an email seen by Reduxx, claimed he was going be a lesbian and talked of formally changing his name.

Phil following his ‘gender change’

Phil’s mid-life change of ‘gender’ coincided with allegations of long-term sexual abuse made against him by his eldest daughter. Maya was approached to provide a witness testimony on behalf of the victim, but was informed she would have to affirm Phil’s new identity - using female pronouns etc - if the case came to court. “How the hell do you sit in court and say ‘she raped me with her penis?’” she asked Reduxx. “It is lying.”

The Crown Prosecution Service dropped the case against Phil. Maya believes this was due, at least in part, to his ‘gender identity’. “There was a lot of evidence against him”, she said. “I really think that they didn’t want to take it further because he’s trans.”

Maya says that Phil is using his new ‘gender identity’ to exonerate himself for the past. “Once, I tried to tell him how his abuse had affected me”, she recalled. “He said ‘Phil is dead now, I’m Jean. So he thinks he can put on a frock and it absolves everything he did. I just don’t understand how someone can get away with it for so long, and nothing happens. How many more men out there like him are there?”

Also Today - Stonewall Exposed

James Esses reported on a Stonewall ‘trans allyship’ workshop. Its content - female erasure and gender zealotry - is enraging but not surprising.

Thanks to a secret source who was in attendance, James Esses obtained a recording from a recent Stonewall workshop for the workplace called ‘Introduction to Trans Allyship’. This workshop, specifically aimed at HR professionals, was attended by staff from a range of organisations, including the University of Sheffield, Kings College London, Premier Foods, Allen & Overy, Sage Publications, and Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I.

The training was hosted by trans-identified male and former stripper, Morgan Page, Stonewall’s Trans Programme Manager.

Morgan Page

Morgan Page, you may recall, is the trans-identified male who ran a workshop in Canada entitled ‘Overcoming the Cotton Ceiling: Breaking Down Sexual Barriers for Queer trans Women’. As the name suggests, the aim of Page’s workshop was to “Explore the sexual barriers" - ie the sexual boundaries of lesbians - facing trans-identified males. “Participants will work together to identify barriers and strategize ways to overcome them.” (My emphasis.)

Prior to embarking on the Stonewall ‘allyship’ training session, Morgan Page, flashed up a disclaimer emphasising that the information being provided “Does not constitute legal advice and is not intended to be a substitute for legal counsel on any subject”. How convenient. Stonewall has carte blanche to spout the nonsense of gender ideology with impunity without having to be held accountable for any repercussions.

Here are just a few of the many examples of gender zealotry peddled at this workshop as reported by James Esses:

• The word ‘mother’ should not be used in maternity policies.

• The ongoing debate around trans-identified males being able to access women’s spaces can be dismissed as a “whole drama in conflama”.

• Stonewall is ‘uncertain’ whether or not ‘non-binary’ people are covered as a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010. [Reader, they are not.]

• ‘Intersex’ [their word] people are as common as those born with red hair.

• Employers should make pronouns in emails and video calls mandatory

• Staff should be allowed to decide whichever toilets they wish to use.

• Employees should undergo ongoing ‘trans education’.

Friday 29th September - This Never Happens #2

THE POST MILLENNIAL: Footage shared online shows a trans-identified male student violently attacking a young girl at a school in Oregon.

This week shocking footage shot at the Hazelbrook Middle School in Tualatin, Oregon, was circulating on social media.

In an apparently unprovoked attack, a young girl was seized from behind by a trans-identified male student who slammed her violently to the floor. He grabbed her head, yanking her back and forth by the hair, then, still pulling her hair with one hand, rained down blows to her head and her back with the other.

He yelled, “Touch me again, bitch!” as the frightened girl cried out, “I didn’t do anything!” The male student then walked away, leaving the young girl, shocked and weeping, to struggle to her feet. Sobbing, she told onlookers, “I can’t breathe”.

It has been suggested that this attack was premeditated, given how many students seem to have been prepared, phones at hand, to record the incident and that some footage of the incident begins prior to the assault.

The victim’s mother posted a comment on social media about the assault on her daughter. “Yesterday my daughter was attacked at school by a biological male student dressed as a girl. I cannot even put into words my anger at the situation after watching this horrific video… He is known for being a bully and has done this to several girls. He is clearly, targeting females”.

A second video then emerged, apparently showing the same trans-identified male student violently attacking two other young girls on a separate occasion. In this recording the male student pushes a young girl to the floor before assaulting another. He lashes out at the second girl, throwing her violently to the floor and then hitting her repeatedly.

Hazelbrook Middle School

According to The Oregonian, by Thursday 28th September, the matter had been placed under criminal investigation. Jennifer Massey, the public information officer for the Tualatin Police Department, said that the case had been referred to the Washington County Juvenile Department and that the alleged perpetrator had been arrested with criminal charges pending.

The Tigard-Tualatin School District (TTSD) Board of Directors issued a lengthy statement to confirm that this matter was now in the hands of law enforcement. The statement continued, “TTSD Board of Directors stands firm in our practice of holding those who commit acts of violence accountable as guided by Board policy. We are also united in upholding an educational environment that fosters inclusivity, diversity, and respect. We will not be distracted from our responsibilities of governing this vibrant school system by any form of harassment or bias”.

On Friday 29th September the school had to be evacuated after threats of violence were made against staff and students.

Feminist media outlet, Reduxx, was initially targeted and received threats of bomb and gun violence directed at the school and individuals associated with it. Editor, Anna Slatz, took immediate action and the Portland-area FBI and the Tualatin Police Department were contacted straight away.

The Tigard-Tualatin School District issued a statement that Hazelbrook Middle School had been receiving threats since the video was posted. They closed the school at about 10 am on Friday morning over a bomb threat involving specific details - including home addresses - about students and staff.

School superintendent, Sue Rieke-Smith, gave a press conference in the afternoon of Friday 29th. She condemned those referring to the gender identity of the student who had recorded attacking a young girl, claiming that his sex wasn’t relevant. She described as ‘hate’ the worries being expressed that a male student appears to have been violently assaulting his female peers.

She stated that, “The minute that video went viral there issues that were raise by the larger community, not internal to the district but external to the district, adults within the community, adults nationwide, calling out the student’s gender. That had nothing to do with the choice that student made relative to the assault… However, this other piece, which is ‘because this student has a particular gender identity, therefore...’ there is no connection. And that is the hate we are dealing with right now”.

Amy Sousa, psychologist and women’s rights activist, posted a comment on social media. “While we don't know what motivated the boy to attack this girl, we do know that schools in Oregon aggressively push gender identity ideology in their schools, giving boys the right to violate girls' bathrooms, locker rooms, & sports. I reflect that when boys are entitled to cross girls' boundaries, that is already the encouragement of violence. It follows that more violence against girls would be a logical outcome of such policies”.

Also Today - Witch Burning In Cambridgeshire

A social worker believes she has been discriminated against by her employer over her gender critical views.

A social worker with almost 20 years experience, Lizzy Pitt is currently employed as a Social Work Manager by Cambridgeshire County Council. She is also a lesbian who knows that sex is real, immutable and important. She believes that she has been discriminated against by her employer because of her gender critical views.

Lizzy wished to participate in her workplace LGBTQIA group meetings where she expressed her gender critical views. Her colleagues instigated a group complaint. The subsequent disciplinary proceedings resulted in a formal ‘management action’ which was intended to silence her. Lizzie, a lesbian, was also excluded from the workplace LGBTQIA network.

Lizzy is now suing her employer, Cambridgeshire County Council, in the employment tribunal for harassment and discrimination. She says, “This kind of silencing and bullying is happening in local authorities, schools, colleges, universities, NHS trusts etc, up and down the country. A false consensus is imposed through a climate of fear. This has serious consequences for the way professionals like social workers, clinicians, teachers and others do their jobs - and serious consequences for the safeguarding of some of the most vulnerable in society… Employers won’t learn that this kind of behaviour is unacceptable unless they can see other employers being found liable by a tribunal and having to pay compensation”.

For more information and to contribute to Lizzy’s legal costs, please see her Crowdjustice page here.

Saturday 30th September - “God Bless Zir & All Who Sail In Zir…”

THE TELEGRAPH: Royal Navy personnel are being indoctrinated in gender identity ideology courtesy of official MoD ‘trans’ guidance.

The Telegraph has seen official ‘inclusivity’ guidance which is provided to Royal Navy personnel and appears on the force’s internal intranet.

The guide on trans and non-binary awareness encourages Royal Navy staff to use ‘preferred pronouns’, stating, “Introducing yourself with your pronouns at the start of meetings and interactions is a good way to be inclusive”. The guidance goes on, “Some people do not associate with gender binary and may use different pronouns like they/them or neo-pronouns like ze/hir/hirs. You should use the pronoun that a person shares with you”.

This guidance features a ‘trans umbrella’ which lists different gender identities including ‘gender neutral’ and ‘pangender’. Navy staff are urged to “Keep constantly educating and researching about trans matters” and are encouraged to attend ‘diversity events’ organised by the Ministry of Defence.

Sunday 1st October - I Can’t Believe It’s Not Satire

REDUXX: A Spanish feminist is facing legal action after correctly referring to a ‘non-binary’ trans-identified male as a man on social media.

Lucía Etxebarria is a Premio Nadal award-winning novelist, psychologist and women’s rights campaigner. She is facing legal action over correctly referencing the sex of a male political activist, Marcos Ventura Armas.

For over a decade, Armas has been active in the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) and held various positions within the party. He ‘identifies’ as a ‘non-binary trans person who uses feminine pronouns’ and describes himself as a ‘political activist for the rights of LGTBI people’. He has worked with the State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Trans, Bisexuals and Intersexuals (FELGTBI) and held various positions in Gamá, a trans organisation based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

In July 2020, Etxebarria discussed Ventura on social media. Referencing his claim to be ‘non-binary’, she said that ‘saw a man’. Not unreasonably, because he is a man.

Marcos Ventura Armas

After receiving criticism for posting photographs of Ventura online, Etxebarria wrote, “I have just been told that it is ‘disgusting’ for me to show these PUBLIC photos of a PUBLIC office holder in a PUBLIC organization, and say that I see a man here. I would love to hear back from you: How many of you see a woman here?”

It is this comment that forms the basis of Armas’ legal action against Etxebarria. The 500-page lawsuit filed also references other social media comments made by Etxebarria, including a tweet from May 2022 in which she (accurately) described Armas as having a ‘beard, penis and testicles’. She commented, with more than a little sarcasm, “Marcos Ventura Armas, who belongs to the FELGTBI, wanted to denounce me when I mistakenly stated that he was a man. Because, of course, she is a young non-binary trans woman.”

Ventura’s legal action claims that Etxebarria has repeatedly ‘misgendered’ him and that referring to him as a ‘trans woman’ was a ‘false claim’ due to his non-binary status. He asserts that he rejects ‘he/him’ pronouns and feels ‘diminished’ when he is treated as a male. He accuses Etxebarria of having damaged his ‘professional prestige as an activist’ by repeatedly referring to him as a ‘trans woman’.

Etxebarria now has to appear before a court in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, which is 2,000 km from her home. If Armas is successful, she will have to pay him €11,000 (approximately £9,550) in compensation.

A woman facing legal action and financial ruin for publicly stating that a man is a man… What a time to be alive.

See you next week.