A Week in the War on Women: Monday 27th September - Sunday 3rd October GOOD NEWS SUPPLEMENT

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Hello again. Here are just a few of this week’s good news stories from the gender beat.

Judy Packs A Punch

War creates strange allies. In this case, Judy Finnigan in The Express, writing about ‘the extremist transgender lobby’ intent on female erasure.

“We won’t be ‘cancelled’ because a tiny minority can’t forgive us for being born women.”

Indeed we won’t, Judy.

Another Domino Falls

Lancashire Police have joined the ever-burgeoning list of organisations to leave Stonewall’s Diversity Champions scheme.

Sex Matters @SexMattersOrg

As Lancashire Police joins the list of organisations to leave the Stonewall Diversity Champion scheme, here’s our detailed report on how Stonewall guidance might be leading your organisation astray with regards to equality legislation: bit.ly/3m7lF9G

And this is big news given that only a few months ago they seemed determined to remain a member.

Robert Jessel @robjessel

Lancashire Police has paid for a Diversity Champions annual membership to Stonewall since January 2015 at a cost of £2,500 per annum and a total cost of £17,500. They will be renewing for 2022. Source: FOI

Lancashire Police @LancsPolice

@Jamesliamcraig @leponline Hi Jamesy, this is really disappointing to see 😞 We were made aware on the day, they were removed immediately and there were no further issues during the event. We take reports like this extremely seriously and have recorded it as a hate incident. Thanks

A Sporting Chance

The Sports Councils Equality Group has published new guidelines for transgender participation in sport. This report concludes that current policies are not fit for purpose and need a thorough overhaul.

FairPlayForWomen @fairplaywomen

BREAKING NEWS: New guidelines for transgender participation in UK sport published today /1

theguardian.comNew guidelines for transgender participation unveiled by UK sports councilsThere is no magic solution that balances the inclusion of trans women in female sport while guaranteeing competitive fairness and safety, new guidelines for sport across the UK conclude

"For many sports, the inclusion of transgender people, fairness and safety cannot co-exist in a single competitive model".

Don’t Mention The Cervix

Despite the fall out from cervix-gate, there were causes for joy at the Labour Party Conference. Listen to Bronwen Davies’ brave and blisteringly good speech.

Labour Women’s Declaration held a hugely successful public meeting.

🦖 LabourWomen’sDeclaration 🦖 @LabWomenDec

Delighted to publish thread of brilliant speeches at our public meeting #LWDBrighton at #Lab21. Tonia Antoniazzi MP: "There is no way that it is fair for a male-bodied person to be on a sports pitch with a woman in a contact sport". youtube.com/watch?v=h9FIlA…

Not only was this meeting extremely well attended, it involved many awesome women speakers including two Labour MPs, former Welsh rugby player, Tonia Antoniazzi and the incomparable Rosie Duffield.

🦖 LabourWomen’sDeclaration 🦖 @LabWomenDec

Our guest Rosie Duffield, speaking from the floor: “It’s about time we started to listen to women. And If we want the votes of women, we have to listen to women from this second, not just two seconds before the election.” #LWDBrighton #Lab21

youtube.comRosie Duffield “Sex Matters in a Sexist Society” #LWDBrighton #Lab21 Sept 21Surprise guest Rosie Duffield speaks

There Is Nothing Like A Dame

Former chief scientific advisor to the Scottish Government and European Commission, Professor Dame Anne Glover, has spoken out about the Scottish Government’s plan to reform the GRA.

Holyrood magazine @HolyroodDaily

The Scottish Government's former chief scientific adviser has said First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is ignoring the science with the reform of the Gender Recognition Act (GRA)

holyrood.comProfessor Dame Anne Glover: First Minister is wrong to ignore the science on gender identityFormer chief scientific adviser makes the case that science says sex is binary

“It doesn’t concern me that trans women and trans men want to have their rights verified but the denial of basic biology & the psychology of women, particularly those that have gone through trauma, makes no sense.”

Re-Joyce

There is a great interview with Helen Joyce in the New Statesman this week.

Harry Lambert @harrytlambert

I interviewed @HJoyceGender in this week’s @NewStatesman.

newstatesman.com“Women are in a bigger fight than the suffragettes”: Helen Joyce on the trans debateWhen the Labour government introduced the Gender Recognition Act in 2004, few involved in its implementation expected that 17 years later Britain’s leading medical journal, the Lancet, would refer to

“In certain circumstances, women need to be able to exclude all males… They need not to be called bigots when they do that.”

Terfanosaurus ReXX

This crowdfunder made me giggle.

Wombs with a View @AWombs

If anybody has any money to spare what a fantastic crowdfunder!

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All power to you, sisters!

Talcum Gets Burned

Owen Jones had the audacity to tweet this…

And here are just a few of the glorious replies!

Brava, ladies!

Liz Spells It Out

Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, made an unequivocal statement about the provision of single sex spaces in The Times.

Sex Matters @SexMattersOrg

A very clear statement from @trussliz on single sex spaces in @thetimes ! Time for @EHRC to issue clear guidance A very clear statement from @Liztruss on single sex spaces in @thetimes Time for @EHRC to issue clear guidance https://t.co/dVrOQvhKC8

“The Equality Act is very clear that single-sex spaces should be provided for and organisation should be able to distinguish on the basis of biological sex.”

And Finally…

Aphrodite's Offspring @RaeUK

Hat's off to whoever created this ...