A Week in the War on Women: Monday 7th November - Sunday 13th November GOOD NEWS SUPPLEMENT
Another bumper GNS edition this week, packed full of good news stories from the gender beat. Enjoy!
So It Begins
The Scottish Express reported on the legal action now facing ‘Scotland’s Tavistock’, ie the Sandyford Clinic.
“Scotland's gender identity clinic for children is facing mounting legal actions from former patients… International law firm Pogust Goodhead is laying the groundwork for a US-style class action lawsuit against the Sandyford clinic in Glasgow.”
Auntie On The Naughty Step
The BBC has been forced to withdraw its ‘botched hit job’ on Kemi Badenoch, the Minister for Women and Equalities, over her rejection of gender ideology.
An episode of Radio 4’s Profile programme featuring Kemi Badenoch accused her of being ‘anti-trans’ and made a number of claims which, according to a Whitehall insider, are ‘junk’.
Following a barrage of criticism after the initial broadcast, the BBC removed the programme from its Sounds website and an edited version has subsequently been made available.
Courage At Cambridge
A brave undergraduate at Cambridge University wrote a powerful article for the student publication, Varsity, defending Helen Joyce’s recent appearance at Gonville & Caius College.
Describing her experience of so-called ‘gender-affirming care’, Charlie Bentley-Astor wrote that “My misdiagnosis is why I support Helen Joyce’s right to speak” and explained why it is vital to listen to views with which we may not necessarily agree with.
“To suppress, silence or “no-platform” people like Helen Joyce or Kathleen Stock is to deprive people of the many perspectives required to make informed decision about their life. If I hadn’t had been able to listen to people with gender-critical views, I would not have realised gender-transition surgery was wrong for me until it was too late… You call the likes of Joyce ‘transphobic’. To this I say, what have you to fear from conversations about appropriate healthcare? What are you afraid of?”
Women Won’t Wheesht (Again!)
The redoubtable For Women Scotland are back in court for Round 2 of their fight with the Scottish government over the word ‘woman’.
You will remember, of course, that FWS scored a momentous victory in February when they won their Inner House appeal re the Gender Representation on Public Boards Act. The court found that the Scottish government does not have the power to expand the definition of woman to include trans-identified males.
Nevertheless, those sneaky wee scamps at Holyrood are still playing fast and loose with the word ‘woman’. So FWS took ‘em back to court for a second judicial review.
You can catch up with the proceedings courtesy of the tireless Tribunal Tweets.
The judgement in the case may take several months. Meanwhile, we’ll be wishing FWS the very best of luck.
Sarah v Goliath
Speaking of legal matters, Sarah Phillimore is suing US ticketing giant, Eventbrite, after it removed her book launch event from its site.
“My point is simple”, she told The Daily Mail. “If Eventbrite wish to operate in the UK, it must obey UK laws.”
Hear hear. We wish you the best of luck, Sarah.
Keeping It Civil
Look at this fabulous news - the launch of a brilliant new initiative in Whitehall. The Sex Equality and Equity Network (SEEN) is an organisation set up to support and assist UK civil servants who do not adhere to gender ideology.
“SEEN is a staff network committed to promoting and supporting sex equality and equity between women and men in our workplaces, and helping all staff to thrive at work and fulfil their potential. The focus of our network is on challenging sex discrimination and upholding rights and protections that relate to sex…
We are also committed to the protected belief (covered by the protected characteristic of religion and belief in the Equality Act 2010) that biological sex is binary and immutable, that biological sex matters for both women and men in our everyday lives, including for our rights and needs in the workplace, and that biological sex must not be conflated with, or replaced by, the concepts of gender or gender identity.”
The Telegraph reported that a Whitehall source said the move has been welcomed by government insiders. The source told the paper, “This network is a sign to mandarins that if they try to erase women, women will fight back”.
Braverman Not Pulling Any Punches
The Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, appears to be cracking down on the capture of the police force by gender ideologues.
This week she addressed a Partnership Summit held jointly by the The National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners.
She told attendees that she and her team at the Home Office will ‘look closely’ at so-called ‘non-crime hate incidents’ and will ensure that “The police’s priorities are focused on tackling crime, not debating gender on Twitter”.
Women Won’t Wheesht In Ireland
Despite constant attempts to shut it down, the conference organised by Women’s Space Ireland not only went ahead, it was a packed out and tremendous success.
The ‘Women’s Space to Speak’ conference in Dublin brought together a number of gender critical feminist groups and the wonderful line-up of speakers included Helen Joyce, Stella O’Malley, Rev Professor Anne Lodge, Iseult White, Colette Colfer, Anya Palmer and Christina Ellingsen.
The Times reported on a ‘charged atmosphere’ and a ‘packed room’.
Huge congratulations and solidarity to all those who took part and helped to make it such a very successful event.
Our Man In Havana
Did you catch Graham on GB News this week? Not once but twice. Firstly, talking about his Twitter ban. (If you’re on Twitter, please share this clip with @elonmusk using the hashtag #BringBackGlinner.)
And, secondly, talking about Big Brian, the beauty bunco.
Being pro women and girls rights is not fucking anti trans, this gaslighting women really pisses me off! It makes me anti trans when I see women being bullied like this.
I hope Suella does hold all those responsible for turning a blind eye when young girls were raped repeatedly but i bet loads have already resigned/retired on their fat tax payer funded pensions.