A Week in the War on Women: Monday 20th September - Sunday 26th September GOOD NEWS SUPPLEMENT

Some of the good news from the gender beat.

Hold-Ups For SNP Gender Juggernaut

Bruce Adamson, the Children’s Commissioner in Scotland, has urged the SNP to shelve its proposed GRA reforms, stating that there isn’t enough evidence to support the planned legislation.

The Telegraph @Telegraph

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland’s Children’s Commissioner has called on the SNP to shelve a controversial overhaul of gender laws, claiming there is a lack of evidence to support the plans telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…

telegraph.co.ukShelve controversial overhaul of gender recognition laws, Scottish Government urgedChildren’s Commissioner says more research must be done to ensure ‘safeguards’ are in place before legal age to change gender is lowered

Adamson said that ‘more work’ was required before a bill could be brought to the Scottish Parliament, noting specifically that there is little research into the children who choose to ‘change gender’ then later detransition. He said that ‘appropriate protection and safeguards’ were required to protect the under-18s.

“We would welcome further consideration by the Scottish Government of research and evidence on consent, capacity, autonomy and protection.”

The Herald @heraldscotland

There's growing concern among teachers over Scottish Government guidance on supporting transgender pupils - what do you think?

heraldscotland.comTeachers fear legal action by parents over transgender pupil adviceTeachers are to consider a demand that national guidance on supporting transgender pupils be pulled amid fears over excluding parents and the risk…

A news story over the weekend reported that teachers in Scotland are concerned about national guidance on supporting transgender pupils. They fear the guidelines put them at risk of legal action due to the exclusion of parents.

Leaders of the Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association (SSTA) will debate an emergency motion at their upcoming Congress calling for the guidance to be withdrawn until a ‘clear legislative basis’ can be established.

Cherry On The Cake

Joanna Cherry was on her usual blistering form in Parliament this week, demanding to know what action the government intends to take to protect women from abuse and harassment when discussing our sex-based rights.

Joanna Cherry QC @joannaccherry

Gender critical beliefs are protected under the Equality Act so I’m pleased the UK Govt minister agreed to meet with to discuss what can be done to make sure that women can debate & discuss our rights under the Act without fear of abuse, threats or violence.

Home Office minister Rachel Maclean agreed with Joanna Cherry’s view and agreed to meet with her in order to discuss possible solutions.

Non, Merci

Psychologists, psychiatrists, doctors, and intellectuals in France have spoken out against the transing of children.

Genspect @genspect

In an article published in the French newspaper L’Express on September 20, 2021, more than 50 signatories expressed grave concerns about how gender ideology is influencing gender-questioning children and leading to their medicalization.

genspect.orgFrance starts to say “non!” to gender ideologyIn an article published in the French newspaper L’Express on September 20, 2021, more than 50 signatories expressed grave concerns about how gender ideology is influencing gender-questioning children and leading to their medicalization. Several French-speaking Genspect parents have kindly provide

In an article published in L’Express newspaper, over 50 signatories voiced grave concerns about the influence of gender identity ideology on vulnerable children.

“We denounce this abduction of childhood. It is now urgent to inform the greatest number of citizens, of all professions, of all allegiances, of all ages, about what could be tomorrow one of the greatest health and ethical scandals that we could have watched happen without saying a word: the commodification of children’s bodies.”

Marion On Air

Marion Calder from For Women Scotland appeared on Andrew Doyle’s Free Speech Nation podcast.

Andrew Doyle @andrewdoyle_com

I had the pleasure of speaking to Marion Calder from @ForwomenScot on last week's episode of Free Speech Nation. We discussed women's rights, gender self-identification and the recent protests outside the Scottish parliament... [Part 1 of 4]

What The Papers Say

Great coverage of the Women Talk Back legal action against Bristol SU in The Times this week.

“Our case could be the among the first brought by women who were directly prevented from or sanctioned for using the single-sex exemptions under the Equality Act 2010.”

Letters To The Editor

There were a number of letters to the editor in The Sunday Times, supporting Rosie Duffield and condemning the ‘Labour cowards’ who can’t stand up to trans extremism.

“Duffield’s senior Labour colleagues cannot expect to be taken seriously when they will not condemn extreme trans activists threatening women. They are not fit to represent my cat.”
Jennifer Ray, Morden, London

“I am a trans woman and I have no hesitation in condemning such appalling behaviour. The extremists do not speak for me, nor for many like me.”
Clare Fielding, London, EC2

“The views of transgender activists are at odds with biological facts… It would be entirely wrong to use this as a basis to deny women the right to female-only spaces, into which anatomical males are not allowed.”
Professor Brian Furman, Glasgow

On Their Majesty’s Secret Service

Too funny not to share!

Richard CoIIumbeII @RCollumbell

The next Bond should be an AFAB Enby. My pronouns are Them. They/Them. https://t.co/8AiqA8JLPs

DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm

Daniel Craig says “why should a woman play James Bond when there should be a part just as good as James Bond, but for a woman?” “There should simply be better parts for women and actors of colour.” (Source: https://t.co/CoUOfE1pTS) https://t.co/bcwW238MOs

And Finally…

catsies @catsiesXX

coincidence or terf?