A Week in the War on Women: Monday 4th July - Sunday 10th July GOOD NEWS SUPPLEMENT
Just a few of the good news stories from the gender beat this week. Enjoy!
Victory For Maya - Best News Of The Week!
Maya Forstater has won her employment tribunal case against her former employer, the Centre for Global Development.
The Tribunal unanimously found that CDG unlawfully discriminated against Maya Forstater on the grounds of her ‘gender critical beliefs’.
In her statement, Maya commented, “We are all free to believe whatever we wish. What we are not free to do is compel others to believe the same thing, to silence those who disagree with us or to force others to deny reality. Human beings cannot change sex. It is not hateful to say that; in fact it is important in order to treat everyone fairly and safely. It shouldn’t take courage to say this, and no one should lose their job for doing so.”
The redoubtable Ben Cooper QC provided an excellent summary of the judgement for the Old Square Chambers website.
The landmark victory made headline news and was reported in The Guardian, The Independent, BBC News, The Daily Mail and The Times. Maya also appeared on Radio 4’s Today programme.
And this is how it WASN’T reported! (Courtesy of Moley, of course.)
Giggle Has The Last Laugh
More great legal news for Sall Grover this week; the federal court action she was facing for keeping her Giggle app female-only has been dropped.
Sall then spoke of her experiences in an interview with The Australian.
Yes, Minister
The Attorney General, Suella Braverman QC, was pulling no punches this week. First of all, she criticised the Halifax for its ‘woke’ pronoun badges.
In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph, she said the Halifax asking to staff to display their pronouns was part of a ‘collective frenzy’ over certain rights that results in the ‘basics of biology turned upside down’.
More importantly, Braverman (who is the principal legal adviser to the government in England and Wales) indicated that she may block or challenge the Scottish government’s self ID plans and said that she is ‘deeply opposed’ to the legislation.
“I think there are incredibly serious implications of what the Scottish government is proposing and I will be considering whether there are constitutional issues.”
We Are Legion
More and more people are speaking out about gender identity in the press. This week Stephen Pollard, former editor of The Jewish Chronicle, wrote about the ‘tide finally turning against attacks on women’s rights’.
“There are a small number of people who do not feel comfortable with their biological sex. We should treat them with kindness and consideration. But that does not mean that the overwhelming majority of people… should have to ignore biology and science and pander to every whim of the trans lobby.”
Even The Guardian dedicated a letters page to praise for FINA’s policy of barring trans-identified males from female sport.
“Trans women competing in an open category is not exclusion. Women turning away from sport due to the inherent unfairness of having to compete against athletes outside their protected category is. When it comes to sport, we can have fairness for female athletes or trans women in the female category. They are mutually exclusive, and sport must prioritise fairness first.” [Liam Garvey - Stuttgart, Germany]
A Level Playing Field
British Triathlon will ban all trans-identifying males from competing in female categories, at both elite and grassroots levels, and plans to create an ‘open’ category.
In the strictest policy yet, British Triathlon will exclude all males from female competition, whether or not they went through a male puberty, in the interests of ‘fairness and competition’.
Dancing Queen
Dancer and choreographer, Rosie Kay, has launched a wonderful new company called K2CO. It will be a female-led troupe focusing on the creation of cutting-edge, bold and brave new dance works to tour the UK and abroad. All performers will be asked to sign a ‘freedom of expression’ pledge.
Rosie told The Sunday Times, “I got caught up in the culture wars and, yes, that was difficult. This stuff can feel like the end of the world but it has not broken me. I am coming back bolder than ever.”
We send Rosie our sincere best wishes for every success and happiness with her exciting new company.
“There are a small number of people who do not feel comfortable with their biological sex. We should treat them with kindness and consideration. But that does not mean that the overwhelming majority of people… should have to ignore biology and science and pander to every whim of the trans lobby.”
Oh yes...indeed!
Thank you, as always.
Maya's win was not going to be topped but a lot of good stuff is still happening in high places.
Love Moley's mock Guardian although I feel sad that we will only ever see this as a pastiche. I would have gone back to the Guardian if they'd had such a page.
Love the Labradors at the end, you can almost hear the clever one going 'come on, come on!'