A Week in the War on Women: Monday 10th January - Sunday 16th January GOOD NEWS SUPPLEMENT

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Our cup runneth over with good news stories from the gender beat this week. Enjoy!

The Dominoes Continue To Fall

Leading Scottish universities are deserting Stonewall’s equality league table.

The Telegraph @Telegraph

Leading Scottish universities have dropped out of controversial equality league tables compiled by LGBT lobby group Stonewall, following claims that participation can inhibit academic freedom and open debate about transgender issues

telegraph.co.ukScottish universities drop out of Stonewall equality league tables following ‘gender’ rowThe University of Edinburgh is among several institutions to decline to submit an application for this year’s rankings

Neither Edinburgh nor Glasgow universities have submitted applications this year while the University of the West of Scotland and Robert Gordon University both say they are ‘reviewing’ their participation in the scheme.

Meanwhile, in Whitehall, The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has severed ties with Stonewall following a review by business minister, Lord Callanan.

Bravo Delta

Delta Airlines refused to issue a ticket with a gender ‘X’ marker, saying their system can only accept either male or female passengers.

The Tragedy Of King Lia

Women are not going to shut up about the unfairness of Lia Thomas competing with and against female swimmers. This week the incomparable Coach Linda Blade wrote a guest editorial in Swimming World.

Swimming World @SwimmingWorld

Guest Editorial: Defense of Lia Thomas Rang Hollow and Missed Point of Controversy - is.gd/QHpTNg @coachblade @FondOfBeetles

“Once it is acknowledged that sex takes the pre-eminence over self-declared gender and now that the collective evidence regarding gender transition is understood, the solution becomes very straight forward. The way to ensure full “inclusion” while maintaining the integrity of women’s sports is to convert the men’s category into ‘open’ (for men, transwomen, and other identities) and keep the women’s category restricted to the ‘female’ athlete.”

Furthermore, the Washington Examiner published a two-part interview with a female University of Pennsylvania swimmer. Although remaining anonymous, she is speaking out about the unfairness of Lia Thomas’ inclusion on her team.

Washington Examiner @dcexaminer

"We did not hear a single thing from the athletic department until just a couple weeks ago. Not even for the last two years, when they knew it was going to happen," the swimmer told @dcexaminer. Read the interview from @cwtremo below:

washex.amExclusive interview with Penn swimmer: ‘The NCAA just does not care about us at all’A University of Pennsylvania female swimmer is speaking out about the treatment of her team and how it has been neglected by the athletic department. She spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.

Washington Examiner @dcexaminer

Female swimmers shouldn’t have to worry about their futures for having an opinion, writes @cwtremo. "They should not be afraid for wanting the school to honor its agreement of fair and equal female swimming competition between women."

washex.amTransgender Penn swimmer breaks team rules, compares self to Jackie RobinsonIn the second part of an exclusive interview with a female swimmer on the University of Pennsylvania’s swimming team, one of the swimmers describes the toxic environment that surrounds the women this year.

“We just want to have what we were promised by joining the swim team, which is fair competition and equal opportunities… When Lia swims, we are all silent.”

Judy Knows The Score

Tennis coach and mother of champions, Judy Murray, has spoken out about the inclusion of trans-identified males in women’s sport.

“It could be really off-putting to female athletes to feel you could train for years to get to whatever level and then be knocked out or beaten by someone born with a physical strength advantage.”

A Sporting Chance

A South Dakota legislative committee has approved a bill that will prevent trans-identified males from competing in female school sports leagues.

KEYC News Now @KEYCNewsNow

A South Dakota legislative committee on Friday approved a bill championed by Gov. Kristi Noem to ban transgender women and girls from participating in school sports leagues that match their gender identity.

keyc.comTransgender athlete ban, backed by Noem, clears committeeA South Dakota legislative committee on Friday approved a bill championed by Gov. Kristi Noem to ban transgender women and girls from participating in school sports leagues that match their gender identity.

The bill, proposed by Governor Kristi Noem, won approval in the Senate State Affairs committee and will now be considered during the legislative session later this month.

Cottoning On

Tom Cotton, Senator for Arkansas, has introduced a bill to put the kybosh on Biden’s plan to house male and female inmates together in federal prisons.

Tom Cotton @SenTomCotton

President Biden’s plan to house male and female prisoners together will put women in danger. My bill will stop the president’s ill-conceived plan and keep men and women separated in federal prison.

thefederalist.comSen. Tom Cotton Introduces Bill To Keep Men Out Of Women’s PrisonsThe bill highlights the dangerous radicalism of the Biden administration and the transgender ideology it has embraced.

The Preventing Violence Against Female Inmates Act would prohibit the Bureau of Prisons from using self-declared gender identity to house male inmates in female facilities.

Sullivan On Point

Great piece from journalist, Andrew Sullivan, on the current state of trans activism.

Andrew Sullivan @sullydish

"What the trans movement is now doing, after Bostock, is not about rights. It is about a cultural revolution to dismantle the sex binary, to politicize biology, to deconstruct the family and to replace same-sex with same-gender orientation."

andrewsullivan.substack.comThe Trans Movement Is Not About Rights AnymoreIt’s about a cultural revolution and the abolition of biological sex.

“We need to reintroduce caution, scepticism and medical science, alongside compassion, to counter ideological fervour and adolescent delusion. And we need to debate all of this without anyone being threatened, demonized or banished from the public square. It’s doable.”

Delivering The Van

This week the LGB Alliance launched a new campaign.

LGB Alliance @ALLIANCELGB

Our advertising van is driving through Central London today, 13th and tomorrow, the 14th of January. It's a litle van with a BIG message. Soon...we hope you'll be seeing it everywhere.😉

LGB Alliance @ALLIANCELGB

If you're in Central London tomorrow look out for a van with this important message. Young LGB people are being encouraged to think their gender non conforming behaviour is an illness and they need to be treated with puberty blockers. It isn't and they don't. #GayIsGood https://t.co/t144UetmlQ

To kick off, the LGB Alliance toured its ‘truth van’ around locations in central London to raise awareness about the effect of gender identity ideology on gay, lesbian and bisexual children. “Big things to come...”

Booting Out The Lies

Boots has apologised for publishing inaccurate and irresponsible comments about pronoun use and they have withdrawn the offending article.

TransgenderTrend @Transgendertrd

Boots have done the right thing in removing this harmful article. 'Lobby organisations have pushed the message…that a child who is not affirmed as the opposite sex is more likely to attempt suicide, on the basis of no evidence.'

dailymail.co.ukBoots sorry over ‘misleading’ article about transgender peopleBoots apologised for ‘misleading suggestions’ that people who identify as transgender are more likely to try to take their own lives if not addressed using their ‘preferred’ personal pronouns.

He Self-Identifies As A Socialist

Spare a thought for poor lil Owen Jones, forced to spend an entire month in one of Europe’s most beautiful (and expensive) cities because operating a laptop in London is just too much of a struggle.

And Finally…

Larry the Cat @Number10cat

Happy #Caturday