Index steps up

(One-page dungeons are a great way of introducing your kids to Dungeons and Dragons, btw)

A little tardy but still nice to see

It’s good to see that Index on Censorship, unlike Liberty, Amnesty and PEN, haven’t been captured by misogynists. A touch of ‘both-sides-ism’ though. No-one is abusing bloggers writing about their gender identity—the death and rape threats are all coming from one side and you know it.

Index on Censorship @IndexCensorship

"When we talk about a chilling effect in the public space it is embodied by this issue. Some are genuinely scared to engage in any of the issues for fear of abuse." Our statement on the current discourse on gender and trans rights:

indexoncensorship.orgWe need to end the abuse around discussions of feminism and trans rights - Index on CensorshipAll women, whether a successful novelist like JK Rowling or a struggling blogger expressing their gender identity, have a right to their opinions

You gotta love Stonewall

They literally just had a ‘misogyny workshop’ with Stella “No questions, please! This is a workshop!” Creasy and now they are calling for a change in the rules that will lead to a 30% increase in the chance of women being seriously injured by men on a rugby field.

By the way, God bless you @Emmafondofbeetles for helping to hold the line against these psychotic misogynists.

stonewalluk @stonewalluk

We’re deeply disappointed in World Rugby’s decision to move ahead with proposals to stop most trans women playing in competitions they govern. We stand in solidarity with those who will feel shut out from the sport they love.

stonewall.org.ukStonewall statement on World Rugby’s announcementNancy Kelley, Chief Executive, Stonewall, said: ’We are deeply disappointed by World Rugby’s decision to move ahead with their proposal to stop most trans women from playing in competitions they govern. ’The proposals were based on hypothetical data modelling that has little...

Er, just a couple of things…

Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnson

Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Non-binary persons are non-binary. Your pronouns matter. You matter.

• How are male people female?

• How are female people male?

• Everyone is non-binary.

• Knock yourself out with the pronouns, we’ll just roll our eyes and carry on.

Instead of signing a letter that subscribes to a set of meaningless and contradictory beliefs, how about signing one that defends a woman still receiving rape and death threats? Or you can sign both!

Stephen King, it’s not too late to grow a spine

Crone in a Million @CroneInAMillion

@StephenKing Did you *know* this petition was being positioned as: (1) against JK Rowling (2) counter to a petition protesting the death threats she is receiving and (3) against females having a word to describe themselves (as distinct from males)?

theguardian.comStephen King, Margaret Atwood and Roxane Gay champion trans rights in open letterWith more than 1,200 signatories the US and Canada including Neil Gaiman and NK Jemisin, message follows row over comments by JK Rowling

And as for Margaret Atwood…

Dolly Benasef @riotingxx

there's something really, je ne sais quoi, about watching margaret atwood work so hard at ushering in the very dystopia she wrote of.

Why, this is a delight!

ripx4nutmeg @ripx4nutmeg

Someone created a fake company and linked to it on her bio - so that she could deal with any demands by trans activists that she be sacked for her views, that men are not women, herself. This was the latest interaction

Siri, show me the pettiest man in the world.

“Fuck the NHS! WE OWN RAINBOWS.”

Shame. That would definitely be worth a punt

Happy Birthday, LGB Alliance!

luluchops @luluchops1

Happy LGB Friday @ALLIANCELGB @Womans_Place_UK @fairplaywomen @Transgendertrd @SaveWomensSport #IStandWithKeiraBell

Not yet one year old and there is now an LGB Alliance in USA, Canada, Mexico, Spain, Brazil, Norway, Serbia and Australia.

Ireland is holding its first meeting this weekend and will launch very soon.

Iceland too.

Follow the link for details of their birthday celebrations and Vive la révolution!

Vulvamort is a must-follow, by the way

Vulvamort @HairyLeggdHarpy

He says respect diversity except he would prefer that she would not point out the ways that he's diverse from her

Financial Times Live @ftlive

‘I want difference to be seen as a strength. I want it to be acknowledged, respected and embraced.’ @MunroeBergdorf speaking on the type of world she wants to live in. #FTWomen #Gamechangers https://t.co/7FJEPqPQhR

Gender ideology gives young men a license to be misogynistic psychopaths

Sall Grover @salltweets

Thank you, Peter, for proving beyond reasonable doubt why women and girls require female only spaces.

🪐 @marsescapee

This ejaculator saw one 17 year old girl on tiktok with radfem patches on her jeans and he's been very pressed about it since. https://t.co/UlO0S5frZF

Do this thing!

Received this email today.

Dear Graham,

Please encourage everyone to complete the consultation on hate crimes by the Law Society.
They are conflating gender and sex when looking at a definition of hate crimes for misogyny. They are also lumping intersex people in with transgender. 

The consultation is open until 24/12. Please encourage everyone to complete it. I don't have a platform on social media (not well enough to take the offence and worried about my job).

Thanks for all you do.

Regards

Denise  

And finally…

Lulu @Mmelulu

Michael Portillo as Quality Street: A Thread #bbcqt