I’m sorry and this is really childish, but I did have a little giggle when I looked up Miriam Cates to find out that she is the MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge 😊
We're in a new world when we're getting good, basic, meat-and-potatoes feminism from The Telegraph. That was great. I hope you're going to be okay for posting it, Graham.
"As a former biology teacher I struggle to see how statements such as ‘only women have a cervix’ and ‘only women can give birth’ are anything other than scientific fact."
Indeed a truth...don't let anyone blindside you to think different. What ever sex you are born you will age and die with that sex.
Or have they got the answer to growing old and dying with this new science they have found.!
It's difficult to see how any reasonable person could disagree with this clear-headed article. I wonder however, if Miriam Cates understates her case by saying, "...even if they have yet to go through any form of hormonal or surgical gender reassignment." This makes it sound as if we are talking about people who just haven't quite got round to surgery yet. Aren't some of them men with no intention of having their male genitals removed?
Brava Miriam Cates! I believe this will grab the attention of many politicians doing as it does placing the common sense Britain likes to think itself the exponent of squarely at the centre of the debate. This is a statement which can't be ignored and I can't wait to see the Guardian's reaction.
Absolutely first class. So glad there are some eloquent journalists willing to stand up and be counted. Now for politicians to show they have the guts to back them.
Thank you so much for this. what a wonderful, forthright, honest and rational woman Miriam is. It would be gratifying if more politicians and public figures were prepared to use their platform or privilege in this way. What is truly appalling is that this kind of expression has become exceptional. It's what we used to do based on inspiration and conviction, without feeling anxious or conscious that that every word we spoke or wrote might be policed and censored. We need to feel the sense of freedom again that only uncompromising resistance gives.
Cates! I've already corrected it! Don't write in!!
Excellent article - bravo, indeed.
I’m sorry and this is really childish, but I did have a little giggle when I looked up Miriam Cates to find out that she is the MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge 😊
We're in a new world when we're getting good, basic, meat-and-potatoes feminism from The Telegraph. That was great. I hope you're going to be okay for posting it, Graham.
Do you think she got her copy of Trans by Helen Joyce via that campaign by Feminist News to send a copy to every MP? If so, that's a triumph.
"As a former biology teacher I struggle to see how statements such as ‘only women have a cervix’ and ‘only women can give birth’ are anything other than scientific fact."
Indeed a truth...don't let anyone blindside you to think different. What ever sex you are born you will age and die with that sex.
Or have they got the answer to growing old and dying with this new science they have found.!
Bravo Miriam. Good for her to join the ranks of Rosie Duffield. JK Rowling.. Baroness Nicholson. Kathleen Stock and many many others speaking up.
Brava! 👏🏻 Absolutely wonderful! Thank you for sharing this article, Graham. I wouldn’t have been able to read it otherwise.
Thank you Graham. And for risking the wrath of Khan to do so.
Wipes tear from eye
It's difficult to see how any reasonable person could disagree with this clear-headed article. I wonder however, if Miriam Cates understates her case by saying, "...even if they have yet to go through any form of hormonal or surgical gender reassignment." This makes it sound as if we are talking about people who just haven't quite got round to surgery yet. Aren't some of them men with no intention of having their male genitals removed?
Excellent and so worth sharing
Brava Miriam Cates! I believe this will grab the attention of many politicians doing as it does placing the common sense Britain likes to think itself the exponent of squarely at the centre of the debate. This is a statement which can't be ignored and I can't wait to see the Guardian's reaction.
That’s what I would expect an adult to say about this subject. Wonderfully clear.
Absolutely first class. So glad there are some eloquent journalists willing to stand up and be counted. Now for politicians to show they have the guts to back them.
It is bigger than the culture war but you'll generally find trans activists are the biggest advocates of it.
Whenever a pronoun wanker appears, Brit-bashing, race-baiting and historical revisionism will always accompany their misogynistic rhetoric.
Thank you so much for this. what a wonderful, forthright, honest and rational woman Miriam is. It would be gratifying if more politicians and public figures were prepared to use their platform or privilege in this way. What is truly appalling is that this kind of expression has become exceptional. It's what we used to do based on inspiration and conviction, without feeling anxious or conscious that that every word we spoke or wrote might be policed and censored. We need to feel the sense of freedom again that only uncompromising resistance gives.