Reading the quotes from HoL got me thinking about how societies treat children.
You look back through history thinking, I'm glad I didn't live in ancient Greece where I could have spent my adolescence being buggered by a Spartan or Victorian Britain where I could have been stuffed up a chimney, down a pit or crawling around under looms. It's embarrassing to think that I live in a time and place that makes those options sound like a summer camp.
I keep telling myself that the wheels of the trans bus are coming off ( ever the optimist ) but while big pharma and politicians are lining their pockets it’s not going to happen 😡
As a wee aside I had little petal at the weekend and we were cooking and singing ‘ bonnie wee Jeanie McCall ‘ scottishland readers will know this song ( don’t ask me to sing it you’ll wish you were deaf 😂) and I’m just happy that she’s being taught this in school rather than the shit that’s being peddled elsewhere
The gender cult is a colossal money maker, and the people making it aren't going to give a fuck about the consequences from a moral perspective. But I think there are grounds for optimism, change is occurring and if it continues and if those challenging the trans industry are as relentless as activists within are, change that undermines is going to continue.
Many thanks as ever JL. That H of Lord’s debate was heartening, to hear GI called a cult …amazing. Glinner going to NZ and Oz. 👏 I hope he’s sold out everywhere. And PoW, brilliant. I hope KJK makes Starmer squirm.
I am being prosecuted by my local council for expressing GC, i.e. perfectly legal views. I need to pay a solicitor, although the barrister Sarah Vine KC is a TERF, and has offered her services for free. The Council is absolutely bonkers! To contribute: https://democracythree.org/council-prosecuting-gender-critical-views Thank you!
Thank you very, very much. I am updating the page and increasing my target from £5K to £15K because the Council is a Stonewall Diversity Champion, and a "true believer". Labour! I'm so glad that I have a criminal Silk, Sarah Vine KC, to defend me. I have to "prove my innocence". See www.manifestoclub.org about the misuse of CPNs. Actually to my knowledge this is the first time that a CPN is being used to censor (perfectly legal) views. Make it make sense!?!
It was some time ago, possibly a year?,so I can’t really remember. I was probably hunting for GC stories on line. I’m assuming it was you unless there’s two of you. 😁
I have just read about your case through the links on here and will donate. Surely you will win!! It's a frickin' no brainer!! But it seems we live in stupid and authoritarian times. I'm over the river in Wandsworth, hoping now that Labour controls the council that we won't go the same way!
The news cycle is odd these days. I was looking out for it on news items and it was featured on the day of his ruling I think by Radio 4 news at 10pm. 'The World Tonight' calls itself 'In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective'. It used to cover stories not enticing enough for others. Each BBC bulletin or programme obviously presents things slightly differently but unfortunately the presenter tried to do a hatchet job, picking holes and almost whining. It was a really weird thing to listen to - the previously neutral and professional male presenter obviously had an agenda and kept saying he hadn't really won on points of law and it wasn't really anything to do with gender critical views and that hadn't been upheld. He sounded sneery which is unpleasant to listen to - it's bullying (like Sarah Smith did to Graham on Newsnight that time). That programme slot has previously been reserved for serious and world news and politics not the usual BBC trans lobbying and pandering so it was a disappointment. It seemed to be trying to invent legal points and didn't reflect the judgment itself. The presenter's 'agenda' was to attack Shahrar and without any substance underpinning why he felt he needed to. Strange thing to do to someone who had just won a case. There are fewer and fewer BBC programmes I will listen to as they spout lies, spin and push things that are easily disproved so they're not a credible source. I'm left confused and have to double-check what I hear. Also so odd when you can go online and read what the ruling said, which is often crucially different.
Wow, that's so obviously dodgy and against the rules of BBC is for the people, paid for by the people. There needs to be an exposé done by another news channel on this. It's like the ABC in Australia. Captured and brainwashing the mashes while we all pay for it! (mind, I've never paid for a TV license and I never will - dodgiest company dealings I can't even).
I felt like I was a bit harsh, but then found it and listened back. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001w1h7 at 18.42 in from 9th Feb. He did acknowledge he was 'challenging' him but was cherry picking elements where the judge didn't agree, like he'd never read that kind of summing up before. The BBC 'challenge' then read the or more than one opposing party's statement then think that's 'balance'. It's all very rote, false and forced. Shaun Ley was huffing and puffing and making odd noises throughout which I realise is what I picked up on most - he sounded pissed off. Glad I couldn't see him eye-rolling which is what it sounded like.
I just listened to it and he's a total twat to dear Ali. Profoundly so! His reading out of a 'they/them' whining about views was gobsmacking and entirely irrelevant. Eugh! You were definitely not harsh. I wish there was an instant complaint button on each time signature of every BBC recording that immediately allowed one to send an email disputing and complaining about their terribly unprofessional conduct!
Thanks JL! So good to hear all the good news at once. Makes me feel optimistic that we’ll get out of the crazy one day…. On another note, if I ever manage to tear myself off Xwitter, I could stay up to date with Gender happenings simply by reading your two weekly newsletters. Thanks for this fabulous service.
Totally and utterly agreed but, if you need a bit of top up, plus a bit of film, song and comedy there is another substack...can't think of the name of it at the moment 😎😎😎
I believe it is. (Though I'm not sure I've ever seen the film in its entirety.. not me cup of tea!) I can't take any credit for the image - I stole it from the WoLF Twitter account!
wait a minute don’t the british successfully survive the battle? oh no i have cinematic/satirical anxiety! Oh no, doesnt that make Micheal caine a trans rights activist?! on no. Help, where’s Dusty when you need him, he’s probably done a whole series on Michael Caine by now. Thank goodness i’m writing this from my safe space- the bath with a lager.
Wowzer, JL, what brilliant reading this made. Those Lords and Ladies are on fire. Not holding back and ripping this bullshit!t to shreds. And Posie's party finally registered. I will be joining it. Good luck in your tour down under, Graham.
Great news this week! I reeeeealllly needed it because I visited the wonderful Charleston in East Sussex this week. They were feminists, suffragettes, liberals, same-sex lovers but the place has been taken over by trans nutters. It's tragic! I was buying something in the shop and the lady apologised for saying Thank you Madam. She said "oh sorry, we are not meant to say "Madam" we have all been on a course". I said that I was fine to be called Madam since I am obviously a woman and gave her a piece of my mind about trans ideology. The male staff member next to her kept a stoney silence - he was obviously part of the cult! They sell pro-cult literature in the shop but none to counter it. I left the place absolutely fuming and won't be renewing my membership next month. Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant et al must be screaming from their graves to know the trans cultists have taken over their home!
This is the Green Party England and Wales 'official response' to losing the Sharar Ali case....
"The Chair of the Green Party executive, Jon Nott, said:
“We are pleased that the court has recognised that a democratic political party has the right to select those who speak for it on the basis that they can and will communicate and support party policy publicly.
“We welcome the findings in the judgment that members of political parties have ‘fundamental party rights’ which include the right to disagree, to advocate for and against policies and positions adopted or proposed in the party, and to organise for those who agree with them and against those who do not, and that the Equality Act is not intended to interfere with those rights.
"The party acknowledges that there were procedural shortfalls in how we deselected one of our spokespeople. We apologise for failing in this instance to live up to the standards that both we and the court expect.”
'procedural shortfalls' indeed! An orchestrated campaign of harrassment, is what it actually was. / Anyway, it's a great legal result, and that mealy-mouthed reply shows that the party don't dare challenge or try and appeal against it.
I think the Labour Party need to read the Shahrar Ali judgment!
Shame Kemi B had to write that great letter since the info has been known for years and Kate Osborne and Caroline Blokes should have known it. What is their committee called - the Men's Rights Committee?
Great debate in the Lords!
Party of Women! Go, Kellie-Jay!
Best of luck Down Under, Glinner. Can I come? 😂
Great flash mob. I do like a good flash mob but but my favourite flash mob recently was at a pillar at London Bridge station 😎
Reading the quotes from HoL got me thinking about how societies treat children.
You look back through history thinking, I'm glad I didn't live in ancient Greece where I could have spent my adolescence being buggered by a Spartan or Victorian Britain where I could have been stuffed up a chimney, down a pit or crawling around under looms. It's embarrassing to think that I live in a time and place that makes those options sound like a summer camp.
Whatever you do, don't Google 'buggered by a Spartan' 🤣
Dusty
O gawd I’m going to Google it now 😂
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It never entered my head until you mentioned it 😳
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As always 🌹
I keep telling myself that the wheels of the trans bus are coming off ( ever the optimist ) but while big pharma and politicians are lining their pockets it’s not going to happen 😡
As a wee aside I had little petal at the weekend and we were cooking and singing ‘ bonnie wee Jeanie McCall ‘ scottishland readers will know this song ( don’t ask me to sing it you’ll wish you were deaf 😂) and I’m just happy that she’s being taught this in school rather than the shit that’s being peddled elsewhere
The gender cult is a colossal money maker, and the people making it aren't going to give a fuck about the consequences from a moral perspective. But I think there are grounds for optimism, change is occurring and if it continues and if those challenging the trans industry are as relentless as activists within are, change that undermines is going to continue.
Here you go, Petal..and a lovely Highland Terrier https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=bonnie+wee+Jeanie+McCall&mid=7EE5442E88329DD289737EE5442E88329DD28973&FORM=VIRE
Wee petal laffed her head off , and no we can’t swap the pugs for a wee Scottie dug 😂
Thanks for the great news, JL, particularly for the UK.
Also, was delighted to read yesterday that the lovely Simon Fanshaw has been appointed Rector o Edinburgh University! Simon has been a great advocate for women and an outspoken critic of stonewall https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/simon-fanshawe-selected-for-top-job-at-edinburgh-university-ztx0ggqzr
Many thanks as ever JL. That H of Lord’s debate was heartening, to hear GI called a cult …amazing. Glinner going to NZ and Oz. 👏 I hope he’s sold out everywhere. And PoW, brilliant. I hope KJK makes Starmer squirm.
I've joined and want to be a candidate for MP at the GE in my London Borough. Now I just need the money....
Oh well done. Are you allowed to crowd fund for that?
I am being prosecuted by my local council for expressing GC, i.e. perfectly legal views. I need to pay a solicitor, although the barrister Sarah Vine KC is a TERF, and has offered her services for free. The Council is absolutely bonkers! To contribute: https://democracythree.org/council-prosecuting-gender-critical-views Thank you!
Una-Jane, I'm covering your case in this week's War on Women. I'll include the link to the fund-raising page.
Thank you very, very much. I am updating the page and increasing my target from £5K to £15K because the Council is a Stonewall Diversity Champion, and a "true believer". Labour! I'm so glad that I have a criminal Silk, Sarah Vine KC, to defend me. I have to "prove my innocence". See www.manifestoclub.org about the misuse of CPNs. Actually to my knowledge this is the first time that a CPN is being used to censor (perfectly legal) views. Make it make sense!?!
I wish I could... 🙄 Best of luck!
I have contributed, Una-Jane, best of luck
And well done re standing as a candidate!
Dusty
Thank you. Do you have a Twitter handle? Mine is @STranswidows (Scientist Transwidows)
Not on Twitter I'm afraid
Dusty
I’ve read about your case online. I’ll contribute. Very best wishes.
Thank you very much. Can you please tell me how you heard about my case? It helps to know this information. Thank you.
I read it in the mail but got the fundraising link from you
It was some time ago, possibly a year?,so I can’t really remember. I was probably hunting for GC stories on line. I’m assuming it was you unless there’s two of you. 😁
Donated , go get the feckers
Thank you.
You’re in today’s Free Speech Union newsletter. I hope they’re supporting you. If not,I suggest you contact them.
I have just read about your case through the links on here and will donate. Surely you will win!! It's a frickin' no brainer!! But it seems we live in stupid and authoritarian times. I'm over the river in Wandsworth, hoping now that Labour controls the council that we won't go the same way!
"Competitive victimhood" is a Labour specialism, unfortunately. They don't look under the label of "trans".
Thank you for good news JL and what a gorgeous musical video at the end. Also I'm really delighted for Glinner to be going down to Oz and NZ!
Thanks so much for this amazing list, I'd missed that Shahrar Ali had won, so great to hear!!
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The news cycle is odd these days. I was looking out for it on news items and it was featured on the day of his ruling I think by Radio 4 news at 10pm. 'The World Tonight' calls itself 'In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective'. It used to cover stories not enticing enough for others. Each BBC bulletin or programme obviously presents things slightly differently but unfortunately the presenter tried to do a hatchet job, picking holes and almost whining. It was a really weird thing to listen to - the previously neutral and professional male presenter obviously had an agenda and kept saying he hadn't really won on points of law and it wasn't really anything to do with gender critical views and that hadn't been upheld. He sounded sneery which is unpleasant to listen to - it's bullying (like Sarah Smith did to Graham on Newsnight that time). That programme slot has previously been reserved for serious and world news and politics not the usual BBC trans lobbying and pandering so it was a disappointment. It seemed to be trying to invent legal points and didn't reflect the judgment itself. The presenter's 'agenda' was to attack Shahrar and without any substance underpinning why he felt he needed to. Strange thing to do to someone who had just won a case. There are fewer and fewer BBC programmes I will listen to as they spout lies, spin and push things that are easily disproved so they're not a credible source. I'm left confused and have to double-check what I hear. Also so odd when you can go online and read what the ruling said, which is often crucially different.
Wow, that's so obviously dodgy and against the rules of BBC is for the people, paid for by the people. There needs to be an exposé done by another news channel on this. It's like the ABC in Australia. Captured and brainwashing the mashes while we all pay for it! (mind, I've never paid for a TV license and I never will - dodgiest company dealings I can't even).
I felt like I was a bit harsh, but then found it and listened back. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001w1h7 at 18.42 in from 9th Feb. He did acknowledge he was 'challenging' him but was cherry picking elements where the judge didn't agree, like he'd never read that kind of summing up before. The BBC 'challenge' then read the or more than one opposing party's statement then think that's 'balance'. It's all very rote, false and forced. Shaun Ley was huffing and puffing and making odd noises throughout which I realise is what I picked up on most - he sounded pissed off. Glad I couldn't see him eye-rolling which is what it sounded like.
I just listened to it and he's a total twat to dear Ali. Profoundly so! His reading out of a 'they/them' whining about views was gobsmacking and entirely irrelevant. Eugh! You were definitely not harsh. I wish there was an instant complaint button on each time signature of every BBC recording that immediately allowed one to send an email disputing and complaining about their terribly unprofessional conduct!
Reason no 5416 why I don’t pay the telly tax
Fabulous round-up of quotes! You have made my day! Sunshine!
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Thanks JL! So good to hear all the good news at once. Makes me feel optimistic that we’ll get out of the crazy one day…. On another note, if I ever manage to tear myself off Xwitter, I could stay up to date with Gender happenings simply by reading your two weekly newsletters. Thanks for this fabulous service.
😊
Totally and utterly agreed but, if you need a bit of top up, plus a bit of film, song and comedy there is another substack...can't think of the name of it at the moment 😎😎😎
Dusty
And I’d highly recommend it Pippi.
Is that from Zulu JL? that made me giggle thanks!
I believe it is. (Though I'm not sure I've ever seen the film in its entirety.. not me cup of tea!) I can't take any credit for the image - I stole it from the WoLF Twitter account!
wait a minute don’t the british successfully survive the battle? oh no i have cinematic/satirical anxiety! Oh no, doesnt that make Micheal caine a trans rights activist?! on no. Help, where’s Dusty when you need him, he’s probably done a whole series on Michael Caine by now. Thank goodness i’m writing this from my safe space- the bath with a lager.
Listen, Concerned Bloke, you were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!!
https://dustymasterson.substack.com/p/blow-the-bloody-doors-off
Dusty
Always one step ahead Dusty!
😂
Current series Leading Women has only just started with Thelma and Louise
https://dustymasterson.substack.com/p/thelma-takes-charge-part-2
Actually I love the Rasta Man in the final clip 🤣
All suggestions for female leads very gratefully received 😎
Dusty
I'm starting to have hope again.
Have a great time in NZ and Oz, Graham!
Have you seen the new film "American Fiction" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Fiction_(film)? This is currently on general release in UK and world-wide. It tackles "critical race" ideology - the ideology which Americans DO acknowledge - in a genuine and genuinely funny way. Reviews: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/american_fiction/reviews?intcmp=rt-what-to-know_read-critics-reviews
You'll make it back to comedy, Graham. I know you will. I'm rooting for you.
See my current travails in the Westminster Magistrates Court: @STranswidows.
Very best wishes
Una
Oh, it stars Jeffrey Wright! Always liked him (he's such a good actor).
Wowzer, JL, what brilliant reading this made. Those Lords and Ladies are on fire. Not holding back and ripping this bullshit!t to shreds. And Posie's party finally registered. I will be joining it. Good luck in your tour down under, Graham.
Great news this week! I reeeeealllly needed it because I visited the wonderful Charleston in East Sussex this week. They were feminists, suffragettes, liberals, same-sex lovers but the place has been taken over by trans nutters. It's tragic! I was buying something in the shop and the lady apologised for saying Thank you Madam. She said "oh sorry, we are not meant to say "Madam" we have all been on a course". I said that I was fine to be called Madam since I am obviously a woman and gave her a piece of my mind about trans ideology. The male staff member next to her kept a stoney silence - he was obviously part of the cult! They sell pro-cult literature in the shop but none to counter it. I left the place absolutely fuming and won't be renewing my membership next month. Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant et al must be screaming from their graves to know the trans cultists have taken over their home!
This is the Green Party England and Wales 'official response' to losing the Sharar Ali case....
"The Chair of the Green Party executive, Jon Nott, said:
“We are pleased that the court has recognised that a democratic political party has the right to select those who speak for it on the basis that they can and will communicate and support party policy publicly.
“We welcome the findings in the judgment that members of political parties have ‘fundamental party rights’ which include the right to disagree, to advocate for and against policies and positions adopted or proposed in the party, and to organise for those who agree with them and against those who do not, and that the Equality Act is not intended to interfere with those rights.
"The party acknowledges that there were procedural shortfalls in how we deselected one of our spokespeople. We apologise for failing in this instance to live up to the standards that both we and the court expect.”
'procedural shortfalls' indeed! An orchestrated campaign of harrassment, is what it actually was. / Anyway, it's a great legal result, and that mealy-mouthed reply shows that the party don't dare challenge or try and appeal against it.
Thanks as ever for the relief of the GNS, JL.
I think the Labour Party need to read the Shahrar Ali judgment!
Shame Kemi B had to write that great letter since the info has been known for years and Kate Osborne and Caroline Blokes should have known it. What is their committee called - the Men's Rights Committee?
Great debate in the Lords!
Party of Women! Go, Kellie-Jay!
Best of luck Down Under, Glinner. Can I come? 😂
Great flash mob. I do like a good flash mob but but my favourite flash mob recently was at a pillar at London Bridge station 😎
https://twitter.com/serena_partrick/status/1753395122148876776?s=12
Thanks again
Dusty
Thanks for the Ode to Joy flashmob at the end! I have to delay filming my next post while I dry my eyes . . .
Great tribute to your wonderful work today by EDI Jester, Ute😊
Thanks! I just posted about whistle-blower Tamara Pietzke and thanked Barry for mentioning my channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qltvPGjevWY