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she/her 🏳️‍⚧️, journalist & audio extrodinaire, advisory board for @transnews.network, words in slate, trans news network, the revealer, uncloseted media & gay times. TIPS: imogensayers.07 on signal

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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 20/07/2026
the guardian hates trans people and i guess now it's policy?
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I hope the college students who protested the US-funded massacre of Palestinian civilians, while being vilified by their universities and politicians and even the president, understand that they are actually having an impact, just much slower than they hoped
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 16/07/2026
or off milk
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 16/07/2026
aged like fine wine www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU-D...
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“Living in Society Means Facing Offense” — Widdecombe’s Message
YouTube video by The Truth Table
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 16/07/2026
The UK gov is repeatedly proving that it is one rule for the establishment and a completely entirely different set for trans people in the UK. Literally: bsky.app/profile/imog...
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 16/07/2026
There is no free speech in the UK, especially if you're trans. While comments like they may be distasteful to some, they're purely expressive and should absolutely be protected speech. They're going after her specifically because she's trans. The UK is not safe for trans people.
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 16/07/2026
widdicombe got everything she deserved, arrest me if you want keir starmies :)
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 16/07/2026
A trans woman was arrested in the UK for posting on Bluesky “I hope she was handcuffed to the bed as she screamed in agony." This was a reference to comments made by Widdecombe when she was prisons minister where she supported the handcuffing of Incarcerated pregnant women giving birth.
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 15/07/2026
Those who deny history are doomed to repeat it. No surprise she ended up like that www.thestranger.com/queer/yes-jk...
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Yes, JK Rowling, the Nazis Did Persecute Trans People
We Asked the Leading Expert on the Topic
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 15/07/2026
Rowling doesn’t care about women’s rights. She cares about herself and her own bigoted interests. No one who actually cares about women would do what she does.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/07/2026
Rowling will get to use Beira's Place as a vehicle to destroy an incredibly important human rights organization through lawfare while utilizing rape victims as a shield for her bigotry. It's frankly disgusting and beneath contempt what she's doing.
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 15/07/2026
Mind you this is someone whose political views align with Stephen Yaxley Lennon (Timmy ribinson) www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Tommy Robinson backs Shabana Mahmood’s asylum reforms
Welcoming the proposals, the far-right activist posted to social media: ‘The Overton window has been obliterated, well done patriots’
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Grant Smith @grantmeaccess.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
At least seven people have been shot dead ​during federal operations since Trump launched mass deportations after returning to office ​following campaign promises of a crackdown. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Trump says ICE won't halt traffic stops after recent fatal shootings
Trump's comment came one day after officials announced a temporary pause in such ​stops.
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Trans News Network @transnews.network · 15/07/2026
Thread, now with more updated info. As usual, Imogen brings a depth of knowledge to laying out exactly how the anti-rights networks in the UK overlap with, and influence, the political elite.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/07/2026
Beira's Place was founded specifically to be trans exclusionary because the Edinburgh center was run by a trans woman. It had nothing to do with supporting women and everything to do with ensuring trans people are pushed out of society while hijacking a sensitive issue to do so.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/07/2026
It's incredibly clear that Rowling is going to lead with this org because it's a rape shelter. It'll be a media circus. The UK press will attack Amnesty as defaming a rape crisis center. Nevermind that Rowling and her ilk incited threats to Edinburgh Rape Crisis center b/c a trans woman worked there
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 15/07/2026
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 15/07/2026
The plan to censor the report went to shit, so instead we’ll try and force Amnesty to discredit themselves.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/07/2026
JK Rowling through her TERF organization, Beira's Place have sent Amnesty International a demand letter seeking a full retraction of their report, a public apology, and a bar to future criticism of gender critical groups as anti rights orgs. If they don't comply, they'll commence legal action.
The first page of a formal, typed legal letter dated 14 July 2026. It is addressed to the leadership of Amnesty International UK: Helen Horton (Chair, Amnesty International UK Section), Sandy Ruthven (Chair, Amnesty International UK Charitable Trust), and Kerry Moscogiuri (Chief Executive). The contact information and phone numbers in the top-right corner are redacted with a large black block, and a footer at the bottom is also blacked out.
​The subject line reads: "BEIRA’S PLACE | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL UK PUBLICATION DATED 8 JULY 2026".
​The body text states that the sender acts on behalf of Beira’s Place, a sexual violence support service for women in Edinburgh and the Lothians. It asserts the legal right under the Equality Act 2010 to provide single-sex services and references the Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers to define "woman" by biological sex. The letter strongly objects to page 20 of a newly published Amnesty report titled "A growing threat; the anti-rights movement in the UK", which allegedly categorizes Beira's Place as an "anti-rights organization." The letter calls this categorization "grossly offensive and entirely without foundation."The second page of the formal legal letter, maintaining the same clean, typed layout with a heavy black redaction block covering the footer at the bottom.
​Under the heading "Defamation and Malicious Publications (Scotland) Act 2021", the text argues that labeling Beira's Place as "anti-rights" is defamatory and legally actionable. It claims the report has caused severe damage, including threatening correspondence and a 600% spike in hostile website traffic. The text notes that Beira's Place, with the support of its founder J.K. Rowling, will not allow its reputation to be tarnished.
​Under the heading "Remedies", the letter lists legal demands to avoid litigation, including:
​A permanent withdrawal of the Amnesty report and its methodology.
​A public letter of apology on the homepage of Amnesty’s website, apologizing to Beira's Place, its staff, and service users, as well as acknowledging the protected belief that sex is real and immutable.The final page of the typed legal letter, featuring a large black redaction box covering the signature block in the middle and another covering the footer at the bottom.
​The page contains the conclusion of the legal demands, including a third remedy requiring Amnesty to commission an external investigation into how the report was published.
​The letter warns that if Amnesty does not agree to these terms, counsel will be instructed to prepare for court action. It concludes with a note that J.K. Rowling, as founder of Beira's Place, will make a formal complaint to the Charity Commission or other appropriate regulator and supports other listed gender-critical organizations taking their own legal actions. It signs off with "Yours faithfully" before the blacked-out signature block.
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 15/07/2026
More proof these people don't care about you? Mary Glindon is vice chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Vaping yet has attended vaping industry events and voted against a tax on vapes. She's also vice chair of the all party anti abortion group and a member of Labour friends of israel.
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 15/07/2026
Ended up making a secondary 🧵 about the Labour MPs who signed this early day motion (that will probably never be debated).
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 15/07/2026
Labour Women's Declaration have campaigned against reforming the UK's ban on so-called conversion practices calling the proposed bill "unnecessary and unworkable." The lack of a proper ban is mentioned in Amnesty's report.
Black text on white background that says

On 25 June 2026, the government published a draft Conversion Practices Bill, following
years of commitments by successive governments20.

As the proposed ban moves through Parliament, particular attention should be paid to
organisations and service providers that promote conversion practices, including those that
provide training for therapists and counsellors, such as the International Foundation for
Therapeutic and Counselling Choice (IFTCC).

The legislation should ensure that conversion practices cannot be legitimised through claims
of consent or personal choice and should provide clear safeguards against potential loopholes.

In addition, the bill should cover the advertising and promotion of these activities.
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 15/07/2026
I guess someone got to her. By 2022, Glindon was supporting Labour Women's Declaration. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Labour MPs back gender-critical group after conference snub
MP and peers urge party to reconsider decision to reject request from Labour Women’s Declaration group
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 15/07/2026
Which is funny because ten years ago, in 2016, she was arguing in favour of working to end transphobia across Europe and in 2017 tabled an early day motion calling to expand trans healthcare and IN FAVOUR of amending the Equality Act to include gender identity. edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
Black text on grey background that says 11. According to recent figures published by Transgender Europe, there have been 117 murders of trans and gender-diverse people in Europe since 2008. Will the Minister commit to working with our European partners to end transphobia across our continent? (905122)Black text on white background that says 

[Bold] Motion text

[Normal] That this House agrees that the recommendations of the Women and Equalities Committee report on transgender equality needs to be implemented in full; believes that gender identity includes those who do not identify as either male or female, identify as both, a third gender or are fluid in their identity; notes that long waiting times for gender identity treatment can do harm to patients who should not have to wait longer than the targets for specialist referral; recognises that verbal, physical and sexual assaults towards those with a non-cis gender identity is the highest of all minority hate-crime, with over half of transgender women reporting they have been sexually or physically assaulted; calls on the Government to update the protected characteristic in the Equalities Act 2010 from gender reassignment to gender identity with a statutory code that includes non-binary identities; recommends that specialist GPs should be trained so that they can provide bridging hormones while patients wait to see specialist centres; and further recommends bringing LGBT hate crimes into line with hate crimes based on race and faith by making them aggravated offences.
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 15/07/2026
Mary Glindon signed on today. Last year, she argued in favour of new equalities regulator guidance which excludes trans women from public spaces. hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...
Black text on white background that says The Government have recognised that there was confusion or a lack of awareness about the same-sex exceptions in the Equality Act 2010 and how to apply them practice, so does the Minister agree that the updated EHRC statutory code is needed as soon as possible to make it explicitly clear that the Act provides for single-sex services for biological women?
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 15/07/2026
Everyone who has signed on so far seem to organize around similar issues to those the report connects as part of the wider anti-rights movement, especially issues that affect all women in the UK, including trans women.
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 15/07/2026
David Smith signed on. In March, he argued in favour of cancelling the PATHWAYS puberty blocker trial citing the cass review. hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026...
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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I don't think cis folks realize the seismic impact the rabidly anti-trans UK government has had on the thinking of trans people broadly. Used to be a widespread assumption that while few political parties were good on trans rights, at least centrists would be less horrific than far-right. No more.
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 15/07/2026
For Women Scotland is one of the anti-rights groups listed in the censored report.
Black text on white background that says For Women Scotland Gender critical Registered company 2020
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 15/07/2026
All five who support censoring Amnesty's report are Labour MPs. The group also includes Tracy Gilbert, who has argued against self id for trans people citing "gender critical" belief and the (then forthcoming) supreme court case brought by For Women Scotland. hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 15/07/2026
Her motion currently has five signatures.
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 15/07/2026
In 2022 Antoniazzi petitioned for Labour Women's Declaration to have a stand at the party's national conference. Labour Women's Declaration, founded in 2019, is one of the anti-rights organizations listed in the censored report. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Labour accused of ‘silencing’ women in row over sex-based rights group
Party denies ‘gender-critical’ group’s claims that refusal of a conference stand was a ‘political judgment’
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 15/07/2026
It turns out British MP Tonia Antoniazzi has tabled an early day motion that condemns the Amnesty report depiction of the anti-rights movement in the UK. The motion cites that "gender critical belief" is protected under the Equality Act 2010 as well as last year's supreme court ruling.
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That this House expresses extreme concern at Amnesty International UK's report entitled A Growing Threat: the Anti-Rights Movement in the UK, published on 8 July; condemns its depiction and listing of organisations defending the rights of women, girls, children, and gay and bisexual people as anti-rights on the basis of them being gender critical; further condemns its depiction and listing of organisations of parents and of clinicians as promoting conversion practices; notes that organisations depicted as supposedly anti-rights includes many grassroots women’s rights organisations doing vital work domestically and internationally with vulnerable women and children, and a rape crisis centre and support service for female survivors of male violence; further notes that gender critical belief is a protected belief under the Equality Act 2010 and reflects the views of the majority of the public; also notes that it is perfectly legitimate to organise around the protected characteristic of sex and to offer single-sex spaces, as clarified by the recent Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland vs The Scottish Government; recognises that such organisation, work and services are fundamentally important; also condemns the report for making unevidenced characterisations; acknowledges the damaging impact of such baseless accusations for the small grassroots charities and organisations listed; and calls on Amnesty International to withdraw the report, issue a formal public correction and apology acknowledging the reputational harm, and pledge that Amnesty staff who hold gender critical beliefs can express such beliefs without fear of bullying or harassment.
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 14/07/2026
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/07/2026
Really crazy to learn that JK Rowling once worked at Amnesty International as a bilingual researcher but she was fired because she was too busy writing books during work hours instead of documenting war crimes in French speaking Africa.
A screenshot of an article snippet featuring a photograph of J.K. Rowling credited to Twocoms / Shutterstock.com. Below the photo, a heading reads "J.K. Rowling" followed by "Net worth: $1 billion." Two paragraphs of text follow: "Before she was a best-selling author, 'Harry Potter' creator J.K. Rowling lost her job as a secretary for the London office of Amnesty International because she was caught writing creative stories on her computer while on the clock. She used her severance to begin Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Today, Rowling is a billionaire, thanks to the book series that has sold over 500 million copies and a blockbuster film franchise."
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 14/07/2026
she didn't "allege it," trump did it. don't lie in headlines, it's not a good look. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Analysis | Judge clarifies: Yes, Trump was found to have raped E. Jean Carroll
What the jury found Donald Trump did to E. Jean Carroll was in fact rape, as commonly understood, even if it didn't fit New York law's narrow definition, says Judge Lewis A. Kaplan.
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I wrote about what looks very much like a formal US plan to institutionalize a global network of concentration camps.
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Little Gitmos everywhere
The White House explores entrenching U.S. concentration camps worldwide.
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 14/07/2026
to all the community archivists out there, keep doing what you're doing
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 14/07/2026
This is the first time something newsworthy has happened back home I have felt able to report. TNN continues to offer true independence for journalists like me to report what is important. If you want to support this reporting and more like it, donate here: transnewsnetwork.networkforgood.com
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 14/07/2026
Grassroots resistance happens everywhere—especially when trans people are involved. The full report “A growing threat” was archived and remains available. The global fight against oppression continues, even in the smallest of ways.
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 14/07/2026
Despite the threats from anti-trans orgs, the report hasn’t exactly gone unnoticed. In fact, Amnesty’s censored report has drawn even more attention that it might have otherwise.
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 14/07/2026
The censored report included a full list of the organizations Amnesty investigated, including 51 “gender critical” organizations—one of which is Beira’s Place, JK Rowling’s "crisis center" in Scotland.
Part of a list of so-called gender critical organizations in the UK. The groups listed are Seen Network (Sex Equality and Equity Network Limited) Gender critical Registered company 2022 Seen in the City Gender critical Informal 2023 SEEN in HR Gender critical Informal 2024 Parli SEEN Gender critical Informal 2024 SEEN in STEM Gender critical Informal 2024 SEEN in Journalism Gender critical Informal 2024 SEEN in Schools Gender critical Informal 2024 SEEN in Sport Gender critical Informal 2024 SEEN in Health Gender critical Informal 2024 SEEN in Retail Gender critical Informal 2024 Local Authority SEEN Gender critical Informal 2024 TU SEEN Gender critical Informal 2024 SEEN in Publishing Gender critical Informal 2024 Third Sector SEEN Gender critical Informal 2024 Police SEEN UK Gender critical Informal 2024 SEEN on Campus Gender critical Informal 2025 FiLiA Gender critical Registered charity 2015 Bayswater support group Gender critical Registered company 2019 Children of Transitioners Gender critical Informal 2019Part of a list of so-called gender critical organizations in the UK. The groups listed are Get the L Out UK Gender critical Informal 2018 Gender Critical Greens Gender critical Informal 2019 Labour Women's Declaration Gender critical Informal 2019Part of a list of so-called gender critical organizations in the UK. The groups listed are Legal Feminist Gender critical Informal 2018 Lesbian Strength Gender critical Informal 2018 Merched Cymru Gender critical Informal 2020 OBJECT – Women Not Sex Objects! Gender critical Informal 2011 Older Feminist Network Gender critical Informal 1982 Protect & Teach Gender critical Informal 2024 Safe Schools Alliance UK (SSAUK) Gender critical Informal 2018 Trans Widows Voices Gender critical Informal 2018 Virago Women's Workshop Gender critical Registered company 2021 LGB Alliance Cymru Gender critical Informal 2019 Beira's Place Gender critical Registered company 2022 Conservatives for Women Gender critical Registered company 2022 Fair Play for Women Gender critical Registered company 2019 For Women Scotland Gender critical Registered company 2020 Gay Men's Network UK Gender critical Registered company 2022 Keep Prisons Single Sex Gender critical Dissolved 2022 Let Women Speak (formerly Standing for Women) Gender critical Registered company 2023 LGB Alliance Gender critical Registered charity 2019 The Lesbian Project Gender critical Registered company 2022Part of a list of so-called gender critical organizations in the UK. The groups listed are Transgender Trend Gender critical Registered company 2019 Woman's Place UK (WPUK) Gender critical Registered company 2021 Women's Declaration International (WDI) Gender critical Registered company 2019 Sex Matters Gender critical Registered charity 2024 Murray Blackburn and Mackenzie Gender critical Registered company 2022 Women's Rights Network (WRN) Gender critical Registered company 2022 LGB Christians Gender critical Informal 2023 Liberal Voice for Women Gender critical Informal 2021 ScotPAG Scottish Professionals Advising on Gender Gender critical Informal 2022
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 14/07/2026
Amnesty even found four crisis pregnancy centers (established to discourage women and pregnant people from accessing abortion care) which have received funding from the UK Government Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport.
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 14/07/2026
Much like in the US, many of these organizations that “seek to restrict or roll back human rights protections” are operating as registered charities. One of the report’s recommendations is for a review of awarding charitable status to such organizations.
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 14/07/2026
However, the report notes specifically that US SPLC-designated extremist org Alliance Defending Freedom stands out for its financial resources, international reach and influence. Yes, the same group responsible for overturning Roe v. Wade.
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 14/07/2026
A finding that seems to me somewhat unique to the UK is that “gender critical” organizations only account for 2.5% of total expenditure—which has risen almost 50% since last year’s report—yet have been “remarkably successful in realising their agenda through strategic litigation and campaigning.”
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imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca · 14/07/2026
Amnesty attributes the rise of the term “gender ideology” to two far-right conferences in the mid 1990s. The phrase was coined to explain the growing influence of gender equality agendas and to mobilize opposition to them.
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