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kiltedgreen.bsky.social @kiltedgreen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
What you mean your finely worded question is how do men get what they want without women complaining about losing their rights? Who else gained their rights social rights at the cost of someone else losing theirs? Who lost their rights when women got the right to vote? A right withheld by … men.
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Helen @susanshox.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Support the local community and save the world famous Glenelg to Skye ferry by joining me and signing the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Save the Glenelg - Skye ferry!
This ten minute crossing is famous around the world - and is believed to be the last turntable style ferry anywhere. It's an iconic part of Skye's history, but the ferry's operator says its futur...
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Amnesty have had to backtrack re: FiLiA previously. At the #FiLiA2021 #Portsmouth venue, women & their children were greeted by sexually abusive signs held by protestors claiming, in part, to represent @amnestyuk.bsky.social
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Helen @susanshox.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Correct. But if it were accurate, Amnesty could have supplied evidence. They supplied none. So....
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jandmo.bsky.social @jandmo.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This week's J&M
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Helen @susanshox.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
These are both examples of the social salience accorded to sex and the dominance of the male perspective. Men are NOT women, but men who say they’re are are believed over the women who say they’re not Women ARE people but men who say they’re not are believed over the women who say we are.
“All men, including the ones who say they are women”
So you are actually just anti-rights.
Remember how it sounds when people said “All women, including the ones who say they are people”?
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Helen @susanshox.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I saw a notification of a reply but the person has blocked me so I can't see their post. They took issue with my language, claiming that saying "Men who say they are women" is like saying "women who say they are people". I'd appreciate a s/s if anyone can find it.
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Helen @susanshox.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Why do people ask this? Yes, I have met “trans” people. Ask me how I know. Go on.
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Sonia Sodha @sonia-sodha.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I've written on why the Conversion Practices Bill is a dangerous Trojan Horse that smuggles in criminal levers to be weaponised against people - including parents - who don't believe in gender ideology 👇 comment.press/conversion-t...
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The government's conversion practices bill is dangerous
The government's conversion practices bill is dangerous
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Brap @brap.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
HEPI polled over 1,000 students. Only 31% think men who identify as women should use women’s changing rooms. 55% said no. Turns out the loudest voices in the student union don’t speak for most students. Self-ID was never a majority position.
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Sonia Sodha @sonia-sodha.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Hugely significant and a judgment some people who don’t understand that women also have Article 2, 3 and 8 rights could do with reading.
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Scott Wortley @scottwortley.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
FWS win on prisons guidance in Scotland. Prison accommodation to be required for men and women based on biological sex. ECHR arguments considered and confer no right to be housed in prisons of the opposite biological sex. Not a surprising decision.
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Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The Scottish Government has lost the case brought by For Women Scotland www.holyrood.com/news/view,tr...
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Transgender prisoners should not be held in women’s jails, court rules
Scottish Government policy ruled unlawful in ‘comprehensive victory’ for For Women Scotland
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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
'I transitioned at four years old.' What happened to this poor child should not be allowed to destroy equality for girls and women in sport. A disturbing read. Everyone should read this: Sex, Gender Identity and Sport - 1st Edition - Cathy Devine - Routledg share.google/8U2A2TBgAm8N...
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Sex, Gender Identity and Sport
This thought-provoking book takes a critical look at the relationship between biological sex and gender identity in the context of sport and considers the consequent implications for sport policy. It ...
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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Again: improve the system for identifying and punishing domestic abusers, you solve a massive number of other problems.
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Emily Collins @emily1collins.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
When feminists talk about a woman's right to decide what does and does not enter her own body, or who does or does not get to enter female-only spaces, we are not indulging in some paranoid right-wing fantasy of total repulsion of the Other. We're just saying women are subjects, too.
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Emily Collins @emily1collins.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Feminists have pointed out that patriarchy is obsessed with borders: maintaining those of men by transgressing those of women.
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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I am delighted to announce that 'Sex, Gender Identity and Sport', is published today by Routledge and now available for order. It's edited by me, and an academic text so a bit on the pricey side, but use Code 26AFLY1 for a 20% discount. Sex, Gender Identity and share.google/5NHeTWqRefwW...
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Sex, Gender Identity and Sport
This thought-provoking book takes a critical look at the relationship between biological sex and gender identity in the context of sport and considers the consequent implications for sport policy. It ...
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Helen @susanshox.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Never let anyone tell you that there's a limit to what a man will do to get what he wants if his sex drive is involved www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Convicted amputee surgeon Neil Hopper struck off
Neil Hopper is struck off after he was deemed an extreme risk to public protection.
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Zoe Hollowood 🔸 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @zoehollowood.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
How can you say women's rights are not in conflict with trans rights when most women want single-sex spaces based on sex and you want to allow males into those spaces who say they have a trans identity? Are you just pretending not to see conflict or ignoring women? liberalvoices.org/thought-term...
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Thought‑Terminating Clichés Are the New Normal
Zoe Hollowood argues that political slogans and thought-terminating clichés are undermining open debate on women’s rights, trans rights and liberal values.
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Margaret Nelson 🌦 @flashmaggie.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Hurrah to all of this. Please read it and share it, and then ask, "What is a gender, anyway?"
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Trans Rights: The Conjuring Trick At The Toilet Door - Labour Heartlands
The judgment also confirmed, and this is the part the campaign has worked hardest to obscure, that trans people retain full legal protection from
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Emily Collins @emily1collins.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
women cannot spend their lives being blamed for the fact that the fantasies men have built around us turn out not to be true
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Ed Jennings @edjennings.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
It's all kicking off in Canterbury.
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Helen @susanshox.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
labourheartlands.com/trans-rights...
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Trans Rights: The Conjuring Trick At The Toilet Door - Labour Heartlands
The judgment also confirmed, and this is the part the campaign has worked hardest to obscure, that trans people retain full legal protection from
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Emily Collins @emily1collins.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
According to research cited by Rape Crisis, 97% of UK women think survivors should have access to female-only victim support services. 90% of rape victims are female & the overwhelming majority of attackers are male. You may be one of the 3% but it's extreme & misogynist to ban female-only options.
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Helen @susanshox.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I'm guessing Jolly won't be boasting about the changes he "forced" the EHRC to make to the guidance anymore, then...
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Sonia Sodha @sonia-sodha.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
In tomorrow’s Times: Andy Burnham must make clear our law strikes the right balance in protecting trans people from discrimination but certainly not permitting men to opt into women’s services, spaces and sport, regardless of how they identify. www.thetimes.com/article/36af...
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Andy Burnham must be clear he believes in women-only spaces
The Manchester mayor should acknowledge women have just as much right to privacy, dignity and safety as trans people
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Akua Reindorf KC @akuareindorfkc.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Calling all lawyers! FREE CPD! Inaugural event of SaGLA the brand new Sex and Gender Law Association Save the date: 4 June (other details TBC) Civil discussion of any and all views welcome & encouraged
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22/04/2026
The IOC’s decision to protect the female category is a victory for fairness | Tanya Aldred
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The IOC’s decision to protect the female category is a victory for fairness | Tanya Aldred
Trans and DSD athletes must be treated with respect, and the new testing regime must be run with sensitivity. But this is a step forward, says Guardian sports writer Tanya Aldred
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Katie Alcock @wontsomeonethi2.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Gender "medicine" increases psychiatric morbidity and doesn't decrease suicide risk. x.com/i/status/204...
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Read some Piaget please! on X: "What the Finnish data on gender affirmative care shows and why it matters The Kaltiala study https://t.co/eCaECmJiWs in Acta Paediatrica this month is among the most methodologically serious pieces of research to emerge from the paediatric gender medicine debate. It draws on" / X
What the Finnish data on gender affirmative care shows and why it matters The Kaltiala study https://t.co/eCaECmJiWs in Acta Paediatrica this month is among the most methodologically serious pieces of research to emerge from the paediatric gender medicine debate. It draws on
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Helen @susanshox.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Please do take a look at the “anti-trans hate speech”. See if you see what it means…
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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Wow. Research every single country including the UK should have been doing. 'psychiatric morbidity increased markedly during follow-up—rising from 9.8% to 60.7% in feminising gender reassignment and from 21.6% to 54.5% in masculinising gender reassignment' onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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<em>Acta Paediatrica</em> | Paediatrics Journal | Wiley Online Library
Aim To examine the prevalence of severe psychiatric morbidity among gender-referred adolescents, focusing on gender differences and outcomes related to medical gender reassignment. Methods Finnish...
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For Women Scotland @forwomen.scot · 06/04/2026
'A militant transgender activist group has issued a “direct action” guide to members, urging them to arm themselves and carry out repeated illegal attacks on MPs and organisations.' And they wonder why women don't want them in our spaces! www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Trans activist group issues guide to ‘rarely legal’ direct action
Bash Back, which was set up after the Supreme Court ruling on biological sex, told supporters to steal equipment in order to ‘smash transphobia’
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Herb @dropthet.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
A study of 2,083 young people (under the age of 23) seen for gender dysphoria in Finland showed that medical gender reassignment is strongly correlated with increased psychiatric illness compared to patients that did not have their gender reassigned.
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<em>Acta Paediatrica</em> | Paediatrics Journal | Wiley Online Library
Aim To examine the prevalence of severe psychiatric morbidity among gender-referred adolescents, focusing on gender differences and outcomes related to medical gender reassignment. Methods Finnish...
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Helen @susanshox.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Straight up racism from @theguardian.com The only person who would say this is someone who thinks Black women look like men. A racist, in other words. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...
Athletes who are intersex or have differences of sex development, including cisgender women, will be overly affected by the new guidelines, with women of colour likely to be disproportionately targeted due to their appearance.
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Helen @susanshox.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Breaking: Men banned from women's sports. news.sky.com/story/transg...
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Transgender women athletes banned from female Olympic events
The International Olympic Committee is banning transgender women from competing in all female events.
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Helen @susanshox.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
And I stand by girls and women, who are invariably female. And by not telling men and boys convenient lies about the world just because other people do that.
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Brap @brap.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Girlguiding remembers their charitable objectives and how to safeguard girls.
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Transgender girls told to leave Girlguiding groups by September
It follows an announcement in December that transgender members would be banned from joining.
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Dr Rachel Broady @drrachelbroady.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
"It’s still very difficult for some women — and increasingly men who are understanding this problem — to join in political events because of a noisy minority who think defending women’s sex-based rights is ‘bigotry’." Stand up to Racism needs to stand up to misogyny. kaygreen.blog/2026/03/23/s...
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Stand up to misogyny
This morning, I asked Shereen Benjamin if I could reproduce a post from her social media for a blog article. Here it is… Edinburgh Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) said this: Yesterday’s demo would …
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Labour Women's Declaration @labwomendec.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Concern has been raised following a recent Equalities roundtable hosted by Olivia Bailey MP. The inclusion of Mridul Wadhwa — given his role in the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre case — is not a neutral choice for many women, particularly those relying on single-sex services. 1/2
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AudreySuffolk MBE @audreysuffolk.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
@harrietharman.bsky.social hasn’t the emotional intelligence to understand she wasn’t the right woman to comment about Jenni Murray on the BBC. It needed someone like Suzanne Moore who understands the great courage and integrity needed to sacrifice her job for women’s sex based rights
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Helen @susanshox.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
I do hope the people who came here after quitting X because of its 'toxicity' are paying attention to the replies to any post on this site lamenting the premature death of Dame Jenni Murray...
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For Women Scotland @forwomen.scot · 21/03/2026
I hope the replies to this are giving you a taste of the vile mind-set of trans activists. We - & women like Jenni - have endured this for years, simply for being feminists. Time was, you would have recognised these people as the misogynists they are. RIP Jenni
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The STAR Centre @starcentreayrshire.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Being feminist isn’t a trend, it’s a commitment to justice, equality, and ending sexual violence. 💪 We’re proud to be a feminist rape crisis centre. #Feminist #EndSexualViolence #RapeCrisisSupport #InclusiveFeminism
Feminist. 
Feminist. 
Feminist. 
Feminist. 
Feminist. 
Feminist.
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For Women Scotland @forwomen.scot · 16/02/2026
We have written about the cognitive dissonance of certain MSPs, Epstein, grooming gangs, the Nordic Model survivors, and AshRegan's #unbuyable bill. forwomen.scot/16/02/2026/t...
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The Epstein shaped elephant in the room - For Women Scotland
When does the grooming, trafficking, and sexual exploitation of young women and girls become an issue for society? When is a woman making a liberated, empowered choice and when does she become a victi...
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Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
First minister questioned over ‘secret’ attempt to challenge Supreme Court ruling on sex and gender www.holyrood.com/news/view,fi...
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First minister questioned over ‘secret’ attempt to challenge Supreme Court ruling on sex
Michelle Thomson asked about a report in The Times that in November the Scottish Government wrote to the Advocate Genera...
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