I feel a need to learn something about these here Yogyakarta principles we hear so much about.

So I’m reading.

In 2006, in response to well-documented patterns of abuse, a distinguished group of international human rights experts met in Yogyakarta, Indonesia to outline a set of international principles relating to sexual orientation and gender identity. The result was the Yogyakarta Principles: a universal guide to human rights which affirm binding international legal standards with which all States must comply. They promise a different future where all people born free and equal in dignity and rights can fulfil that precious birthright.

Two words there I don’t understand – “binding” and “must.” On what basis do the people who drew up the … Read the rest

Naomi Wolf pushed the vax conspiracy theorizing too far.

Anti-vaxxer Naomi Wolf has been suspended from Twitter after spending the afternoon fear-mongering about mRNA vaccines getting into the sewage system. pic.twitter.com/20NeNg8q1G

— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) June 5, 2021

Naomi Wolf of The American Institute for Economic Research, the Koch-funded conservative think tank that sponsored the dystopian, unethical Great Barrington Declaration, has finally been suspended.

I am pleased.

Dr Wolf peddles horrific, dangerous anti-vaxx nonsense.

1/3 pic.twitter.com/aNYfhsKzFr

— Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social (@GYamey) June 5, 2021

I had many Twitter conversations/debates with Dr Wolf. Clearly it was impossible to reason with her. In addition, her M.O. was to set her giant army of angry male troll followers upon you.

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Ofsted is out.

Stonewall raised “concern” with Ofsted that inspectors do not always discuss trans issues with primary school children, The Telegraph can reveal.

Ahhhhhhhh now that’s damning. Stonewall was complaining to Ofsted that inspectors weren’t pushing primary schools to groom children.

The LGBT charity questioned an exemption in the school watchdog’s guidance allowing inspectors to avoid asking children as young as five about topics such as gender transitioning if a headteacher “reasonably believes” it is sensitive for pupils.

In an email to Ofsted, released under freedom of information laws, Stonewall said: “We are concerned that exempting inspectors from speaking to pupils about certain protected characteristics could undermine their ability to effectively assess a primary school’s compliance with the

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When Channel 4 goes…

Channel 4 has become the latest organisation to pull out of the diversity scheme run by the charity Stonewall.

In US-speak “scheme” is mostly a pejorative. That’s less true in the UK but I still smirk at calling Stonewall’s (cough) campaign a “scheme.”

The broadcaster, which has been praised for its programmes highlighting LGBTQ issues, said it was withdrawing from the “diversity champions” scheme.

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Yesterday Moon Beever, a law firm, severed its ties with the charity. The Equality and Human Rights Commission and the employment dispute service Acas have withdrawn for “cost reasons”, and the DVLA and the housing department have also pulled out.

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Frances Coulson, senior partner at Moon Beever, told the

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One more exit:

A law firm has ended its membership of a diversity scheme run by Stonewall citing concerns over its recent actions, saying it can no longer support the LGBTQ+ charity.

Moon Beever, based in Gray’s Inn and specialising in insolvency work, was one of 77 firms signed up to Stonewall’s Diversity Champions scheme.

But Frances Coulson, the firm’s Senior Partner, told RollOnFriday that Moon Beever had relinquished its membership.

“After some disquiet about recent actions of Stonewall we have decided to exit the Stonewall Diversity Programme”, she said. 

“This in no way detracts from our commitment to diversity and equality, but in common with the Equality and Human Rights Commission and Government Departments we no longer feel

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The NY Times:

CeCe Telfer is hoping to qualify for the United States Olympic trials, which begin June 18 in Eugene, Ore. The asphalt road is her primary training facility.

In 2019, Telfer became the first openly transgender woman to win an N.C.A.A. title; she was a fifth-year senior at Franklin Pierce University, a Division II school in Rindge, N.H. Now she is among a handful of transgender women seeking to reach the Tokyo Games, which begin in late July.

In other words in 2019 Telfer stole an N.C.A.A. title from a woman, and now he hopes to steal a place at the Tokyo Games from a woman.

Recent clashes over transgender athletes have made it more important

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On the one hand Marion Millar is charged with a crime for disbelief in trans ideology on Twitter, on the other hand Trump is banned from Facebook for two years. Which of the two is really a threat to anyone?

Facebook has extended former President Donald Trump’s suspension for two years and says it will only reinstate him “if the risk to public safety has receded.”

The decision comes after Facebook’s Oversight Board told the company it was wrong to impose an indefinite ban on Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Facebook says it is setting new rules for public figures in times of civil unrest and violence, “to be applied in exceptional cases such

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Do we believe him?

https://twitter.com/DavidPaisley/status/1400824366045224961

I can’t say I do.… Read the rest

No misogyny in trans activism though. Oh no no no, what would ever give anyone that idea.

Why would Mermaids' CEO retweet this? @ForwomenScot @ChtyCommission pic.twitter.com/xK5533a6tF

— Neverfallingforit (@Neverfallingfo1) June 4, 2021

Ah yes how dare women be middle aged. Bitches. They should all drop dead at 25 because what possible use are they after that? Stupid old ugly dullards.… Read the rest

Some (necessarily cautious) reactions.

As this case is active I am posting this news report without comment other than to confirm I’m aware of the case & taking an interest as someone who is passionate about #CivilLiberties & #WomensRights. #WomenWontWheesht https://t.co/5vSSqHQ3yZ

— Joanna Cherry KC (@joannaccherry) June 4, 2021

If this is the case, can we all show @millar_marion extra support today. This is off the scale. Please share. Thanks https://t.co/MJZURFegee

— James Dreyfus (@DreyfusJames) June 3, 2021

https://twitter.com/LabWomenDec/status/1400513139553280003

.@policescotland didn’t charge people who have used this platform to call me racial slurs, threaten me with violence, or dox me. But now they’re charging Marion Millar, for…? What kind of justice is there for women using social media

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Brunel University has suspended the threats guy.

University statement on threats posted on social media pic.twitter.com/VinX4SQ3Eq

— Brunel University London (@Bruneluni) June 4, 2021

Murderous threats are the kind of thing that should be referred to police.… Read the rest

Wild Woman Writing Club had a fine old rant and I’m just going to quote it instead of posting all the tweets.

https://twitter.com/wwwritingclub/status/1400563906708398098

to shoot women’s rights campaigners, and several more organisations have bailed out of the sinking Stonewall ship, and several more countries have rejected self-ID, and a think tank is calling women’s rights campaigners “feminazis,” and TRAs are still calling WRCs antisemites, and a ‘pro bono’ project is attempting to get a lesbian & gay group’s charitable status revoked. So much happening, with such speed. Change is gathering pace. It makes you wonder.

Why are so many people so seemingly desperate to make women shut up about the simple fact of human sexual dimorphism, and the simple fact

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I’m already climbing the walls with rage over Scotland’s assault on women, and now there’s yet another load of poison from Stonewall.

Stonewall has advised organisations to replace the term mother with “parent who has given birth” to help boost their ranking on an equality leaderboard, The Telegraph can reveal. 

That’s not “equality.” Pretending mothers don’t exist is not equality. Trying to erase women from childbirth is not equality. Trying to disappear women is not equality.

The controversial charity has advised employers wishing to be included on their Workplace Equality Index that they must remove all gendered language, and allow those who self-identify as a woman to use female toilets and changing rooms.

And “self-identify” means just “say.” … Read the rest

And in case we don’t have enough material yet…

Sooooo, thinking that bio sex is real and matters makes a woman…. Hitler in lipstick. I’m not kidding. This is seriously what this actual, real, genuine, not-fake think-tank claims (though they can’t spell inadvertently) https://t.co/7q2ZZmwsLa

— Helen Joyce (@HJoyceGender) June 3, 2021

Say again?

Wo. Feminist women are…Hitler in heavy makeup.

Let’s see if Sophia Siddiqui’s writing is as malicious as that image.

The rigid biological notion that ‘a man is a man, a woman is a woman’, is central to how the far Right mobilises across Europe in order to enforce heterosexual norms.

Is it “rigid” and a “notion” though? Or is it just reality? Is it a “rigid biological … Read the rest

It’s now in the news. The Times:

A prominent feminist has been charged with a hate crime for alleged homophobic and transphobic social media posts.

Marion Millar, 50, from Airdrie, was charged under the Malicious Communications Act for tweets published in 2019 and 2020. If convicted she faces up to two years in prison.

The messages investigated by officers are understood to include a retweeted photograph of a bow of ribbons in the green, white and purple colours of the Suffragettes, tied around a tree outside the Glasgow studio where a BBC soap opera is shot.

Two years in prison for that?

Peak Stalinism.

It is one [of] at least six tweets reported to Police Scotland. The nature of

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Guns identify as edgy jokes.

The joke wasn't in the best of taste and it wasn't something you have to publically agree with, but publically appologizing to transphobes and reporting a trans person to the bigoted police shows us that you're words of acceptance don't stand for anything.

— Brunel Marxist Society (@BrunelMarxist) June 3, 2021

Threatening people with guns isn’t “an edgy joke.”

A lavender ribbon isn’t a noose, and a gun isn’t an edgy joke.

Men are not women, and men who say they are women are not victims of women who don’t agree.… Read the rest

David Paisley tells Gay Ireland News & Entertainment what makes him so awesome:

David Paisley is a Scottish actor and LGBTQ+ activist. He has had roles in Holby City and Casualty and currently plays Rory Murdoch in the BBC drama series, River City. He has also been fighting against the wave of transphobia that has crashed across the UK in recent years.

Just speaking out in support of trans people, even as a cis white man, has led to vicious online abuse, being targeted by a certain Father Ted writer and threats of legal action from an MP. He recently set up an organisation called the LGBT+ Glitterati to “create a positive voice of support for all members

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Glinner on why they charged her:

I’ve been reliably informed that the tweet for which she is being charged is this one. It’s a Suffragette ribbon.

https://twitter.com/millar_marion/status/1339695997929353217?s=20

Unbelievably, they’re claiming that this is meant to be a noose.

What does a noose actually look like?

See the differences?

One, there’s that thick heavy overlapping knot, that’s built to take a lot of weight. Two, there’s the direction: the noose is at the bottom, so that the weight of the body pulls the knot tighter and strangles the victim. Three, there’s the coarse thick rope, again built to take a lot of weight. A piece of lavender ribbon with a small pinned loop at the top is not a noose. … Read the rest

Speaking of “malicious communication” (not to mention threats) –

And this one pic.twitter.com/TG5twg39b6

— Susan “The Actual Susan” McDonnell (@sleeepysandy) June 3, 2021

We have referred the matter to the police and the outcome of their investigation will determine our next steps. [2/2]

— Brunel University London (@Bruneluni) June 3, 2021

Your statement appears to conflict with your actions, here you are seemingly supporting the threat of violence towards women (h/t @SinclairJM1987). Are females safe on your campus?#MVAWG#pride #WomenWontWheesht pic.twitter.com/gQrFX6Ug6v

— Dr EM (@PankhurstEM) June 3, 2021

Yeah whatever. TRANS WOMEN ARE WOMEN.… Read the rest

https://twitter.com/IndiaWilloughby/status/1400392232079921161 https://twitter.com/IndiaWilloughby/status/1400395034365677574

Marion doesn’t “harass and intimidate” trans people. Also, she’s a woman, and thus at a physical disadvantage compared to men like India Willoughby. This claim of intimidation, from a man talking about a woman, is the usual gaslighting bullshit that’s so central to this evil berserk reverse-everything stupid ideology. … Read the rest