This is excellent! If you care about women & girls AND the human rights of transgender people watch @GoonerProf & Susan Smith @ForwomenScot give evidence to @SP_European Scottish Parliament on how sex & gender identity should be framed in next censushttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1bUJH9fUN8 …
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The MSPs are well prepared. Rosa & Susan are utterly sensible & clear, making case that sex & gender ID/reassignment are separate things. The human rights of people with both characteristics can be protected without undermining the other, if not conflated http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11836 …
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There is a second panel with Vic Valentine
@ScottishTrans & Tim Hopkins@LGBTIScotland. The discussion is respectful and open on all sides. No one says there should be#nodebate, or that it is transphobic to discuss how public policy should respond to sex and gender identities.1 reply 0 retweets 6 likesShow this thread -
The session shows shows that it is possible: this is what it looks like when people entrusted with responsibility for our institutions step up and act as grown ups, asking serious questions rather than fudging them like
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Its striking how much of what Rosa said is not allowed to be uttered on Twitter and many FB groups, gets academics & writers noplatformed, complaints to their employer and worse. Yet in the light of day it clearly sounds nothing like hateful bigotry.
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If you have steered clear of this debate because it is too toxic, 'both sides are aggressive', or because you assume that the orgs, people & movements you trust have have already worked this out, or that distinguishing sex and gender identity is transphobic listen to the session.
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Be aware that some students have responded to
@GoonerProf w rape threats and urine on her office door. Academics have written an open letter against publishing@Docstockk who was also quoted by the MSPs https://twitter.com/Docstockk/status/107142972546009497 … These are the 'evil TERFs' you've heard aboutMaya Forstater added,
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When you hear people say 'TERFs are the worst', or you shouldn't listen to someone because they are a 'TERF' know that it is arguments like Rosa's testimony that you are being told to silence & ignore. Ask yourself if you would stand up if that was happening.
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Pride In STEM @PrideinSTEMWe are disappointed that@ConversationUK published a transphobic post and was unwilling to consider the effects that such articles have. Once again, the lives of trans people are treated as a matter of opinion. We urge people to sign this open letter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Uv9s8z60CfrBunAmUyOv7ln3zghAvLA3TYrlLYyS5M0/ …Show this thread0 replies 1 retweet 5 likesShow this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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