And by safe I mean, attendees had to get past shouting and violent protestors.
Venues were cancelled
Attendees & speakers faced being doxxed and having people contact their employers to have them sacked
These were courageous conversations @fawcettsociety
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These new groups have organised bigger & bigger meetings and published sharper & sharper analysis without help from the established women's sector, organisations & funders concerned with human rights or established civil society organisations (with a few honourable exceptions).
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The protests may have stopped now. Presumably the protestors have realised this is not a good lookhttps://www.theargus.co.uk/news/17923150.hundreds-protesters-picket-womens-rights-meeting-hours/ …
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But the fact that it is unincorporated groups like
@Womans_Place_UK@fairplaywomen@Transgendertrd@MakeMoreNoise2@WNTTgra@let_woman that are holding these meetings makes them easy to smear as "hate groups"
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Volunteer security have been brilliant at making these meetings safe, and making them feel safe
@GetTheLOutUKpic.twitter.com/SMBihGsQ6O
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But the other thing that can make it "safe" to have these conversations is when established civil society organisations say that it is OK to talk.... and not OK for women to be doxxed, threatened, intimidated etc.... That means showing up.
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I hope that more established groups, and people with jobs at orgs that say they stand for women's rights will engage with the debate in 2020 -- starting at the WPUK meeting. Retweet the event, buy a ticket, show up, listen, speak, refuse to apologise for being there!
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Transgender activists make life difficult for transgendershttps://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/12/trans-activists-are-making-life-harder-for-trans-people/ …
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