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Honesty & integrity have a cost. Lib Dem Home Affairs lead in House of Lords. Ran for Mayor of London 2008 & 2012. Met Police 1976 - 2007. m. Mr Petter Belsvik

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    1. Sarah McGurk, co-author of #AnimalArkRevisited‏ @SCMcG Jul 2
      Replying to @SCMcG @brianpaddick and

      I will reiterate something I stated earlier. Please bear with me as it won’t fit into a single tweet. The unvarnished truth is that this discussion centres around whether some men should be afforded women’s rights. I am aware that some find that statement difficult.

      1 reply 32 retweets 121 likes
    2. Sarah McGurk, co-author of #AnimalArkRevisited‏ @SCMcG Jul 2
      Replying to @SCMcG @brianpaddick and

      But I refer to sex not gender identity. It seems to me safer to rely on provable physical evidence, rather than relying on anyone’s statement. Such statements are always open to question.

      1 reply 7 retweets 96 likes
    3. Sarah McGurk, co-author of #AnimalArkRevisited‏ @SCMcG Jul 2
      Replying to @SCMcG @brianpaddick and

      Do the crime figures back up the statement that transwomen will be at significant risk in male spaces? If so, then how can society help them? What are the costs of that help? I feel those are the questions that need to be asked.

      1 reply 11 retweets 100 likes
    4. Sarah McGurk, co-author of #AnimalArkRevisited‏ @SCMcG Jul 2
      Replying to @SCMcG @brianpaddick and

      Instead I feel we are being told that transwomen are women and must be allowed into female spaces and the only discussion allowed is whether there should be any gatekeeping, and if so how much.

      1 reply 14 retweets 99 likes
    5. Sarah McGurk, co-author of #AnimalArkRevisited‏ @SCMcG Jul 2
      Replying to @SCMcG @brianpaddick and

      Women are being asked to prove they will be at risk, when the burden of proof should surely be on the other foot.

      5 replies 37 retweets 143 likes
    6. Sarah McGurk, co-author of #AnimalArkRevisited‏ @SCMcG Jul 2
      Replying to @SCMcG @brianpaddick and

      Women should feel they are being assured that no harm will occur because x, y, z. Instead they are slurred as transphobes and bigots for questioning whether the deal on offer is safe.

      4 replies 22 retweets 115 likes
    7. Sarah McGurk, co-author of #AnimalArkRevisited‏ @SCMcG Jul 2
      Replying to @SCMcG @brianpaddick and

      I am aware some transsexual women have been afforded that privilege and it has caused few problems. But Stonewall et al have widened the “trans umbrella” and at the same time, we are told we must relax the law in a way that will remove the need for psychological assessment.

      2 replies 10 retweets 97 likes
    8. Sarah McGurk, co-author of #AnimalArkRevisited‏ @SCMcG Jul 2
      Replying to @SCMcG @brianpaddick and

      It doesn’t feel safe to me. And yes, I am aware that is not a fact, but other better qualified people have also urged caution.

      1 reply 4 retweets 69 likes
    9. Sarah McGurk, co-author of #AnimalArkRevisited‏ @SCMcG Jul 2
      Replying to @SCMcG @brianpaddick and

      The Faculty of Advocates in Scotland responded to the consultation there stating that even in those countries where self-ID is in place, those laws are “relatively new and their operation in practice may not yet be easily assessed”. So they urge a degree of caution.

      1 reply 9 retweets 75 likes
    10. Sarah McGurk, co-author of #AnimalArkRevisited‏ @SCMcG Jul 2
      Replying to @SCMcG @brianpaddick and

      http://arb.advocates.org.uk/media/2720/final-faculty-response-gender-28-february-2018.pdf … I feel women have been manoeuvred into a defensive position, when they should be being reassured. And currently I and many others do not feel the reassurances offered are sufficient.

      4 replies 13 retweets 121 likes
      Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick Jul 2
      Replying to @SCMcG @Becky_Druce and

      You’ve hit the nail on the head. Women are not being listened to enough & not being given sufficient reassurance but when you try, you’re attacked. I’ve been called transphobic for saying this & for listening to women & a homophobic misogynist by radical feminists. What do I do?

      11:58 PM - 2 Jul 2018
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      19 replies 17 retweets 125 likes
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        2. Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick Jul 3
          Replying to @brianpaddick @SCMcG and

          So why do I do it? Because I see & have been subjected to too much injustice. I want to make a difference & my position gives me a platform that helps my voice be heard. But I’m a sensitive & passionate human & can only take so much abuse.

          7 replies 1 retweet 17 likes
        3. mobb‏ @mobb_mum Jul 3
          Replying to @brianpaddick @SCMcG and

          Hopefully the admiration of your courage and appreciation of your bravery to stand up and encourage questions and debate goes a small way to make up for the abuse you are receiving. Thank you @brianpaddick

          0 replies 1 retweet 8 likes
        4. End of conversation
        1. Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick Jul 3
          Replying to @Julesves @SCMcG and

          I get it Jules. I’m not sure I’m even going to Pride and that is very, very sad.

          3 replies 0 retweets 14 likes
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        2. Teajenny‏ @galluslass Jul 3
          Replying to @brianpaddick @SCMcG and

          Listened to enough? We weren’t even a consideration in the first place. I appreciate that you’re trying to be unbiased, fair and look at this from all angles. If we often sound harsh and cold - we weren’t to start with but feel we have been pushed to take a harder stance.

          1 reply 0 retweets 10 likes
        3. Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick Jul 3
          Replying to @galluslass @SCMcG and

          And many in the trans community feel the same way for the same reasons.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        4. RadFemKat‏ @radfemkat Jul 3
          Replying to @brianpaddick @galluslass and

          Really? The government has ONLY listened to trans lobby groups on this subject.

          1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
        5. Heather Pymar‏ @Heather_Pymar Jul 3
          Replying to @radfemkat @brianpaddick and

          I’m not sure even trans lobby groups are listening to all transpeople. The TRAs seem to do everything they can to silence anyone who doesn’t comply with their opinions and they are the ones I’m concerned about. There are other trans voices, like Miranda Yardley.

          0 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
        6. End of conversation
        1. New conversation
        2. Sarah McGurk, co-author of #AnimalArkRevisited‏ @SCMcG Jul 3
          Replying to @brianpaddick @Becky_Druce and

          Keep talking, keep listening. Try to present the facts as you see them and try to influence where you can. That’s what I am trying to do. It’s not comfortable, but there it is.

          1 reply 3 retweets 60 likes
        3. Sarah McGurk, co-author of #AnimalArkRevisited‏ @SCMcG Jul 3
          Replying to @SCMcG @brianpaddick and

          I appreciate what you are trying to do. Many others will too.

          0 replies 2 retweets 52 likes
        4. End of conversation
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        2. Zoe‏ @HiccupFrog Jul 3
          Replying to @brianpaddick @SCMcG and

          Keep listening. You are showing others it is possible. We need our politicians to be brave, to be flawed, and to be thoughtful.

          1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
        3. Zoe‏ @HiccupFrog Jul 3
          Replying to @HiccupFrog @brianpaddick and

          As women, we are used to having our concerns dismissed. "Men's inappropriate behaviour" means that from a young age girls learn to manage male behaviour and assess risk to keep themselves safe. We de-escalate situations with men in pubs, on trains, in the street.

          1 reply 0 retweets 14 likes
        4. Zoe‏ @HiccupFrog Jul 3
          Replying to @HiccupFrog @brianpaddick and

          And other man around often don't even notice. We never know which situations are the ones which could escalate, but social convention gives us clues: is this guy backing off based on what I say, is the man walking behind me at night walking at a distance I judge to be safe;

          1 reply 0 retweets 10 likes
        5. Zoe‏ @HiccupFrog Jul 3
          Replying to @HiccupFrog @brianpaddick and

          is this person in a place where they belong? It shows a lack of insight into what it means to be a woman to not know this and it is telling when we are not listened to when we say it.

          1 reply 1 retweet 7 likes
        6. Zoe‏ @HiccupFrog Jul 3
          Replying to @HiccupFrog @brianpaddick and

          And, thank you, for listening.

          0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
        7. End of conversation
        1. New conversation
        2. Caspar Baldwin‏ @CasparBaldwin Jul 4
          Replying to @brianpaddick @SCMcG and

          Still getting confused between the EA and GRA then.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Sarah McGurk, co-author of #AnimalArkRevisited‏ @SCMcG Jul 4
          Replying to @CasparBaldwin @brianpaddick and

          Changes to the GRA will impact women’s protections under the EA. I have explained why to Lord Paddick on more than one occasion and will not repeat myself, but I have taken the time to try and understand the issues.

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        4. Sarah McGurk, co-author of #AnimalArkRevisited‏ @SCMcG Jul 4
          Replying to @SCMcG @CasparBaldwin and

          If you wish to understand why women are objecting, there is a great deal of material here. We can only find a safe and fair way forward for everyone by discussing the impacts on both oppressed groups.

          1 reply 2 retweets 5 likes
        5. Caspar Baldwin‏ @CasparBaldwin Jul 4
          Replying to @SCMcG @brianpaddick and

          Cis women have been intentionally misguided on this and its sad. But if dialogue is to occur it can only do so if everyone comes to the table with the foundational knowledge that trans women are women, trans men are men and non binary ppl exist.

          3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        6. Sarah McGurk, co-author of #AnimalArkRevisited‏ @SCMcG Jul 4
          Replying to @CasparBaldwin @brianpaddick and

          I do not consider myself cis and would appreciate it if you didn’t use that term to refer to me. I have read extensively around this topic and I do not believe I am misinformed. I cannot agree that any and all discussion must be carried out in the terms you suggest.

          1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
        7. Sarah McGurk, co-author of #AnimalArkRevisited‏ @SCMcG Jul 4
          Replying to @SCMcG @CasparBaldwin and

          There is no proof, nor is there medical consensus that it is possible to change sex, or that anyone is literally the opposite sex to that of the body they were born with.

          2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
        8. Sarah McGurk, co-author of #AnimalArkRevisited‏ @SCMcG Jul 4
          Replying to @SCMcG @CasparBaldwin and

          Until such time as there is proof, I feel that the question of whether women’s rights should be extended to some men should be stated in that factual way. I understand there are those who might find that distressing, but I do not believe that can be at the heart of the debate.

          0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
        9. End of conversation

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