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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 2d

'Lisa-Marie Taylor added that the charity "campaigns for a world free from patriarchy where all women and girls are liberated."
"The activities of a small, violent minority will not diminish the spirit of sisterhood and solidarity which FiLiA embodies,"'
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Trans activists vandalise FiLiA feminist conference in Brighton

The Bash Back action group said it vandalised a Brighton conference venue ahead of the event.

www.bbc.co.uk

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 2d

US activist Angela Davis and novelist Toni Morrison walking together in 1974, by photographer Jill Krementz #womensart #BlackHistoryMonth US

Monochrome photograph of two Black women walking down a street towards the viewer, the subject to the right looks at the other as if in conversation, while the other looks down as if listening

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K.Flynnx (St.) @kflynny369.bsky.social · 2d

An this is why I would not vote Green or encourage my family members to do so.

Women are human and have the right to meet and have freedom away from male intimidation.

Shameful that a FILIA event is attacked with the support of a Green Party member.

Brap @brap.bsky.social · 2d

@sianberry.bsky.social
Green MP blames women for being attacked by men.

The Green Party is a men’s rights party.

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Brap @brap.bsky.social · 2d

This is how you respond to male violence.

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Brap @brap.bsky.social · 2d

@sianberry.bsky.social
Green MP blames women for being attacked by men.

The Green Party is a men’s rights party.

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Marwoodl ♀️ @marwoodl.bsky.social · 2d

Trans activists attack a women’s rights conference

Lisa-Marie Taylor: “It is shocking and saddening that a conference for women to discuss domestic abuse, sexual violence and lesbian safety, has been met with smashed windows, graffiti and intimidation.”
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www.thetimes.com/article/e683...

Council refused feminists security after trans activists smashed venue

Organisers of a conference in Brighton applied for a protection order to shield them from protesters who later broke windows and sprayed paint on the building

www.thetimes.com

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Red and green-ish @redandgreenish.bsky.social · 6d

I wish we'd stop referring to men such as Trump, Farage and Stephen Yaxley-Lennon as strong men. They're bullies, and all bullies are cowards. There's nothing remotely strong about these men, except their need to control.

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K.Flynnx (St.) @kflynny369.bsky.social · 7d

The number of people who can’t get their head around the purpose and working of the Equality Act is quite staggering.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8d

Hampstead Heath swimming ponds considering limiting transgender users’ access

Trans swimmers currently able to use a mixed pond or either of the segregated ponds for the gender they identify as A consultation has been launched on transgender swimmers’ access to Hampstead Heath ponds, which could result in them being banned from using the pools for the gender they identify as. The Kenwood Ladies’ and Highgate Men’s ponds are gender-segregated, with trans people currently able to swim in whichever they feel most appropriate, or use the Heath’s mixed-gender pond instead. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 7d

Yep. Rigged survey.

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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 8d

It's relentless male rights activism. Exhausting.

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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 8d

Swim according to sex or choose mixed sex like everyone else.

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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 8d

Please look at the swing voters result. Which was the one I posted. Rather than telling me everything else matters more. It's exhausting trying to get Democrat supporters to acknowledge that LGB rights are not the same as 'trans rights'.
End of conversation.

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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 8d

You know best. Carry on.

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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 8d

No it isn't.
The women's pond is for women only. Men have two other ponds to swim in.
It's the law. Women means female-only.
Because women have rights to privacy & dignity too.

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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 8d

Bollocks. It's just that males are not entitled to services provisions & sports for females.
HTH

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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 8d

'Hampstead Heath swimming ponds considering limiting transgender users’ access'.
Translation:
The swimming ponds must stop men, however they identify, using the women's pond.
It's the law.
Men have two other ponds they can swim in.
Women have rights too.

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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 8d

'Hampstead Heath swimming ponds considering limiting transgender users’ access'.
Translation:
The swimming ponds must stop men, however they identify, using the women's pond.
It's the law.
Men have two other ponds they can swim in.
Women have rights too.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8d

Hampstead Heath swimming ponds considering limiting transgender users’ access

Trans swimmers currently able to use a mixed pond or either of the segregated ponds for the gender they identify as A consultation has been launched on transgender swimmers’ access to Hampstead Heath ponds, which could result in them being banned from using the pools for the gender they identify as. The Kenwood Ladies’ and Highgate Men’s ponds are gender-segregated, with trans people currently able to swim in whichever they feel most appropriate, or use the Heath’s mixed-gender pond instead. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 8d

If you want to carry on denying that the Democrats policy on women's rights & trans issues affected the swing to Trump, be my guest. You'd be in the company of very many other liberal/lefties who seem to think abortion rights are all women are entitled to.

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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 8d

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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · Jul 17

'A major reason people rejected Harris was, per one poll, her focus on “cultural issues like transgender issues.” The New York Times’ own poll revealed a majority of Democrats don’t want men in women’s and girls’ sports.'
www.broadview.news/p/heres-what...

Democrats Need to Get Real on Gender

I had been in Arizona for graduate school for less than two weeks when my neighbor knocked on my door very early one Tuesday morning.

www.broadview.news

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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 8d

We don't know. But people with 5-ARD can father children via IVF & ICSI so it's very likely.

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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 8d

They haemorrhaged votes to Trump because they backed males in women's services provisions & sports. The voters will not stand for it.

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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 8d

Because in a fair hearing it should have emerged that Semenya was not comparable to female athletes but to other athletes with XY chromosomes, testes, testosterone in the male range & androgen sensitive. Aka males.

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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 8d

In reality, Semenya has lost the legal battle. The ECtHR did not uphold discrimination with respect to Articles 3, 8, 13 & 14. But did say Semenya had not had a fair hearing (Article 6). However, had there been a fair hearing Semenya is likely to have lost resoundingly.

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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 8d

In reality:
'The court said it could not uphold an earlier finding by a lower chamber that Semenya had been the victim of discrimination, deeming the complaints inadmissible as they did not fall under Switzerland’s jurisdiction.'
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

Caster Semenya calls for athletes’ rights to be put first as court rules in her favour

ECHR rules South African runner did not have fair trial on need to lower testosterone levels to compete in women’s sport

www.theguardian.com

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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 8d

'Semenya is ending a seven-year legal challenge'.
Good.
Inevitable.
'Despite winning a ruling at the European Court of Human Rights'.
No.
Completely wrong.
Semenya did not win.
The Court ruled the case was outwith Swiss jurisdiction.
Poor journalism.
www.espn.com/olympics/sto...

Semenya ends legal battle over sex eligibility rules

Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya is ending a seven-year legal challenge against sex eligibility rules in track and field, her lawyers said Thursday.

www.espn.com

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