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My thread earlier focused on the discussion re. FWS - but I just want to draw this out really explicitly:
The press absolutely monstered Dr Beth Upton in the most appalling way – only for the Tribunal to find that Beth had done nothing wrong, but that Sandie Peggie had harassed her.
The press absolutely monstered Dr Beth Upton in the most appalling way – only for the Tribunal to find that Beth had done nothing wrong, but that Sandie Peggie had harassed her.
Also worth noting, the Tribunal found that Sandie Peggie had harassed Dr Beth Upton in a "hate incident".
December 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
My thread earlier focused on the discussion re. FWS - but I just want to draw this out really explicitly:
The press absolutely monstered Dr Beth Upton in the most appalling way – only for the Tribunal to find that Beth had done nothing wrong, but that Sandie Peggie had harassed her.
The press absolutely monstered Dr Beth Upton in the most appalling way – only for the Tribunal to find that Beth had done nothing wrong, but that Sandie Peggie had harassed her.
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Half of Labour’s policies are just “work or die“ and the other half are “just die“ cause you don’t deserve to be part of our society
December 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Half of Labour’s policies are just “work or die“ and the other half are “just die“ cause you don’t deserve to be part of our society
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The GCs on twitter are very confused by this. It's fairly simple – given FWS only decided whether EA sex means 'biological' or 'certificated' sex, it did not change the legal position for under 18s. Regardless of how FWS was decided the position for trans girl guides would be the same.
The Supreme Court only ruled on whether people with a GRC count as women under the Equality Act.
You have to be 18 to get a GRC.
But the Guides say they’re kicking out trans girls – under 18s – as a result. It doesn’t track. So why are they doing it?
https://goodlaw.social/cpfx
You have to be 18 to get a GRC.
But the Guides say they’re kicking out trans girls – under 18s – as a result. It doesn’t track. So why are they doing it?
https://goodlaw.social/cpfx
Excluding trans people won’t stop you getting sued | Good Law Project
Girl Guiding and the Women’s Institute have announced that they will now exclude trans women and girls after legal threats – but organisations can and should remain inclusive.
goodlaw.social
December 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The GCs on twitter are very confused by this. It's fairly simple – given FWS only decided whether EA sex means 'biological' or 'certificated' sex, it did not change the legal position for under 18s. Regardless of how FWS was decided the position for trans girl guides would be the same.
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Kishwer Falkner in The Times talking about the rights of "biological people". As compared to trans people, who are, of course, non-biological.
December 6, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Kishwer Falkner in The Times talking about the rights of "biological people". As compared to trans people, who are, of course, non-biological.
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The thing about gritting your teeth and going along with fascist demands is there is no end to those demands. Famously so. Fascism is bottomless, it is never satisfied, there is never a lack of an enemy to be punished, destroyed.
Do collaborators survive? Parts of them, I suppose.
Do collaborators survive? Parts of them, I suppose.
December 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The thing about gritting your teeth and going along with fascist demands is there is no end to those demands. Famously so. Fascism is bottomless, it is never satisfied, there is never a lack of an enemy to be punished, destroyed.
Do collaborators survive? Parts of them, I suppose.
Do collaborators survive? Parts of them, I suppose.
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To be clear, WI and GG trustees will have been told they faced personal liability including bankruptcy for breaching fiduciary duty by involving their organizations in legal proceedings they might well lose.
They should be publicly fucking angry and uncivilised about the people responsible.
They should be publicly fucking angry and uncivilised about the people responsible.
December 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
To be clear, WI and GG trustees will have been told they faced personal liability including bankruptcy for breaching fiduciary duty by involving their organizations in legal proceedings they might well lose.
They should be publicly fucking angry and uncivilised about the people responsible.
They should be publicly fucking angry and uncivilised about the people responsible.
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Apparently the decision of the WI to rescind trans inclusion was prompted in part by an internal faction. If I were a cis member of the WI, I would want those bigots named,shamed and shunned.
Aggressively promoting transphobia should have social sanctions applied to it.
Aggressively promoting transphobia should have social sanctions applied to it.
December 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Apparently the decision of the WI to rescind trans inclusion was prompted in part by an internal faction. If I were a cis member of the WI, I would want those bigots named,shamed and shunned.
Aggressively promoting transphobia should have social sanctions applied to it.
Aggressively promoting transphobia should have social sanctions applied to it.
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Of course there’s a fucking point to getting angry at organisations dropping trans people out of fear. It should be shameful and they should be confronted with our feelings of anger and betrayal. To pretend we do this instead of targeting the court government sex matters etc is disingenuous bullshit
December 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Of course there’s a fucking point to getting angry at organisations dropping trans people out of fear. It should be shameful and they should be confronted with our feelings of anger and betrayal. To pretend we do this instead of targeting the court government sex matters etc is disingenuous bullshit
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This part is *infuriating*. This cis woman heard an 80 year old trans woman say, 'This is the only place I've been respected as a woman IN MY LIFE.'
And did not immediately think, 'I will fight every inch like a dying badger to keep her in my organization.'
Absolutely pathetic.
And did not immediately think, 'I will fight every inch like a dying badger to keep her in my organization.'
Absolutely pathetic.
December 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This part is *infuriating*. This cis woman heard an 80 year old trans woman say, 'This is the only place I've been respected as a woman IN MY LIFE.'
And did not immediately think, 'I will fight every inch like a dying badger to keep her in my organization.'
Absolutely pathetic.
And did not immediately think, 'I will fight every inch like a dying badger to keep her in my organization.'
Absolutely pathetic.
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Feminist institutions going “yeah no actually women are just walking wombs please dont hit us billionaire“
December 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Feminist institutions going “yeah no actually women are just walking wombs please dont hit us billionaire“
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Here’s Judith Butler explaining what this movement is and always was, about five years ago.
December 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Here’s Judith Butler explaining what this movement is and always was, about five years ago.
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There's not much left of the rule of law if organisations can be financially bullied into not asserting their legal rights. goodlaw.social/sb50
Excluding trans people won’t stop you getting sued | Good Law Project
Girl Guiding and the Women’s Institute have announced that they will now exclude trans women and girls after legal threats – but organisations can and should remain inclusive.
goodlaw.social
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
There's not much left of the rule of law if organisations can be financially bullied into not asserting their legal rights. goodlaw.social/sb50
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Contact us if you have been affected by the policy changes of Girl Guiding or the Women's Institute. This could be as an individual, or because you lead a local Brownie group who don't want this policy change. We want to help protect trans inclusion.
goodlawproject.org/about/contact/
goodlawproject.org/about/contact/
December 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Contact us if you have been affected by the policy changes of Girl Guiding or the Women's Institute. This could be as an individual, or because you lead a local Brownie group who don't want this policy change. We want to help protect trans inclusion.
goodlawproject.org/about/contact/
goodlawproject.org/about/contact/
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This is not required by the UK Supreme Court decision. They are a private organization with free association rights. This is purely cowardice by their leadership wanting to avoid lawfare backed by endless money from JK Rowling.
December 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This is not required by the UK Supreme Court decision. They are a private organization with free association rights. This is purely cowardice by their leadership wanting to avoid lawfare backed by endless money from JK Rowling.
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Trans women has been welcomed at the Women's Institute since the 1970s and one member is in her 80's and has been a member for decades. This is pure bigotry pushed by legal threats backed monetarily by JK Rowling.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Trans women has been welcomed at the Women's Institute since the 1970s and one member is in her 80's and has been a member for decades. This is pure bigotry pushed by legal threats backed monetarily by JK Rowling.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The Women's Institute has been forced into excluding trans women too
"Not doing so would leave us at risk of costly legal challenge and potential regulatory action from the Charity Commission. We have a public duty to ensure our charity is not in breach of the law."
www.thewi.org.uk/media-centre...
"Not doing so would leave us at risk of costly legal challenge and potential regulatory action from the Charity Commission. We have a public duty to ensure our charity is not in breach of the law."
www.thewi.org.uk/media-centre...
Press Releases
www.thewi.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The Women's Institute has been forced into excluding trans women too
"Not doing so would leave us at risk of costly legal challenge and potential regulatory action from the Charity Commission. We have a public duty to ensure our charity is not in breach of the law."
www.thewi.org.uk/media-centre...
"Not doing so would leave us at risk of costly legal challenge and potential regulatory action from the Charity Commission. We have a public duty to ensure our charity is not in breach of the law."
www.thewi.org.uk/media-centre...
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So the WI will be asking for all their members birth certificates or just demanding trans women out themselves (or else?) or what?
This seems completely impractical. I mean and cowardly, obviously.
This seems completely impractical. I mean and cowardly, obviously.
The first gender reassigned surgery in the UK was in 1951. She would be over 100 today and lived as a woman for 60+ years. Telling these women they are no longer welcome in the WI is brutal, as they themselves admit. These are our regressive times. #transrightsarehumanrights
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
December 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
So the WI will be asking for all their members birth certificates or just demanding trans women out themselves (or else?) or what?
This seems completely impractical. I mean and cowardly, obviously.
This seems completely impractical. I mean and cowardly, obviously.
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Making gendered organisations legally compelled to exclude trans people is just fascism. It's cruelty for its own sake. It protects no one from anything but exposes a minority to hatred and oppression. This government is fucking disgusting.
December 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Making gendered organisations legally compelled to exclude trans people is just fascism. It's cruelty for its own sake. It protects no one from anything but exposes a minority to hatred and oppression. This government is fucking disgusting.
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3 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Saying that "transgender women are women, that doesn't change," the 110-yr old Women's Institute said in light of the UK Supreme Court ruling it is excluding trans women from membership, adding it does so with “utmost regret and sadness." Un-huh.
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
3 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Saying that "transgender women are women, that doesn't change," the 110-yr old Women's Institute said in light of the UK Supreme Court ruling it is excluding trans women from membership, adding it does so with “utmost regret and sadness." Un-huh.
I worried the WI would be next after Girl Guides, but I hoped they'd stand firm and be better. Stop complying in advance you absolutely fucking cowards.
3 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Saying that "transgender women are women, that doesn't change," the 110-yr old Women's Institute said in light of the UK Supreme Court ruling it is excluding trans women from membership, adding it does so with “utmost regret and sadness." Un-huh.
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I worried the WI would be next after Girl Guides, but I hoped they'd stand firm and be better. Stop complying in advance you absolutely fucking cowards.
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Let’s be clear about who is responsible for trans girls being excluded from the Guides.
Keir Starmer
100%
He could have overturned the injustice of the flawed Supreme Court any time, but CHOSE not to. So he is responsible for these girls being harmed. There’s a word for adults who harm children.
Keir Starmer
100%
He could have overturned the injustice of the flawed Supreme Court any time, but CHOSE not to. So he is responsible for these girls being harmed. There’s a word for adults who harm children.
December 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Let’s be clear about who is responsible for trans girls being excluded from the Guides.
Keir Starmer
100%
He could have overturned the injustice of the flawed Supreme Court any time, but CHOSE not to. So he is responsible for these girls being harmed. There’s a word for adults who harm children.
Keir Starmer
100%
He could have overturned the injustice of the flawed Supreme Court any time, but CHOSE not to. So he is responsible for these girls being harmed. There’s a word for adults who harm children.
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the guides have made it abundantly clear that they do not want to have to do this, won't be excluding trans women from volunteering, etc but that they simply cannot defend themselves in a legal challenge against unlimited resources
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
the guides have made it abundantly clear that they do not want to have to do this, won't be excluding trans women from volunteering, etc but that they simply cannot defend themselves in a legal challenge against unlimited resources
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i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
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Cis women with higher levels of testosterone, a hormone that all women produce, are being bounced from their sports entirely to punish trans women who are INTENTIONALLY reducing testosterone (among other hormones). None of this makes sense scientifically
December 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Cis women with higher levels of testosterone, a hormone that all women produce, are being bounced from their sports entirely to punish trans women who are INTENTIONALLY reducing testosterone (among other hormones). None of this makes sense scientifically