Soonwardho @soonwardho

Everyone should be alarmed about @UKLabour’s conversion practices bill, but parents in particular should be very, very angry As wrongheaded a policy as forced adoptions

Sonia Sodha @soniasodha

a day ago

What does this mean? A gender-critical parent who doesn't believe in the concept of gender identity who, say, refuses to buy their child a binder or puberty blockers (abusive economic pressure) and is perceived to have caused their child serious alarm or distress could find

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Bridget Phillipson says the conversion practices bill won't target parents. There is nothing on the face of the bill that says parents are protected. She says the test is “serious physical or psychological harm”. In fact the bill sets the test much lower at “serious alarm or distress…which has a substantial adverse effect on their usual day-to-day activities”. This could easily capture parents who don't let their child wear a binder or go out dressed as the opposite sex.

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Bridget Phillipson @bphillipsonMP

a day ago

“A society which values freedom must protect everyone’s right to live openly and safely as themselves.” My piece for @IndyVoices on delivering our manifesto commitment to ban conversion practices 👉🏻 independent.co.uk/voices/convers…

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Went to visit the permanent exhibition of cases heard by the Supreme Court, in @UKSupremeCourt I defy anyone to read this & not shed a tear. The significance of the judgment, to women, can't be overstated. We wept with joy then & with frustration at the lack of compliance now. 1/

What an incredible Battle of Ideas festival! A huge thank you to @Fox_Claire and @bendelo for making it possible. I've been reflecting on how much has changed since my first appearance in 2022, when I was bewildered, scared, angry and shocked by what had happened to me. By 2023, Denise @DeniseFahmy and I had founded Freedom in the Arts (@freedom_in_Arts) itself an act of enormous courage. And now, in 2026, I feel confident, clear and determined to take our message out into the arts and to the wider public. The Battle of Ideas has been the most extraordinary testing ground for me, moving from a life entirely immersed in dance and the arts to learning how to debate, challenge, persuade and advocate for better ideas. I've learnt so much, made wonderful friends and truly feel part of a community of bright thinkers who constantly challenge and inspire me. Claire and Ben, you have both played such an important part in this journey. Thank you for your inspiration, generosity and belief in the power of ideas!

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Doctors harm children with unevidenced treatments. Safeguarding leads try to raise the alarm. Senior doctors silence and punish them. The doctors' regulator doesn't see a problem. The rot is too wide and deep for individual cases. We need a public inquiry.

Devastating fact. Incredible that it seems not to play the slightest role in policy considerations

Daily Mail @DailyMail

2 weeks ago

Nearly all women who try to reach UK in small boats are raped during their journey, home secretary says trib.al/C03wjt3

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Reminder. For adults, the administration of puberty blockers to 'transchildren' is an act of coercive control and violence. For children, taking puberty blockers is a socially acceptable form of self harm. This is why transgenderism sits so comfortably within some families and society. It legitimises and medicalises existing patterns of harm and abuse against children, for the benefit of adults.

My love letter to you all xx

TERFTimes @TERF_Times

2 weeks ago

Thank you to @SeeRedWoman1 for this heartfelt love letter to the terf sisterhood. "Plenty of faults have been found in sisterhood over the years, and some fairly so. But terfery has made bonds between women that nobody can deny" terftimes.com/p/love-letter-…

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Thank you to @SeeRedWoman1 for this heartfelt love letter to the terf sisterhood. "Plenty of faults have been found in sisterhood over the years, and some fairly so. But terfery has made bonds between women that nobody can deny" terftimes.com/p/love-letter-…

@naomi_long @PamCameronDUP @EoinTennyson @duponline Naomi, might I respectfully ask which aspect of the bill you consider to have been misrepresented by our legal analysis? I'm more than happy to be corrected if there's a flaw in the reasoning or analysis, just want to know what you have in mind if that's ok.

“Campaigners for free speech in Belfast have said they are challenging a climate of ‘no debate’ days before the Stormont Assembly is to consider a Conversion Practises Bill. Dr Stella O’Malley, psychotherapist and Executive Director of Genspect, said that while abusive practises should be outlawed, ‘this Bill does not do that.’ ‘It risks making therapists afraid to ask the difficult questions that are part of effective and ethical therapy,’ the well-known author said.” Read more ⬇️

Since our bodies are not public services, can we stop with the attempts to treat access to them as an equality issue?

YouGov @YouGov

4 weeks ago

66% of straight women are unwilling to date a bisexual man, our study finds ahead of #BiVisibility Day % unwilling to date a bi man Straight women 66% Bi men 15% Gay men 11% Bi women 10% % unwilling to date a bi woman Straight men 35% Lesbian women 20% Bi men 9% Bi women 3%

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Nailed it @SJAMcBride “If gender involves something amorphous which is beyond definition, then do we want the courts to be jailing people in this area and can the courts realistically enforce such legislation? Suppressing such questions in a legislature is indefensible.”

Belfast Telegraph @BelTel

4 weeks ago

Amid myriad crises, Stormont is spending three days debating if someone can invent their own gender belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-…

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@ni_wrn In addition it may lead to mandatory education and training on g3nder identity in schools. Once the activists get their feet in the door they won't stop they always want to push the boundaries further.

1/ The GMN analysis of the Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill (NI) is now available on our website. This Private Member's Bill is legally incoherent and it offers worse protections for gay men and lesbians than existing NI law. gaymensnetwork.co.uk/letters

This is excellent, explaining the homophobia at the heart of Northern Ireland Conversion Practices Bill and the harms to children.

Gay Men’s Network @MensNetwork1

4 weeks ago

1/ The GMN analysis of the Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill (NI) is now available on our website. This Private Member's Bill is legally incoherent and it offers worse protections for gay men and lesbians than existing NI law. gaymensnetwork.co.uk/letters

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There's still time to get tickets for tonight's event to hear why the NI Conversion Practices Bill would ban honest and open conversations about sex and gender between adults and children. x.com/SpeechUnion/st…

The Free Speech Union @SpeechUnion

4 weeks ago

freespeechunion.telltix.com/events/freespe…

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It is the most despicable betrayal of women's rights this century to support an end to our definition in life and in law.

Lucy Hunter Blackburn @LucyHunterB

4 weeks ago

"(in secure zone)". Unlike where women have spent the last few years.

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Apparently @BBCWomansHour is discussing the Sandie Peggie case. That's very unexpected and welcome. Thank you to whoever was smart enough to understand that this is a key issue for women right now.

The NI conversion bill is a dog's dinner and it's pre-Cass gender ideology nonsense trying to exploit the gay rights movement to further the objectives of people who cheer on gay conversion at gender abattoirs. Watch this space for the release of the GMN analysis.

Gay Men’s Network @MensNetwork1

4 weeks ago

1/ We will shortly be publishing our legal analysis of the Northern Irish Conversion Practices Private Members Bill. This Bill claims to protect gay people but has a sentencing ceiling of 2 years compared to sentences up to life for standard equivalent crimes. This is wrong.

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