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Thoroughly well deserved
For Women Scotland wins Public Campaign or Campaigner of the Year at The Herald Scottish Politician of the Year Awards 2025, in association with ScottishPower
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November 21, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Thoroughly well deserved
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BREAKING: Olympics to BAN transgender athletes from all female events after review
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Olympics to ban transgender athletes from all female events after review
An in-depth review into transgender women taking part in female events at the Olympic Games has taken place ahead of the next edition being held in Los Angeles in 2028
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November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
BREAKING: Olympics to BAN transgender athletes from all female events after review
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What is the mission of Medusa Rising? To build a new world centered on women through more powerful feminist coalitions.
Mission
We welcome young rad fems into a deep sisterhood where we reclaim and reimagine women's social and spiritual history.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What is the mission of Medusa Rising? To build a new world centered on women through more powerful feminist coalitions.
Biologists who say this are not doing biology at the time.
of male or female. This being the case, modern biologists think there is a very strong case for increasing the categorisation of sex from a binary to a spectrum. Do you think 'light red' for example, is different from red and can stand alone as a colour type, in a similar way that say a type like
October 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Biologists who say this are not doing biology at the time.
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Ahead of the presentation of my report on surrogacy and #vawg next week, i thank you for the support for my report’s findings and recommendations. 🙏
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Joint statement in support of UN report recommending the abolition of surrogacy - Declaration of Casablanca for the universal abolition of surrogacy - Home / Accueil
[French and Spanish translations below] Joint statement in support of UN report recommending the abolition of surrogacy (download HERE) New York, 3 October 2025 The undersigned organizations, represen...
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October 4, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Ahead of the presentation of my report on surrogacy and #vawg next week, i thank you for the support for my report’s findings and recommendations. 🙏
declaration-surrogacy-casablanca.org/joint-statem...
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Maria Kelly also said the suggestion she would leak the name of trans colleagues as part of a crowdfunder for her legal action was "shocking" and something she would never do.
Edinburgh woman changed the 'pattern' of toilets she would use after encounter
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October 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Maria Kelly also said the suggestion she would leak the name of trans colleagues as part of a crowdfunder for her legal action was "shocking" and something she would never do.
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Engineer Maria Kelly has taken her employer, the aerospace and defence giant Leonardo UK, to an employment tribunal in Edinburgh
Woman says she didn't want to be 'witnessed by male colleagues' in work toilets
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October 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Engineer Maria Kelly has taken her employer, the aerospace and defence giant Leonardo UK, to an employment tribunal in Edinburgh
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Andrew Letton, Leonardo UK's vice-president of people shared services, said he was not aware of the incident but that it, if it occurred, it would have been "distressing" for Maria Kelly.
Edinburgh woman's 'dignity would have been violated' by work encounter
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October 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Andrew Letton, Leonardo UK's vice-president of people shared services, said he was not aware of the incident but that it, if it occurred, it would have been "distressing" for Maria Kelly.
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“Disproportionately, these regulations ... have impacted athletes from the Global South. "
Correct.
Athletes with male DSDs from the Global South.
So the athletes who benefit most from the DSD regulations are female athletes from the Global South.
Good.
Correct.
Athletes with male DSDs from the Global South.
So the athletes who benefit most from the DSD regulations are female athletes from the Global South.
Good.
Track and field body WA announced earlier this year that anyone wanting to compete in the “female category” of its elite events would be required to take a “once-in-a-lifetime test” in the form of a cheek swab or blood test that will screen athletes’ genetic samples. https://cnn.it/4mnfFqs
September 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
“Disproportionately, these regulations ... have impacted athletes from the Global South. "
Correct.
Athletes with male DSDs from the Global South.
So the athletes who benefit most from the DSD regulations are female athletes from the Global South.
Good.
Correct.
Athletes with male DSDs from the Global South.
So the athletes who benefit most from the DSD regulations are female athletes from the Global South.
Good.
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Love the writing of @glosswitch.bsky.social. Can't wait to hear her with Susanna Rustin and Rachel Hewitt at #FiLiA2025
'If protecting girls matters, it has to be wrestled from the hands of those who might be willing to say the words but only for their own ends'.
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'If protecting girls matters, it has to be wrestled from the hands of those who might be willing to say the words but only for their own ends'.
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Reclaiming “protect girls” | Victoria Smith | The Critic Magazine
Earlier this year, I took part in a radio discussion about feminism, kindness and women’s work. I’d thought it was going quite well, then towards the end it took a slightly odd turn.
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September 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Love the writing of @glosswitch.bsky.social. Can't wait to hear her with Susanna Rustin and Rachel Hewitt at #FiLiA2025
'If protecting girls matters, it has to be wrestled from the hands of those who might be willing to say the words but only for their own ends'.
thecritic.co.uk/reclaiming-p...
'If protecting girls matters, it has to be wrestled from the hands of those who might be willing to say the words but only for their own ends'.
thecritic.co.uk/reclaiming-p...
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Do you only care about males with DSDs who are not white? Or do you ever spare a thought for females without DSDs who are not white and never make it to the world stage because athletes with male DSDs have taken their places/careers/medals?
September 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Do you only care about males with DSDs who are not white? Or do you ever spare a thought for females without DSDs who are not white and never make it to the world stage because athletes with male DSDs have taken their places/careers/medals?
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📢 We're hiring!
We're looking for a (female only) Children & Young Person’s Advocate to join our team and support children at risk of domestic abuse, including sexual violence and stalking within a domestic abuse context within the Thames Valley area.
Apply by 27 September 👉 buff.ly/Za6DAYw
We're looking for a (female only) Children & Young Person’s Advocate to join our team and support children at risk of domestic abuse, including sexual violence and stalking within a domestic abuse context within the Thames Valley area.
Apply by 27 September 👉 buff.ly/Za6DAYw
September 2, 2025 at 7:12 AM
📢 We're hiring!
We're looking for a (female only) Children & Young Person’s Advocate to join our team and support children at risk of domestic abuse, including sexual violence and stalking within a domestic abuse context within the Thames Valley area.
Apply by 27 September 👉 buff.ly/Za6DAYw
We're looking for a (female only) Children & Young Person’s Advocate to join our team and support children at risk of domestic abuse, including sexual violence and stalking within a domestic abuse context within the Thames Valley area.
Apply by 27 September 👉 buff.ly/Za6DAYw
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To summarise:
If "trans women are women," any man can get access to the women's showers (no transition needed), any man can replace women athletes with men, and any rapist can get free access to more women, after being caught.
If you tell me you don't see the problem here, you're lying.
TWAM. /
If "trans women are women," any man can get access to the women's showers (no transition needed), any man can replace women athletes with men, and any rapist can get free access to more women, after being caught.
If you tell me you don't see the problem here, you're lying.
TWAM. /
September 2, 2025 at 5:54 AM
To summarise:
If "trans women are women," any man can get access to the women's showers (no transition needed), any man can replace women athletes with men, and any rapist can get free access to more women, after being caught.
If you tell me you don't see the problem here, you're lying.
TWAM. /
If "trans women are women," any man can get access to the women's showers (no transition needed), any man can replace women athletes with men, and any rapist can get free access to more women, after being caught.
If you tell me you don't see the problem here, you're lying.
TWAM. /
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People here on BlueSky are still telling me: "Trans women are women."
Of course, this is objectively nonsense since the requirement for being a trans woman is that you have to be male.
But here are some trans women that further prove the problem with that statement. 🧵/
Of course, this is objectively nonsense since the requirement for being a trans woman is that you have to be male.
But here are some trans women that further prove the problem with that statement. 🧵/
September 2, 2025 at 5:54 AM
People here on BlueSky are still telling me: "Trans women are women."
Of course, this is objectively nonsense since the requirement for being a trans woman is that you have to be male.
But here are some trans women that further prove the problem with that statement. 🧵/
Of course, this is objectively nonsense since the requirement for being a trans woman is that you have to be male.
But here are some trans women that further prove the problem with that statement. 🧵/
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'Imane Khelif has appealed to the court of arbitration for sport over World Boxing’s decision to bar the 26-year-old from its events without a preliminary genetic sex test.'
No.
Female boxers & women everywhere are completely over 'passport sex'.
Female sport is for females only.
No.
Female boxers & women everywhere are completely over 'passport sex'.
Female sport is for females only.
September 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
'Imane Khelif has appealed to the court of arbitration for sport over World Boxing’s decision to bar the 26-year-old from its events without a preliminary genetic sex test.'
No.
Female boxers & women everywhere are completely over 'passport sex'.
Female sport is for females only.
No.
Female boxers & women everywhere are completely over 'passport sex'.
Female sport is for females only.
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The trans medic was born Theodore Upton but this information will be removed from written submissions by Sandie Peggie and her chosen witnesses and experts.
Dr Beth Upton's birth name to be redacted in official Sandie Peggie documents
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September 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The trans medic was born Theodore Upton but this information will be removed from written submissions by Sandie Peggie and her chosen witnesses and experts.
Joey is a "community safety organiser".
Joey is selective about who he recognises as deserving of safety.
Joey is selective about who he recognises as deserving of safety.
More writers have to drop out of these contests to drive him over the edge then
August 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Joey is a "community safety organiser".
Joey is selective about who he recognises as deserving of safety.
Joey is selective about who he recognises as deserving of safety.
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Do you have any analysis of relations of power, value & hierarchy between different groups of people or are you just a liberal individualist?
Those of us on the left have an analysis of income & wealth inequality (socioeconomic class) just as we have an analysis of sex inequality (patriarchy).
Those of us on the left have an analysis of income & wealth inequality (socioeconomic class) just as we have an analysis of sex inequality (patriarchy).
August 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Do you have any analysis of relations of power, value & hierarchy between different groups of people or are you just a liberal individualist?
Those of us on the left have an analysis of income & wealth inequality (socioeconomic class) just as we have an analysis of sex inequality (patriarchy).
Those of us on the left have an analysis of income & wealth inequality (socioeconomic class) just as we have an analysis of sex inequality (patriarchy).
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Men demanding the right to ogle women and girls undressing, never was, and never will be, a matter of "human dignity".
Saying "no" to these demands, however, is.
Saying "no" to these demands, however, is.
August 9, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Men demanding the right to ogle women and girls undressing, never was, and never will be, a matter of "human dignity".
Saying "no" to these demands, however, is.
Saying "no" to these demands, however, is.
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Men are responsible for 99% of sexual offences against women and girls. It's common sense to keep all men out of women's spaces. That's all we ask.
Since you opened the door: prison stats show that trans identifying men are, in fact, more predatory than the average men in prison.
Since you opened the door: prison stats show that trans identifying men are, in fact, more predatory than the average men in prison.
August 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Men are responsible for 99% of sexual offences against women and girls. It's common sense to keep all men out of women's spaces. That's all we ask.
Since you opened the door: prison stats show that trans identifying men are, in fact, more predatory than the average men in prison.
Since you opened the door: prison stats show that trans identifying men are, in fact, more predatory than the average men in prison.
Like "Shut the **** up, TERF" or "The only good TERF is a d*** TERF"?
Is that kind of aggressive dehumanisation you mean?
Is that kind of aggressive dehumanisation you mean?
August 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Like "Shut the **** up, TERF" or "The only good TERF is a d*** TERF"?
Is that kind of aggressive dehumanisation you mean?
Is that kind of aggressive dehumanisation you mean?
Very pleased and proud to share a birthday with Harry Potter and his creator JK Rowling
a little girl is standing in front of a table and saying `` happy birthday to me ! ''
ALT: a little girl is standing in front of a table and saying `` happy birthday to me ! ''
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July 31, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Very pleased and proud to share a birthday with Harry Potter and his creator JK Rowling