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Before it becomes unlawful to say such thingsNot reassuring.
I'm sharing this article from October in full. I am doing so in advance of the introduction of the illiberal Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2022 before it become unlawful to say such things. I would also add that the concerns set out below will likely apply to faith…
— Neale Hanvey MP ❤️🏴✊ (@JNHanvey) March 18, 2024
What he says:
… Read the restNeale Hanvey: The Hate Crime Act should deeply worry all women and LGB people
2nd October 2023
I MAKE no apology for what I am about to write because it may be the last time I am able to do so. In a few short months, the Scottish Government’s Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland)
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By Ophelia Benson, March 18, 2024
Not reassuring.
I'm sharing this article from October in full. I am doing so in advance of the introduction of the illiberal Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2022 before it become unlawful to say such things. I would also add that the concerns set out below will likely apply to faith…
— Neale Hanvey MP ❤️🏴✊ (@JNHanvey) March 18, 2024
What he says:
… Read the restNeale Hanvey: The Hate Crime Act should deeply worry all women and LGB people
2nd October 2023
I MAKE no apology for what I am about to write because it may be the last time I am able to do so. In a few short months, the Scottish Government’s Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland)
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Before it becomes unlawful to say such things Not reassuring.
I'm sharing this article from October in full. I am doing so in advance of the introduction of the illiberal Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2022 before it become unlawful to say such things. I would also add that the concerns set out below will likely apply to faith…
— Neale Hanvey MP ❤️🏴✊ (@JNHanvey) March 18, 2024
What he says:
… Read the restNeale Hanvey: The Hate Crime Act should deeply worry all women and LGB people
2nd October 2023
I MAKE no apology for what I am about to write because it may be the last time I am able to do so. In a few short months, the Scottish Government’s Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland)
When fraudulently inflating goes wrong
The Times on Trump’s perilous situation:
The judge in the civil fraud case, Arthur F. Engoron, levied the $454 million penalty and other punishments after concluding that Mr. Trump had fraudulently inflated his net worth to obtain favorable loans and other benefits. The case, brought by the New York attorney general, Letitia James, has posed a grave financial threat to Mr. Trump.
It would be interesting to know how the $454 million penalty compares to the money he pocketed via inflating his net worth to obtain favorable loans.
… Read the restThe company providing the bond would essentially promise to cover Mr. Trump’s judgment if he lost an appeal and failed to pay. In exchange, he would pledge cash and other
At last
HAhahahahaha Trump can’t find anyone who will oblige him in the matter of the bond.
… Read the restDonald Trump‘s effort to secure a bond to cover a $454 million judgment in a New York civil fraud case has been rejected by 30 surety companies, his lawyers said on Monday, inching him closer to the possibility of having his properties seized.
The former president must either pay the sum out of his own pocket or post a bond to stave off the state’s seizure while he appeals Justice Arthur Engoron’s Feb. 16 judgment against him for misstating property values to dupe lenders and insurers.
Trump, two of his adult children and other Trump Organization executives had so far approached the 30 companies
The real Jonathan
Willoughby demonstrating what a stalwart feminist woman he is.
Both misogynist and ageist and therefore not a hate crime. Oh well… I guess this is why the new legislation is designed this way. pic.twitter.com/I5GR8i1aZR
— Jane, Empress of the Known Universe (not GP)🏳️🌈 (@blablafishcakes) March 18, 2024
You may not report the perv in the locker room
Planet Fitness has stood by its decision to ban a member who took a picture of a trans woman using a gym’s female locker room and confronted
them[him] abouttheir[his] presence there.
You can see why they would have a ban on taking pictures in the locker rooms, but when the reason for doing so is documenting a man in the women’s locker room it’s another matter.
It comes after a complaint raised by US woman Patricia Silva, who allegedly saw a trans woman shaving in the locker room of her Alaska gym and took a picture of the individual in question.
Allegedly saw a trans woman but definitely took a picture. We see … Read the rest
Are the women all erased yet?
“Scientific” American goes out of its way to pretend women don’t exist.
A study of more than 100 birthing parents showed that pregnancy and birth cause changes in brain circuits that may be involved in empathy and bonding with the child https://t.co/4mlQeCR5mm
— Scientific American (@sciam) March 16, 2024
Stirring up
You’d better be getting all your hating done now if you live in Scotland. Scottish Legal News:
The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act will be activated – on April 1.
The law creates new stirring up of hatred offences for protected characteristics including age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, and transgender identity.
But not, of course, sex. It’s fine to stir up hatred of women – by calling us “terfs” for instance – but don’t you dare say that man in the dress and catch-me fuck-me shoes is a man.
… Read the restVictims minister Siobhian Brown said: “For those impacted by hatred and prejudice, the results can be traumatic and life changing. While we respect everyone’s right to freedom of
Remember, men are lesbians too
That disgusting rapey UN Women poster is from last October, but I think I missed it then. (I did a quick search of posts, and was surprised to see how many hits “trans lesbians” got.) Let’s give it the hostile attention it deserves.
Remember, trans lesbians are lesbians too.
Let's uplift and honour EVERY expression of love and identity!
Happy International #LesbianDay! @free_equal pic.twitter.com/h0jTxhDoSI
— UN Women (@UN_Women) October 8, 2023
Remember, says the UN, men are lesbians too.
Remember, laydeez, you are required to fuck men no matter what. You don’t get to opt out by saying you’re a lesbian because haha men can just say they are lesbians too and then you have to welcome their … Read the rest
Two timid conformist men congratulate each other
I listened to this chat between Jon Ronson and Adam Buxton yesterday out of mild curiosity, but then my hair stood on end when they got to this bit:
Adam Buxton and Jon Ronson on Graham Linehan
'I was kind of obsessed with our mutual friend who let it take over his life to the extent that he lost all of his work and his family' pic.twitter.com/p7dPpH6B9M
— On a clear day (@ICanSeeForever1) March 14, 2024
“You absolute shits,” thought I. “You smug, indifferent to women, callous shits.”
… Read the restJon Ronson says he's driven by curiosity. Here's @glinner's account in Tough Crowd: 'Men invading lesbian dating apps was the clearest evidence of homophobia and rape culture that I could present.
No more boring white bread
But remember, kids, being trans is nothing at all to do with wanting to be special or interesting or unusual or original, no no no no no no, not at all, whatever gave you that idea…
If being trans makes me a freak, so be it! I’d rather be a freak than boring white bread. https://t.co/xAfv0MYvs5 pic.twitter.com/CwwamAqsXX
— The Pissed Off Lawyer (@legaltweetz) March 16, 2024
Guest post: Enticed to sign up for the Rainbow Glitter Army
Originally a comment by Your Name’s not Bruce? on We should have more boring egomaniacs.
I had a closer look at the basket o’ buttons on the “Trans Day of Visibility” display at our library; they said “Protect Trans Kids.”
GRRRRRR. I’ve expressed my extreme dislike for the concept/diagnosis of “Trans Kids” here on B&W on a number of occasions. If I weren’t afraid of being reported and or banned from the library, I’d love to put up my own little sign infront of the basket saying “Protect Children from Trans Ideology,” but I’m too much of a coward to do so. I’m just not up to going against the grain in this instance.
Outside on the steps and … Read the rest
Gonnabea
That man is threatening us again.
Trump: Now, If I don't get elected, it's gonna be a bloodbath. It's going to be a bloodbath for the country. pic.twitter.com/qDEPTtl4Bu
— Acyn (@Acyn) March 16, 2024
Guest post: The notorious “masc-for-masc” problem
Originally a comment by Artymorty on The reality.
I think this is why so many men kill themselves after the operation. They’re told that by changing their genitals, they will “truly” change sex, but that’s not how the dating world works. For the vast majority of humans, their partner’s sex is his or her most vital characteristic, for obvious evolutionary reasons. Some gay men might date a feminine-presenting man, but none would date a masculine-presenting woman. For most humans, when it comes to sexdrive, sex trumps gender.
The gay men who tend to date feminine-presenting men are more likely to be fairly feminine-presenting themselves, however. The more stereotypically masculine gay men generally go for other stereotypically masculine gay men. … Read the rest
The reality
So, speaking of the likely gap between the rah-rah rhetoric around trans idenniny and the realities of trans daily life, and the likelihood that that gap is why the rhetoric and bullying are so intense – here’s one snapshot of that reality of trans daily life.
This is extremely sad… I will never get how a doctor can do this to someone. pic.twitter.com/H48C2da8ch
— L G B (@L__G__B) March 16, 2024
The whole dirge:
Where are all the trans allies? Why aren’t they rushing to date and fall in love with and marry and have children with their trans beloved?
We know why, and they know why, and that could be the very reason they get so busy raging at … Read the rest
Ferret jokes
Updating to add: yesterday Labour MPs blocked voting on a women’s rights bill by talking about ferrets, and giggled about it on social media afterwards. Haha. End of update.
They think it’s funny. They wink at us.
How hysterically funny! Tell you want, fancy another good giggle? You can mock all these people who had their health, sexual function, fertility stolen from them.https://t.co/l1G4e2kul7
— For Women Scotland (@ForWomenScot) March 16, 2024
Too much wiggle room
Has the wave crested? Are the cool kids rolling their eyes?
… Read the restIn December, the Government finally published its Gender Questioning Children guidance. Education Secretary Gillian Keegan claimed this guidance “puts the best interests of all children first, removing any confusion about the protections that must be in place for biological sex and single-sex spaces”.
The parents of kids who, out of the blue, had announced they were “trans” thought this response was wholly inadequate. The new guidance still gave schools wiggle room to allow a child to socially transition (changing his/her birth name, demanding pronouns different to his/her biological sex). And social transitioning is not a harmless act, as Dr Hilary Cass pointed out in her interim 2022 Review into
We should have more boring egomaniacs
At this rate in a year or two most people will be LGBTQ+.
Elliot Page has taken aim at the notion that queer films only have a small audience.
What are “queer films”? Of course NBC News doesn’t say.
Speaking at the BFI Flare, London’s LGBTQ film festival, the actor said that “30% of young people identify as LGBTQ,” referring to a survey released earlier this year about Gen Z adults in the U.S. “So I’m sorry, but this is not niche.”
Oh I see, that kind of “queer.” The kind that just means “more interesting than you.” 99% of that 30% are that kind of queer, as opposed to lesbian or gay or bisexual. LGBTQ is just a shortcut … Read the rest
If only there were mobilisation like this for Uyghurs
A remark by Harry’s Place snagged my attention.
"Maccy Maccy shame shame"
"McDonalds gives the IOF Happy meals every time they kill children"
If only there was mobilisation like this for the million held in Chinese concentration camps… pic.twitter.com/c8pqVPH8HC
— Harry's Place (@hurryupharry) March 15, 2024
The million held?? I hadn’t realized it was that many. So let’s hear from Human Rights Watch [despite their credulity about trans ideology].
Break their lineage, break their roots
… Read the restThe Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, located in China’s northwest, is the only region in China with a majority Muslim population. The Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other communities in the region are ethnically Turkic. Unlike the majority Han Chinese, who are primarily Chinese speakers, the Turkic
Even the slightest measures
Parents who give their children guns may find themselves in hot water if those children use the guns to shoot their classmates.
The father of a Michigan school shooter who killed four students has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter. The trial heard James Crumbley, 47, ignored his 15-year-old son Ethan’s mental health needs, buying him the gun he used in the November 2021 attack. He and his wife – who was convicted on the same charges – now both face a maximum of 15 years in prison.
Here’s a thought – don’t give guns to children.
… Read the restEarlier this week in her closing arguments to the jury of six men and six women, prosecutor Karen McDonald called the attack “preventable and
A chance to discuss
Sex Matters informed us about the bill a few days ago.
… Read the restThis Friday a private member’s bill in the House of Commons presents MPs with a chance to discuss changing the law to clarify the meaning of “sex” in the Equality Act, stop the social transitioning of children in schools, and ban healthcare providers from prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to anyone under 18 years old.
Most laws that are enacted start as bills that are put to the Houses of Parliament by the government. But backbench MPs can also introduce legislation through private members’ bills (PMBs) such as this one.
While it’s not as common for a private member’s bill to make it through all the stages in