Be more inclusive of more men more loudly
Another event stamped CANCELED.
Unfortunately we have had to cancel today’s Story Café and Songwriting Workshop due to be held @edcentrallib as part of @AWfest.
We hope to rearrange the Story Café event in Edinburgh on a future date. Email info@womenslibrary.org.uk to register your interest.
— Glasgow Women’s Library (@womenslibrary) February 22, 2019
Had to why? Somebody has the flu? The pipes burst? All the roads and railways closed?
No.
We are committed to an inclusive
approach in working with women and do so under the terms of our own
policies. We feel that the Audacious Women’s Festival’s policy does not align with our own and so we have chosen not to run the events today.— Glasgow Women’s Library (@womenslibrary) February 22, 2019
By “an inclusive approach in working with women” they of course mean inclusive of men who say they are women, which isn’t really an inclusive approach in working with women. It isn’t inclusive of women who think women shouldn’t be forced to “include” men who call themselves women in women-only events; it isn’t inclusive of women who would like to attend a genuinely women-only event for once. It’s “inclusive” along the axis of including men, but exclusive along the axis of being women-only.
It is terrible that the women's library is cancelling events for women because of protests from biological men who want to redefine "woman" to include them. . Transwomen have exclusive events and welcome but women need to be able to call women only events that do not include men.
— maggie mellon (@maggiemellon) February 22, 2019
Every day i am seeing things like this. Why is no one prepared to back women anymore. It seems like women is a dirty word these days. Get that attitude to fuck. Are we not allowed a voice anymore? Certainly seems like it.
— Kirsty Findlay (@kirsty151283) February 22, 2019
https://twitter.com/ToFightback/status/1098923408635629568
Ironically it appears that the Audacious Women Festival doesn’t even have a policy of “exclusion” – the complaint seems to be that they didn’t word their “inclusive” policy quite absolutely enough.
In response to inaccurate claims we are transphobic, AWF provides safe single sex workshops for women, including trans women. It is not, and never has been, our policy to ask for a GRC.
— Audacious Women Fest (@AWfest) February 22, 2019
Inch resting. Seems like you sort of did imply that trans women without a GRC weren't welcome. pic.twitter.com/9ukqu5ewse
— Red (@thedreadvampy) February 22, 2019
Oh dear, not good enough – not good enough AT ALL. A man is a woman if he says she is, it’s that simple and who are you to demand that trans women be for all practical purposes indistinguishable from other women? Trans women are better than women, because they bring with them all the awesome of being male along with the magical power of saying “I am a woman.” The more manly they look the more required you are to be INCLUSIVE of them in women-only groups. Understood?
Good thing that whole creeping fascism thing got taken care of, otherwise the leftwing constantly eating itself would be a tad concerning.
I await the day when trans men and non-binary “folks” who are obviously female challenge men’s clubs/events. I know about the action at the pools in England–Hampstead, was it?
More of that, please.
Gender
Recognition
Certificate
A ‘thing’ under the Gender Recognition Act 2004. UK only. Doesn’t seem to require any medical or hormonal threshold. But at least it means more than just reporting a ‘feeling.’
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