Jolyon Maugham pretends trans ideology is like Freedom Summer. And what? India Willoughby is another James Chaney?

Originally a comment by Bjarte Foshaug on Return of pearls and handbags.

I’m a man myself, and if I were a woman, I wouldn’t feel safe around men either. If the election of the pussygrabber, the rise of the manosphere, the sheer magnitude of the inherently misogynistic porn industry etc. should have taught us any lessons, it’s that male predatory attitudes, as well as general hate and contempt towards women, are not ”fringe”.

One of the mixed “blessings” of growing up male is that – unless you’re going to spend your life in a sealed box – you can hardly avoid being exposed to vast amounts of misogynistic “locker-room” talk from other “boy-men” who seem to take for granted … Read the rest

Aaaaand the retrofitting begins.

I’ve always called for the protection of single sex spaces on the basis of biological sex.

This judgment gives clarity to women and service users about the protections in the Equality Act.

The SNP Government must provide clear guidance for Scottish public services so they can…

— Anas Sarwar (@AnasSarwar) April 16, 2025

Just one bit of added context…

Goodness me, Anas. Come on! Admit you got it wrong and resolve to sort yourselves out. And that means standing up to the TRAs in your party that make you look like idiots. We all remember this: https://t.co/fkEUGqmxly

— Kate (@campervanwoman) April 16, 2025

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CNN nervously reports:

The United Kingdom’s highest court ruled that the legal definition of “woman” excludes trans women, in a case with sweeping consequences for how equality laws are applied.

Britain’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the definition of a woman in equality legislation refers to “a biological woman and biological sex,” sparking celebrations outside court among gender-critical campaigners but warnings it was a “worrying” development for transgender people.

The case centered on whether trans women with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) – which offers legal recognition of someone’s female sex – are protected from discrimination as a woman under the nation’s Equality Act 2010.

It still, after all this time, seems absurd that we have to argue … Read the rest

Helen Webberley is astounding.

And if that’s not enough –

This Dad is sending a clear message to his nine year old daughter that men are to be feared. No they are not, stop giving young girls this message. https://t.co/Zna2yyJHJC

— Dr Helen Webberley she/her (@HelenWebberley) April 16, 2025

Sure because 100% of men are 100% safe around very young girls. Obviously. … Read the rest

Official.

Judgment has been given this morning in the matter of For Women Scotland Ltd (Appellant) v The Scottish Ministers (Respondent) UKSC 2024/0042: https://t.co/QGmrliNOsG pic.twitter.com/f2qlAD2JMV

— UK Supreme Court (@UKSupremeCourt) April 16, 2025

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Colin Montgomerie is confused.

It took a while, but big Monty didn't disappoint. pic.twitter.com/j9MSQmfYGE

— Wings Over Scotland (@WingsScotland) April 16, 2025

No they didn’t. They had a hearing about the definition of “woman”. Trans people still have rights, freedom, futures – because those things don’t depend on being defined as women. Men continue to have rights, freedom, futures, because their rights and freedom and futures don’t require other people to pretend they are women. As a matter of fact, if Montgomerie looks into it, he’ll find that men have more rights and freedoms than women do.

Same with “equality”. Being labeled or recognized or endorsed as something you’re not has nothing to do with equality.

Also there’s his dimwitted … Read the rest

I am crying. So proud of you Scottish women. Right to the heart this went. I heard the singing in the background and then … BAM… the voices! So proud.

(Not my video – it’s flying round) #ForWomenScotland pic.twitter.com/S6wU38XHiB

— Jean Hatchet (@JeanHatchet) April 16, 2025

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Thoughts and prayers, Joly.

Oh my – I’m seeing headlines.

NYT: UK Supreme Court Says Legal Definition of Women Does Not Include Trans Women

BBC: Supreme Court backs ‘biological definition’ of woman

The Independent: Trans women are not legally women under the Equality Act, Supreme Court rules

CNN: UK Supreme Court says legal definition of ‘woman’ excludes trans women, in landmark ruling

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Mother Jones is way into trans ideology.

Three months into President Donald Trump’s second administration, anti-trans hatred has become inescapable for families like Kai’s, even in more liberal states like Connecticut. Parents—many of whom have spent years learning, advocating, and finding ways for their trans or nonbinary child to thrive—say their lives have been upended by a series of executive orders and actions targeting their children’s health care and support at school.

The actions from just the first week of April, gives an idea of the flurry of attacks. On April 4th, the pro-wrestling-executive turned-Education Secretary Linda McMahon launched a Special Investigations Team focused on keeping transgender girls out of girls’ school bathrooms and off of girls’

“Lily” Contino – the guy who makes videos of himself in restaurants picking fights with wait staff who fail to tell him what a pretty girl he is – thinks the fact that a large croissant is a croissant=a man is a woman. Yes really: that’s his argument.

Also, he pronounces it wrong. Completely utterly wrong. Just call it a pastry if you can’t manage the French “croiss” sound or even the French “ant” sound.

My… my GOD…

I FINALLY understand!

It’s so clear, it HURTS how I could’ve been so blind…

This is THE MOST PERFECT ANALOGY EVER…

Try it at home, ladies. Sit next to a chunk of pastry & you’ll SEE just how this
makes complete

Or to put it another way –

I think of this transvestite as Prince Philip's bastard son. pic.twitter.com/vClJJiRUiN

— RexLandyAgain (@YetAnotherTERF) April 14, 2025

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Amnesty intensifies its campaign against women.

AMNESTY International has warned against “dangerous misinformation” ahead of a Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman. 

The court is due to issue its judgement next week on how a woman should be defined in law. It is part of a court challenge brought by For Women Scotland (FWS) against the Scottish Government. 

FWS say sex-based protections should not apply to transgender people with a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC), while the Scottish Government argues they should be included.

As always, the reporting carefully hides the fact that the issue is men with a GRC, not “people” with a GRC. As always, the reporting goes to absurd lengths to muddy the waters, … Read the rest

Originally a comment by Holms on Speaking of “dangerous misinformation”.

…an eye-watering amount of time is spent by commentators berating trans people – who make up just 1% of the population.

Here’s another of the routine mistakes, or lies by framing. The reason there is so much attention on trans people is not because we recently became afflicted with hatred or fear of them, it is because trans people, or more importantly their political cause, gained a large amount of political traction in the last ten years or so. Consider the political state things in the 90’s – barely any attention was spent on the cause of trans people because it had no real visibility. The thing that changed … Read the rest

Obama went to Harvard. Trump did not.

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions – rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking concrete steps to make sure all students at Harvard can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and… https://t.co/gAu9UUqgjF

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) April 15, 2025

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Game on.

Harvard University is 140 years older than the United States, has an endowment greater than the G.D.P. of nearly 100 countries and has educated eight American presidents. So if an institution was going to stand up to the Trump administration’s war on academia, Harvard would be at the top of the list.

Harvard did that forcefully on Monday in a way that injected energy into other universities across the country fearful of the president’s wrath, rejecting the Trump administration’s demands on hiring, admissions and curriculum. Some commentators went so far as to say that Harvard’s decision would empower law firms, the courts, the media and other targets of the White House to push back as well.

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Check out the hands on “Charlotte” Clymer. It’s hilarious that he keeps waving them around when he should be hiding them.

Insane man claims science says he is a woman. https://t.co/FerZ14ZzzL

— Billy Bragg (@Serena_Partrick) April 14, 2025

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I have seldom been so surprised in my life. How is this POSsible?

Absolutely amazed this got made. The vibe shift is real https://t.co/P8IWUHS0UJ

— Helen Joyce (@HJoyceGender) April 14, 2025

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Amnesty throws women overboard again.

It’s quite something to be arguing for the rights of lesbians to define ourselves and to be permitted to meet lawfully without men – and to find that position opposed at the UK Supreme Court by @amnesty.

I remember when Amnesty was a good human rights organization.

— Bev Jackson (@BevJacksonAuth) April 14, 2025

Amnesty says women don’t get to decide.

AMNESTY International has warned against “dangerous misinformation” ahead of a Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman. 

The court is due to issue its judgement next week on how a woman should be defined in law. It is part of a court challenge brought by For Women Scotland (FWS) against