Chapman has suddenly discovered a need for listening to both sides of an argument, which has been distinctly absent during many consultations around the women's rights issue that involve trans people. Women's groups were not consulted about the Gender Recognition Act for example, which has had a huge impact on our rights to privacy, dignity and safety. Other consultations, notably in Scotland, have either excluded women's groups or accepted their submissions and then written reports which ignore them.
The reason that trans voices were not heard by the Supreme Court in this case is because no trans lobby group applied to be heard. One suspects this is because they have no arguments apart from asking women to "be kind" and accept blokes in their single sex spaces and sports because otherwise some of those blokes will be sad, or more likely violent, as we see here.
You've got to wonder why Stonewall, who has been pushing the TWAW line for decades wasn't prepared to defend their stance in the Supreme Court as an intervener.
In their statement they say “Stonewall will continue its work with the Government and parliamentarians to achieve equal rights under the law for LGBTQ+ people.” And I have to ask - in what way don't LGBTQ+ people have equal rights?
It saddens me that so many people felt ambivalent about the needs of women and children and were quite happy to remove all safeguards in order to placate these violent, aggressive men! Staggering!
For me the behaviour of these activists and aggressive nature of them, just demonstrates why they should never be allowed in women’s spaces. They are a serious danger to females.
Are these people (the ones not in drag) in the videos really trans activists, or just general purpose activists available to “join your protest on request”? Now that BLM’s embezzlers have been rumbled, and the JSO crowd have given up because Mummy and Daddy don’t want them thrown in the chokey… where’s a keen protester going to protest these days?
Oh yes, of course. The Supreme Court - that symbol of oppression and victimisation of the proletariat - has handed down a judgement that has upset some men in frocks. That’ll do!
The police really have neglected their duty in (not) policing these demonstrations. More proof, if it were needed, of the two-tier state we now live in.
A bit of light relief was provided by the film of Molloy. It brought back the glory days of Monty Python.
Chapman is an idiot. Not only did she fail miserably to do her duty as an MSP to uphold the continued independence of the judiciary (actually s.1(1)(d) not s.1(1)(a) of the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008), she failed to understand the legal process. Of course no trans people were heard by the Supreme Court because the case was a final appeal in a process of interpreting the existing law and defining its terms and scope (what does “sex” mean in the Equality Act) - not a free-for-all debate about trans rights. If the court were considering the death penalty, I suppose she’d expect them to hear evidence from convicted and would-be murderers. Talking of which, I see the Telegraph is reporting the police are now going to investigate the death threats on the placards of the trans rights activists. I wonder which tier of the force will be assigned to these duties.
Yes! Unmasking the violent trans rights lunatics is essential to wake up the general public, but there's also a blind spot among many in the gender critical sphere when it comes to the Antifa-Trans alliance. What better cause for anarchists and revolutionaries hell bent on fomenting chaos and smashing the state? The absurdity of "Palestine/Trans Rights" belies its murderous threat: "freedom fighters" justified to use any means necessary. Andy Ngo is the only journalist I know of (no pun intended!) to cover this threat in depth. Highly recommend his book, Unmasked. Forewarned is forearmed.
Well written, or as they say “it writes itself”. One of the most horrifying things to men imitating women is when the act is over and they have to move on.
Males imitate females in nature to avoid male violence and competition while sneaking into female groups. (Sexual mimicry) the only animal group that doesn’t is amphibians!
Human males, being animals, do it for the same reasons: prisons to rape without men present, bathrooms to mark without men present, sports to leer without men present. It’s called biology. And it’s called non-consensual sexual and emotional gratification. And it’s quite protective, these sexual mimics die of male violence at half the rate of ordinary male population.
Suddenly they are men. The judges have seen the actors playing Phyrne, and declared it a farce instead of classical drama. Now defensively the actors are forced to confront complete absence of any protective suspension of disbelief in the shoddy amateur hour play.
Usually now they move on, the poor player that struts and vamps his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. But what happens when the unmasking is everything everywhere with everyone all at once.
There’s nowhere to go.
No new prisons, no new bathrooms, no new lesbian groups, no new feminist consciousnesses, no new battered women’s shelters, no new boards, no new awards, no new fashion shows, no new cool photography, no new alternative families, no new women’s studies and new women’s work and new feminine pronouns and no new women in the audience. And no new victims.
the down side to our (Scotland's) proportional representation is that our second vote is for a party and the party picks who gets to be an MSP from their list. I would hope that if voters knew that when they voted Green that they would get the lunatic that is Maggie Chapman that they would vote differently. Mind you, if it wasn't her it would be someone like her as all the Greens seem to be more interested in trans than in the environment
I've forwarded this excellent piece to some acquaintances (you can see I'm bracing for The Unfriending) but I know they won't read it. Thought of Lisa Connelly while reading, a woman sentenced to 31 months behind bars for a vile tweet which she removed after a few hours of posting it but no mercy for Lisa! We don't care that your grief about losing your toddler to medical negligence was triggered when you learned about small children who were slaughtered. You lashed out in hatred and then were contrite and apologised but - no mercy for you. On the other hand men calling for the murder of women who dare to affirm biology strut around with impunity, emboldened by their useful idiot supporters.
As ever, I wholeheartedly agree with everything you have written. And the problem is, any organisation that claims to be "LGBTQ+ inclusive" seems to be steered by trans activists these days and, ergo, is very much not inclusive. I've been involved with a couple - both sporting related - and its so frustrating to see them go down a route that effectively excludes many LGB (and probably some T) people.
Chapman makes me cringe - she is an embarrassment to Scotland and to the human race! Almost incredibly, having spread her usual brand of charm and reason in Aberdeen University, she has just been elected Rector of Dundee University! That university, incidentally, is facing an almost existential funding crisis - not that I'm suggesting that has been caused by Chapman!
The media has - finally - noticed the aggression of gender activists. It’s being discussed openly in parliament. Feels like waking up from a dream.
Such an important development!
Absolutely, spot on Andrew. Free speech is the key. ‘Let them speak’ has been the perfect strategy. Now we just need more people to listen.
Chapman has suddenly discovered a need for listening to both sides of an argument, which has been distinctly absent during many consultations around the women's rights issue that involve trans people. Women's groups were not consulted about the Gender Recognition Act for example, which has had a huge impact on our rights to privacy, dignity and safety. Other consultations, notably in Scotland, have either excluded women's groups or accepted their submissions and then written reports which ignore them.
The reason that trans voices were not heard by the Supreme Court in this case is because no trans lobby group applied to be heard. One suspects this is because they have no arguments apart from asking women to "be kind" and accept blokes in their single sex spaces and sports because otherwise some of those blokes will be sad, or more likely violent, as we see here.
Such an important point. And their views were represented by Amnesty in any case.
Amnesty refused to make their submission public. I wonder why? Hmm.
You've probably read Akua Reindorf KC'S piece in The Times the other day, dissecting 'arguments' such as Chapman's with delightfully forensic detail.
(Mumsnet calls Chapman 'Personperson' - gender critical joke).
You've got to wonder why Stonewall, who has been pushing the TWAW line for decades wasn't prepared to defend their stance in the Supreme Court as an intervener.
In their statement they say “Stonewall will continue its work with the Government and parliamentarians to achieve equal rights under the law for LGBTQ+ people.” And I have to ask - in what way don't LGBTQ+ people have equal rights?
Fox killer ...sorry Jolyon Maugham did apply to intervene and was refused permission- probably on grounds of incoherence 😂
He has now said this is the entire reason that FWS won.
Anyway Amnesty and the Scottish Ministers themselves presented the 'trans arguments'.
Dusty
BTW he attempted to intervene on behalf of Stephen Whittle and Victoria McCloud.
He/him/she/her/WTF!!
It saddens me that so many people felt ambivalent about the needs of women and children and were quite happy to remove all safeguards in order to placate these violent, aggressive men! Staggering!
These Men are a threat to Women.
And they wonder why we don't want them in our toilets!
For me the behaviour of these activists and aggressive nature of them, just demonstrates why they should never be allowed in women’s spaces. They are a serious danger to females.
Are these people (the ones not in drag) in the videos really trans activists, or just general purpose activists available to “join your protest on request”? Now that BLM’s embezzlers have been rumbled, and the JSO crowd have given up because Mummy and Daddy don’t want them thrown in the chokey… where’s a keen protester going to protest these days?
Oh yes, of course. The Supreme Court - that symbol of oppression and victimisation of the proletariat - has handed down a judgement that has upset some men in frocks. That’ll do!
This made me laugh so much. Thanks Frank
The police really have neglected their duty in (not) policing these demonstrations. More proof, if it were needed, of the two-tier state we now live in.
A bit of light relief was provided by the film of Molloy. It brought back the glory days of Monty Python.
Chapman is an idiot. Not only did she fail miserably to do her duty as an MSP to uphold the continued independence of the judiciary (actually s.1(1)(d) not s.1(1)(a) of the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008), she failed to understand the legal process. Of course no trans people were heard by the Supreme Court because the case was a final appeal in a process of interpreting the existing law and defining its terms and scope (what does “sex” mean in the Equality Act) - not a free-for-all debate about trans rights. If the court were considering the death penalty, I suppose she’d expect them to hear evidence from convicted and would-be murderers. Talking of which, I see the Telegraph is reporting the police are now going to investigate the death threats on the placards of the trans rights activists. I wonder which tier of the force will be assigned to these duties.
Yes! Unmasking the violent trans rights lunatics is essential to wake up the general public, but there's also a blind spot among many in the gender critical sphere when it comes to the Antifa-Trans alliance. What better cause for anarchists and revolutionaries hell bent on fomenting chaos and smashing the state? The absurdity of "Palestine/Trans Rights" belies its murderous threat: "freedom fighters" justified to use any means necessary. Andy Ngo is the only journalist I know of (no pun intended!) to cover this threat in depth. Highly recommend his book, Unmasked. Forewarned is forearmed.
Well written, or as they say “it writes itself”. One of the most horrifying things to men imitating women is when the act is over and they have to move on.
Males imitate females in nature to avoid male violence and competition while sneaking into female groups. (Sexual mimicry) the only animal group that doesn’t is amphibians!
Human males, being animals, do it for the same reasons: prisons to rape without men present, bathrooms to mark without men present, sports to leer without men present. It’s called biology. And it’s called non-consensual sexual and emotional gratification. And it’s quite protective, these sexual mimics die of male violence at half the rate of ordinary male population.
Suddenly they are men. The judges have seen the actors playing Phyrne, and declared it a farce instead of classical drama. Now defensively the actors are forced to confront complete absence of any protective suspension of disbelief in the shoddy amateur hour play.
Usually now they move on, the poor player that struts and vamps his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. But what happens when the unmasking is everything everywhere with everyone all at once.
There’s nowhere to go.
No new prisons, no new bathrooms, no new lesbian groups, no new feminist consciousnesses, no new battered women’s shelters, no new boards, no new awards, no new fashion shows, no new cool photography, no new alternative families, no new women’s studies and new women’s work and new feminine pronouns and no new women in the audience. And no new victims.
Just men competing with men the age old way.
the down side to our (Scotland's) proportional representation is that our second vote is for a party and the party picks who gets to be an MSP from their list. I would hope that if voters knew that when they voted Green that they would get the lunatic that is Maggie Chapman that they would vote differently. Mind you, if it wasn't her it would be someone like her as all the Greens seem to be more interested in trans than in the environment
I've forwarded this excellent piece to some acquaintances (you can see I'm bracing for The Unfriending) but I know they won't read it. Thought of Lisa Connelly while reading, a woman sentenced to 31 months behind bars for a vile tweet which she removed after a few hours of posting it but no mercy for Lisa! We don't care that your grief about losing your toddler to medical negligence was triggered when you learned about small children who were slaughtered. You lashed out in hatred and then were contrite and apologised but - no mercy for you. On the other hand men calling for the murder of women who dare to affirm biology strut around with impunity, emboldened by their useful idiot supporters.
I hope you're right.
As ever, I wholeheartedly agree with everything you have written. And the problem is, any organisation that claims to be "LGBTQ+ inclusive" seems to be steered by trans activists these days and, ergo, is very much not inclusive. I've been involved with a couple - both sporting related - and its so frustrating to see them go down a route that effectively excludes many LGB (and probably some T) people.
https://open.substack.com/pub/iansowman/p/the-transparent-priorities-of-lgbtq?r=13exhf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=post%20viewer
Chapman makes me cringe - she is an embarrassment to Scotland and to the human race! Almost incredibly, having spread her usual brand of charm and reason in Aberdeen University, she has just been elected Rector of Dundee University! That university, incidentally, is facing an almost existential funding crisis - not that I'm suggesting that has been caused by Chapman!