Trans rights: a perspective

[Nearly Sane]

Morning Star on the failures of trade unions in the Sandie Peggie case


https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/wake-call-trade-union-movement

[Nearly Sane]

Susan Dalgety on Sturgeon not standing at the next Holyrood election

https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/comment/petulant-nicola-sturgeon-still-refuses-348495199

[Nearly Sane]

Tom Harris on those who have spoken up and those who haven't in the Labour Party,the Trade Union movement, and the left in general.

https://archive.vn/qoDV3

[Nearly Sane]

More idiocy from the Green Party attacking women's same sex spaces for their gender ideology


https://forwomen.scot/21/03/2025/city-of-edinburgh-council-meeting/

[Aruntraveller]

Is the Guardian group beginning to see sense on this issue?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/23/the-observer-view-on-gender-failure-to-accurately-record-biological-sex-harms-us-all

[Nearly Sane]

Sussex University fined because of the impact of its trans policies on free speech.


https://archive.vn/FXxu8

[Nearly Sane]

Mandy Rhodes in the impact of Sturgeon's policies on women's rights on her legacy


https://www.holyrood.com/editors-column/view,when-nicola-sturgeon-looks-back-on-her-career-it-is-she-who-should-feel-shame

[SqueakyVoice]

In her belief that men can be women and me knowing they cannot. It is that fundamental breach of reality which has gouged a jagged wound in Scottish politics...

And that's supposed a to be perspective?

[Nearly Sane]

And that's supposed a to be perspective?

Why do you think it's not or that she's wrong?

[Christine]

Jean from Aberdeen is a star.

Spot the Fascist with Mr Menno

https://x.com/MrMennoTweets/status/1907697460287308134

[Nearly Sane]

"Women’s final between two biological men shatters defence for transgender athletes"


https://archive.vn/9yAuk

[SqueakyVoice]

Blah, blah blah, says the ToryGraph.

A rag that denies Climate Change and  supported Liz Truss.

They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports, and omit information that may damage conservative causes.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/daily-telegraph.

[Nearly Sane]

Blah, blah blah, says the ToryGraph.

A rag that denies Climate Change and  supported Liz Truss.https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/daily-telegraph.

So no actual arguments, and you're happy to let women's sports be ruined.

[Aruntraveller]

Blah, blah blah, says the ToryGraph.

A rag that denies Climate Change and  supported Liz Truss.https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/daily-telegraph.

All that you say is true, however the old saying of a stopped clock can be applied here.

It is difficult for me to find myself agreeing with the Telegraph on this issue but it's one of those topics that makes for strange bedfellows. I disagree with the paper on the majority of topics but on this one I don't. And counter to that, I agree with The Guardian on many issues but on this topic I find myself at odds with them. Funny old world.

[The Accountant, OBE, KC]

UK Supreme Court Supreme Court backs 'biological' definition of woman

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg7pqzk47zo

Glad to see some common sense in this decision that Equalities legislation passed by Parliament was intended to protect single sex spaces for biological women and intended to recognise that trans rights do not trump the biological differences between men and women that mean that women have separate and distinct vulnerabilities compared to men, that need to be taken into account

[Gonnagle]

UK Supreme Court Supreme Court backs 'biological' definition of woman

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg7pqzk47zo

Glad to see some common sense in this decision that Equalities legislation passed by Parliament was intended to protect single sex spaces for biological women and intended to recognise that trans rights do not trump the biological differences between men and women that mean that women have separate and distinct vulnerabilities compared to men, that need to be taken into account

Dear Gabriella,

I totally agree but only because I am a old fuddy duddy, this modern world is complicated enough and it is nice to know that when I offer my clean hanky to a lady ( in case of the vapours or you twist your delicate ankle ) that I am giving it to a real lady in distress

Gonnagle.

[The Accountant, OBE, KC]

Dear Gabriella,

I totally agree but only because I am a old fuddy duddy, this modern world is complicated enough and it is nice to know that when I offer my clean hanky to a lady ( in case of the vapours or you twist your delicate ankle ) that I am giving it to a real lady in distress

Gonnagle.

good one - I would have said a few years ago that your scenario is exactly when a trans woman would appreciate that gender stereotype - but these days it was getting so complicated that a man with absolutely no visible feminine qualities could claim to be a "real lady" simply because of some thought he held in his brain that he was a woman / identified as a woman / was a woman trapped in a man's body 

[Christine]

It's a relief.

(That 88 pages of legal waffle is required to explain that men aren't women and everyone should be treated fairly regardless of characteristics or presentation (within reason) should outrage every tax payer in the country.)

Stuart Campbell of Wings Over Scotland has won today as well: a trans-identified man tried and failed to suppress an opinion he didn't like.

I'll be raising a glass tonight!

 

[Christine]

Congratulations to the indefatigable, inspirational For Women Scotland