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Enforcing men’s sexual rights in international human rights law
Sheila Jeffreys We Need to Talk Event June 2018 London
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Why International?
I am going to talk today about why it is important to think internationally when dealing with the threat posed by men’s crossdressing activism (commonly called the transgender rights movement) to women’s human rights. In the UK the feminist resistance has been growing exponentially ...
Female Autonomy vs Gender Identity A critical analysis of gender identity in CEDAW jurisprudence and the Yogyakarta Principles
By Tina Elaine Minkowitz
Abstract
This paper undertakes to address an emerging conflict between women’s human rights and gender identity rights, using tools provided by the human rights framework and by the Con-vention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and its associated jurisprudence. CEDAW jurisprudence is divided, with support for gender iden-tity ...
Birth certificate gender changes would put women and girls in danger, lesbian alliance says
A bill that would make it easier for people to change the gender on their birth certificate will put women and girls in danger, the Lesbian Rights Alliance Aotearoa says.
"The recommendation by select committee to remove all safety mechanisms from the legal sex change process puts women and girls in danger. This is not a ...
Sex, Gender and Equal Rights SAGES
The Sex and Gender Ethics Society (SAGES)
SAGES exist to promote evidence-based approaches to sex and gender in the U.K. We advocate for research based approaches to education, training and service development. Our primary aim is to ensure the protection of the equal rights of all individuals, regardless of sex or gender.Following the publication of the ...
Reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004
The Gender Recognition Act 2004
The GRA legislation provides a mechanism to allow trans people to obtain recognition for all legal purposes to their preferred gender role (man/woman). There are 4 elements that require compliance to succeed in an application:
1. Been living permanently in their preferred gender role for at least 2 years, and,
2. Have been under medical supervision and assessed as having gender ...
Open Letter to Stonewall
Dear Ruth Hunt,
Remove the L from LGBT
We demand that Stonewall removes lesbians from the list of groups you claim to represent as a national LGBT organisation. Since its foundation, Stonewall has rarely represented our interests.
Now, in your single-minded campaign to promote the trans political and ideological agenda, you not only fail to represent us, but ...
Lesbians Accused Of Hate Crimes For Objecting To Transgenderism At London Pride Festival
If lesbians marching in an LGBT Pride parade can be viewed as a dangerous threat requiring denunciation from authorities, what chance is there to have an honest conversation?
London Mayor Sadiq Khan condemned an “anti-transgender group” for “hijacking” the July 7 London Pride parade. The mayor’s spokesperson told Pink News UK, “Pride is about celebrating difference ...
Lesbian Pride, Lesbian Protest
by Jo Bartosch
Yesterday I counted the women on the 2018 Pride in London website, the actual women — not the diva drag queens. In a tableau of thirteen images, there was one with some women volunteers, that’s a worse male to female ratio than the House of Lords. Pride is no more than corporate willy-waving; a chance ...
Twitter ‘bans women against trans ideology’, say feminists
Twitter is banning women who "speak out against the dangerous dogma of trans ideology", a feminist group has said.
In a letter to Twitter director Martha Lane Fox, Fair Play for Women says the company is allowing "a concerted attack on women's free speech".
But trans activist Ashleigh Talbot said the group's letter seeks to "whip up" ...
Most children and teens with gender dysphoria also have multiple other psychological issues
By Alex Fradera
New research on gender identity disorder (also known as gender dysphoria, in which a person does not identify with their biological sex) questions how best to handle the condition when it arises in children and adolescents. Should biological treatments be used as early as possible to help a young client transition, or is caution ...
Gender identity: What do legal changes have to do with women’s rights?
Trans activists have welcomed moves from the government to "streamline and de-medicalise the process" of changing legal gender. But some women are worried about the potential impact on their own legal rights.
Today, anyone who wants to legally change their gender in the UK has to apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC). Many don't though, ...