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Nov 17, 2024

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UK NEWS

IVF priority for trans men under NHS plan [Mail on Sunday]

NHS plans to prioritise IVF for trans men, lesbians, and single women without the two-year delay required for heterosexual couples. The policy aims to address the specific reproductive challenges faced by these groups. Anti-trans voices claim this is "unfair" to heterosexual families, effectively suggesting trans men should be treated as women only when it results in fewer rights.

The article in the Mail on Sunday [see Paper Review] includes criticism from Sir John Hayes, founder of the Common Sense Group (CSG), a faction of Tory MPs known for pushing the worst culture war narratives. Hayes has close ties to Suella Braverman and Kemi Badenoch, both key players in the last government’s anti-"woke" agenda. The CSG, which Hayes leads, has been instrumental in stoking anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric, aiming to roll back progressive policies such as gender and social equality. The group's influence can be seen in both Braverman’s policies on immigration, which led to humanitarian crises, and in Badenoch’s anti-LGBTQ+ stances as then-Equalities Minister and now leader of the opposition.

The NHS proposals, currently under public consultation, seek to make access to reproductive healthcare more inclusive, in direct contrast to the regressive views pushed by Hayes and the CSG, who want to limit rights for LGBTQ+ individuals under the guise of "traditional values".

Labour to keep Faulkner in position at EHRC but advertise to replace her in a year max [Govt]

The anti-trans head of the EHRC, Baroness Falkner, will remain in post for up to a year as Labour seek applicants to replace her. It was expected she would be replaced at the end of her four-year term this month by a Labour figure like Baroness Harman, who was instrumental in the creation of the Equality Act. Falkner has faced intense criticism, including from her own staff, for her stance on “women's rights”, advocating for changes to the Equality Act based on biological sex, a position that is in stark contradiction to her mandate to uphold equality for all. The support of the Tory government, right-wing press and GC mouthpieces saw her survive previous attempts to remove her.

Met deny SEEN Police act in any official capacity [Adi Aliza]

A briefing from senior Metropolitan Police officers confirms that the anti-trans+ SEEN network is not recognised as an official Met Staff Association. It will not be granted official status and does not represent the Metropolitan Police in any capacity.

Trans Actual hold Meet Us, Hear Us, event at Parliament [Trans Actual]

On Wednesday 13 November, TransActual held "Meet Us, Hear Us" in Parliament, marking the start of Trans Awareness Week. The event aimed to give elected representatives the opportunity to meet trans people and learn about issues affecting our community. jane fae, a director of TransActual, emphasised that the goal was to ensure MPs heard directly from trans voices.

TransActual provided trans people with resources to arrange meetings with MPs, including briefing packs and workshops to build confidence. They also hosted a drop-in session for MPs, distributing copies of Transitions: The Unheard Stories by fae.

12 hour vigil takes place outside Tavistock centre

A 12-hour vigil took place outside the Tavistock Centre on 16 November 2024, with updates shared live by What The Trans. It protested the NHS's decision to stop prescribing puberty blockers to minors, with fliers distributed highlighting the need for trans youth healthcare and demanding bodily autonomy and trans-led healthcare reforms. The vigil featured speeches, poetry, drag acts, and singing, while participants created headstones to symbolise lives lost to trans healthcare rollbacks. There were reports of police presence later in the day but no trouble. This received zero coverage in the papers I monitor.

Concerns over Cass Review raised by more than 200 educational psychologists [Pink News]

More than 200 educational psychologists have signed an open letter to education secretary Bridget Phillipson, expressing concerns about the Cass Review's findings on transgender youth healthcare. The letter, co-authored by Dr Dan O’Hare, Dr Cora Sargeant, and trainee educational psychologist Christie Ghent, highlights apprehensions regarding the review's processes and the negative impacts on gender-diverse and transgender young people in the UK. The signatories emphasise the importance of validating the experiences and identities of trans and gender-diverse children, warning against approaches that may cause harm or discrimination. They reaffirm their commitment to challenge discrimination and uphold professional standards.

The Cass Review, published in April, has faced damning criticism from various respected organisations and medical bodies globally.

Funds raised for trans kids taken by school [Telegraph]

Bannerman High School in Glasgow organised a fundraiser to support trans students by raising money for chest binders, but after backlash from some bigoted teachers, the funds were taken away from the trans kids and will be allocated elsewhere. See Paper Review (Wednesday) for the Telegraph’s article on this.

Research conducted by Just Like Us reveals the percentage of trans children facing bullying because of their identity [Diva]

New research by Just Like Us shows trans pupils are five times more likely to face daily bullying than cisgender peers. While 2% of cisgender pupils report daily bullying, 10% of trans pupils do. Over the past year, 54% of trans pupils experienced bullying, compared to 21% of cisgender students.

Susie Green wins Trans In The City’s CEO’s Award [Diva]

Susie Green, former CEO of Mermaids, was honoured with the CEO’s award at the Trans In The City annual gala, recognising her 20-year dedication to supporting trans and non-binary youth. Green, who transformed Mermaids into a key defender of the trans community, continues her advocacy through Anne Health, focusing on timely gender-affirming support. Upon receiving the award, Green emphasised her ongoing fight for trans children's rights despite rising hostility. Bobbi Pickard, CEO of Trans In The City, praised Green for her exceptional efforts in creating inclusive spaces and driving lasting change.

AROUND THE WORLD

Bellingham High transgender student suffers potential brain trauma during group assault [Bellingham Herald]

A trans student at Bellingham High School, aged 16, was violently attacked by a group of teenagers on October 22, leaving him with potential brain trauma, memory loss, and frequent headaches. The assault, recorded and shared on social media, involved anti-trans slurs, with the student beaten and kicked repeatedly. His mother criticised the school for not immediately calling emergency services. Police are investigating the incident as a potential hate crime, while the Rainbow Youth Project is pushing for stronger protections for LGBTQIA+ students in the school district, which has past criticisms in the past over its handling of student safety.

Texas attorney general sues third doctor over transgender health care [Dallas Morning News]

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Dr. M. Brett Cooper, a Dallas physician accused of providing hormone therapy to minors in defiance of the state’s anti-transgender health care law. This is the third doctor Paxton has targeted under Senate Bill 14, which bans gender-affirming care for minors. The lawsuit alleges that Cooper, an outspoken critic of the ban, prescribed testosterone to 15 minors and falsified records to hide these treatments.

Harper Steele hits back at trans rights critics after Kamala Harris loss [Variety]

Harper Steele slammed politicians and pundits for blaming Kamala Harris's election loss on Democrats' support for transgender rights. Steele said, "We’re not here to be the sacrifice," rejecting claims that backing trans rights cost the election

Texas wants to physically examine children and test chromosomes before sports [LegiScan] [Alejandra Caraballo]

Texas House Bill 1123, filed on November 12, 2024, aims to regulate school sports by requiring students to compete based on their sex assigned at birth. The bill requires genetic testing if a doctor's examination suggests a student's chromosomes do not match their assigned sex at birth.

The bill enforces strict rules for both public and charter schools to ensure that all sports follow these sex classifications. Although it claims to ensure fairness, it mainly targets transgender students, stopping them from playing on teams that match their gender identity. If passed, it would start in the 2025-2026 school year.

Ohio passes sweeping college trans bathroom ban, first in nation after election [Erin Reed]

Ohio has passed SB104, the first anti-transgender law enacted post-2024 election, which bans transgender people from using bathrooms aligned with their gender identity on college campuses. This legislation applies to both public and private colleges, making Ohio the 10th state to restrict bathroom access for transgender adults, and notably one of the first to enforce such restrictions in private institutions.

SPORT

"Transgender player Noa-Lynn van Leuven’s first taste of the big time ended with a whitewash against Michael van Gerwen at the Grand Slam of Darts." [Western Daily Press]

Darts player Noa-Lynn van Leuven faced a tough debut at the Grand Slam of Darts, losing 5-0 to Michael van Gerwen in her first televised PDC tournament. Van Gerwen, a three-time world champion, won the Group G match in just over 10 minutes. Funnily enough, none of the UK papers who've been whipping up a panic over van Leuven competing against cis women have covered her losing to a man.

Navratilova and Davies challenge Lineker to trans debate for some reason [Telegraph]

Gary Lineker, who has absolutely nothing to do with women's football, football governance, or trans rights, is now being targeted by Martina Navratilova, Sharron Davies, Mara Yamauchi, and Emma Hilton —four people who seem to dedicate their lives to nothing other than being outraged about trans people existing, making him the latest target of their relentless, fearmongering campaign.

After Lineker innocently asked for questions for his podcast on Twitter, the anti-trans crowd jumped at the opportunity to press him on why he hasn't taken a stance against transgender athletes. Probably because he’s not an asshole, would be my guess. Navratilova, Davies, and Yamauchi continued their usual routine, questioning the inclusion of transgender women in women's sports, using hyperbolic language to frame trans athletes as a threat because they don’t actually have any evidence.

Lineker has previously called for less divisiveness and supported trans people living their lives in peace. How radical.

Algerian women’s Olympic champ Khelif tells Italian radio, “I have never seen these exams they are talking about” [The Sports Examiner]

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who won gold in the women's 66 kg category at the 2024 Olympics, has spoken out about her disqualification from the 2023 World Championships due to blood test results that allegedly did not meet eligibility criteria. Speaking to Italian radio, Khelif denied ever seeing the test results and described her disqualification as "surreal." She also discussed the controversial Olympic bout where her opponent, Italian Angela Carini, abandoned the match early, which Khelif believes was due to external pressure. Khelif has since filed legal action over comments made about her during the Olympics, specifically challenging claims that she has male (XY) chromosomes. In spite of the haters, she plans to continue her boxing career professionally.

Women are worse than men at everything: Pool edition [Daily Mail]

Cis female pool players are suing governing bodies, claiming "sex discrimination" because trans women have allegedly won significant prize money in women’s competitions. The lawsuit, which aims to prove an alleged unfair advantage, focuses on the presence of trans women like Harriet Haynes, who holds four major titles. That’s right, they are actually going to court to prove men are better at pool that women. They even have ‘cue expert’ and a biologist backing them up. See Saturday’s Paper Review for more.

MEDIA

Guardian stop posting on Twitter [Guardian]

To my knowledge, the Guardian became the first major media outlet to declare that they would no longer be posting on Twitter. Like a building whose foundations have slowly weakened over time before reaching a critical point of failure, Twitter is finally collapsing in the wake of Donald Trump’s re-election and the role Elon Musk played in that. It’s not just queer people and the wokerati who are fleeing the platform for the safe harbour of Bluesky, but all communities. You can follow me here.
Guardian, Thursday 14 November 2024

Observer/Guardian uncover right-wing Christian funding of anti-assisted dying movement, so why haven’t they done the same for the anti-trans movement?

‘Grassroots’ anti-assisted dying groups funded by Christian right Religious conservatives are backing campaigns that claim to be led by disabled people and healthcare workers The Observer17 Nov 2024Shanti Das Campaigns against assisted dying that claim to be led by healthcare workers and disabled people are being secretly coordinated and paid for by conservative Christian pressure groups, an Observer investigation has found. The “grassroots” campaigns have been central to the debate on legalising assisted dying in England and Wales before a landmark vote by MPs this month. The groups have held protests, given evidence to parliamentary inquiries, appeared in media interviews and organised leaflet campaigns targeting MPs. But while they are styled to look like separate movements set up by members of the public, they in fact have concealed ties to religious lobbyists. One campaign, Our Duty of Care, is described as a grassroots group of “UK healthcare workers who oppose the intentional killing of patients by assisted suicide or euthanasia”. It has been quoted in more than 60 news articles, usually being referred to as a “doctor campaign group”, and its website features pictures of medics wearing scrubs. Last week, it organised an open letter to the prime minister, Keir Starmer, on behalf of healthcare professionals that said: “We will never take our patients’ lives – even at their request.” The group’s website and media coverage includes no mention of Christianity, or any religious motivation for opposing the proposal to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults. But analysis of financial records shows Our Duty of Care has close ties to religious lobby groups. It shares an office address and spokesperson with the Christian Medical Fellowship, an evangelical organisation with an anti-abortion stance, and receives funding from the religious lobby group Care (Christian Action, Research and Education), which is known for its opposition to abortion, sex education, gay marriage and LGBTQ+ rights. In emails to its supporters, Care has explained that it is opposed to assisted dying because it goes against God’s word. “Throughout history, the church has strongly opposed assisted suicide and euthanasia. God’s word teaches us that human beings, made in God’s image, are to be protected and cherished,” it said. According to its latest accounts, Care provided grants of an unspecified value to Care Not Killing, which “finances and operates” the Our Duty of Care campaign. A spokesperson for Care Not Killing said it was a “secular organisation supported by people of all faiths and none” but declined to answer detailed questions about its financial backers. Its chief executive, Gordon Macdonald, and its board chair, Nola Leach, both formerly worked for Care. Another campaign, Better Way, describes itself as a “non-political, not-for-profit campaign supported by experts in several fields”. Its website features the stories of people with lived experience of terminal illness who oppose a change in the law and who Better Way says have been overlooked. Again, there is no mention of religious reasons for opposing assisted dying and it is not clear from the website who funds the campaign. But the campaign was co-founded by a press officer at Care. The charity is not mentioned anywhere on the website except in the privacy policy, where it is listed as the legal entity responsible for data handling. A third campaign group, which says it represents hundreds of disabled people, has held joint protests with a prominent evangelical organisation that says assisted dying is a “dark anti-gospel” that is “rooted in … rebellion against God”. The group, which also accepted money from Care, makes no mention of the links on its website. The cases raise questions about the vested interests of groups shaping the debate on assisted dying before a key vote by MPs on 29 November. Steven Kettell, a reader in politics at Warwick University, said there were “many legitimate reasons why people might oppose” reforms and that there was “nothing wrong with religious groups taking part in public debates”. But he said the “concealed” involvement of interest groups raised questions about transparency and accountability. Amy McKay, an associate professor of political science at Exeter University, said the “grassroots” campaigns appeared to be a clear example of “astroturfing” – the practice of disguising an orchestrated campaign as a spontaneous outpouring of public opinion. “They’re giving this false impression that they are someone they’re not,” she said. The effect was one of “manufacturing” the impression that more people were opposed to reform than is the case in reality, she said. “It makes it seem like the issue is much more closely divided than I think it really is.” Andrew Copson, chief executive of Humanists UK, which is campaigning in favour of legalising assisted dying, said MPs due to vote on the issue needed to know “the honest hones motiva ‘This is a common campaign tactic. It makes it seem like the issue is much more divided than it really is’’ Amy McKay, Exeter University tions” of the groups trying to influence them. “It’s worrying that the concealed agendas of some others may mislead MPs and undermine the deliberative democratic process,” he said. Care described concerns about its campaigning methods as “bad faith attacks” by “some proponents of assisted suicide”, which it said were “a harmful distraction”. If adopted, the terminally ill adults (end of life) bill would make it legal for over-18s in England and Wales who have mental capacity and are expected to die within six months to be assisted to end their life. They would first have to be assessed by two independent doctors and have the decision signed off by a high court judge. A separate bill is under discussion in Scotland. One of the biggest polls on assisted dying, conducted by Opinium for the campaign group Dignity in Dying, suggests there is widespread support for reform, with 75% of the 10,000 UK adults who were surveyed saying they would support legalising assisted dying, including 69% of Christians and 78% of respondents with disabilities. Article Name:‘Grassroots’ anti-assisted dying groups funded by Christian right Publication:The Observer Author:Shanti Das Start Page:6 End Page:6 — The Observer, 17 November 2024

Funded by the same people, it is curious that the Observer have been able to uncover the dark money funding the anti-assisted movement in the UK but have never done the same when it comes to the relentless onslaught against trans people. Could it be that they didn’t find any right-wing Christian funding of the anti-trans movement because they simply didn’t want to look? The Observer is, after all, the paper that keeps platforming Sonia Sodha and her one column.

Telegraph get angry over something they want

The Telegraph, who campaign constantly for single-sex spaces because of trans people were angry on Monday at Labour for creating a single-sex space.

Paul Staines steps down as Guido Fawkes editor, Ross Kempsell becomes publisher [Press Gazette]

After 20 years, Paul Staines is stepping down as editor of Guido Fawkes, handing over the day-to-day running to Lord Ross Kempsell, who becomes publisher. Kempsell is a former Guido reporter and Boris Johnson adviser. Staines will take on the role of founding editor but won't be involved in daily operations. Current staff remain unchanged, and Kempsell plans to appoint a new editor in the future. Nothing says ‘anti-establishment’ than being run by a peer.

Daily Mail take us back to the 80s

The shattering moment I saw evidence that Tory MPs were having gay group sex in their Commons offices – and abusing party workers Her book about the political assassination of Boris Johnson caused uproar. Now, NADINE DORRIES has written an explosive follow-up on an issue she was at first afraid to tackle for fear of being branded homophobic. But, as she argues here, voters have a ri Daily Mail16 Nov 2024By Nadine Dorries CHECKING my phone for messages, I saw there was one from two Westminster staffers, young assistants working for MPs. I opened it and found myself staring at a screenshot that no amount of mind bleach will ever expunge from my brain. It was a photograph of an MP in a compromising position. I could only view the photograph once, for 30 seconds, before it disappeared from my screen but that was long enough to know who the MP was and precisely what he was doing. The staffers had recently contacted me with inside information in the aftermath of my highly controversial book The Plot. This exposed the destructive antics of an inner gang of power-crazed conspirators at the dark heart of the Conservative Party and how they plotted – successfully – to bring down Boris Johnson as Prime Minister. It caused a political storm when it was serialised in the Mail a year ago. Numerous other Westminster insiders had come forward with shocking evidence that backed up the allegations I made in that book and I had just had a ‘We want to speak to you about the Tory gay network’ long conversation with an eminent former Cabinet minister. Speaking confidentially, he told me: ‘Far too many Conservative MPs were seriously found wanting in how they behaved.’ My conclusion was that part of the issue with the Conservative Party is that on almost every level, it was in the gutter. Supplied by those two staffers and staring me in the face was the shocking proof that this was so. It was unusual for me to speak to staffers. They are mostly young and it’s often their first job out of university. Over the years, concerns have been raised about how vulnerable they are, with stories of bullying, sexual harassment and intimidation commonplace enough for a complaints process to have been established. So I agreed to meet them on Zoom. After ten minutes of small talk, they revealed they were gay and had thought they wanted to be MPs at some point in their lives. But both were disabused of that notion after 18 months in Westminster and were leaving for other jobs. They were both instantly likeable and funny – but the story they had to tell was a deadly serious one. ‘Nadine,’ they said, ‘we want to speak to you about the Conservative gay network in Westminster and how it operates.’ I almost choked. ‘I can’t write about that,’ I said. ‘Everyone will say I’m homophobic.’ I honestly found some of the conversation I had with them difficult to repeat. But they insisted they had to be heard. ‘If we were young women being abused by MPs, someone might listen. But there are gay interns and staffers in Westminster who are groomed and abused, and for whom there is no safeguarding, no protection.’ They told me of the predatory, abusive behaviour they had witnessed and which they themselves were subjected to. What follows, then, is not my story, it’s 100 per cent theirs, which I have verified through the contacts they led me to and through a number of gay MPs I know and spoke to. AT THE heart of this sex scandal was a Tory MP – now an ex-MP – called William Wragg. I have to admit I never liked this Gollum-like creature who was more likely to be found in a Westminster bar and tea-rooms than in his office. I wouldn’t waste my time writing about such a reprehensible individual, if there was not a serious underlying message relating to how the Conservative Party operates and highlighting behaviours that surely can never be tolerated in the future. The two staffers told me that at Tory party conferences, Wragg – who for some reason was a member of the influential 1922 Committee of backbenchers – would give young gay men tickets to the committee’s drinks reception. The implication was clear: he wanted them to have sex with him. They weren’t MPs or even candidates but were interested in working in politics and were flattered to attend. Eager to get on in the party, they would fall for it. Elected in 2015 for Hazel Grove in Greater Manchester, Wragg’s parliamentary career seemed to have been defined by being someone who liked to call for resignations. Whether it was a prime minister or the Speaker of the House, Lindsay Hoyle, or even me, he wasn’t picky. He appeared to love the media spotlight and one of his prominent forays in this arena followed his sending of naked photographs to a stranger he met on the gay dating app, Grindr. He was unrepentant. In an interview, he said he wasn’t embarrassed, that what he did was quite normal. Dismissing anyone who thought an MP should behave with a little more decorum as ‘pearl-clutchers’, he brazened it out – though I wonder what would happen if a female MP sent nude photographs of herself to unknown men she met on a dating app and described it as normal behaviour. Would she get away with it or would she be absolutely savaged and her life and career destroyed? Worse was to come. It emerged that he didn’t just send nude photographs of himself, he then went on to hand over the phone numbers of various MPs, Westminster staffers and journalists, because he feared exposure by his newfound pal on Grindr, who was possibly asking for them in order to compromise the security of those MPs or even to blackmail them. MPs began to receive messages and naked photographs on their phones; two MPs opened the naked photographs and sent compromising photographs of themselves in return. Others had more sense. Straight MPs received photos of naked women, gay MPs of naked men. Interestingly, I was told that the MPs and staffers whose names and numbers he handed over to Pinch victim texted Wragg: ‘We’ve got him’ the Grindr blackmailer were all men he fancied or had tried to sleep with. Wragg was also involved in the notorious incident in the bar of the Carlton Club when a young staffer accused Tory whip Chris Pincher of pinching his bum. One of the many oddities of this story – which led to Boris being forced out after the mass resignation of Cabinet ministers – is that the so-called ‘victim’ never formally complained about what Pincher had done to him that night, so what precisely happened in the Carlton Club bar is still shrouded in mystery. I know the name of the ‘victim’ but I can’t reveal it because it is against the law to identify a victim of sexual abuse unless they give permission. What I learned from the staffers, however, was that he was a friend of Wragg. Their association went back to the young man’s early teens and as proof they produced photographs of Wragg and him together. They said that when he was older, Wragg had brought him down to London to work there. I sought the views of a gay MP I know. He had heard that, after the Pincher affair, the young man in question texted Wragg with the words: ‘We’ve got him.’ This may have referred to Pincher or to Boris Johnson, or both. Pincher was a target because he was organising a campaign among Tory MPs to ‘save Big Dog’ – ie, Boris. ‘They saw Pincher as being a main obstacle to bringing down Boris. He stood between the plotters and what they wanted to achieve. They just needed one more heave and catching out Pincher was it. I suspect the Pincher affair was a gay sting. In the Carlton Club that night, Chris had drunk a few. He was surrounded by Boris’s enemies.’ I went back to the two Westminster staffers, who sent me more photographs of the victim – on various holidays, drinking on the terrace of the House of Commons, at parties, with MPs and journalists. ‘We’ve photos that might shock you’ He appeared to know everyone and to be everywhere. ‘Look at every MP in those photos,’ they told me. ‘They all had something to do with the attacks on Boris, whether it was sending in resignation letters or commentating, or writing about it or using lines they had been fed, or organising it. They were all involved.’ They then asked me: ‘We have some photographs which are much more sensitive and they might shock you. They involve nudity. Do you want to see them?’ I took a deep breath. ‘Oh, they won’t shock me,’ I reassured them. ‘I’m a former nurse and a woman of the world.’ In truth, I was dreading the next photograph and with good reason. Another photograph downloaded on to my phone and there before me was the image of an MP I know well and have worked with for years, stark naked in his House of Commons office, proudly holding an erection in his hand, grinning at the camera. Lounging on the green leather window seat was another male MP, lying back, also naked, thankfully his member covered by his hand holding a glass, also grinning. This was all clearly taking place in Portcullis House, the building on Victoria Embankment which houses many MPs’ offices. Behind them the London Eye was revolving, its passengers unaware, I hoped, of what was going on just the other side of the river. I couldn’t speak. I was affronted and confused. Nothing will ever erase from my mind what I had just seen. The staffers explained: ‘Every night in the offices of certain MPs, two of them in Portcullis House, group sex sessions were organised by a WhatsApp thread. Not just gay MPs, straight MPs would join in, too.’ ‘There were women there?’ I said, truly shocked. I struggled to think of a single female Conservative MP who would behave in this way. ‘No,’ they replied. ‘We should have said men who – to the outside world – are married and straight.’ Another photo popped up. An MP I know to have a wife and a young child was staring out at me, leaning into his camera, obviously in a state of sexual arousal. They told me: ‘We trimmed off the bottom of that picture so you couldn’t see what his hand was doing.’ I was appalled. I had worked with these people. My brain was telling me what they did privately was none of my business, but then my outrage grew. This is a workplace that politicians spend years trying to be a part of, to be a Member of the mother of all Parliaments, to have the right to be part of the Government of Great Britain and they are standing there naked in working hours. The disrespect still takes my breath away. One photo showed MP I know in state of sexual arousal Those offices are in the home of democracy. If anyone else in any other work setting behaved in such a way, they would be immediately dismissed. The staffers’ disclosures continued. ‘That straight MP often has sex with gay MPs but he also has an ongoing thing with a vulnerable woman who works in Westminster too. He uses her for sex. ‘If he put as much effort into his job as an MP as he does into having sex, it’s fair to say he would be in Cabinet by now. ‘Sex is pretty much a big thing in Westminster, at least with Conservatives.’ Someone once told me that a Labour MP was more likely to have an affair with Doreen on the checkout at the Co-op, but these days Conservative MPs had sex with each other. The staffers went on: ‘Wragg would invite gay men on to a group and then start to invite straight MPs. Some of the straight MPs would send pictures of their penis, or...’ Another photograph popped up on to my screen, another straight MP I knew, wearing only briefs. ‘Will would get everyone on to the group and then he would say where the “drinks” were happening or where everyone was meeting up.’ I was then sent another screenshot of this happening. ‘Once the group was established, it was on a need-to-know basis only. If you said you couldn’t make it, you were out and immediately removed from the group because, of course, it wasn’t actually drinks which were being arranged.’ ‘How do you know it was for group sex?’ I asked. They both laughed. ‘Since when did you feel the need to interview for drinks with a photograph of your personal credentials to attend? Or invite someone with the words, “please come, you’re as fit as f***”.’ I read the messages. There was no doubting the innuendo. I called a gay friend who is also an MP to help me to make sense of it all. ‘Is there anything else I need to know?’ I asked him. He was happy to oblige. He appeared to know Wragg very well and told me: ‘When Will arrived in Westminster in 2015, he was pretty normal for the first few months but then something happened to him. ‘He talked about going to a gay sauna’ He made it very clear his one ambition in Westminster was to have sex with as many young Conservative staffers and interns as possible. He used to talk about going to a gay sauna in Vauxhall. You might think that’s his business but MPs are vulnerable. ‘I’m gay but I would never go there because I have a brain. He was an easy target, a sitting duck who compromised his own security and ultimately that of others. ‘He was famous for holding court in the Carlton Club two nights a week, always buying the G and Ts and running up huge bar bills that, it was rumoured, Conservative Central Office later had to pay off. ‘He was always there with young gay men, different ones every week, always those wanting to become a councillor or get on the candidates’ list, young men who Will did favours for and I think you know what I mean by that. ‘He never spoke about his sexual encounters when holding court but would openly brag about them with young male staffers, interns and MPs one-to-one. ‘He did it with me and I was repulsed. His behaviour raised huge safeguarding issues. ‘More than one complaint was lodged against him in the Whips’ Office, but weirdly, they never came to anything. ‘The big question for me is who was protecting him? Why would the party tolerate in its ranks an MP like Wragg? Why wasn’t he thrown out years ago? It just doesn’t make any sense.’ I had no answers. What I can say is that how people behave in private is their own business, consenting adults and all that. But I feel sure that the behaviour described to me is not what voters expect from the people who represent them. Adapted from Downfall by Nadine Dorries (HarperCollins, £25), to be published November 21. © Nadine Dorries 2024. To order a copy for £21.25 (offer valid to 30/11/24; UK P&P free on orders over £25) go to mailshop.co.uk/books or call 020 3176 2937. Article Name:The shattering moment I saw evidence that Tory MPs were having gay group sex in their Commons offices – and abusing party workers Publication:Daily Mail Author:By Nadine Dorries Start Page:12 End Page:12

Telegraph go after gay asylum seekers

Disney reportedly pull a Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur episode for telling a trans-inclusive story [The Verge]

Disney has reportedly decided not to air an episode of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur that features a trans-inclusive storyline. The episode, titled "The Gatekeeper," focuses on the character Brooklyn, a trans team captain, facing discrimination from a rival coach. Despite its uplifting message about embracing people's identities, Disney is said to have pulled the episode due to its content, according to now-deleted social media posts from animators. This decision comes shortly after Donald Trump's recent election victory, and growing anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment. Disney has not yet officially commented on the matter.

WHAT’S ON IN PARLIAMENT

Select business. Full House business can be viewed here.

Tuesday 19 November

Westminster Hall debate, 2.30pm, Humanitarian situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. More here.
House of Lords, 2.30pm+, Police records of non-criminal hate incidents. More here.

Wednesday 20 November

House of Commons, 12pm, Prime Minister’s Questions

Thursday 21 November

House of Commons, 9.30am+, Backbench Business, Debate on a motion on strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP) and freedom of speech. More here.

THIS WEEK

November is Trans Awareness Month

Monday 18 November

High Court hearing on weapons sales to Israel
New sentencing powers for magistrates take effect
Ofcom’s annual BBC report

Tuesday 19 November

Farmers’ protests in London
Anders Behring Breivik parole hearing

Wednesday 20 November

Trans Day of Remembrance
ICC sentencing for Mali militant leader guilty of war crimes

Sunday 24 November

Rio de Janeiro pride parade
Presidential election in Romania
Presidential election run-off in Uruguay

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

Argentina cuts teenage pregnancy prevention program [New York Times]

Argentina has slashed its teenage pregnancy prevention program as part of sweeping austerity cuts by President Javier Milei, who opposes feminism and abortion rights. The program, introduced in 2018, helped reduce teenage births significantly by providing sex education and contraception access, especially in areas with high pregnancy rates. However, Milei fired 600 program workers, effectively ending the initiative, leading to concerns about rising teenage pregnancies. The government also reduced funding for the national sexual and reproductive health office, which impacts the availability of abortion pills and contraceptives. This is part of a broader rollback of gender equity initiatives under Milei's administration.

Cape Town to host landmark LGBTQIA+ event [Cape Argus]

Cape Town has been chosen to host World Pride 2028, making it the first African city to hold the global LGBTQIA+ event. The announcement was made by InterPride during their annual conference in Medellín, Colombia, where Cape Town received 53% of the votes, ahead of Guadalajara. Cape Town Pride CEO Tommy Patterson expressed excitement, while Rob Quintas, from the city's urban mobility department, highlighted the importance for LGBTQIA+ individuals in the region.

£106 billion contributed to UK economy by LGBTQIA businesses [Diva]

A new report by OutBritain and OPEN reveals that LGBTQIA businesses contributed around £106 billion to the UK economy this year, despite significant challenges. The LGBTQ+ Business Count report, the largest survey of its kind, estimates there are at least 250,000 LGBTQIA businesses in the UK. The report highlights obstacles like workplace discrimination and lack of role models but also notes that LGBTQIA entrepreneurs see their unique experiences as assets. Recommendations include better data collection and representation in government policy.

Pro-trans Sue Gray and anti-trans Thangam Debbonaire to become peers [Sunday Times]

Sue Gray, former chief of staff to Sir Keir Starmer, is set to receive a peerage, joining the House of Lords in Starmer's next honours list, expected before the new year. She had previously been appointed as the prime minister’s envoy to the nations and regions but has now declined the role, reportedly to "focus on other things." Kemi Badenoch previously revealed how Gray tried to pressure her into dropping her opposition of the SNP’s Gender Recognition Bill.

Government sources also indicate that Starmer’s pollster Deborah Mattinson and former shadow culture secretary, Thangam Debbonaire are likely to receive peerages. Debbonaire, a GC, was absolutely thumped in the General Election, winning only 32.6% of the vote compared to the Green’s Carla Denyer, who received 56.6%. The public made it very clear they did not want Debbonaire to be elected to the House of Commons. Now she will sit in the House of Lords. ‘Democracy’, eh?

THE PAPERS

There were 22 articles about trans people this week in the papers I monitor with the Telegraph reclaiming their top spot. They alone published 13 of the articles, while the Mail (5), Times (3) and Guardian (1) only had nine between them.

Sex Matters featured prominently but I noticed that, while they are normally, laughably, referred to as a ‘human rights charity,’ this week they’ve been rebranded as a ‘women’s rights charity’ (Daily Mail, Tuesday).

The Guardian’s 18-day no article streak came to an end thanks to biological essentialist Sean Ingle and his coverage of Seb Coe saying he will discriminate against trans women if he’s elected as the new head of the IOC. Currently serving as the head of World Athletics, Coe also calls cis women Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting ‘biological males’. Hopefully, Khelif adds him to her multiple ongoing legal cases.

Quoted this week:

Caroline Ffiske, from Conservatives for Women on school admission forms.
Tax expert Maya Forstater of the anti-trans charity Sex Matters, also on school admission forms and the police investigation into her tweets being dropped.
Martina Navratilova, Sharron Davies, Mara Yaumuchi, and Emma Hilton from anti-trans activist group Sex Matters on women’s football.
Economist and court-declared non-expert on trans issues from Sex Matters Helen Joyce on breastfeeding (twice).

In total, Maya Forstater featured, in some fashion, in five of the 22 articles this week and Sex Matters, including Forstater, in nine.

THE PAPERS Monday 11th November - Sunday 17th November

Monday Total: 1

The Guardian [0]

The Times [0]

Daily Mail [1]

Telegraph [0]

Tuesday Total: 4

The Guardian [0]

The Times [1]

Form asks for ‘gender identity’ of three-year-olds James Beal - Social Affairs Editor Parents are being asked what gender their three-year-old children identify as in order to register them for a place at school. A local authority admissions form from a third-party software provider asks what “gender identity” primary school-aged children have, in addition to their sex. The form asks parents whether their children are “man/boy/ male”, “woman/girl/female” or whether they would “prefer to selfdescribe”. They are then encouraged to give a more detailed description of the “gender identity” of their child, who would be under five if registering for a place at a primary school. The software comes from an external provider and is used by more than 100 local authorities across the UK, including by councils in London and the north of England. More than 550,000 school place applications were made using the software in 2021. However, only parents applying for a primary school place for their children for the next academic year will be asked the question after it was recently updated. One mother from Buckinghamshire who was applying for a school place for her son, shared the question online and said: “It has no place on the form with regard to three-year-olds on any level.” She said that parents were not asked about potential allergies or other health or behavioural information that may be useful to schools. Martin Tett, the head of Buckinghamshire council, said the question had been added by the software provider, and that it was “totally inappropriate to ask this question of the young”. He said he had asked for it to be removed as “swiftly as possible”. “Until then parents are free to ignore this question — it is currently shown as optional on the form and ignoring it will not interrupt the important process of applying for their child’s school place,” Tett said. “We have no need or desire to collect this information and apologise for any distress this may have caused for families encountering this question.” His call was echoed by women’s rights campaigners, who demanded that local authorities immediately “ditch these questions or ditch the software”. Caroline Ffiske, from Conservatives for Women, said: “It is staggering and ridiculous that we have reached the point where parents are being asked for their three-year-old’s gender identity. We must call out the public authorities who enable this, highlighting that they are actively promoting an ideology that results in irreversible harm for vulnerable children and adults.” Maya Forstater, chief executive of the human rights charity Sex Matters, also demanded that the “completely inappropriate question” be scrapped. She said: “Little children of that age will have only recently begun to properly notice and understand the differences between girls and boys and women and men. Projecting the adult beliefs and concepts of transactivism on to children is not only ludicrous but also harmful.” — Lifted from Monday’s daily Mail

Daily Mail [1]

Telegraph [2]

Sport legends want answers to stance on trans issues The Daily Telegraph12 Nov 2024By Tom Morgan Gary Lineker has been challenged by Martina Navratilova and Sharron Davies to address football’s failure to stop biological males playing in the women’s game on his next podcast episode. After issuing a request for potential questions on X, Lineker received dozens of messages from women’s sport campaigners concerned by an alleged absence of Football Association safeguards. Lineker previously declared “cut out the divisive nonsense” as he expressed agreement in 2022 with former defence secretary Grant Shapps, who suggested that transgender people should “be able to get on and live their lives”. When he came under attack from campaigners at the time, Lineker wrote on social media that his comment referred to “the war on woke and not any specific subject”. However, after issuing a plea on X for question ideas for his next The Rest Is Football podcast, Lineker was urged to finally address the issue head on. “I have a question,” wrote Navratilova, the 18-time major tennis champion, on Sunday. “Do you think males who identify otherwise should be able to play football on women’s teams?” Former runner Mara Yamauchi added that “a prominent male trans rights activist” plays in women’s football and runs in the female category in UK Athletics events. “Do you support this? If so, why? If not, please say so publicly,” she said. Former Olympic swimmer Davies wrote: “So Gary should males be allowed to steal places from females in women’s football as well as increasing risk of injury to the opposition’s female players?” Emma Hilton, a developmental biologist and Sex Matters trustee, wrote in response to the questions sent to Lineker: “Women have been carrying this for years. Trying to have a voice, trying to get people to hear. Why aren’t you speaking up for girls and women? “You’re all fundamentally untouchable, so it can’t be contractual obligations. We need men to raise this.” Article Name:Sport legends want answers to stance on trans issues Publication:The Daily Telegraph Author:By Tom Morgan Start Page:6 End Page:6

Schools ask for 3-year-olds’ chosen gender The Daily Telegraph12 Nov 2024By Alex Barton PARENTS have been told to declare their three-year-old’s preferred gender when registering them for a place at school. More than 100 local authorities have been asking for the “gender identity” of primary school children in addition to their sex on admission forms, the Daily Mail has reported. The forms ask parents to select whether their child is either “man/boy/ male” or “woman/girl/female” or if they would “prefer to self-describe”. Mothers and fathers were then instructed to provide further details about the gender identity of their child. The forms were understood to have been used by local authorities across the UK, including in London and the North of England. They were supplied by an external agency and used for more than 550,000 school place applications in 2021. However, it is understood that only parents applying for a primary school place for the next academic year will be asked the above question following an update to the agency’s software. One mother seeking a school place for her three-year-old son in Buckinghamshire shared the question online and said: “It has no place on the form with regard to three-year-olds on any level.” Martin Tett, Tory leader of Buckinghamshire council, said it was “totally inappropriate to ask this question of young children”. Women’s rights campaigners also demanded local authorities axe the question. “Many parents will have been shocked by this question and will be concerned about the nonsense that may be taught to their child at school based on the admissions form alone.” Martin Tett, the Buckinghamshire Council leader, said: “This form was brought to my attention by a concerned parent. I have instructed that it be removed as swiftly as possible. We have no need or desire to collect this information.” ‘Many parents will be concerned about the nonsense that may be taught to their child’ Article Name:Schools ask for 3-year-olds’ chosen gender Publication:The Daily Telegraph Author:By Alex Barton Start Page:7 End Page:7 — Lifted from Monday’s Daily Mail

Wednesday Total: 4

The Guardian [0]

The Times [0]

Daily Mail [0]

Telegraph [4]

Alastair Campbell is mansplaining the obvious to women The Left-leaning men who should have our backs are deaf to our voices and to our struggle to protect our rights The Daily Telegraph13 Nov 2024Suzanne Moore ‘Out of touch’: Alastair Campbell In the mists of time (well, 2001), Alastair Campbell wrote a piece about how much he disliked the Royal family. One of the things he most resented was “the arrogance of unelected power”. That, surely, would be his specialist subject on Mastermind because he is never out of public view barracking the audience on how the world should be run. He is rude, abrasive, bullying and often completely out of touch. Post-Blair, Campbell has made a career as some sort of management consultant, banging on about leadership. His thuggishness has never been toned down. Not even in his diaries. Him physically fighting Peter Mandelson during an argument over what the leader should wear while canvassing has always stuck in my head. He has no time for women except the “totty” he and his Westminster cronies rated. On Clare Short, for instance, he wrote “God she does turn my stomach”. This man, remember, tried to destroy the BBC when he accused it of reporting that Blair’s government had exaggerated its claims around Iraq’s possession of weapons. And yet, he continues to appear on the Beeb, as some kind of expert. An expert in selfdelusion. When he guest-edited a magazine I was associated with in 2009, The New Statesman,I resigned. This was but a gesture but why was a magazine of the Left, which vehemently opposed the Iraq war, handing over the reins to this macho warmonger? He was disastrous and bullying as a leader of the Remainers trying to get a second referendum, again shouting over distinguished female journalists. Now he is reincarnated alongside Rory Stewart in the centrist-dad podcast, The Rest is Politics. They are meant to be opposites: it’s just that Rory also once ran a bit of Iraq as a gap year hobby or something and his arrogance is more patrician. Both of them belong to the (adopt caveman voice) “Funny chaps … Women” brigade, who regard women as a lesser species. In the most recent podcast, Campbell explains that the fact trans issues played a part in the Democrat loss was relayed to him by his US pal, James Rubin, the former diplomat and journalist. A man told him something, so Campbell listened. Rubin apparently told Campbell: “You guys don’t get just how big this woke thing is but you haven’t got it nearly as big…” Campbell then muses: “The $25million spent on ads about trans, Trump talking about kids going in as boys in the morning and coming back as girls in the afternoon, the dressing room stuff and all that. I think we underestimated how much that was getting through to people.” The fact that for 10 years women have been campaigning, losing their jobs and have been vilified for refusing an extreme trans agenda has passed him by. All of this was presumably, in his eyes, a Right-wing plot, or a silly culture issue – until it caught his attention this week. While most people have nothing against trans people, there are issues when women’s rights are under threat. Trump’s campaign zeroed in on what makes people uncomfortable: male rapists in women’s jails; trans women (biological men) competing in women’s sports who have the advantages male puberty has given them; and medical intervention (puberty blockers and surgery on young children). Following the publication of the Cass report in the UK, Labour has moved away from this extreme trans agenda and selfidentification and is coming to a more sane position. Campbell has utterly ignored all this. He says he listens to his wife and daughter. His daughter, Grace, is a “sex positive” stand-up comedian who wrote a piece about her abortion recently. It turns out that, unfortunately, biology is real. Being ignorant does not stop Campbell and Stewart opining. They could go and inform themselves. Andrew Neil is certainly trying: last year he even admitted he had come late to the argument as he didn’t realise it was so important. He named the women who have done the “heavy lifting” and said he now has a reading list. There was no such humility from Campbell, who immediately demanded JK Rowling come on his piddling podcast. I have it on official authority that Jo Rowling is washing her hair every night for a thousand years. It is hardly difficult to know what this amazingly articulate woman thinks, as she spells it out on X so clearly that surely even lunks like Campbell could read it. In this long battle to reassert women’s rights, which have once more come under threat, one of the most disappointing aspects is that the Left-leaning men who we thought would have our backs have gone AWOL. In fact, all of this has provided a perfect cover for their innate misogyny. Campbell and his ilk can take their egos into echo chambers and explain how right they were to each other for aeons. They are deaf to women’s voices and therefore deaf to the significant political realignments that are taking place. They are out of the loop and they can be utterly ignored. The rest is politics? No, mate. The rest is superciliousness, a parade of mansplaining dressed up as erudition. Time to press pause. Forever. Article Name:Alastair Campbell is mansplaining the obvious to women Publication:The Daily Telegraph Author:Suzanne Moore Start Page:2 End Page:2

Boots uses gender neutral pronouns in its new Christmas advert The Daily Telegraph13 Nov 2024By Craig Simpson Adjoa Andoh plays Mrs Claus in the new Boots Christmas advert BOOTS has included gender-neutral pronouns in its Christmas advertisement after pledging to support “inclusive language”. The high street chain’s latest festive advert features actress Adjoa Andoh as Santa Claus’s wife, who is shown issuing commands while he sleeps. Mrs Claus refers to a child awaiting Christmas presents with the gender-neutral “them”, rather than “him” or “her”. Gender-neutral pronouns are typically advocated for by those identifying as transgender or non-binary. The use of this language comes after Boots pledged to “focus on LGBTQ+ acceptance through our marketing and brands” and to tell staff about “LGBTQ+ identities and inclusive language”. The advert was created under the leadership of Pete Markey, head of marketing at Boots, who serves as the company’s “executive champion for Pride”. Boots is signed up to the Equality Index run by the LGBT charity Stonewall, which has been accused of pushing gender ideology and stifling criticism of transgender issues. Mr Markey won an award at the European Diversity Awards in 2019 for his work with TSB, where he worked to ensure LGBT relationships and characters were present in the bank’s external communication and marketing material. ‘People look forward to seeing our Christmas advert each year and will have their own opinions on the creative direction’ Bridgerton star Andoh provoked criticism in 2023 for saying during ITV coverage of the Coronation that the Royal family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace was “terribly white”. Andoh’s Mrs Claus is shown alongside Tiktok star Soph and William Grande, an LGBT make-up influencer, issuing orders to ensure gifts get through. She says during a checklist of presents that one gift for “Robin” is “very them”, rather than using a gendered pronoun. Boots has introduced a number of Lgbt-friendly policies in recent years, including providing 3000 Pride pins to staff. In 2022, it launched a Christmas adventure featuring a drag queen as part of its efforts to be more inclusive. This was developed with the help of an internal group called the Pride Alliance which “helped advise on the development of the drag queen character who was a key part of the narrative”, and has consulted on “various marketing programmes”. It is understood that Boots adverts are tested with audiences before being aired, and that the new Christmas advert tested well with sample audiences. A spokesman for Boots said: “We recognise that people look forward to seeing our Christmas advert each year and will have their own opinions on the creative direction.” Article Name:Boots uses gender neutral pronouns in its new Christmas advert Publication:The Daily Telegraph Author:By Craig Simpson Start Page:3 End Page:3

School raises funds for chest binders The Daily Telegraph13 Nov 2024By Simon Johnson A SCHOOL organised a coffee morning fundraiser to buy chest binders for transgender pupils. Around 100 staff members at Bannerman High School in Baillieston, Glasgow, were invited to the event, with the entry fee going towards buying chest-flattening underwear designed to hide breasts. The invitation was sent by a senior pastoral care teacher but sources said senior pupils had been behind the chest binder initiative. It prompted a backlash from some teachers, who were concerned that the fundraiser had been launched without the knowledge of parents. The Daily Record reported that the school backtracked on the plan after teachers raised objections, with the funds now expected to be spent elsewhere. A staff member who contacted the tabloid said: “Providing breast binders to young girls, who may not have had any professional advice, is not appropriate.” Another teacher rejected the idea that their colleagues were not aware of the true nature of the proposal. “The email was sent by a promoted member of staff who knew exactly what was in [it]. It was not sent by pupils,” they said. A Glasgow City Council spokesman said: “This is an annual fundraiser organised by the equalities group. Senior pupils will work with school staff to decide the best way to use any funds. ” She added: “We would urge any teacher to raise their concerns with the school’s senior management team.” Article Name:School raises funds for chest binders Publication:The Daily Telegraph Author:By Simon Johnson Start Page:10 End Page:10

Thursday Total: 5

The Guardian [1]

The Times [0]

Daily Mail [1]

Telegraph [3]

Coe vows to protect women’s categories if named IOC head Briton says Paris boxing row made him ‘uncomfortable’ Olympic governing body requires a ‘clear-cut’ policy The Daily Telegraph14 Nov 2024By Oliver Brown CHIEF SPORTS WRTITER Paris punch: Imane Khelif won gold in women’s boxing this summer, causing anxiety for Lord Coe (below) Setting out his platform for the most powerful role in global sport, Lord Coe has promised to protect the women’s category by changing the International Olympic Committee’s emphasis from human rights to the basic rules of biology. The head of World Athletics, who is attempting to succeed Thomas Bach as IOC president next March, admitted he was “uncomfortable” when he watched two biologically male fighters win gold medals in Paris in women’s boxing, indicating that such a debacle would not be tolerated on his watch. “It’s a very clear proposition to me – if you do not protect the female category, or if you are in any way ambivalent about it for whatever reason, then it will not end well for women’s sport,” Coe said. “I come from a sport where that is absolutely sacrosanct.” Coe’s position contrasts sharply with that of Bach, who stuck throughout the Paris Games to a widely-derided argument that womanhood could be determined by passport status, ignoring the fact that the two controversial boxers – Algeria’s Imane Khelif and Lin Yuting of Taiwan – had failed sex tests in two consecutive years, with their results showing XY chromosomes, the male pattern. While the IOC disputes the validity of the tests, neither athlete has followed through with an appeal. A central element of Coe’s presidential manifesto, which he hopes to announce next month, will be to move the IOC away from its human rights-based approach to the issue to a policy of ring-fencing elite women’s sport for biological females only. It is a shift he has implemented successfully in athletics, banning male-to-female transgender athletes from elite women’s events while compelling those with differences in sexual development (DSD) to undergo a minimum of six months of testosterone suppression. While boxing, administered in Paris by the IOC, was engulfed by scandal, athletics encountered no such problems. This gives Coe an edge over three of his rivals for the top job, given that Jordan’s Prince Feisal Al Hussein, Spain’s Juan Antonio Samaranch Jnr and Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe – Bach’s preferred heir – all sat on the executive board that allowed Khelif and Lin to compete as women. “It has to be a clear-cut policy, and it is incumbent on the IOC to create that landscape,” said Coe, who agreed that the existing guidance was ambiguous. “I would want to make sure it is clear-cut.” Asked if he winced at the scenes in boxing, he replied: “I was uncomfortable.” The path to the presidency is complicated: while Coe is conspicuously the most experienced candidate in the seven-person race, by virtue of having led London 2012 and running the most important Olympic sport, Bach is understood not to favour him as his successor. An IOC letter published in September clarified that members could not serve beyond the age of 74: a directive widely interpreted as being aimed at Coe, 68, who would turn 76 by the end of an eight-year term as president. But at a lunch in central London, he insisted that his passion for the task remained undimmed. “I have been in training for this for most of my life,” said Coe, a two-time Olympic 1500 metres champion. “I think I can make a difference, and I do have a plan and a vision for what that difference looks like. It would be extraordinary. Anyone who joins an athletics club at the age of 11 and spends his whole life in the Olympic movement, to be entrusted with the presidency? That would be a massive moment. “I have a passion for the Olympic movement. I don’t know if it’s the toughest race, but it’s the one I’m probably best prepared for. I don’t think there’s any job I’ve done where I think I’ve been better prepared for it than this one.” Fleshing out his leadership style, Coe said: “I do genuinely work by consensus, but that doesn’t mean that, on occasions, I’m not prepared to make tough decisions.” Should he be elected at next year’s IOC Congress in Lausanne, he would soon find himself working closely with United States president-elect Donald Trump, sure to be front and centre at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Unlike Bach, Coe would at least bring the IOC closer into line with Trump’s vow to ban biological males from women’s sport in the US. “I cannot believe that Donald Trump, unlike every other American president who has been in a position to be hosting a Games, wouldn’t want a Games that embraced the world and reflected the country he lived in,” he said. “I was there in ’84, the last time the Olympics were there, and Ronald Reagan created a landscape for a hugely successful Games.” Article Name:Coe vows to protect women’s categories if named IOC head Publication:The Daily Telegraph Author:By Oliver Brown CHIEF SPORTS WRTITER Start Page:12 End Page:12

We now live in a mad world of male breastfeeding The Daily Telegraph14 Nov 2024 Breast is best. Or so child-rearing experts have always told us. I hope no one will be put out, however, if I venture to suggest that there’s an exception to this rule. That is: when the breast is male. Until not terribly long ago, this would have been considered a statement of the crashingly obvious. So obvious, in fact, that no one would have felt the need to make it. Seemingly, though, we now live in a rather different world. A world in which a trustee of La Leche League GB, a breastfeeding support charity, has announced that she’s quitting her role – because she refuses to teach trans women (that is, biological males) how to breastfeed. Miriam Main said that such a concept could only be “a poor imitation of breastfeeding”. She added: “I hope the wonderful work of hundreds of women is not lost through mixing causes and politics.” Bewildered members of the public may be wondering how anyone could possibly believe that males should breastfeed. They might also be wondering why anyone male would wish to do it. Most fathers find doing the occasional bottle-feed arduous enough, and don’t envy their wives the strain and exhaustion they’re forced to endure. Surely the most important question, though, is: whose interests are the more important? The interests of trans women, who seek validation for their gender identity? Or the interests of babies, who need real milk? I’m fairly sure that everyone used to know the answer to that question. But apparently times have changed. Article Name:We now live in a mad world of male breastfeeding Publication:The Daily Telegraph Start Page:7 End Page:7

Forstater ‘threatened with arrest’ for exercising right to free speech Activist who wrote about transgender GP faces CPS probe and possible charges after online comments The Daily Telegraph14 Nov 2024By Charles Hymas HOME AFFAIRS EDITOR Maya Forstater could be charged with malicious communication for her tweet A GENDER-CRITICAL activist has told of how she faced a “Kafkaesque” police investigation over a tweet she posted. Maya Forstater, the executive director of Sex Matters, which campaigns for clarity about sex in law and policy, was emailed by the Metropolitan Police informing her she was under investigation for allegedly making a malicious communication. The police officer contacted her two months after the post on X (then Twitter) in June 2023 to say she was being invited into a voluntary interview to give her side of the events. Despite asking a series of questions about the details of the allegation, she was told only that it related to a post “targeted” at a member of the transgender community. The officer said they could not divulge any more because the “victim” was susceptible to further comments. She was warned that if she failed to attend the police interview voluntarily, she would be marked as “wanted” on the Met Police’s system for which she would eventually be arrested. Ms Forstater subsequently attended the interview with her lawyer where she discovered it related to a transgender GP whom she had claimed “enjoys intimately examining female patients without their consent”. She claimed she was asked whether she intended to target a member of the transgender community, whether she understood that it could be perceived as transphobic and whether she had any evidence to support her claims. Ms Forstater said she did have evi ‘From the start, the officer was saying there’s a victim and… I had committed a crime’ dence, and defended her right to speak freely. “When I express my views publicly, I do not do so with the intention of causing distress or anxiety to those who disagree with me,” she said. “I express my views because they are important to me, and I consider them to be a legitimate contribution to an ongoing political debate. “It may well be that persons who have seen my tweets are offended or upset, or would prefer that I did not utter them. There is no right not to be offended in a democratic society, nor to use the powers of the state to destroy other people’s rights in pursuit of your own political goals. Nothing that I have tweeted comes anywhere close to meeting the criteria of being so obviously indecent, grossly offensive, threatening or factually false that it called for an investigation into my intentions in writing it.” A police file on Ms Forstater is now being considered by the Crown Prosecution Service to decide whether she should be charged with malicious communication. It carries a penalty of up to two years in jail. Her experience prompted her to contact Allison Pearson after reading about her case. Pearson was told on Remembrance ‘The whole process was Kafkaesque. It has been very stressful. It was terrifying’ Sunday by Essex Police that she was under investigation for allegedly inciting racial hatred in a tweet a year ago. “When I read the article describing her experience as Kafkaesque, it is exactly what my experience was,” said Ms Forstater, who previously won an employment tribunal having argued that she had been discriminated against on the basis of her gender-critical beliefs. “From the start, the officer was saying there’s a victim and I was being told I had committed a crime but was not told what the tweet was. “The whole process was Kafkaesque. It has been very stressful and intimidating. It has felt like I have been questioned by a political body, not by the police supposed to be treating people without fear or favour. So it was terrifying.” The Met Police have been contacted for comment. Article Name:Forstater ‘threatened with arrest’ for exercising right to free speech Publication:The Daily Telegraph Author:By Charles Hymas HOME AFFAIRS EDITOR Start Page:5 End Page:5

Friday Total: 1

The Guardian [0]

The Times [0]

Daily Mail [0]

Telegraph [1]

Saturday Total: 3

The Guardian [0]

The Times [1]

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‘Terrifying’ hate crime investigation into gender activist scrapped The Daily Telegraph - Saturday16 Nov 2024By Charles Hymas The Telegraph Maya Forstater, right, was not initially told which of her tweets were being investigated by the police POLICE have dropped a “terrifying” investigation into a gender critical activist over a tweet she posted. Maya Forstater, executive director of Sex Matters, which campaigns for clarity about sex in law and policy, was told on Thursday evening that police would be taking no further action over the post on X, formerly Twitter. Forstater was investigated for 15 months by Scotland Yard after a complaint that her June 2023 post about a transgender GP was allegedly a malicious communication. She claimed that the Metropolitan Police appeared to have “sat” for two months on the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decision that there was no crime committed before telling her on Thursday evening, just a day after published a story about her plight. She had told this newspaper that her experience had been “Kafkaesque” in that, much like Telegraph journalist Allison Pearson, she had not been told anything about what tweet was being investigated or who had made the complaint until she agreed to turn up to a voluntary interview with officers. Pearson, an award-winning writer, is being investigated by Essex police for allegedly stirring up racial hatred in a post on X last November. The force has refused to tell her any details about which post is being investigated or who made the complaint against her. In a press statement about Ms Forstater’s case, the Met Police said: “An allegation of malicious communication, relating to a post on social media, was reported to police in June 2023. A number of enquiries were carried out by officers, including liaison with the Crown Prosecution Service. We can confirm our investigation has concluded, with no further action to be taken.” Forstater posted the statement on X, noting: “Fifteen months after calling me in for questioning about a tweet, and having sat on the CPS decision that there was no crime for 2 months, the Met bothered to call me up at 7pm this evening to tell me, and then put out this press statement.” The police contacted her two months after the post on X in June 2023 to say that she was being invited to a voluntary interview to give her side of the events. Despite asking a series of questions about the details of the allegation, she was told only that it related to a post “targeted” at a member of the transgender community. The officer said they could not divulge any more because the “victim” was susceptible to further comments. She was warned that if she failed to attend the police interview voluntarily, she would be marked as “wanted” on the Met Police’s system for which she would eventually be arrested. Forstater subsequently attended the interview with her lawyer where she discovered it related to a transgender GP who she had claimed “enjoys intimately examining female patients without their consent”. She claimed she was asked whether she intended to target a member of the transgender community, whether she understood that it could be perceived as transphobic and whether she had any evidence to support her claims. Forstater said she did have evidence, and defended her right to speak freely. “When I express my views publicly, I do not do so with the intention of causing distress or anxiety to those who disagree with me,” she said. “I express my views because they are important to me, and I consider them to be a legitimate contribution to an ongoing political debate.” Police sent a file to the CPS who decided there was insufficient evidence to support a prosecution for malicious communication, which carries a penalty of up to two years in jail. Her experience prompted her to contact Pearson after reading about her case. Pearson was told on Remembrance Sunday by Essex police that she was under investigation for allegedly inciting racial hatred in a tweet a year ago. “When I read the article describing her experience as Kafkaesque, it is exactly what my experience was... It was terrifying” said Forstater. Article Name:‘Terrifying’ hate crime investigation into gender activist scrapped Publication:The Daily Telegraph - Saturday Author:By Charles Hymas The Telegraph Start Page:5 End Page:5

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Frozen out of charity after I said biological men can’t breastfeed Miriam Main, a counsellor at a breastfeeding group, says that she had no choice but to quit after questioning the trans ideology Miriam Main was one of La Leche League’s counsellors The final straw came on a Saturday morning, a couple of weeks ago. I logged on to Facebook and saw (yet) another comment calling me transphobic and comparing me to a Nazi. I’d finally had enough and decided to resign as a trustee and member of the council of directors for La Leche League GB (LLL GB), the UK’s oldest breastfeeding charity. It wasn’t a snap decision, but the result of months of mistruths, propaganda and insidious comments directed at me on social media. These attacks were a response to the concerns I and others expressed over a new policy to allow biological men — trans women — to attend support groups. This isn’t a decision I’ve taken lightly. After giving birth to my eldest child in 2016, I struggled to breastfeed, and was surprised at the deep biological need within me to persist through the challenges. LLL, which offers advice and meetings for breastfeeding mothers, provided me with the empathy and support that I desperately needed. I felt understood and went from being a mum looking for support to being one offering support to others. In 2019 I became a leader (breastfeeding counsellor) and ran support groups for my local community on top of my day job as a vet. Last year, I joined the Council of Directors. But this year, things began to shift. It all started with changes to language. In LLL publications and materials, I noticed “mother” being replaced with “parent”, “breastfeed” being replaced with “chestfeed”, and the phrase “breastfeeding families” being used instead of “breastfeeding mothers”. These language changes, led by a group of zealots from within the organisation, very quickly evolved into a complete departure from LLL’s philosophy and mission, which is to unapologetically advocate for mothers and babies. On 17th April, after many of us sought clarity over the way terms like “gender” and “sex” were being used, a letter from the LLL international board — which is US-based — to all British Leaders announced that trans women, who are biologically male, would be allowed into LLL classes. When LLL was founded in the US in 1956, it was a totally new concept, and has led the way for millions of mothers ever since. Now active in almost 90 countries, LLL trains its leaders to provide empathetic, evidence-based information and support in the normal course of breastfeeding. A core part of the charity’s support is holding regular meetings where mothers come together. Single-sex spaces for breastfeeding are necessary to protect the “mother-baby dyad” — that unique and symbiotic relationship between woman and baby.I remember feeling a bit miffed that my husband couldn’t stay with me at the first LLL meeting I attended, but it didn’t take long for me to understand why. It is in these meetings that women bare all, emotionally and physically. They can talk about their sex life after having a baby; how they feel about their changing body; pressure to give a bottle, and so much more. There are often tears of joy and pain. It is raw and vulnerable, and LLL provides safety and reassurance. But this safety is diminishing. In recent months, I and other leaders have raised legitimate concerns about several issues, such as the physical wellbeing of a baby being breastfed by a biological man. (The assertion here being that biological males are capable of breastfeeding babies by way of taking synthetic hormones and inducing lactation via nipple stimulation.) For raising these concerns, we were called transphobic and compared to Nazis. The worst part was that the people insulting us were other leaders; people who are supposed to be skilled at dealing sensitively with highly divisive topics. On one occasion, a leader opposed to our position said that they hoped all those who disagreed with their view on inclusion would “hurry up and die”. When I and other trustees escalated our concerns to the charity’s international board, which is based in the US, their response was to send an email to all LLL GB leaders clearly stating that we were obliged to provide breastfeeding support “to all nursing parents, regardless of their gender identity or sex”. I was deeply concerned by this and felt it could damage the women and children we care for. The charitable objectives of La Leche League Great Britain, as listed on the Charity Commission website, are to “promote the physical and psychological health of mothers and children through education in the technique of breastfeeding”. It is my firm conviction that promoting breastfeeding by biological men would contravene these objectives. Despite this, the international board is standing firm that we must support male lactation and breastfeeding if we want to be leaders. The international board has shown that support for theoretical male lactation trumps the needs of women. Many have asked why I stayed for so long or how other leaders can stand this. It is very hard to describe how life-changing LLL has been for me, and the emotional ties and responsibility that I feel towards the charity. The grief I feel at losing LLL from my life is huge. Until now, it has been easier for leaders to turn a blind eye and carry on doing good work, but enough is enough. — Note how she claims ‘breastfeeding’ is being replaced with ‘chestfeeding’ in the same sentence she claims ‘breastfeeding mothers’ is being replaced with ‘breastfeeding families’ [hat-tip Euan for that spot]

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I too had visit from police over tweet, says writer Julie Bindel faced ‘hate crime’ questions after complaint from transgender man The Sunday Telegraph17 Nov 2024By Nick Gutteridge and Henry Bodkin ONE of Britain’s most prominent feminist writers has revealed that police visited her home to warn they were investigating one of her tweets as a “hate crime”. Julie Bindel has said she received a knock on the door from two Scotland Yard officers on a Sunday afternoon who told her a “transgender man” from the Netherlands had reported one of her social media posts. The case bears a striking resemblance to the ongoing police investigation into Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson and will add to the growing concerns over the curtailing of free speech in Britain. Ms Bindel, a longstanding campaigner on violence against women and critic of gender ideology, said she was not allowed to know which tweet had prompted the investigation, under what category of hate crime it was being investigated, nor the identity of the complainant. The officers asked her to voluntarily attend her local police station to make a statement, she said, but she refused. She described the visit as “Orwellian” and said detectives “could better use their time investigating rape and domestic violence”. Last night, a former head of MI6 criticised hate crime investigations into journalists as “ridiculous” and a waste of police time. Allison Pearson, a Telegraph columnist, is currently being investigated by Essex police over an unspecified tweet she posted a year ago. Two officers visited Pearson’s home on Remembrance Sunday over what they described as “an incident or offence of potentially inciting racial hatred online”. Ms Bindel told this newspaper: “Police coming after those of us that do nothing more than speak the truth about gender madness and refuse to bend the knee to the crazy cultists, are doing a massive public disservice. Unless there is a very good reason not to, we must all publicly protest this terrible infringement of our human rights.” Ms Bindel said the incident was witnessed by multiple people who were in her house at the time. The Metropolitan Police said it had no record of the incident. Writing in The Telegraph she says: “The officers left looking a little bewildered. I did have a sense that they understood what a ridiculous mission they had been sent on.” Speaking of the visit, which took place in 2019, she added: “Police have limited time to investigate actual crime, but are instead being tasked with ticking off the likes of me for daring to tweet that ‘trans women are not women’ or whatever the person in Holland had objected to.” A former Tory MP also last night discussed how a “non-crime hate incident” was recorded against his name following a complaint from a Labour activist. Tom Hunt, who represented Ipswich, said the incident was recorded against him after he had raised concerns that “certain communities” were disproportionately responsible for crime in the city centre. Mr Hunt said that Ms Bindel’s case showed how reporting of alleged hate crimes had become “an absolute free for all” and said ministers must “nip it in the bud”. He said: “The fact that not only do you not have to be a victim, you don’t even have to be in the same jurisdiction, it’s just beyond ludicrous.” The former Ipswich MP was reported to Suffolk police for a non-crime hate incident shortly after being elected at the 2019 election. The complaint related to a local newspaper column in which he had written of the need to “confront the possibility that a disproportionate number of crimes are committed by individuals from certain communities”. Mr Hunt said it had been made by a local Labour activist and that, though he faced no criminal investigation, he believed the incident was still on his record. He added: “It’s a deliberate tactic of the Left to try and drag the long arm of the law in to stifle legitimate debate and cower the Right and Conservative voices.” Sir Richard Dearlove, a former head of MI6, said the investigation into Pearson was “ridiculous” and officers “shouldn’t be wasting their time on these sorts of issues”. He said: “I think those of us who have grown up in an era of free speech just can’t understand the way things have developed. It’s extraordinary. There are other ways of tracking extremism and I don’t think doing stuff which prejudices people’s freedom of speech is a sensible starting point. ‘If it’s the Iranian Revolutionary Guard or Hamas, that’s what they should be looking at’ “If it’s the activities of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps in the UK or serious stuff to do with Hamas, that’s what they should be looking at.” Baron Stevens, a former Met commissioner, said that police forces should be using scarce resources on violent crime. “We need officers on the streets for prioritising things like knife crime and violence,” he said. “Public safety should be the biggest priority.” Two former home secretaries said hate crime investigations were distracting the police from their core duties to the public. Suella Braverman said: “The time has come for this insidious practice to be scrapped. Police the streets, not tweets – that’s what the British people expect.” Grant Shapps said: “These incidents, where no actual crime has been committed, feel like the kind of thing that both waste police time and reduce the public’s trust in policing. It would surely be better for law enforcement to focus on actual crimes.” Essex police defended its handling of the case in a statement on Saturday, saying it had been launched because “a complaint of a possible criminal offence was made”. The force said: “We police without fear or favour and that’s why we respond to alleged offences which are reported to us by members of the public.” It released a transcript of the conversation that officers conducted with Pearson, which was captured on their body-worn video cameras. In it an officer told her that “it’s gone down as an incident or offence of potentially inciting racial hatred online. That would be the offence.” They added: “It’s what’s been alleged and if there’s an offence we need to ask questions about then we need to do that.” A spokesman for the Met said: “We take all reports of hate crime extremely seriously and are committed to investigating allegations thoroughly and impartially where they are made. “Our approach seeks to balance the right to free speech with our duty to protect individuals and our communities from harm.” Article Name:I too had visit from police over tweet, says writer Publication:The Sunday Telegraph Author:By Nick Gutteridge and Henry Bodkin Start Page:1 End Page:1

I had a knock at door over ‘hate crime’. I sent them packing without spoiling my lunch The Sunday Telegraph17 Nov 2024Commentary By Julie Bindel Julie Bindel, a journalist, author and feminist campaigner IT WAS a Sunday lunchtime around 1pm when I received a knock on the door. I was with my family and friends, preparing lunch, looking forward to a convivial afternoon of roast chicken, chilled white wine and lots of gossip. I opened the door, and saw two uniformed police officers. At first I thought that perhaps they were investigating a spat of local burglaries or car thefts in the area, although I soon dismissed that possibility. The police are rarely proactive on those issues, as resources are so stark and ever diminishing. Which is what made it so shocking when the young, female officers told me why they were standing on my doorstep. “We are here to talk to you about a hate crime,” said one, as her colleague looked anywhere except at me. When I asked what it was about, I was told that a “transgender man” in Holland had reported me for a tweet. Yes, something I had tweeted, sometime within the past year. I was not allowed to know which tweet it was, or under which category of hate crime law it fell. I assumed of course it was so-called transphobia, and started asking about the legal jurisdiction, such as how a person based in Holland can make a complaint about someone based in the UK, and which court it would get to. I was asked if I would voluntarily go into the station the following day to make a statement. I said, “absolutely not”. Why should I do that, when I have no idea what I was being accused of? I had better things to do. One of the officers then explained that they would have to talk it over with their senior officers and come to some decision about what to do. I said they were welcome to pop round any time and let me know exactly what I I was told that a trans man in Holland had reported me for a tweet was supposed to have done that was illegal. The officers left looking a little bewildered. I did have a sense that they understood what a ridiculous mission they have been sent on. I advised that they could better use their time investigating rape and domestic violence. The next day I received a phone call from one of them telling me that the investigation had been dropped. I was disappointed, because what I had hoped would happen was that I ended up in court, on a “hate crime” charge, and my friends and colleagues would protest outside of the court and use it as a way to educate the public about this Orwellian state of affairs. Police have limited time to investigate actual crime, but are instead being tasked with ticking off the likes of me for daring to tweet that “trans women are NOT women” (or whatever the person in Holland had objected to). I was able to send the two officers packing, without their visit even spoiling my lunch. I know the law on these issues, and am well aware they had no chance in getting the Crown Prosecution Service to press charges. Nevertheless, I thought about the women who have lost jobs, been hounded out of college courses, friendship groups and university societies, as well as those that would have found it distressing to be threatened with a hate crime conviction for no good reason. A criminal record is a serious issue and can have a terrible effect on a person’s livelihood, reputation, and self-esteem. Police coming after those of us that do nothing more than speak the truth about gender madness and refuse to bend the knee to the crazy cultists, are doing a massive public disservice. Unless there is a very good reason not to, we must all publicly protest against this terrible infringement of our human rights. Article Name:I had a knock at door over ‘hate crime’. I sent them packing without spoiling my lunch Publication:The Sunday Telegraph Author:Commentary By Julie Bindel Julie Bindel, a journalist, author and feminist campaigner Start Page:6 End Page:6

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