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WDI New Zealand publishes report

WDI New Zealand has published a report on sex-based rights in NZ in 2021. Visit our NZ country page to read the full thing. 

New interim Equal Treatment Bench Book

WDI director Maureen O'Hara discusses the new interim Equal Treatment Bench Book on the Legal Feminist website.

WDI webinars this week:

WDI Feminist Question Time (FQT) takes place on Saturdays at 15.00 UK time. This week we have Nídia Paz, from Panama, taking an approximate look at the state of the art on the theory of gender self-determination in Panama, P. Kranendonk, discussing gender ideology and language, Kristina, from Belarus on the (Not) little women of Belarus and Felicia Rembrandt from Canada, on 'Gender Dissent: an experiment in activist journalism'. Register here. 

WDI Radical Feminist Perspectives (RFP) takes place on Sundays at 10.00 UK time. This week Marian Rutigliano and Lauren Levey discuss consciousness raising groups - what they are and why they work so well. Register here.

Sex-based rights around the world

Female prison staff uncomfortable searching male inmates

Female prison officers in Scotland were described as 'transphobic' for feeling uncomfortable about searching men who claimed a female 'gender identity', research reveals. 

Leading 'gender identity' specialist resigns from WPATH

Dr Erica Anderson, a clinical psychologist, has resigned from the WPATH board after raising concerns about the treatment of children with gender dysphoria. (Gender ideology language used throughout).

Man wins Golden Globe for best actress in a TV drama

The Golden Globes have awarded the best actress in a TV drama to MJ Rodriguez for his performance in Pose. 

Woman demands gender-neutral marker on Indian passports

A woman who claims to be the father of her two children is asking the High Court in Madras to add a gender-neutral 'parent' option to passports.  

Lithuania approves bill to allow name change without surgery

Lithuania has recently approved legislation that allows people who claim an opposite sex identity to change their name on legal documents without having to undergo surgery. 

Biden policy will allow any male prisoner to self-identify into a women's prison

A leaked policy document reveals that President Biden plans to allow any male prisoner to be transferred to a women's prison if they identify as a woman.

4 men secretly moved into women's prison, one has already raped women

4 dangerous men were recently moved into a women's prison in Illinois. One has already been placed in isolation after he stopped using hormones and raped female inmates. 

French feminist group stops sharing femicide research because of 'transphobia'

French feminist group Nous Toutes has announced it will stop sharing the research of @feminicidesfr into the detahs of women killed by men after a sustained harassment campaign by trans rights activists. 

Gender ideology distorts medical training for US doctors

Medical training for US doctors now involves allowing patients to seld-identify their sex.

UK school drops JK Rowling for views on gender ideology

The Boswells School, a performing arts school in Essex, has renamed the 'house' it had named after JK Rowling stating that her support for women's rights did not 'align with our school policy'. They have renamed the house after sportswoman Dame Kelly Holmes, who has expressed the view that men should not compete in women's sports.  

Kerala school drops sex-specific titles

A school in Kerala, India, has stopped using sex-specific greetings such as 'sir' or 'madam' and replaced them with 'teacher'. 

Victory for parents against gender ideology in New Jersey schools

Parents in a school district in NJ have won a decision that the Cedar Grove, NJ school district violated state law when it asked its students – as young as 8 and 9 – to fill out a survey about 'gender', race, and religion.

Resources

'The Myths about the Mythical Indian Hijra'

Existence of an androgynous character in a man-made mythology does not confirm any ambiguity in biological sex - read Vaishnavi Sundar's latest article. 

'Prisons Must Remain Single Sex'

Joan Smith writing about the debate on single sex prisons in the UK's House of Lords this week. 

'The Truth About Trans Murders'

Article on how performative headlines attempt to disguise the facts about an 'epidemic' of violence against trans-identified people - by Tish Still in Unherd. 

Representing the interests of women academics in Scottish universities

Research from Murray Blackburn Mackenzie on the treatment of women at universities in Scotland. 

'The Stollery Manoeuver' 

'How one Alberta healthcare foundation is using its money and muscle to sell gender ideology to kids.' From Eva Kurilova at Gender Dissent.