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WDI USA and KPSS USA warn of potential violation of penal code in Pennsylvania

Amanda Stulman, director of Keep Prisons Single Sex, and Kara Dansky, president of WDI USA, have written to police and other legal authorities in Philadephia warning of a potential violation of the penal code relating to indecent exposure and male swimmer Lia Thomas, as well as potential violations of various university policies. Read their letter here and coverage on swimming website State of Swimming here. 

'Our health care system provides breast implants for men, but not for women with breast cancer'

Read the English translation of WDI Spain's interview with Colombian women's rights activist, Alejandra Vera.

UNsynced: UN out of sync with global grassroots feminists

Anna Kerr of Feminist Legal Clinic and WDI Australia discusses the UN's failure to consider women's rights. Adapted from her speech at the WDI event at FiLiA 2021. 

Please support Raquel Rosario Sanchez

WDI signatory Raquel Rosario Sanchez is taking legal action against the University of Bristol for enabling the bullying and harassment she was subject to for standing up for women's sex-based rights. She will be in court this week. Please share her story on social media, read her article in Quillette and consider donating to her crowdfunder if you are able. You can read more about her story on the WDI website. 

One year since 'Dysphoric'

Vaishavi Sundar, WDI country contact for India, reports on the year since release of her groundbreaking film series, Dysphoric. 

WDI webinars this week:

WDI Feminist Question Time (FQT) takes place on Saturdays at 15.00 UK time. This week, 12 February, we have Isla McGregor from Australia on the censorship of GC women in Tasmania, Marg Curnow & Tighe Instone of Lava (Lesbian Action for Visibility Aotearoa) and Sheila Jeffreys from the UK on the insult of transgenderism. Register here. 

WDI Radical Feminist Perspectives (RFP) takes place on Sundays at 10.00 UK time. This week, 13 February, we are discussing All The Rage, edited by Lynne Harne and Elaine Miller discussed by Julia Long, Elaine Hutton and Lynne Harne. Register here.

Sex-based rights around the world

Green Parties silence and suspend those talking about women's rights

Further evidence that Green political groups are working against women's sex-based rights. In the UK, Emma Bateman, recently elected co-chair of the women's commitee of England and Wales, was suspended for breaching codes of conduct. The party has not provided her with any evidence or further information. Shahrar Ali, party spokesman on policing and domestic violence, has been removed from his role for speaking about women's rights. In 2020 Kerri Bruss and Thistle Petersen of WDI USA were removed from the US Green Party National Women's Caucus for attempting to discuss women's rights. 

Singer Adele accused of transphobia

British singer Adele, who won the first gender neutral categories at the recent BRIT music awards, was accused of 'transphobia' after saying, 'I really love being a woman and being a female artist.'

Parents sue Wisconsin school district

Two sets of parents are taking legal action against a Wisconsin school district over its policy to allow minor students to change their names and pronouns without parental consent. 

Tavistock lead psychologist supports 'ageplay' and 'furries'

Dr Christina Richards, lead psychologist at the Tavistock gender clinic in London, has written a number of publications that seek to normalise extreme paraphilias such as 'ageplay'. By Genevieve Gluck in Women's Voices. 

Rapist jailed after grooming girl, 13

Joshua Bates, 25, a man who claims a female 'gender identity', has been jailed for 100 months for inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. He had been released from prison the day before after serving several years for rape. 

Resources

'Sold: Sex Slaves Next Door'

BBC documentary on the grooming and trafficking of Romanian girls as young as 10 into sex slavery in Britain. 

The media & Black Lives Matter orgs don’t want to talk about black femicide

Podcast with Rosa Page, the nurse researcher behind Black Femicide - America where she talks about her tireless work to track black femicides and push for reform in antiquated legal, media, and police systems. 

'The Silence of the Sacrificial Lambs'

'Should disabled children be used as props to make men with sexual fetishes feel better? It doesn’t seem like a difficult question, does it?' Read Dr Em's article on the rights of female children with severe disabilities to same-sex care. 

'Much Ado About Mothers'

Victoria Smith's article on the demonisation and dismissal of Mumsnet and mothers in general. 

Why UCL is closing the door on Stonewall

Professor Alice Sullivan on UCL's decision to withdraw from Stonewall's various workplace schemes. 

'It's wrong to play the pronoun game'

Why we should not use 'preferred pronouns' - from the parent of a trans-identified teenager. 

'Hope is not really a strategy but it's what I am relying on now'

Vaishnavi Sundar interviews an Indian mother of a daughter with ROGD.  

'Erasing Women: The Misogyny of Transgenderism'

Former swimming official Cynthia Millen resigned after 30 years to protest against the inclusion of men in women's competitions. She writes about 'transgenderism' from a Catholic perspective. 

New resource - Trans Truth

A non-partisan website for information on transgenderism and women's rights. 

Campaigns

Petition to restore funding to DV shelters in New South Wales

Please sign this petition to restore funding to specialist domestic violence shelters to New South Wales, Australia, where 3 women and 5 children have been killed so far this year. 

Events

No Males in Female Jails - protest 12 February in London

There will be a protest against men in women's jails outside the Ministry of Justice opposite St James Park tube station in London on 12 February at 1pm.