Billy B 🦖💜🤍💚KPSS/Support Nordic Model Now @Boo1956

.@amnesty has long been a corrupt men's rights movement. At the beginning of 2014, a whistleblower gave me the story that it was trying to adopt a policy of blanket decriminalisation of the sex trade, including pimping and brothel owning, without consulting members. I wrote this at the time, in the Mail: SINCE its foundation more than 50 years ago, Amnesty International has gained a formidable reputation as a global campaigner against oppression. To people living under authoritarian rule, the organisation has rightly come to be seen as a symbol of hope and a force for freedom. As a left-leaning feminist, I have strongly supported Amnesty's efforts to promote the human rights of women around the world. But it is precisely because of this admiration that I am so dismayed by this new initiative, which runs counter to its entire ethos as a bulwark for people suffering abuse, exploitation and maltreatment. The call for the decriminalisation of prostitution or what it describes, with offensive understatement, as the 'sex work' industry is dressed up in soothing, politically correct rhetoric about women's rights. But the reality is that legalisation would represent official state approval of those who keep this vile trade going. The astonishing proposal shows absolutely no understanding of the dark, misogynistic world of prostitution, where coercion is rife and brutality endemic. Amnesty tries to pretend that women selling their bodies is similar to other forms of labour - with one passage in the document explicitly drawing a parallel between women who 'choose to become sex workers' and 'miners and domestic foreign workers'. Having researched prostitution, one woman who I interviewed described her life of seeing at least ten male customers a day as 'a form of torture'. That is just the sort of injustice that Amnesty is meant to be fighting. Yet Amnesty, in an abject inversion of its ethical values, has somehow persuaded itself that surrender to money-driven, masculine sexual aggression represents progress towards liberty. Far from representing any form of advancement for women, the decriminalisation of prostitution would lead to more abuse, more violence, more subjugation. This was made clear in Australia where legalisation of the brothel industry in one state resulted in a fourfold increase in the number of trafficked women working in legal brothels. In a dreadful euphemism, Amnesty admits that 'the context' of the sex work industry is 'imperfect'. 'Imperfect' is one way of describing a trade built on physical abuse, rape, child sex abuse, sadism and greed. It is highly offensive of Amnesty to pretend that this is similar to other industries. In what other job do the occupational hazards include beatings, theft of earnings, sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancies, forcible removal of childecriminalisation dren, constant threats and even death? In fact, there can be few more dangerous activities for women. It is telling that many of Britain's worst serial killers, like the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe or the Ipswich killer Steven Wright, regularly visited prostitutes. In the same self-deceiving vein, Amnesty claims it will not support of prostitution where violence or coercion are involved. But that is just more confused thinking. Intimidation is at the very core of this world. Very few women end up selling sex through their own free choice. Trafficking, menaces, drug addiction and financial pressures all play their part. Recent research has shown that 67 per cent of prostitutes have suffered violence in childhood, 61 per cent had experienced violence from 'clients' and 74 per cent had endured mental and physical health problems as a result of their involvement with this trade. Absurdly, Amnesty seems even to have accepted the notion that paying for sexual services is a basic human right for men. By definition, men who are willing to pay for sex already have a contemptuous attitude towards women - they are not interested in an equal relationship, or a meaningful exchange with a partner. Instead of proposing legalisation, Amnesty International should concentrate on freeing women from the clutches of these men. The end of prostitution might be a distant ideal, but it is still far better than Amnesty's grubby collusion with misogyny.

This is how they did it.

Rachel Rooney @RooneyRachel

12 hours ago

@DerryBanShee @Transgendertrd This was an email that my friend, a head of an inner city independent state nursery for 2-4 year olds, received a few years back. She said she was bombarded by Stonewall emails wanting to know how many trans pupils she had.

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Amy Reichert @amyforsandiego

a day ago

A legal freight train is coming for @GavinNewsom

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In which it appears that a:Gender, a transactivist workplace network *funded by the taxpayer*, has been given the results of *other people’s SAR data* which a:Gender had no right to see; a self-reported breach of GDPR by DEFRA. #TribunalTweets

Ursula Doyle @suladoyle

16 hours ago

If I can see that Naomi Cunningham is illustrating collusion between ED and very senior people at DEFRA to keep SEEN under surveillance, why can’t the judge?

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The BMA going full-on Stonewall in gender ideology: The A in LGBTQIA+ bma.org.uk/news-and-opini…

“He says the treatment of those who have put their heads above the parapet to question trans ideology has predominantly involved the bullying of women, with a few exceptions, such as gender-critical men like Graham Linehan, who have been uncompromising in their campaigning and treated appallingly.” @nickwallis ⬇️

The Free Speech Union @SpeechUnion

a day ago

“I pay tribute to the Free Speech Union and the people they have been supporting. Everyone has a role to play in this.” On this week’s episode of the FSU Podcast, Nick Wallis — the journalist who helped expose the horrors of the Post Office scandal — speaks with Connie Shaw

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'Two mothers have described how they burst into tears when Justice Secretary David Lammy told them he would increase the minimum sentence for people killed at home by their partner.' itv.com/news/westcount… 'It follows a long running campaign by mothers Carole Gould and Julie Devey. Their daughters Ellie, from Calne in Wiltshire, and Poppy, from Frome in Somerset, were murdered by men they had recently ended relationships with. The mothers launched their campaign after they discovered that if a woman is stabbed to death in the street by a stranger, the starting point for sentencing is 25 years. However if the same woman is stabbed to death with a kitchen knife by a partner in her own home, the starting point for sentencing is 15 years. Juile Devey told ITV News West Country about the meeting with the Justice Secretary. She said: “It was an amazing moment, we had a meeting about 7 or 8 weeks ago with David Lammy and he could see it wasn’t working and at that point he said ‘OK I’ll do it, I’ll move it to 25 years.’'

🏳️‍⚧️ ALL THE TRANS ARGUMENTS 🏳️‍⚧️ - What if men were women? - They're not. - What if humans were clownfish? - They're not. - What if I'm born in the wrong body? - You're not. - What if sex is a spectrum? - It isn't. - What if sex is bimodal? - It isn't. - What if sex is non-binary? - It isn't. - What if men identify as women? - They're not. - What if a man's brain is more female than male? - It isn't. - What if we can't define woman? - We can. - What if a man lives as a woman? - He's a man. - What if sex could be changed? - It can't. - What if sex was defined differently? - It isn't. - What if intersex was a third sex? - It isn't. - What if chromosomes/hormones/phenotypes were sex? - They're not. - What if language changes? - Reality doesn't. - What if

Plaid Cymru — Wales's self-described progressive party — walked out of the Senedd rather than hear the law on women's rights read aloud. The left has some explaining to do about whose side it's actually on. x.com/Jebadoo2/statu…

Dennis Noel Kavanagh @Jebadoo2

2 days ago

It still blows my mind that it's the right wing not the left wing Justices making basic points about fairness to girls and women while the left wing ones complete disregard material reality. What the hell has happened here huh.

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Such a powerful piece.

LGB Alliance @AllianceLGB

13 hours ago

12-step programmes are vital for gay and bisexual men in recovery from the drugs used in chemsex. Here, two chemsex survivors discuss how gender ideology threatens to undermine these fellowships 👇 lgballiance.org.uk/chemsex-recove…

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Homosexual acts are still illegal in 70 countries. In some, including Yemen, Nigeria, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, it carries the death penalty in law. In Iran and Afghanistan, executions are believed to be carried out. Here is what LGB Alliance is doing internationally. It is thought that 38 countries criminalise sex between women in some form, including Nigeria, Algeria and Morocco. Legal equality in the UK is real and hard-won. It is not the global norm. LGB Alliance is now a part of LGB International, the global federation of national lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) organisations who represent the views of and advocate for LGB people at global level. British citizens travelling abroad are not exempt from national laws. Our free Global Laws info sheet covers the current legal position country by country: lgballiance.org.uk/info-sheets

M. Gessen's oped in the NYT is pure fantasy. She claims the SCOTUS decision on protecting women's sports is another step towards excluding "trans" people from public life. She also claims BPJ went through "typical female puberty" -- only without the periods, I guess.

“The evidence of the danger for children was revealed by Hilary Cass in the House of Lords last week. A two and a half year old boy was told by his parents that he was a girl and brought up as a girl for all his early childhood, with no interference from teachers, doctors or social services. The bill should enable professionals to report such cases of child abuse as ‘causing the individual to have a transgender identity’, but it won’t. People are justifiably terrified of losing their jobs and livelihoods if they question anyone’s transgender identity. Societal pressure and bullying goes only one way; the professional risk too is not symmetrical. The bill will increase the fear already felt by professionals of daring to challenge a ‘transgender identity’ even in a child who is many years away yet from understanding what that could possibly mean.” Excellent from @Transgendertrd ⬇️

TransgenderTrend @Transgendertrd

a day ago

"The bill loads the dice between two approaches towards children who say they are trans. The bill’s overreach is not just into family life and parental authority, but into clinical models of care." The Conversion Practices bill is in opposition to Cass. transgendertrend.com/conversion-pra…

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Police closed rape investigation before suspect went on to murder two women - one in the same car park as the sex attack, court hears trib.al/wzTAmC1

If this hadn’t been recorded I don’t think anyone would believe these words were actually spoken. Nandy couldn’t be clearer. It is mind blowing to hear a senior politician speaking such dangerous nonsense

Venice Allan @roseveniceallan

a day ago

Lisa Nandy told her staff that Julia and I had edited this film of her saying child rapists should be able to choose to go to a women’s prison. That’s not just misinformation, it’s a lie youtu.be/oUon9j1zJ_E?is…

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'It's actually not mine' - Justice Minister distances herself from her own department's policy, which she launched this week DoJ guidance means trans detainees can request to be searched by an officer “of the same sex as their predominant lifestyle” newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/…

FAO all who support the UK puberty blockers trial: 'They ruined my life. They shaped and folded my body according to what they thought would look the best... You can't treat kids like that. We're not your art project.' -- detransitioner Jonni Skinner thefp.com/p/confessions-…

A great piece by Kathleen Stock on one of the fundamental problems with the proposed Conversion Practices Bill. The bill treats “gender identity” as an innate, immutable human trait—but where is the evidence? There is no objective test, no biological marker, and no scientific consensus that gender identity is an inborn, lifelong characteristic. Yet the law assumes a person’s declaration reveals an enduring truth, despite many young people later desisting or detransitioning. Criminal law should not be built on contested concepts or unproven assumptions.

UnHerd @unherd

17 hours ago

The conversion paradox, by Kathleen Stock (@Docstockk) Like Aristotle, our Labour overlords take a firm line on the question of essence versus accident in the human soul. A desire to stuff your face with cake is fixable with injections. Ardent petrolheads can be bribed into

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Very worth a read here from @matildagosling on the puberty blocker trial. Knowing what we know now, what are we doing even starting this?

Jane, Empress of the Known Universe (not GP)🏳️‍🌈 @blablafishcakes

18 hours ago

On Trial - here's the great @matildagosling on the new puberty blockers trial. open.substack.com/pub/matildagos…

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My blog for @HEPI_news digging down into their recent findings about student views on single-sex spaces. What the HEPI data tells us clearly is that the loudest voices; on campus, in the student union, and in the student press; don’t represent all students, and in fact only speak for a minority. This should give university managers pause for thought when they think they are doing what ‘the students’ want. hepi.ac.uk/2026/07/03/wha…