The Lia Thomas effect
The New York Times and the BBC have pronoun problems
When the National Women’s Council of Ireland threw a feminist event over the weekend, with the lineup of high profile groups and individuals involved, you’d assume we were all in for a barnstormer. I mean, how could the event not draw a big crowd? The NWCI themselves say it’s been planned since March 2021 – […]
A woman was heckled out of a feminist rally in Dublin because she held a sign which is reported to have said “biology is not bigotry.” The event took place outside the Dáil at the National Women’s Council of Ireland’s Women’s Day event, which was widely promoted by various NGOs and political parties. The event […]
Texas could prosecute parents who allow their children to change their gender as child abusers, says its governor, Greg Abbott. In a letter sent this week to the Department of Family and Protective Services, Abbott said the agency “is responsible for protecting children from abuse.” He warned that teachers, doctors, nurses, and others who don’t report […]
1 in 5 generation Z adults in America now identify as LGBTQIA+ according to a new Gallup poll. However, the rise is almost entirely accounted for by more people identifying as transgender and bisexual, not gay or lesbian. “The Gallup poll found nearly 21 percent of Gen Z adults identify as LGBTQ, which is nearly […]
“Move to erase ‘women’ rapid and extreme”
Bristol University has been ridiculed for encouraging staff to use a gender pronoun guide which included “catgender” for people who identify as cats, and “emojiself” for people who identify with emojis. The university’s “Using Pronouns At Work” guide links to a website that says some people may choose to use “Emojiself pronouns” – identifying with […]
A “turning point”?
The battle against sexism turns out to have been a phoney war
Social media is fuelling a trans pandemic
‘Loudoun County protects rapists’