Senator Sharon Keogan has hit out at the CSO for its advice about gender “non-binary” answers on the Census, saying the statistics body is afraid of being “cancelled.” The comments were made this week in the Seanad, after the CSO received criticism for only providing “Male” and “Female” boxes on the census to be ticked […]
Last month the World Health Organisation published its “Abortion Care Guideline,” in which it endorsed abortion up to birth without gestational limits. The document was published on March 9th 2022, with a goal of recommending the “best practice statements relating to abortion.” On page 27 of the document, the text clearly states: “[We] recommend against […]
As the debate around transgender biological males in women’s sports comes to a head, you’d imagine that a group like Labour Women would be on the side of – well, biological women. But alas, that would make too much sense. Tweeting from their official account last night, the group reposted a Journal.ie article advocating for […]
The UK’s public broadcaster has faced harsh backlash and criticism from women’s rights groups after describing women as “people who are assigned female at birth.” The remarks were made this week in a BBC article on the medical condition endometriosis, which affects a woman’s uterus-lining, ovaries and fallopian tubes. The phrase “assigned female at birth” […]
Newstalk has seen significant backlash online after accusing Harry Potter author JK Rowling of “opposing rights for trans people” similar to Vladimir Putin. Rowling has been noted for her belief that transgender self-identification was a threat to women in areas such as sports, women’s toilets and changing rooms. She has also expressed concern that young […]
If you are silly or “bigoted” enough to say “that is a man”, then you will have committed the modern equivalent of thought crime, and be punished for it.
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 […]