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https://freespeechunion.org/stormont-politicians-clash-with-gender-critical-group-over-language-on-single-sex-spaces/
Sinn Féin, SDLP, and Alliance politicians clashed with a gender-critical women’s rights group at a “tense” Stormont committee on equality law, criticising both its arguments and language after it defended the retention of single-sex spaces for women and girls. […]
WRN’s appearance marks the first time a gender-critical organisation has been invited to give evidence at Stormont, despite numerous appearances by LGBTQ+ lobby groups over the years. […]
Alliance’s Stewart Dickson objected to WRN’s use of the word “pretend” to describe men identifying as women, arguing that trans people would be “traumatised and offended” by such language. SDLP MLA Sinead McLaughlin also took issue with WRN’s language-use insisting that not everyone “fits neatly” into male and female categories.
Committee chair Paula Bradshaw questioned WRN’s concerns about safeguarding, stating that she was “more afraid of a man who presents as a man than as a trans woman”. She also challenged the group to provide evidence of trans women’s involvement in violent crime.
Sinn Féin, SDLP, and Alliance politicians clashed with a gender-critical women’s rights group at a “tense” Stormont committee on equality law, criticising both its arguments and language after it defended the retention of single-sex spaces for women and girls. […]
WRN’s appearance marks the first time a gender-critical organisation has been invited to give evidence at Stormont, despite numerous appearances by LGBTQ+ lobby groups over the years. […]
Alliance’s Stewart Dickson objected to WRN’s use of the word “pretend” to describe men identifying as women, arguing that trans people would be “traumatised and offended” by such language. SDLP MLA Sinead McLaughlin also took issue with WRN’s language-use insisting that not everyone “fits neatly” into male and female categories.
Committee chair Paula Bradshaw questioned WRN’s concerns about safeguarding, stating that she was “more afraid of a man who presents as a man than as a trans woman”. She also challenged the group to provide evidence of trans women’s involvement in violent crime.