Weekly News Roundup 9/9-9/15

Erasure of women continues. New UK Prime Minister Truss pushes back on gender ideology's harms against women while US President Joe Biden forges ahead to make gender woo law of the land.

Sep 16, 2022

Top News

9/15/22 LGB Alliance co-founder breaks down in court when asked to define ‘lesbian’

A co-founder of LGB Alliance was reduced to tears during cross-examination on the definition of the word lesbian on Thursday, prompting the court to adjourn, during a legal challenge to the Charity Commission’s decision to award charitable status to the organization.

9/13/22 Public Comments on Biden Admin's Title IX Change Hit Record High Before Mysteriously Disappearing

Public comments on President Biden's Title IX policy change hit record numbers as the feedback period closed Tuesday, indicating Americans find the administration's efforts to redefine sex as "unpopular" and "controversial".

9/12/22 ‘Clerical error’ wipes out thousands of comments on new Biden gender-identity discrimination rule

Hundreds of thousands of comments disappeared from the record this weekend in a move the Education Department is calling a “clerical error.”

9/9/22 (UK) Latest Developments in Gender Recognition Reform

The new Prime Minister has asked Cabinet Office lawyers for assistance to “pause or prevent” the Gender Recognition Reform Bill, according to Whitehall sources. Truss has asked to assess the impact of the proposal on the people in England.

Erasing Women and Women’s Safe Spaces

9/14/22 (Japan) Gender Counselors Hired to Convince Female Students to Accept Trans-Identified Males

Female students at a women’s university in Japan are being asked to speak with “gender-specialist counselors” in order to convince them that men who identify as transgender are “female.”

9/14/22 Mothers for Mothers, One More Thing

Mothers for Mother is a website started by La Leche League Leaders who objected to the ending of the use of sex-specific words like mother and woman. Unfortunately, the website is shutting down. The organization attempted to document the ways in which La Leche leagues shift in focus and disregards the safety of babies.

9/10/22 (Mexico) Trans Activists Stage “Coup” of Women’s Washroom at University, Issue Rape Threats

Women attending the National Autonomous University of Mexico were confronted by trans activists over a single-sex washroom on campus saying they now fear for their safety.

9/9/22 - (UK) Don’t call mothers ‘she’ in advice on maternity, Stonewall urges Oxford

More rot was found under Stonewall’s now notorious “Diversity Champion” scheme. In documents ordered to be released by the Information Commissioner, it was revealed that Stonewall told Oxford University to stop referring to mothers as “she” in order to win a higher place on its controversial employer scheme, new documents have revealed.

9/9/22 Florida nightclub denies claim by a trans woman who says she was 'grabbed and shoved out by bouncers' after using women's toilets: Incident 'simply did not happen as it was described'

TIM was kicked out of a nightclub for using women’s toilets and making women guests uncomfortable. Dixie Roadhouse in Cape Coral, Florida says it has 'two private restrooms that our transgender guests use often.'

Silencing Women

9/14/22 Harvard Tells Students: ‘Using Wrong Pronouns’ Constitutes ‘Abuse’

Mandatory Title IX training tells Harvard undergrads they may be subject to disciplinary proceedings for 'sizeism,' 'fatphobia,' 'cisheterosexism,' 'ableism'.

9/12/22 Janice Raymond: 'There Is a Deafening Code of Silence about Trans Activists' Misogyny'

This article is an excerpt from Janice G. Raymond’s 2021 book: Doublethink: A Feminist Challenge to Transgenderism.

9/11/22 Forbes published this hit piece on Chloe Cole, then quickly removed it

Original hit piece on Forbes: Ex-Trans Activist Chloe Cole In Her Own Words: ‘I’m Autistic’
Chloe responds back: In My Own Words: Responding to the Forbes Hit-Piece

Ex-Trans Activist Chloe Cole responds in her own words to hit piece by Dawn Ennis, trans-identifying male trans rights activist who write a hit piece in attempt to discredit Cole’s efforts in exposing harms of affirmation approach in medical transitioning of youths.

9/9/22 (Netherlands) Dutch feminists blocked by banks for critique of transgender bill

A Dutch feminist organization, Voorzij, bank account was blocked due to its criticism of the plans for new transgender legislation in the Netherlands, thus denying women access to their own money.

9/9/22 Transgender rights supporters clash with an anti-trans group in Downtown Pittsburgh

A small group of women speaking out against the medical transition of children were met with a large, aggressive group of trans rights activists.

Violence Against Women

9/9/22 (NZ) Trans Murderer Denied Appeal On Life Conviction For Killing, Torturing Teen Girl

A trans-identified convict who was given a life sentence for the torture and murder of a teen girl has been denied leave to appeal to the New Zealand Supreme Court.

Males in Female Sports

9/10/22 (Ireland) Trans Fetish Enthusiast Reportedly Advising Irish Policy on Men in Women’s Sport

An Italian 37-year-old male DJ and IT specialist "passionate about fetish" has been consulted as part of a policy review concerning the presence of men in Irish women's football teams, the Guardian has revealed.

Sex Discrimination

9/13/22 Treating Gender-Critical Beliefs as you would any religious belief / five top tips for employers from recent cases

HR newsletter urges HR offices to treat conflicts related to gender-critical beliefs similarly to religious beliefs and to anticipate they are protected. The article frames the issue around gender-critical beliefs and aligns a belief in biological sex with religious ideology. The up side is religious beliefs are protected. The down side is this article treats “beliefs” based in facts as obscure notions based in one’s feelings not facts.

9/13/22 The Forstater Verdict Has Wider Reach than You Think

This article discusses some of the ripple effects the Forstater verdict is having on other similar issues concerning women and trans ideology.

9/13/22 The fraught quest to account for sex in biology research

In 2016 a pharmacologist published a study on how hormone levels during pregnancy affect heart function and then sent it to a journal. The study was conducted on pregnant female mice. The journal requested data on male mice. Because the study focus was related to hormone levels during pregnancy the study excluded male mice. The researchers obliged and added male mice to their study. They published the findings in 2017. As expected, they found female hormones in males had no effect on the males’ heart function.

Entertainment

9/9/22 Drag Queens are not funny says TIM "actress"

10 artists reflect on an enduring trope and how men in dresses work or doesn’t today.

News Impacting Society and Children

9/13/22 Chest Binder Company Partners with Charities That Sends Kids Binders Behind Parents' Backs

Charity gc2b has been sending out “Back-to-School” promotional emails for chest binders.

9/12/22 (Canada) 'Misgendering' incident plunges Green Party of Canada into renewed turmoil

Left leaning political parties continued to render themselves paralyzed and inoperative by fixation on pronouns.

9/10/22 Clementine Adams Interview Reveals Shortcomings in Local YMCA Child Protection Rules

Clementine Adams admitted to YMCA child protection rules shortcomings in an interview with Stitcher podcast host “Garrison,” released September 1, 2022.

9/9/22 Transgender Woman Alleges Harassment, Discrimination by Former Employer

An employer who ignored an employee’s transition, new name, and pronouns was sued by the employee for harassment.

9/9/22 Montana Adopts Permanent block on birth certificate changes

Montana health officials made permanent a rule that protects the accuracy and validity of birth certificates by blocking people from changing the sex on their birth certificates, even if they undergo gender-confirmation surgery. Under the new rule, the state department of public health and human services said it would no longer record the category of gender on birth certificates and that it would replace that category with a listing for sex. The sex will list only male or female and can only be changed in rare circumstances. The rule states that sex is immutable.

Within hours after the administrative rule went into effect, a Montana judge blocked it. The state, meanwhile, said it would not adhere to the judge’s ruling.

9/9/22 - Professor Sanctioned for Sexual Harassment over Not Using They/Them Pronouns

Tenured theater professor Richard Bugg is suing Southern Utah University for compelled speech after the university-sanctioned him for refusing to refer to a female student with they/them pronouns.

9/9/22 A Texas Eighth Grader Was Pulled From Class And Grilled About His Gender-Identity