Met Police ‘misled Minister’ about violent threats by trans protesters – leading her to insist that no law was broken | MSN

The Metropolitan Police has been accused of “misleading” the Policing Minister over violent placards at last weekend’s mass trans rights protests in London.

Officers told Dame Diana Johnson that no threatening signs were displayed at Saturday’s demonstration in Parliament Square, leading her to insist in interviews that there was no evidence the law had been broken.

In fact, several threatening placards were visible at the protest.

These included two placards with hangmen and slogans such as “the only good terf is a _ _ _ _ one” implying gender-critical feminists should die.

Another urged opponents to perform a “DIY lobotomy” on themselves, while one more appeared to show bullet holes alongside the message: “I will make you listen.”

Chris Philp, the Shadow Policing Minister, has now described the Met’s “misleading” briefing as “deeply alarming”.

He warned that any suggestion of unequal treatment of protesters risked reigniting a row over “two-tier policing.”

The Met initially said it had reviewed images of threats against women posted on social media and found they were either old, from other parts of Britain or not criminal.

But the force retracted this claim after The Telegraph showed it evidence that threatening placards were indeed from the London protest.

The Met is now reviewing the images, speaking to witnesses and examining CCTV footage

Source: Met Police ‘misled Minister’ about violent threats by trans protesters – leading her to insist that no law was broken

It’s day 94 of the Trump Administration. There are still men in women’s prison — Women’s Liberation Front

Advocates for the rights of incarcerated women cheered when President Trump signed Executive Order 14168, reversing a wide range of federal policies that elevate gender identity over sex, including in prisons. So why are men still in women’s prisons?

Source: It’s day 94 of the Trump Administration. There are still men in women’s prison — Women’s Liberation Front

Professor Fired for Questioning Gender Ideology Wins $1.6 Million Settlement – The Daily Sceptic

In a landmark victory for academic freedom, the University of Louisville will pay nearly $1.6 million in damages and attorneys’ fees to settle a lawsuit brought by a respected psychiatrist fired for questioning the use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones on gender-distressed children.

The payout ends the long-running case of Dr Allan Josephson, a nationally renowned child and adolescent psychiatrist, who was targeted by colleagues and administrators after speaking in a personal capacity at a 2017 Heritage Foundation panel on treatment approaches for gender dysphoria.

Represented by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), Dr Josephson sued the university in 2019, alleging a campaign of harassment and retaliation for voicing mainstream clinical concerns about the increasingly dominant ‘affirmative’ model of transgender care, which urges clinicians to unquestioningly validate a child’s stated gender identity and, where requested, support medical transition.

Source: Professor Fired for Questioning Gender Ideology Wins $1.6 Million Settlement – The Daily Sceptic

LGB Interrupted — Not All Gays

Join us in the heart of Dublin on 31st May 2025 for a groundbreaking event that goes beyond the usual conversations. LGB Interrupted is more than just an LGB conference—it’s a space for open dialogue, diverse perspectives, and challenging discussions on topics that matter.

From surrogacy and chemsex to free speech, safeguarding youth, and beyond, we’ll be tackling critical issues with the voices of both the LGB community and our allies. Expect insightful panels, thought-provoking debates, and an opportunity to connect with others who care about the future of these conversations.

Source: LGB Interrupted — Not All Gays

Brazil’s Council of Medicine Bans Hormone Blockers – Science and Health – Folha

The Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) approved on Tuesday (8) a resolution that bans the use of hormone blockers for gender transition in children and adolescents, and raises the minimum age from 18 to 21 for undergoing gender transition surgeries that have a sterilizing effect —that is, which affect reproductive capacity.

The ban on prescribing hormone blockers does not apply to cases of early puberty or other endocrine disorders, only to those involving minors who wish to transition.

Source: Brazil’s Council of Medicine Bans Hormone Blockers – 11/04/2025 – Science and Health – Folha

A-listers and baby-makers: the return of surrogacy? – Arena

Towards the end of last century, surrogacy—growing a baby in a woman’s body, for love or money, who is then handed over like a loaf of bread to foreigners, the so-called commissioning parents—had come to be widely seen as wrong, and, in its commercial form, abhorrent.

Recently it has started to become acceptable again. Today it is so normalised that not just celebrities like Elton John, Paris Hilton, Nicole Kidman, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian but ‘ordinary people’ appear to believe it is okay to obtain a baby via surrogacy, among them an increasing number of gay male couples and even single men. How has this reversal occurred?

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Let’s be clear. The implicit purpose of surrogacy is to create motherless babies. The body of a woman is used as if it were an empty vessel into which a foreign embryo is implanted. Nine months later, when a baby has been grown from its mother’s blood and bones, the child is lifted out of her womb and given to strange people—in the case of commercial surrogacy, the baby-buyers. This ‘product’ of surrogacy—the child—never consented to be a ‘take-away baby’.

There can be no question that surrogacy profoundly violates the rights of the child. Article 2 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child prohibits any discrimination against children, and Article 35 stipulates that ‘State Parties shall take all appropriate national, bilateral and multilateral measures to prevent the abduction of, the sale of, or traffic in children for any purpose or in any form’ [my emphasis].

Surrogacy also contravenes Article 1 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, which obligates governments to criminalise the sale of children.

In commercial surrogacy, children are clearly both sold and trafficked.

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Then there are the heartbreaking stories of surrogate mothers who have died during their pregnancies or while giving birth. Nobody tracks their numbers: they will be in the hundreds or even thousands by now.

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The health of egg ‘donors’ is also put at risk. Unlike sperm donation, which is a simple affair, a woman ‘donating’ eggs needs to undergo dangerous stimulation of her ovaries with fertility drugs that can lead to ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, which can be life-threatening and/or imperil her own fertility. Repeated ovary stimulations can also result in cancer.

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As an eternal optimist with my feet grounded in the reality of female existence as well as female resistance to such life-endangering ideologies, I take courage from the Italian government’s decision on 16 October 2024 to criminalise all instances of surrogacy, whether altruistic surrogacy at home or commercial surrogacy abroad, with jail terms of up to two years and up to €1 million in fines. I hope many more countries will follow Italy’s example. We need to remember that no one has a ‘right’ to a child, whether in a couple or single, heterosexual or homosexual, and whether by ‘altruistic’ or ‘commercial’ surrogacy. The medical and psychological risks inherent in all surrogacies for the mothers, egg providers and babies are never acceptable. A world in which surrogate motherhood is abolished is possible.

Source: A-listers and baby-makers: the return of surrogacy? – Arena

Medical misogyny investigation: Australian women wrongly admitted to psychiatric wards | SMH

This masthead has uncovered a series of disturbing cases where women claim they have been disbelieved, misdiagnosed, and wrongly admitted to mental health wards. Others have been told their pain is “all in their head”.

A woman was involuntarily detained under the Mental Health Act after telling police she was being watched and could hear someone on her roof, only for her complaint to be vindicated when food and cameras were later found in the roof of her home, according to two doctors familiar with the case.

The NSW woman spent multiple days in a mental health ward because police and hospital staff had wrongly believed she was delusional when she reported her stalking fears to authorities, said Dr Karen Williams, a consultant psychiatrist who specialises in trauma and family violence.

In a separate case, a pregnant woman was forcibly admitted to a mental health unit before it became apparent that her distressing symptoms were being caused by a severe drug reaction to the medication she had been prescribed.

More than 1700 of the 1800 women who responded to this masthead’s ongoing investigation into medical misogyny said they felt dismissed or ignored when seeking healthcare.

Source: Medical misogyny investigation: Australian women wrongly admitted to psychiatric wards

Parkrun urged to scrap ‘unfair’ rule which allows trans people to compete in women’s runs | MSN

Parkrun has been urged to change its “unfair” rule to let transgender people to compete in women’s runs.

Women’s rights groups are demanding that the popular 5km community event scrap rules which allow transgender women to compete in female categories.

Critics have argued that the current self-ID policy has allowed transgender women to “smash” female records in Parkrun events.

The controversy has heightened after it was reported that one transgender woman has finished first in approximately 60 Parkrun events – even beating a former British Olympian.

Former Olympic marathon runner Mara Yamaguchi highlighted how transgender athlete Siân Longthorpe “smashed to smithereens” a women’s Parkrun record in the 45-49 age group category.

Records also show that Claire Hallissey, who is a marathon runner who competed for Team GB at the London Olympics, finished behind a transgender athlete at a Parkrun.

Feminist activists were reportedly “lost for words” in 2023 when it emerged that a Parkrun women’s record was still held by a transgender champion fell runner who had been jailed.

Lauren Jeska, a former British fell-running champion, was sentenced to 18 years in prison in 2017 for repeatedly stabbing UK Athletics’ head of human resources, Ralph Knibbs.

The attack occurred after a dispute erupted over Jeska’s eligibility to compete as a female athlete despite being born male.

Yamaguchi told The Times that, given that women are defined by their biological sex, it was “unfair against women and girls” for Parkrun to allow males in the female category.

Source: Parkrun urged to scrap ‘unfair’ rule which allows trans people to compete in women’s runs

3 women dead in 24 hours, yet leaders remain silent | Mamamia

This week, in just 24 hours, the lives of three women violently ended. Two of those lives were lost following alleged domestic violence incidents. The third life was lost in an alleged drive-by shooting.

Louise Hunt, a domestic violence advocate, died after her family home went up in flames. Her two children were also at home at the time, but were found safe and well, police confirmed. Her husband, Cameron Hunt, has been charged with the domestic violence murder of his wife and arson of the home.

Claire Austin died from her injuries after she ran through a glass door, in a desperate attempt to flee an alleged domestic violence incident. Following the incident, police applied for an apprehended violence order on behalf of Austin, The Herald reports. The application was due to be heard in Waverley Local Court on Wednesday.

Kim Duncan was in the supposed safety of her own home when it was sprayed with bullets. The mother and grandmother died at the scene.

So far, in 2025, 19 women have been murdered. During this time, five children have also been murdered.

Most of these murders were the result of intimate partner or domestic violence. Almost all were perpetrated by men known to their victims. Four were caused by stranger violence.

We’re on the same horrifying trajectory as last year, a year which saw 101 women and 16 children killed. And yet, the silence from our leaders is deafening.

Silence, despite a looming federal election.

Last night, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition leader, Peter Dutton, took part in a second leaders’ debate. The first debate was held on April 8.

Housing was discussed. The economy. Climate change. Immigration. They even sparred over international diplomacy. But domestic and family violence? Not a word. Men’s violence against women generally? Nothing.

Source: 3 women dead in 24 hours, yet leaders remain silent.

The UK Supreme court knows what a woman is  | Women’s Platform for Action International

On April 16, 2025, the UK Supreme Court delivered a landmark ruling clarifying that the term woman in the UK Equality Act 2010 refers to female biological sex, not gender or transgender identity. The ruling of the court was unanimous. Behind this lies the dedicated and hard work of For Women Scotland, one of WoPAIs founding members, who brought the case to the UK’s supreme court.

Read the full UK Supreme Court ruling:  https://supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc_2024_0042_judgment_aea6c48cee.pdf

Source: The UK Supreme court knows what a woman is  | Women’s Platform for Action International