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The former co-chair of Green Party Women is now taking legal action against the party after she mocked “fairy” pronouns.
Emma Bateman, 58, is suing the Greens for discrimination under the Equality Act 2010 following her suspension over gender-critical views.
She is accused of mocking “fae/faer” pronouns – a type of neopronoun inspired by mythical beings that some people use instead of traditional he/him or she/her.
She also coined the phrase “cognitive cis-connance” – a play on cognitive dissonance – and mocked the idea “that every time someone says men are not women, a person with fairy pronouns literally dies.”
But her legal battles with the party stretch back years.
Ms Bateman says she was first placed on a “no-fault” suspension in 2021 after asking whether Kathryn Bristow, then co-chairman of Green Party Women, was biologically female.
The following year brought another suspension after she warned that “gender variant” people were being permitted to stand for the women’s committee and defended single-sex spaces.
Her final expulsion came in January 2023, triggered by a complaint from two senior party figures who accused her of “making trans people feel unwelcome.”
Ms Bateman argues the party’s stance on trans rights completely undermines its credibility on climate science.
Source: Green Party in legal battle with ex-member suspended for mocking ‘fairy’ pronouns
“A person with fairy pronouns literally dies.”
That is hysterical! Emma Bateman just made my day.