Joyce Activated

The Cass Report was a breakthrough, moving the debate on paediatric gender interventions a long way in the right direction. So why am I feeling so angry?

The Cass Report is now out, and it’s a really, really big deal.

Today Scotland’s Hate Crime Act comes into force. Transactivists are planning to use it to intimidate women who call “transwomen” men or say sex is real and gender ID isn’t. But I won’t stop saying these things – including about specific “transwomen” who infringe on women’s human rights.

In this issue, I’m sharing (with permission) an edited version of an email I received from a reader, Anna S, who has a lot to say about the impact of slash fiction on young women over the years. Enjoy!

In this issue I share an extended version of my speaking notes for an event with Richard Dawkins, organised by Conservatives for Women, at the House of Lords on March 12th.

Obviously, this week I’m writing about fan fiction. And thanking everyone who got in touch to see how I am, from the bottom of my heart.

This week I dissect how a nonsense story about how men’s breast milk is better than women’s made it around the world.

I promise I’ll stop going on about pronouns after this issue. But it’s not all I talk about - I also discuss speaking into a poisoned linguistic environment and anonymous accounts.

In which I reflect on threats by a trans-identified man against me and Posie Parker, and yet again the vexed question of preferred pronouns.

I often wonder what we could all be doing if we didn’t have to waste our time on this fight. And I grieve for what is being lost: not just our time, but social, emotional, economic and intellectual capital.