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These are just a few of the projects in Africa and South Asia, where single-sex toilets are recognised as practical and necessary facilities for the safety, hygeine, privacy and cultural needs of girls. Needs that are ignored and diminished in the face to build the so-called 'gender-neutral' (in reality mixed-sex) toilets that are being forced on school girls in wealthy, (supposedly more advanced) nations. Larger players like UNICEF, World Vision, and Save the Children routinely include separate boys’/girls’ facilities in their school WASH programs across dozens of poor countries. Several links to UNICEF articles and reports about the importance of single-sex toilets in schools. WASH in Schools - global monitoring where basic sanitation requires single-sex improved toilets. Link: data.unicef.org/topic/water-an… data.unicef.org Core Questions and Indicators for Monitoring WASH in Schools (JMP WHO/UNICEF, 2018): Details indicators for separate girls’ and boys’ toilets. Link: washdata.org/report/jmp-cor… washdata.org Toilets Help Restore Learning, Health, Safety, and Dignity (UNICEF Timor-Leste, 2025): Describes rebuilt "inclusive toilets" with gender disaggregated (separate) flush toilets in schools. Link: unicef.org/timorleste/sto… unicef.org Enhancing Inclusive Learning Through Girls’ Changing Rooms and Modern Urinals (UNICEF Ghana): Focuses on gender-friendly sanitation to support girls. Link: unicef.org/ghana/stories/… unicef.org My School Latrine is My Dignity (UNICEF Ethiopia): Highlights gender-segregated improved latrine blocks. Link: unicef.org/ethiopia/stori… Clean Toilets, Brighter Futures (UNICEF Kenya): Improved gender-segregated facilities in schools. Link: unicef.org/kenya/stories/… One of UNICEF's guidance notes claims that single-sex toilets pose 'challenges' for some 'non-binary' individuals and calls for safe, inclusive options to be offered as a third option. But their WASH standards and school projects prioritize separate facilities for boys and girls. clearinghouse.unicef.org There are many more projects in poor countries working to build single-sex toilets in schools - because the need is obvious and the link to better education and outcomes for girls is proven. Why is this knowledge being ignored when it comes to our girls?

🧵Parkrun has recently been in the spotlight regarding the battle for women's rights. The organization allows men to run in a "female" category where they are then ranked and their times are compared to those of actual female participants. There has been a lot of talk about how this is necessary for "inclusivity" without any explanation as to why. In fact, many of the men who run in the "female" category had no problem previously running in the "male" category, and parkrun even offers a "prefer not to say," option so that men who don't want to call themselves men don't have to. Despite all of this, these men receive quite a bit of support in registering as "female" without the majority actually understanding who it is they're really supporting. So I'd just like to take a minute to introduce you to a few men who believe themselves entitled to run as a "female" participant. Of course, this is not all. (click on the show replies to see them all)

I've just finished a morning interval session. That's the reason I'm still able to 'battle' for 1st lady at parkrun. I wasn't magically born an Olympian, I worked hard to get there. I was, however, born a woman. #makeparkrunfairforall #inclusivity

@DreyfusJames @JillCollier16 Can’t, busy washing 👅

Account is restricted yet again. If you could drop a brief comment on my posts below, it apparently helps that algae-rhythm… Thanking you in advance.

Here's a response to the IOC policy from @FimsOrg, an academic organisation led by Yannis Pitsiladis. They have been the main proponents of the testosterone-suppression programme to allow males into female sport. I'll post the link, then a thread ... fims.org/news-events/ne…

“There are many more girls for whom being asked to participate with boys detracts from their enjoyment and experience.” Please read this excellent report from @Womeninsport_uk showing that the majority of girls want boy-free sport, starting at primary school 1/

"All the guff about the Supreme Court ruling being too complicated to work out is ridiculous. There is not a middle ground here: either men can enter women’s spaces or they can’t..." @suzanne_moore always 🎯 Labour is breaking its promises to women... telegraph.co.uk/gift/e37eabb80…

Ambition Before Duty. The Minister Who Put Her Career Ahead of the Law. Next Wednesday marks one year since the Supreme Court ruled, unanimously and without ambiguity, that sex under the Equality Act means biological sex. One year since the law was settled. One year since the Equality and Human Rights Commission drafted its code of practice setting out what that ruling requires of hospitals, schools, gyms and public bodies. One year since Bridget Phillipson received that code and chose to sit on it. What has changed in twelve months is not the law. The judgment stands. The code is ready. What has changed is the credibility of the minister charged with implementing it. Baroness Falkner, who led the EHRC until November and oversaw the drafting of that code, has now said plainly what many had suspected: Phillipson is withholding guidance not because it requires further work, but because publishing it would cost her politically. The activist MPs whose votes she needs for promotion would not forgive her. So women wait, and the minister keeps her powder dry (Martin, 2026). That is a specific accusation, made by a specific person with direct knowledge of the process. It is not a political opponent guessing at motive. Falkner submitted the code. She watched it stall. She knows what ready looks like, and she knows the guidance is ready. Her conclusion, that personal ambition is the operative factor, carries weight that no government spokesman can easily dismiss. The Labour response, that Falkner had demeaned the office she once held, did not address the substance. It attacked the witness. Which leaves the charge unanswered. Consider what the title Secretary of State for Women and Equalities actually represents. Not a departmental portfolio in the ordinary sense, but a stated commitment, a promise woven into the office itself. To hold that title while deliberately withholding the legal protections owed to the women you nominally represent is a contradiction so stark it requires no elaboration. The office makes the accusation. Falkner supplies the motive. The anniversary provides the measure. Falkner went further still, and her wider observation deserves to be heard. She drew a parallel with the grooming gangs scandal, noting that this government has a pattern of institutional inaction driven by fear of upsetting particular constituencies. The comparison is uncomfortable precisely because it is not new. The structure is familiar: a known problem, a clear remedy, a minister unwilling to act because the political cost of action outweighs, in their private calculation, the human cost of delay. Those doing the waiting are never the ministers. Starmer's position is untenable on its own terms. He told Parliament the ruling must be implemented in full. His minister is arguing for a case-by-case approach that restores the incoherence the court rejected. He is a lawyer. He knows what a unanimous Supreme Court judgment means. He also knows what his backbenchers want. The gap between those two things is where women's rights currently reside. The government's rebuttal speaks of sober leadership and treating everyone with dignity. Fine words. But dignity is not delivered by a code of practice that lives in a ministerial drawer. Protection is not real if it exists only in statute while the guidance that would make it operational is suppressed for career reasons. The court has done its work. The EHRC has done its work. One minister has not done hers. "Phillipson is withholding guidance not because it requires further work, but because publishing it would cost her politically."

In the 2022-2023 school year, there were at least 51 'trans'-identified male athletes participating in girls' middle school and high school sports in the United States. There have been at least 159 'trans'-identified males on record who have participated in girls' sports in the United States. Almost all of these have been within the last 10 years. Including boys who do not identify as 'trans,' there have been at least 517 males who have participated on girls' teams. If each male affects 50 female athletes (those they compete with and against in the conference), that is a MINIMUM of 25,850 female student athletes negatively impacted. There should not be or have ever been a single male in girls' sports, because girls' sports are for FEMALE ATHLETES. Each and every piece of legislation against this is justified.

American soccer star Megan Rapinoe owes her entire career to the existence of a protected female category. Now she’s criticizing the IOC for protecting that category for the next generation of women and girls. My latest for the @nypost. nypost.com/2026/04/08/opi…

Dear Phoebe, I read your Observer piece this morning on the reported “exodus” from Girlguiding - and I was genuinely shocked. Not because you presented a different perspective to my recent Telegraph reporting on the problems within Girlguiding. That’s part of journalism. But because you chose to include the case of a six-year-old little boy who reportedly tried to cut off his own penis - after being told he couldn't be part of Rainbows (the section of Girlguiding for 5–7 year olds). Presenting it as evidence of a problem with Girlguiding’s admissions policy. It is not. It is a deeply distressing account involving a very young child - and, on any view, a serious welfare concern. Framing it otherwise is a profound failure of editorial judgement. You also refer to this male child throughout using female pronouns, including the phrase “her penis”. I appreciate this may reflect current editorial conventions. But it sits uneasily with the basic duty of a journalist to report clearly and accurately on material facts. I was already aware of this case through my own reporting for the Sunday Telegraph. I made a conscious decision not to include it at this stage - both because a minor is involved and because of the ethical considerations that arise when reporting on such sensitive situations. Those considerations are not optional. You will know, as I do, that journalism is not simply about presenting competing narratives. It is about establishing facts clearly, handling vulnerable subjects with care and exercising judgement about what should - and should not - be used to advance an argument. I trained as a journalist in the early 2000s - a good 20 years earlier than you did - but to my knowledge nothing has changed. Good journalism should bring clarity. It should not muddy the facts - in order to promote an ideological position. In this context, that means being clear about sex - a material fact that is both legally and practically relevant. I appreciate you may be under pressure from colleagues or editors to frame stories in a particular way - or to use she/her pronouns, or the phrase “her penis”. But that doesn’t make it right. Earlier this week, the Manchester Evening News reported a violent murder as being committed by a woman - one of many examples of inaccurate reporting around sex and gender. In this case, even the Crown Prosecution Service - the public body responsible for prosecuting criminal cases in England and Wales - also reported the crime inaccurately. So that’s two professions we should be able to trust to tell the truth - providing inaccurate information. Crime statistics matter. Without accurate data on who is committing serious violence, we cannot properly understand it - let alone prevent it. I considered raising this privately, or writing to your editor. But this issue is too important to be brushed aside with a “thank you for your feedback”. I’m happy to discuss it with you privately, or to support a conversation with your editor if that would be helpful. But I hope this gives you - and your colleagues - serious pause for thought. Because it is very much needed. Janet

So let's break down the timeline:🧵 2016 - I start to read mutterings in Guiding groups about girls who are "now boys" and people asking if they can stay in Guiding. No, say the mods, they are boys now, why would they want to? Early 2018 - I am now aware that this is policy and

@Hengist123 @babybeginner @BBCNews Yes, according to their email

@babybeginner @BBCNews One would assume real girls who identify as boys are still welcome, which is why accurate language is crucial. Most of them recover from their mental illness to lead normal lives as women.

Transgender girls told to leave Girlguiding groups by September bbc.in/4d2PVi5

Reading the replies this morning it’s obvious a lot of people in these comments would not survive one single day living with Tourette’s. Not one. People think Tourette’s is just “saying a bad word.” That’s the level of understanding we’re dealing with here. They don’t see the violent motor tics that don’t stop even when someone is injured. Repeatedly jerking your neck, slamming your arm, hitting yourself, twisting joints until everything aches. Over and over and over again. They don’t see the breathing tics where it literally feels like you’re suffocating. Your brain forcing you to gasp, gulp air, repeat the same breath pattern again and again while your chest tightens. They don’t see the exhaustion. The headaches. The muscle pain. The constant battle of living inside a body that won’t do what you tell it to do. And then people sit on the internet and confidently declare that coprolalia must be intentional. No. Coprolalia is when the brain forces out the most taboo, socially unacceptable words against the person’s will. Often the exact words the person fears saying the most because they know it could hurt people. But instead of learning that, people are back to making the same argument again and again. “If that might happen, he shouldn’t be there.” You realise what that argument is, right? Segregation. Exclude people with neurological disabilities from public life because their condition makes you uncomfortable. I’m seeing that argument repeatedly and it’s disgusting. Honestly, I’m just thankful I don’t live in America, because a huge amount of this loud, confident ignorance seems to be coming from there. People would rather stay angry than spend five minutes understanding what Tourette’s actually is. If you actually want to understand instead of shouting into the void, watch this: youtu.be/54qoxmF-GOw?si… Even kids can grasp this condition when it’s explained to them. Tourette syndrome causes involuntary tics and vocal outbursts that the person cannot control. Apparently that level of understanding is still too much to expect from some adults.

@TerfyMcTerfy @wokeandwoofing @Flat_Bertha “I coulda been a pretender!” 😁

@wokeandwoofing @Flat_Bertha I’m Gen X. It’s been devastating to realise that when I grew up climbing trees AND playing with dolls that meant I was non-binary (🤪). I could’ve been so special 😢

Millions of children around the world still don't have Internet access. Without this resource many will never discover that they are Trans, and as a result will never know that they are depressed. Some will spend their whole lives blissfully unaware of how unhappy they are.

A woman was accused of 'cop-shopping' by police because she'd been to 2 different police stations to report her ex-husband for stalking and threatening her. They told Kelly she needed to ‘cool off’ and to 'give him a break’. He stabbed her and burned her to death just days later. share.google/Iw2BLHMAeeLDOZ…

Let’s be clear about something. Not every comparison is helpful. And when it comes to Tourette’s, many of the ones being used miss the point entirely. This is something else I have been having to contend with all week. There is a difference between something that happens around a disability and something that is the disability. An accident is not the same as a neurological symptom. Running over someone’s foot with a wheelchair is an unintended outcome. Falling and knocking into someone is an accident. Saying something blunt because you misread a social cue is still you speaking with intent. None of those are involuntary neurological events. A Tourette’s tic is. It is not chosen. Not filtered. Not shaped by belief or intention. It is the brain firing without consent. The words can be shocking and distressing to the person saying them. They hear it at the same time as everyone else. A closer comparison is an intrusive thought. A thought that appears suddenly, unwanted and completely out of character. Now imagine you do not even get to think it. It just comes straight out of your mouth. That is much closer to what a tic is. If you genuinely want to understand more, Tourette Scotland are a wealth of knowledge and support. tourettescotland.org Sometimes the most important thing you can do is stop trying to relate it back to yourself. And just listen.

@FondOfBeetles @arthurwatkins Yeah, but this one said he wants to buy you rockets 🚀🤷‍♀️

@arthurwatkins Oh, you are mixing Two Princes. One of them ain’t got no future or family tree.

Why didn’t the tourette kick in when Prince William was on stage with him saying “Pedo”?

🧵Richard Raskin aka "Renee Richards" is often touted as the one and only historical example of men participating in women's sport prior to the year 2000. Richards, a lackluster professional male tennis athlete, was able to prolong his career into his 40s and 50s, playing professional female athletes 20 to 30 years younger than himself. Despite a somewhat common narrative that women were perfectly fine with these men prior to Riley Gaines, Richards had to threaten legal action to get on the women's tour, and while on the tour, female athletes were overwhelmingly against his presence, with multiple women being fined after simply walking off the court rather than face him as an opponent. Richards is far from the only man who was participating in women's sport during those years, however. Many other men seem to have simply been forgotten, but it's important that we are aware of these cases because "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."