Allison Bailey

 

8 November 2020

 

Allison Bailey

26 posts today

RT @elizamondegreen: Erasing sex in the law is not equality.  We can #AmendTheEqualityAc... it will take all of us speaking out. Please talk to friends and colleagues and bring pressure on our lawmakers to ensure this law works for LGBT people and ...

November 8th @ 1:43 pm |

Allison Bailey

26 posts today

RT @elizamondegreen: Women in the US must speak up—as women elsewhere are doing—like @Womans_... which asserts women... to organize as a sex class, that sex matters, that any laws passed must work for women, and that wherever our rights are dis ...

November 8th @ 1:43 pm |

Allison Bailey

26 posts today

RT @elizamondegreen: This isn't acceptable. Women fought hard for our sex-based rights,reproductive autonomy,political representation,fair competition,& voice in political battles that shape our lives. Demands that we quietly accept our erasure ...

November 8th @ 1:42 pm |

Allison Bailey

26 posts today

RT @elizamondegreen: This is part of a worldwide lobbying effort. When policies can't stand up to scrutiny, you need to obscure, avoid media coverage & public debate, & tether radical proposals (like defining sex as a matter of self-id, not ...

November 8th @ 1:42 pm |

Allison Bailey

26 posts today

RT @elizamondegreen: The #EqualityAct is clear case of policy capture, w/ lobbyists working out of public view to pass radical policies at the expense of women's sex-based rights & creating a climate in which women raising questions &concerns ...

November 8th @ 1:40 pm |

Allison Bailey

26 posts today

RT @elizamondegreen: (continued...) The #EqualityAct “fails to strike a balance between the rights, needs, and interests of two marginalized (and overlapping) groups—trans people and females—and instead prioritizes the demands of trans people over ...

November 8th @ 1:39 pm |

Allison Bailey

26 posts today

RT @elizamondegreen: As @Callie_H_Burt said, "the House passage of the Equality Act was not the outcome of a thoughtful, deliberative process with input from affected parties with a full consideration of unintended and intended consequences," ...

November 8th @ 1:39 pm |

Allison Bailey

26 posts today

RT @elizamondegreen: We've got ideas but we're short on lobbying $$ & beltway connections. That's why we need you call your senators (202-224-3121!) and ask them to #AmendTheEqualityAc... so that we can recognize & protect women & girls ...

November 8th @ 1:38 pm |

Allison Bailey

26 posts today

RT @elizamondegreen: Here are two proposals: @Callie_H_Burt expl... why laws need to clearly and consistently distinguish sex from gender & how #EqualityAct can do so, by protecting sex, gender status, & sexual orientation ...

November 8th @ 1:38 pm |

Allison Bailey

26 posts today

RT @elizamondegreen: We can #AmendTheEqualityAc... to protect the rights of LGBT people to safety, dignity, and freedom from discrimination while preserving the rights of women & girls and the ability of the law to 'see' sex. ...

November 8th @ 1:37 pm |

Allison Bailey

26 posts today

RT @elizamondegreen: And there's a reason Labour, the Lib Dems, the Greens, and the (ironically named) Women's Equality Party continue to lose female voters over their refusal to recognize the need for sex-based protections & an open, civil ...

November 8th @ 1:37 pm |

Allison Bailey

26 posts today

RT @elizamondegreen: There's a reason the UK just stepped back from passing similar legislation: Lawmakers recognized that sex matters, independently of gender id & that destroying sex-based protections is not necessary to protect the human & ...

November 8th @ 1:37 pm |

Allison Bailey

26 posts today

RT @elizamondegreen: Sex =/= gender identity. These differences matter. And the law—and our lawmakers—should not pretend otherwise.  In settings where sex matters, the law needs to make it clear that it's biological sex that matters, ...

November 8th @ 1:36 pm |

Allison Bailey

26 posts today

RT @elizamondegreen: Why should women be redefined from a sex class to a mixed-sex class based on gender id that privileges the identity claims of male people over the lived experiences of female people? Why not protect trans people as trans people, ...

November 8th @ 1:36 pm |

Allison Bailey

26 posts today

RT @elizamondegreen: At every step, the law has been a vital tool in (eventually!) recognizing and remedying sex-based inequalities. Take the example of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who made it her life's work to fight discrimination on the basis of sex. ...

November 8th @ 1:36 pm |

Allison Bailey

26 posts today

RT @elizamondegreen: When it comes to sports, it's sex, not gender identity, that determines whether competition is safe and fair or wildly unequal and dangerous for female athletes. https://t.co/Wzfbf1...

November 8th @ 1:35 pm |

Allison Bailey

26 posts today

RT @elizamondegreen: When it comes to refuges, homeless shelters & prisons, sex matters. Housing vulnerable women in mixed-sex spaces violates their rights to safety, privacy, and dignity. Special accommodations can & should be made for trans ...

November 8th @ 1:34 pm |

Allison Bailey

26 posts today

RT @elizamondegreen: When it comes to access to political representation, women have been excluded on the basis of our sex, not gender identity. But women are losing representation for our experiences & interests. Does this look like equal ...

November 8th @ 1:34 pm |

Allison Bailey

26 posts today

RT @BrendanKeefe: Absentee ballot requests can be made NOW for the January 5th runoff for Georgia's two US Senate seats (that may determine the balance of power). Voters have until Dec. 7 to register. Early in-person voting will start Dec. 14. ...

November 8th @ 12:03 pm |

Allison Bailey

26 posts today

RT @ALLIANCELGB: “If a mentally fragile 18-year-old wants help removing her healthy breasts, GoFundMe will happily facilitate it. (The site currently hosts over 35,000 campaigns to pay for female ‘top surgery’ alone.)”/2of3

November 8th @ 7:26 am |

Allison Bailey

26 posts today

1/ I follow (and am followed by) people from across the political spectrum. We share a commitment to reversing the extremist agenda of the LGBT trans lobby; preserving women's sex-based rights & protecting children & vulnerable young people ...

November 8th @ 3:19 am |