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A Vote on Trans Women Joining Women's Institutes

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Jane
3 years ago

The members of any womens organisation have the right to be asked if they want to admit men. Trans women without a GRC are legally men.

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Peta Stockton
3 years ago

This is an important campaign

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Sarah
3 years ago

I was considering becoming a member, but not if men are allowed under the guise of being women.

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Anna Humphries
3 years ago

I recently moved to a rural area where I do not know anyone. I hoped to meet women in a safe environment by joining the WI. Unfortunately, with the space now being overtaken by men, I no longer feel safe nor comfortable. It defeats the whole point of having a WI.

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Michelle Shipworth
3 years ago

Very sensible proposals.

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Alison Wakefield
3 years ago

The Institute should take heed of the latest EHRC guidance and hopefully legislative change to follow. Women must be allowed to assemble in single sex spaces for equality reasons.

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Liz swann
3 years ago

Stop this madness! WI is for adult human females! Women need their own spaces!!!

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Annie Kirk
3 years ago

If this is allowed I will leave the WI

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Anonymous
3 years ago

Thank you for this

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Emma Dickson
3 years ago

No one wants men pretending to be women in the WI, it’s insulting to actual women

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L Gilmore
3 years ago

Women should be able to have groups free from men. This should not be controversial.

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Tony Leigh
3 years ago

It’s the Women’s institute. Men are not women. Humans can not change sex.

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Rachel F
3 years ago

Changing gender does NOT remove the SEX based privileges that men enjoy. I will not be an unconsenting participant in someone else's fantasy.

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Linda Barker
3 years ago

Self ID places men in women's safe spaces.

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Natalie Barry
3 years ago

Sex not gender. Trans identifying men have no place in the Women’s Institute because they are not women.

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Anonymous
3 years ago

Please keep the WI a safe space for biological women

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Laila Namdarkhan
3 years ago

I would not join on the basis that a long standing womens organisation now suspends reality of human female lives to admit men based upon such mens ‘inner gendered souls’ . No thank you. Well done the women who are taking. Ack their Right to be sex based womens organisation. WI should know meeting erroneous male demands is not beneficial to women or girls!

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Anonymous
3 years ago

Women need spaces for women

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Mary Garner
3 years ago

My Grandmother and friends of my mothers was instrumental after the war in setting up this important organisation and space for education support and creative projects I was shocked to hear like every other institution this is now just giving away the legacy of women like her farming women who have so much.

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S Barclay
3 years ago

Not acceptable - biological women’s rights being eroded. Time to fight back.