Boston, England
Joined September 2012
Carl Bontoft retweeted
Three years. Seven nurses. A costly court battle. All to establish that women should be able to get changed for work - without a male colleague present. County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has finally updated its policy to require staff to use changing rooms according to biological sex, with unisex alternatives available. A welcome change. But why did these nurses have to fight their own employer for it? And who will be held accountable for putting them through that? Read story below 👇
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Carl Bontoft retweeted
Why are some people pretending to find the @RRRunnersUK campaign hard to understand? Parkrun publish weekly results in a "female" category. The only purpose for that is to show females how they did compared to other females. There is no place for any men in those female results.
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Carl Bontoft retweeted
The way these women were treated is absolutely disgraceful.
Has @ThornsFC put out a statement about why we were removed yet? I haven't seen anything. I know multiple media outlets have asked.
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Carl Bontoft retweeted
"Eventually, I stopped trying to explain and accepted that trans activism had secured one victory. Whatever the outcome of the legal dispute, I felt I had become the problem for challenging what had happened to us." This was painful to write - but also strangely healing. Thanks @jo_bartosch for publishing this in the @TERF_Times Link to read below 👇
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Carl Bontoft retweeted
If you think biological men belong in the women’s restroom, you’re crazy.
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Olaf, the founder of #RealityRulesRunnersUK enjoying a well deserved rest after spending most of the afternoon compiling the 4th club report…
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Carl Bontoft retweeted
A doctor is a doctor. Except when he's a crossdresser bringing his fetish to work. Then he's a safeguarding nightmare.
No surprises that Sall is once again being “disingenuous at best”. NSW Health policy (and common sense) is that you cannot request a doctor of your preferred sex in a clinical priority area like an Emergency Department. You can ask for a female chaperone or family member to be present if you must be seen by a male doctor, but a doctor is a doctor. #theshitsallsays
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VETERANS wearing a Poppy are BANNED from from Wetherspoons WOW. Manager of Gosport Wetherspoons states it’s ‘Company policy’ to not allow anyone in with a Remembrance Poppy on as it ‘could be political’ I can’t believe what I just heard from our nations biggest pub chain. Veterans wearing a poppy are banned from Wetherspoons.
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Carl Bontoft retweeted
Fabulous to see membership numbers still growing, and the club maintained a strong turnout despite the poor weather this weekend 👍 I wonder how many people will be putting on their Halloween outfits to represent #RealityRulesRunnersUK next weekend 🤔
The 4th #RealityRulesRunnersUK club report is out! realityrulesrunnersuk.substa… 👉maintaining 50%+ female participation 👉RRR has now been represented on all 6 #Parkrun continents 🙏 for joining & continuing to show up even in harsh weather! #FairFemaleSports #Parkrun
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That was bloody good. Happy Sunday everyone. – at Boston, England
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Carl Bontoft retweeted
A science teacher says he wants to give ‘transphobes a Halloween fright’ at parkrun. Quoting Macbeth, he’s announced plans for a rival running group to @RRRunnersUK. The club was launched last month to “peacefully protest” parkrun policy - which still allows men to ‘self-ID’ into the women’s category. One prospective supporter on Reddit says it would be ‘extra fun to bait the bigots’. But given the new club is due to launch on Halloween, things seem remarkably, um, quiet out there. Ten Substack likes, three restacks and three public expressions of interest on Reddit. But there’s still time… My latest for [Un]Captured below 👇
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The 4th #RealityRulesRunnersUK club report is out! realityrulesrunnersuk.substa… 👉maintaining 50%+ female participation 👉RRR has now been represented on all 6 #Parkrun continents 🙏 for joining & continuing to show up even in harsh weather! #FairFemaleSports #Parkrun
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Amy and I made these scarves that helped the ladies better express their opinions. 🥰🥰 green glitter glow paint xd arts and crafts nights with TERFs are bae
I made four separate scarves that we held as a beautiful banner that read “Save Women’s Sports” with one as “@KnownHeretic” all on black cloth using green fabric paint. The scarves made an iconic image that was captured by news media that carried our message: Save Women’s Sports. This was the message that was silenced on September 6 before we could even express it. Unfurling that scarves in the midst of pink and blue territory is a point of pride. They can’t silence our voices! We refuse to be silenced! They passed out flags, weapons to silence and attack us with. They hoped to keep our message from being seen. But instead they exposed themselves as some of the most dangerous anti-free speech our message has been seen and this story is international. Two of the scarfs were ripped from our hands and stolen from us at the game, but luckily we were able to save “women’s” and “sports.” We literally saved: Women’s Sports. I find that powerful and meaningful.
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A hospital staff member said: ‘It should now be very clear why Dr Upton wanted to come to work in Australia. Our laws, as they stand, mean he is regarded as a woman here. ‘But it was always only a matter of time before an allegation like this was made.’
Oh what a surprise ... Dr Beth Upton - the male doctor at the centre of nurse Sandie Peggie’s tribunal case over using a female changing room at NHS Fife - isn't exactly keeping a low profile after his move to Australia. The Scottish Mail on Sunday reports that Upton - now known as Lis - reportedly became involved in an incident at Port Macquarie Base Hospital ... After a female patient declined treatment from him and requested a female doctor. Link below 👇
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Some men won’t just cheat at #Parkrun by registering as a woman, they will cheat even more by registering in a higher age grade category!
In my last parkrun as a female, I ran in the women's 40-44 category. I lost out on 1st overall female to somebody who won a 3rd place trophy in the men's 30-34 category in last season's X-country. This is what parkrun's warm and fuzzy inclusiveness looks like. 🤷‍♀️🤯 @RRRunnersUK
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Carl Bontoft retweeted
Only 33 members needed for @RRRunnersUK to reach that slightly SPOOKY Halloween target. Sounds like it should be achievable, but it's 3x the number who signed up this week so will need some effort. Spread the word to your sensibly minded friends today 👍 realityrulesrunnersuk.substa…
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Dare to join #RealityRulesRunnersUK in time for Halloween next Saturday? We need an additional 33 more members to reach a spooky 666 members 👻 realityrulesrunnersuk.substa… #FairFemaleSports #ParkrunUK #Parkrun #SaveWomensSports
Only 33 members needed for @RRRunnersUK to reach that slightly SPOOKY Halloween target. Sounds like it should be achievable, but it's 3x the number who signed up this week so will need some effort. Spread the word to your sensibly minded friends today 👍 realityrulesrunnersuk.substa…
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Carl Bontoft retweeted
So. Some tedious misogynist appears to have nothing better to do that monitor how many followers the Reality Rule Runners account has. Claiming they have bought them If you don't already please consider following them - just to irritate the sad little man.
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Carl Bontoft retweeted
In order to avoid confusion, I think @RRRunnersUK need to start campaigning for a "bodies organised to produce large gametes" category at parkrun. Because parkrun seem to think that men can be called female, and men can also be called women. #StopStealingOurWords
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