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FLAT WHITE Pride, prisons, and women's rights Edie Wyatt Pexels 13 June 2022   4:00 AM Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email For  Pride Month  I’m fasting mainstream media and praying that pride leaders will stop allowing men to rape the most vulnerable of women inside the prison system. WoLF (Women’s Liberation Front) in America is  reporting  that women’s prisons in California are at crisis point. In one example, an alleged rape of a woman by a trans-identified male took place in a prison yard port-a-loo while another male prisoner stood guard. FLAT WHITE Pride, prisons, and women's rights Edie Wyatt Pexels 13 June 2022   4:00 AM Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email For  Pride Month  I’m fasting mainstream media and praying that pride leaders will stop allowing men to rape the most vulnerable of women inside the prison system. WoLF (Women’s Liberation Front) in America is  reporting  that women’s prisons in California are at crisis point. In one ...

CPS appoints trans activist who was critical of women Sophie Cook is the CPS’s new “speak-out champion” SIMON CZAPP/SOLENT NEWS/REX FEATURES Catherine Baksi | Jonathan Ames , Legal Editor Thursday June 02 2022, 12.01am, The Times Share Senior prosecutors are facing criticism over the recruitment of a transgender activist to a key diversity role despite evidence that she has posted derogatory tweets about women. Sophie Cook, who has supported the replacement of the word woman with “womxn” and used the acronym “terf” — trans-exclusionary radical feminist — has been appointed the Crown Prosecution Service’s “speak-out champion”, a new role. The move, praised by Max Hill QC, the director of public prosecutions, has raised concerns over whether Cook will use the role to “embed” trans activism at the heart of the body that prosecutes serious crime in England and Wales. Cook describes herself as a “writer, speaker, actor, broadcaster and photographer”. On her website, Cook says that she is an...

  BBC ‘altered gender in trans rape claim’ A rape victim’s testimony was changed to avoid “misgendering” her abuser IAN WEST/PA Jake Kanter, Media Correspondent Tuesday May 31 2022, 12.01am, The Times The BBC changed the testimony of a rape victim after a debate over the pronouns of her transgender attacker,  The Times  has learnt. The woman referred to her alleged rapist as “him” but insiders said that her words were changed to avoid “misgendering” the abuser in an article on the corporation’s website. The BBC article replaced every reference to “he” or “him” with “they” or “them”. A source said the quote was the subject of heated debate prior to publication. Some journalists argued that the quote should remain intact, while others said it should reflect the trans woman’s preferred she/her pronouns. Best of Times We’ll send you our top stories, across all sections, straight to your inbox. Simple as that. Sign up now It comes amid growing concern among BBC staff that an i...