By Erica White and Radicailín for The Radical Notion.
Legislative progress for women and LGB people in Ireland has lagged behind the rest of the developed world. Contraception was illegal here until 1993, the same year that gay sex was decriminalized. Divorce was only legalized in 1995, requiring a constitutional amendment.
This is the second part of Dr Em‘s two-part feature on the experiences of the ever-growing cohort of ‘trans widows’ – women whose husbands have… Read More »Domestic Abuse Related to Late-Transitioning Partners, Part Two
David Quinn (“Turning a blind eye has secured us UN success”, Comment, last week) rounds up the usual suspects — Russia, China and Saudi Arabia — in relation to Ireland’s failure to criticise human rights abuses.
In this important article, Dr Em recounts the experiences of the ever-growing cohort of ‘trans widows’ – women whose husbands have decided to ‘live as a woman’… Read More »Domestic Abuse Related to Late-Transitioning Partners, Part One
Our bodies have been used against us since Eve plucked the apple from the tree. Our lives are constrained by our biological functions from periods to pregnancy to menopause. These are things that only happen to females. To pretend otherwise is risible.
You know you are in the Upside Down when a famous human-rights organisation petitions your government to disenfranchise you and members of your group, to stop you from engaging in peaceful actions and voicing your concerns and opinions.
Amnesty Ireland joined our power-drunk trans lobby, along with 26 other publicly-funded NGOs, to make this extraordinary demand in an open letter: ‘We call on media, and politicians to no longer provide legitimate representation for those that share bigoted beliefs.’
Now aged 23, the then 15-year-old Keira, troubled and depressed throughout her adolescence, became convinced that she was really a boy in a girl’s body. That psychological trauma led ultimately to a double mastectomy and years of hormone treatments that have left her sterile.
You may recall the controversy earlier this year relating to the HSE using the meaningless term ‘anyone with a cervix’ instead of ‘woman’ in its cervical… Read More »Submission to the HSE on Cervical Check
What is the background to this case? Keira Bell is a 23 year old English woman who experienced gender dysphoria (GD) as a teenager. GD… Read More »COUNTESS EXPLAINER: Keira Bell Case