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I find the focus on the former First Minister excessive, especially given her revisionist narrative. Sturgeon’s claims about the toxicity of the debate seem disconnected from reality, as her actions have often stifled genuine discussion. Despite numerous attempts to engage with her, she consistently refused to meet with campaigners. The hostile environment surrounding our protests and the smear campaigns against us highlight the troubling dynamics at play. Sturgeon’s self-proclaimed commitment to women's rights feels hollow, especially when it appears to serve her own interests.

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

🧵FRANKLY, yesterday’s woman, the former FM who left office in a miasma of her own (and her hubby’s) making is getting far too much attention. But there is some revisionism that is just too egregious to ignore. Especially as she has a platform denied to us.

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

If Sturgeon really thinks Oct 22 was the point the debate became “toxic” & hope of “common ground” disappeared, we wonder if she was drunk or in a coma for half a decade? Otherwise how to account for such wilful blindness? https://www.thetimes.com/article/29160158-03f7-4afc-bce6-38a425c72df0?shareToken=932d69823acf116a2494df2f5fec2778

Nicola Sturgeon accuses JK Rowling of creating ‘toxic’ trans debate Former first minister says author stoked ‘vile’ attacks that left her fearing for her physical safety thetimes.com

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

Clearly, the shirt hit a nerve, “it seems blindingly obvious that a stunt like that was never going to elevate the debate or illuminate the issues at the heart of it.” But Sturgeon wasn’t interested in debate. Her zealotry made Thatcher’s commitment to the Poll Tax look measured.

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

She has disappeared into a hubristic fantasy of her own inviolability and righteousness which is as ridiculous as it is insulting. Worry not, we have the receipts!

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

Late 22 saw last ditch attempts by campaigners, after years of vilification, to have concerns taken seriously before the Bill came to Parl. Our huge event was supported by many former & current MSPs with a typically passionate speech by @JohannLamont https://forwomen.scot/08/10/2022/womens-rally-october-2022/

Women's Rally, October 2022 - For Women Scotland Thank you to all who travelled from far and wide to attend our Women's Rally at the Scottish Parliament, and to the MSPs who took the time to listen to the speeches and talk with constituents. The sun shone, the speakers were fabulous, passionate and brought many a tear to the eye. We think the day was a marvellous success. forwomen.scot

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

It didn’t come out of nowhere. In Sep 19, Sturgeon said at the UN that women’s concerns were “misplaced”. We wrote, asking her for a meeting. Naturally, she wouldn't give us the time of day.

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

When she refused, we asked Shirley Ann Somerville - several times - she also refused. We also asked if they would consider attempting to ensure a respectful discussion and avoid the issues that marred previous meetings. https://forwomen.scot/17/09/2019/consultation-with-stakeholders/

Consultation with Stakeholders - For Women Scotland When Nicola Surgeon stated that feminist’s concerns were “misplaced” at a United Nations conference last February we thought it would be an ideal time to try and arrange a meeting to address our concerns and put forward evidence that self ID policies represent a substantial roll back of women’s rights. When that was unsuccessful, we […] forwomen.scot

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

Sturgeon now claims that she didn’t think @jk_rowling would be up for debating her. We were, but perhaps we weren't high profile enough. Were campaigners like FWS, members of her own NEC & her own parliamentarians (like @AshReganMSP), below her touch?

@heraldscotland - The Herald

Nicola Sturgeon said she did not think JK Rowling would be willing to debate with her 👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25382398.sturgeon-accuses-rowling-toxic-gender-reform-row/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1754984207 @andrewlearmonth

Nicola Sturgeon accuses JK Rowling of fuelling ‘toxic’ gender row Nicola Sturgeon says JK Rowling helped create a ‘toxic’ climate around Scotland’s gender reform debate and claims far-right forces exploited… heraldscotland.com

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

@CallieMac009 wrote an account of Sturgeon's stewardship of the SNP in WWWW. She recalls a letter written in 2020 which she “naively” thought the leader would not ignore. Later, she realised that “naked intimidation” was not just tolerated but encouraged.

@LucyHunterB - Lucy Hunter Blackburn

@JoanMcAlpine Here's @CallieMac009, grassroots member, then elected as women's convenor, talking about putting this letter together.

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

The previous meeting we referred to in our letter was in Jan 2019. We wrote about it here: Protesters outside the venue included “Cathy” who said that we should be “made afraid & silenced by force”. For us, it seemed quite toxic then!

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

In January 2019 the FWS meeting was again subject to a campaign of abuse. All through the day, the venue was bombarded by increasingly frightening threats - as a consequence, we had to quadruple security on the night.

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

Yet, this was small beer compared to the event at Edinburgh University later that year. Speakers said they had never encountered such security which was more akin to that in place for visiting heads of state. Claire Heuchan recalls (in WWWW) the anxiety made her physically sick.

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

Of course, the lovely “Cathy” popped up & assaulted @bindelj. Another large man who had threatened to “throat punch” FWS was outside protesting. Sturgeon is upset she was called “destroyer of women’s rights” in 2022. We were worried about being killed.

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

Cathy, of course, later attempted to assault Julie Bindel as she left the meeting at Edinburgh University in June 2019. Three security guards were needed to drag Cathy off. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/julie-bindel-the-man-in-a-skirt-called-me-a-nazi-then-attacked-8dfwk8jft

Julie Bindel: the man in a skirt called me a Nazi — then attacked On Tuesday, having given a talk at Edinburgh University about male violence towards women and girls, I was attacked on my way to the taxi that was taking me to the airport. A man, wearing a long skirt and with lots of dark stubble, started screaming and shouting at me, calling me a Nazi and Terf scu thetimes.com

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

In Sep 2021 we had a protest at Parliament. Our chants were so loud that they were heard in the chamber during FMQs. It was covered extensively in the press, but perhaps Ms Sturgeon didn’t read the papers. https://forwomen.scot/04/09/2021/womens-rights-demo-september-2021/

Women's Rights Demo, September 2021 - For Women Scotland Thank you to all who attended our demo at the Scottish Parliament, and to the MSPs who came out to speak with us – we think it was a roaring success! This page is to bring together the main links for videos and speeches from the demonstration, but please also look on Twitter (under the […] forwomen.scot

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

She was certainly made aware of it by @murdo_fraser who said that he had gone out to the protest and met women concerned about GRR. Sturgeon started shouting either “shame on you” or “shame on them” (it’s contested) at him.

@murdo_fraser - Murdo Fraser

This was the moment this afternoon @scotparl where I said I had met women concerned about GRA reform, and @NicolaSturgeon started screaming ‘shame on you’ across the aisle. Extraordinary & shocking behaviour:

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Speaker contrasts proposals that will take Scotland forward with proposals that will divide us. They reference a bill to reform the gender recognition acta proposal that so contentious that, just last week, there was one of the largest demonstrations outside the Parliament, with hundreds of women from alloh. The First Minister is saying shame on me, dismissing the concerns of hundreds of women from across Scotland who came outside the Parliament to express their concerns. She is saying shame on them, what a disgrace, first minister, you are not listening to the concerns of these women. We await seeing the detail of this bill, but on these benches we are absolutely clear that women's rights must be protected in the context of GRA reform. I know that these concerns are shared by many on the S and P benches too.

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Speaker 0: Of saying proposals that will take Scotland forward and unite us, instead we see proposals that will divide us. We have proposed a bill to reform the gender recognition acta proposal that so contentious that, just last week, we saw one of the largest ever demonstrations outside the Parliament, with hundreds of women from alloh, the First Minister is saying shame on me, dismissing the concerns of hundreds of women from across Scotland who came outside the Parliament to express their concerns. She is saying shame on them, what a disgrace, first minister, you are not listening to the concerns of these women. We await seeing the detail of this bill, but on these benches we are absolutely clear that women's rights must be protected in the context of GRA reform. I know that these concerns are shared by many on the S and P benches too.

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

Some of her closest allies then began to spread malicious smears about the demo. Mhairi Hunter, her former campaign manager, took to Twitter to claim that a fascist group had announced their intention to attend our protest in support. Of course, it was wholly without foundation.

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

Even after she was shown evidence to disprove it, she refused to retract. And other, large follower accounts joined in. What does Sturgeon think this did to our fears for our safety or to our mental health?

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

More disgusting lies from the #bekind mob. They can't beat us, so they make up stories to discredit us.

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

Karen Adam, later to sit on the committee examining GRR, jumped on the bandwagon to make the protest all about her and paint the women as feral monsters.

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

The unedifying sight of @theSNP MSP lying to attack women. For one, FMQs finishes at 12.45 and our protest was over at 12. Demos are permitted in a democracy No one mentioned Ms Adams, the protest was not about her and it would not have been possible to see her at a window

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

Some of the nastiest accounts on the internet gleefully seized on the opportunity to be abusive.

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

While @MhairiHunter @FionaSNP & @KarenAdamMSP demonise women, this is what their allies are saying. Is any of this acceptable to them?

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

Let's not forget that Sturgeon happily jumped into bed with Patrick Harvie despite the toxic & intemperate language he used about fellow MSPs - not least, @JoanMcAlpine & @JohannLamont So much for supporting women over abusive men!

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

So, @PatrickHarvie is apparently now worried about abuse and "toxic" debate. But mainly when he's on the receiving end. Let's have a non-exhaustive look at all the times Harvie has tried to elevate the conversation: #HarvieHatesWomen

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

Harvie’s language during the Hate Crime debate was especially nasty. We complained several times about the Greens. Sturgeon, of course, was begging her own SNP bullies not to leave the party in her famous broom-cupboard address.

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

A thread (likely to run & run) of times members of SGP have made inflammatory comments about women. We complained about these three individuals last year. One was talking about "punching the fuck" out of women another was posting vile pornography. Naturally, we got no response.

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

Two weeks ago, we submitted a complaint to @scottishgreens about a candidate & 2 officers. The election is tomorrow and today we were told that the complaint had been passed to the "relevant groups". This is not good enough.

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

We don't discount the possibility that Sturgeon got threats - it would, sadly, be unusual if she didn’t. But we would have more sympathy had she ever attempted to deal with the situation in the SNP and the appalling targeting of @joannaccherry https://news.sky.com/story/snp-accused-of-shocking-failure-in-handling-of-online-harassment-and-abuse-claims-12245908

SNP accused of 'shocking' failure in handling of online harassment and abuse claims Joanna Cherry was targeted after her frontbench dismissal by a former party member who admitted making threats of sexual violence. news.sky.com

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

It was happening under her nose. So either she was lumpenly unintelligent and unaware (so much for the famed emotional intelligence!), she didn’t care, or she saw and approved.

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

She makes large claims about her commitment to women’s rights. But Sturgeon has never done much for women - especially those she worked with. Her "feminism" is largely centered on herself. https://t.co/CFjFOvvIM0

@cyrilmitchell23 - Cyril Mitchell

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@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

Sturgeon repeats her risible claim that we are “standing alongside” Trump, Putin & Orbán. This is the juvenile argument we call "vegetarians are all Hitler”. I imagine she stands with them on gravity. Unless she thinks we are bobbing along hitting our heads off the rainbow.

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

Naturally, she can’t resist more underhanded attempts to attack women’s rights activists: “The tactics deployed by some, however sincere their views might have been, suggested there was another agenda at work.” What tactics? What agenda? Spell it out!

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

Sturgeon is touring the radio stations, she has a book, publicity, and a huge advance. She is not the David in this fight. If anyone would like the full FWS version, we are more than open to bashing out a book for a lot less. It will also be far more entertaining!

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

@TheAttagirls I think they will be and I admit that makes my heart sing!

@ForWomenScot - For Women Scotland

@auldbassfella Haha! I did pause... but my bad side took over!