Kill Me Or Give Me My Freedom - Annie Kenney
Update 601. This Is Terf Month. #BeMorePorcupine
We have started our Terf Month ( to counteract Queer Month) a bit early and we will be featuring great speeches on the theme of women’s rights. Please keep those suggestions coming in. Please send a link if you can.
Annie Kenney from Oldham was one of the leading Suffragettes though somewhat overshadowed by Emmeline Pankhurst. However she is now commemorated with a statue in Oldham in front of which a recent Let Women Speak event was held.
Here is an extract from her rousing speech at London Pavilion on 14 July 1913.
Now, what does the Government want to do? They want to send us to prison and keep us there as long as ever they dare. They send doctors in daily to see whether our pulse is just normal; to see how we are in health; to see whether they ought to turn us out, or whether they can wait a few more hours before turning us out; and when we are released they expect that we are going to stay in bed for the rest of the week, to be taken away again. Well, I am not going to do it. I am here against my doctor’s orders this afternoon, but I say this: If I am well enough to be sent to prison to be tortured by the Home Secretary I am well enough o come to the Pavilion. Now, what does the Home Secretary want to do — for you know if you murder in your mind it is just as bad and just as evil as doing the deed right out. You have heard how people poison a person so slowly that no one can detect it. That is what the Home Secretary wants to do. He wants it to be so slow — in prison, out of prison — that the men electors will say that they could really not detect any real intent to murder on the part of the Home Secretary. He means to murder us sooner or later. I say for myself, it has got to be sooner and not later. At every opportunity when I come out of prison, after a few days have elapsed, and I can just stand on my feet, I am going to take part in this movement; and what I said in the dock I repeat here to-day more solemnly — they have either got to kill me or give me my freedom.
The full speech is here:
https://speakingwhilefemale.co/womans-vote-kenney1/
Thanks to three wonderful readers for suggested pieces.
Some of the linked pieces below may be behind a paywall.
The JK Rowling Women’s Fund
For Women Scotland Judgment
Sex Matters are encouraging everyone to write to their MP. I have already written to my (Labour) MP about this and other matters and she hasn’t responded. I think she may be avoiding me! Can’t think why 😂
Here is the message from Maya Forstater:
If you haven’t yet written to your MP about the Supreme Court ruling, please do it now using our tool! Even if you have, you can write to them again.
The judgment is powerful and clear, but a lot of people are trying to convince organisations to ignore it and continue letting them bend the rules.
This week we published polling by YouGov that shows most people agree with the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision. But MPs’ inboxes are being flooded by trans-rights activists spreading misinformation.
Please write to your MP and make sure they hear personal stories about why clarity about sex in law and policy is so important. Whether you are a parent, professional, participant in sports, user of services, service provider, employer, or just an ordinary woman or a man, tell them why you appreciate the judgment’s legal clarity, and how ambiguity and fear have caused harm.
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Also this week, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) released its draft code of practice for service providers. Much of it is good, but some bits are bad, which I’ve tweeted about. We’ll be publishing guidance to help you respond.
Let Women Speak - New Scotland Yard
Excellent rally today in front of the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police. Excellent speeches.
Inside The Stonewall Conference
Tanya de Grunwald on her podcast This Isn’t Working discusses this ‘workplace’ conference with Levi Pay, director of Plinth House and former (many years ago) Stonewall intern. Tanya attended with Maya Forstater. I think Tanya is a bit too kind to those attendees who she feels sorry for because they are forlorn after the Supreme Court judgment. I am not sorry for them!! Most if not all of them have watched women’s and gay rights being steamrollered and children being medicalised and mutilated!! Now they know what the law has always been!!!!
It sounds like a very strange conference: no photos allowed, no questions from the audience, no brochure, no notes!!!! Levi says it sounds like a religious gathering! Levi says that, back in the day (when they really were a gay and lesbian rights charity), Stonewall wanted to talk to people who didn’t agree. Now there is no debate. They both feel that no debate has produced a cohort of activists who don’t actually know how to debate!!!
https://julieat.podbean.com/e/inside-the-stonewall-conference-what-didnt-work/
New Zealand - The Labour Party
On her substack, Til Sex Do Us Part Terf Vibes has got something to say about the NZ Labour Party! Now who do they remind me of!?
Let's (not) talk about sex
'Whether you’re Māori, Pākehā, Pasifika, Asian or a new Kiwi, young or old, gay, straight, transgender, wealthy or struggling... Labour sees you. Labour hears you.' 👀
May 23, 2025
When I read this statement by the NZ Labour Party earlier this week:
'Whether you’re Māori, Pākehā, Pasifika, Asian or a new Kiwi, young or old, gay, straight, transgender, wealthy or struggling... Labour sees you. Labour hears you…’
from the party that oversaw the rushed introduction of sex self-ID in 2022; that instructed its Ministry of Health to state, against the evidence and science, that puberty blockers are ‘entirely safe and reversible’; that approved a giant middle-aged man, and former competitive weightlifter in the men’s division, to compete in women’s Olympic weight-lifting in 2020, etcetera, I wanted to scream: YOU DO NOT SEE ME! YOU DO NOT HEAR ME! and I’m bloody screeeeeeeeeeeeeaming at you!
Rather than see and hear me and all the other, surely hundreds of thousands of NZ Terfs by now, women and some men waking up to the incredible con and corruption they have fallen for and had pushed on them by the Labour Party’s wholesale support for the trans agenda, this statement reveals that Labour remains stupidly intent upon pandering to the trans lobby and maintaining the ruse that it is all about being inclusive of everyone, when it is anything but inclusive of the majority of New Zealanders, namely women.
The full piece is here:
New Zealand - Pay Equity
On her substack, A B’Old Woman Katrina Biggs looks at dealing with pay equity when you don’t know what a woman is!
The woke Left in NZ suddenly understands what a woman is - depending on the day of the week.
Those who claim a woman is anyone who says they're one, know the difference between women and men when it suits their agenda.
May 23, 2025
There’s been much outrage here in New Zealand over the Government’s amendments in early May to the Pay Equity legislation. In brief, they asserted that during the previous Labour Government’s tenure, the parameters for pay equity claims had been made too loose, and some claimants were misusing them, so our present Government has tightened those parameters up. Those who oppose the present Government’s amendments dispute that assertion, and say many women will suffer from pay inequity as a result.
Katrina concludes:
The ridiculousness of not having a firm definition for women is on full display by the trade unions who are apoplectic about the amendments to the Pay Equity legislation, and are organising protests about it. On the days they have their protests they seem to know what a woman is, on other days they don’t. They’re not alone, of course, and many of their members are committed to the same TQ ideology that defies all logic. Naturally, they all remain determinedly blind to their demonstrably unstable position of believing a woman is anyone who says they are, whilst at the same time knowing what a woman is when that fits better with their agenda.
All our Government needs to do, I reckon, is ask the trade unions, or other pay equity advocates, to define a woman for any pay equity claims, and - boom! - what a deliciously awkward position some of those claimants would find themselves in. What would they do? Stick to their ‘principles’ by refusing to define a woman as being an adult human female, and abandon their claim - or ditch the dodgy dogma for the money?
And finally, regardless of the day of the week, seeing as the woke Left have difficulty telling the difference between women and men unless genitals are inspected, will pay equity claims now require genital inspections of the employees in both the female and male dominated occupations being compared, to ensure that they really are comparing women and men?
The full piece is here:
The States Influencing The UK
On Jennifer Bilek’s substack, Kate Deeming discusses the influence of the Pritzker and Stryker families in the United Kingdom.
The “Trans” Atlantic Gender Bridge: from America to Britain
May 21, 2025
The poison of trans ideology, one of the most toxic belief systems to ever take root in civilization, has built a world wide network of feeder cells to promulgate its cause. One of the most notorious bridges enabling this is between the UK and the USA.
The UK was early on in adopting the #bekind mantle on behalf of the ‘poor transvestites’ in order to lay the groundwork for the new wrong body religion. This was not done via law or warfare but rather in personal ways, which ensured loyalty in high places. The book “Trans Britain: Our Journey From the Shadows,” published in 2018, indicates landmark events which inserted gender ideology into British society. It serves as a valuable backdrop in understanding the psychological takeover that allowed wrong body ideology to infiltrate culture and governance. The book exposes the gradual massaging of personal relationships by powerful and emotive personalities, how they gained the attention of those in authority, and changed our culture.
But this is only half the story.
Now embedded it is proving difficult to dislodge. For example, in April, the grassroots Scottish campaign group For Women Scotland won their court case against Scottish Ministers related to the clarification of the definition of the words ‘sex’, ‘woman’ and ‘man’ in equalities law. In other words, legally so-called “trans” women are NOT women and so-called “trans” men are NOT men. Finally it seems that sanity and common sense has returned to British society! One might think this would be enough to create - at least a pause - in the gender industry reaping untold harm in the UK for over a decade. Not so.
No sooner had the ruling been announced than trade unions asserted they have ‘not ruled out legal action’ in opposition to the clarification. Academics and artists signed an open letter calling for dissent. At the same time former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon lamented, ‘this court ruling makes trans life ‘unliveable’” and current First Minister of Scotland John Swinney iterated ‘An independent Scotland would have trans rights as the bedrock of society’. And so, it goes.
We might have been able to predict this. The Denton document, a strategy paper put together by the world’s largest law firm to advance trans rights in Europe in 2019, forensically laid out the psychological operative that needed to precede the law via relationship building, astroturfing (a top down approach made to look grassroots) and forced teaming (partnering with other popular and emotive campaigns, ie. gay rights).
Graham Linehan provides a powerful metaphor to the trans infiltration via the film ‘The Body Snatchers”:
‘Like the flowers in Body Snatchers, following the same predatory life cycle, the trans movement has taken root in institutions across the Western world. Much like in the film, the process was silent, subtle, and followed an identical template wherever it unfolded.’
This reminds us that insomuch as we need to fight things legislatively - the real work - and the real change needs to take place on the ground. For a long time loyalty has been bred in backrooms via the emotionality of relationships, tribes and financial incentives…. And we have allowed ourselves, our language and our culture to be colonized.
A Bridge from America
In the United States, two of the biggest names (often reported on by Jennifer as in this Federalist article) bankrolling the tranhumanist religion of transcendence from sexed reality are the Pritzker and Stryker families. Both family dynasties hold immense wealth and power in business and government. But what might not be as well understood is the influence they also hold in the UK. Two notable cases have come to light in recent weeks illustrate this.
The full piece is here:
See It, Say It, Stickered!
Let Women Speak have launched a new campaign.
For seven years, we’ve been inventing ways to raise the alarm—to warn, to protect, and to push back against the erasure of women and the dismantling of safeguarding. From speaking out in town squares to holding signs outside courtrooms, we’ve stood firm.
Now, we're giving people everywhere another tool in the fight: See It. Say It. Stickered.
It’s bold. It’s simple. And it works.
See It. Say It. Stickered. is our latest campaign to visibly mark spaces, policies, and institutions that put women and children at risk. Whether it’s a school pushing gender ideology, a department store ignoring women’s privacy, or a library quietly slipping harmful content onto children’s shelves—this is your way to say, "Not on my watch."
With just a £15 bumper pack, you get:
4 giant 20cm stickers (for windows, mirrors, photo ops)
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20 small 5cm removable stickers (for books, shelves, subtle action)
Each one carries a clear warning:
“Certified Unsafe for Women” or “Not Safe for Kids”, with the message:
"Deemed unsafe due to policy, content or environment."
This campaign is easy to do alone and even better with friends. It doesn’t require permission. It doesn’t need media attention. It just needs you—and your willingness to say what others are too afraid to.
Let Women Speak has always been about truth and courage. See It. Say It. Stickered. continues that legacy. It’s time to call out the unsafe, name the institutions failing us, and force them to face the consequences.
If you see it, say it—then sticker it.
Kellie-Jay
P.S. Share your photos and placements with #SeeItSayItStickered—because every sticker is a signal that we are watching. We are everywhere. And we are not going away.
unsafe sticker pack
4 large stickers both versions (20cm)
20 unsafe women stickers (7cm)
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Australia - Potential Legal Cases
On his substack, Gender Clinic News Bernard Lane looks at the potential for further legal cases against gender clinicians. Great to see potential for fightback in Australia!
Risky business
Gender doctors in Australia face an uneasy waiting period as new treatment guidance is developed
May 23, 2025
Australian Health Minister Mark Butler’s intervention in the field of youth gender dysphoria may lead to increased medico-legal risk for children’s hospitals and doctors involved in paediatric medical transition.
On January 31 this year, Mr Butler undermined the de facto national status of treatment guidelines issued by the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) Melbourne, when he announced that the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) would subject those guidelines to a “comprehensive review,” and develop a new set of evidence-based national guidelines.
At a media conference that day, the federal Health Minister told journalists it was “important to point out that those [RCH Melbourne] guidelines have not been approved by the NHMRC.”
The 2018 RCH guidelines introduced and entrenched in Australia a radical form of the “gender-affirming” treatment approach for gender dysphoria in minors, recommending child-led social transition, early puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones with no minimum age, and (in undefined cases) double mastectomies.
Bernard concludes:
Meanwhile, the Australian Doctors Federation has issued a medico-legal update on the risks of gender medicalisation of minors, given the weak evidence base and “proven medical harms”.
The federation highlights the fact that the RCH treatment guideline rated poorly in a peer-reviewed evaluation of gender dysphoria guidelines commissioned by England’s Cass review, and was judged “untrustworthy” by McMaster University’s Professor Gordon Guyatt, a pioneer in the field of evidence-based medicine.
“We are concerned about the harms being done to children and the medico-legal risk to doctors,” the federation says.
“To protect yourself [as doctors] we would advise that for children and adolescents up to 18 years of age, you [should]—
“not prescribe puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones;
“not refer for gender surgery;
“not refer to gender clinics as they offer treatment that is not evidence-based and causes bodily harm; and
“not refer patients on for private gender-affirmative psychological treatment that will cement a child’s likely transient identity.”
The federation—which is a small organisation compared with the main doctors’ lobby, the Australian Medical Association (AMA)—suggests its members should contact their medical colleges to request they follow the results of international evidence reviews and recommend the banning of paediatric medical transition.
The full piece is here:
https://www.genderclinicnews.com/p/risky-business-d5c?publication_id=627677&r=1v403b
Endpieces
We have a kind of guest endpiece from some geezer or other!
From EDI Jester
From Liz
From Tenaciously
#BeMorePorcupine
#LeaveKidsAlone
#AdultHumanFemale
#LetWomenSpeak
#FreeLucyConnolly
#KeepOnKeepingOn
#HoldTheLine
#KeepOnTerfing
#NeverSurrender
#NeverForget
#TruthWillTriumph
Great speech to start the series with, thank you Liz for this choice. Really gives a sense of the grit and steely determination of Annie Kenney. And with the fabulous news that JK has set up a legal fund to defend the rights of women, I hope we get to see more courageous women speaking up.
Dear readers
A heads up that Mr Menno is doing a premiere tonight at 21.30 GMT providing a worldwide update on the use of puberty blockers.
See some of you in the chat I hope 😊
Dusty