from the amnesty report: "The concept of ‘gender ideology’ is used by actors that oppose rights related to bodily autonomy, gender and
sexuality, defend patriarchal gender norms as natural and positions the patriarchal family as the norm, and all other forms of family life as ‘ideology’. This concept is used by secular proponents as well as religious actors, and by some groups that identify as leftist or feminist. Anti-rights actors construct ‘gender ideology’ as an attack on the nation and traditions, as well as an attack on the family, marriage, and religious freedom."
i am pleased that there is a growing understanding of what "gender ideology" is as a dogwhistle, and that people who use it are not defending women but are doing all of the above!
also here on rowling offering to fund people to, as the above points out, sue amnesty international with a handy reminder in it that she also funded the group Sex Matters at the high court case in which not a single trans person was allowed to speak
i note there has already been an effect, in that amnesty initially had a list of organisations who were anti-rights (a term i hadn't come across before and is to the point) and the "gender critical" backlash caused them to take that list down, but it directly linked Alliance Defending Freedom (the far-right American organisation) with anti-trans organisations in the UK... so they are being seen for what they are, the mask (always slapdash and relying on a lack of scrutiny) is slipping and even though the list is down, Sex Matters and The LGB Alliance are still talked about alongside ADF in the report itself
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