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Welcome to the Leeds branch of the Women's Rights Network.
We stand for women’s sex-based rights, safeguarding, freedom of speech and women-only spaces. Follow for local action, events and campaigning — and join us in speaking up.
WRN's Heather discussing convicted rapist Russell Brand and his bragging in plain sight on @Gbne
WRN's Heather discusses convicted rapist Russell Brand with @Jacob_Rees_Mogg on @GBNEWS, drawing comparisons between the enablement and celebration of his behaviour with that of other media 'personalities'.
Not so much 'hiding in plain sight' as 'boasting about it in plain sight'.
A great discussion that also covered the horrific Pelicot case and drug assisted rape. What do we need to be teaching our boys and young men to prevent more of this taking place?
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We also have the same question @NadiaWhittomeMP
Any comment on this harassment and threatening behaviour towards women on the streets of your constituency @NadiaWhittomeMP? Are you content that police resources are needed to keep women campaigning against male violence safe from male violence?
Say no a 'transwoman' and the man will appear. Utterly disgusting scenes of violence against women in Nottingham as they peacefully march to reclaim the night.
#ReclaimTheNightNottingham
Police had to escort us through the city. The streets of Nottingham are not safe for women in 2026
The words "female-only" are met with violence, intimidation and harassment
But we stayed strong and finished our march
Power to the women ♀️💜💚🤍
Another rapist 'hiding' in plain sight. Will the people who enabled this to happen now also be held to account?
RUSSELL BRAND GUILTY OF RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULTS
A man whose celebrity status supercharged his sexually predatory behaviour.
A man who appeared to not care about consent.
A man who has now been exposed, brought to justice and found guilty - thanks to the bravery of several women.
We applaud their courage and wish them well.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/11…
As a patient - remember you have a voice.
Submit your questions by 17th November to [email protected] for the next NHS England board meeting 27th November.
Demand answers, demand change, demand accountability
⏰️ Today marks 7 days since NHS England published it's Privacy, dignity and safety in hospital accommodation and NHS staff facilities guidance
📢SEEN in Health members are still reporting near-silence from their organisations, except from Unions opposing the implementation of the law.
⁉️ still no apologies or offer of support for staff silenced & disciplined for raising their head above the parapet & pointing out unlawful mixed-sex policies in their workplace.
⚠️ Still no clarity on responsibilities or timelines for legal compliance of patient accommodation or staff facilities.
📰 Local communication strategies, woefully slow to acknowledge the changes required to meet legal compliance within organisations
⚖️ NHS staff need to know the policies & guidelines that have been in place and enforced for years are unlawful and are a safeguarding risk.
🚨 Senior management and boards must be held to account for continuing to not inform staff of the risk of following unlawful policies & guidelines
@NHSEngland @NHSuk
@YvetteCooperMP @karinsmyth
@EHRC @DHSCgovuk @H_S_E
#SexMatters
#NHS
#Safeguarding
What a warrior Claire was! Her writing, her organisational skills, her ability to read the room. Claire you will be much missed. 💚🤍💜
ANNOUNCEMENT
It’s with heavy hearts that WRN announce the death of one of our own, the truly fabulous Claire Loneragan.
Claire was a fundamental part of WRN since its inception and had been key to the growth and the success of our organisation. She is irreplaceable as a WRNer and as a Director. Most importantly though, as a dear friend. We will miss her immensely.
We know that all our WRN members will feel her loss deeply, not least her ‘home’ group of Somerset and Dorset.
We send our sincere heartfelt sympathies to her husband Dave, her children, her wider family, and her many friends.
Claire had been ill for some time but maintained her typical good humour, courage (and not a small amount of ice cream) throughout.
When we have needed wisdom, hard work and application, Claire had provided these in abundance. Her hand was in everything that we did. And we all endeavoured to ‘Be More Claire’ as a result.
But more importantly than that, she was always our dear friend.
Goodbye Claire.
We love you so much xx
In the face of the public statements from various organisations openly showing their disdain for the NHS restoring women's legal rights in single sex spaces, remember you have a voice.
📢 CALL TO ACTION. NHS ENGLAND MUST ANSWER FOR ITS FAILURES. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.
Following today’s publication of its single-sex guidance, you can submit a question directly to the NHS England Board.
This is your opportunity to demand answers about women’s rights, unlawful policies and the treatment of staff who spoke out.
📅 Next Board meeting: 27 November 2026
✉️ Submit a question (up to 100 words) to [email protected] by 12 noon on 17 November.
Ask them:
▪️ What are the deadlines for implementation?
▪️ How will NHS trusts be held accountable for compliance?
▪️ Will data collection reflect biological sex?
▪️ Will the NHS restore accurate language for women and stop calling women “people with a cervix”?
▪️ Will pregnant women no longer be asked how they identify? Will the NHS stop asking men if they could be pregnant?
▪️ Will staff be free to raise concerns about single-sex spaces without bullying or punishment?
▪️ Will staff and patients who suffered discrimination and harm receive an apology?
▪️ Who will be held accountable for years of unlawful policies and the bullying of staff who dared to speak out?
Publication is not implementation. Guidance is not accountability.
NHS England must not be allowed to quietly move on without answering for its failures.
✊ Submit your question. Demand answers. Demand action. Demand accountability.
📺 Watch the Board meeting live: england.nhs.uk/livestreams/
And other...
Shocking statement with activist commitment to continued law breaking from the British Medical Association @TheBMA in response to new NHS guidance on single-sex spaces for staff and patients 👇🏻
bma.org.uk/news-and-opinion/…
Following @AndreaEganGS statement announcing her disappointment in the NHS lawful single sex policies, @MindCharity has joined the list of organisations, who appear proud to announce their misogyny.
@MindCharity, a mental health charity is offering solidarity and support to people distressed by the NHS restoring women's legal rights in single sex wards and facilities.
Read that again.
A charity that claims to care about mental health but who cannot extend it's compassion to women and girls whose rights have been violated.
Our WRN report 'When we are at our most vulnerable', evidences the sickening extent of rapes and sexual assaults in hospitals. womensrights.network/hospita…
How can women access mental health support from Mind, knowing they don't support their single sex rights to hospital care.
For far too long the rights of women to safety, privacy and dignity have been ignored. Women have been discriminated against, harassed and forced to fight service providers, and too often, their own employers for the right to single-sex spaces.
Now Mind is offering support to those distressed by restoring those rights.
What about the women who suffered while Mind stayed silent?
@MindCharity is showing exactly whose mental health it is prepared to support - and whose suffering it is prepared to overlook.
@AndreaEganGS is disappointed by NHSE's lawful policies.
She is not disappointed staff were forced to comply with unlawful policies.
She is not disappointed by the lack of apology or accountability in the NHS.
Her only disappointment is women now have privacy & dignity in work.
You might expect the general secretary of the UK's largest union for women to welcome greater clarity on women's rights to single-sex spaces.
But women aren't even mentioned in her statement about the NHS's revised single-sex accommodation policy.
Apparently, @unisontheunion general secretary Andrea Egan is more concerned with the 'safety, dignity and privacy' of men who identify as women.
Her statement is also misleading by omission.
She fails to mention that the NHS guidance makes provision for alternative accommodation for trans patients, including single rooms, subject to clinical needs.
Instead, her statement focuses entirely on the needs of trans patients, without acknowledging the rights or concerns of women who rely on NHS services.
And then there's the ideological language.
Sex is not 'assigned' at birth. It is observed and recorded by a medical professional.
Imagine being a female NHS worker, paying your union subs every month, only to discover that your general secretary Andrea Egan Unison General Secretary is using your hard-earned money to advance men's interests - not women's.
Another win for women and girls today.
Now let’s hope more of those responsible for the NHS’s unlawful treatment of women stand down.
This is not a grand statement, as I'm not a fan of when non-Ministers/MPs do those, but just to say that tomorrow I'll be resigning from @NHSEngland's LGBT+ Sounding Board over the NHS's announcement that all trans staff and patients must use facilities of their biological birth.
WRN Leeds will be submitting a question. Will you?
📢 CALL TO ACTION. NHS ENGLAND MUST ANSWER FOR ITS FAILURES. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.
Following today’s publication of its single-sex guidance, you can submit a question directly to the NHS England Board.
This is your opportunity to demand answers about women’s rights, unlawful policies and the treatment of staff who spoke out.
📅 Next Board meeting: 27 November 2026
✉️ Submit a question (up to 100 words) to [email protected] by 12 noon on 17 November.
Ask them:
▪️ What are the deadlines for implementation?
▪️ How will NHS trusts be held accountable for compliance?
▪️ Will data collection reflect biological sex?
▪️ Will the NHS restore accurate language for women and stop calling women “people with a cervix”?
▪️ Will pregnant women no longer be asked how they identify? Will the NHS stop asking men if they could be pregnant?
▪️ Will staff be free to raise concerns about single-sex spaces without bullying or punishment?
▪️ Will staff and patients who suffered discrimination and harm receive an apology?
▪️ Who will be held accountable for years of unlawful policies and the bullying of staff who dared to speak out?
Publication is not implementation. Guidance is not accountability.
NHS England must not be allowed to quietly move on without answering for its failures.
✊ Submit your question. Demand answers. Demand action. Demand accountability.
📺 Watch the Board meeting live: england.nhs.uk/livestreams/
The NHS has had unlawful staff and patient policies in place for almost 10 years.
Staff and patients have been failed, harmed and discriminated against as a result.
They've finally published guidance.
Now when will those who allowed this to happen, be held to account?
For 18 months, NHS Trusts have cited the absence of @NHSEngland guidance as a reason for delaying changes to their policies.
That excuse can no longer be used.
Every NHS organisation must now review its policies, make the necessary changes and demonstrate how it is complying with the law.
We expect clear deadlines and accountability.
@NadiaWhittomeMP A politician with no shame, no regard for the law and no respect for women.
What an indictment of someone elected to represent women and girls.
I recently spoke on a fringe panel at TUC Congress about what comes next in the fight for trans rights.
I was pleased that the congress passed a motion to oppose the EHRC Code of Practice, demonstrating that trade unionists understand that trans rights are a workers’ rights issue too.
Trade unions must continue working together to defend trans people in the workplace and beyond.
ALT A photograph showing Nadia Whittome MP speaking on a panel with four other activists in a packed out TUC fringe event room.
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18 months on from the Supreme Court ruling.
10 months since Leeds WRN deputation @LeedsCC_Help asking them to follow the law.
And STILL they refuse to confirm full compliance.
Why are public sectors allowed to continue ignoring the law?
Leeds Women's Rights Network's deputation to Leeds City Council today on implementing the Supreme Court Ruling.
A recorded vote was proposed by a sympathetic councillor... apparently unheard of for a deputation.
Let's hold our councils to account!
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Men being men: silencing and intimidating women because an event doesn’t include them.
@TheGreenParty & @ZackPolanski: showing women exactly what you think of us.
Trans activists gatecrash Green women's event to protest discussion about female health trib.al/wUr4SQI
One broadcaster thinks women being expelled from the Green Party for holding views consistent with the law is newsworthy.
Something not covered in other MSM coverage of the Green party conference.
Do they not think this is something audiences need to know about?
The NHS and RCN should be utterly ashamed they allowed this to happen. But when Government has enabled and endorsed policies rooted in gender ideology, who exactly is going to hold those responsible to account for discrimination? Where is the accountability?
These photographs say more than any union press release could.
Three women standing together because, when the institutions that were supposed to defend them failed, they found solidarity in each other.
Their fight is a simple one: to hold their ground when men enter spaces set aside for women, and when they are expected to deny biological reality, surrender their privacy and comply with somebody else’s identity claim even where sex-based rights remain recognised in law.
There is something grimly familiar in that. Women have spent generations being told to endure, to make room, to keep quiet and to be reasonable. They are hardly strangers to adversity.
Solidarity is supposed to be the first principle of a trade union. Here, the women had to provide it for themselves.
#womensrightsmatter
Sandie Peggie, Bethany Hutchison and Jennifer Melle
This tribunal raises serious questions about the RCN’s leadership. Nurses were reportedly told to affirm a child’s “eunuch” identity. How did an organisation grounded in evidence and safeguarding get to a point where this is considered acceptable?
Nurse Sandie Peggie has taken her union to court because of their lack of support. Looking at the reporting, it is actually far worse.
It has been an interesting experience watching the great and good of the RCN tie themselves in knots. The explanations of what they believe and how it has pervaded their advice have been entertaining: they can’t/won’t define it but they know that it is right and inclusive to ignore the rights of women.
There is compelling evidence to suggest that as an organisation they have enthusiastically embraced gender identity and moved on to approving self ID in practice. No such evidence of supporting their sex realist members has come to light, but the RCN have happily taken their money.
Thank you to Tribunal Tweets and Nick Wallis for reporting on proceedings. We watch with interest and growing repugnance.
genderblog.net/peggie-v-rcn-…
