- Kellie-Jay Keen, founder of Standing for Women, is bringing her “Let Women Speak” event to Austin on Saturday, October 29. The event will be held at the front gates of the Capitol building from 1-3PM.
- Many of those banned from Twitter for “misgendering” and speaking against trans ideology hope to have their accounts reinstated in light of Elon Musk’s takeover of the company.
- Actor Ralph Fiennes comes out in defense of JK Rowling, who has been harassed and threatened over her support for women’s sex-based rights. In an interview with the New York Times, he said:
“JK Rowling has written these great books about empowerment, about young children finding themselves as human beings. It’s about how you become a better, stronger, more morally centred human being. The verbal abuse directed at her is disgusting, it’s appalling.”
- A Scottish government minister has resigned ahead of a Holyrood debate about proposed gender identity legislation. The community safety minister, Ash Regan, resigned in order to vote against the government’s bill, saying:
“I have considered the issue of gender recognition reform very carefully over some time. I have concluded that my conscience will not allow me to vote with the government at the stage one of the bill this afternoon.”