The Women’s Human Rights Campaign launches in the USA!
Enjoy today’s special edition about this momentous occasion of women getting organized across the the US to promote the Declaration on Women’s Sex Based Rights, a document penned by Sheila Jeffreys, Heather Brunksell Evans and Maureen O’Hara designed to get governments, groups and individuals to adopt women’s rights based on sex and not on “gender identity.”
Hear the song “Killing in the Name of” covered by Brass Against the Machine before enjoying WLRN’s Sekhmet SheOwl’s greeting that leads the listener to our first interview with Vajra Ma, co-chair of the Interim Steering Committee of the WHRC USA. Vajra Ma is co-founder and president of Shakti Moon Foundation, dedicated to woman as the creator of culture and original guide of humanity. She spoke with Thistle about the origin of the Declaration and the group of women in the US that has embraced it and currently serves on the interim steering committee of WHRC USA.
Next, enjoy the song “Are you a Lady?” by Bratmobile before listening to an interview with Carol, a 40 year old detransitioning lesbian who talks about how gender identity ideology impacted her life. Carol spent 4 years identifying as a trans “man” and undergoing medical transition including ingesting testosterone and having her breasts surgically removed. During that time she was perceived as male in social and professional settings. Now in the process of reclaiming her womanhood, Carol is focusing her energy on helping other detrans people find a community, particularly women who don’t conform to gender stereotypes.
Finally, don’t miss Sekhmet’s powerful commentary on the significance of the Declaration and the growing numbers of women worldwide who are signing on.
The WLRN collective is proud to take part in the launch of WHRC USA and be a signatory to the Declaration. You can sign too, dear listener! Click on this link and add your name to the growing numbers of signers in the USA and around the world. https://www.womensdeclaration.com
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Dear Thistle, Thanks for this fantastic edition! It inspired me to listen in this Saturday to the WHRC for the first time and I really appreciated this session. It’s so important to hear from womyn going through this struggle around the world. The story of Carol was also incredibly meaningful to me. I have to tell you, what turned me onto this issue was dating a woman who revealed to me she was transitioning and then watching her struggle emotionally, psychologically, and physically, to the point of having a heart attack. We didn’t date long but I asked her a lot about her journey and her story was strikingly similar to Carol’s, the childhood experience, the influence of the therapist, the confusion and deep regret. I wrote a reflection on my experience of her regret as an intimate partner struggling to be supportive for xxamazons. Please thank Carol for sharing her story. I love the music you play in between. I used to sing in an anarcha-feminist punk band (!) and we recorded a few songs, nearly all of them full of my feminist angst at the sexism endemic in our movement. Attaching two songs you might be interested in cycling through, “Batter Me” and “Circle of Privilege”. I also have a wonderful collection of feminist punk songs form the 90s should you be interested.
Thanks for all you do- this radio show is a lifeline! All the best,Selina