For some reason, this article from The Times is not online. I have transcribed it:
Gender-critical activists 'tracked by terrorism unit'
Liz Harris, Jonathan Ames Legal Editor
Feminist groups that argue men cannot become women were being monitored by counterterror police, a tribunal has been told.
The revelation emerged as part of a claim by a Scotland Yard detective that she suffered discrimination for her so-called gender-critical beliefs while attending two Metropolitan Police training sessions. It has also emerged as part of the legal action that Scotland Yard paid nearly £26,000 for advisory services on gender and race.
Melanie Newman, a detective constable who joined the force three years ago, accused an officer who ran one of the courses of referring to "terfs" - an acronym meaning trans-exclusionary radical feminists- as "a bunch of lesbians who wrongly think it is rape if a trans woman has sexual intercourse with a woman without the trans woman revealing their biological sex".
During the hearing in Croydon, south London, an employment tribunal heard evidence relating to a meeting of the force's trans and non-binary forum that was held in late 2022.
One attendee at that meeting was said to have reported that while the "anti-trans movement may not look offensive to the average onlooker" they were "heavily resourced and are dam- aging to minority groups".
That person was said to have gone on to tell the meeting that a community engagement officer from SO15 - the Met's counterterrorism command - who was responsible for assessing potential threats from right-wing groups, "echoed" the view that the feminist groups were "extremely smart".
The hearing was also told that Scotland Yard had paid £25,817.14 to Saba Ali, who describes herself as a "distinguished advocate with extensive expertise in addressing intersectionality, cultural abuse, and the complexities marginalised communities face".
Newman, a former journalist, is suing the Metropolitan Police for harassment under equality legislation on the basis of her gender-critical beliefs.
The hearing continues.
""Gender-critical activists tracked by terrorism unit" I'm not surprised, as the police seem to think their primary duty these days is to cheerlead for genderwoowoo, but interesting to see it in writing."
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"Why is this not on the Times online? Police censorship because "terrorism"? The extremely smart law abiding women of YTerf Island want to know. @JournalismSEEN @WomensRightsNet @WeAreFairCop"
"No conspiracy here. Lost count of the number of times an article of mine has been print only and never appeared online. There is no particular logic to it other than the layout of the online homepage."
