It doesn't help her right away, but gosh would she be a good hire for any of the clinics specializing in detransition that will emerge in coming years. Informed, compassionate, and an outstanding nurse.
She's in Vancouver, BC. It's a long way away and expensive to fly. It took us nine days to drive it, when we moved from there to New England last summer.
Better to put that money toward a fundraiser. She is now an unemployed single mother supporting two children. Being fired means she can't get unemployment. She is trained as a midwife. It's the education she paid for, what she spent the last 13 years developing her skills in, what she knows how to do. Where will she find another job? They are driving her toward welfare.
This has been her fear all along--that they would revoke her license. They are destroying the financial survival of an innocent woman solely because a man didn't like what she said about women's rights outside of work.
Although, since she was convicted partially on the basis of helping pay for a billboard in Vancouver saying I Heart JKR, it would be delicious to pay for a billboard in Vancouver saying I Heart Amy Hamm.
I used to be involved in LOTS of picket lines in the 1960s. It would certainly draw attention. Just be prepared for transgenderist violence. They injure women.
It's entirely at the discretion of the company that owns the billboard.
It did occur to me to put it up on the building of the Vancouver Women's Shelter. But they've taken an awful lot of abuse from trantifa over the years.
Listening to Amy Hamm as I type as she is speaking to FIST (Feminists In STruggle) this evening! She just said she still has her license but there is a “hearing” on whether she is fit for her profession!? Yes, she questions her future job prospects - poor thing, yet only speaking (feminist) truth to (gendered) power.
I wonder whether she might be willing to relocate, and, if so, whether there are ways to support that. There are, for example, many places in the US that I believe are desperate for RNs, including, I would assume, locations where her views would be completely welcomed, indeed appreciated. Just a thought, anyway.
To be honest, I doubt she wants to move to the US. Canadians consider themselves better than Americans and, believe me, they never get tired of telling you. That's their business in Canada. But it prevents them from seeing the US as a real place to live.
They also don't understand at all the differences between Canadian and US law. So they believe a lot of insane things about what goes on in the US.
For example: a Canadian friend told me yesterday that she's very angry about a new Arkansas law that would prevent women from having short haircuts. She sincerely believes this is possible in America. Maybe because Canadians already live under federal Bill 4, which violates both their freedom of speech AND women's, LGB, and children's rights.
I looked up the law. It's a proposed bill to hold accountable any professional who knowingly cooperates with "socially transitioning" children (not women)--including (but not even remotely limited to) barbers.
*facepalm*
And it's already being threatened on Constitutional grounds as a violation of freedom of speech.
You’ve reminded me of a post Amy Hamm put up today on X:
“ I should feel devastated because I lost a stable career and benefits, and I am a single mother with a mortgage. Instead, I feel like I am blooming.
I survived cancellation.
At the darkest moments (there were a lot of them) I seriously questioned if my children would be better off with the money from my house, rather than me. I wondered if, long term, the smart decision would be to ensure that they ended up money, rather than having me lose my financial stability and affect their daily lives. Of course that's not true, but when you're being terrorized and threatened for years on end, it is a thought that plagues the strongest of minds.
The worst of what I imagined, and spent hundreds of nights fretting about, awake until the wee hours of the morning, came to pass. I lost my case. I lost my job.
And you know what? I am going to be okay.
I paid a heavy price for my freedoms. And I am going to expose all of the people who unfairly cost me what no woman should pay for standing up for our rights, and for speaking the truth.
There is a deep sickness in Canada, and it's inside all of our institutions. It is my mission to root it out, and to work to make Canada what it should be: a free, open society where women have equal status to men under the law, and all of us--men and women--enjoy freedom of speech.
Freedom is precious. The truth is precious. There's nothing better than living your life in a way that honours both.”
What a remarkable woman. I look forward to supporting her in whatever path she chooses to take.
That we should all be held hostage to the dishonest threat of imaginary suicide, by the transgenderism lobby, when the transgenderism lobby is, in the real world, driving innocent mothers to the brink of suicidalism.
You are right in every respect. And you remind me that, just this morning, I saw clips of the spectacle of Jamie Raskin—for whom I have had such enormous respect—now, as head of the judiciary committee, putting Ethan Haim, the Texas Children’s Hospital whistleblower, in the dock to be quizzed over an alleged HIPAA violation. There Raskin was, presiding over this and with other members of the committee, including Dan Goldman, completely self-satisfied in persecuting Haim, that their cause is righteous.
There's great confusion between Haim as a transgenderism whistleblower and Haim as a violator of patient confidentiality.
An Australian woman in NZ recently informed me that Americans do NOT have freedom of speech, as I claimed, because she'd read about a doctor who blew the whistle on transgenderism at his hospital, and the police showed up at his door. She thought they were there to interrogate him for speaking out against transgenderism--as happens in the UK (and can easily happen in Australia, as they also have no freedom of speech).
The police were not. You can't be interrogated by the police for exercising freedom of speech in America. They were there interrogate him for illegally leaking confidential patient information to the press, which he admits he did.
Of course Haim should not have broken that law.
But, also of course, the transgenderist lobby is conflating his actual crime with transgenderism, to make the legal grounds for his prosecution look like something other than what they really are.
Yes, that does get confused in this case. But that Raskin thought this case (which I gather the current DOJ dismissed with prejudice) was worth the Judiciary Committee’s time and also the way Haim was treated was for me emblematic of the deep rot in the Democratic Party when it comes to gender ideology. From what I saw, no Democrat on that committee was in the least willing even to recognize that Haim had reason to feel a strong moral obligation here. Aside from a very brief moment when it seemed to dawn on Raskin that Haim was sincere in his view, they treated him with self-righteous contempt. In the view of Raskin and his Democratic colleagues, the “care” Haim was calling out is “medically necessary,” and he had no business saying otherwise, missing, to put it mildly, the forest for the trees.
If she shares custody with her ex it might be impossible for her to move, legally -- and if the boys see their father regularly she may not want to interrupt that relationship.
Good points. Of course she will have to figure out what is best for her to do, given all the variables. We will just need to be on the lookout for ways to support her.
Yes, I'm sure the well-being of her children is paramount. Her boys would lose, not only their current level of contact with their father, but also their school, their home, and all their friends. Moving kids is incredibly disruptive.
Trantifa is doing everything in their power to destroy an innocent woman AND her children's lives, simply because some man didn't like what she said about women's rights outside of work.
Canada is a nightmare, and BC is the worst of Canada.
She could work at the Vancouver Women's Shelter, if they happen to have an opening. But it would be secretarial work, not be in her pay-range, and not even remotely her career.
It doesn't help her right away, but gosh would she be a good hire for any of the clinics specializing in detransition that will emerge in coming years. Informed, compassionate, and an outstanding nurse.
We must support Amy Hamm is some organized, high-impact way, but how? Organize a protest in her city? I'd definitely try to go.
She's in Vancouver, BC. It's a long way away and expensive to fly. It took us nine days to drive it, when we moved from there to New England last summer.
Better to put that money toward a fundraiser. She is now an unemployed single mother supporting two children. Being fired means she can't get unemployment. She is trained as a midwife. It's the education she paid for, what she spent the last 13 years developing her skills in, what she knows how to do. Where will she find another job? They are driving her toward welfare.
This has been her fear all along--that they would revoke her license. They are destroying the financial survival of an innocent woman solely because a man didn't like what she said about women's rights outside of work.
Welcome to White Man's Sharia Law.
Although, since she was convicted partially on the basis of helping pay for a billboard in Vancouver saying I Heart JKR, it would be delicious to pay for a billboard in Vancouver saying I Heart Amy Hamm.
I think that's a great idea. Also, could there be a march or picket line in front of the hospital that fired her?
If someone in Vancouver could organize it.
I used to be involved in LOTS of picket lines in the 1960s. It would certainly draw attention. Just be prepared for transgenderist violence. They injure women.
It would get taken down real quick, I suspect. Unfortunately.
It's entirely at the discretion of the company that owns the billboard.
It did occur to me to put it up on the building of the Vancouver Women's Shelter. But they've taken an awful lot of abuse from trantifa over the years.
Listening to Amy Hamm as I type as she is speaking to FIST (Feminists In STruggle) this evening! She just said she still has her license but there is a “hearing” on whether she is fit for her profession!? Yes, she questions her future job prospects - poor thing, yet only speaking (feminist) truth to (gendered) power.
Oh, no, a midwife knows the biological difference between women and men! Burn her at the stake!
Truth to power: it's the biggest threat to violent patriarchy there is.
Great post, Kara. Thank you for this.
I wonder whether she might be willing to relocate, and, if so, whether there are ways to support that. There are, for example, many places in the US that I believe are desperate for RNs, including, I would assume, locations where her views would be completely welcomed, indeed appreciated. Just a thought, anyway.
To be honest, I doubt she wants to move to the US. Canadians consider themselves better than Americans and, believe me, they never get tired of telling you. That's their business in Canada. But it prevents them from seeing the US as a real place to live.
They also don't understand at all the differences between Canadian and US law. So they believe a lot of insane things about what goes on in the US.
For example: a Canadian friend told me yesterday that she's very angry about a new Arkansas law that would prevent women from having short haircuts. She sincerely believes this is possible in America. Maybe because Canadians already live under federal Bill 4, which violates both their freedom of speech AND women's, LGB, and children's rights.
I looked up the law. It's a proposed bill to hold accountable any professional who knowingly cooperates with "socially transitioning" children (not women)--including (but not even remotely limited to) barbers.
*facepalm*
And it's already being threatened on Constitutional grounds as a violation of freedom of speech.
🤦♀️ 🤦♀️ 🤦♀️
Moving to the US to work is tricky. With a job offer, she might be able to come in on a TN visa, assuming she has a degree that qualifies.
You’ve reminded me of a post Amy Hamm put up today on X:
“ I should feel devastated because I lost a stable career and benefits, and I am a single mother with a mortgage. Instead, I feel like I am blooming.
I survived cancellation.
At the darkest moments (there were a lot of them) I seriously questioned if my children would be better off with the money from my house, rather than me. I wondered if, long term, the smart decision would be to ensure that they ended up money, rather than having me lose my financial stability and affect their daily lives. Of course that's not true, but when you're being terrorized and threatened for years on end, it is a thought that plagues the strongest of minds.
The worst of what I imagined, and spent hundreds of nights fretting about, awake until the wee hours of the morning, came to pass. I lost my case. I lost my job.
And you know what? I am going to be okay.
I paid a heavy price for my freedoms. And I am going to expose all of the people who unfairly cost me what no woman should pay for standing up for our rights, and for speaking the truth.
There is a deep sickness in Canada, and it's inside all of our institutions. It is my mission to root it out, and to work to make Canada what it should be: a free, open society where women have equal status to men under the law, and all of us--men and women--enjoy freedom of speech.
Freedom is precious. The truth is precious. There's nothing better than living your life in a way that honours both.”
What a remarkable woman. I look forward to supporting her in whatever path she chooses to take.
This is devastating to read.
That we should all be held hostage to the dishonest threat of imaginary suicide, by the transgenderism lobby, when the transgenderism lobby is, in the real world, driving innocent mothers to the brink of suicidalism.
You are right in every respect. And you remind me that, just this morning, I saw clips of the spectacle of Jamie Raskin—for whom I have had such enormous respect—now, as head of the judiciary committee, putting Ethan Haim, the Texas Children’s Hospital whistleblower, in the dock to be quizzed over an alleged HIPAA violation. There Raskin was, presiding over this and with other members of the committee, including Dan Goldman, completely self-satisfied in persecuting Haim, that their cause is righteous.
There's great confusion between Haim as a transgenderism whistleblower and Haim as a violator of patient confidentiality.
An Australian woman in NZ recently informed me that Americans do NOT have freedom of speech, as I claimed, because she'd read about a doctor who blew the whistle on transgenderism at his hospital, and the police showed up at his door. She thought they were there to interrogate him for speaking out against transgenderism--as happens in the UK (and can easily happen in Australia, as they also have no freedom of speech).
The police were not. You can't be interrogated by the police for exercising freedom of speech in America. They were there interrogate him for illegally leaking confidential patient information to the press, which he admits he did.
Of course Haim should not have broken that law.
But, also of course, the transgenderist lobby is conflating his actual crime with transgenderism, to make the legal grounds for his prosecution look like something other than what they really are.
Yes, that does get confused in this case. But that Raskin thought this case (which I gather the current DOJ dismissed with prejudice) was worth the Judiciary Committee’s time and also the way Haim was treated was for me emblematic of the deep rot in the Democratic Party when it comes to gender ideology. From what I saw, no Democrat on that committee was in the least willing even to recognize that Haim had reason to feel a strong moral obligation here. Aside from a very brief moment when it seemed to dawn on Raskin that Haim was sincere in his view, they treated him with self-righteous contempt. In the view of Raskin and his Democratic colleagues, the “care” Haim was calling out is “medically necessary,” and he had no business saying otherwise, missing, to put it mildly, the forest for the trees.
If she shares custody with her ex it might be impossible for her to move, legally -- and if the boys see their father regularly she may not want to interrupt that relationship.
Good points. Of course she will have to figure out what is best for her to do, given all the variables. We will just need to be on the lookout for ways to support her.
Yes, I'm sure the well-being of her children is paramount. Her boys would lose, not only their current level of contact with their father, but also their school, their home, and all their friends. Moving kids is incredibly disruptive.
Trantifa is doing everything in their power to destroy an innocent woman AND her children's lives, simply because some man didn't like what she said about women's rights outside of work.
This should never have been allowed to happen.
Totally agree. Just despicable.
Outrageous and unbelievable. Can Amy find work in the gender ideology-infected "global North"?
Canada is a nightmare, and BC is the worst of Canada.
She could work at the Vancouver Women's Shelter, if they happen to have an opening. But it would be secretarial work, not be in her pay-range, and not even remotely her career.
This is a terrible, terrible thing.