We are the Easton Cowboys and Cowgirls Sports and Social Club (ECCSSC). Always anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-fascist, anti-homophobic and anti-transphobic.
Please support and share our fundraiser to set up a refugee football team in
#Bristol
We believe sport offers friendship and freedom.
This project will help with community integration, and foster a sense of security, safety and belonging for refugees ❤️
Hey
@EnglandNetball
- we received your survey on Gender Categories. We’re glad you’re finally doing this consultation - BUT - we’ve got big concerns that 1 question could be designed to cause further harm to our trans sisters.
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We are so sad to hear of the death of Anna Campbell, friend and feeder of vegan cake to the cowgirls, who died fighting for a cause dear to her heart. We send our love and condolences to her family and friends.
This question specifically creates total confusion. People might want to be inclusive and say yes to this question - but what they’re actually saying is yes to gender policing and intrusive medical examinations. This harms all women.
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Many who oppose the inclusion of trans athletes erroneously claim that allowing trans athletes to compete will harm cisgender women. Netballers vary in athletic ability and the sport is already played by a wide variety of women of many shapes and sizes.
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The shady question reinforces myths around trans athletes. We call on you to urgently address this question, making it clearer so you don’t have skewed results. We also recommend user testing on surveys with people with lived experience.
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Happy
#IWD2018
to all of our female indentifying, kickers, shooters, chippers, tacklers, passers, defenders, goalkeepers, midfielders and strikers. And to everyone else!
This has been a watershed moment for many of us. We are realising that we have been doing too little, too late. We will be looking at ways we can contribute to the
#blm
cause and be effective allies to black and brown people who face systemic racism and descrimination every day.
We proudly state (to anyone that will listen and even those that don’t) that we’re an anti-homophobic and anti-transphobic club.
We continue to campaign for those living in countries where they can’t live freely, and welcome refugees in our teams.
#PrideMonth2023
🌈
Great time at the Cowfolk Xmas party on Saturday! Managed to raise over £200 for Easton Food Bank. Here is one of our games on the night 'Human Fruit Machine'
@ThangamMP
@EastonCowboys
Thank you so much for the shoutout, Thangam! And also for recognising that our anti-homophobic, anti-racist and anti-fascist beliefs are at the core of our club and distinguishes us from other teams.
Today's International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia. The theme is 'Together Always: United in Diversity'. We are proud to be anti-homophobic and anti-transphobic sports and social club.
#IDAHOBIT
💜
Read our values below 👇
We’re renaming!! Due to a lucrative sponsorship deal with the vegetarian suppliers of meat-free produce, we’ll now be known at the Easton Quornboys and Quorngirls.
Here’s next season’s kit👇
We stand in solidarity with those marching for the Freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and of the Kurdish people whose revolution is facing repression from all angles, supported by Western governments.
Always antifascist 🤠♥️🖤🤠♥️🖤
𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 | FREEDOM THROUGH FOOTBALL by Will Simpson and Malcolm McMahon
The hugely inspirational story of
@EastonCowfolk
- the punk-inspired, community-minded grassroots football team from Bristol who have toured the world.
🛒
Easton Cowgirls FC are looking for new players ⚽️
Open to women, non-binary and trans people 💜
Find them on insta or head to the Cowfolk website for more info
We stand in solidarity with the brave women in Yarls Wood standing up against the brutal injustice of immigration detention. We see you, we hear you, we stand with you.
#hungerforfreedom
Great game with
@cardiffdragons
amazing goal from Cardiff’s Claire which should have won the game but the cows came back fighting! 3-2 to the cows final score
🏳️🌈🏐🏳️⚧️ A group of
#LGBTQ
+-inclusive
#netball
clubs are among over 250 signatories on an open letter addressed to England Netball ✍️
The group, led by
#Queerballers
, are raising concerns about the NGB’s recent survey on its gender policy
More here 👉
Every Saturday after our new team of Cowboys play, we cook them a warm meal. Made up mostly of refugees and asylum seekers, many of the team live in hotels and places with nowhere to cook.
You can still donate to our fundraiser (see pinned tweet) ❤️
Wishing all our Cowfolk friends a hopeful and peaceful New Year✌️
And thanks to the cowboys, cowgirls and cackkers who joined in our new year kickabout in Eastville Park ⚽️
Thanks to all those who stopped by at our stall yesterday. Plenty of t-shirts sold to help fund TPSW23 and lots of supportive comments.
Great to see so much trans positivity on the march.
Well done to
@BristolPride
for yet another successful year.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
The cowgirls hosted a netball taster session for the queer community as part of
@BristolPride
- and it was awesome!! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈💜
When
@EnglandNetball
still excludes our trans sisters, we’re proud our teams are inclusive to all who want to play.
If you were inspired by
#WorldRefugeeDay
then please consider helping us.
We’re 25% towards our fundraising target to support Bristol’s refugees with community belonging by welcoming them through football.
We need your support - any amount will help
On Saturday (9/9/23) the new Easton Cowboy team will play their first ever official match. The 16 man squad will be almost completely made up of asylum seekers.
#Bristol
come and show your support!🥳😀🏆👊
2pm kick off at The Downs
Alongside football - we’ve also supported two male asylum seekers to play netball in Bristol. They left their homes after being persecuted for their sexuality and needing to find safety and sanctuary.
Read what our fundraiser has meant to them in this thread👇💜
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The siege on Gaza must end, as must the illegal occupation, and people must resist state violence at every turn. These are questions of power and liberation, and we cannot be free until everyone is free.
Our new cricket kit shows our Cowfolk ethos of promoting unity and solidarity across diverse communities. The chest has a map of Easton - spot our HQ
@ThePloughEaston
and also includes our iconic skeleton cowboy
@DRG_Frenchay_SV
We are sickened and angry about this attack in our city. Solidarity to your team and k-dog. We are plotting to see how we can help to raise awareness and funds. We will also be seeing how to support
@SARIcharity
as their work is so so valuable.
@EnglandNetball
Ah lovely pic… BUT until you properly address trans inclusion in netball this is just performative. LGBTQ+ inclusion includes trans people.
Kev and Sensi from
@CowgirlsFC
and
@EastonCowboys
discuss the origins of the historic club, extraordinary oversees trips and how they mix activism and sport, in the latest
@WGSportsSurgery
podcast