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Scottish. Retired GP. Grumpy.
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K.Flynnx (St.)
16 days ago
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More from Michael ForanâŚ
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Human Rights in Peggie v NHS Fife
An Employment Tribunal has concluded that Sandie Peggie was unlawfully harassed by her employer, NHS Fife, when it failed to revoke permission granted to a male colleague to use the female changing ro...
https://substack.com/@michaelforan/note/p-181527217?r=22bukc&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
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Maria Kelly: another disgraceful ET ruling
Sandie Peggie dominated the headlines but the Kelly judgment is just as bad
https://open.substack.com/pub/helenjoyce/p/maria-kelly-another-disgraceful-et?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=clgoj
about 1 month ago
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Exclusive: Why Wes Streeting changed his mind on cross-sex hormones
The evidence that shifted the governmentâs position on providing the treatment to children is revealed here.
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2025/05/exclusive-why-wes-streeting-changed-his-mind-on-cross-sex-hormones
about 1 month ago
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Naomi Cunningham
about 1 month ago
We really need to start to face up to the implications of autogynephilia for the admission of men who say they are women to women-only spaces.
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What Is Autogynephilia? | Helen Joyce
YouTube video by John Anderson Media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC6Mm7WKWjo
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Sanity and the Peggie tribunal ruling.
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Aboard the Good Ship Sanity
Shared reality and the Judge Kemp ruling
https://pollyclark.substack.com/p/aboard-the-good-ship-sanity
about 1 month ago
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Michael Foran on some of the legal flaws in the Sandie Peggie tribunal ruling.
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Peggie v NHS Fife: The Judgment
A recording from Michael Foran's live video
https://open.substack.com/pub/knowingius/p/live-with-michael-foran-942?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=clgoj
about 1 month ago
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Helen Joyce on (some of) what's wrong with the Sandie Peggie tribunal ruling.
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The Peggie judgment: an unholy mess
Just how can an employment tribunal produce something so muddled and wrongheaded?
https://open.substack.com/pub/helenjoyce/p/the-peggie-judgment-an-unholy-mess?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=clgoj
about 1 month ago
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More on the Sandie Peggie tribunal ruling.
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The Valley Of The Dolls
The first and most important thing to note about yesterdayâs judgment in the Sandie Peggie tribunal is that itâs a very big victory. The tribunal found that Sandie Peggie was gravely anâŚ
https://wingsoverscotland.com/the-valley-of-the-dolls/
about 1 month ago
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Malcolm Clark on BBC self satisfaction.
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The BBC's Defenders Will Be the Death of it.
The refusal of BBC defenders to take its bias seriously will end up destroying an institution they think they're defending. It's a toxic attitude my old colleague Alan Yentob perfected.
https://open.substack.com/pub/malcolmrichardclark/p/the-bbcs-defenders-will-be-the-death?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=clgoj
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
My blog post on the PATHWAYS puberty blocker trial: "Ten million pounds and two hundred childhoods, spent not to discover whether puberty blockers âworkâ, but to postpone the moment when the NHS finally has to admit they never did and never could."
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Has anyone else been following the employment tribunal in Northern Ireland of Sara Morrison Vs Belfast Film Festival? It all got a little heated yesterday. Nick Wallis explains. (Links to the previous days on his blog.)
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Tribunal bias claim: Panelist steps down
Professor Deborah Boyd A member of the panel convened to decide the outcome of Sara Morrisonâs discrimination claim against Belfast Film Festival has stepped down after Morrisonâs legalâŚ
https://genderblog.net/tribunal-bias-claim-panelist-steps-down/
2 months ago
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New piece from SEEN in Journalism.
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The BBC - what next
Yesterdayâs Telegraph story confirms the worst - systemic bias favouring pro-trans narratives over a decade. Change is happening, but is it fast enough?
https://open.substack.com/pub/seeninjournalism/p/the-bbc-what-next?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=clgoj
3 months ago
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3 months ago
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Myths about For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers
Since the Supreme Court handed down its decision in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers in April 2025, there has been an avalanche of misinformation about the what the ruling says, what is men...
https://knowingius.org/p/myths-about-for-women-scotland-v?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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The UK government's attempt to delay the EHRC's guidance following the For Women Scotland Supreme Court ruling. Analysis from Naomi Cunningham.
www.legalfeminist.org.uk/2025/10/31/c...
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Cracking the Code -
The Times has reported that âit has emergedâ that ministers have demanded a regulatory impact assessment of the EHRCâs draft Code of Practice before it can be laid before parliament and brought into f...
https://www.legalfeminist.org.uk/2025/10/31/cracking-the-code
3 months ago
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Linda S
4 months ago
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No Fear. No Favour. Episode Two: Nick Wallis
Journalism should be fearless - and free of favour. We talk to investigative journalist Nick Wallis about his journey into covering sex and gender
https://open.substack.com/pub/seeninjournalism/p/no-fear-no-favour-episode-two-nick?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1mvbvr
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Helen Joyce on the BBC
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Why the BBC deserves to be defunded
Itâs degenerated into a propaganda machine
https://open.substack.com/pub/helenjoyce/p/why-the-bbc-deserves-to-be-defunded?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=clgoj
5 months ago
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Gwinnie
5 months ago
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The twilight of Nicola Sturgeon J.K. Rowling reviews Frankly - J.K. Rowling
Warning: this article contains adult content and is not appropriate for children. I know Iâm stating the obvious, and Iâll probably be one of countless reviewers making the same point, but itâs imposs...
https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/the-twilight-of-nicola-sturgeon-j-k-rowling-reviews-frankly/
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Sandie Peggie and the struggle for single-sex spaces | Michael Foran | The Critic Magazine
One of the most high-profile employment tribunal cases of this century finished hearing evidence this week. The case, brought by nurse Sandie Peggie against NHS Fife and Dr Beth UptonâŚ
https://thecritic.co.uk/sandie-peggie-and-the-struggle-for-single-sex-spaces/
5 months ago
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Sue Evans is appealling the judicial review of the registration of the GenderPlus clinic.
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PROTECT TEENAGERS FROM HARMFUL AND IRREVERSIBLE MEDICAL TREATMENT
I was in the NHS for nearly 40 years & I am now a psychotherapist in private practice. I have worked psychologically with people who present with issues around their gender identity for over 20 years
https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/protect-children-from-experime/
6 months ago
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Lillard's Maximum Perception Control
6 months ago
Naomi Cunningham describes the issue clearly.
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Michael Foran going live on Substack shortly to discuss today's hearing. I'm anticipating a lively discussion.
knowingius.org
I assume you need a subscription to listen live, but the recording will be available later.
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Knowing Ius | Michael Foran | Substack
Writing and podcasting about law for a public audience. Quite a bit about discrimination law, sex, and gender identity. Sometimes about other areas of law. Click to read Knowing Ius, by Michael Foran,...
http://knowingius.org/
6 months ago
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Michael Foran "Sandie Peggie has requested nothing more than what she is entitled to under law: a single sex changing facility at work."
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The truth about work, single-sex spaces and the law | Michael Foran | The Critic Magazine
Last week an Employment Tribunal heard evidence in the case of Peggie v NHS Fife and Dr Elizabeth Upton, who is male but identifies as a woman. Sandie Peggie, a nurse of thirty yearsâ experienceâŚ
https://thecritic.co.uk/the-truth-about-work-single-sex-spaces-and-the-law
6 months ago
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When Michael Foran started these updates, he thought they'd be about 15 minutes. The Friday update, done last night, ran for almost two hours, at which point his phone battery ran out. A month's subscription to his Substack is well worth the price of admission.
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https://open.substack.com/pub/knowingius/p/peggie-v-nhs-fife-part-2-day-3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=clgoj
6 months ago
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"Lia Thomas wasnât barred from female sports for being âtransgenderâ; he was barred for being a male... Trans-identifying males remain fully eligible to compete in UPenn athleticsâon the menâs team."
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UPenn Bans Men from Womenâs Sports
The school has reinstated the records of female swimmers who lost their titles to a male competitor.
https://open.substack.com/pub/colinwright/p/upenn-bans-men-from-womens-sports?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=clgoj
7 months ago
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Not more charges, more allegations. Which if they lead to charges, would prevent discussion of the quality of the previous evidence in the media. Tactical? That would be an ecumenical matter.
archive.is/ZZkxB
7 months ago
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Sigrid of the LeftGCFđđ¤đ
7 months ago
âThe trans movement claims ⌠That Americans turned on them before they had a chance to connect. But I contend the opposite: America did meet the movementâand what they saw disturbed them.â
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Itâs Stephen Fry, not JK Rowling, whoâs been radicalised
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Itâs Stephen Fry, not JK Rowling, whoâs been radicalised
My youngest son has audio versions of all of the Harry Potter books. Given the public pronouncements of a certain artist, Iâve started to find this problematic. True, one can separate the art from the...
https://unherd.com/newsroom/its-stephen-fry-not-jk-rowling-whos-been-radicalised/
7 months ago
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Joan Smith on Casey report on grooming (i.e. rape) gangs.
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Grooming gangs report lays bare generational cover-up
Britain has yet to fully get to grips with the scale of violence against women. Today, the spotlight has rightly been on the failure to properly investigate the activities of âgrooming gangsâ which ha...
https://unherd.com/newsroom/grooming-gangs-report-lays-bare-generational-cover-up/
7 months ago
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On the BBC's analysis of the UK Supreme Court judgement.
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We told BBC Politics about the errors in its Newscast
It took seven pages to list the problems with its Victoria McCloud Interview
https://seeninjournalism.substack.com/p/we-told-bbc-politics-about-the-errors?triedRedirect=true
7 months ago
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Amanda Guinzburg
8 months ago
You wanna see something really scary?
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The controversy surrounding Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has finally reached its predictable conclusion. After months of heated debate, media misdirection, and legal posturing, the truth has emergedâagain.
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Imane Khelif Is MaleâAnd the Evidence Was Always Clear
The leaked DNA test didnât tell us anything we didnât already know. Had we put truth before ideology from the beginning, this wouldnât have been a controversy at all.
https://substack.com/@colinwright/note/p-165143270?r=clgoj
8 months ago
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Brap
8 months ago
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I'm sure Strathclyde Law School will be posting a link to Naomi Cunningham's thoughts on this blog any moment now.
www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...
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8 months ago
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Rather sinister chatbot documented by Eliza Mondegreen
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"You but genderswap"
Just a quick public-service announcement: I havenât been receiving Substack comment notifications for a couple of weeks, so forgive me if Iâve missed questions or comments.
https://open.substack.com/pub/elizamondegreen/p/you-but-genderswap?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=clgoj
9 months ago
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From Twitter (formerly X), without comment. Harry Potter and the Sellotaped Willy.
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https://x.com/omid9/status/1917921684138393675#m
9 months ago
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Excellent post from
@kathleenstock1.bsky.social
over on Twitter.
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https://x.com/Docstockk/status/1917165815339589823#m
9 months ago
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Jenny Lindsay is somewhat vexed. Can you tell?
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The Fretting Middlings
how on earth for a non-zealot to respond to being so very, deeply, wrong?
https://open.substack.com/pub/jennylindsaywriter/p/the-fretting-middlings?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=clgoj
9 months ago
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"I really thought I could not despise the bullying warmonger more, but somehow, I have found it in myself to do so."
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9 months ago
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"We on the gender-critical and sex-realist side were called harpies, transphobes, bigots, Christian nationalists, National Socialists, and white supremacists; and that was just by Guardian writers."
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9 months ago
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First interview with Irish journalist and gender realist Helen Joyce in any mainstream Irish media since her book was published four years ago.
www.independent.ie/life/family/...
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Irish activist Helen Joyce: âIâm sure I messed up sometimes, but no man saying the things that I say will be called unkindâ
Depending to what side youâre on, Helen Joyce is either a blunt agent provocateur denying minority rights, or a frontline defender for women and biological imperatives. Since the publication in 2021 o...
https://www.independent.ie/life/family/family-features/irish-activist-helen-joyce-im-sure-i-messed-up-sometimes-but-no-man-saying-the-things-that-i-say-will-be-called-unkind/a1816140309.html
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