*puts on US history/UK resident expert hat* There's a rich worthwhile historical/political discussion to be had comparing the main US and UK centre left(?) parties. Absolutely no one prominent in US/UK political commentary engages with it, or is prepared to. (P.S. Anyone wanna start a podcast? 😛)

Unsurprisingly, Sullivan's using her contrived contretemps with University of Bristol as a pretext to dismantle protections for trans staff and students.

Some thoughts on the Levy Review: - it's mostly but not entirely okay - if you're in England, opt out of data collection - it avoids confronting the biggest problems - it ignores 15 years of health research - there are clear examples of better practice - move trans health to primary care already!

To add my two cents: This isn't the first time Sullivan has been implicated in a case of academics having their work and free speech stifled 😘 www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/anti...

The extremism of organised transphobia and their unwavering belief in the necessity to exclude, dehumanise and make diappear a marginalised community should ring alarm bells to anyone who knows even a little about 19th and 20th century history...

Also screw the BBC for its naked agenda. It refused to carry a hugely expensive first ever YouGov survey we commissioned showing how awful trans lives in the UK have become because it was "not strong enough" but there's no piece of anti-trans hatred too petty for it to platform.

A good summary. Could have used a quote from the @transactualuk.bsky.social statement on it, but still good.

'Listen to me as I come to your neighbourhood and tell your trans siblings they are subhuman or I will use the wealth of billionaires to sue you into oblivion,' is a very late-capitalism form of free speech right.

Agreed. @carladenyer.bsky.social and @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social, this would make a superb subject to interrogate.

Shocking bias, transphobia, racism, and homophobia, from political appointee Hilary Cass

“…the (Cass) review also disregarded the level of harm caused by denying youth with gender dysphoria access to puberty blockers and hormone therapy. Her research found “the harm the UK puberty-blocker ban has caused is truly appalling”. This needs to be said, and said often, and said loudly!

It's really strange how a large chunk of the transphobia crowd and the British media (but I repeat myself) act as if the Supreme Court said "trans people are fake and transphobia is legally compulsory now", which it very much didn't

Any time Cass, or anyone else, says, Cass was appointed because she was a 'neutral' voice in a debate that has become too polarized among experts, it is a lie.

Rare Guardian (not UK edition, of course) win, demonstrated by the consultation of an actual expert on trans youth, @natacha.bsky.social

When Cass, or anyone, says there's been no increase in trans youth suicidality since the imposition of the puberty blocker ban, it is a lie.

Harrowing, but an absolutely essential document for those of us trying to fight back. Thank you for all your work!

Cruelty is anhedonic. It rarely delivers the euphoria promised because, in the abstract, what feels righteous and joyful inevitably reveals itself to be sordid and small. Then it's "No not like that". "No not enough". "No the real battle, the forever war to make this feel good starts now". Forever.

Not surprised, but it's shocking to read how the NYT's transphobia turn was executed. As with so much of modern day transphobia, it's a top-down imposition from bigoted and craven people in power who bristle at the slightest accountability or criticism.

The nyt’s anti-trans coverage has always been Sulzberger’s political project. He and his lieutenants saw trans ppl as easy prey, a way to show the right wing the nyt was not a “liberal rag” and pay no price for their bigotry But there is a price: the lives of trans ppl, especially young ppl.

As usual, @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social is lightyears ahead of her party on trans rights. Take particular note of her call for "co-production of services with trans people", an extraordinary rebuke of the Cass/Levy regime of contrived authority that has gatekept trans healthcare for decades.

Third Sector Against Transphobia has launched an open letter in support of trans people and requesting improved guidance and support from the Charity Commission for charities attacked by ‘gender critical’ transphobes ‘lawfare’ Sign here 👉 www.thirdsectoragainsttransphobia.org

I wonder if my special subjects course on Queer Americans in the 20th century from my exchange last year will be published on it 🙃😅

And meanwhile in the UK, the press spent months focused on the medical scandal of ME patients being systematically denied care for years by ideologically motivated doctors, but refuse to even consider the same thing is happening with gender affirming care. It's even the same guy behind it, ffs!

One reason the NYT has burned its credibility with trans people is that they still cite the discredited Cass report in reporting on trans healthcare. Never the German, Utah, or other systematic reviews supporting care. They also never provide the political context behind restrictions in care.

as a trans journalist, echoing this. dont talk to journalists about diy.

For too long, trans people have languished on dangerously long waiting lists which, in some cases, now involve more than a decade of waiting for care. Things don’t have to be this way. Read our full statement: tinyurl.com/Levy-initial...

While this Review isn't *nearly* as discreditable as the Cass Review was, Streeting opts to headline the most transphobic recommendations. There's a lot in here that could be worse or that's tentatively welcome. Also he can't even bring himself to use the word 'trans' in it. Typical.

Cal is correct, but I noted this telling line in the Review: "Neurodevelopmental conditions do not indicate complexity" Fwiw, my read is that there are noticeable cracks in the facade NHSE has used to deny/dissemble trans healthcare on the basis of neurodiversity.

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Now, will the newly appointed EHRC Chair Mary-Ann Stephenson apologise for funding her witch hunt against Stonewall?

Alice Sullivan tells universities to suppress pro-trans research to protect GC staff. However, HER OWN DATA shows pro-trans research is already more suppressed. When I told the BBC this, they edited out any reference to the data. They have now corrected the record. www.bbc.co.uk/helpandfeedb...

couldn't have happened to a weirder lesbian 🥰

Political prisoners in the UK - I don't think this is getting much coverage. Stuff we can do in this toolkit.

Though rather self-flattering, I think a lot of disabled, trans, and non-white people will agree with this piece. One point only briefly touched on: the anti-alarmists, like the Iraq War/deregulation/Brexit advocates before them, are still respected and respectable. When we win, we must end that.

I knew there was a reason I always liked Beaverton.

Cycling UK have recently stated that their annual 100 Women in Cycling award won’t include any trans women or non-binary Over 50 current nominees and previous winners have rejected or returned their awards. I know many of them personally I’m proud of my cycling sisters. All of them

Draft Guidance on Toilets and Changing Rooms OUT for consultation. No, not THAT guidance - but mine. I got fed up with waiting for this government to get on with the guidance that’s really needed especially after the Kelly and Peggy cases. translucent.org.uk/toilets-chan...

There is also much *more* evidence against the Cass Review's puberty blocker recommendations now than when I gave evidence to the UK Commission in October 2024. New research continues to demonstrate benefits, professional organisations continue to recommend use, Cass is increasingly critiqued.

My sincere hope is that every politician who thought they could fuck over trans people because nobody gives a shit spends the rest of their lives knowing it was trans people who ended their political career.

🤯 One hell of an introduction to this piece by @rivkahbrown.bsky.social.🤯 novaramedia.com/2025/12/16/a...

Not standing up for our colleagues' rights to exist and work as they are pushes them out in this environment.

The exclusion of trans people from public and academic spaces, removal of protections by human rights institutions, dehumanising language used by state news media, judicial tolerance of trans directed hate crime, withdrawal of medical care: all of this is very familiar to genocide scholars.

This is one reason that FGEN is more important than ever, Both of our co chairs @natacha.bsky.social and @parkesland.bsky.social were interviewed for this article. We've been quiet publically for the last few months, but we have been busy in the background more news in the new year.

So much of the commentary on the FWS judgment has been driven by reflexive responses to the outcome, but there are so many gaps and leaps in its reasoning that it will spawn litigation for years to come - @aoifemod.bsky.social and I flag some failings in judge craft: nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...

I had the opportunity to read this already and I can tell you it is *excellent*. A very careful reading, fair and thorough.

As we know from trans scholars, students and HE workers, the university was a cisnormative space before these rulings. But they will go even further in forcing trans people to choose between their safety and their careers or studies. 2/2

Vital piece on how the OfS Sussex fine and the Supreme Court ruling have created an even more hostile environment for trans people in UK universities. As Chris Parkes says: if the expected EHRC guidance is adopted, "people are going to get hurt". 1/2

Congratulations @marie-trcht.bsky.social!

11% of Britons say they feel 'very negatively' about trans people which just highlights how much this is a top-down hate project with around 95% of the media hating trans people and a high percentage of MPs.