Merry Christmas 🤍 ❄️ 🎅 As parents of trans, non-binary and gender-diverse children and adults, we know how much it matters for trans people to feel safe, seen and valued, especially at this time of year. Sending warmth to all trans+ people who deserve dignity, joy and love. Transparent Action 🤍

Excluding trans women weakens democracy and makes women’s spaces smaller, not stronger. Trans women already face widespread exclusion and underrepresentation in public life. Decisions like this send a message they do not belong, at a time when solidarity matters more than ever. Join with us.

Trans rights are human rights. This principle is central to international human rights law. Yet it is increasingly contested in debate. Every person has the right to safety, dignity, privacy, family life, healthcare, education, and participation in society without discrimination. #HumanRightsDay

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Never before has a book been so needed at such a critical time. Go buy it !!! @nicklowles.bsky.social

Trans people are anxiously waiting for the EHRC’s final guidance to be published, following its extreme and unworkable interim guidance. I know many are worried it will further the exclusion of trans people. I've written to govt to say that we MPs must be given time to debate it.

In a bit of good news, the Netherlands has just banned conversion therapy that targets gay and transgender children and adults.

Hugh Bonneville started his live ITV London News interview on Downton Abbey by talking about Gaza.

Deeply concerned that changes to trans rights could be approved without MPs or the public seeing details. This risks undermining accountability on issues affecting lives and freedoms. Proposals must face scrutiny before approval. Everyone deserves to know what’s being decided in their name.

only so many words you can put in a headline but the whole response is loud and proud support for the trans community and worth reading

An absolute masterclass from UK Quakers on how organisations of all kinds can stand up for the rights and safety of trans people, even post Supreme Court ruling and with all of the EHRC's cruelties: www.quaker.org.uk/documents/re...

NEW The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Profoundly important from @davidallengreen.bsky.social. The lack of meaningful restraints against executing power in our system leaves us utterly exposed in the face of a Reform government. They could do whatever they want. open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...

Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".

The moment I saw that "trans bra" M & S story I sensed it was nonsense. Seconds later, having read the Telegraph piece I knew it was worse than that. It was deliberate hate mongering completely devoid of evidence, names and facts. Superb job of debunking it here www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/06/m...

*uses time machine to burst into a room ten years ago* "I don't have much time, but for the love of god choose Chaos with Ed Miliband™ "

Labour promised trans people dignity. I am not sure it knows the meaning of the word | Nicky Bandini

Everything you need to know about the trans Supreme Court case: What it said, what it didn't, and what happens next iandunt.substack.com/p/everything...

“Trans people are less than 1% of the population. Trans people are not the reason you can't afford eggs, or pay your rent. I think you might be focused on the wrong 1%.” - Bristol Central MP @carladenyer.bsky.social quotes Laverne Cox at trans rights demo in Bristol today.

remember, we're all fighting the same battle here. whether you're campaigning for trans rights, womens rights, or gaza, or the climate, or... We're fighting the same people. When you fight one of these causes, you help the others www.todepond.com/wikiblogarde...

photos from my parents supporting me at the protest today

🤎✊✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿💛 An Urgent Call to Action and Plan to Move Forward from Liz Cheney. It has the energy I have been waiting for. Please share georgiatoday.ge/former-us-co...

Quite an important bit of context on the Equality Act sex and gender ruling today (taken from the press summary rather than the judgment proper, as it’s much more succinct – but it flags the relevant pars in the judgment at the end):

Sending love and support to all trans, non-binary and gender queer people today (and every day). 💜 💜 💜

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9