Because of an accident I was late to the trans human rights demonstration in Parliament Square. With less than 24 hours notice there were still more people there than the “gender-critical” transphobes could muster with £100,000 in advertising and with 6 months notice.

Exploring new depths to the word Misnomer, the UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission has issued a loathsome set of rules targeting trans people. In response, a reminder that in doing so the U.K. breaches EU data protection law & its own adequacy decision. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-tra...

Surely this goes to the very heart of Goodwin? @jolyon.goodlawproject.org @jessothomson.co.uk www.gov.uk/government/p...

I've been reading the govt equality impact assessment for the new EHRC guidance. It acknowledges that it will negativity impact disabled people and gender non conforming people, but hey, as long as they can shit on trans folk

The impact statement is also lovely.

Beyond hideous, what is being done to trans people on the UK - by the so-called EHRC, the so-called Labour Party and the so-called justice system.

"I'd be remiss if I didn't also point out, as an American trans person, that Labour's bathroom policy is significantly more bigoted, invasive, and restrictive towards trans people than anything that any American Republican red state has managed to implement."

For my Friday Sick Burns post, I wrote down some angry thoughts about the UK bathroom ban announced this week by the allegedly left wing Labour Party. www.burnsnotice.com/there-has-ne...

"Labour, by implementing this policy, and for their earlier banning of gender affirming care for trans youth, are measurably more extreme on trans issues than the Republican party in the US."

Do you remember when WPUK started up and they all claimed they didn't want to ban trans people from public and they just "had concerns" about GRA Reform lol

Have you done it, @sarahowen.org.uk How did it feel? Like you were both-sides-ing bigotry? Weird that. Probably coincidence, right?

I'm surprised by the usual suspects this morning, not putting this all as a main story on their front pages. Almost as if they know how it looks to people who don't really care about trans people.

Save the date: 24th June, 2026 👀 We need real equality. More to follow.

Finally, the Uncertainty over how we will be able to live our daily lives in public according to the state is answered: We Can’t. We Shouldn’t. Fuck your government

EHRC Code: 1. The point of the Equality Act was to prevent discrimination. So if you were discriminated against, you had (in most cases) a route to make a complaint, the law to back you up and a route to make inequality expensive enough that most companies complied (to some extent).

Terrible timing, but I have a new (co-authored, including with @notrightruth.bsky.social) article out today. "Pathologising Legacy Measures and over-assessment". www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Very short thread 1/3

We've all got to get through this. Reach out to family or friends or loved ones. You're loved. You're valid. And this ruling/law (call it what you want) is wrong on so many levels. It will be repealed and Labour will be made to NEVER forget what they did.

1/ Emily has spent more than half of her life living as who she is. She has always been well aware of who she is. So I ensured that she was raised and loved by me for exactly who she is because let’s be honest if I didn’t that would make me her 1st bully and I would be loving the wrong kid.

It really is just on its face ridiculous to suggest requiring someone to have to use a third segregated space wether they want to or not is somehow not discrimination or in any way respectful or dignified

Yo! Gay people... You're in here, too

I wonder how many organisations will hear from Sex Matters tomorrow. I'm sure they'll already have a hit list and funding ready to bankrupt as many as possible

This is the moment of truth for everyone who considers themself to care about social justice. The words of Martin Luther King are particularly apt right now. "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

I don't think it's a good idea to legally privilege someone else's discomfort over another person's rights.

Amnesty International release 'Like a Snowball.' A report on their findings on Anti-Trans efforts in the UK. www.amnesty.org.uk/knowledge-hu...

In all the terror of the guidance hovering over us, and the bullshit from melts about Burnham, I almost missed McFadden announcing the eugenics measure of stopping fit notes in order to reduce the numbers of benefit claimants. He says they don't make people better. He's a fucking monster.

Remember the cynical "safe to be me" campaign of a few years ago? The one brought down by LGBT people saying it absolutely really wasn't 'safe to be me' in the UK. Well, I think we have a repeat of it here! www.gov.uk/government/n...

Could America elect its first Black transgender member of Congress? www.advocate.com/pol... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

So when the UK guidance comes out I want to have a look at it but I suspect that it will include the possibility of discrimination but not a duty to discriminate. I want to set up like a window sticker campaign where pubs and stuff sign up to say "look, we don't police the loo."

We’ve been lucky to receive high-profile support since we started our campaign, and we know visibility and vocal allyship matters. It doesn’t come much higher than Sandi Toksvig, who’s done so much for women’s equality and inclusion. Thank you 🙏 notinourname.org.uk

The question about why Starmer and Labour are so hated is perhaps one of the simplest questions to answer in British politics

Wild to think that June will mark 3 years of Self-ID in NZ! 🏳️‍⚧️

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The UK Government today convinced the Council of Europe to weaken Article 3 and Article 8 of the ECHR. We’re horrified at the possible ramifications of this on minorities in the UK. Key points in Friday’s declaration include a statement that the bar for something to be considered

New Guardian word game just dropped

Australia’s Federal Court offers a lesson in how courts can read equalities legislation in a way that recognises “sex” is not a term fixed by biology or birth while also challenging the discriminatory effects of gender stereotyping and policing. The UK Supreme Court could learn from this approach. 🏳️‍⚧️

Q: Why did France & New Zealand have conversion therapy bans in 6 weeks but the UK failed to do so in 8 years…? A: It’s straightforward to legislate a trans-inclusive conversion therapy ban - you just ban it everywhere - but very difficult to legislate one that appears trans-inclusive but isn’t.

Massive defeat in court for Australian TERFs as Sall Grover not only gets her appeal dismissed, but the findings of indirect discrimination against trans woman Roxy Tickle have been upgraded to DIRECT discrimination. Also the damages upgraded from $10k to $20k 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️WE WON🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

My latest article gcn.ie/banning-tran...

Made me laugh... (sent from a friend)

📊 NEW: Among 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Green voters overall and Labour > Green defectors, more people cite support for trans and other minority rights as a major reason than Palestine, housing or the cost of living. Trans rights issues don't decide elections, but they remain a high saliency issue for progressive voters.

The next Labour leader must move decisively away from the status quo to beat Reform. That means giving power and wealth to working class people. It means a democratic revolution, rent controls and public ownership of water. It means someone who isn't Wes Streeting.

Bet his mum doesn't even like him

Scotland’s EHRC Committee went from warning that redefining “sex” could harm trans people and undermine trust, to fully backing it within a year, and has continued to pivot further. We can reveal the reason behind this sudden shift, which doesn’t look accidental at all. Ideology shapes institutions

As Miliband's name gets raised, I can't help thinking about the time he accepted an Pink News award, literally dedicating it specifically to my trans daughter, her rights & happiness & then shut his mouth completely for the next 7 years as her rights were removed & her chances of happiness squashed.

Meanwhile in Australia

The UK is now in the same category as fascist Bulgaria, Slovakia, Hungary & Russia, which have no legal framework for changing gender. Yet government transphobes Starmer & Phillipson drone on about “dignity & respect” but the most basic element of “dignity & respect” is legal gender recognition.

5th and 6th July the anti trans conversion therapy group SEGM under its front "CAN-SG" will be running a conference on "rethinking Youth Gender Medicine" featuring NHS clinicians alongside Stephen Levine (the quack used by the Trump administration to run many anti trans healthcare bills) as well as