With now two studies showing increased suicide rates POST-OP in gender reassignment across two continents, now is the time to stop this surgery on the NHS to begin. It isn't a 'cure'. It doesn't make lives better It ends them. @wesstreeting buff.ly/UtRgFOs buff.ly/1ZlTupD

It seems that #tdov2026 has been a flop. Few likes except for the usual suspects. The public see this for what it is. I think the day was best summed up by @stephbastiaan @WomensForumAust. We repost it here. Hope that is ok Steph?

Just a warning before you wake up tomorrow. It's #tdov or #transdayofvisibility tomorrow. The warning is that you may notice nothing different whatsoever. Every day is a school day, sorry, tdov.

Yet more evidence that the gender affirming care model does more harm than good. As per Recommendation 3 of the Cass Review, therapy first. buff.ly/9PQCKri Paper here: buff.ly/nYTyutq

Great to see @rosieduffield1 at the puberty blockers trial debate. What can we say Rosie? Sorely missed!

Excellent debate on the puberty blockers trial at Westminster Hall yesterday. Here's @Jonathan_Hinder 's input. This trial needs to be cancelled to protect harm to healthy children.

It is always important to remind ourselves of why we are here. Why is @labourlgb here? What are we fighting for? Reality is one answer. Sex is real.

On this Mothering Sunday, let's support this petition and bring the words girl, woman, female and breast-feeding back in to use. buff.ly/cWCf4zh

Please read this excellent piece by our co-chair Dee McCullough: buff.ly/7UAOgdp on the parasatism that is 'Forced Teaming.'

Now that the NHS has stopped prescribing cross-sex hormones (buff.ly/yWcPmZZ), the government should ensure private clinics stop as well. As these hormones are steroids, regulators should recognise that clinics are supplying a Class C drug and consider the appropriate legal consequences.

NHS England has paused new referrals for cross-sex hormones for under 18's. A review found evidence supporting the treatment's safety and efficacy to be "weak". Wales expected to follow. Scotland already done so. Almost unbiased coverage from BBC! buff.ly/Lt8eHQH

On this, #IWD2026, it is now more relevant than ever that @bphillipsonMP implements the guidance as advised by the @EHRC. Here's Mary-Ann Stephenson discussing recent developments and the link she mentions. buff.ly/mpbic7w

Feb 28 Sexual Offences Act 1967. Start of reversal of over 430 years of gay discrimination. By no means the freedoms we have today, it was a start. Happened two years before Stonewall. Followed by Scotland, 1980 and NI, 1982. True freedom came in 2003. [2008, NI, 2013, Scotland!] buff.ly/e85nvdx

Feb 27 Dr Nina Vedeneyeva Physicist known for her work in high-intensity laser science (crystallography). She studied how powerful lasers interact with matter, helping to expand our understanding of extreme light and advanced photon sources. Please visit our website: buff.ly/74Ph2QZ

Feb 26 Christopher Strachey was a pioneer of computer science: he helped found programming language theory, advanced time-sharing systems, and developed early AI and music programs at the University of Oxford. He worked alongside Alan Turing at Bletchley Park in WWII. buff.ly/ESDRcr8

Feb 25 Dr Louise Pearce Contributed to cure for fatal African sleeping sickness. 1st woman researcher at Rockefeller Institute. Led field tests in Congo. Mbr of Heterodoxy, a feminist club for "unorthodox" women. Lived with Sarah Baker and Ida Wylie until her death in 1959. buff.ly/mONnqsk

Feb 24 Dr Martin Gouterman transformed chemistry with the key to understanding chlorophyll & haemoglobin. A pioneer in molecular spectroscopy. In 1966, he moved to Seattle where he came out as gay, Helped set up the city's first gay rights group, the Dorian Society. buff.ly/RFjLeTu

Please add your name to the list of signatories to the open Letter to King’s College London in Condemnation of the PATHWAYS Trial! buff.ly/YSdCQA2

Feb 23 Rachel Carson MSc Transformed environmental science with 'Silent Spring' exposing dangers of DDT and starting the modern environmental movement. Her courage and commitment to evidence reshaped public policy and inspired generations to protect our planet. buff.ly/BWUrYB1

Feb 22 Michael Jarrett (1934–94) British archaeologist; gay rights activist. Specialised in arch. of Roman Britain. Most his career at Cardiff Uni, awarded chair in 1978. Founding mbr of Commission for Racial Equality; strong advocate for workers’ rights. buff.ly/AgGu7DS

Feb 21 Barbara Burford British writer, poet, dramatist and activist. Best known for her work within Black British lesbian organising. Committed Black feminist who emphasised material realities, structural inequality and the political significance of sex and race. buff.ly/SWmF3Ry

Is the LGBT+ desk still in operation at the BBC? Bruce Mouat talks exclusively about being gay. He isn’t a role model for the T, the Q or the ill-defined +. Has he ever spoken about them? Let a gay man be an out proud gay man. It’s ok.

The govt has announced an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill to classify hate crimes targeting LGBT as aggravated offences The acronym LGBT+ conflates sexual orientation, a protected characteristic in the Equality Act 2010, with ‘transgender identity’, a concept which does not exist in law.

Feb 20 Peter Landin (1930–2009) Foundational computer scientist and activist for LGB rights. Openly bisexual, he divorced and made his home in to a gay commune. He became an active member of the Gay Liberation Front in the 70’s. Rejuvenated LGB Pride marches in the 80’s. buff.ly/L5WBwbS

Feb 19 Dr Sally Ride was the first American woman in space (1983) and one of the youngest ever to fly. A physicist and STEM champion, she later founded Sally Ride Science to inspire girls in science. She was also the first known LGB astronaut. Read more of this amazing lesbian here: buff.ly/CuDx2l7

Feb 18 Bruce Raymond Voeller. Co-founder of the National Gay Task Force-USA. Voeller also helped advance HIV/AIDS research and fighting stigma with science and compassion. Like Allan Hellman, his courage and leadership laid vital groundwork for the rights many enjoy today. buff.ly/aXqVZ20

Feb 17. Flora Murray (1869–1923) and Louisa Garrett Anderson (1873–1943) British doctors, suffragettes, and life partners. Revolutionized women’s roles in medicine during WWI. Founded Women's Hospital Corps, running military hospitals in Paris & London staffed entirely by women. buff.ly/XCipK5J

Feb 16 Allan Hellman. Swedish engineer and activist. Long before Stonewall was “Sweden’s bravest man”. Considered first man in Sweden to openly identify as gay in 1951. Founded the RFSL (Nat Assoc for Sexual Equality). Strengthened and coordinated a Nordic approach on LGB issues. buff.ly/HDzx8Wr

Feb 15. Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo. Infectious diseases specialist. Research has reshaped HIV and STI prevention, championed women’s health, and strengthened evidence-based public health. Former Director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Openly lesbian leader.

Feb 14 Kei Koizumi A leading voice in US science policy, he served in senior roles at the WH Office of Science and Technology Policy. Openly gay, he’s championed evidence-based policymaking, STEM diversity, and stronger federal support for research. Read here: buff.ly/xZ3imt4 #lgbhistory

Feb 13 Dr Kathleen Stock OBE Philosopher Disgracefully hounded out University of Sussex. Has written extensively on fiction, imagination and belief. Her book Material Girls sparked wide public debate. A significant voice in discussions about academic freedom and sex. Read more here: buff.ly/UeOpqJz

Feb 12. Dr Jay Keasling revolutionised malaria treatment by engineering microbes to manufacture artemisinin, improving global access to drugs. He has advanced renewable fuels, green chemistry and bio-manufacturing. Keasling is gay and keeps his personal life private. buff.ly/CSPscWY

Feb 11. Dr Sophie Middleton. Particle physicist with research in muon physics and the Mu2e experiment. We know, look it up! She is helping deepen our understanding of fundamental particles. Openly lesbian, a visible advocate for LGB inclusion in STEM. More here: buff.ly/19LMVa2

There seems to be a growing number of letters that we as LGB people are being force-teamed with. One of our members has written why we need to disaggregate now. Read the first part here and the rest at our website: buff.ly/wfgxUYU

Feb 9 Gregg Gonsalves is an epidemiologist and activist. Transformed HIV/AIDS campaigning into evidence-driven policy. Early work with ACT UP to his current role at Yale, has consistently bridged grassroots activism and rigorous science. Openly gay, his work spans HIV, tuberculosis, COVID-19.

Feb 9 Sofia Kovalevskaya. First woman to earn a PhD in maths, professor of maths and to be editor for a scientific journal. Co-developed Cauchy–Kovalevskaya theorem that still shapes analysis. Married, had a “romantic friendship” with the actress Anne Charlotte Edgren-Leffler.

Feb 8. Dr. John Armstrong. Snr Lect, Fin Maths, King’s College London. Known for his contribution to math education, research, and public engagement. A member of the London Mathematical Society. Had LMS remove trans policies that 'take away women’s rights and free-speech rights'.

February 7. Lynda Birke. Pioneering biologist. Work reshaped how we think about animal behaviour, ethics, and science itself. Blending biology with feminist theory, she challenged bias in scientific knowledge, advanced human–animal studies Pushed for more ethical, reflective research. #lgbhistory

February 6. Svante Pääbo puts the B in #LGBHistory. Changed how we understand what it means to be human by sequencing the Neanderthal genome. Founded ancient DNA research and showed modern humans carry Neanderthal DNA. Nobel-winning breakthrough that rewrote evolutionary history.

Day 5. Carolyn Bertozzi. Biochemist. Transformed how we study living systems through bioorthogonal chemistry (reactions that happen inside body without disrupting life itself). Reshaped biomed research, from cancer to immunology. Now have new therapies that once were impossible. #lgbhistory

Day 4. In court yet again, the force that is For Women Scotland. Made history with the Supreme Court judgment. Forced governments to confront truths on sex-based rights and law. They’ve put women’s rights back at the centre of national debate — where they belong. @ForWomenScot

Jack Andraka. Ignoring the bullies as a gay teenager, he created a low-cost test for pancreatic cancer, though this is debated. He showed why access to education shouldn’t depend on wealth or background. Science should serve everyone. #LGBHistory

February 2: Alex Scott: Arsenal icon. 140 caps for England. Trailblazing presenter and a proud lesbian in football. Wore rainbow armband in Qatar and now inspiring countless young players. Partner of @Jessglynne. #LGBHistoryMonth www.labourlgb.org

Alan Turing cracked the Enigma code, helped end WWII, laid the foundations of modern computing, and inspired AI as we know it. A visionary mathematician, codebreaker, and pioneer whose ideas still shape technology, ethics, and innovation today. His legacy endures.

We @labourlgb have written to the members of the UK delegation to The Council of Europe to express our deep concern with @kateosbornemp 's attempt to circumvent UK law. There is no doubt that it would be damaging to the gay men, lesbians and bisexuals in the UK. Why? Here:

Jonathan Hinder is an exemplar for all Labour MPs — on equality, values, and leadership. Take a look at why 👇 buff.ly/DVkkqFx

Some brilliant words from Jonathan Hinder MP. buff.ly/DVkkqFx

The following is a letter we sent today to Labour MP’s expressing our concerns regarding the puberty blockers trial. As stated, this medical trial on LGB children is not keeping with our party’s values. Please read the full letter.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Hoping you have a healthy and successful 2026. Thank you for all your support in 2025. Here's an update and an anthem for our times - Lesbian Auld Lang Syne.

“11 cross-party members of the Lords have written a letter... urging the health secretary to intervene & get the trial halted... "How can anyone justify placing a further cohort of vulnerable children on a pathway to this future?” buff.ly/MdBgDYd