They've changed it back again now, but changing a quote is a huge red flag. The BBC are repeatedly demonstrating that there are ideologues directly interfering with the meaning of stories they report relating to trans people, and this should be a far bigger deal than it is

Fun fact: The ECU actually used the phrase “trans identity”, not “trans ideology”, and, in editing that quote, this BBC article about a presenter expressing anti-trans views breaching editorial guidelines has itself breached editorial guidelines. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

elon musk: people in the uk live like hobbits. um let’s look at you for a second bro

News in that children are now being prescribed weight loss jabs on the NHS. @wesstreetingmp.bsky.social Where are the trials for the use of these experimental drugs in children? How do you know it’s safe? 📢 SHOW US THE EVIDENCE 📢 All so utterly predictable and fucked up. Here we go again ✍️

A very worrying escalation of online harassment. Somebody has used a video of me saying "racism in football is a game of two halves" + put a fake voiceover on it saying "what I would say to the girls of Rotherham is it is a game of two halves" x.com/EuropaIneffa...

When the far right invents or exaggerates bad behaviour by their foes - see ‘cancel culture’; threats to free speech; anti-fascist violence; financial corruption; cronyism etc - they do so to preemptively excuse their own far worse & blatant abuses in exactly the same spaces.

A mainstream “journalist” calling for a British MP to be deported. Is it because I’m Muslim? Next time, just say it with your chest.

People surprised that some formerly sensible left-leaning or liberal women are now apparently full of admiration for white supremacists, rapists and genocide might note that their entry point for far right radicalisation was invariably a belief that transphobia is ‘feminist’. Just saying.

I know this is obvious when you think about it but we don’t think about it enough: fascists have to cow & persecute decent journalists to prevent them from reporting exactly what they, the fascists, are doing. Fascist-adjacent ‘journalists’ help by insisting that we shouldn’t call fascists facsists.

Wish I could say I was shocked, but here's the Labour government constraining the right to peaceful protest again... 'You can protest but only according to our rules. The rules are: you're not allowed to use any of the tactics that make protest effective.'

The Hampstead ponds have REPEATEDLY voted to include trans women. But the officious pricks at Sex Matters don’t care what other women think and are forcing a public consultation anyway. Throw the ponds some support.

I have come to the conclusion the EHRC guidance on single sex spaces should not even come to Parliament. It is misleading and has caused distress for my trans constituents. I urge @bphillipsonMP to reject it on grounds of practicality and human rights. sianberry.org.uk/publications/l…

Hey @mrjamesob.bsky.social one for you to read… It’s time to speak up for trans people and condemn the UK media the same way you do when talking about anti-migrant rhetoric, or racism, or benefit-bashing! Time to get off the fence, get educated, challenge your own prejudice, and speak up!

This is such horrendous science communication from the Guardian I almost don’t know where to start. The appropriate takeaway from this is that the SRY gene is a poor proxy variable in isolation. It isn’t that there were 50-60 people who were secretly “biologically male”

Reform's ‘plan’ to revoke the legal status of millions of UK residents is morally abhorrent & economic madness The public believe in fairness & mutual respect, not this cruel Trumpian policy that would leave us all poorer. We are not America - we must resist this dangerous turn in British politics.

Predictable spin on today’s ugly announcement from our fash-hungry media.

The media reaction to the death of Charlie Kirk should be a wake up call to everyone. Cancel your subscription, quit reading the works of people who think Charlie Kirk was practicing politics the right way, or that he was a decent human being. He wasn’t either of those things

Sick of the BBC acting as a mouthpiece for Farage and Reform? Us too. Our national broadcaster should reflect the whole country, not just one man’s ego.

We need to be clear: The govt aren't talking about weakening incitement laws because trans people are less protected than migrants and asylum seekers. The govt are talking about weakening incitement laws BOTH OF THESE INCIDENTS ARE IN THE NEWS CYCLE RIGHT NOW.

Keir Starmer has appointed as his new Comms Director Tim Allan who was a board member of the hate group Sex Matters. It's no longer even pretending to adhere to its Manifesto promise to "remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance."

I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset. In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia. In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)

Sound principle. How about not making decisions about trans people without trans people, SKS?

On how a story mutates as it spreads across the British media… The Telegraph's M&S trans shop assistant tall tale turned into a malicious game of telephone... brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-telegr...

Loads of celebrities sign an open letter against the Starmer government’s new trans Section 28+. Including Stephen Fry, Kate Nash and Daniel Lismore. Well done @lailaelmetoui.bsky.social, you are awesome!

I think I'd probably find the whole notion of banning kids from social media easier to swallow if adults accepted that it is also obviously driving them mad.

Shelagh Fogherty describing The Cass Review as multiply peer reviewed. Pure lies.

The trans rights stitch-up: How the government plans to silence parliamentary debate on the most far-reaching restriction of minority rights in our lifetime open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

Time to get this petition over the line and give MPs the platform from which to publicly and loudly raise all this stuff. bsky.app/profile/phil...

🧵We sent an FOI to the EHRC about the “81% satisfaction rate” claim. We got a response back. Which revealed a letter to the Women and Equalities Committee. What we found goes far beyond a misleading “approval rating.” committees.parliament.uk/publications...

Here is our draft letter to the Women and Equalities Committee regarding Rosie Duffield MP’s transphobic conduct. You can read it here: equalityamplifiedltd-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/person... You can add your name as a signatory here: forms.office.com/e/gwpJsm6ZMH.

It's your last chance to respond to the EHRC consultation. It closes at 11.59pm tomorrow. Get it done tonight. Tell them about the personal impact. Better to do something short and quick than not at all. Don't let them claim we didn't tell them.

🎉Announcement 🎉 I didn’t need the legal funds you donated but I found a cause that did. When I was arrested at the Sarah Everard vigil in 2021, thousands of you contributed to help cover the legal costs if the case went to court.

MPs publicly call out and criticise JK Rowling in Parliament. I think this might be a first? That is now in the Hansard record for all time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwBm...

Looking across the papers today, anti-trans rights commentators and politicians also seem to be the ones opposing making abortion legal. It shouldn’t be a shock to anyone - they’re against bodily autonomy. For everyone.

Judgement Day for the EHRC: How the equality watchdog turned into a toxic culture war campaign group iandunt.substack.com/p/judgement-...

"A body in charge of safeguarding the right to protest is attacking it; a body in charge of defending free speech is silencing it; and a body set up to protect trans rights is undermining them. The EHRC's failure is a tragedy for human rights and a stain on our international reputation."

Yet again, Labour is just standing there and letting this wash over them. They need to clear out the blatantly biased appointments the Conservatives made and secure the BBC's impartiality.

The #EHRC Chair must be a credible, impartial arbiter of human rights - with a clean record on equalities. Mary-Ann Stephenson cannot be that person. Read our full statement 👇 www.prideinlabour.org.uk/post/labour-...

There's occasionally like 0.1% of me that wonders if I should be more open to people on the other side of issues like this, and then JKR comes out arguing confidently yet very wrongly about my area of expertise (human genetics) and idk, people really need to pass a test to have an opinion

2018: Number of times Kathleen Stock, Maya Forstater, Helen Joyce, Fiona McAnena or Sex Matters were mentioned in the papers? Once, and it was Forstater taking about a non-trans subject. 2019: 143 2020: 228 2021: 324 2022: 557 2023: 631 2024: 796

In the 8 years between 2017 and 2024, The Mail, Telegraph, Guardian, Observer, Mirror, Express, and Star have printed a total of 10, 430 articles about trans people. Ten thousand, four hundred and thirty.

🚨 A statement: Over the past year James O’Brien & others have made claims about my departure from LBC. I’m restricted in what I can share with you but hope the statement below will draw a line under the matter. My focus is on moving forward. I am grateful for your continued support, Sangita

Kishwer Falkner has been a disaster for the EHRC (long before recent events, and not just on trans issues). If she has any integrity or concern for our rights (the rights the EHRC exists to protect) she will resign now and let Govt appoint someone who can. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

🚨 We're beyond thrilled to announce that Kids Company's Judicial Review against the Charity Commission, which we supported, has succeeded. 🚨 goodlawproject.org/vindicated-k...

The UKSC ruling was an opportunity for the government and the EHRC to step up and commit to affirm the rights of all. They've failed on every measure, choosing to peddle hate and discrimination instead. We've heard enough: Kishwer Falkner and Bridget Phillipson must resign. 1/2

Today I've written to Bridget Phillipson to ask for clarity on how the government will ensure trans people's rights in the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling and EHRC guidance. At a moment of extreme worry and distress for the trans community, govt must step up and give assurances.

Update on the update: we understand that the motion was passed by the BMA Resident Doctor conference and that nobody spoke against it.

I still genuinely think this is the best thing I have produced in my entire life so highly recommend a listen if you like things I do generally.