Our initial summary of the Levy review 👇

The Levy Review: A scathing audit of NHS Trans+ healthcare that isn’t radical enough to fix the problems. @wearequeeraf.com and @whatthetrans.com take a first look at the long-awaited review into adult gender services in the UK 🧵 Reporting by @vic-parsons.bsky.social

There is a lot of nuance to unpack in this report - and we're working at pace, to bring it to you. Right now, what is clear - is it could have been a lot worse. Skip the doom scrolling, and look to our detailed analysis this weekend in our newsletter 📨 wearequeeraf.com/subscribe

There is a lot of nuance to unpack in this report - and we're working at pace, to bring it to you. Right now, what is clear - is it could have been a lot worse. Skip the doom scrolling, and look to our detailed analysis this weekend in our newsletter 📨 wearequeeraf.com/subscribe

“What was supposed to be narrowly focused on the definition of a woman, in the eyes of the Equality Act, has become a tool for anti-Trans+ campaigners to push a hateful narrative that seeks to force Trans+ people out of society” - @jamiewareham.co.uk

“The trouble with bathroom bans is they don’t do what they purport to do. The argument is they're created to 'protect women', but they usually do the opposite.” @jamiewareham.co.uk

If two of the most prominent women’s charities feel they have no choice but to reverse trans-inclusive approaches, what does that mean for the rest of the sector? Get @jamiewareham.co.uk analysis with response from @transactualuk.bsky.social in tomorrow's newsletter👇

From @jamiewareham.co.uk 🗣 “I'm incredibly proud QueerAF and Trans+ History Week were recognised for a show mentoring Trans+ creatives to create nuanced, inspiring documentaries on millennia-old gender diversity, shutting down the pernicious lie that being Transgender is a modern 'trend'.”

We sometimes talk about 'hard-to-reach' communities in the media, but 450 Trans+ people applied for the 20 opportunities in this campaign - not so hard after all eh? I'm incredibly proud of all of the @WeAreQueerAF.com podcast producers and the whole team behind @TransHistoryWeek.com 👏👏

3/ @jamiewareham.co.uk’s take 💬 “We all have a story like that which Starmer's family faced, from horrific attacks to more common daily homophobia. Kids have thrown rocks at me, and giggled about the f*g walking down the high street.

Since a homophobic attack on his niece, his party has introduced multiple anti-LGBTQIA+ policies and the UK has fallen steeply in human rights rankings https://www.wearequeeraf.com/keir-starmer-shocked-his-anti-lgbtqia-rhetoric-is-creating-anti-lgbtqia-sentiment/

3/ Our take @jamiewareham.co.uk While the leak received widespread coverage, Phillipson’s pushback barely registered in the wider press. That imbalance matters.

🗓️ Mark your calendars for Trans+ History Week 2026 04–10 May Get the history lesson you never had, find our what’s in store, early-bird ticket alerts and a history article every day of Trans+ History Week with @wearequeeraf.com Sign up www.wearequeeraf.com/transhistory...

This regards the UK media’s bias but it’s true in the US too where big media like nyt, now joined by Condé Nast, have enabled bigotry, misogyny and predation.

5/ Our take @jamiewareham.co.uk "The report relies largely on media coverage. Not every murder is reported, and in many countries trans identities are not even recorded in official reporting, making these figures an even clearer call to action."

The hearing is a huge blow to the watchdog’s reputation already. But if it's found to have advised businesses across the UK wrongly on the law (in a way that has led organisations to break the law significant work will need to be done, for businesses to rely on it again 👇

6/ Our analysis - @jamiewareham.co.uk: “As the EHRC faces mounting scrutiny from concerns over its use of AI to government rebukes, one question is increasingly being asked across Westminster: has this regulator gone rogue?”

Then maybe take your product off the market and fix it - why is the responsibility on the individual, not the system here? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

As Harvey Milk famously said, “you gotta give 'em hope”, a message politicians in both the US and UK have been adopting to surging success https://www.wearequeeraf.com/is-hope-back-on-the-agenda-anti-trans-narratives-flail-in-us-elections-with-lessons-for-uk/

This 👇

The majority of what we wrote about the media in this story back when it first took place, is true two years on - it would have been her 19th birthday today www.wearequeeraf.com/brianna-ghey...

Is hope back on the agenda? Tomorrow in the @wearequeeraf.com newsletter I examine the lessons for Labour (and wider UK politics) from New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani's shock victory - and the Green Surge. 👉 Join 9500+ readers: wearequeeraf.com/subscribe

Another nomination for the incredible @wearequeeraf.com podcast alumni, and the @transhistoryweek.com team! Congrats to everyone involved, and alongside huge names like BBC Radio 4 and the National Trust!

A critical investigation, which will provide, for some, a devastating set of predictions on waiting times for NHS help for their transition. I hope it will be another piece of journalism that you can use to fight back 👇 Read it first in @wearequeeraf.com newsletter www.wearequeeraf.com/subscribe/

Remarkable intervention, from a figure of seniority that we haven't seen in what feels like years, she added: "I'm a woman, I'm a feminist and I see absolutely no contradiction in being a woman and also supporting the trans community" news.sky.com/story/lucy-p...

Congrats Jess 👏 This piece of journalism absolutely rocked, and continues to inform, deliver and help people understand the ramifications. The media and law sectors are vastly better with @jessothomson.co.uk's work, challenging them to be and do better 💪

False balance is the concept that is also sometimes known as bothsidesism - a nonsense word, which should tell you everything you need to know already. It sees journalists present issues as balanced between 'opposing viewpoints', even when one position is supported by an abundance of evidence

There was 'technically' an equal amount of LGBTQIA+ trans inclusive organisations, as there were anti-trans respondents, but balancing the numbers isn’t everything: It’s a trap the BBC often falls into and creates a false sense of balance, when views don't match up with facts Let's take a look 🧵

And in tomorrow's @wearequeeraf.com newsletter, I also provide additional analysis on: 🔴 Why the EHRC told us on a Friday, just before the weekend? 🔴 Whether a Labour reshuffle will delay any of this? 🔴 Can it be challenged in the courts? Out Saturday morning: www.wearequeeraf.com/subscribe/

Tomorrow's @wearequeeraf.com newsletter is jam-packed As well as news on: 🔴 EHRC guidance given to the Government 🔴 Graham Lineham 🔴 Pride in London We are publishing our latest investigation on the Supreme Court ruling You don't want to miss this one 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/subscribe/

Wonderful to see @wearequeeraf.com recognised in these awards!

So the only ones that are masked are the ones rounding us up. Dystopia

🚨 New police powers could ban face coverings at Pride protests even if you need to protect your identity because: 🔴 Risk of domestic abuse 🔴 You're not out as queer/Trans+ 🔴 Fear of political views being made public Health and disability reasons also won't prevent you getting arrested 🧵Here's why

🆕 @vic-parsons.bsky.social's reporting lays bare the dangerous shifts taking place in British policy that could drastically limit our community's ability to fight back against the growing anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric against us 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/new-police-p...

This is a vastly upsetting case, that uses CPS guidelines that effectively mean if Trans+ people don't come out before sexual contact, they can now be found guilty of sexual assault - which is what has happened here Let's take a look at the background 🧵 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is a vastly upsetting case, that uses CPS guidelines that effectively mean if Trans+ people don't come out before sexual contact, they can now be found guilty of sexual assault - which is what has happened here Let's take a look at the background 🧵 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The wider narrative that the organisation seemed to overlook was the 'can you separate the work from the author?' Q. In the case of JK Rowling, many have concluded that you cannot. She has made public how she funnels profits into anti-trans campaigns and lawsuits 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/polari...

"It has become clear to me how many MPs simply lack the resources, information or channels to receive supportive narratives towards the Trans+ community. It begs the question - what if they had those resources?" wearequeeraf.com/ive-seen-the...

6/ Analysis - @jamiewareham.co.uk "This is a rare positive ruling for the Trans+ community - but it only received a handful of mainstream media stories. I'm confident if the ruling had been negative, it would have been blasted across headlines as a propaganda tool against gender affirming care."

This is a rare positive ruling for the Trans+ community - but it only received a handful of mainstream media stories. I'm confident if the ruling had been negative, it would have been blasted across headlines as a propaganda tool against gender affirming care 👇

So proud of the creatives behind season five of the QueerAF podcast, as well as picking up our fifth British Podcast Award nom for the podcast that kicked off an eight year journey to building @wearequeeraf.com to what it is today ❤️🏳️‍⚧️

Spot on 👇🧵

"Whatever its puported intention, the impact of this new guidance is clear. It will limit what teachers can and can't say, out of fear they'll lose their jobs, just like Section 28 did" - @jamiewareham.co.uk www.wearequeeraf.com/section-28-2...

Excellent reporting by @sasha98.bsky.social and ‪‪‪@vrocca.bsky.social here for @transsafety.network It has a number of first-hand accounts that detail the vile behaviour of parents in the Bayswater group 👇 transsafety.network/posts/my-par...

In tomorrow's @wearequeeraf.com newsletter: A special edition unpacking in great detail, what hundreds of you in our comments have called 'Section 28 2.0' With responses from the queer sector and deeper analysis on the impact of the guidance 👇 📨 wearequeeraf.com/subscribe bsky.app/profile/wear...

If you're looking for more detail, analysis and response to this news: Make sure you're one of 9000+ QueerAF readers who'll understand this news with a detailed explainer article in our free newsletter on Saturday 📩 www.wearequeeraf.com/subscribe/

It was striking to me as I wrote this breaking thread, it's about a Labour government's activity. Aside from the 'new section 28' furore, this will rightly spark: Erasing transgender as a word is a travesty and insult to the millennia-old history of Trans+ communities, whom we owe so much

A very good initial analysis of the transphobic school “guidance” by @wearequeeraf.com and @jamiewareham.co.uk…

It was striking to me as I wrote this breaking thread, it's about a Labour government's activity. Aside from the 'new section 28' furore, this will rightly spark: Erasing transgender as a word is a travesty and insult to the millennia-old history of Trans+ communities, whom we owe so much