Thanks for this - I've cited your post in a piece I've just written. Is the actual guidance available to read anywhere besides your video, by the way? oolong.medium.com/biological-m...

YOU ARE NOT ALONE For me, community is not perfection or constant joy. It is checking in. It is sharing food, sharing space, sharing a laugh or a silence. It is knowing someone is there, even if you do not have the words. You belong. And you are not alone. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #community #solidarity #humanrights

EXCLUSIVE The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”. Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights

It is a sign of how fundamentally abused and traumatised trans communities are in the UK that many folks are responding to Levy with relief and cautious welcome. It could have been a lot worse. But it fundamentally fails to deliver meaningful improvements to trans healthcare. 1/4

“Trans people are ruining sports, right?” No. That is fear, not facts. There is no evidence that trans inclusion destroys sport. That is why rules are sport specific, not blanket bans. #MythBuster #TransRights #Sport #EqualityLaw

“Self-ID would destroy women’s spaces, right?” No. Self-ID doesn’t override the Equality Act. Single-sex services already exist in law, and decisions are made case-by-case, based on evidence — not fear. The #MythBuster #EqualityAct #TransRights #WomensSpaces

“Why is everyone trans now?” Gender diversity is not new. The panic around it is. #MythBuster #EqualityLaw #Inclusion #TransRights #HumanRights

Interesting piece. The points about human rights/EU law have force. But for me, the central problem with the FWS judgment is more fundamental. It strikes me as implausible that this is what Parliament intended, without spelling it out, only 6 years after the GRA, and in an Act dealing with equality.

Men say they’re trans to get into women’s spaces…right? Funny how the loudest fears rarely match the facts. #transrights #womensrights #humanrights #nonbinaryrights #equalitylaw

Inclusion is lawful. Exclusion is not mandatory. Kelly v Leonardo is one of the first post-FWS workplace-facility cases - and Tribunal held that allowing toilet access based on asserted gender identity can be a proportionate, lawful policy. #equalityact #transrights #workplacerights

Tribunal dismisses claims against trans doctor and upholds Fife Health Board harassment claim Oscar Davies (@nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social) was instructed to represent the intervener, TransLucent, alongside Robin White of Old Square Chambers. Read here👉 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/tribunal-dis...

Talking to kids about gender doesn’t make them trans — and moments like the Girlguiding decision to exclude trans people show exactly why this myth is so dangerous. Myth buster series research assisted by Naomi Hunter-Epson #TransInclusion #Girlguiding #LGBTQRights #transrights #InclusionMatters

The wheels are falling off the EHRC's bathroom ban: Two employment tribunal judgments have now made clear: trans inclusion can be perfectly lawful. The EHRC said otherwise. What will the new chair do now? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

THE PEGGIE JUDGMENT IS OUT + THE RESULT IS NOT HOW MEDIA IS PRESENTING IT This case doesn’t say employers can’t allow trans women to use women’s changing rooms. 
Quite the opposite: FWS doesn’t make that inherently unlawful. It all depends on context. #EmploymentLaw #EqualityAct #WorkplaceInclusion

Here I consider whether with trans claimants we can use ‘intolerance’ as something that sits next to hatred/violence, as a way of making speech or belief against trans people fall into Article 17 Convention. The ECtHR case of Ibragimov would support this. #lecture #humarights #echr #convention

I spoke at the Thrive Summit on Friday about ‘dignity as a design principle’. Also ran four roundtables on everyone’s favourite topic: toilets. Grateful to everyone who showed up with curiosity and care. 💛 #Inclusion #DesignMatters #WorkplaceCulture #Accessibility #employment

Oscar (@nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social) is a multi-award-winning barrister & Legal 500 ‘Rising Star'. Oscar specialises in employment, education, human rights, commercial & property law. As the UK’s first publicly recognised non-binary barrister, Oscar is paving the way for LGBTQ+ rights in the UK.

Oscar Davies (@nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social) featured on Diversity Power List 2025/6 💫 The Diversity Power List recognises 50 champions of inclusion, diversity professionals & D&I Leaders in the UK - announced at the 2025 Inclusive Awards. Read more 🔗 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/oscar-davies...

I am honoured to be named as one of the Top 50 Diversity Power List for the Inclusive Awards this year! Here is a weird video of me falling on the floor as proof. #inclusion #diversity #fallingwithstyle

📢 Oscar Davies in COUNSEL Magazine: Lessons Learnt: Unbinding the binary at the Bar⚖️ Oscar discusses use of social media to broaden access to justice, use of language in protecting rights, and resilience as a barrister. Read here: www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/les... Photo Credit © Greta Graf

ARE JUDGES HEARING THE DOG WHISTLE? Here I discuss how due to linguistic ‘slippage’, in many instances judges seem to be oblivious to the hidden meanings in dog whistles. Eg gender ideology = gender identity. #humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinary #intersex #law #lecture #humarights

4/ “The purpose of this provision is to enable a person who has gender reassigned to have all the protection of the Sex Discrimination Act and Equal Pay Act.” This directly contradicts the Supreme Court’s position that gender reassignment does not change sex. For the purposes of equality, it does.

2/ The instructions are just… fascinating? Well, every piece of public record I’ve uncovered on this subject so far has been fascinating, but this paragraph is exceptional. It contradicts the Supreme Court directly, comprehensively, and unequivocally.

IS THE UK CONVENTION (ECHR) COMPLIANT? Here I consider the case of Goodwin and why the GRA was enacted in the first place. Have we again relegated trans people into an intermediate zone of rights? #humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture

📢 NEW EHRC GUIDANCE: FROM EXCLUSION TO APPEARANCE POLICING If you are concerned about this direction of travel: 👉 Write to your MP and ask them to support clear, lawful, non-discriminatory guidance. #EHRC #EqualityAct #transrights #nonbinaryrights #intersex #InclusionMatters #law

Here I explain why non-binary is protected under ‘gender reassignment’ discrimination, though the Supreme Court did not clarify this protection. NB: still no intersex protection in UK law which is unforgivable. #humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinaryrights #law #lecture

MINI LECTURE SERIES 5/10 DO TRANS RIGHTS REMAIN? Here I note that trans people are still protected under ‘gender reassignment’ which remains largely unaffected by the FWS judgment. #humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture

Excited to be speaking about ‘Creating Change in Challenging Times’ for Proud Futures in Glasgow today.

MINI LECTURE SERIES 4/10 Here I consider the more exclusionary position adopted by certain organisations, including the EHRC, which mandates exclusion of trans people from certain spaces. #humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture

MINI LECTURE SERIES 3/10 Here I consider the scope of the Supreme Court’s decision, effectively stating that in some (rare) circumstances, trans people may be excluded if justified, but are not automatically excluded. #humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture

MINI LECTURE SERIES 2/10 Here I discuss what the actual question was for the Supreme Court in the For Women Scotland case, and what they decided. #humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture #linguistics

MINI LECTURE SERIES 2/10 Here I discuss what the actual question was for the Supreme Court in the For Women Scotland case, and what they decided. #humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture #linguistics

Mini-Lecture Series 1/10 Where is the dignity in ostracisation? Opening section from my GendJus talk in Trieste, exploring how the FWS decision reshapes legal recognition - and how language becomes the frontline where trans lives are negotiated. #Law #Gender #TransJustice #FWS #LegalTheory

Should empathy be a radical act? How can we use our voices more creatively? This was part of my speech earlier this year when I won the @kingsartshums.bsky.social Distinguished Alumni ‘Changemaker of the Year’ Award 2025 #diversity #usingyourvoice #equality #inclusion #kcl #changemaker

Law Society: “Stop saying ‘Dear Sirs’.” Me: Gladly. Inclusive language isn’t radical — it’s just accurate. #lawsociety #inclusivelanguage #inclusion

Intersex Awareness Day Europe just said: stop performing surgeries on intersex babies. ⚖️💜 It’s about bodily autonomy — not ‘fixing’ people who were never broken. #IntersexRights #BodilyAutonomy #CouncilOfEurope #intersexawarenessday

Digital IDs aren’t neutral tech. They shift power. When identity becomes an app, privacy becomes a privilege. #PrivacyMatters #HumanRights #UKPolitics

The EHRC pulled its single-sex guidance - but your role isn’t over! They’ve deleted the page, not the plan. Now’s the time to act: write to your MP and tell Bridget Phillipson to send the code back. Link tinyurl.com/4j7efzp7 #transrights #equalitylaw #EHRC #uklaw #lgbtqrights #inclusion

The Council of Europe just told the UK to stop treating women’s rights and trans rights as opposites — and they’re right. Human rights aren’t a zero-sum game. They’re a framework for coexistence. #humanrights #councilofeurope #transrights #womensrights

I am now ranked (for the first time) as a Tier 1 Rising Star in Education law, and (for the third time) in Employment Law. Thanks to all my referees and colleagues, and here’s to being ‘devastatingly effective when required’ whatever that means! #legal500

✨💫 Garden Court Chambers has won Immigration Set of the Year at The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2025 💫✨ Our warmest congratulations to the team, to all the winners, and to all who were shortlisted👏👏👏 hashtag#L500Awards hashtag#Legal500BarAwards Read on here 🔽 lnkd.in/efGtS6my

A concise summary of imho the greatest factor in the decade-long ascent of anti-trans politics: liberal/centrist cowardice and transphobic prejudice masquerading as principle and pragmatism. For a deeper dive see @polphilpod.bsky.social's extraordinary essay: www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...

The Equality Act and its exceptions are set up to be permissive rather than exclusionary, imo. See below my interview with @pinknews.bsky.social by Amelia Hansford for more.

"Equality Act is meant to be a shield rather than a sword"– Oscar Davies quoted in PinkNews 🗞️ Garden Ct barrister Oscar Davies has stated the Supreme Ct ruling on single-sex spaces is 'being misinterpreted in a way that excludes trans people'. Full coverage 🔗 www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/16/n...

🚨 Are trans people now disabled in the eyes of the law? And is it fair on disabled people when their already limited facilities get turned into the “trans solution”? #NonbinaryBarrister #TransRights #DisabledRights #EqualityAct #SupremeCourt

🚨 The UN is considering downgrading Britain’s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). 👉 If the downgrade happens, the UK would no longer have a fully recognised national human rights institution at the UN. Who’s watching the watchdog? 👀 #humanrights #ehrc #law

🚨 Do you need surgery to be legally recognised in your gender under EU law? That is the fight in Shipov v Bulgaria at the European Court of Justice (ECJ, where I used to work btw!). #Shipov #CJEU #TransRights #HumanRights #Equality

The EHRC has just sent its finalised Code of Practice on single-sex spaces to the Equality Minister - without Parliamentary debate. What you can do: 1. Email your MP today. 2. Demand a full debate and vote on EHRC Code. 3.Consultation without scrutiny is a democratic failure. #ehrc #democracy

Trans-led advocacy group to intervene in NHS Fife changing room tribunal Oscar Davies (@nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social) of Garden Court is instructed to represent the intervener, TransLucent. Counsel instructed by @leigh-day.bsky.social. 📖 Read on here 🔽 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/trans-led-ad...

Oscar (@nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social) is a dedicated advocate for trans & non-binary legal professionals & continues to be recognised: 🌟 Legal 500 LGBTQ+ Champion of the Year 🌟 Shortlisted: Young Pro Bono Barrister, Bar Pro Bono Awards 2024 Read on: 📖🔗 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/oscar-davies...