The decent man narrative is strong today isn’t it. Interesting people confuse ‘well mannered and not shouty’ with decent. Worst pm for LGBTQ+ rights since thatcher. Oppressive treatment or asylum seekers. U turned on ‘values’ he claimed to hold dear. Offered hope then stuck the other boot in

REACT, a service we provide with Bradford Teaching Hospitals, won an NHS Excellence Award! 🎉 Together we’re changing what happens when terminally ill people come to A&E - identifying those in their last year of life and getting rapid, specialist care in place at home. We couldn’t be more proud 💛

A fifth of all eligible MPs have now signed this (Remembering that 93 MPs are ministers and can’t sign EDMs) Please write to yours to ask them to sign. edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...

Horrid.

This is utterly disgusting. If this stands, people with profound cognitive disabilities will be left without protection. This is the kind of horror that will end up being the subject of a major inquiry 20 years from now when the damage has already been done. www.mind.org.uk/news-campaig...

SO excited to read this bok!

The new EHRC Code of Practice is not fit for purpose. It does not provide clear guidance or do enough to protect everyone from discrimination, and it is not compatible with longstanding British values. @EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk and @MarieCGoldman.bsky.social have written to Bridget Phillipson. ⬇️

This is only the definition of ‘biologically female’ if you’re a reproductive essentialist / creationist who things the sole purpose of life is babies. It’s like watching a film in glorious technicolour and saying ‘Actually I’d prefer it if it were a black and white film’

If you're trans and work for a sizable UK company or organisation, now is a great time to log into your HR portal and remove any information you can on your sex/gender, e.g. by replacing any information with "prefer not to say".

This bypasses Parliament. This approach was rejected in the Data Bill but the government thinks it can just go to the undemocratic FWS v Scottish Ministers ruling. This has implications for future handling of data. It erases the idea of sex discrimination for trans people for religious ideology

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

Today’s EHRC Code of Practice is overdue and the devil is in the detail and delivery. I first want to extend my support and understanding to trans people who have spent far too long in uncertainty, waiting for confirmation on how they will be able to live out their daily lives in public. 🧵 (1/7)

Why’s the point in replacing Starmer if everything you do will be the same?

Desperately sad to see

I feel Lin Manuel Miranda sums up Kier Starmer’s and labour’s problem succinctly ‘If you stand for nothing, what’ll you fall for?’ Be less Burr be more Hamilton

And that tells you all that is wrong with the world at the moment.

Following our successful judicial review against the Office for Students (OfS) in the High Court, hear more from our Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Sasha Roseneil.

Just saying that if you think it’s normal to be drinking at work then it is in fact you that has completely lost touch with the rest of the world. Glad someone’s finally said it www.thenational.scot/news/2605470...

The entire article is based on the premise that men have a physical advantage over women in sport. They do But trans women are not men and paper after paper makes that clear. It’s embarrassing that no one has the most basic scientific curiosity anymore.

As much as I agree with this, the parallels with another story this am about how universities will be fined 500k if they don’t let anyone and everyone speak whatever they want are difficult to miss.

This is a really good petition. It holds the government accountable for their failure to protect trans people, gender diverse people, and women against anti-trans hate and lawfare. Please sign and share everywhere! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Or maybe it’s just a mouthpiece of reform nonsense and we’re all bored of listening to it

It’s been his goal from day one. The fact he has people in place accountable to him who he chose to put or leave there means there is no ‘not me gov’ excuse. Also if they spoke to actual experts in gender medicine they wouldn’t be doing this.

Literally asked in UK gender clinics. ‘How do you know you’re a woman and not just a feminine man?’ Honestly these people are just not interested in actually understanding trans people

Please can we align with our neighbours in Europe with whom we have far more in common than continuing to pretend that we share values and culture with a country just because some people from there used to live here 200+ years ago

Genuinely hilarious he thinks he’s a progressive.

when i first went on twitter back in late 2023 to talk about Alice, I saw posts comparing the way trans people were being treated to a genocide and the holocaust and I admit, I thought, c’mon, that’s too much, it’s bad but really, don’t make these comparisons… well, I’m sorry, and here we are.

Well done Amber Glenn that is all. ❤️💖💙💛

What's the point of a state watchdog if it simply serves as a government poodle? And why continue with an equalities quango if it ignores marginalised groups while driving open toxic divisions? My @theipaper.com column on the floundering Equality & Human Rights Commission inews.co.uk/opinion/an-a...

I have a visceral and almost physical reaction to hearing this phrase now.

This amazing website has just been brought to my attention! Trans Fitness has the most ENORMOUS list of UK trans social and support organisations, from addiction services to sports clubs, from hairdressers to faith groups.

Thank goodness. For a moment I thought they had forgotten they can legislate. Good job there are no other recent court judgments which might require legislation to fix. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

This is disgusting

Two governments took The News Agents to secret court for two years via a constitutionally unprecedented superinjunction to stop you from hearing this story. The MoD is responsible for a data leak that put up to 100,000 Afghans at risk of death. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdc6...

Lovely to be at the @rcphysicians.bsky.social Excellence in patient care awards. Delighted our service supporting trans people to continue their gender related care whilst living with cancer has been shortlisted for an award

Do you have a strong editorial and writing background and an excellent understanding of media engagement and press relations? Then we're looking for you! Apply to be our next Head of Content & Editorial 👇 goodlawproject.org/vacancy/head...

The Independent does the right thing...

We're proud to support the Trans Rights Alliance candidates in the LGBT+ Labour elections - at this crucial moment for the trans community, we need strong voices in our Party fighting for our rights. These candidates will do just that 🌹🏳️‍⚧️

My first pride in London!

I have had death threats for my work on trans rights. I have been stalked. I have had people try and have me thrown out of my University. I am by no means alone, and lots of trans-inclusive academics have spoken publicly about the violence and harassment they face. But no mention of that here.

Let me find you a mirror to look into professor Sullivan

Improving palliative and end-of-life care has never been more important. I am thrilled to announce the Impact Centre for Palliative and End-of-Life Care, which will accelerate better care for dying people by closing the gap between evidence and practice. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/half-of...

Only 30% of pall care is NHS funded. Given today's vote, will Keir Starmer at least commit to dramatically increasing palliative care provision so that patients don't "choose" to end their lives because we, society, fail to give them the care that might make life worth living?

I find this utterly abhorrent. If assisted dying is to come into the UK then it must be with the values of care, compassion and empathy, a collective will to make the best of something. Not another vehicle for the capitalism broligarchy to try and make yet more money from vulnerable people

TW: harm to children. My research into the effects of the UK government puberty-blocker ban has finally been published after peer-review. It details the severe harm being caused to young trans people & children by the Starmer government's puberty-blocker ban. Unlike Cass it is peer reviewed...

there was a new study published *today* in Nature showing that state-level anti-trans laws increase suicide among trans kids up to 72%. when we say that the New York Times (and other rags of equal repute) is killing us, that's because *IT IS LITERALLY KILLING US*

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

So many congratulations to @doctoroxford.com on your win. A wonderful book and a beautiful person 💙