The Olympics’ trans policy polices womanhood | Moira Donegan Sports bans have humiliated trans women and girls across America. Now, the Olympics joins in

I wrote about the Olympics’ ban on trans women competing, and the stakes of the new women’s sex-testing regime for female athletes, trans and cis alike. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Oh Kezia 🤦‍♂️🧵 1/12

We don’t win progress by cosying up to people who undermine it and we certainly don’t do it by offering them “nothing but respect”.

Yes, there are grey areas. Some people are uninformed, some are on the fence. Fine talk to them. That’s how you shift public opinion.

Headline from The Independent: Universities set to be fined up to £500,000 for failing to protect free speech The Office for Students (OfS) will oversee scheme, which will launch in time for the upcoming academic year

A new system designed to safeguard free speech at universities across England is set to be introduced, the government has announced. The Office for Students (OfS) will oversee this "first-of-its-kind" scheme, launching from the upcoming academic year. It will allow university staff, external speakers, and non-student members to report concerns regarding providers in England, according to the Department for Education (DfE).

The OfS said it has received reports of speakers and lecturers being "harassed and blocked" because of gender-critical or religious views, concerns about foreign interference restricting academic freedom, and job adverts requiring specific ideological beliefs.

The moment you tell a minority group that their existence, and how they’re allowed to exist within society, is up for debate, is the moment you silence that group and remove their freedoms. This sort of policy doesn’t protect free speech, it just forces the silence of victims of bigotry.

Her office said the Office for Students (OfS), which regulates universities, had received reports of speakers and lecturers being harassed and blocked for holding gender-critical or religious views, of foreign interference suppressing academic freedoms, and of ideological belief requirements featuring in job advertisements.

The OfS will be able to use the new complaints scheme from September. From April, it will be able to fine universities the greater of £500,000 or 2 per cent of their income, which would amount to millions of pounds for large institutions, for breaches under the Freedom of Speech Act. Ultimately, universities could be deregistered for egregious cases.

Bridget Phillipson will introduce new laws to make it possible for Universities to be fined millions of pounds if they don't silence students who protest bigots invited onto their campuses. It's like the Tories never left office.

Every day when I go through the papers it's just story after story of cis men murdering and abusing cis women and then you turn the page and it's EVIL TRANNIES MUST BE STOPPED TO PROTECT WOMEN.

There's never a headline about stopping cis men.

Thousands of women fight trans exclusion one year since harmful court ruling One year since the UK Supreme Court’s biological sex ruling, a new report has revealed the profound impact on trans safety and thousands of women are now joining forces to reject this rising exclusion...

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Force the government to rip up the EHRC’s transphobic guidance It’s been a year since the Supreme Court's decision that accelerated the rollback of trans rights in the UK. It’s been a difficult year, but it’s also been a year of coming together and fighting back....

Force the government to rip up the EHRC’s transphobic guidance. We have less than a month. Join us goodlaw.social/de78a7

Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.

The most striking thing about Bridget Phillipson's statement is how wholly - from the very first line - Labour is in hock to a simple lie: that trans women are a threat to women.

Long gone is its Manifesto promise to "remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance."

What’s behind the term ‘gender-questioning’? The term ‘gender-questioning’ is the latest way to describe trans children, but it is not correct and should be discontinued

“When the government calls trans or non-binary children or young people ‘gender questioning’, it is as far detached from reality as it is possible to be… it gives the strong impression of not understanding the reality of trans children.”

Language plays an insidious role in erasing trans existence.

If we wake up and find Trump unleashed devastation, Labour’s silence will be absolutely damning.

If Trump has beyond hopefully de-escalated, it’s still damning.

In the face of genocide, what exactly is the point of the silent UK Prime Minister?

Iran: President Trump’s Apocalyptic Threats of Large-Scale Civilian Devastation Demand Urgent Global Action to Prevent Atrocity Crimes President Trump’s threats, coupled with escalating USA and Israeli attacks destroying civilian infrastructure, are terrorizing millions of people in Iran and their distressed relatives abroad as tens ...

“Donald Trump’s very act of making such apocalyptic threats, including his warning of ending ‘a whole civilization’, reveals a staggering level of cruelty and disregard for human life”

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Trans Girl Inclusion in Girl Guides Inclusive Exclusion V Australia Finland / New Zealand Norway / Canada Iceland V USA V Denmark V Ireland France V Belgium Germany V Netherlands Italy X United Kingdom

Starmer’s Britain: transphobic AF.

To be very clear, Starmer is responsible for the exclusion of trans girls from the Guides and Brownies; he could have overturned the “Supreme” Court misjudgement and refused to do so.

This is a workers' rights crisis. Outdated workplace regulations are becoming tools of exclusion. Trans+ people are being sent home from their jobs, unsure when, or how, they can return.

We are facing a workers' rights crisis for our community, and we need your help.

Outdated workplace regulations, last updated in the early 90s, are now being interpreted as requiring the exclusion and outing of trans+ people in the workplace.

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[photo of daniel radcliffe] "Transgender women are women. Any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people & goes against all advice given by professional health care associations who have far more expertise on this subject matter than either [JK Rowling) or I" ~Daniel Radcliffe [photo of emma watson] "Trans people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned or told they aren't who they say they are." ~Emma Watson [photo of rupert grint] "I firmly stand with the trans community. Trans women are women. Trans men are men. We should all be entitled to live with love and without judgment." ~Rupert Grint

'but harry potter was such a huge part of my childhood'

reminder: the only reason jk rowling is doing a harry potter tv remake is bcos she wants a version she can flog that doesn't involve the original cast.

We’re letting big corporations gamble with our lives. Act now, or the food could run out | George Monbiot The fragility of the global food system fills me with dread – and the war with Iran has exposed just how close to collapse it is, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The global food system is systemically fragile in the same way that the global financial system was before the 2008 crash. If it goes it down, we’re looking, as complex societies, at a potential termination event.
This week's column. Please read it.
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It’s devastating that Girlguiding has announced plans to exclude existing trans girl guides from September.

The Supreme Court ruling is being weaponised to bully previously inclusive organisations into abandoning members of their own community. [1/2]

A sign says: “I just want to say if you are trans and reading this I love you & so do all my mates”

Sign in a window, Bethnal Green.

Labour are essentially forcing conversion therapy onto kids now by denying an ability to both socially transition and medically transition, and are doing conversion therapy by the back door for trans adults via the up to decades long waiting lists for first appointments with NHS gender clinics.

94,755 women have said "NO" to transphobia and gender-critical ideology.

Let's get that to 100,000.

Please sign and share, share, share

notinourname.org.uk/petition/not-i…

Not sure where this claim comes from @pickardje.bsky.social as not in any data have seen or makes sense tbh - a customs union doesn’t touch the sides of growth.

For that we need Swiss deal and single market to reduce paperwork. Here’s why …

Britain Still Has Conversion Therapists. Here’s Why. YouTube video by Philosophy Tube

I'm about 40 minutesninto this @theabigailthorn.bsky.social video and I just keep screaming "YES THANK YOU" when she eloquently makes a point I've been trying to make in my writing for the last decade.

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Eleven bishops joined the late night sitting in the House of Lords to oppose abortion decriminalisation, with the Archbishop of Canterbury making a speech against reform. This is a stark reminder of the privileged position the Church of England has in our democracy.

Duncan McCann: The dangers from Palantir’s UK data grab are already here | Good Law Project The US spy-tech firm has inserted itself into the Ministry of Defence, the police and our health service – we’re already paying the price

How’s it going with Palantir?

Last week Health Services Journal revealed that almost a third of the NHS trusts using Palantir’s platform “were not meeting minimum data security standards”:
https://goodlaw.social/aeok

Gender changes must be recognised across borders, EU top court rules | Euractiv Countries cannot refuse to update civil status records if it hinders their right to live and move freely, the EU’s Court of Justice said

“That right protects gender identity and obliges Member States to provide for clear, accessible and effective procedures for the legal recognition of it…”

This is a welcome decision. All trans people, regardless of where they live, should be able to transition without humiliating legal obstacles.

The Guardian view on Kemi Badenoch and the Iran war: confusion reveals a lack of serious thinking | Editorial Editorial: The Tories and Reform UK have abandoned British interests to become ideological satellites of radical US cons

Exactly this ⬇️

"The Tories and Reform UK have abandoned British interests to become ideological satellites of radical US conservatism."

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Jo Maugham: The significance of Trans Mission | Good Law Project Trans joy, hope and solidarity were at Wembley Arena in abundance, reflects Jo Maugham

Last night I stood on stage and said to Wembley Arena: "the forces of facism, and those who bow to them like Wesley Streeting, will not win.” 👇

Zack on stage at wembley.

Trans rights are human rights.

Thank you, Wembley.

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LGBT+ Lib Dems back calls from Lib Dem MPs to propose amendments to the Equality Act that protect trans rights, and ensure that trans people have a voice in that process. Lib Dem MP Marie Goldman is right when she says trans rights and women's rights are not in competition. This has to be agreed cross-party, so please contact your MP and back the Lib Dems in asking for amendments to protect trans rights now.

Dear Minister for Women and Equalities, Re: Ongoing practical implications of last year's Supreme Court ruling Following the recent High Court decision concerning the challenge brought by the Good Law Project to EHRC interim guidance, I am writing to express my disappointment at the continued uncertainty surrounding the practical implications of last year’s Supreme Court ruling. While the Court has ruled on the question of standing in this case, it is clear that the wider issues remain far from settled. Trans, non-binary and intersex people continue to face profound anxiety about what these developments mean for their daily lives. Meanwhile, employers, service providers and public bodies tell us they still lack clear, workable direction about their responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010. This persistent uncertainty benefits no one. It risks leaving trans or gender non-conforming people worried about being excluded from facilities they have used for years, and organisations exposed to confusion, legal risk and unnecessary cost. You have repeatedly stated that trans people remain protected from discrimination. Without clear guidance, however, that statement offers little reassurance to those directly affected.

I urge you to bring forward new, workable, and inclusive guidance as a matter of urgency, and to lay any new EHRC code of practice before Parliament so it can be properly scrutinised and debated. There must be a rigorous democratic process, including a free vote, to assess whether the proposals genuinely ensure dignity, safety and inclusion for trans people while upholding the rights of women. I also urge you to appoint a joint committee of cross-party MPs and peers to conduct post-legislative scrutiny of both the Gender Recognition Act and the Equality Act 2010, takinh evidence from communities who have been impacted including trans people, which will propose any amendments or new legislation it sees as necessary to ensure existing rights are protected. The Liberal Democrats are clear that everyone deserves to feel safe, respected and free to be who they are. Protecting the rights of women and ensuring dignity and inclusion for trans people are not competing objectives; both are essential to a fair society. Your Department must now provide leadership and certainty to achieve that balance. I would welcome an update on your timetable for publishing revised guidance and laying it before Parliament, and would be grateful for the opportunity to meet to discuss these matters further. Yours sincerely, Marie Goldman MP, Liberal Democrats Spokesperson for Women and Equalities.

Trans rights and women's rights are not and never have been in competition. Thank you to Marie Goldman for this excellent letter and your work on this.

The reviews used to justify this excluded nearly 97% of all studies from inclusion in their analysis. This is an absolutely obscene hatchet job by the NHS specifically created to eliminate access to hormones for trans youth.