my MP has continued to ignore my requests for meetings and mostly ignored my emails (apart from copy and paste replies). I'm afraid I have given up!

Lib Dem leader signals party could back Sarwar as first minister Alex Cole-Hamilton says he would have an

A vote for the Lib Dems could deliver the most transphobic government in Scotland's history.

The background is distorted stripes of dark and light blue, green, orange, yellow and red. In the centre is a white square that says "Scottish Election 2026 - Party manifestos summary: LGBTQIA+ issues" At the bottom are the Equality Network and Scottish Trans logos.

The Scottish Parliament Election is coming up on the 7th May. Ahead of the election, we have created a summary of the relevant commitments and comments from the manifestos of all the parties currently projected to win seats.

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Praising JK Rowling when asked a question on trans rights is akin to praising Anita Bryant when asked a question gay rights. No money to Stonewall. No Stonewall at Pride. They are already experiencing a funding crisis, and this chairwoman appointment should be their last. Traitors.

Yes is winning on 58%

Mail is running a poll on whether the UK should rejoin the EU.

Takes seconds to vote and it's going hilariously well...

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Labour can’t be trusted not to do a deal with Reform I don’t usually pay too much attention to leaders’ debates in the run up to elections. They are invariably too shouty with the leaders vying to talk over the top of each other. Anas Sar…

My latest blog piece. With the revelation from Malcolm Offord that Sarwar approached him suggesting Labour and Reform work together, it's now clear, Labour cannot be trusted to keep out Reform.

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Let the music return

"Hear ye, hear ye!" - it's #NationalUnicornDay

Glasgow put on its gladrags, on April 24, 1930, for the unveiling of the city's new Mercat Cross, at Glasgow Cross.

It was the work of Edith Burnet Hughes, considered Britain's first female architect, having established her own studio in 1920.

Our latest website update now lists every candidate running in the Scottish Parliamentary elections next month.

Use our page to find your candidates. Get in touch with them and let them know you want them to back our pledges:

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In 1953 Iran had a functioning democracy. A free press. Seven political parties. Women in universities. Women granted voting rights in municipal councils in 1952. A secular prime minister named Mosaddegh who believed Iran's oil belonged to Iran. The US and Britain decided he had to go.

I love these!

We live in a world where Pink News has been so awful when it comes to trans people that they are now on the Very British Bigotry blocklist.

Sickening gaslighting! "we're only doing it for your own good!"

Well done!! I also only learned to ride a bike when I was 39!

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Please read this, understand what the govt is doing & take action. Labour's immigration proposals swap integration for segregation, introduce a Dubai-style Kafala system of coercive employer control & drive low-income families into poverty. They're an abomination.

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Shirley Manson calls ban on trans girls from Guides 'cruel and nonsensical' Garbage singer Shirley Manson has described a ban on transgender girls in the Guides as 'weird, cruel and nonsensical'

I agree with Shirley Manson. “Weird, cruel and nonsensical” to ban a tiny number of vulnerable kids from Guides. This is adults bullying children www.heraldscotland.com/news/2597939...

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.

The sooner the better!

Verdict in on priest accused of sex attack at Clarkston church We previously reported that giving evidence during the trial at Paisley Sheriff Court, the male told how Baillie sexually assaulted him after going…

It's notable that the seemingly endless catalogue of sexual offences committed by priests & ministers is never turned into a narrative that 'all clergy' are a threat, the way any offence by a trans person is used to collectively smear an entire group. And it's often the religious doing the smearing.

Mega congratulations!

Petition: Stop mental health, ADHD & autism services review. Adopt report recommendations Scrap the review into rising demand for Mental Health, ADHD & Autism services. Instead fund & implement the recommendations of the 'Time to Deliver' (Autism Act Committee) & ADHD Taskforce Part 2 repo...

Wes Streeting is planning a Cass review for neurodivergency. We are the latest group targeted for public punishment in Labour's vain quest for rightwing support. Lives will be ruined and lives will be lost if they get their way.
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Feeling childishly happy that Maya Forstater and Julie Bindel were in the crowd when I ad libbed both my TERF comment and @transparentaction plug for affirming parents.

Full speech here with subtitles.

There was a palpable shift in the room. A kind of hushed roar for Alice. It was very special.

Anti-LGBTQ hate group Genspect advertised over 70 detransitioners would attend their Detrans Awareness Day event in Washington DC.

“The world’s largest gathering of detransitioners” included a total of 42 people.

Among those I count at least 3 desisters and 3 detransitioners from the UK.

'Someone had to do something': Passerby tried to tackle vape shop fire Lamin Kongira was walking along Union Street when a shopkeeper began shouting about a fire in the vape shop

Absolute hero.

I think I also read that he saw that the fire looked to have started on a bus bar extension with multiple chargers plugged in.

New German, Swiss, And Austrian Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Slam Cass Review The recommendations, released by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, come at a time when US politicians erroneously claim that Europe is "pulling back" on transgender care.

New German, Swiss, And Austrian Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Slam Cass Review

Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP We write to express our grave concern that individuals who hold gender-critical views are being permitted to participate in decisions directly affecting trans healthcare, including within regulatory and clinical settings, and that trans people themselves are often excluded from the same processes. The fact that Professor George has been recused from the MRA puberty blocker panel is a clear recognition that certain framings of sex and gender can distort clinical decision-making. However, the issue extends far beyond one individual, reaching into the wider healthcare workforce, including a minority of doctors, nurses, and other health professionals with gender-critical views who continue to influence or scrutinise trans-affirming care beyond trans people's involvement. We need to be explicit that no person whose gender-critical beliefs result in discriminatory conduct towards trans people should hold any role in the delivery or governance of trans healthcare. Where such discrimination is identified, existing disciplinary and employment frameworks must be used to remove those individuals from positions of influence. In the longer term, robust safeguards should be developed to prevent such individuals from being appointed to roles that shape or oversee trans healthcare in the first place. Those decisions must be taken by people with lived experience of being trans. Trans people are experts in their own health and wellbeing, and their voices must be central to the design, monitoring, and reform of trans-inclusive services. We recognise that gender-critical beliefs are protected under Article 9 ECHR and the Equality Act 2010, and we fully respect the right of individuals to hold such beliefs. However, when those beliefs are manifested in ways that discriminate against trans people, restrict access to care, or undermine trans-affirming treatment, they cross the line into what can reasonably be described as an "objectionable manifestation of belief".

Trans people in the UK continue to face significant prejudice and discrimination, and a substantial portion of that prejudice is rooted in gender-critical ideology, which frequently targets trans identities and gender-affirming care. That pattern of animus is commonly understood as transphobia. While there is currently no statutory definition of transphobia - just as there is none for antisemitism - the City of Portsmouth, where TransLucent is based, has adopted a local definition grounded in the United Nations framework. The council's motion, passed in November 2024, defines transphobia as "the dislike, prejudice, discrimination, denial of identity, hatred or violence towards people who identify as transgender or gender-diverse". We would also draw your attention to the Southern Poverty Law Centre (SPLC), which has designated certain organisations that promote transphobic narratives, including opposition to gender-affirming healthcare, as "hate groups". The SPLC defines a hate group as an organisation whose beliefs or practices attack or malign an entire class of people, typically based on immutable characteristics. Two international gender-critical organisations that actively promote concerns about gender-affirming care and have considerable influence within the UK have been identified by the SPLC as meeting this hate group threshold. Their interventions in UK policy debates cannot be treated as neutral or simply "academic": they are part of a broader pattern of hostility towards trans lives. TransLucent has always maintained a tolerant and respectful approach, seeking to engage constructively with those who do not share our goals. We operate in accordance with the Nolan Principles and are transparent about our research and data collection, publishing our findings publicly, including on issues such as the safety and acceptability of trans people's use of single-sex spaces.

However, when organisations or individuals use prejudicial or discriminatory views to target trans people, or to propagate misinformation about the services they are entitled to, it is both necessary and proportionate to highlight those facts. Failing to do so risks normalising hostility and embedding t into the structures of the healthcare system itself. This deliberately reduces the access to care of rans people, which is clearly a form of discrimination We urge your department to take concrete steps to ensure that trans healthcare is free from gender-critical discrimination and that trans people are not only consulted but are central to the design and oversight of services that affect them.

Clearer version here, with alt text 🤗🤗🤗
Huge thanks to @stephrichards.bsky.social for putting this together.
TransLucent’s letter to the minister for health and social care, sent earlier today.

A photo from a Trans Rights Protest taken on film by Lily when live reporting for What The Trans. In a large group of people the centre of the picture is taken up by a sign saying "EHRC is Broken, Led by bigots, It enables hate, It silences Truth" the background of the sign is the trans flag colours of Pink Blue and White

BREAKING: “Politically Captured” EHRC Reported to Global Human Rights Authority YET AGAIN

The Lemkin Institute, Dr. Victoria McCloud and TEN are calling for the EHRC to be demoted, read why ⬇️

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#breaking #news #uk #transrights #ehrc @flintywrites.bsky.social

This is horrific