"In a UK survey of over 4,000 trans people, TransActual found that 99% say media coverage has harmed their mental health, 99% have heard politicians express transphobic views, and many have been refused non-transition healthcare simply for being trans."
transactual.org.uk/trans-lives-...
Labour’s candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election, Angeliki Stogia, has spent the last 12 years campaigning for good homes, better transport and a greener Manchester. Now she’s running to unite Gorton and Denton and stand up to Reform.� Vote Labour on Thursday 26 February.
She seems fine. I’m glad Labour is fighting this from something closer to the Greens than Reform. She’s still a Labour candidate. People still have lost their trust in Labour. I can’t see why anyone should choose this candidate in Gorton over Hannah Spencer 💚
Labour took votes for granted.
They've blown it.
Green Party want to lower bills, protect our NHS and rebuild our public services.
Vote Green - and stop Reform.
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The Epstein Files ought to comprise the easiest political case against the billionaire class ever conceived. Any politician who supports policies favouring the ultra-wealthy should never be able to escape this association.
btw i have no idea why ministers are telling starmer to fire streeting but i agree with them.
he should never have been given a cabinet position to begin with. he shouldn't be a frontline politician at all.
This is absolutely hilarious. He has abandoned his principles but his voters haven't ... so they're abandoning HIM.
🚨 NEW | Starmer set to lose seat to Greens
🟢 GRN: 32% (+22)
🔴 LAB: 26% (-23)
➡️ REF: 18% (+12)
🔵 CON: 7% (=)
🟠 LD: 5% (=)
🟥 YRP: 2% (-17)*
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Hmm. Here's their phone number for "enquiries and feedback" for anyone who'd like to give them a call
I mean you COULD just tweet/etc at them but there's nothing like real phone calls from confused/disappointed/alienated customers to make clear people's feelings about the humiliation of segregation
Dear Laura Thank you for getting in touch and sharing your concerns with us. We understand that the recent ruling and subsequent guidance have caused uncertainty and concern for many. Please be assured that the Natural History Museum is committed to providing a safe and welcoming environment for all. We are currently reviewing the implications of the recent Supreme Court ruling and awaiting further clarification and industry specific guidance. We appreciate your support and your advocacy for inclusivity, and we want to reassure you that our commitment to treating all our visitors with dignity and respect remains unchanged.
Decided to write to all the London attractions In a Friend/Member of and ask for assurances they won't treat trans visitors unfavourably in future. Natural History Museum are first to respond
If your employer is struggling to work out how to respond to the awful Supreme Court decision this FAQs document reflects advice we've had from a team including a leading KC. goodlawproject.org/resource/tra...
Hmm. Here's their phone number for "enquiries and feedback" for anyone who'd like to give them a call
I mean you COULD just tweet/etc at them but there's nothing like real phone calls from confused/disappointed/alienated customers to make clear people's feelings about the humiliation of segregation
In line with the interim guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), and to comply with the Equality Act, our single-sex facilities are provided on the basis of biological sex. We appreciate that this may be upsetting, particularly for those who wish to use facilities that reflect their gender identity. So to ensure that everyone feels respected and supported during their visit, we provide gender-neutral, accessible toilets across the Gardens (separate from the male and female designated toilets). Their locations are listed below. Victoria Plaza Palm House Pond Ruined Arch Temperate House Brentford Gate Kew Palace Orangery Family Kitchen Pavilion Bar & Grill In addition, the toilets inside the Botanical Bar & Brasserie are all gender-neutral. Thank you for sharing your concerns, and we look forward to welcoming you to the Gardens again soon.
"So to ensure that everyone feels respected and supported during their visit, we provide gender-neutral, accessible toilets across the Gardens"
I'm nonbinary, and I have never felt less respected and supported than when you use gender neutral toilets to segregate binary trans people.
🏳️⚧️ "They will not win because, for all these reasons and more, they cannot win. Ultimately, even if everyone else wants to let them, we will not."
www.wearequeeraf.com/how-did-this-supreme-cou...
Separate is never equal.
They said: “Most people, including some fairly senior ones, had no idea the interim guidance was coming until it was published late on the Friday evening. “They woke up to texts from family members and friends saying: ‘What’s going on?’ Staff working on sex and gender issues hadn’t been told, and nor had the duty press staff who were meant to explain it to the media. It was completely shambolic. “This is, understandably, a fairly inclusive workplace and quite a few staff have trans friends or even partners. They suddenly had to try and explain this guidance which made no sense. “The pushback has been really strong. Some stakeholders are saying they can no longer work with us. Loads of staff say they’re looking for other jobs. The approach from the chair and senior leadership has been really secretive and paranoid.”
This reads like more evidence that the interim EHRC guidance was drawn up by Kishwer Falkner and cronies, without input from neutral expert staffers.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Now THIS is how you do a response statement.
Cis-allies: Now’s the time to step up 📢 If you’re feeling helpless after the UK Supreme Court ruling and the EURC’s response, here’s 5 practical steps you can take to support the trans community right now: 1️⃣ Tell your MP you oppose the ruling and anti-trans guidance — use a template, personalise it, and hit send. 2️⃣ Stay informed, avoid media spin, and learn the facts from trusted, trans-led sources. 3️⃣ Support legal funds and healthcare access for trans people. 4️⃣ Make your support public — show up, speak up, and wear your allyship proudly. 5️⃣ Challenge transphobia when it’s safe to do so — silence helps no one. There are plenty more things you can do to help - attend protests and marches, have those awkward conversations with your colleagues, friends, family - but these are a starting point.
For cis allies; something you can do to support trans people…
A list of suggestions from @annehealthcare.bsky.social
I'm suing the EHRC.
“Akua Reindorf KC, was overheard in the Supreme Court building plotting with activists from other hate groups about the next steps to take once the judgment was delivered. This is one of the factual grounds for the challenge.”
open.substack.com/pub/ashleeee...
From 3 years ago ...
The Government hasn't forced a longer consultation period on the EHRC to avoid a pre-determined outcome. It's forced a longer consultation period on the EHRC the better to shield Labour politically from the pre-determined outcome.
I find it's almost always clearest & best to use their terminology quotatively, in inverted commas & hedged with "so-called".
Therefore "so-called 'biological sex'" or "so-called 'birth sex'" etc
Then they can't (pretend to) misunderstand & also makes clear the dodginess of their terminology.
Very pleased to say, we've at last managed to get up some practical guidance on what the For (Some) Women Scotland decision means.
Tl;dr it's absolutely *not* what the bigots in Government or the bigots leading the misnamed EHRC are telling you. goodlaw.social/1c68df
1. The organization TGEU (Transgender Europe) has just released their annual transgender rights map.
“For the first time in its 13-year history, setbacks in human rights of trans people now clearly outweigh progress"
The latest from S. Baum.
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This is worth noting; the EHRC has form. It has previously produced “guidance” that, like their current“interim” hogwash, was ignored by everyone.
..."piss on the floor" & be sacked.
Basically the so-called "Equalities" minister is forcing employers to "out" transgender employees to their colleagues… -> humiliation, exclusion & stigma
AND making employment even HARDER for trans people to obtain - what employer wants this hassle?
#EHRC #SHAME
That's true for public toilets - a nightmare for service providers to "enforce biological sex" as they don't know the users
But easier to enforce in workplace toilets like this case - employers usually know which of their employees are trans (originally to protect them but now to exclude/harm them)
Not the airplane toilets!
Airbus are banning their transgender EMPLOYEES from using the toilets at work. "Outing" & endangering them
They've rushed to do this even BEFORE the draft guidelines have been reviewed & confirmed… eager to start humiliating & harming their trans employees ASAP.
#SHAME
Another day, another needing to say "The young men who buy into Andrew Tate's bullshit are not victims but perpetrators of the rape culture he sells them".
I think there's an argument to be made that they are often victims of some kind of fraud/con artistry/grift. But not victims of the misogyny.