UK Labour candidate for the Cazenove ward of Hackney; Laura Pascal suspended over transphobia this week. Including liking anti-trans tweets which compared real life human being Dylvan Mulvaney to racist blackface minstrel shows. But don’t worry she apologised and they unsuspended her!
Joanna Cherry named Chair of Parliament’s Human Rights Committee despite concerns over her views on trans rights.
Conservative MP Miriam Cates, known for her strong anti-trans stance, is currently under investigation by the parliamentary commissioner for standards.
UK MPs debate transphobic hate crime response, highlighting gaps in government’s approach and need for targeted protection of transgender community.
Carlow Town Hall flies the trans flag on Transgender Day of Remembrance, marking a historic day of support and inclusivity for the transgender community.
Sunak’s plan to sidestep the Human Rights Act for his Rwanda asylum policy raises concerns over human rights implications in the UK.
Drug testing women who have lost pregnancies to see if they have taken abortion pills, strip searching children, increasing surveillance in schools, arresting protestors, front page after front page telling us to hate, hate, hate those who need help, the UK is in serious trouble.
Arif Ahmed, the new OfS director for free speech, emphasises neutrality in his role. We analyse the potential impact on the trans community and academic freedom in England.
A document from 2020 obtained by Trans Writes reveals that the Government Equalities Offices were completely aware of LGB Alliance’s anti-trans lobbying before meeting with them. Jess O’Thomson writes;
In the recent days UK Labour has spoken more about trans people than it has basically across the entire last decade of the slowly generated…