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“In a post on X, Rowling wrote: “This government tells us in one breath that it wants to stamp out misogyny, and in the next that it will be fighting in the Supreme Court to remove women’s and girls’ rights to single-sex spaces.””
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www.thetimes.com/article/3667...
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www.thetimes.com/article/3667...
JK Rowling attacks Labour for delaying new trans guidance
Advice on compliance with the law on single-sex spaces has yet to be shared with public bodies and businesses
www.thetimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
“In a post on X, Rowling wrote: “This government tells us in one breath that it wants to stamp out misogyny, and in the next that it will be fighting in the Supreme Court to remove women’s and girls’ rights to single-sex spaces.””
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www.thetimes.com/article/3667...
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🔺 Update: David Walliams dropped by publisher over harassment claims
David Walliams dropped by publisher over harassment claims
www.thetimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
🔺 Update: David Walliams dropped by publisher over harassment claims
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Once upon a time, men didn't use women's rest rooms so there was no need to police them.
"The form also has an option to submit photos to the tip line, however, taking photos inside a restroom is illegal."
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/17/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/17/t...
Ken Paxton opens tip line to encourage “bathroom bill” enforcement
The attorney general's complaint form is the latest effort to enforce new state restrictions on which restrooms transgender people can use in public buildings.
www.texastribune.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Once upon a time, men didn't use women's rest rooms so there was no need to police them.
As pertinent now as it was 6 years ago
December 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
As pertinent now as it was 6 years ago
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The physical and mental scars of female genital mutilation last a lifetime, say experts, after a medical journal accused the West of ‘stigmatising’ migrants
FGM victims’ fury as academics compare practice to cosmetic surgery
FGM victims’ fury as academics compare practice to cosmetic surgery
www.thetimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The physical and mental scars of female genital mutilation last a lifetime, say experts, after a medical journal accused the West of ‘stigmatising’ migrants
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'Doctors treating vulnerable patients with gender dysphoria have no way of assessing whether the NHS treatment provided has worked because outcomes are not systematically recorded, a damning official inquiry into the clinics has found.'
Good piece.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Good piece.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Long waits and ‘unacceptable’ lack of data at NHS gender clinics in England, review finds
Impossible to judge safety or effectiveness as adult clinics not systematically recording outcomes, Dr David Levy finds
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
'Doctors treating vulnerable patients with gender dysphoria have no way of assessing whether the NHS treatment provided has worked because outcomes are not systematically recorded, a damning official inquiry into the clinics has found.'
Good piece.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Good piece.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Gender Ideology Is Using the Tactics of Coercive Control
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December 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Gender Ideology Is Using the Tactics of Coercive Control
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19 December 1941 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Marta Weisz, was born in Sárköz. During the war, she lived in Szatmárnémeti.
On 31 May 1944, she was murdered in a gas chamber of Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
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Our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q
On 31 May 1944, she was murdered in a gas chamber of Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
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Our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q
December 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
19 December 1941 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Marta Weisz, was born in Sárköz. During the war, she lived in Szatmárnémeti.
On 31 May 1944, she was murdered in a gas chamber of Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
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Our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q
On 31 May 1944, she was murdered in a gas chamber of Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
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Our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q
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Dear Bridget Phillipson, according to the Equality and Human Rights Commission the definition of sex in the Equality Act 2010 (the Act) should be interpreted as ‘biological’ sex only.
December 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Dear Bridget Phillipson, according to the Equality and Human Rights Commission the definition of sex in the Equality Act 2010 (the Act) should be interpreted as ‘biological’ sex only.
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Doctors treating "vulnerable patients with gender dysphoria" would do well to ask themselves how, when and where this craze started. Treatment that validates the notion of genders dysphoria will only perpetuate it.
Education would be the best alternative.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Education would be the best alternative.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Long waits and ‘unacceptable’ lack of data at NHS gender clinics in England, review finds
Impossible to judge safety or effectiveness as adult clinics not systematically recording outcomes, Dr David Levy finds
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Doctors treating "vulnerable patients with gender dysphoria" would do well to ask themselves how, when and where this craze started. Treatment that validates the notion of genders dysphoria will only perpetuate it.
Education would be the best alternative.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Education would be the best alternative.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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It beggars belief to me that there are people out there who are able to suspend the truth of human biology and accept these outcomes for their daughters. I can't.
December 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
It beggars belief to me that there are people out there who are able to suspend the truth of human biology and accept these outcomes for their daughters. I can't.
“More taxpayer cash is to be spent on the SNP’s legal fight to keep biological men in female jails after a taxpayer-funded human rights body joined the case.”
The SNP is absolutely desperate to get convicted men into women’s prisons.
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www.thetimes.com/article/5207...
The SNP is absolutely desperate to get convicted men into women’s prisons.
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www.thetimes.com/article/5207...
More public money on legal fight over trans women in female jails
Court rules that the publicly funded Scottish Human Rights Commission can intervene in judicial review brought by For Women Scotland to change rules
www.thetimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“More taxpayer cash is to be spent on the SNP’s legal fight to keep biological men in female jails after a taxpayer-funded human rights body joined the case.”
The SNP is absolutely desperate to get convicted men into women’s prisons.
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www.thetimes.com/article/5207...
The SNP is absolutely desperate to get convicted men into women’s prisons.
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www.thetimes.com/article/5207...
“The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), the equality watchdog, sent its guidance to ministers three months ago but it has yet to be published by Bridget Phillipson, the women and equalities minister.”
Just get on with it Bridget, it’s the law.
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www.thetimes.com/article/822c...
Just get on with it Bridget, it’s the law.
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www.thetimes.com/article/822c...
Government says trans rules must have commonsense exemptions
Councils, NHS trusts and businesses continue to wait for guidance on single-sex spaces after a Supreme Court ruling that sex is defined by biology
www.thetimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:23 AM
“The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), the equality watchdog, sent its guidance to ministers three months ago but it has yet to be published by Bridget Phillipson, the women and equalities minister.”
Just get on with it Bridget, it’s the law.
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www.thetimes.com/article/822c...
Just get on with it Bridget, it’s the law.
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www.thetimes.com/article/822c...
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this piece has several WTF moments, but this especially - WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU ONLY INTRODUCED NO PORN ON WORK LAPTOPS THIS YEAR???
December 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
this piece has several WTF moments, but this especially - WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU ONLY INTRODUCED NO PORN ON WORK LAPTOPS THIS YEAR???
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Jane Clare Jones’ magnificent challenge to Robin Ince is worth a share here. Naturally he ran away. Probably because he couldn’t square up his atheist position with his belief in metaphysical shite
December 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Jane Clare Jones’ magnificent challenge to Robin Ince is worth a share here. Naturally he ran away. Probably because he couldn’t square up his atheist position with his belief in metaphysical shite
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An anaesthetist described as a “doctor of death” has been found guilty of poisoning 30 patients, 12 of them fatally
French anaesthetist who poisoned 30 patients is jailed for life
www.thetimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
An anaesthetist described as a “doctor of death” has been found guilty of poisoning 30 patients, 12 of them fatally
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In the words of the Green Women's Declaration:
'We are ashamed to be in the same Party as Carla Denyer.
There is nothing Green, holistic or healthy in conducting this unethical experiment on children.
You are an embarrassment to Green politics'.
'We are ashamed to be in the same Party as Carla Denyer.
There is nothing Green, holistic or healthy in conducting this unethical experiment on children.
You are an embarrassment to Green politics'.
The ban on puberty blockers is devastating for many young trans people. Currently the only way to access them is through a government trial - I am asking govt to ensure that the trial can be accessed by as many young people as need it.
December 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
In the words of the Green Women's Declaration:
'We are ashamed to be in the same Party as Carla Denyer.
There is nothing Green, holistic or healthy in conducting this unethical experiment on children.
You are an embarrassment to Green politics'.
'We are ashamed to be in the same Party as Carla Denyer.
There is nothing Green, holistic or healthy in conducting this unethical experiment on children.
You are an embarrassment to Green politics'.
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The ‘progressive people’ took it away again…
December 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The ‘progressive people’ took it away again…
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🧵 We welcome the long-awaited #VAWG strategy, published today.
It includes some promising initiatives, many of which were signalled ahead of today’s launch, and it is positive to see renewed focus on this national emergency.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
It includes some promising initiatives, many of which were signalled ahead of today’s launch, and it is positive to see renewed focus on this national emergency.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Freedom from violence and abuse: a cross-government strategy
This strategy sets out the government’s vision and actions for meeting its ambition to halve violence against women and girls in a decade.
www.gov.uk
December 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🧵 We welcome the long-awaited #VAWG strategy, published today.
It includes some promising initiatives, many of which were signalled ahead of today’s launch, and it is positive to see renewed focus on this national emergency.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
It includes some promising initiatives, many of which were signalled ahead of today’s launch, and it is positive to see renewed focus on this national emergency.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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We're hearing a lot about teaching boys not to be misogynists, but what of teaching girls to respond assertively? They're surely not all incapable of putting idiots straight? There must be plenty who'll grow into strong women because they're confident girls?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Violence against women and girls strategy: Boys to be sent on courses to tackle misogyny in schools
The measure is part of the government's strategy to tackle violence against women and girls in England.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
We're hearing a lot about teaching boys not to be misogynists, but what of teaching girls to respond assertively? They're surely not all incapable of putting idiots straight? There must be plenty who'll grow into strong women because they're confident girls?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Long-awaited £2.5bn Leeds and Bradford tram plan delayed until late 2030s after government review. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leeds-Bradford £2.5bn tram plan delayed after government review
West Yorkshire's mayor says she is confident the trams will be running
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Long-awaited £2.5bn Leeds and Bradford tram plan delayed until late 2030s after government review. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Pilot study, 12 month follow up, puberty blockers don't improve mental well being.
Gohil et al. (2025). Observations of the effect of GNRH analog treatment on psychosocial well-being in transgender youth and their caregivers J Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism doi.org/https://dx.d...
Gohil et al. (2025). Observations of the effect of GNRH analog treatment on psychosocial well-being in transgender youth and their caregivers J Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism doi.org/https://dx.d...
Observations of the effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog treatment on psychosocial well-being in transgender youth and their caregivers – a pilot study
Objectives We investigated indices of mental health in transgender youth and their primary caregiver during 12 months of GnRHa therapy. Methods Psychological measures were completed at baseline, 6 mon...
doi.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Pilot study, 12 month follow up, puberty blockers don't improve mental well being.
Gohil et al. (2025). Observations of the effect of GNRH analog treatment on psychosocial well-being in transgender youth and their caregivers J Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism doi.org/https://dx.d...
Gohil et al. (2025). Observations of the effect of GNRH analog treatment on psychosocial well-being in transgender youth and their caregivers J Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism doi.org/https://dx.d...
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Open Letter from clinicians to Wes Streeting on the PATHWAYS Puberty Blocker Trial. Wes Streeting has indicated openness to hearing from clinicians with concerns about the PB trial.
can-sg.org/2025/12/18/o...
can-sg.org/2025/12/18/o...
Open Letter from clinicians to Wes Streeting on the PATHWAYS Puberty Blocker Trial
We’re collecting signatures from clinicians for this open letter. Please add your name here: Sign the letter to Wes Streeting Mr Wes StreetingSecretary of State for Health and Social Care Cop…
can-sg.org
December 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Open Letter from clinicians to Wes Streeting on the PATHWAYS Puberty Blocker Trial. Wes Streeting has indicated openness to hearing from clinicians with concerns about the PB trial.
can-sg.org/2025/12/18/o...
can-sg.org/2025/12/18/o...