Matteo Bassetti
@matteobassetti.bsky.social
PhD candidate at the University of Essex | Queer & trans (he/they)
Doing research on trans pathologisation, IHRL.
Doing research on trans pathologisation, IHRL.
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They are forcibly de-transitioning trans children/adolescents. Those most severely impacted are aged 11-15. The risk to this group is very high, and NHS England/NHS Sussex know this. They don't care at all about the safety or well-being of trans under 18s.
NHS Sussex are forcibly detransitioning trans people. These patients need full restoration of their healthcare, and everyone involved in doing this needs to be sacked.
"Laura fears all will be lost if ICB Sussex forces her child off the medication.
If ICB Sussex get their own way in a matter of weeks and they force detransition, Olive may well take her life."
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
If ICB Sussex get their own way in a matter of weeks and they force detransition, Olive may well take her life."
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
November 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
They are forcibly de-transitioning trans children/adolescents. Those most severely impacted are aged 11-15. The risk to this group is very high, and NHS England/NHS Sussex know this. They don't care at all about the safety or well-being of trans under 18s.
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📣SAVE THE DATE 📣
📆 29-30 gennaio 2026
📍Dipartimento di Scienze Umane - Università di Verona
Deadline: 31 ottobre 2025
La CfP è aperta al mondo dell’accademia, dell’attivismo e delle istituzioni, con l’obiettivo di stimolare un dialogo intersettoriale.
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📆 29-30 gennaio 2026
📍Dipartimento di Scienze Umane - Università di Verona
Deadline: 31 ottobre 2025
La CfP è aperta al mondo dell’accademia, dell’attivismo e delle istituzioni, con l’obiettivo di stimolare un dialogo intersettoriale.
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October 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
📣SAVE THE DATE 📣
📆 29-30 gennaio 2026
📍Dipartimento di Scienze Umane - Università di Verona
Deadline: 31 ottobre 2025
La CfP è aperta al mondo dell’accademia, dell’attivismo e delle istituzioni, con l’obiettivo di stimolare un dialogo intersettoriale.
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📆 29-30 gennaio 2026
📍Dipartimento di Scienze Umane - Università di Verona
Deadline: 31 ottobre 2025
La CfP è aperta al mondo dell’accademia, dell’attivismo e delle istituzioni, con l’obiettivo di stimolare un dialogo intersettoriale.
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‘The current members of the Supreme Court, ten men and two women, all of them white, seem to regard the Human Rights Act as an unwelcome remnant of a past era.’
In his final piece for the 𝘓𝘙𝘉, Conor Gearty writes on the Supreme Court’s reinterpretation of the HRA: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
In his final piece for the 𝘓𝘙𝘉, Conor Gearty writes on the Supreme Court’s reinterpretation of the HRA: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Conor Gearty · Unwelcome Remnant: Erasing the Human Rights Act
The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. In cases where human rights cannot be...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
‘The current members of the Supreme Court, ten men and two women, all of them white, seem to regard the Human Rights Act as an unwelcome remnant of a past era.’
In his final piece for the 𝘓𝘙𝘉, Conor Gearty writes on the Supreme Court’s reinterpretation of the HRA: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
In his final piece for the 𝘓𝘙𝘉, Conor Gearty writes on the Supreme Court’s reinterpretation of the HRA: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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It is hard not to despair when literally anyone could accuse you of having hid your "transgender status" from them and have you imprisoned and put on a sex offenders register.
transwrites.world/ciara-watkin...
Ciara Watkin has been convicted and imprisoned for being transgender in a transphobic nation
by @gemma.transwrites.world
Ciara Watkin has been convicted and imprisoned for being transgender in a transphobic nation
by @gemma.transwrites.world
Ciara Watkin has been convicted and imprisoned for being transgender in a transphobic nation - Trans Writes
Ciara Watkin is now a 21 year old woman who, 3 years ago, met a man of the same age through instant messaging apps and engaged in sexual activity with him. She has now been convicted and will be house...
transwrites.world
October 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It is hard not to despair when literally anyone could accuse you of having hid your "transgender status" from them and have you imprisoned and put on a sex offenders register.
Hello! To make sense of the world, transphobia and my research, I’m looking for *poetry* suggestions about:
- agency, activism and solidarity after torture
- life/emotions post dehumanisation
- the oppression-trauma-guilt-shame mix
With a preference for 🏳️🌈 authors other than cis straight men! 🏳️🌈
- agency, activism and solidarity after torture
- life/emotions post dehumanisation
- the oppression-trauma-guilt-shame mix
With a preference for 🏳️🌈 authors other than cis straight men! 🏳️🌈
October 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Hello! To make sense of the world, transphobia and my research, I’m looking for *poetry* suggestions about:
- agency, activism and solidarity after torture
- life/emotions post dehumanisation
- the oppression-trauma-guilt-shame mix
With a preference for 🏳️🌈 authors other than cis straight men! 🏳️🌈
- agency, activism and solidarity after torture
- life/emotions post dehumanisation
- the oppression-trauma-guilt-shame mix
With a preference for 🏳️🌈 authors other than cis straight men! 🏳️🌈
The banality, everyday-ness of hate is one of the most striking parts of this.
The way in which bystanders are once again happy to make humiliation of trans and gender non-conforming people a part of their routine social interactions.
The way in which bystanders are once again happy to make humiliation of trans and gender non-conforming people a part of their routine social interactions.
A new report from TransActual shows that trans and cisgender people face job loss, violence, vigilantism and wholesale exclusion following the Supreme Court Ruling and EHRC guidance.
Read the report at: tinyurl.com/trans-segreg...
#Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #EqualityAct #EHRC #TransRights
Read the report at: tinyurl.com/trans-segreg...
#Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #EqualityAct #EHRC #TransRights
August 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The banality, everyday-ness of hate is one of the most striking parts of this.
The way in which bystanders are once again happy to make humiliation of trans and gender non-conforming people a part of their routine social interactions.
The way in which bystanders are once again happy to make humiliation of trans and gender non-conforming people a part of their routine social interactions.
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The NHS are forcibly detransitioning trans kids in Brighton and calling it “managed withdrawal.” Their own impact assessment acknowledges trans kids will be at increased risk of harm as a result, don’t want this, and are likely to just use DIY hormones instead
August 12, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The NHS are forcibly detransitioning trans kids in Brighton and calling it “managed withdrawal.” Their own impact assessment acknowledges trans kids will be at increased risk of harm as a result, don’t want this, and are likely to just use DIY hormones instead
It was so nice to see @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social and Gina, and to have a small PhD workshop filled with feminist and queer care practices to navigate academia!
Academic selfie: PhD workshop day with @theshippinglawyer.bsky.social, @matteobassetti.bsky.social, and Gina Heathcote edition
August 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
It was so nice to see @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social and Gina, and to have a small PhD workshop filled with feminist and queer care practices to navigate academia!
I confirm - once again - that not having to justify your whole existence to access basic gender affirming healthcare FEELS GOOD. And light. And decent.
Thank you Australia (2025) and Belgium (2021) for these brief encounters with your imperfect (!!) but not violently transphobic healthcare systems.
Thank you Australia (2025) and Belgium (2021) for these brief encounters with your imperfect (!!) but not violently transphobic healthcare systems.
July 15, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I confirm - once again - that not having to justify your whole existence to access basic gender affirming healthcare FEELS GOOD. And light. And decent.
Thank you Australia (2025) and Belgium (2021) for these brief encounters with your imperfect (!!) but not violently transphobic healthcare systems.
Thank you Australia (2025) and Belgium (2021) for these brief encounters with your imperfect (!!) but not violently transphobic healthcare systems.
I’m taking a breather from England and its transphobia, and reading this from a place where gender self-determination is a solid policy makes the hate and cruelty so visible and incomprehensible at the same time.
Incontrovertible evidence, now, of *police* investigating families supporting their kids with gender affirming healthcare in the UK. For trying to do the best for your child, following best practice in most of the world, here you get a visit from the police.
Thank you, Wes Streeting.
Thank you, Wes Streeting.
July 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I’m taking a breather from England and its transphobia, and reading this from a place where gender self-determination is a solid policy makes the hate and cruelty so visible and incomprehensible at the same time.
All good BUT details matter:
> the Court misgenders the applicant EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. 🤯
> no critique of aim of the interference - the aim to maintain states’ ability to exclude some trans people from recognition and protect cisnormativity is still *fine* for the Court.
> the Court misgenders the applicant EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. 🤯
> no critique of aim of the interference - the aim to maintain states’ ability to exclude some trans people from recognition and protect cisnormativity is still *fine* for the Court.
Today, the European Court of Human Rights has published a key judgment: T. H. v. the Czech Republic. The decision brings yet another major shift in the rights of transgender and non-binary people in the Czech Republic.
The Court unanimously ruled that making the change of personal identification /1
The Court unanimously ruled that making the change of personal identification /1
HUDOC - European Court of Human Rights
The HUDOC database provides access to the case-law of the Court (Grand Chamber, Chamber and Committee judgments and decisions, communicated cases, advisory opinions and legal summaries from the Case-L...
https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/#{%22itemid%22:[%22001-243567%22]}
June 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
All good BUT details matter:
> the Court misgenders the applicant EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. 🤯
> no critique of aim of the interference - the aim to maintain states’ ability to exclude some trans people from recognition and protect cisnormativity is still *fine* for the Court.
> the Court misgenders the applicant EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. 🤯
> no critique of aim of the interference - the aim to maintain states’ ability to exclude some trans people from recognition and protect cisnormativity is still *fine* for the Court.
Hi!
I’ll be in Melbourne this summer for a research visit :)
If anyone has tips about the city, bookshops to visit, queer things to do, leads on housing, or anything else, let me know!!
I’ll be in Melbourne this summer for a research visit :)
If anyone has tips about the city, bookshops to visit, queer things to do, leads on housing, or anything else, let me know!!
May 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Hi!
I’ll be in Melbourne this summer for a research visit :)
If anyone has tips about the city, bookshops to visit, queer things to do, leads on housing, or anything else, let me know!!
I’ll be in Melbourne this summer for a research visit :)
If anyone has tips about the city, bookshops to visit, queer things to do, leads on housing, or anything else, let me know!!
Last week I had the amazing opportunity to chat about trans rights catastrophes in the Uk with @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social and Manon!!
Chatting and complaining about the case with such amazing minds was such an important part of making sense of what’s happening on terf island.
Chatting and complaining about the case with such amazing minds was such an important part of making sense of what’s happening on terf island.
#CalledToTheBar is out for the week! This week @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social discusses the Scottish Ministers Case with @matteobassetti.bsky.social and Manon Buery. What does it mean for trans rights? And why do some courts struggle with trans rights as human rights?
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41. The Scottish Ministers Case and Trans Rights as Human Rights
This week Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige is joined by Matteo Bassetti and Manon Buery to examine the UK Supreme Court decision in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers. In this case the Supreme Co
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May 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Last week I had the amazing opportunity to chat about trans rights catastrophes in the Uk with @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social and Manon!!
Chatting and complaining about the case with such amazing minds was such an important part of making sense of what’s happening on terf island.
Chatting and complaining about the case with such amazing minds was such an important part of making sense of what’s happening on terf island.
Time to make *those* worst-case scenario type of plans for trans people in the UK.
The hard reality is that this is not a panic-induced call, but a very calm and rational one.
The hard reality is that this is not a panic-induced call, but a very calm and rational one.
Another reminder to trans people - if you're able to, now is an *extremely* good time to update or renew your NHS records, driving license, and/or passport. Better safe than sorry.
April 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Time to make *those* worst-case scenario type of plans for trans people in the UK.
The hard reality is that this is not a panic-induced call, but a very calm and rational one.
The hard reality is that this is not a panic-induced call, but a very calm and rational one.
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The ruling, as I understand it, did not say that trans women cannot use women's toilets as such. It said it is lawful to exclude us. Which sucks but the difference matters. If organisations discriminate against us it's a decision they are making, not something they've been forced into.
Bridget Phillipson here, confirming that the government’s position is that trans women must always use men’s bathrooms when out in public.
April 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The ruling, as I understand it, did not say that trans women cannot use women's toilets as such. It said it is lawful to exclude us. Which sucks but the difference matters. If organisations discriminate against us it's a decision they are making, not something they've been forced into.
I’m still struggling to express my horror for the UK Supreme Court judgement in full sentences.
To be with thousands of fellow trans people and allies made it possible to feel and think about resistance.
To be with thousands of fellow trans people and allies made it possible to feel and think about resistance.
April 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I’m still struggling to express my horror for the UK Supreme Court judgement in full sentences.
To be with thousands of fellow trans people and allies made it possible to feel and think about resistance.
To be with thousands of fellow trans people and allies made it possible to feel and think about resistance.
The ECtHR has had a major role in the achievement of trans rights in the UK.
One of the central elements of Goodwin v. The UK was the recognition of the applicant's affirmed gender in *all aspects of her life*
This is one of the few aspects of on trans jurisprudence where the ECtHR has been clear.
One of the central elements of Goodwin v. The UK was the recognition of the applicant's affirmed gender in *all aspects of her life*
This is one of the few aspects of on trans jurisprudence where the ECtHR has been clear.
April 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The ECtHR has had a major role in the achievement of trans rights in the UK.
One of the central elements of Goodwin v. The UK was the recognition of the applicant's affirmed gender in *all aspects of her life*
This is one of the few aspects of on trans jurisprudence where the ECtHR has been clear.
One of the central elements of Goodwin v. The UK was the recognition of the applicant's affirmed gender in *all aspects of her life*
This is one of the few aspects of on trans jurisprudence where the ECtHR has been clear.
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🏳️⚧️UCU and the trade union movement stands with the trans community.
Join us and fellow unions for an emergency demo on Saurday:
📍Parliament Square
🗓 Sat 19 April
🕐 1pm
Solidarity means standing together, especially when it’s hardest. ✊
Join us and fellow unions for an emergency demo on Saurday:
📍Parliament Square
🗓 Sat 19 April
🕐 1pm
Solidarity means standing together, especially when it’s hardest. ✊
April 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🏳️⚧️UCU and the trade union movement stands with the trans community.
Join us and fellow unions for an emergency demo on Saurday:
📍Parliament Square
🗓 Sat 19 April
🕐 1pm
Solidarity means standing together, especially when it’s hardest. ✊
Join us and fellow unions for an emergency demo on Saurday:
📍Parliament Square
🗓 Sat 19 April
🕐 1pm
Solidarity means standing together, especially when it’s hardest. ✊
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This is very true.
There are many things to abhor about the judgment but the protected characteristic of 'gender reassignment' stands.
There are many things to abhor about the judgment but the protected characteristic of 'gender reassignment' stands.
Despite all the bullshit:
Yesterday the Supreme Court made it clear that anti trans discrimination is still unlawful.
Anyone trying to use it today to argue the opposite is still lying.
Yesterday the Supreme Court made it clear that anti trans discrimination is still unlawful.
Anyone trying to use it today to argue the opposite is still lying.
April 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
This is very true.
There are many things to abhor about the judgment but the protected characteristic of 'gender reassignment' stands.
There are many things to abhor about the judgment but the protected characteristic of 'gender reassignment' stands.
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In the face of this horrific attack on equalities from Labour, important to note what we still have:
Stock did not leave Sussex because of a policy. She left because she couldn't stand colleagues' and students' free speech, their opposition to her bigotry. Governments cannot take this power away.
Stock did not leave Sussex because of a policy. She left because she couldn't stand colleagues' and students' free speech, their opposition to her bigotry. Governments cannot take this power away.
The Uni of Sussex vice chancellor has called the Office for Students investigation into free speech on their campus "politically motivated" and "Kafka-esque" in a strongly worded statement
Prof Sasha Roseneil said the Uni would "strongly contest" the findings after being fined over £500k by the OfS
Prof Sasha Roseneil said the Uni would "strongly contest" the findings after being fined over £500k by the OfS
Vice Chancellor Attacks 'Politically Motivated' Investigation After University Gets Record Fine Over Free Speech Row
The vice chancellor of Sussex University has accused the higher education regulator of 'partisan scapegoating' after the university was fined over ...
www.politicshome.com
March 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
In the face of this horrific attack on equalities from Labour, important to note what we still have:
Stock did not leave Sussex because of a policy. She left because she couldn't stand colleagues' and students' free speech, their opposition to her bigotry. Governments cannot take this power away.
Stock did not leave Sussex because of a policy. She left because she couldn't stand colleagues' and students' free speech, their opposition to her bigotry. Governments cannot take this power away.
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If you are trans, live in England, and think you might want to change your gender marker on the NHS, contact your GP to sort it **asap**. The UK government is cracking down on trans people and we have seen exactly how this plays out in the US. The form for your GP is here:
Adoptions and Gender Reassignment | PCSE
app.pcse.grantis.co.uk
March 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
If you are trans, live in England, and think you might want to change your gender marker on the NHS, contact your GP to sort it **asap**. The UK government is cracking down on trans people and we have seen exactly how this plays out in the US. The form for your GP is here:
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‘The accusations of ‘child abuse’ and the promotion of mental illness may be stupidly rhetorical exaggeration but they are not likely to be taken literally’ (para 159).
Yet, these are things that have been taken increasingly literally over the last 5 years.
Yet, these are things that have been taken increasingly literally over the last 5 years.
1. Higgs -v- Farmor’s School [2025] EWCA Civ 109
Oh look, they’re using the same arguments to promote homophobia as they used to promote transphobia:
www.judiciary.uk/judgments/hi...
Oh look, they’re using the same arguments to promote homophobia as they used to promote transphobia:
www.judiciary.uk/judgments/hi...
Higgs -v- Farmor's School - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Neutral citation number: [2025] EWCA Civ 109 Case number: CA-2023-001319 In the Court of Appeal (Civil Division)On appeal from the Employment Appeal TribunalMrs Justice Eady (President)[2023] EAT 89 1...
www.judiciary.uk
February 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
‘The accusations of ‘child abuse’ and the promotion of mental illness may be stupidly rhetorical exaggeration but they are not likely to be taken literally’ (para 159).
Yet, these are things that have been taken increasingly literally over the last 5 years.
Yet, these are things that have been taken increasingly literally over the last 5 years.
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Notice the difference:
- Addressing 'gender-critical' beliefs as "transphobic" is an unlawful sterotype, potentially amounting to discrimination.
- But calling queer/trans people "child-abusers" is more of a "rhetorical exaggeration" or "derogatory sneer".
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- Addressing 'gender-critical' beliefs as "transphobic" is an unlawful sterotype, potentially amounting to discrimination.
- But calling queer/trans people "child-abusers" is more of a "rhetorical exaggeration" or "derogatory sneer".
bsky.app/profile/jess...
This decision will now be the leading authority on these issues. It seems likely to make it significantly more difficult for employers/services to take action against people engaging in homophobic and transphobic conduct - so long as, effectively, their bigotry is expressed sufficiently politely.
March 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Notice the difference:
- Addressing 'gender-critical' beliefs as "transphobic" is an unlawful sterotype, potentially amounting to discrimination.
- But calling queer/trans people "child-abusers" is more of a "rhetorical exaggeration" or "derogatory sneer".
bsky.app/profile/jess...
- Addressing 'gender-critical' beliefs as "transphobic" is an unlawful sterotype, potentially amounting to discrimination.
- But calling queer/trans people "child-abusers" is more of a "rhetorical exaggeration" or "derogatory sneer".
bsky.app/profile/jess...
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Also concerning was the obiter endorsement of the EHRC's claim, itself built from obiter, that to consider people with "gender-critical" beliefs ('gender is binary/sex is immutable') to be transphobic is "stereotyping", and can amount to discrimination of a protected belief.
Really troubling.
Really troubling.
There has been a Court of Appeal decision on the dismissal of a teacher for her anti-LGBT FB posts, seen by at least one parent. This is the highest authority we now have on the protection of 'Gender Critical' beliefs. CoA held her dismissal was disproportionate & amounted to direct discrimination 🧵
Higgs -v- Farmor's School - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Neutral citation number: [2025] EWCA Civ 109 Case number: CA-2023-001319 In the Court of Appeal (Civil Division)On appeal from the Employment Appeal TribunalMrs Justice Eady (President)[2023] EAT 89 1...
www.judiciary.uk
March 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Also concerning was the obiter endorsement of the EHRC's claim, itself built from obiter, that to consider people with "gender-critical" beliefs ('gender is binary/sex is immutable') to be transphobic is "stereotyping", and can amount to discrimination of a protected belief.
Really troubling.
Really troubling.
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Poland experts release clinical guidance on trans youth healthcare. They define the Cass Review as of "low scientific value and credibility". journals.viamedica.pl/endokrynolog...
Framework guidelines for the process of caring for the health of adolescent transgender (T) and non-binary (NB) people experiencing gender dysphoria — the position statement of the expert panel | Gawl...
journals.viamedica.pl
February 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Poland experts release clinical guidance on trans youth healthcare. They define the Cass Review as of "low scientific value and credibility". journals.viamedica.pl/endokrynolog...