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The number of you here has recently increased so thought this might be helpful, if you’re wondering who I am!
#nonbinary #nonbinarybarrister #trans #lgbtq #barrister #law #lawyer
#nonbinary #nonbinarybarrister #trans #lgbtq #barrister #law #lawyer
YOU ARE NOT ALONE
For me, community is not perfection or constant joy.
It is checking in.
It is sharing food, sharing space, sharing a laugh or a silence.
It is knowing someone is there, even if you do not have the words.
You belong.
And you are not alone.
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 #community #solidarity #humanrights
For me, community is not perfection or constant joy.
It is checking in.
It is sharing food, sharing space, sharing a laugh or a silence.
It is knowing someone is there, even if you do not have the words.
You belong.
And you are not alone.
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 #community #solidarity #humanrights
December 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
YOU ARE NOT ALONE
For me, community is not perfection or constant joy.
It is checking in.
It is sharing food, sharing space, sharing a laugh or a silence.
It is knowing someone is there, even if you do not have the words.
You belong.
And you are not alone.
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 #community #solidarity #humanrights
For me, community is not perfection or constant joy.
It is checking in.
It is sharing food, sharing space, sharing a laugh or a silence.
It is knowing someone is there, even if you do not have the words.
You belong.
And you are not alone.
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 #community #solidarity #humanrights
EXCLUSIVE
The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”.
Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights
The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”.
Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights
December 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
EXCLUSIVE
The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”.
Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights
The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”.
Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights
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It is a sign of how fundamentally abused and traumatised trans communities are in the UK that many folks are responding to Levy with relief and cautious welcome.
It could have been a lot worse.
But it fundamentally fails to deliver meaningful improvements to trans healthcare. 1/4
It could have been a lot worse.
But it fundamentally fails to deliver meaningful improvements to trans healthcare. 1/4
December 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It is a sign of how fundamentally abused and traumatised trans communities are in the UK that many folks are responding to Levy with relief and cautious welcome.
It could have been a lot worse.
But it fundamentally fails to deliver meaningful improvements to trans healthcare. 1/4
It could have been a lot worse.
But it fundamentally fails to deliver meaningful improvements to trans healthcare. 1/4
“Trans people are ruining sports, right?”
No. That is fear, not facts.
There is no evidence that trans inclusion destroys sport. That is why rules are sport specific, not blanket bans.
#MythBuster #TransRights #Sport #EqualityLaw
No. That is fear, not facts.
There is no evidence that trans inclusion destroys sport. That is why rules are sport specific, not blanket bans.
#MythBuster #TransRights #Sport #EqualityLaw
December 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
“Trans people are ruining sports, right?”
No. That is fear, not facts.
There is no evidence that trans inclusion destroys sport. That is why rules are sport specific, not blanket bans.
#MythBuster #TransRights #Sport #EqualityLaw
No. That is fear, not facts.
There is no evidence that trans inclusion destroys sport. That is why rules are sport specific, not blanket bans.
#MythBuster #TransRights #Sport #EqualityLaw
“Self-ID would destroy women’s spaces, right?”
No.
Self-ID doesn’t override the Equality Act.
Single-sex services already exist in law, and decisions are made case-by-case, based on evidence — not fear.
The
#MythBuster #EqualityAct #TransRights #WomensSpaces
No.
Self-ID doesn’t override the Equality Act.
Single-sex services already exist in law, and decisions are made case-by-case, based on evidence — not fear.
The
#MythBuster #EqualityAct #TransRights #WomensSpaces
December 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“Self-ID would destroy women’s spaces, right?”
No.
Self-ID doesn’t override the Equality Act.
Single-sex services already exist in law, and decisions are made case-by-case, based on evidence — not fear.
The
#MythBuster #EqualityAct #TransRights #WomensSpaces
No.
Self-ID doesn’t override the Equality Act.
Single-sex services already exist in law, and decisions are made case-by-case, based on evidence — not fear.
The
#MythBuster #EqualityAct #TransRights #WomensSpaces
“Why is everyone trans now?”
Gender diversity is not new. The panic around it is.
#MythBuster #EqualityLaw #Inclusion #TransRights #HumanRights
Gender diversity is not new. The panic around it is.
#MythBuster #EqualityLaw #Inclusion #TransRights #HumanRights
December 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
“Why is everyone trans now?”
Gender diversity is not new. The panic around it is.
#MythBuster #EqualityLaw #Inclusion #TransRights #HumanRights
Gender diversity is not new. The panic around it is.
#MythBuster #EqualityLaw #Inclusion #TransRights #HumanRights
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Interesting piece.
The points about human rights/EU law have force. But for me, the central problem with the FWS judgment is more fundamental. It strikes me as implausible that this is what Parliament intended, without spelling it out, only 6 years after the GRA, and in an Act dealing with equality.
The points about human rights/EU law have force. But for me, the central problem with the FWS judgment is more fundamental. It strikes me as implausible that this is what Parliament intended, without spelling it out, only 6 years after the GRA, and in an Act dealing with equality.
So much of the commentary on the FWS judgment has been driven by reflexive responses to the outcome, but there are so many gaps and leaps in its reasoning that it will spawn litigation for years to come - @aoifemod.bsky.social and I flag some failings in judge craft:
nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
December 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Interesting piece.
The points about human rights/EU law have force. But for me, the central problem with the FWS judgment is more fundamental. It strikes me as implausible that this is what Parliament intended, without spelling it out, only 6 years after the GRA, and in an Act dealing with equality.
The points about human rights/EU law have force. But for me, the central problem with the FWS judgment is more fundamental. It strikes me as implausible that this is what Parliament intended, without spelling it out, only 6 years after the GRA, and in an Act dealing with equality.
Men say they’re trans to get into women’s spaces…right?
Funny how the loudest fears rarely match the facts.
#transrights #womensrights #humanrights #nonbinaryrights #equalitylaw
Funny how the loudest fears rarely match the facts.
#transrights #womensrights #humanrights #nonbinaryrights #equalitylaw
December 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Men say they’re trans to get into women’s spaces…right?
Funny how the loudest fears rarely match the facts.
#transrights #womensrights #humanrights #nonbinaryrights #equalitylaw
Funny how the loudest fears rarely match the facts.
#transrights #womensrights #humanrights #nonbinaryrights #equalitylaw
Inclusion is lawful. Exclusion is not mandatory.
Kelly v Leonardo is one of the first post-FWS workplace-facility cases - and Tribunal held that allowing toilet access based on asserted gender identity can be a proportionate, lawful policy.
#equalityact #transrights #workplacerights
Kelly v Leonardo is one of the first post-FWS workplace-facility cases - and Tribunal held that allowing toilet access based on asserted gender identity can be a proportionate, lawful policy.
#equalityact #transrights #workplacerights
December 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Inclusion is lawful. Exclusion is not mandatory.
Kelly v Leonardo is one of the first post-FWS workplace-facility cases - and Tribunal held that allowing toilet access based on asserted gender identity can be a proportionate, lawful policy.
#equalityact #transrights #workplacerights
Kelly v Leonardo is one of the first post-FWS workplace-facility cases - and Tribunal held that allowing toilet access based on asserted gender identity can be a proportionate, lawful policy.
#equalityact #transrights #workplacerights
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Tribunal dismisses claims against trans doctor and upholds Fife Health Board harassment claim
Oscar Davies (@nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social) was instructed to represent the intervener, TransLucent, alongside Robin White of Old Square Chambers.
Read here👉 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/tribunal-dis...
Oscar Davies (@nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social) was instructed to represent the intervener, TransLucent, alongside Robin White of Old Square Chambers.
Read here👉 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/tribunal-dis...
December 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Tribunal dismisses claims against trans doctor and upholds Fife Health Board harassment claim
Oscar Davies (@nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social) was instructed to represent the intervener, TransLucent, alongside Robin White of Old Square Chambers.
Read here👉 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/tribunal-dis...
Oscar Davies (@nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social) was instructed to represent the intervener, TransLucent, alongside Robin White of Old Square Chambers.
Read here👉 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/tribunal-dis...
Talking to kids about gender doesn’t make them trans — and moments like the Girlguiding decision to exclude trans people show exactly why this myth is so dangerous.
Myth buster series research assisted by Naomi Hunter-Epson
#TransInclusion #Girlguiding #LGBTQRights #transrights #InclusionMatters
Myth buster series research assisted by Naomi Hunter-Epson
#TransInclusion #Girlguiding #LGBTQRights #transrights #InclusionMatters
December 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Talking to kids about gender doesn’t make them trans — and moments like the Girlguiding decision to exclude trans people show exactly why this myth is so dangerous.
Myth buster series research assisted by Naomi Hunter-Epson
#TransInclusion #Girlguiding #LGBTQRights #transrights #InclusionMatters
Myth buster series research assisted by Naomi Hunter-Epson
#TransInclusion #Girlguiding #LGBTQRights #transrights #InclusionMatters
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The wheels are falling off the EHRC's bathroom ban:
Two employment tribunal judgments have now made clear: trans inclusion can be perfectly lawful. The EHRC said otherwise.
What will the new chair do now?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Two employment tribunal judgments have now made clear: trans inclusion can be perfectly lawful. The EHRC said otherwise.
What will the new chair do now?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scottish nurse wins part of her tribunal in trans doctor changing room case
Sandie Peggie wins harassment claim but tribunal dismisses allegations of discrimination and victimisation
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The wheels are falling off the EHRC's bathroom ban:
Two employment tribunal judgments have now made clear: trans inclusion can be perfectly lawful. The EHRC said otherwise.
What will the new chair do now?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Two employment tribunal judgments have now made clear: trans inclusion can be perfectly lawful. The EHRC said otherwise.
What will the new chair do now?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
THE PEGGIE JUDGMENT IS OUT + THE RESULT IS NOT HOW MEDIA IS PRESENTING IT
This case doesn’t say employers can’t allow trans women to use women’s changing rooms.
Quite the opposite: FWS doesn’t make that inherently unlawful. It all depends on context.
#EmploymentLaw #EqualityAct #WorkplaceInclusion
This case doesn’t say employers can’t allow trans women to use women’s changing rooms.
Quite the opposite: FWS doesn’t make that inherently unlawful. It all depends on context.
#EmploymentLaw #EqualityAct #WorkplaceInclusion
December 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
THE PEGGIE JUDGMENT IS OUT + THE RESULT IS NOT HOW MEDIA IS PRESENTING IT
This case doesn’t say employers can’t allow trans women to use women’s changing rooms.
Quite the opposite: FWS doesn’t make that inherently unlawful. It all depends on context.
#EmploymentLaw #EqualityAct #WorkplaceInclusion
This case doesn’t say employers can’t allow trans women to use women’s changing rooms.
Quite the opposite: FWS doesn’t make that inherently unlawful. It all depends on context.
#EmploymentLaw #EqualityAct #WorkplaceInclusion
Here I consider whether with trans claimants we can use ‘intolerance’ as something that sits next to hatred/violence, as a way of making speech or belief against trans people fall into Article 17 Convention. The ECtHR case of Ibragimov would support this.
#lecture #humarights #echr #convention
#lecture #humarights #echr #convention
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Here I consider whether with trans claimants we can use ‘intolerance’ as something that sits next to hatred/violence, as a way of making speech or belief against trans people fall into Article 17 Convention. The ECtHR case of Ibragimov would support this.
#lecture #humarights #echr #convention
#lecture #humarights #echr #convention
I spoke at the Thrive Summit on Friday about ‘dignity as a design principle’.
Also ran four roundtables on everyone’s favourite topic: toilets.
Grateful to everyone who showed up with curiosity and care. 💛
#Inclusion #DesignMatters #WorkplaceCulture #Accessibility #employment
Also ran four roundtables on everyone’s favourite topic: toilets.
Grateful to everyone who showed up with curiosity and care. 💛
#Inclusion #DesignMatters #WorkplaceCulture #Accessibility #employment
December 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I spoke at the Thrive Summit on Friday about ‘dignity as a design principle’.
Also ran four roundtables on everyone’s favourite topic: toilets.
Grateful to everyone who showed up with curiosity and care. 💛
#Inclusion #DesignMatters #WorkplaceCulture #Accessibility #employment
Also ran four roundtables on everyone’s favourite topic: toilets.
Grateful to everyone who showed up with curiosity and care. 💛
#Inclusion #DesignMatters #WorkplaceCulture #Accessibility #employment
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Oscar (@nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social) is a multi-award-winning barrister & Legal 500 ‘Rising Star'. Oscar specialises in employment, education, human rights, commercial & property law. As the UK’s first publicly recognised non-binary barrister, Oscar is paving the way for LGBTQ+ rights in the UK.
December 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Oscar (@nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social) is a multi-award-winning barrister & Legal 500 ‘Rising Star'. Oscar specialises in employment, education, human rights, commercial & property law. As the UK’s first publicly recognised non-binary barrister, Oscar is paving the way for LGBTQ+ rights in the UK.
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Oscar Davies (@nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social) featured on Diversity Power List 2025/6 💫
The Diversity Power List recognises 50 champions of inclusion, diversity professionals & D&I Leaders in the UK - announced at the 2025 Inclusive Awards.
Read more 🔗 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/oscar-davies...
The Diversity Power List recognises 50 champions of inclusion, diversity professionals & D&I Leaders in the UK - announced at the 2025 Inclusive Awards.
Read more 🔗 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/oscar-davies...
December 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Oscar Davies (@nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social) featured on Diversity Power List 2025/6 💫
The Diversity Power List recognises 50 champions of inclusion, diversity professionals & D&I Leaders in the UK - announced at the 2025 Inclusive Awards.
Read more 🔗 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/oscar-davies...
The Diversity Power List recognises 50 champions of inclusion, diversity professionals & D&I Leaders in the UK - announced at the 2025 Inclusive Awards.
Read more 🔗 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/oscar-davies...
I am honoured to be named as one of the Top 50 Diversity Power List for the Inclusive Awards this year! Here is a weird video of me falling on the floor as proof. #inclusion #diversity #fallingwithstyle
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I am honoured to be named as one of the Top 50 Diversity Power List for the Inclusive Awards this year! Here is a weird video of me falling on the floor as proof. #inclusion #diversity #fallingwithstyle
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📢 Oscar Davies in COUNSEL Magazine: Lessons Learnt: Unbinding the binary at the Bar⚖️
Oscar discusses use of social media to broaden access to justice, use of language in protecting rights, and resilience as a barrister.
Read here: www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/les...
Photo Credit © Greta Graf
Oscar discusses use of social media to broaden access to justice, use of language in protecting rights, and resilience as a barrister.
Read here: www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/les...
Photo Credit © Greta Graf
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
📢 Oscar Davies in COUNSEL Magazine: Lessons Learnt: Unbinding the binary at the Bar⚖️
Oscar discusses use of social media to broaden access to justice, use of language in protecting rights, and resilience as a barrister.
Read here: www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/les...
Photo Credit © Greta Graf
Oscar discusses use of social media to broaden access to justice, use of language in protecting rights, and resilience as a barrister.
Read here: www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/les...
Photo Credit © Greta Graf
ARE JUDGES HEARING THE DOG WHISTLE?
Here I discuss how due to linguistic ‘slippage’, in many instances judges seem to be oblivious to the hidden meanings in dog whistles. Eg gender ideology = gender identity.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinary #intersex #law #lecture #humarights
Here I discuss how due to linguistic ‘slippage’, in many instances judges seem to be oblivious to the hidden meanings in dog whistles. Eg gender ideology = gender identity.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinary #intersex #law #lecture #humarights
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
ARE JUDGES HEARING THE DOG WHISTLE?
Here I discuss how due to linguistic ‘slippage’, in many instances judges seem to be oblivious to the hidden meanings in dog whistles. Eg gender ideology = gender identity.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinary #intersex #law #lecture #humarights
Here I discuss how due to linguistic ‘slippage’, in many instances judges seem to be oblivious to the hidden meanings in dog whistles. Eg gender ideology = gender identity.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinary #intersex #law #lecture #humarights
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4/ “The purpose of this provision is to enable a person
who has gender reassigned to have all the protection of the Sex Discrimination Act and Equal Pay Act.”
This directly contradicts the Supreme Court’s position that gender reassignment does not change sex. For the purposes of equality, it does.
who has gender reassigned to have all the protection of the Sex Discrimination Act and Equal Pay Act.”
This directly contradicts the Supreme Court’s position that gender reassignment does not change sex. For the purposes of equality, it does.
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
4/ “The purpose of this provision is to enable a person
who has gender reassigned to have all the protection of the Sex Discrimination Act and Equal Pay Act.”
This directly contradicts the Supreme Court’s position that gender reassignment does not change sex. For the purposes of equality, it does.
who has gender reassigned to have all the protection of the Sex Discrimination Act and Equal Pay Act.”
This directly contradicts the Supreme Court’s position that gender reassignment does not change sex. For the purposes of equality, it does.
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2/ The instructions are just… fascinating? Well, every piece of public record I’ve uncovered on this subject so far has been fascinating, but this paragraph is exceptional.
It contradicts the Supreme Court directly, comprehensively, and unequivocally.
It contradicts the Supreme Court directly, comprehensively, and unequivocally.
November 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
2/ The instructions are just… fascinating? Well, every piece of public record I’ve uncovered on this subject so far has been fascinating, but this paragraph is exceptional.
It contradicts the Supreme Court directly, comprehensively, and unequivocally.
It contradicts the Supreme Court directly, comprehensively, and unequivocally.
IS THE UK CONVENTION (ECHR) COMPLIANT?
Here I consider the case of Goodwin and why the GRA was enacted in the first place. Have we again relegated trans people into an intermediate zone of rights?
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
Here I consider the case of Goodwin and why the GRA was enacted in the first place. Have we again relegated trans people into an intermediate zone of rights?
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
IS THE UK CONVENTION (ECHR) COMPLIANT?
Here I consider the case of Goodwin and why the GRA was enacted in the first place. Have we again relegated trans people into an intermediate zone of rights?
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
Here I consider the case of Goodwin and why the GRA was enacted in the first place. Have we again relegated trans people into an intermediate zone of rights?
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
📢 NEW EHRC GUIDANCE: FROM EXCLUSION TO APPEARANCE POLICING
If you are concerned about this direction of travel:
👉 Write to your MP and ask them to support clear, lawful, non-discriminatory guidance.
#EHRC #EqualityAct #transrights #nonbinaryrights #intersex #InclusionMatters #law
If you are concerned about this direction of travel:
👉 Write to your MP and ask them to support clear, lawful, non-discriminatory guidance.
#EHRC #EqualityAct #transrights #nonbinaryrights #intersex #InclusionMatters #law
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM
📢 NEW EHRC GUIDANCE: FROM EXCLUSION TO APPEARANCE POLICING
If you are concerned about this direction of travel:
👉 Write to your MP and ask them to support clear, lawful, non-discriminatory guidance.
#EHRC #EqualityAct #transrights #nonbinaryrights #intersex #InclusionMatters #law
If you are concerned about this direction of travel:
👉 Write to your MP and ask them to support clear, lawful, non-discriminatory guidance.
#EHRC #EqualityAct #transrights #nonbinaryrights #intersex #InclusionMatters #law
Here I explain why non-binary is protected under ‘gender reassignment’ discrimination, though the Supreme Court did not clarify this protection.
NB: still no intersex protection in UK law which is unforgivable.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinaryrights #law #lecture
NB: still no intersex protection in UK law which is unforgivable.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinaryrights #law #lecture
November 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Here I explain why non-binary is protected under ‘gender reassignment’ discrimination, though the Supreme Court did not clarify this protection.
NB: still no intersex protection in UK law which is unforgivable.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinaryrights #law #lecture
NB: still no intersex protection in UK law which is unforgivable.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinaryrights #law #lecture