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Sarah Phillimore
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Superb round up of the week's gender stories by the SEEN in journalism network:

open.substack.com/pub/seeninjo...
Landmark cases, trans crime and a parliamentary debate
Media update and overview February 1-8
open.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The Good Law Project, as reliably wrong as ever. Euan Weddell is neither young nor a woman. And I have not harassed him. But fools and their money are soon parted!
February 3, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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'Bristol Night II' by contemporary UK painter Cath Read #WomensArt
January 22, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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1. The Darlington nurses won their discrimination case against an NHS trust, but a piecemeal destruction of unlawful practices is too slow.
Sex Matters says, "The coming year will test whether institutions are willing to comply with the law – or whether they will have to be compelled to do so."
What will 2026 bring for sex-based rights?
The Supreme Court judgment on the meaning of sex in the Equality Act brought legal clarity to sex-based rights last year, and most people agree with it.
sex-matters.org
January 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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An Employment Tribunal has ruled that the Darlington nurses were unlawfully harassed and discriminated against after being required to share women’s changing rooms with a male colleague.

This case underlines the need for clear guidance — and for trade unions to stand firmly with women members.
January 16, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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🔺 BREAKING: Darlington NHS nurses win harassment claim in trans ruling
Darlington NHS nurses win harassment claim in trans ruling
Darlington NHS nurses win harassment claim in trans ruling
www.thetimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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Victory for the Darlington nurses in their tribunal case.
From the judgement:
January 16, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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Basic intellectual hygiene is when you see a screenshot of something where someone you disapprove of or dislike or think is evil or any of the above is doing something worth mocking, you should go check first. In this case, it appears she was answering an Iranian Harry Potter fan.
January 11, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Have a good day Sammy. I have to get on with my day. I am glad at least you agree that medicalising children to prop up an ‘identity’ should be a last resort.
Therefore the pint you brought up is mute dear. Equally currently there is no evidence to support your theory then dear.

As I said Scandinavian countries often get things right dear. Most have Self ID and see hormone treatment as a last resort.
November 27, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Of course not. You are just another mentally fragile person who thinks an ‘identity’ makes you special or interesting. Be and do whatever you like that is within the law. I don’t care about your ‘gender’ - I care about your sex. If it’s male, stay out of female spaces.
Interesting that you keep avoiding answering any question directly dear. I’m gender fluid over not undergone any hormone treatment dear. Al I an abomination in your middle class middle aged white privileged eyes?

Also acknowledge my point that most trans people globally don’t have your privilege
November 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
You tell me Sammy. Even if the answer is ‘none’ I am still not going to agree that we let men into women’s spaces. Please stay out.
That’s not an answer. I’m actually how many actual assaults? 😂😂😂
November 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
We don’t. So your opinion is just as worthless as mine. But what we do know is that medicalising children didn’t ramp up until 2015 and there is still no evidence that that intervention has benefits: increasing evidence of the harm it does. Do what you want to your adult body. Leave children alone
How do you know dear? Do we have stats back in 1900 why people committed suicide or why there was self harm? I’m asking the question dear- do we?
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Hopefully few because we keep men out.
Secondly how many actual assaults by trans women on women took place in public bathrooms last year? Please tell
November 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Trans identifying men are men. You can’t change sex. This is a fact and it is not ‘racism’ or any kind of phobia to acknowledge a fact. Women have a right to single sex female spaces. I will go on saying and believing this. If it distresses you, don’t engage with me.
That mindset is skin t a racist telling black men they should use their ‘black only toilets’ dear. It’s amazing you completely ignored the parallels.

These are trans women dear - not men .
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
So it’s interesting isn’t it that we didn’t have a wave of children committing suicide from 1900 because they couldn’t medically transition?
You misunderstood what I said dear. Before 2010 children like myself did exist and always have dear. I’m not saying it’s the first thing we should do but when all other avenues have been explored most medical experts believe that should be the last option. That could be 15, 16, 17 or 18 dear.
November 27, 2025 at 8:42 AM
And here I am, responding to a rude and insulting trans identifying man without becoming emotionally dysregulated - because I am not mentally ill. It will be interesting to see how long ‘Sammy’ can last.
Also when most anti trans activists are challenged with logic they either fly into a fit of rage or block the person challenging them. It’s because they do not want yo enter into a discussion where their bigotry and hate is exposed. This isn’t about women’s safety dear. More people are aware of this
November 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I am very aware of my privilege and very aware of when I see others attempting to abuse it. White men are demanding access to female spaces: just as they have always done. Women will continue to resist them.
So yes dear your bigotry is akin to a racist. It’s the same closed, bigoted mindset. As a white middle class middle aged woman you are like many anti trans types - completely unaware of your greater privilege compared to most trans people around the globe.
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Telling men they cannot access female spaces does not diminish their rights: they have spaces of their own. This has nothing to do with segregation on skin colour, which is irrational. Keeping men out is rational as men commit the overwhelming majority of physical and sexual assaults against women.
As for women’s rights. Giving trans women and trans men equal rights doesn’t diminish women’s rights dear. That’s like a white man claiming that giving a black man equal rights diminishes his rights. Are you suggesting black men should use different bathrooms? Your viewing is laughable dear.
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM