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📢 ‘Women are more than our appearance’.
Delegates at UNISON’s women’s conference condemned the damaging effects of the EHRC interim guidance, emphasising the need for inclusive workplaces and services that respect all women.
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Delegates at UNISON’s women’s conference condemned the damaging effects of the EHRC interim guidance, emphasising the need for inclusive workplaces and services that respect all women.
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‘Women are more than our appearance’ - UNISON National
Women’s conference delegates discuss and condemn the ‘damage’ of controversial Equality and Human Rights Commission interim guidance
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February 16, 2026 at 10:09 AM
📢 ‘Women are more than our appearance’.
Delegates at UNISON’s women’s conference condemned the damaging effects of the EHRC interim guidance, emphasising the need for inclusive workplaces and services that respect all women.
Read more ⬇️
Delegates at UNISON’s women’s conference condemned the damaging effects of the EHRC interim guidance, emphasising the need for inclusive workplaces and services that respect all women.
Read more ⬇️
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The Greens have changed, and attacks on the only left wing party are a bad look.
I rate you as a person. As a Labour MP, you're the enemy of progressive politics.
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I rate you as a person. As a Labour MP, you're the enemy of progressive politics.
bsky.app/profile/dark...
NEVER tell me you're a Labour supporter again, unless you're telling me that you're my enemy.
These MPs. Edinburgh Leith, North Northumberland, Birmingham Edgbaston, Gower, Pendle & Clitheroe, Mitcham and Morden.
All of them low-rent MPs, not the cabinet GCs. But the party is RIDDLED with them.
These MPs. Edinburgh Leith, North Northumberland, Birmingham Edgbaston, Gower, Pendle & Clitheroe, Mitcham and Morden.
All of them low-rent MPs, not the cabinet GCs. But the party is RIDDLED with them.
February 16, 2026 at 7:52 PM
The Greens have changed, and attacks on the only left wing party are a bad look.
I rate you as a person. As a Labour MP, you're the enemy of progressive politics.
bsky.app/profile/dark...
I rate you as a person. As a Labour MP, you're the enemy of progressive politics.
bsky.app/profile/dark...
This is something - that's actually very obvious - we badly need politicians to be saying & respect to Mr Polanski for saying it.
Labour 'allies' - take note.
Labour 'allies' - take note.
It’s the Government’s duty to protect all communities - including trans people.
They’re failing to do that.
Trans people deserve safety and dignity.
www.attitude.co.uk/news/zack-po...
They’re failing to do that.
Trans people deserve safety and dignity.
www.attitude.co.uk/news/zack-po...
Zack Polanski on how Keir Starmer could have changed the April 2025 UK Supreme Court ruling to protect trans rights (EXCLUSIVE)
Zack Polanski revealed how Keir Starmer could have acted to protect trans rights after April 2025 UK Supreme Court ruling.
www.attitude.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 2:38 PM
This is something - that's actually very obvious - we badly need politicians to be saying & respect to Mr Polanski for saying it.
Labour 'allies' - take note.
Labour 'allies' - take note.
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Refusing social transition is also an active intervention and one that makes children fucking miserable
February 16, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Refusing social transition is also an active intervention and one that makes children fucking miserable
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There's a word for the specific form of psychological abuse in which transphobia is disingenuously portrayed as concern, caution, or scientifically rigourous evidence:
Casslighting.
Casslighting.
February 16, 2026 at 9:16 AM
There's a word for the specific form of psychological abuse in which transphobia is disingenuously portrayed as concern, caution, or scientifically rigourous evidence:
Casslighting.
Casslighting.
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NEVER tell me you're a Labour supporter again, unless you're telling me that you're my enemy.
These MPs. Edinburgh Leith, North Northumberland, Birmingham Edgbaston, Gower, Pendle & Clitheroe, Mitcham and Morden.
All of them low-rent MPs, not the cabinet GCs. But the party is RIDDLED with them.
These MPs. Edinburgh Leith, North Northumberland, Birmingham Edgbaston, Gower, Pendle & Clitheroe, Mitcham and Morden.
All of them low-rent MPs, not the cabinet GCs. But the party is RIDDLED with them.
February 15, 2026 at 12:51 PM
NEVER tell me you're a Labour supporter again, unless you're telling me that you're my enemy.
These MPs. Edinburgh Leith, North Northumberland, Birmingham Edgbaston, Gower, Pendle & Clitheroe, Mitcham and Morden.
All of them low-rent MPs, not the cabinet GCs. But the party is RIDDLED with them.
These MPs. Edinburgh Leith, North Northumberland, Birmingham Edgbaston, Gower, Pendle & Clitheroe, Mitcham and Morden.
All of them low-rent MPs, not the cabinet GCs. But the party is RIDDLED with them.
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This is the most important thing you will read this weekend. Make sure you do and that you act on it. This is not a drill.
Labour’s Trans Section 28 is shameful and disgusting and, more than any else, demonstrates how low the party has fallen. Every Labour MP needs to feel the heat about this.
Labour’s Trans Section 28 is shameful and disgusting and, more than any else, demonstrates how low the party has fallen. Every Labour MP needs to feel the heat about this.
My new post on Labour's Section 28 for trans kids is a companion to this piece from 2024, which addressed similar but less dangerous proposals from the outgoing Conservative government.
New Year’s Resolution: Smash the new Section 28
This post is about the Department for Education’s December 2023 draft guidance on “Gender Questioning Children”. Advice on how you can take action can be found at the end. You can download a printa…
ruthpearce.net
February 14, 2026 at 8:30 PM
This is the most important thing you will read this weekend. Make sure you do and that you act on it. This is not a drill.
Labour’s Trans Section 28 is shameful and disgusting and, more than any else, demonstrates how low the party has fallen. Every Labour MP needs to feel the heat about this.
Labour’s Trans Section 28 is shameful and disgusting and, more than any else, demonstrates how low the party has fallen. Every Labour MP needs to feel the heat about this.
I've been flicking through @nicklowles.bsky.social book & it's incredibly depressing.
From what I can see it doesn't mention trans people once. Despite the very obviuos, well understood transphobia to far right pipeline.
It's the constant erasure, that belief 'trannies don't matter'
From what I can see it doesn't mention trans people once. Despite the very obviuos, well understood transphobia to far right pipeline.
It's the constant erasure, that belief 'trannies don't matter'
February 15, 2026 at 9:15 AM
I've been flicking through @nicklowles.bsky.social book & it's incredibly depressing.
From what I can see it doesn't mention trans people once. Despite the very obviuos, well understood transphobia to far right pipeline.
It's the constant erasure, that belief 'trannies don't matter'
From what I can see it doesn't mention trans people once. Despite the very obviuos, well understood transphobia to far right pipeline.
It's the constant erasure, that belief 'trannies don't matter'
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on employment as a trans woman
February 14, 2026 at 7:27 PM
on employment as a trans woman
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New post: LABOUR'S SECTION 28 IS HERE - ACT NOW.
I explain how the Labour government's proposed revisions to the guidance on "keeping children in education" are designed to erase trans children in England. But it's not a done deal - there is plenty we can do to oppose this.
I explain how the Labour government's proposed revisions to the guidance on "keeping children in education" are designed to erase trans children in England. But it's not a done deal - there is plenty we can do to oppose this.
Labour’s Section 28 is here – act now
In May 1988, the Conservative government introduced Section 28. This legal measure outlawed support for “homosexuality as a pretended family relationship” across Britain, especially in …
ruthpearce.net
February 14, 2026 at 6:20 PM
New post: LABOUR'S SECTION 28 IS HERE - ACT NOW.
I explain how the Labour government's proposed revisions to the guidance on "keeping children in education" are designed to erase trans children in England. But it's not a done deal - there is plenty we can do to oppose this.
I explain how the Labour government's proposed revisions to the guidance on "keeping children in education" are designed to erase trans children in England. But it's not a done deal - there is plenty we can do to oppose this.
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I donated.
We always knew this would be a long and hard fight. We are going nowhere.
We will fight until the battle is won:
https://goodlaw.social/m3oe
We will fight until the battle is won:
https://goodlaw.social/m3oe
Help us appeal the High Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project
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February 14, 2026 at 8:00 AM
I donated.
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Hi everyone. As you know, I am our trans rights lead at Good Law Project. I have been working alongside a fantastic team on our challenge since May last year. But whilst what we have achieved is significant - there is still a lot further to go.
If you can, please donate and help us keep fighting.
If you can, please donate and help us keep fighting.
Help us appeal the High Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project
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February 13, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Hi everyone. As you know, I am our trans rights lead at Good Law Project. I have been working alongside a fantastic team on our challenge since May last year. But whilst what we have achieved is significant - there is still a lot further to go.
If you can, please donate and help us keep fighting.
If you can, please donate and help us keep fighting.
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Can I ask @genderedintelligence.co.uk why they are describing this horror thus:
‘It’s positive to see guidance that begins from a place of support, not exclusion".
Please ask the journalist to update to your commentary to recognise how awful this guidance is for trans kids.
‘It’s positive to see guidance that begins from a place of support, not exclusion".
Please ask the journalist to update to your commentary to recognise how awful this guidance is for trans kids.
February 13, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Can I ask @genderedintelligence.co.uk why they are describing this horror thus:
‘It’s positive to see guidance that begins from a place of support, not exclusion".
Please ask the journalist to update to your commentary to recognise how awful this guidance is for trans kids.
‘It’s positive to see guidance that begins from a place of support, not exclusion".
Please ask the journalist to update to your commentary to recognise how awful this guidance is for trans kids.
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Just commemorated the latest confused judgment from the High Court by taking a piss in the ladies at Carlisle Station
Next week I'll do the same at work.
Segregation can and must be resisted every day, by every one of us who is able to do so.
Next week I'll do the same at work.
Segregation can and must be resisted every day, by every one of us who is able to do so.
February 13, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Just commemorated the latest confused judgment from the High Court by taking a piss in the ladies at Carlisle Station
Next week I'll do the same at work.
Segregation can and must be resisted every day, by every one of us who is able to do so.
Next week I'll do the same at work.
Segregation can and must be resisted every day, by every one of us who is able to do so.
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Help us appeal the High Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project
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February 13, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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@genderedintelligence.co.uk what is *wrong* with you?
This guidance advocates *routine outing* - this will put YP at risk. The guidance says *nothing* about how to support YP whose families are hostile.
The entire guidance treats being trans as negative.
Your statement is so harmful
This guidance advocates *routine outing* - this will put YP at risk. The guidance says *nothing* about how to support YP whose families are hostile.
The entire guidance treats being trans as negative.
Your statement is so harmful
February 13, 2026 at 1:26 PM
@genderedintelligence.co.uk what is *wrong* with you?
This guidance advocates *routine outing* - this will put YP at risk. The guidance says *nothing* about how to support YP whose families are hostile.
The entire guidance treats being trans as negative.
Your statement is so harmful
This guidance advocates *routine outing* - this will put YP at risk. The guidance says *nothing* about how to support YP whose families are hostile.
The entire guidance treats being trans as negative.
Your statement is so harmful
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I gave a quote to a Metro news article:
"This new government guidance will cause extreme harm to trans children of all ages. Study after study have shown that trans children need policies that are the exact opposite of what this Government is enforcing... 1/
"This new government guidance will cause extreme harm to trans children of all ages. Study after study have shown that trans children need policies that are the exact opposite of what this Government is enforcing... 1/
February 13, 2026 at 12:47 PM
I gave a quote to a Metro news article:
"This new government guidance will cause extreme harm to trans children of all ages. Study after study have shown that trans children need policies that are the exact opposite of what this Government is enforcing... 1/
"This new government guidance will cause extreme harm to trans children of all ages. Study after study have shown that trans children need policies that are the exact opposite of what this Government is enforcing... 1/
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I know, I know... another letter to your MP.
But this only takes a couple of minutes, and it's a really critical time for MPs to hear from *everyone* who wants trans people to be able to just go about their lives.
🙏🏻
But this only takes a couple of minutes, and it's a really critical time for MPs to hear from *everyone* who wants trans people to be able to just go about their lives.
🙏🏻
The High Court’s ruling confirms what we already knew: the EHRC’s code of practice is wrong.
Write to your MP and tell them it’s time to send it back 🏳️⚧️✉️
goodlaw.social/5e045f
Write to your MP and tell them it’s time to send it back 🏳️⚧️✉️
goodlaw.social/5e045f
Tell MPs: the EHRC’s guidance is wrong – it’s time to send it back
The High Court has confirmed what we already knew was true: it is entirely lawful for service providers to allow trans women to use the women’s toilets – without having to admit cis men. Put simply, t...
goodlaw.social
February 13, 2026 at 12:39 PM
I know, I know... another letter to your MP.
But this only takes a couple of minutes, and it's a really critical time for MPs to hear from *everyone* who wants trans people to be able to just go about their lives.
🙏🏻
But this only takes a couple of minutes, and it's a really critical time for MPs to hear from *everyone* who wants trans people to be able to just go about their lives.
🙏🏻
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I am one of the most published academics on the childhood social transition, with 5 peer reviewed articles that relate to the topic.
There is so much evidence of benefit of social transition.
There is no evidence of harm. Not one jot.
This will literally kill trans kids. No exaggeration.
There is so much evidence of benefit of social transition.
There is no evidence of harm. Not one jot.
This will literally kill trans kids. No exaggeration.
February 12, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I am one of the most published academics on the childhood social transition, with 5 peer reviewed articles that relate to the topic.
There is so much evidence of benefit of social transition.
There is no evidence of harm. Not one jot.
This will literally kill trans kids. No exaggeration.
There is so much evidence of benefit of social transition.
There is no evidence of harm. Not one jot.
This will literally kill trans kids. No exaggeration.
What makes Threads such an incredible film is it's uncompromising grimness.
And there's no point remaking it. It doesn't need remaking.
Any remake will be shite b/c it'll be made to have some kind of hopeful ending.
And there's no point remaking it. It doesn't need remaking.
Any remake will be shite b/c it'll be made to have some kind of hopeful ending.
Threads director Mick Jackson has expressed worry over the upcoming remake’s focus on finding “hope even in the most challenging of times.”
“That one phrase worried me,” he tells Empire. “Hope is not part of nuclear war.”
Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
“That one phrase worried me,” he tells Empire. “Hope is not part of nuclear war.”
Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
February 12, 2026 at 12:36 PM
What makes Threads such an incredible film is it's uncompromising grimness.
And there's no point remaking it. It doesn't need remaking.
Any remake will be shite b/c it'll be made to have some kind of hopeful ending.
And there's no point remaking it. It doesn't need remaking.
Any remake will be shite b/c it'll be made to have some kind of hopeful ending.
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In a functional country, this would be a scandal. A service suffering only from chronic underfunding was ripped apart because the media created a myth of 1000s of complaints of malpractice. The truth - as in my family’s experience - was very different.
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight
An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.
www.thepinknews.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:19 PM
In a functional country, this would be a scandal. A service suffering only from chronic underfunding was ripped apart because the media created a myth of 1000s of complaints of malpractice. The truth - as in my family’s experience - was very different.
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
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Pick a BBC News article, any article, it doesn’t matter which one and make a complaint.
I picked this one:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I picked this one:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
February 12, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Pick a BBC News article, any article, it doesn’t matter which one and make a complaint.
I picked this one:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I picked this one:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What's the point in not being segregated at work if we're segregated everywhere else?
Even if you only care about yourself, as soon as you step outside work you're segregated.
Trans segregation in any form is not acceptable & should resisted at every step.
Even if you only care about yourself, as soon as you step outside work you're segregated.
Trans segregation in any form is not acceptable & should resisted at every step.
They need to at least know that some of us have got their backs.
That we won't sit back and celebrate if we achieve freedom from segregation in the workplace.
That we will notice & care about the segregation in our schools.
That we won't sit back and celebrate if we achieve freedom from segregation in the workplace.
That we will notice & care about the segregation in our schools.
February 12, 2026 at 9:50 AM
What's the point in not being segregated at work if we're segregated everywhere else?
Even if you only care about yourself, as soon as you step outside work you're segregated.
Trans segregation in any form is not acceptable & should resisted at every step.
Even if you only care about yourself, as soon as you step outside work you're segregated.
Trans segregation in any form is not acceptable & should resisted at every step.
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It is heart-breaking hearing of young people I know well who have struggled through so much adversity through their childhoods, who are now facing completely intolerable levels of discrimination.
Targeted healthcare denial.
Targeted school humiliation & segregation.
How are they meant to go on?
Targeted healthcare denial.
Targeted school humiliation & segregation.
How are they meant to go on?
February 12, 2026 at 9:43 AM
It is heart-breaking hearing of young people I know well who have struggled through so much adversity through their childhoods, who are now facing completely intolerable levels of discrimination.
Targeted healthcare denial.
Targeted school humiliation & segregation.
How are they meant to go on?
Targeted healthcare denial.
Targeted school humiliation & segregation.
How are they meant to go on?
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Every day I hear a new upsetting story about how trans kids are being treated in our schools.
When responding to today's important claim that segregation might not apply to workplaces - let's not leave behind our youngest community members who are being completely failed across our schools.
When responding to today's important claim that segregation might not apply to workplaces - let's not leave behind our youngest community members who are being completely failed across our schools.
February 12, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Every day I hear a new upsetting story about how trans kids are being treated in our schools.
When responding to today's important claim that segregation might not apply to workplaces - let's not leave behind our youngest community members who are being completely failed across our schools.
When responding to today's important claim that segregation might not apply to workplaces - let's not leave behind our youngest community members who are being completely failed across our schools.