a:gender network ☂️
@agender.org.uk
We’re the Civil Service network for trans and intersex staff across the UK. You can find us at www.agender.org.uk. Friends and allies welcome! Reskeets ≠ endorsements
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Good to see this article from the Telegraph acknowledging our survey that found up to 87% of our members feel they experience potentially unlawful harassment when ‘gender critical’ beliefs are articulated in their workplace…
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Did any trans people get verified? Not seeing any major trans accounts getting bluechecks, even elected ones.
April 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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“Explanatory notes are written by civil servants.”
We would like to clarify that nobody on the a:gender Executive Committee was involved in the writing of these notes.
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We would like to clarify that nobody on the a:gender Executive Committee was involved in the writing of these notes.
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Anti-trans discrimination and the Explanatory Notes to the Equality Act
Can a group counselling session simply kick out any trans women, because the organisers think the cis women would not want them there? Having lost on the meaning of the Equality Act, the anti-trans…
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December 30, 2024 at 8:47 PM
“Explanatory notes are written by civil servants.”
We would like to clarify that nobody on the a:gender Executive Committee was involved in the writing of these notes.
clareflourish.wordpress.com/2021/10/09/a...
We would like to clarify that nobody on the a:gender Executive Committee was involved in the writing of these notes.
clareflourish.wordpress.com/2021/10/09/a...
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Reposted by a:gender network ☂️
1/🧵 I welcome the Equality Minister’s timely remarks on the single-sex service exceptions. It confirms what revisionists vilified as “Stonewall law” is really just the law of the UK.
Inclusion is the default position, but it’s not mandatory in all situations.
Inclusion is the default position, but it’s not mandatory in all situations.
December 18, 2024 at 10:22 PM
1/🧵 I welcome the Equality Minister’s timely remarks on the single-sex service exceptions. It confirms what revisionists vilified as “Stonewall law” is really just the law of the UK.
Inclusion is the default position, but it’s not mandatory in all situations.
Inclusion is the default position, but it’s not mandatory in all situations.
A big hello to all our new followers and thanks for following us, but where on earth are you all coming from?! Are we in the newspapers again? 😂
December 17, 2024 at 1:47 PM
A big hello to all our new followers and thanks for following us, but where on earth are you all coming from?! Are we in the newspapers again? 😂
We will be asking our colleagues at ONS to take account of our views on this important issue.
blog.ons.gov.uk/2024/12/11/d...
blog.ons.gov.uk/2024/12/11/d...
Developing harmonised standards for sex and gender identity
We are launching a new phase of work towards developing harmonised standards for sex and gender identity data collection. Here Emma Rourke reflects on our work so far, the best practice approach we wi
blog.ons.gov.uk
December 16, 2024 at 5:33 PM
We will be asking our colleagues at ONS to take account of our views on this important issue.
blog.ons.gov.uk/2024/12/11/d...
blog.ons.gov.uk/2024/12/11/d...
Disappointed to confirm we were not consulted.
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
The transphobic SEEN Network were allowed to directly shape questions about gender identity in a government agency's staff survey.
@agender.org.uk and the LGBTQ network were NOT consulted.
www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/corr...
#SEENThis
The transphobic SEEN Network were allowed to directly shape questions about gender identity in a government agency's staff survey.
@agender.org.uk and the LGBTQ network were NOT consulted.
www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/corr...
#SEENThis
Correspondence relating to 2024 Your Place, Your Views survey - a Freedom of Information request to Environment Agency
Please provide copies of all correspondence between members of your Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) team and representatives of staff networks (including Environment Agency, Defra and cross-go...
www.whatdotheyknow.com
December 12, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Disappointed to confirm we were not consulted.
Hi 👋🏼
If you’re new to Bluesky and wish to mute or block accounts that are transphobic, we’ve found some blocklists that you can subscribe to:
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If you’re new to Bluesky and wish to mute or block accounts that are transphobic, we’ve found some blocklists that you can subscribe to:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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December 8, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Hi 👋🏼
If you’re new to Bluesky and wish to mute or block accounts that are transphobic, we’ve found some blocklists that you can subscribe to:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
If you’re new to Bluesky and wish to mute or block accounts that are transphobic, we’ve found some blocklists that you can subscribe to:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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“The social media site X has become the preferred vector for conspiracy theories, racism, far-right ideas and misogynistic rhetoric”
This is huge.
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 2, 2024 at 11:51 AM
“The social media site X has become the preferred vector for conspiracy theories, racism, far-right ideas and misogynistic rhetoric”
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The absolute best thing about this, of course, is that it continues to be false. There are no such rights. Never have been. There's a right *not to be discriminated against because of your sex*, but it's the SAME right that applies to other people for other reasons.
December 2, 2024 at 9:05 AM
The absolute best thing about this, of course, is that it continues to be false. There are no such rights. Never have been. There's a right *not to be discriminated against because of your sex*, but it's the SAME right that applies to other people for other reasons.
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While well-intentioned and useful for some, I don’t think blocklists will stop the flow of new accounts created specifically to harass trans people. But I think some other things cis allies can do is uplift and include trans users & combat hateful replies with supportive ones
December 1, 2024 at 9:44 PM
While well-intentioned and useful for some, I don’t think blocklists will stop the flow of new accounts created specifically to harass trans people. But I think some other things cis allies can do is uplift and include trans users & combat hateful replies with supportive ones
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CW: Transphobia
Passed this frankly incredible door in Hammersmith and had to leave my own touch
Passed this frankly incredible door in Hammersmith and had to leave my own touch
November 28, 2024 at 12:55 PM
CW: Transphobia
Passed this frankly incredible door in Hammersmith and had to leave my own touch
Passed this frankly incredible door in Hammersmith and had to leave my own touch
This is becoming a real issue. One member of a ‘gender-critical’ organisation called us “noncey” for sharing a tweet from our colleagues at the Department for Education, from his anonymous account.
November 26, 2024 at 11:06 AM
This is becoming a real issue. One member of a ‘gender-critical’ organisation called us “noncey” for sharing a tweet from our colleagues at the Department for Education, from his anonymous account.
This is a great point. We have “gender critical” colleagues who have *on record* stated that they advocate for workplace policies that would not allow people to enter toilets based on their “identity” (gender), but that’s *exactly* what transphobic colleagues would also do.
If a "gender critical" person tells you they're not transphobic, just expressing their "protected belief 😇," ask how they'd behave differently if they *were* transphobic
November 22, 2024 at 8:07 PM
This is a great point. We have “gender critical” colleagues who have *on record* stated that they advocate for workplace policies that would not allow people to enter toilets based on their “identity” (gender), but that’s *exactly* what transphobic colleagues would also do.
We’ve been added to this amazing “Trans Rights Advocates” starter pack and we’re tickled pink! Make sure to follow these accounts 🏳️⚧️🦋
Trans advocates and other supportive allies… a starter pack! Let me know who else should be added. #transrights #protecttranskids
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November 20, 2024 at 5:03 PM
We’ve been added to this amazing “Trans Rights Advocates” starter pack and we’re tickled pink! Make sure to follow these accounts 🏳️⚧️🦋
It’s Trans Day of Remembrance and we’re holding our usual online vigil to remember those we have lost this year. If you’re a civil servant and wish to attend, please email agender@agender.org.uk from your work address and we’ll send you the link.
November 20, 2024 at 10:18 AM
It’s Trans Day of Remembrance and we’re holding our usual online vigil to remember those we have lost this year. If you’re a civil servant and wish to attend, please email agender@agender.org.uk from your work address and we’ll send you the link.
Ooh, we’ve hit three figures in followers 😂
We don’t mind being a small account on here but if you’d like to help us find more followers, please like & share? 🙏
We don’t mind being a small account on here but if you’d like to help us find more followers, please like & share? 🙏
November 18, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Ooh, we’ve hit three figures in followers 😂
We don’t mind being a small account on here but if you’d like to help us find more followers, please like & share? 🙏
We don’t mind being a small account on here but if you’d like to help us find more followers, please like & share? 🙏
Civil Servant? We’ve teamed up with the Civil Service LGBT+ network and we’d like to invite you to come and join us for a social event at Sparkle Weekend on 13 July in Manchester!🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
www.civilservice.lgbt/event/2024-0...
www.civilservice.lgbt/event/2024-0...
CS LGBT+ Network Social – Manchester – Sparkle Weekend
Join fellow Civil Servants for a social sparkle weekend. This is open to all Civil Servants in the LGBT+ Network and their supportive family & friends.
www.civilservice.lgbt
April 16, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Civil Servant? We’ve teamed up with the Civil Service LGBT+ network and we’d like to invite you to come and join us for a social event at Sparkle Weekend on 13 July in Manchester!🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
www.civilservice.lgbt/event/2024-0...
www.civilservice.lgbt/event/2024-0...
Good to see this article from the Telegraph acknowledging our survey that found up to 87% of our members feel they experience potentially unlawful harassment when ‘gender critical’ beliefs are articulated in their workplace…
archive.vn/2023.09.24-0...
archive.vn/2023.09.24-0...
September 25, 2023 at 2:08 PM
Good to see this article from the Telegraph acknowledging our survey that found up to 87% of our members feel they experience potentially unlawful harassment when ‘gender critical’ beliefs are articulated in their workplace…
archive.vn/2023.09.24-0...
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Thanks to the FDA union for allowing us to contribute to their trans-inclusion policy position statement 🥰
September 15, 2023 at 6:44 PM
Thanks to the FDA union for allowing us to contribute to their trans-inclusion policy position statement 🥰
August 19, 2023 at 11:53 PM
