Category: Europe
-
Argos and other leading UK retailers add ‘Mx’ to forms to include non-binary customers
A series of household names have responded to pressure from the LGBTQ+ campaign Include Mx by adding the gender-neutral title to customer forms in an effort to include non-binary customers. Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 19, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
-
Stand Against Intolerance: Expel Poland’s Discriminatory Ombudsman
LGBTIQ+ Friendly Schools are the next target of the Polish ultraconservative government. Rating: Transsupportive, AllOut, July 17, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
-
Labour MP says Tory government ‘vilifying trans people’ after draft policy leak
Draft policy that would stop trans civil servants using the toilets that match their gender identity has been condemned as dangerous and “completely unworkable” by Labour MP Kate Osborne. Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 14, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
-
The internet’s obsession with non-binary people: Data shows explosion of good and bad content
Non-binary people are talked about constantly online, generally by people who aren’t themselves non-binary. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, July 14, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
-
Sarah Jane Baker
Sarah Jane Baker, Trans Rights Activist was arrested (12/07/23) after Monday’s tweet from the Home Secretary. Rating: Transsupportive, Medium, July 13, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video 1 archive) (Video 2 archive) (Video 3 archive)
-
LGBT+ Pride event in Georgia evacuated as far-right protesters storm site
TBILISI — The European country of Georgia’s annual LGBT+ Pride event was evacuated by the police on Saturday after hundreds of counter-protesters stormed the site. Rating: Transneutral, Politico, July 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
-
A Pattern of Deception: The Alliance Destroying Freedom
The Supreme Court recently went along with the lies of the evangelical hate group: Alliance Defending (sic) Freedom. Given the nature of the Trump justices this is no surprise; they were appointed to satisfy the religious right and for no other reason. Rating: Transsupportive, Medium, July 6, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary A…
-
LGB Alliance retains charity status as Mermaids loses legal challenge
A tribunal has handed down a decision on the charity status of the controversial anti-trans organisation LGB Alliance. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, July 6, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
-
Bristol Pride bans all political parties from attending due to ‘bad-faith rhetoric’
Bristol Pride has banned all political parties from attending its event on Saturday (8 July), citing “bad-faith rhetoric” concerning the rights of trans people in the UK. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, July 5, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
-
Media Body Shaming and Witch-hunt.
In a new low-point for the British media last week the usual suspects caused a week-long witch hunt for someone whose only crime seems to be drawing attention to high utility bills and being trans. That is how it started but it quickly escalated because the person in question, Mika Minio-Paluello, was also the mother who had…