Category: England
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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)
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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…
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Julie Bindel: Gender Villain
Co-founder of transphobic The Lesbian Project.
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J.K. Rowling: Gender Villain
Author of Harry Potter books and notorious transphobic person. LOSER: GenderMenace.net Gender Villain Award for July 2023
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Maya Forstater: Woman who lost her job over transgender views awarded £100k compensation
A woman who lost her job after expressing views that biological sex cannot be changed has been awarded more than £100,000 after an employment tribunal found she experienced discrimination and victimisation at work. Rating: Transneutral, Sky News, July 1, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)
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Police ‘assessing’ Laurence Fox Pride flag burning video
The Metropolitan Police are “assessing” a video of Laurence Fox burning a LGBTQ+ Pride flag on Father’s Day. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, June 20, 2023 (PDF archive) (Transphobic Video archive)
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‘Gender-critical’ activists attempted to protest a Primark in Lincoln. Two people showed up
Hundreds of pro-LGBTQ+ activists came together in Lincoln to drown out an anti-trans protest against Primark’s Pride campaign, which which was attended by just two ‘gender-critical’ campaigners. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, June 19, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video 1 archive) (Video 2 archive)
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Elon Musk Celebrates Pride Month By Going On An Anti-Trans Tweeting Spree
Critics say the platform isn’t safe for trans users after the company rolled back protections against “targeted misgendering.” Rating: Transsupportive, Huffington Post, June 12, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video archive)
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Taylor Swift’s Pride Month Lecture Shows the Singer No Longer Wants to Stay Politically Neutral
A hit piece on Taylor Swift for pointing out the pain of the LGBTQ and queer community in the face of an onslaught of harmful legislation in the U.S. Rating: Transphobic, OutKick, June 10, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Government ‘fanning culture war’ over free speech, says UK’s first LGBTQ+ history professor
Issue blown out of proportion, says Matt Cook, after appointment of ‘free speech tsar’ for higher education Rating: Transsupportive, Guardian, June 10, 2023 (PDF archive)