Category: United Kingdom
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Transgender swimmers to be included in the trial of an open category at competitions
Transgender swimmers to be included in the trial of an open category at competitions The Associated PressTransgender swimmers will be included in new ‘open category’ trial for races Yahoo SportsSwimming Announces ‘Open’ Category For Transgender Athletes—Here Are The Other Major Sports With Restrictions Or Bans Forbes
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MPs urge Rishi Sunak to ditch ‘unlawful’ plan to make schools out trans children
The government has been accused of “diminishing the lives of trans people” in controversial guidance that’s being prepared for schools. Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 19, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.