How the United Kingdom’s ‘trans code’ will bar trans people from public spaces
This will result in widespread de facto discrimination against trans people. The number of legal justifications which can be used to alter or refuse services to trans people are vast, and the methods available to trans people looking to contest this treatment are slim.
Abigail Thorn wins journalism award for investigation into NHS conversion practices
Her work was particularly focused on the treatment of trans people within the public health system.
For years, the hate group ‘Free Speech Union’ has been funding anti-trans lawsuits. Now you can see their funders.
Attached to the list are any messages sent to the organization along with the donations. Most of these messages consist of donors telling the organization they are doing important work.
UK’s EHRC has no working definition of biological sex, FOIA request shows
The Equalities and Human Rights Commission has no internal or policy definitions for “biological male” or “biological female".
Stop using trans men to make a point about the exclusion of trans women
There is only one decent option for dealing with trans people in gendered spaces: let us go where we feel we belong. Any other option makes us look and feel ridiculous, and insisting that we follow some other option makes you look ridiculous.
United Kingdom - UK Parliament Attempts to Limit Protest, Censor Free-Expression, Limit Abortion, and Cease Tracking Hate Crimes- All At Once
The 224 page list of amendments includes provisions to criminalize protest of past government actions, ban photo editing software, and effectively criminalize promotion of content the government deems “pornographic.”
United Kingdom - Direct Action Group ‘Bash Back’ Vandalizes EHRC Headquarters
The attack comes after months of the EHRC attempting to segregate trans people out of public life.
United Kingdom - Human Rights Orgs Call British/UK EHRC Unfit For Purpose
UK organizations recently demanded an investigation into the EHRC for being "unfit for purpose" and abdicating its role of promoting human rights.