Let’s be real, gender conformity is just patriarchy’s dress code. It’s the unspoken rulebook we’re all handed at birth, stuffed with commandments about how to perform “man” or “woman” correctly, as if humanity came with a binary instruction manual. This…
EHRC or SexMatters? the line is too blurry to tell The Equality and Human Rights Commission adopt the belief that a proportionate and legitimate aim for the segregation of a minority can in any way be proportionately defined enough to…
TACC (Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective) can now reveal, through documents obtained via a Freedom of Information request, that in early September 2024, the anti-trans activists Sex Matters secured a closed-door meeting with key figures at the Equality and Human…
In recent months, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been issuing guidance and statements on sex and gender that have made headlines and caused concern across the equality and human rights sector. But amid the political noise, one…
Guest Article by Rach, founder of Lesbians Against Fascism and Transphobia (LAFT)LAFT can currently be found on Instagram. I was born in the early 80’s so my most formative years were lived under Thatcher. I was also born into a…
Living My Truth, No Matter What They Say Growing up in a big city in the ’80s and ’90s, bigotry wasn’t just tolerated—it was practically a national pastime. Homophobic and transphobic slurs flew around like seagulls at a seaside chippy,…
Let’s not beat around the bush. The ‘Equality and Human Rights’ Commission’s new draft Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations isn’t just a dull legal document—it’s a roadmap for quietly rolling back trans rights, one “legitimate aim”…
We are deeply disturbed by reports that the Labour Party is preparing to formalise a position that explicitly excludes trans women from key areas of political life. If accurate, the leaked NEC paper represents not just a betrayal of the…
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is about to launch a consultation on changes to its statutory Code of Practice for services, public functions, and associations. While consultations are supposed to be democratic exercises, the context behind this one…
Let’s be absolutely clear: this isn’t journalism. It’s not “just asking questions.” It’s not “debate.” This is a targeted, hostile message directed at a marginalised community—trans women—framed in the language of fear and division. The phrase “muscling in” is no…