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Bigotry The Protected Belief — We Must Fight Back
In today’s Britain, a dangerous legal trend is taking root — one that risks unravelling decades of hard-won progress on equality. The courts and workplace tribunals are increasingly handing victories to those who openly promote bigoted views, under the protection of belief in the Equality Act 2010. This protection was never meant to give people…
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Responding Without Burning Out: A Guide to the EHRC Code of Practice Consultation
Trigger Warning: Legal Exclusion, Misgendering, and Transphobia The EHRC’s 2025 draft Code of Practice consultation is one of the most damaging pieces of institutional guidance we’ve seen in recent memory. It lays out, in clinical language, the legal justifications for excluding trans people from public services, sport, communal spaces, and community groups—often referring to trans…
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Authoritarian EHRC
The Equality and Human Rights Commission is falling apart. Its Chair, Kishwer Falkner, in a plea of authoritarian desperation, said “It is unacceptable to question the integrity of the regulator”, but the EHRC’s lack of integrity is on full display. Speaking at a panel discussion on the FWS v The Scottish Ministers ruling at the…
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“Biological Sex” and Its Variants Are Not Neutral Terms — They Are Transphobic Slurs
Language matters. Words shape how we understand each other, how we interact with our communities, and how we either uphold or dismantle systems of oppression. In recent years, terms like “biological sex”, “biological male”, “biological female”, “biologically male”, “biologically female”, and “biological reality” have become increasingly weaponised. These phrases, often presented as scientific or neutral,…
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INFORMATION SHEET FOR JOURNALISTS: Stop Using Transphobic Terms Like “Biological Male”
STOP USING: These terms are not neutral. They are politicised, scientifically misleading, and function as transphobic slurs when used to override someone’s gender identity. They are widely rejected by the trans community, by medical professionals, and by human rights experts. What You Need to Know as a Journalist These Terms Are Politically Weaponised, Not Scientifically…
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The EHRC’s Codes of Practice Are Not Law
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 crucial legal truth is being consistently ignored — sometimes deliberately so: The EHRC’s Codes of…
