Gemma Stone

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Gemma Stone is a transgender writer who has been covering the rise of transphobic hate campaigning in the UK. She has written hundreds of articles dissecting aspects of transphobia including debunking blatant disinformation. She is very tired and trying her best, and hopefully having a positive impact on such a beautiful community.
Joanne Harris reading an excerpt from one of her books at the King's Chapel during the Gibraltar International Literary Festival held in October 2013.

Joanne Harris pressured into outing child by disgusting transphobes

The transphobic hate-campaign is still mobilising on The Society of Authors and Joanne Harris in particular. This has culminated in the author feeling pressured to speak up in support of her trans son.
A photo of Keffals in her room holding a police document

Keffals calls upon community for support after terrifying police raid

The ongoing harasssment of Keffals has now resulted in the Twitch streamer having her posessions seized and her home raided by police on August 5th. She has launched a crowdfunder in order to move for her safety.
A photo of the Wickes stage with all of the Wickes staff

Wickes mobbed by boring transphobes who can’t read

Wickes, a hardware store, attended Brighton Pride this weekend with a stage that included signs anti-trans groups have taken umbrage to.
Society of Authors logo, an interlocked capital S, lowercase o and capital A on a light blue background.

Society of Authors mobbed by transphobes over disability support

The Society of Authors posted a tweet which included the phrase "self-identified" in relation to disability. Transphobes, who have been trained to view the phrase as negative, reacted badly.
The Guardian/The Observer building in London, where Nick Cohen has been suspended from. It shows their logos in the window with a bicycle chained to the street sign out front.

Nick Cohen suspension blamed on trans people by The Telegraph

In a piece written for The Telegraph by Ben Woods it is claimed that Nick Cohen has been suspended from The Observer following a trans rights row. Whereas this is chronologically correct, it isn't really the whole story.
A photo of a pen and a stethoscope on a medical chart to represent The Cass Review

Irresponsible British media reporting incites panic over youth gender clinic replacement

Following the interim Cass report; advice suggested closing Tavistock Gender Identity Clinic for transgender youth and replacing it with regional services. British media have chosen to report on this in the worst way possible and sought comment almost exclusively from anti-trans activists.
: Arched ceiling, with curved glass panels, in one of the basement offices of the Liverpool Cotton Exchange. Its the cotton ceiling, get it?

Allison Bailey; why did the judge ignore her cotton ceiling accusation?

During the Allison Bailey tribunal we heard a lot about "The cotton ceiling". Which is a phrase used primarily by anti-trans activists nowadays to frame transgender women in particular as predatory men. This is a deliberately unfair reading meant to monster transgender women.
A photo of Allison Bailey

Allison Bailey’s embarrassing loss to Stonewall UK

Framing, its fun for all the family! The result of the Allison Bailey tribunal is out and transphobes are already claiming a win, with Allison herself having repeatedly posted the hashtag #AllisonBaileyWins.
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Trans Writes now has Patreon!

After polling the community it was clear that more donation options were needed and so now we have a Patreon!
Photo of a Stonewall UK march during 2010 Pride in London

Stonewall UK issue statement regarding 5 days of transphobic backlash

Stonewall UK have issued a statement regarding a recent and still ongoing transphobic backlash that has seen hashtags like #StonewallOut trending for multiple days.