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    The Trans Agenda #8 Widespread glee over trans kid cruelty

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    The Trans Agenda #8 Welcome to The Trans Agenda, a newsletter that will arrive in your inbox Monday to Friday if you are subscribed. You...
    summarise from a pro trans perspective and explain why this is unworkable - Tories to allow ban on trans women in single-sex spaces The Guardian3 Jun 2024Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor Kemi Badenoch has said the Conservatives will change the Equality Act to rewrite the definition of sex and allow organisations to bar trans women from single-sex spaces, including hospital wards and sports events. The party will make clear that the protected characteristic of sex means biological sex, enabling those who wish to bar male-bodied people from organisations or activities to do so. The minister for women and equalities said: “Whether it is rapists being housed in women’s prisons, or instances of men playing in women’s sports where they have an unfair advantage, it is clear that public authorities and regulatory bodies are confused about what the law says on sex and gender and when to act – often for fear of being accused of transphobia, or not being inclusive.” Last year, Badenoch asked the Equality and Human Rights Commission to advise on the change. The equalities watchdog said the new definition would make it possible to exclude trans people from same-sex spaces even if they hold a gender recognition certificate. The law will still protect against discrimination based on the status of gender reassignment, the Conservatives said. The party also said it would change the law to make gender recognition a reserved matter that only the UK government could legislate on, a reaction to the row over the Scottish gender recognition bill, which was blocked by Westminster. Announcing the change, Rishi Sunak said that he wanted to enshrine the right to single-sex spaces in law. “The safety of women and girls is too important to allow the current confusion around definitions of sex and gender to persist,” he said. Sunak and the Conservatives have used gender and trans rights as a key plank of their election strategy against Labour and Keir Starmer. Article Name:Tories to allow ban on trans women in single-sex spaces Publication:The Guardian Author:Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor Start Page:4 End Page:4

    The Trans Agenda #32 Tory cruelty ramps up

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    The Trans Agenda #31 Welcome to The Trans Agenda, a newsletter that will arrive in your inbox Monday if you are subscribed. You can also...
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    What can trans people expect from Rishi Sunak as PM?

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    Rishi Sunak is the UK's latest X-Factor Prime Minister, so what can trans people expect from those he will stuff in his cabinet? 
    AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - JANUARY 13: Becky Sauerbrunn is interviewed during a USA National Womens Team player training camp at The Cloud on January 13, 2023 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

    Proposed ‘Save Women’s Sports Act’ criticised for lacking support for female athletes

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    American professional footballer, Becky Sauerbrunn, has come out in defence of trans athletes, criticising the proposed 'Save Women's Sports Act' for lacking support for female athletes as more sports take action to restrict or exclude those who aren't cis.
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    Trans people in Russia completely banned; how war became war on trans people

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    Russian government takes the opportunity to make any medical and legal transition banned nationwide, leaving trans people in Russia very worried for their futures. Evgeniya Moreva writes;
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    Labour’s Laura Pascal suspended over transphobia

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    UK Labour candidate for the Cazenove ward of Hackney; Laura Pascal suspended over transphobia this week. Including liking anti-trans tweets which compared real life human being Dylvan Mulvaney to racist blackface minstrel shows. But don't worry she apologised and they unsuspended her!
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    The Trans Agenda #17 Anti-trans activists say women are rubbish at sport

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    The Trans Agenda #17 Welcome to The Trans Agenda, a newsletter that will arrive in your inbox Monday to Friday if you are subscribed. You...
    A photo of Lin Yu-Ting in the ring doing a big yell or scream. Transphobic comments about the athlete made by Rowling have result in Taiwan cancelling JK Rowling. Photo credit 宋育廷 via Wikimedia Commons

    Taiwan cancelling JK Rowling after author targeted Lin Yu-Ting with transphobia

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    There has been a lot of talk about Imane Khelif after Angela Carini backed out of her bout after just 46 seconds and two...
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    Club Q shooter’s dad happy he’s not gay

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    The aftermath of the massacre at Club Q continues to show clearly how dangerous the world has become for LGBTQ+ people.
    A photo of Arthur Webber, captain of the first all trans masc football team in Europe with the ball. Photo by Lucy Copsey (@lucycopsey_98 on Twitter)

    All trans masc football team; “we made history here”

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    "As I led the first ever all trans masc football team in Europe onto that pitch to thunderous applause, all my worries melted away. It didn’t matter what the score was; it didn’t matter if I left the field covered in mud and smelling like the Year 9 boys PE changing room. We made history here."
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