Humza Yousaf resigns, refuses to sacrifice trans people to save himself
On Monday afternoon, an emotional Humza Yousaf resigned as leader of the SNP and, therefore First Minister of Scotland, as trans people lost another...
Trans Writes.World Soft-Launch
I did hope to have everything sorted out fully by today, #TransDayOfVisibility, but sometimes the stars don’t align just right and you get super busy with other projects and neglect the one that doesn’t currently help pay your bills. Instead my co-founder and I have decided to do a soft-launch of our new trans led site for platforming and elevating transgender voices around the world. Welcome to Trans Writes.world
The Trans Agenda #1 4 March 2024
News you need, the perspective you won't find anywhere else. The trans community's guide to UK news and politics and our place in it.
UK parliament set to debate LGBT+ inclusion in primary schools
UK Parliament to debate LGBT+ education in primary schools. Petition prompts action, outcome could shape future policy.
Sex Matters Advisory Group member named Chair of Parliament’s Human Rights Committee
Joanna Cherry named Chair of Parliament's Human Rights Committee despite concerns over her views on trans rights.
A look at the transgender and non-binary census 2021 data
The Office for National Statistics has released data from the 2021 census which for the first time ever includes statistics about the numbers of trans and non-binary living in England and Wales. Here Tom Pashby takes a look at the transgender and non-binary census data;
The Trans Agenda #27 – Labour Justice Secretary backs JK Rowling
The Trans Agenda #27
Welcome to The Trans Agenda, a newsletter that will arrive in your inbox Monday and Thursday if you are subscribed. You...
Justin Webb lied, the BBC did not cut ties with Stonewall over suicide statistics
Justin Webb of BBC Radio 4 recently posted on Twitter regarding the BBC's decision to back out of Stonewall's Diversity Champions and Workplace Equality Index Schemes. He claimed that the BBC and "responsible organisations" cut ties with Stonewall over claims they had made in a 2017 School Report. The BBC response to a Freedom of Information request I sent does not corroborate this.
JK Rowling not included on BBC reading list, like most other authors
Many have also remarked on the fact that the list describes itself as being there to promote books that "readers might not have read before". That includes Susheila Nasta, who worked on the project and spoke to BBC Radio 4 on the subject. She adds that the Philosopher's Stone was on the longlist of 153 books, but didn't make the final cut. With the reasoning for that being that "its a children's book".
Pride Attack; Transgender teenager left with fractured skull
A 19-year-old trans man is receiving treatment in a hospital in Dublin for a fractured skull following a brutal Pride attack on five people after the after the city's parade on 25th June