An open letter to James O’Brien about trans people
Dear James, Perhaps you would indulge me here a little as I try to guide you on an issue you seem to be having some problems with – the ‘transgender debate’.
Jeremy Clarkson asks ‘What if you’re wrong about trans people?’
In a recent Sunday Times column, Jeremy Clarkson discussed the prevalence of transgender issues in the news and, although he makes jokes and uses problematic language throughout the piece, he posed an important question: "What if you're wrong?"
Why the ‘Gays for Gaza’ position makes perfect sense
With the Israeli government’s ethnic cleansing in Gaza and the West Bank approaching a third month, and with the war crimes growing ever more flagrant, frequent and egregious, it is perhaps expected that the propaganda war would also begin to intensify. Bad faith arguments abound, nakedly dishonest justifications are wheeled out without anything even approaching the commensurate degree of shame, and attacks on those expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people are stepped up by those running interference for these atrocities.
The Trans Agenda 13
The Trans Agenda 13
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Trans healthcare is fast becoming the new bogeyman in the UK
With the UK's assorted plans for gender recognition act reform largely being dealt with; the media and politicians a quickly turning their attention to demonising trans healthcare instead.
Twitter is censoring trans people who speak up about on platform hate
Disclaimer; Images of these tweets will be linked to but not shown in this article. The contents will be discussed sensitively. It is important to report that Twitter is censoring trans people like this, but we want to do that without adding to the harm such open calls for violence has on marginalised communities.
Shadow health secretary sparks outrage with separate NHS ward proposal for trans people
Trans healthcare under fire: Streeting's proposal for separate NHS wards sparks outrage.
The Trans Agenda #22 – 4 days, 3 papers, 20 anti-trans articles
News you need, the perspective you won't find anywhere else. The trans community's guide to UK news, media and politics and our place in it.
The Common Sense Group: No sense, plenty of hate
Who are the Common Sense Group and why we should be very concerned.
Sam Smith and the arseholes
Billy Connolly used to talk about arsehole detectors. Flamboyant trousers. Beards dyed in primary colours. These things upset the arseholes so much, just by existing, that arseholes reveal themselves by complaining loudly. Sam Smith is a perfect arsehole detector. Their body, their music, their gender, their pronouns, their videos: arseholes can’t help but comment loudly and persistently.