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    The Trans Agenda #33 Kemi Badenoch delivers a trans smoking gun

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    The Trans Agenda #33 Welcome to The Trans Agenda, a newsletter that will arrive in your inbox Monday if you are subscribed. You can also...
    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...
    A screenshot of a document from Royal College of Pyschiatrists where RCPsych's Lenny Cornwall works. The document also includes the code CR181 to identify it. A little easter egg for all my trans friends who have desperately tried to argue with a healthcare professional for basic healthcare.

    RCPsych’s Lenny Cornwall called me toxic and abusive after implying a legal threat against...

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    RCPsych's Lenny Cornwall quote tweeted support of an article in the BMJ by Margaret McCartney taking a favourable view of The Cass Review. I described McCartney as a bigot which has subsequently led Cornwall to suggest I'm being toxic whilst implying legal action against me. He also suggests that I'm engaging in abuse and making it so there's no discussion.
    Not the greatest assault on women in JK Rowling's life; a photo of a protest in support of Roe Vs Wade showing signs reading "Keep your religion out of my vagina" and "I am not free while any woman is unfree even when her shackles are very different from my own" a quote by Audre Lorde. Credit: Matt Hrkac via WIkimedia Commons

    Trans people are the greatest assault on women in JK Rowling’s life time, apparently

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    In yet another bigoted outburst on Twitter the Harry Potter author has now stated that trans people are the greatest assault on women in JK Rowling's life time. All while signal boosting literal fascists who oppose basic bodily autonomy for said women. Amazing, honestly.
    Official photo of Victoria Atkins. Victoria Atkins MP banned puberty blockers.

    Cowardly bully Victoria Atkins MP banned puberty blockers as Parliament dissolves

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    In a move she has described as "bold", Victoria Atkins MP banned puberty blockers literally a day before Parliament's scheduled suspension for the General Election. Meaning Parliamentary opposition will be near impossible.
    Protestors holding signs reading "trans rights now" and "stop killing my trans siblings" at The Downing Street protest 21/01/2023. Photocredit; Alisdare Hickson via Wikimedia Commons. This protest was not about the UK's private gender clinics, but rather Scotland's GRR Bill being blocked by Rishi Sunak.

    UK’s private gender clinics; a guide to getting on hormones

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    Healthcare for transgender and gender diverse people in the UK right now is a battlefield and amidst the smoke, dust and debris it can be very difficult to find one's way out of no mans land. Even the UK's private gender clinics are no guarantee, Eli Cugini writes;
    Helen Joyce Daily Mail article

    Do Labour really want to update gender-ID law?

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    On Monday, The Times lead story was “Labour plan for gender change to be made easier”. On Tuesday, they followed that up with a Labour denial. So, was this one of the Labour Party’s fastest u-turns under Keir Starmer or was The Times up to mischief?
    Manager’s job hard enough without Rowling’s gratuitous intrusion Lucy Clark was the first openly transgender referee. She has now been appointed manager of Sutton United’s women’s team. They play in the London and South Regional Women’s Premier Division beside such luminaries as Saltdean United and Dorking Wanderers. And Sutton are fighting relegation. So it’s a big deal for Clark, not so much for football. Yet a supportive tweet from Pride attracted the attention of JK Rowling. “When I was young all the football managers were straight, white, middle-aged blokes,” she wrote. “So it’s fantastic to see how much things have changed.” It felt a little unnecessary. Clark isn’t invading female space because if that’s the case, so is any coach not born female in the women’s game — and nobody complained about Marc Skinner steering Manchester United to the FA Cup. Clark has spoken about football saving her life when she considered suicide, so her involvement has been enormously positive. Rowling took down Scotland’s poorlyconceived gender reform laws in a series of whipsmart social media posts. By contrast, this just seemed gratuitous.

    The Trans Agenda #31 Labour’s Gender ID change

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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...
    A photo showing some of the crowds at Bangkok Pride Parade 2023 showing a snippet of Life in Thailand for queer people. Credit OraMAAG via Wikimedia Commons

    Life in Thailand made it harder for me to come out as trans

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    The western world has a perception of our Southeast Asian country as very progressive and LGBTQIA+ friendly. I suppose there is some truth in that.  We even recently passed a marriage equality bill! But life in Thailand as a transgender lesbian woman doesn't actually match up to that idealised view.
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    The Trans Agenda #30 – New Deputy in Scotland, Stonewall’s setback, and UK billboards...

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    The Trans Agenda #30 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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