Opinion

The 2024 Olympics is underway and already transphobes in global media and on social media have mobilised to make it all about them and their beliefs. Imane Khelif is a cisgender woman however rumours persist that she is transgender or otherwise has an intersex variation which transphobes believe should disqualify her from competition.

The Women's March logo has come under fire from those involved in organising against trans people's equality. This because they've apparently put a man in it, and by which they mean a transgender woman. Hilarity has of course, ensued.

Katy Montgomerie's speech at Warwick University has been postponed following threats to disrupt the event and in the light of the protests regarding Nadhim Zahawi's disastrous appearance on campus earlier this year.

The anti-trans crusade wages on in the media with multiple different talk shows having shimed in to debate whether JK Rowling should go to prison. This following a misleading story in the Daily Mail.

The British Medical Association (BMA) has voted to undertake an evaluation of the Cass Review citing the widespread condemnation of the review from many doctors both in and out of the UK. Within the vote the BMA calls for pause on implementation of Cass.

Statements like the above truly show the depth of anti-trans conspiracy theory which JK Rowling has allowed herself to fall victm to. But its been noted repeatedly that we probably should have seen the signs coming, not least because of her friendships such as that with the Baroness.

The sacking and eventual banning from teaching of evangelical Christian teacher Joshua Sutcliffe over what the BBC calls a “transgender row” generated a lot of breathless headlines. With claims from the press that Sutcliffe was sacked for misgendering. But as Sarah Clarke writes, there's always more to the story than the headlines will tell you.

Get The L Out, who are widely described as anti-trans, have once again attempted to lead the parade during Pride while holding signs supporting trans exclusion. They were asked to leave and have obviously not taken it well.

Disinformation about queer rights history is rife and often spread by people pushing an anti-trans agenda by, somewhat successfully, arguing that T is new and dragging the rest of the acronym down. But is that true? Answering the question when was the T added to LGBT, Sarah Clarke writes;

Jordan Henderson leaves behind his vocal LGBTQ+ allyship after moving to Al-Ettifaq in Saudi Arabia, raising questions about the genuineness of his support.