A transgender pride flag flying above the Foreign and Common Wealth Office in London. Photo by Foreign and Common Wealth Office.

Most senior UK politicians ignore Trans Day of Remembrance

Trans Awareness Week is over for another year, coming to a close with Trans Remembrance Day, but given the silence of the UK's politicians, you'd be forgiven for thinking that it had been deliberately ignored by many.
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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.

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.
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Self ID in Finland and the awful bigger picture

Self ID in Finland is on the horizon so we asked a Finnish trans writer to tell us about it and the wider context it exists in. Vilja Heikkilä writes;
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The Trans Agenda #5 Labour make trans pledges but will it keep them?

The Trans Agenda #5 Welcome to The Trans Agenda, a newsletter that will arrive in your inbox Monday to Friday at 10am if you are...
WINCHESTER, ENGLAND - JANUARY 19: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak walks through the local streets during a visit on January 19, 2024 in Winchester, England. This week in Parliament, Rishi Sunak's government won the vote on the Safety of Rwanda Safety (Asylum and Immigration) Bill by 44 votes after a Conservative right wing rebellion failed to materialise. The Bill will now progress to the House of Lords for further scrutiny. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Rwanda not safe for LGBTQ+ people, warns refugee

A queer, autistic refugee from Ukraine exposes the dangers of the UK's Rwanda deportation plan, highlighting the risks for LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent individuals.
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Trans Bites: Issue 1 June 2023

Hello, and welcome to Trans Bites, the newsletter that alerts you to the big stories affecting trans people in the UK today that the UK national media don't want to tell you about.
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The Trans Agenda 14 Badenoch at it again, BBC notice waiting lists + more

The Trans Agenda 14 Welcome to The Trans Agenda, a newsletter that will arrive in your inbox Monday to Friday if you are subscribed. You...
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Germany consider legal action over FIFA OneLove armband ban

The German Football Association (DFB) are considering taking legal action against FIFA after the sport's governing body banned teams from wearing a OneLove captain's armband.
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Labour’s Laura Pascal suspended over transphobia

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!