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Calls for boycott as Oxford Literary Festival continually promotes bigotry

Two talks under the LGBTQ tag on Oxford Literary Festival have attracted widespread condemnation due to being held by anti-trans campaigners Julie Bindel and Helen Joyce, with Joyce being a straight cisgender woman and in no way LGBTQ. Previous years for Oxford Literary Festival have included a talk by Sharron Davies spreading anti-trans propaganda about the unfairness of leaving trans athletes alone and not being weird about them.

Helen Joyce Daily Mail article

Do Labour really want to update gender-ID law?

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?

A photo of Helen Joyce during a speaking event

Helen Joyce threatens lawsuit against University Professor

Helen Joyce’s comments on the show recently caused a massive controversy as she argued to “reduce” the population of people she found to be “damaged” and “difficulties for a sane world”. This tirade included all transgender people, whether they were “happily transitioned” and even those who had detransitioned.