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A selection of articles written by Guest Authors.

The Equality Act: Why Trans Rights Still Prevail in Tribunals

Alex Massie and Transphobia – Opinion. Writing in The Times (Dec 10th), Alex Massie is more than upset with Sandie Peggie’s Employment Tribunal judgment, hitting out at Judge Kemp, who took great care to set out the facts of the case and the reasons for the findings. Now, to be clear, the fact that Peggie lost (in football scores) 43-4 is quite a drubbing, and for gender-critical people, that must really hurt, after their “landmark” ruling at the Supreme Court in April. So, where exactly did Alex Massie go wrong? Firstly, he writes as if the gender-critical ideologues represent women…

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Ross Tucker Print Screen Lia Thomas

In the spring/summer of 2022, there was only one name on the tongues of the Daily Mail editors and no prizes for guessing who…the American trans woman swimmer Lia Thomas. They were not alone; other right-wing trans-hostile media outlets joined in; the Times, GB News, The Telegraph and LBC were tremendous allies to “save women’s sports.” The usual gender-critical antagonists supported the campaign against Lia, such as Emma Hilton, Jon Pike, and Dr Ross Tucker – aided and abetted by the trans-hostile organisation Fair Play for Women and celebs such as Peers Morgan and Sharron Davies. With such a wall…

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