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Judy Murray and “I’m not transphobic” Out canvassing for the Labour Party before this year’s General Election, I often encountered a common phrase – “I am not racist, but.” Then came a monologue about stopping the boats, how people from other countries were a drain on our economy and were intending to “steal our jobs”. So, when I read an article published in The Telegraph with Judy Murray (mother of the tennis players Andy and James Murray) insisting she is not transphobic, I wondered if she knows what the definition of transphobia is? For new readers to my blog, let’s…

TransLucent advocates for the trans and non-binary community, which represents approximately 0.5% of the UK population, similar in size to the Jewish community. We are very aware of the toxicity of debates in the media and some parts of society concerning trans people’s human rights, and we are pleased that this government seeks to address this issue – it is an aim we mutually share. We are also pleased that this government seeks to take action against online hate, include trans people in the forth-coming “conversion therapy” ban, reform the Gender Recognition Act and improve NHS healthcare for trans people.…

Incredibly, on June 4th, 2024, the Conservative party, supported by various so-called “sex-based” rights groups,  made an election pledge to change the Equality Act 2010.

Women Are Socially Constructed. Though we are all human at birth, what does being a woman (or a man) mean? This blog explores the hypothesis that, despite their seeming naturalness, society may significantly influence these categories more than biology. The Performance of Gender: According to social constructionism, gender encompasses more than just biological sex (male or female); it also refers to the roles, practices, and social expectations that society assigns. As Simone de Beauvoir stated, these concepts are acquired, not born. Often quoted in gender studies, her exact words were, “One is not born, but becomes a woman”  If nurturing…

EHRC and GANHRI – A Statement On February 28, 2024, TransLucent.Org.UK was scheduled to meet Baroness Kishwer Falkner, the chairwoman of the EHRC, and two EHRC commissioners. However, on February 26th 2024, we learnt that Baroness Falkner could no longer attend, and we were subsequently told that while a meeting could go ahead, no commissioners would be present. Given the circumstances, we decided to postpone the meeting as we believe it important that commissioners would be present to engage in open and respectful discussion.  We intended to give a position statement at the meeting, but as that did not go…

Unherd:  NHS puberty-blocker ruling will save lives debunked. Content warning – suicide. On March 13, 2024, the right-wing website Unherd published an article authored by Victoria Smith with the headline “NHS puberty-blocker ruling will save lives”. “In my opinion, the headline is irresponsible and is one of the most misleading articles I have ever read. Indeed, the question should be asked if it is deliberate misinformation?  It’s important to note that Sir Paul Marshall, a prominent figure in the media, owns and publishes Unherd. He has also invested in another right-wing rag, GB News. Tim Montgomerie, a conservative British political…

On the 16th of January 2024, the trans-hostile gender-critical organisation Sex Matters released a report suggesting there was a crisis in the domestic abuse sector because people advocate for single-sex spaces.

Kemi Badenoch, Prejudice and Conservative Lies.  Kemi Badenoch stated when recently giving evidence to the Women’s and Equalities Select Committee that predators are exploiting trans rights and accessing single-sex spaces. She said: “Predators have started exploiting the loopholes. It is the behaviour of people who are choosing to exploit rights given to transgender people, because the definition is very loose, that we are now having to look at what we can do in order to protect women and children who are the most vulnerable in those single-sex spaces. “I have to be clear that I’m not saying that transgender people are…

Sharron Davies Saving Women’s Sport – Opinion. Sharron Davies MBE (born 1962) is an English former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships and competed for England in the Commonwealth Games. More recently, she has led a campaign to “save women’s sport.” Save womens sport from what? Trans women. At first sight, that may seem highly admirable if women’s sport was genuinely threatened, but look more closely, and big cracks appear. In June 2022, World Aquatics (formerly FINA) announced that trans women were banned from competing with cisgender females. “Hoorah!” shouts Sharron Davies and her…

Jill Foster Free Lance Journalist and Transphobia Recently, Katie Neeves, a trans woman from Leicestershire, won the East Midlands Outstanding Female LGBTQIA+ Champion 2023 at their Women’s Award ceremony. Now the clue is in the “LGBTQIA+” – someone from within the LGBT+ community would win the award, albeit the “G” was likely not to be a contender. Nor was a trans man – they qualify for men’s awards. Trans men like the pictured Patricio Manuel, a professional boxer based in the United States. In short, in society, trans women and trans men swap places. According to the last census, our…