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Her Name is Alice, a book by Caroline Litman, tells the story of her transgender daughter Alice’s life and death, highlighting the devastating impact of transphobia and the urgent need for better understanding and care for transgender people. Continue Reading Her Name Is Alice: Caroline Litman

Response to UnHerd – Oxford Literary Festival faces growing trans backlash On the 12th of January, that bastion of online free speech that never appears to want to publish articles that support the trans community, UnHerd was at it again. This time, authored by Joan Smith, her short blog claims that the Oxford Literacy Festival has, and I quote “discovered a backbone, inviting the gender-critical author Helen Joyce and the feminist campaigner Julie Bindel to take part in this year’s programme. Cue the predictable outrage”. Cleverly sidestepping the real issues here, Joan fails to mention why there is outrage. Naturally, Joan…

Jo Bartosch Journalist and Transphobe – Opinion Jo Bartosch describes herself as a journalist and feminist campaigner. She has written numerous articles for Spiked Online, Hot Air, and occasionally for more prestigious titles. She is also the “Memo Editor” at Sex Matters, a trans-hostile “human rights” organisation.  Self-identifying herself as a “terf” in her Spiked article published on 19th September 2024, with the headline “The new Fourth Plinth is a monument to trans narcissism” – Bartosch rants about an artwork in London’s Trafalgar Square, highlighting the global discrimination and marginalisation of the trans community, which in the UK is around…

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) calling out trans women in female sport while insisting she is not transphobic, I wondered if she knows what the definition of transphobia…

Our Year End Operational Review highlights TransLucent’s advocacy for the trans and non-binary community, including meetings with government officials to discuss healthcare and policy reform. The review also acknowledges financial challenges, celebrates the distribution of their report “TRANS: A Community Under Attack,” and outlines TransLucent’s position on the Cass Report, puberty blockers, and single-sex spaces.
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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…

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…