This Briefing Note outlines that while the Equality Act 2010 protects the right to hold gender-critical beliefs, the expression of these beliefs is not protected if it results in detriment or harassment towards transgender individuals, who are also protected under the Act due to their protected characteristic of gender reassignment. Continue Reading Gender critical beliefs and the Equality Act 2010
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What is a Hate Group? – Briefing Note: This briefing note defines hate groups as organisations that attack or malign entire classes of people based on immutable characteristics, and it discusses their activities, monitoring, and criticisms.
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Organised transphobia uses strategies like othering, moral panics, and populist discourse to undermine trans rights. These tactics involve portraying trans people as a threat to society, thereby justifying discrimination. Continue Reading Strategies in Organised Transphobia – Briefing Note
Transing the Gay Away – Debunked There are a tiny number of trans-hostile organisations (some of whom claim to support…
The Cass Review briefing note examines the Cass Review’s recommendations for gender identity services. TransLucent’s report identifies concerns from service users, professionals, and human rights organisations, and offers solutions. Continue Reading The Cass Review – Briefing Note
This briefing note debunks harmful common narratives about transgender people, crime, and prison statistics, while advocating for policy changes to improve the safety and well-being of transgender prisoners.
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The briefing note addresses claims about trans women in female NHS hospital wards, concluding that allowing trans women to occupy a bed in a ward aligning with their gender identity is a matter of equality and non-discrimination. Investigations found no serious complaints regarding trans women inpatients in female NHS hospital wards.
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Gender Exploratory Therapy (GET) – Conversion Therapy explores the reasoning behind a patient’s gender dysphoria, but there are concerns that it is a conversion therapy technique that can inflict harm on trans youth by tying dysphoria to trauma, delaying access to gender-affirming care and lacking an estimated duration for the therapy.
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Trans Inequality: A Call to Action Equality is the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities. It…
What is a Woman – The Gotcha Question: The question ‘What is a Woman’ is posed as a ‘gotcha’ question…