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a:gender network ☂️

@agender.org.uk

We’re the Civil Service network for trans and intersex staff across the UK. You can find us at www.agender.org.uk. Friends and allies welcome! Reskeets ≠ endorsements

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a:gender network ☂️@agender.org.uk · 2y ago

“Explanatory notes are written by civil servants.” We would like to clarify that nobody on the a:gender Executive Committee was involved in the writing of these notes. clareflourish.wordpress.com/2021/10/09/a...

Anti-trans discrimination and the Explanatory Notes to the Equality Act

Can a group counselling session simply kick out any trans women, because the organisers think the cis women would not want them there? Having lost on the meaning of the Equality Act, the anti-trans…

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Ashleeee 🌊🪭@reactiveashley.cat · 2y ago

1/🧵 I welcome the Equality Minister’s timely remarks on the single-sex service exceptions. It confirms what revisionists vilified as “Stonewall law” is really just the law of the UK. Inclusion is the default position, but it’s not mandatory in all situations.

Dave Andress@davidandress.bsky.social · 2y ago

The absolute best thing about this, of course, is that it continues to be false. There are no such rights. Never have been. There's a right *not to be discriminated against because of your sex*, but it's the SAME right that applies to other people for other reasons.

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Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2y ago

While well-intentioned and useful for some, I don’t think blocklists will stop the flow of new accounts created specifically to harass trans people. But I think some other things cis allies can do is uplift and include trans users & combat hateful replies with supportive ones

a:gender network ☂️@agender.org.uk · 2y ago

This is becoming a real issue. One member of a ‘gender-critical’ organisation called us “noncey” for sharing a tweet from our colleagues at the Department for Education, from his anonymous account.

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a:gender network ☂️@agender.org.uk · 2y ago

This is a great point. We have “gender critical” colleagues who have *on record* stated that they advocate for workplace policies that would not allow people to enter toilets based on their “identity” (gender), but that’s *exactly* what transphobic colleagues would also do.

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a:gender network ☂️@agender.org.uk · 2y ago

It’s Trans Day of Remembrance and we’re holding our usual online vigil to remember those we have lost this year. If you’re a civil servant and wish to attend, please email agender@agender.org.uk from your work address and we’ll send you the link.

A graphic in trans colours (pink white and blue) with text that reads “trans day of remembrance” above a cartoon drawing of six people in a row with their arms round each other in support, viewed from behind.
a:gender network ☂️@agender.org.uk · 2y ago

Civil Servant? We’ve teamed up with the Civil Service LGBT+ network and we’d like to invite you to come and join us for a social event at Sparkle Weekend on 13 July in Manchester!🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 www.civilservice.lgbt/event/2024-0...

CS LGBT+ Network Social – Manchester – Sparkle Weekend

Join fellow Civil Servants for a social sparkle weekend. This is open to all Civil Servants in the LGBT+ Network and their supportive family & friends.

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