Jamie Wareham
@jamiewareham.co.uk
I help you understand the LGBTQIA+ news and support queer creatives. Founder of @wearequeeraf.com 🏳️🌈 He/Him Forbes Under 30 listed Try my 4.8/5⭐ newsletter - https://www.wearequeeraf.com/subscribe/
QueerAF understands several government departments are set to release similar guidance, and there seems to have been coordinated activity to release them at the same time.
QueerAF@wearequeeraf.com · 4d ago🚨 Breaking: New guidance from the Ministry of Defence, seen by QueerAF, sets out that Trans service members will be "accommodated in line with their biological sex" www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-trans-arm...
The top lines of this breaking story, so you don't have to get your news from an outlet that will bring you anti-trans sentiment. But its complexity requires detailed analysis, which we'll bring you in our newsletter on Saturday. Join 10K readers 👇 wearequeeraf.com/subscribe
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QueerAF@wearequeeraf.com · 5d ago🆕🚨 NHS England guidance says: 🔴 Trans people must be placed on wards "in line with their biological sex" 🔴 Trans people can be segregated to private rooms to protect the "dignity" of other patients Full explainer out in our newsletter Sat 📨 wearequeeraf.com/subscribe Here's what we know now 🧵
Fascinating - the old one "was rooted in Western stereotypes" and called an example of "cartographic colonialism" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale
Togo-sponsored resolution called to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland
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"What’s notable is that this week we’re seeing the well-established backlash to UK Trans+ healthcare shift from a focus on Trans+ children to directly impacting Trans+ adults."
QueerAF@wearequeeraf.com · 2mo ago🚨🆕 @wearequeeraf.com and @whatthetrans.com can reveal that the NHS has cancelled all gender-affirming surgeries for adult patients of the Welsh Gender Service Some trans patients received the news just days or even hours before they were due to take place 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/nhs-cancels-...
"When LGBTQIA+ rights were once again at risk, PinkNews was given a choice: continue to serve the LGBTQIA+ community...or submit to the allure of mass-producing popular, uncontroversial content...its decision to cave to the whims of the algorithm has left it in reputational and financial tatters."
Metric anxiety is fueling a dangerous decline in quality queer journalism
Why so many articles about queer people focus on celebs, rely on pics of hypermasculine guys and use rage-bait misinformation
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The queer news sector has fallen prey to the growing trend of metric-driven news churn that looms over much of the industry.
Metric anxiety is fueling a dangerous decline in quality queer journalism
Why so many articles about queer people focus on celebs, rely on pics of hypermasculine guys and use rage-bait misinformation
wearequeeraf.com
It is most damaging because, well placed on the BBC homepage, it can attract 1M readers without doing the issue justice Worse, many more will simply see the headline and, without any context or understanding of our community, take away that LGBTQIA+ people are part of a 'backlash' to Pride
Jamie Wareham@jamiewareham.co.uk · 2mo agoThis 'in depth' article fails to cover the impact of Trump, the anti-DEI movement in the US, and UK politicians' role in the rise of anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric It also relies on Reform's Darren Grimes and an anon 'gender critical lesbian' to claim our community is divided www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This 'in depth' article fails to cover the impact of Trump, the anti-DEI movement in the US, and UK politicians' role in the rise of anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric It also relies on Reform's Darren Grimes and an anon 'gender critical lesbian' to claim our community is divided www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The backlash Pride faces from inside and outside the LGBT community
Big companies used to go out of their way to support Pride. Now, there's a nervousness in the air, Darren Milby writes
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Feeling overwhelmed, concerned, and worried about the EHRC code? I hear you 🏳️⚧️ In tomorrow's QueerAF newsletter, we've intentionally focused all our stories on those who are already fighting back - and what you need to know to support that work Join 10K readers 👇 wearequeeraf.com/subscribe
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The 40-day scrutiny period for the EHRC's code of practice ends today - 166 MPs tried to stop it It doesn't come into force immediately, but the minister can choose to implement it after today What next? Join 10K readers who'll understand Sat in our free newsletter 📩 wearequeeraf.com/subscribe
Today the Parliamentary scrutiny period for the draft Code of Practice ends. It still requires a commencement order to come into force. It does not happen automatically today. Labour could still, in theory, choose not to do this.
🚨 WE NEED YOU 🚨 As a new Prime Minister comes into power, we want to show that an overwhelming number of people support trans people, and want the government to take serious action to protect their rights. Will you say you stand with trans people? And share with everyone you know?
I stand with trans people | Good Law Project
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🚨 The Code of Practice has been published. It treats Trans+ people as a 'third sex', and creates legal defences to make it more justifiable to exclude Trans+ people from single-sex spaces. A full explainer and digest will be in our newsletter on Saturday. For now, this is what we know 🧵
QueerAF@wearequeeraf.com · 5mo agoA Code of Practice that will significantly change Trans+ rights in public life is expected today. We'll be cutting through the noise and spin, from right wing media, to bring you (and 10K readers) an explainer in our free newsletter Sat. Skip the doom scrolling 👇 wearequeeraf.com/subscribe
Analysis by @jamiewareham.co.uk This is not the code of practice that anyone wants, gender-criticals or Trans+ people. It toes the line between saying Trans+ people are protected, while essentially treating them as a third sex that, in many circumstances, will force them to rely on unisex toilets.
We've read the new Code of Practice. Here's what you need to know.
The Code of Practice: what you need to know | Good Law Project
The updated code of practice for services, public functions and associations has been laid before Parliament. Here’s what that means.
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Analysis - @jamiewareham.co.uk Streeting is not a popular person within the LGBTQIA+ community. He is also facing scrutiny on his ties to private health donors from @goodlawproject.org. Meanwhile, new @labourlist.bsky.social poll shows, he'd lose against Starmer, or any other prospective candidate
While Streeting contemplates what he does next, here is a brief look at his role in undermining Trans+ healthcare in the UK, since becoming Health Secretary. Plus a look at how in 2022, he said: "my Christian Anglican faith definitely informs my politics"🧵
QueerAF@wearequeeraf.com · 5mo ago🆕 Wes Streeting has resigned as Health Secretary, saying he has lost confidence in PM, Keir Starmer It's widely expected he'll trigger a leadership election We'll have analysis of what this means to LGBTQIA+ people in our newsletter on Saturday Join 10K readers 👇 wearequeeraf.com/subscribe
We took the extraordinary step of delaying the release of this story to give organisations like NHS England more time to respond, at their request. They've since failed to answer any of our follow-ups, so we've published this story, with their silence.
QueerAF@wearequeeraf.com · 6mo agoDespite warning signs that trans people are dying of suicide more than the general UK population, official data remains inadequate – while rights and healthcare rollbacks continue www.wearequeeraf.com/trans-people...
In this article, former Scottish Labour Leader Kezia Dugdale who is the new chair of Stonewall: 🔴 Praises JK Rowling 🔴 Positions Stonewall as stepping back from frontline fighting for Trans rights 🔴 Is steeped in anti-trans dog whistles What a way to start www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Things could go backwards’: Kezia Dugdale on safety, LGBTQ+ rights and the future of Stonewall
Exclusive: Former Scottish Labour leader says she feels more scared as a lesbian today and calls for a kinder debate on transgender issues
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"You’re allowed to take a moment – just a moment – after a year of struggle, to be proud of the fact that we’re still here. We’re still fighting. And no matter how long and difficult the struggle is – it is a fight we will win, together." goodlawproject.org/a-year-under...
A year under attack – and a year fighting back
Jess O’Thomson and Jolyon Maugham reflect on what has happened in the year since the Supreme Court’s judgment, and how the trans community has courageously fought back
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This is one of the only single resources that comprehensively captures: 👉 The entire timeline to the decision 👉 The twists and turns since 👉 The impact of the decision that upended Trans+ rights in the UK And it's written by Trans+ journalist @mimihansford.bsky.social who asks: What now?
QueerAF@wearequeeraf.com · 6mo agoSupreme Court Decision one year on – 365 days of confusion, gaslighting, and fear 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/the-supreme-...
🆕🚨 - Just days ahead of the anniversary of the For Women Scotland Supreme Court decision that upended UK Trans+ rights, the EHRC has announced it has submitted a new draft code of practice following comments from the Government. What do we know, and has it scrapped bathroom bans? 🧵
Headlines caused by Streeting, and now reported without journalists in PinkNews's 'reporter free newsroom'- who would provide his comments critical context and analysis
Jamie Wareham@jamiewareham.co.uk · 7mo agoI guess this is what a reporter free newsroom looks like. An op-ed from a Labour health secretary who has overseen some of the most damaging policies towards Trans+ youth in a decade www.thepinknews.com/2026/04/03/w...
I guess this is what a reporter free newsroom looks like. An op-ed from a Labour health secretary who has overseen some of the most damaging policies towards Trans+ youth in a decade www.thepinknews.com/2026/04/03/w...
A "reporter free newsroom" has no business calling itself a newsroom. Massively disappointing.
Jamie Wareham@jamiewareham.co.uk · 7mo agoQueer journalists should be writing our news, which needs better justice than short, lacking in nuance social media captions – in a world where our rights are under attack. PinkNews have now confirmed the redundancy consultation to @wearequeeraf.com, and this divestment in news is concerning 👇
7/ From our founder @jamiewareham.co.uk 👇 “We know all too well how terrible so many of the mainstream media titles have been to our community. “And while they lean into anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric to chase clicks and rage bait, even gay media can be pushed off course by market pressures."
Just want to underscore how much journalistic talent will go as part of this, and what a shame that is. My thoughts are with the dedicated LGBTQIA+ journalists, who, despite toxic work culture and editorial agendas, have fought hard to do good work for our community in its newsroom.
QueerAF@wearequeeraf.com · 7mo agoPinkNews, one of the largest gay news organisations, is going to move to a 'reporter free newsroom' with redundancies across its editorial team, QueerAF understands www.wearequeeraf.com/pinknews-to-...
I set up @wearequeeraf.com because of the malpractice and toxic cultures I've seen at multiple gay and mainstream outlets I’ve worked for. Suffice to say, some of these included inappropriate touching and uncomfortable flirtatious behaviours from bosses 🧵 www.wearequeeraf.com/we-started-q...
We started QueerAF in response to bad practices we saw in gay and mainstream media newsrooms
We believe there’s a better way for our LGBTQIA+ community to be seen, heard and celebrated in the media. Let’s rewrite the narrative and change media for good.
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