Useful reporting from Translucent. When we’ve suggested that trans women don’t pose a risk, people have argued that’s because of under reporting. These FOI requests suggest that might not be the case www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/almo...

Almost no one is complaining about trans women in women's spaces, study finds - LGBTQ Nation

“This is a manufactured controversy, not a documented crisis.”

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Is English football enabling violence against women? NEW video essay tackles online abuse, the ban on trans women, workplace harassment in media, and more👇. The Truth About Violence Against Women In English Football: youtu.be/BB1hU1-hkFs

The Truth About English Football: Violence Against Women

YouTube video by Evie Ashton

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column on the mansion tax refugees www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Won’t somebody please think of Britain’s poor £2m homeowners? Oh, wait – everyone already is | Jonathan Liew

Contrast the furious reaction to Rachel Reeves’s ‘mansion tax’ to the response offered to those living with real housing injustice: indifference, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

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"Sexism and misogyny do not persist by accident, but by design." After @womeninfootball.co.uk found that four in five women report workplace sexism in football, I wrote about why women sports journalists still don't belong in the sports media. evieashton.substack.com/p/sexism-aga...

Sexism against sports journalists isn’t an accident

On why women still don’t belong in sports journalism

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Sports journalists, do you find press conferences repetitive and that trying to get an insightful quote from the speaker is like pushing water up a hill? I wrote about why press conferences suck👇. evieashton.substack.com/p/press-conf...

Press conferences suck

When did sports journalists become scared of holding the powerful to account?

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Press conferences suck. This week, I wrote about why they are less about reporting the truth and more about preserving the status quo.👇 evieashton.substack.com/p/press-conf...

Press conferences suck

When did sports journalists become scared of holding the powerful to account?

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Was Michelle Agyemang’s ACL tear caused by sexism? Before jumping to blame hips, hormones, boots or pitches, I write we must consider the gendered inequalities women are subject to throughout their footballing lives that may seriously impact injury risk. 👇 evieashton.substack.com/p/sexism-cau...

Sexism caused your ACL injury

Not your weak female biology

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Our investigation by journalist @evieashton.bsky.social revealed how athletes were being forced to come out because of blanket sports bans that were being implemented following the Supreme Court ruling and the now withdrawn EHRC guidance on it 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/i-had-to-out...

“I had to out myself” – are sports bodies violating Trans+ people’s right to privacy?

QueerAF speaks to experts and victims of Trans+ sports bans about how this might be a breach of their right to privacy, which could see legal challenges

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The England and Wales Cricket Board is being sued over its ban on trans women's inclusion in the sport 👇 We asked in September whether they'd considered this outcome of their ban, and they stood by their stance. This is what they said and what the case will look at 🧵 bsky.app/profile/good...

What if Leah Williamson’s ACL injury that forced her to miss the World Cup 2023 was caused by sexism? Drawing on a recent paper by sociologist Madeline Pape, I discuss why gender inequalities, not 'female biology', could be behind the “ACL crisis” 👇 evieashton.substack.com/p/sexism-cau...

Sexism caused your ACL injury

Not your weak female biology

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Had a go at critiquing football's "no room for racism in sport" anti-discrimination expression. Worried it's less about anti-racism and more about deflection and avoidance of the wider issue of structural racism in English football. ✍ evieashton.substack.com/p/the-proble...

The problem with “no room for racism” in football

Is the anti-discrimination expression about racial justice?

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“What a summer of women’s sport.” “England women will inspire the next gen.” Why are we whitewashing this year? Trans women and girls were literally banned. Sex testing was brought back. And Black players are being subjected to racism. Journalism MUST recognise setbacks as well as progress.

Sharing this again. Happy for the Red Roses but now more than ever we need to remember those who have been excluded from women’s rugby and won’t be able to reap the benefits of the team’s success.

Evie Ashton@evieashton.bsky.social · last yr.

Thrilled that the Lionesses have done it again. However, is the growth of women's football always the same as 'progress'? Words on this below. 👇 evieashton.substack.com/p/why-this-s...

NEW: World Athletics’s reintroduction of sex testing at the World Championships 2025 is "a threat to all women", an expert has said. Spoke to Dr Sheree Bekker about the "insidious" effects of this policy for @scotnational.bsky.social. www.thenational.scot/sport/254819...

Expert issues warning over World Athletics bringing back sex testing

WORLD Athletics’s reintroduction of sex testing at the World Championships 2025 is "a threat to all women", an expert has said.

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I of course welcome the recognition of the state of Palestine. And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide. Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.

NEW: World Athletics’s reintroduction of sex testing at the World Championships 2025 is "a threat to all women", an expert has said. Spoke to Dr Sheree Bekker about the "insidious" effects of this policy for @scotnational.bsky.social. www.thenational.scot/sport/254819...

Expert issues warning over World Athletics bringing back sex testing

WORLD Athletics’s reintroduction of sex testing at the World Championships 2025 is "a threat to all women", an expert has said.

thenational.scot

#journorequest Looking to speak to an academic e.g. historian, social scientist, political scientist etc... on the perceived freedom of speech crisis amid rising anti-immigrant rhetoric and far-right protests in the UK.

A few months ago, trans women and girls had the freedom to participate and enjoy football and cricket and their sporting families taken away from them. I've been investigating how their privacy was stripped from them too. My exclusive investigation: www.wearequeeraf.com/i-had-to-out...

“I had to out myself” – are sports bodies violating Trans+ people’s right to privacy?

QueerAF speaks to experts and victims of Trans+ sports bans about how this might be a breach of their right to privacy, which could see legal challenges

wearequeeraf.com

A few months ago, trans women and girls had the freedom to participate and enjoy football and cricket and their sporting families taken away from them. I've been investigating how their privacy was stripped from them too. My exclusive investigation: www.wearequeeraf.com/i-had-to-out...

“I had to out myself” – are sports bodies violating Trans+ people’s right to privacy?

QueerAF speaks to experts and victims of Trans+ sports bans about how this might be a breach of their right to privacy, which could see legal challenges

wearequeeraf.com

"The responsibility for growing women’s sport and achieving gender justice in sport should not lie with those who were not culpable for its marginalisation in the first place and have borne the brunt of abuse and discrimination since." evieashton.substack.com/p/stop-burde...

Stop burdening women’s rugby players

On the unpaid work expected of female athletes

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In 2025, female athletes are still expected to carry out unpaid labour and deal with online abuse and discrimination. My latest piece on the narrative that female athletes should be responsible for increasing their own, and their sport’s, visibility.👇 evieashton.substack.com/p/stop-burde...

Stop burdening women’s rugby players

On the unpaid work expected of female athletes

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Are we expecting too much of women's rugby players? My latest piece tackles the exhausting unpaid labour female athletes are expected to carry out.👇 open.substack.com/pub/evieasht...

Stop burdening women’s rugby players

On the unpaid work expected of female athletes

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You know who never gets called "a biological male"? Biological males.

Diana Fire@boo.bsky.social · last yr.

"Biological male" is a slur against trans women 99.9% of the time it's used

“The “Reform FC Home Shirt” is far more than a gimmick. It is a key to unlocking more voters and mobilising support for a far right party.” My latest newsletter👇 evieashton.substack.com/p/why-the-uk...

Why the UK’s far-right party launched football shirts

Reform UK’s latest merchandise is a concerning recruitment strategy

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"Seen as a football club, Reform UK is no longer a political party that, in government, would be responsible for tackling poverty, preventing climate catastrophe, or reducing NHS waiting times, but instead a “winning team” hoping to lift the league trophy." 👇 evieashton.substack.com/p/why-the-uk...

Why the UK’s far-right party launched football shirts

Reform UK’s latest merchandise is a concerning recruitment strategy

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Why we can't afford to laugh off Reform UK's football shirts. My latest ✍️ evieashton.substack.com/p/why-the-uk...

Why the UK’s far-right party launched football shirts

Reform UK’s latest merchandise is a concerning recruitment strategy

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“Linking sex attacks to migration is 'dangerous racist diversion' warn 100 women's rights groups” We all know racist men are just racist men and more likely to be a danger to women themselves. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Linking sex attacks to migration is 'dangerous racist diversion' warning

In a letter to Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper, organisations including Rape Crisis England and Wales, the End Violence Against Women Coalition and Refuge called on ministers to stand up to the 'danger...

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"Sport, with its inherent power and resource imbalances, has a unique capacity to generate, enable and support gender-based violence." More in my latest👇 evieashton.substack.com/p/does-sport...

Does sport perpetuate violence against women?

On the "rotten few" who tarnish sport

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Transphobia as justification for subjecting all women athletes to intrusive medical tests and someone else's definition of who they 'really' are. Cursory searches online indicate presence of the SRY gene has a complex range of effects, including none. This is nonsense. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet...

World Athletics introduces one-time genetic test for athletes wanting to compete in female category for world ranking competitions

Athletes who want to compete in the female category for world ranking competitions will have to take a one-time gene test, says World Athletics.

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