The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations officially comes into effect today. Read our full joint statement: transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/08...
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Northern, working class, queer, cis feminist academic. Lifts heavy things for fun. Personal account. Views mine.
THREAD 🧵🧵🧵🧵 Two of the main lies in the Cass Review used to justify the puberty-blocker ban; 1. The lie that puberty-blockers have a long-term negative effect on bone density. 2. The lie that puberty-blockers have a negative effect on cognitive ability. Both have been shown to be false; 1/4
We have also written a detailed legal explainer about why we think the code of practice gets the law wrong.
How the Code of Practice gets the law wrong | Good Law Project
We’re supporting a legal challenge against the government’s transphobic statutory guidance – here’s why
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On today of all days, we have some good news: This has reached 109,000 signatures. Cis women are still continuing to say ‘No!’ to the marginalisation of trans people in society. If you haven’t already signed, please do and join the voices of women who are standing up for us.👇 Notinourname.org.uk
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Stéphanie says… 🏴☠️🦈🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️@stephaniejane.bsky.social · 2w ago108,000 signatures from cis women has been reached. These are women who say that trans people are no threat to them! With the EHRC guidelines about to be implemented, their voices are now more important than ever! If you agree with them, and have not already signed, please do👇 Notinourname.org.uk
Today is 5 August 2026, a day of shame for the UK and the UK Labour Party in particular. This is the day the UK government brings into force the UK Equality and Human Rights Commission’s new guidance on the provision of services. translucent.org.uk/the-labour-p...
The Labour Party's Day of Shame
The Labour Party's Day of Shame – 5.8.26 highlights the failing of the EHRC and The Labour Party after the Supreme Court judgment FWS v SGM.
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This is what climate failure looks like. Nature, homes and livelihoods are being destroyed. The Government must act now.
🚨 BREAKING We are supporting a legal challenge to the Code of Practice. And we need your help. Join us in fighting back 👇
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The government’s transphobic statutory guidance is now up and running – we’re fighting back
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If you’re a trans ally, please support @GoodLawProject.org’s legal challenge against the UK government’s transphobic “guidance”. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/... 🏳️⚧️
Fight back against the code of practice
The government’s transphobic code of practice is now up and running. But we’re not going to take it, we’re helping to fight back. Join us
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The EHRC's new Code of Practice comes into effect today. Here's what you need to know. transactual.org.uk/know-your-ri...
As ever, massive love and solidarity to trans, non binary and intersex people today.
Great read on the difference between discomfort and harm and the importance of being in community with people you don't like.
Micaiah Johnson@micaiahjohnson.bsky.social · 2d agoI was beaten to it by the amazingly generous @mollytempleton.com but yes! The blog I was nervous about yesterday is a reality today. She’s free. She’s long. She contains multiple cat photos. www.patreon.com/MicaiahJohns...
On Valentines Day this year, women across the UK sent us messages of love, hope and belonging to share with the trans+ community. We post them again now, because we want trans+ people to know that in these difficult times you are seen, valued and never alone. 💗 #WithTheT
The BMA said the Cass Review provided no evidential basis for a puberty blocker ban. But that wasn't the story many newspapers told 👇
Reporting about British Medical Association critique of Cass Review was 'factually wrong'
The mainstream media's reporting of vital information about trans healthcare was wrong. Again.
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Families say medication prescribed through WellBN will end with no clear replacement pathway in place. They fear this amounts to care being withdrawn without a safe alternative.
WellBN “alleviated the distress” of children “in the short term” by providing puberty blockers
A report into the WellBN GP service has concluded that the service "was inappropriately prescribing medications" despite acknowledging how it helped the young people
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In Diva @lailaelmetoui.bsky.social reveals the terrifying consequences of the transphobic safeguarding “guidance” being imposed on schools by @lucympowell.bsky.social. It is many times worse than Section 28 ever was. I’ve asked Powell for an urgent meeting to discuss this. So far no response.
We need to do more to protect trans+ children at school
Laïla El-Métoui reflects on the lessons learned from Section 28 and how the new KCSIE statutory safeguarding guidance can harm trans+ children
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After hosting a “Pride Season” in June that claimed to “celebrate diversity, love, and the vibrant LGBTQ+ community”, Cineworld is now promoting a wizard film and merch. Vue has also done the same.
I need to print this out and put it above my desk...
Jo VanEvery@jovanevery.bsky.social · 6d agoFWIW, it is unusual to be able to write for more than 2 or 3 hours a day. Maybe another hour or so of working on the book in a less cognitively demanding way. (I know Rachel is not alone in thinking otherwise)
Obviously everyone works and thinks differently, but from the perspective of someone in a heavy-thinking job who also has ADHD, those are load-bearing bullshit tasks 😅 And automating them away will make me less efficient with my time, not more. I won't fill that space with more intensive work.
The mainstream media's reporting of the British Medical Association's critique of the Cass Review contained "misinformation" and was "factually wrong", according to members of the doctors union. www.wearequeeraf.com... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Exclusive: Reporting about British Medical Association critique of Cass Review was 'factually wrong'
The mainstream media's reporting of vital information about trans healthcare was wrong. Again.
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I wonder if the guys in the gym who leave their plates on the machines have any idea how hard the rest of us judge them... 😂
My Trans Pride interview included a reference to Cass that UK reports left out, but interestingly the Murdoch owned NT News Australia did broadcast these words. ‘If you continue adhering to the Cass report, which has been widely discredited, you are complicit in the deaths of these young people’.
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"Are you a boy or a girl? My dad is a boy And my mum is a girl So I'm MIXED"
Even when this world feels ugly, there are moments of beauty. Estimated 150,000 at London Trans+ Pride this year.
If you’re wondering why UK press has suddenly woken up to Farage, please read this. It’s because: Brexit. The r/w press refused to scrutinise the money behind Farage & the lawsuit against me scared off the rest. But this isn’t a new scandal. It’s the same one I’ve been reporting on for a decade
THE NERVE@thenerve.news · 3w agoNEW: Who funds Nigel Farage? And why has it taken till now for any journalistic scrutiny? @carolecadwalla.bsky.social who has tracked him for a decade exposes how the UK press & regulators looked the other way 🧵👇
BRAND NEW VIDEO: not only my most thorough take-down of these anti-trans talking points, but it explains why women & minority groups are often stereotyped as "contagious" & "excessively sexual." it compiles a decade of my work, so please watch & "like" & share so others see it! youtu.be/rJq9ran4Sdc
Transgender "Social Contagion," "Grooming," & the Stigma-Contamination Mindset
YouTube video by Julia Serano
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The Bench of Bishops of the Church in Wales has today released a statement about the EHRC Draft Code of Practice. Mae Mainc Esgobion yr Eglwys yng Nghymru wedi cyhoeddi datganiad heddiw ynglyn â Chôd Ymarfer Drafft yr EHRC. www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-... #ChurchInWales
The Government has confirmed that the EHRC’s new Code of Practice on Services will come into force on 5 August. If this results in you experiencing discrimination when accessing services, pls contact my clerks at pa@gclaw.co.uk. 🏳️⚧️❤️🔥🧑⚖️ #TransRights #EqualityAct #HumanRights #LGBTQ #CommunityMatters
🗓️ Save the date: 9th September. Join us in Parliament, we have to fix the law. Read more: www.transsolidarityalliance.com/post/ehrc-co...
EHRC Code to come into force: what now?
The current Minister for Women and Equalities, in one of this government's last acts before a change of leadership, has made an order to bring the EHRC's harmful Code of Practice into force.The order ...
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Remember Streeting's review into whether young people are being overdiagnosed with ADHD, autism, and mental health issues? Well, the interim report is out, and there's a reason the media are silent on it (spoiler: it proves what a lot of us have been saying all along)
