Doing things a little different at this conference! I’ll be “presenting” an illustrated and partially animated reflection on the complex and chaotic emotional journey that this PhD has been (and continues to be - still writing 🫠)

Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence@tvce.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Matteo Bassetti (he/they) from @universityofessex.bsky.social will present a TRANSMISSION titled "Defining pathologization as torture: graphic auto-ethnography of a legal thesis" Part of the #TVCE #Symposium 24/7/26 TICKETS: tvcebirkbecksymposium.eventbrite.com #Queer #Conference #AcademicSky 🌈🎓

An absolutely brilliant piece from @wearequeeraf.com featuring equally brilliant scholarship from @alexsharpe.bsky.social 'Sex by Deception' cases in the UK have a frightening history, but the treatment of trans woman Chiara Watkin is a terrifying new development

Senthorun S. Raj@senthorun.bsky.social · 7mo ago

“The CPS guidance makes clear that a Trans+ person not disclosing their gender to a sexual partner will not always be a crime, but the limits of this are unclear.” Laws continue to undermine the autonomy and privacy of trans people, especially when they encourage the punishment of “gender fraud.”

From Instagram - today the Dyke Project shut down NHS England HQ to protest the politically motivated ban on trans youth healthcare.

Transphobia is at the core of modern fascism

Laura Jedeed@laurajedeed.bsky.social · 8mo ago

It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker This was never about woman's sports

Another mad and confusing day to be doing a PhD on trans rights from England.

New School Guidance announces: Full bathroom ban. Full PE ban. Full school trip accommodation ban. Trans kids will not go to the bathroom, do PE or go on any school trips. 1/

This is an important read. I don't want to take anything away from it. However: It really should have been a news item informed by the Good Law Project's data. It isn't bc the British press has shut out any story that contradicts anti-trans talking points. goodlawproject.org/new-data-sho...

New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project

A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare

goodlawproject.org

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

University of Essex to shut Southend campus and cut 400 jobs

The Southend-on-Sea campus is home to the award-winning East 15 drama school.

bbc.co.uk

This test is (was?) used by Italian GICs. I filled the long list and ranked how distressing I found each part of my body, 0 to 5. This particular test was at the top of a thick stack - hundreds of pages - of other tests. It set the scene about how humiliating the rest of the process would be.

Cal Horton (they/them)@fiercemum.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Real questions in the puberty blocker study: How happy are you with your nose? Would like like to change it by surgery? How happy are you with your shoulders? Would like to change them by surgery? How happy are you with your hips? Would like to change them by surgery? Continued...

They are forcibly de-transitioning trans children/adolescents. Those most severely impacted are aged 11-15. The risk to this group is very high, and NHS England/NHS Sussex know this. They don't care at all about the safety or well-being of trans under 18s.

📣SAVE THE DATE 📣 📆 29-30 gennaio 2026 📍Dipartimento di Scienze Umane - Università di Verona Deadline: 31 ottobre 2025 La CfP è aperta al mondo dell’accademia, dell’attivismo e delle istituzioni, con l’obiettivo di stimolare un dialogo intersettoriale. sites.dsu.univr.it/politesse/wp...

‘The​ current members of the Supreme Court, ten men and two women, all of them white, seem to regard the Human Rights Act as an unwelcome remnant of a past era.’ In his final piece for the 𝘓𝘙𝘉, Conor Gearty writes on the Supreme Court’s reinterpretation of the HRA: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Conor Gearty · Unwelcome Remnant: Erasing the Human Rights Act

The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. In cases where human rights cannot be...

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It is hard not to despair when literally anyone could accuse you of having hid your "transgender status" from them and have you imprisoned and put on a sex offenders register.

Trans Writes@transwrites.world · last yr.

transwrites.world/ciara-watkin... Ciara Watkin has been convicted and imprisoned for being transgender in a transphobic nation by @gemma.transwrites.world

Hello! To make sense of the world, transphobia and my research, I’m looking for *poetry* suggestions about: - agency, activism and solidarity after torture - life/emotions post dehumanisation - the oppression-trauma-guilt-shame mix With a preference for 🏳️‍🌈 authors other than cis straight men! 🏳️‍🌈

The banality, everyday-ness of hate is one of the most striking parts of this. The way in which bystanders are once again happy to make humiliation of trans and gender non-conforming people a part of their routine social interactions.

TransActual@transactualuk.bsky.social · last yr.

A new report from TransActual shows that trans and cisgender people face job loss, violence, vigilantism and wholesale exclusion following the Supreme Court Ruling and EHRC guidance. Read the report at: tinyurl.com/trans-segreg... #Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #EqualityAct #EHRC #TransRights

It was so nice to see @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social and Gina, and to have a small PhD workshop filled with feminist and queer care practices to navigate academia!

Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige@pagingdrpaige.bsky.social · last yr.

Academic selfie: PhD workshop day with @theshippinglawyer.bsky.social, @matteobassetti.bsky.social, and Gina Heathcote edition

I confirm - once again - that not having to justify your whole existence to access basic gender affirming healthcare FEELS GOOD. And light. And decent. Thank you Australia (2025) and Belgium (2021) for these brief encounters with your imperfect (!!) but not violently transphobic healthcare systems.

I’m taking a breather from England and its transphobia, and reading this from a place where gender self-determination is a solid policy makes the hate and cruelty so visible and incomprehensible at the same time.

All good BUT details matter: > the Court misgenders the applicant EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. 🤯 > no critique of aim of the interference - the aim to maintain states’ ability to exclude some trans people from recognition and protect cisnormativity is still *fine* for the Court.

Dr Lucie Fremlova 🍉🌻🦋@inclusivelucie.bsky.social · last yr.

Today, the European Court of Human Rights has published a key judgment: T. H. v. the Czech Republic. The decision brings yet another major shift in the rights of transgender and non-binary people in the Czech Republic. The Court unanimously ruled that making the change of personal identification /1

Hi! I’ll be in Melbourne this summer for a research visit :) If anyone has tips about the city, bookshops to visit, queer things to do, leads on housing, or anything else, let me know!!

Last week I had the amazing opportunity to chat about trans rights catastrophes in the Uk with @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social and Manon!! Chatting and complaining about the case with such amazing minds was such an important part of making sense of what’s happening on terf island.

Douglas Guilfoyle@djag2.bsky.social · last yr.

#CalledToTheBar is out for the week! This week @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social discusses the Scottish Ministers Case with @matteobassetti.bsky.social and Manon Buery. What does it mean for trans rights? And why do some courts struggle with trans rights as human rights? soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...

Time to make *those* worst-case scenario type of plans for trans people in the UK. The hard reality is that this is not a panic-induced call, but a very calm and rational one.

Ruth Pearce@notrightruth.bsky.social · last yr.

Another reminder to trans people - if you're able to, now is an *extremely* good time to update or renew your NHS records, driving license, and/or passport. Better safe than sorry.

The ruling, as I understand it, did not say that trans women cannot use women's toilets as such. It said it is lawful to exclude us. Which sucks but the difference matters. If organisations discriminate against us it's a decision they are making, not something they've been forced into.

Jordan@jordanpfot.bsky.social · last yr.

Bridget Phillipson here, confirming that the government’s position is that trans women must always use men’s bathrooms when out in public.

I’m still struggling to express my horror for the UK Supreme Court judgement in full sentences. To be with thousands of fellow trans people and allies made it possible to feel and think about resistance.

The ECtHR has had a major role in the achievement of trans rights in the UK. One of the central elements of Goodwin v. The UK was the recognition of the applicant's affirmed gender in *all aspects of her life* This is one of the few aspects of on trans jurisprudence where the ECtHR has been clear.

🏳️‍⚧️UCU and the trade union movement stands with the trans community. Join us and fellow unions for an emergency demo on Saurday: 📍Parliament Square 🗓 Sat 19 April 🕐 1pm Solidarity means standing together, especially when it’s hardest. ✊

This is very true. There are many things to abhor about the judgment but the protected characteristic of 'gender reassignment' stands.

A Mere Solicitor@ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 2y ago

Despite all the bullshit: Yesterday the Supreme Court made it clear that anti trans discrimination is still unlawful. Anyone trying to use it today to argue the opposite is still lying.

In the face of this horrific attack on equalities from Labour, important to note what we still have: Stock did not leave Sussex because of a policy. She left because she couldn't stand colleagues' and students' free speech, their opposition to her bigotry. Governments cannot take this power away.

PoliticsHome@politicshome.bsky.social · 2y ago

The Uni of Sussex vice chancellor has called the Office for Students investigation into free speech on their campus "politically motivated" and "Kafka-esque" in a strongly worded statement Prof Sasha Roseneil said the Uni would "strongly contest" the findings after being fined over £500k by the OfS

If you are trans, live in England, and think you might want to change your gender marker on the NHS, contact your GP to sort it **asap**. The UK government is cracking down on trans people and we have seen exactly how this plays out in the US. The form for your GP is here: