Ashleeee 🌊🪭
@reactiveashley.cat
Cat furniture, cool auntie, and algorithmic witch. Digital rights, and IP law. Personal account and talks about everything. I usually follow back if you reply or like my post.
Shameful. A body that's supposed to defend equality and human rights is attempting to enforce segregation. They must fail.
Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 8h agoOur code of practice for services, public functions and associations comes into force today. It provides practical guidance on how the Equality Act 2010 applies to services, public functions and associations. Find out more: https://ow.ly/alIf50Zwrkx
I want to talk about rhetoric… “The Supreme Court changed the law without our consent.” It’s probably a line we should adopt.
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
goodlaw.social
“It had been know that the code was wrong since 2022.” No. It was not until the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 that you built the ground for the disgraceful Supreme Court to change the law without our consent.
Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 8h agoAbsolute state of Falkner and Reindorf in the Times today
The government’s transphobic code of practice is now up and running. But we’re not going to stand still and take it, we're supporting a legal challenge led by a trans person and a trans inclusive organisation. But we can only do this together. Will you join us?👇 goodlaw.social/ldco
Okay, I finally did some reading about Jason Arday. When he states that there was inadequate supervision and support at Liverpool John Moores at the time, I am inclined to believe him.
“Women should be seen and not heard” vibe
Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · 19h agoDid we ever find out if the A is for Asshole?
saying "we need to protect women and children from this group" is more than just hate, it's effectively encouraging violence against that group
“I honestly think it's quite disrespectful to have politicians trying to involve themselves in discussions about puberty blockers when they have no experience in the field…” Medical decisions about gender transition should prioritise the views of trans folks, not politicians who reject trans lives.
Science and politics collide in fraught puberty blockers debate
The fierce debate over puberty blockers has become a collision of science and politics. To try to address a fractured consensus, the federal government is attempting to lay the groundwork for a nation...
abc.net.au
When a mistake is made, usually the cost attributable to not doing the right thing is greater than that of doing the wrong thing. Just a thought.
btw I knew Keir Starmer was a bloody racist the moment he dismantled the non-crime hate incident despite Parliament enacting it twice.
Ashleeee 🌊🪭@reactiveashley.cat · 17h agoKeep making laws that the police refuse to enforce... while removing the non-crime hate incident regime that worked pretty well for years.
Keep making laws that the police refuse to enforce... while removing the non-crime hate incident regime that worked pretty well for years.
Petition launches to make Nazi salutes criminal offence in UK
A PETITION has been launched to make the performance of Nazi salutes a criminal offence in the UK ...
thenational.scot
The Niall Horn v Apple (UK) Ltd #disability #discrimination employment tribunal and DIY committal proceedings are quite fascinating. And he actually managed to get the required disclosure AFTER the hearing. 😮 medium.com/@edgecaseexi...
Thinking Too Different — Apple 50 Years Later
By Niall Horn — [ PDF Archive Link] | [Mirror @ EdgeCaseExistence]
medium.com
It means either: a) They lied about their views at the time, and courts failed to pick up on this, or; b) They took the rulings as license and encouragement to adopt more extreme views. Neither paints the current legal setup in a good light imo!
People often bring up as a defence of the judicial processes the point that Miller, Forstater, etc's more extreme views were only expressed after their cases, but to me it's a huge fault.
Nate O@nateo.bsky.social · yesterdayAs far as I’m aware, David Miller’s more recent egregious statements about Jews occurred outside the scope of the judgment, but I’d like to know if I’m still open to call David Miller a raging antisemite without this judgment opening me up to a SLAP suit
No cheating post your lock screen
mattPez@mattpez.bsky.social · yesterdayNo cheating post your lock screen
I’ve written to the Mayor of London: “I urge you now to work with councils across London to support their efforts to make sure the (EHRC) guidance cannot be used to diminish the everyday rights of 🏳️⚧️ trans Londoners and to seek the wider adoption of these approaches across our city.” [1/3]
![Letter to the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.
Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Code of Practice for Service
providers, Public Functions and Associations
I am writing following our conversation at Mayor’s Question Time (12 June 2026) where I raised concerns about the distress and anxiety trans Londoners tell me they are feeling following the publication of the revised Code of Practice for service providers and associations by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
You told me that your “priority is to ensure London remains a city where everyone, regardless of gender identity, can thrive, feel safe and belong.” [1]
You'll be aware that this week, on 5 August 2026, the Government's updated EHRC Code of Practice comes into effect, following an order from the Minister for Women and Equalities.
Trans led organisations, such as Trans Actual, have maintained that the Code remains unworkable; it does not protect trans people, it does not help service providers and it does not respect the UK’s human rights obligations. [2]
Despite cross party condemnation, with 166 MPs signing Early Day Motion (EDM) 240,
tabled by Nadia Whittome MP, in an effort to halt this discriminatory guidance, there has
been no debate in Parliament.
The government's own Equality Impact Assessment admits that this code of practice would have wide-ranging negative impacts on Trans people and that Trans women could face a "disproportionate risk of violence and sexual assault.” [3]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y72k4zijlsi47z7wk262cv24/bafkreifzyqhohvnimtn7f55trm54cbxvwqcjjxkmdfuq74twtvtyacufaq)
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I would like to know what work you and your Deputy Mayors have been doing, since we spoke about this in June, to prepare for the changes coming into effect on 5 August.
Londoners need to know how you intend to uphold the rights of trans people and support service providers to remain trans inclusive.
As an elected London politician, I am particularly concerned because London has the highest proportion of people in England whose gender identity differs from their sex
assigned at birth. [4] These are people in our community, work colleagues, neighbours, friends and family members, who should be able to participate in public life without fear of being outed, harassed or discriminated against at work or in public when using a toilet or changing room.
Lambeth Council recently announced that it would challenge the implementation of the
Draft Code of Practice on Services, Public Functions and Associations. Councillors backed a motion condemning the draft code as “incoherent and self-contradictory, discriminatory, and impossible to implement in a reasonable and proportionate manner.” [5]
The motion called on the council to protect LGBTQIA+ workers and service users by
refusing to implement the guidelines should legal advice confirm that such a move would be lawful.
When we spoke at MQT in June, you said “the GLA will continue to work closely with
boroughs, service providers, community organisations and partners to ensure our services remain welcoming, safe and appropriate.” [6]
I urge you now to work with councils across London to support their efforts to make sure
the guidance cannot be used to diminish the everyday rights of trans Londoners and to
seek the wider adoption of these approaches across our city.
This is about Trans people's right to exist in society free from abuse, discrimination and
segregation, with the autonomy to be who they know themselves to be.
Yours sincerely,
Caroline Russell AM
Leader of the Green Group on the London Assembly](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y72k4zijlsi47z7wk262cv24/bafkreifwtum3lzri5qtxr2t6626xrghonytnxiodbgdnsxjvqya3jwxbmy)
In an era of libel terrorism, death is the first opportunity to speak ill for many public, influential people.
Look, it is the 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑚 argument again. “that a search only be conducted by a person of the same ‘biological sex’ as the detainee is a protection afforded to the detainee. And, it is a kind of protection which could be waived by the detainee in the appropriate circumstances.”
High Court rules strip searches don’t have to be based on ‘biological sex’ | Good Law Project
Anti-trans activists lost twice in one day, after the High Court rejected a challenge to police guidance – Jess O’Thomson argues that the ruling raises important questions for trans human rights
goodlawproject.org
Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire seek LGBTQ+ adults with lived experience of attempts to suppress, deny or change their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. Join a survivor-led study, email: vc24aay@herts.ac.uk #TransResearch #ResearchSurvey #LGBTQResearch
One of the many reasons the judicial review to block the PATHWAYS trial failed, in a digestible form. 😅
Ashleeee 🌊🪭@reactiveashley.cat · yesterday3/ The presumption referred to in the judgment is statutory. This is very much analogous to a scenario where someone opposes planning permission, but somehow argues that the developer will regret building a house and therefore interim relief should be granted.
1/🧵 Apparently, the hate groups and conversion therapists will not appeal the PATHWAYS. I wonder if it has something to do with the point in the quoted post.
Ashleeee 🌊🪭@reactiveashley.cat · 4d agoIt is implied in the claimant’s argument that the interests of third-party trans kids and their own are indistinguishable, because trans kids do not exist and everyone will soon be Keira Bell. This is perhaps too bizarre for the court to examine at length. 🤭
Absolutely, I get challenged much more often here than on any other platform from my two decades of online life.
Elizabeth Taylor@elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · yesterdayAs a slight counter to some of the 'Bluesky bubble' chat I'm seeing - I actually think having a broad consensus on certain issues (bog standard social liberalism, with a wide variety of views on other areas) actually makes this place *more* intellectually vibrant in some ways
Hey, devs? I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you're making a single player game? Start/Esc should ALWAYS, and IMMEDIATELY pause the game. I don't gaf how "epic" you think your camera is I just spilled something. My cat just puked. The dog got out. My kid fell. Fuck you, PAUSE THE GAME