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Government had the chance to reject the EHRC Code before it came into force, after 166 MPs signed an Early Day Motion calling for it to be disapproved. ICYMI 👇
Can MPs overturn the EHRC Code of Practice? Nearly 100 MPs sign a motion calling for it to be disapproved
93 MPs have signed a motion calling for the EHRC Code of Practice to be disapproved - what could happen next to stop it from being approved?
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The EHRC code of practice - that came into force today - has been called a "system of segregation”, "impractical and inhumane” and even “genocidal in nature” ICYMI:
EHRC says 'sex questioning' will be "rare" – but evidence suggests it's increasing
The chair of the EHRC has claimed in a letter to a Labour MP that sex questioning under the updated Code of Practice will be “rare and exceptional”
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As a result of the EHRC Code, as many as 13,000 public toilets and thousands of changing rooms across the UK will need to be changed - costing millions of pounds. Source 👉 shorturl.at/nhw99
🚨 BREAKING: The EHRC Code is being challenged in court just hours after coming into force 🧵 What we know so far 👇 📩 Get a detailed explainer with analysis, in our Saturday newsletter. Join 10K readers: wearequeeraf.com/subscribe
🚨 The EHRC Code of Practice that could force Trans+ people out of public life is now in force. Read our detailed explainer 👇
Recommended but not forced segregation: New guidance could push Trans+ people out of public life
The long-awaiting Code of Practice may have been watered down, but it could roll back trans inclusion laws by more than two decades.
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As a Trans+ person, taking part in sport comes with risks as the right are determined to keep us out. Strength sports are no exception.
How accessing strength sports taught me to accept my trans body
"As part of my transition, I wanted to get buff, with a muscle bear physique. It's by no means a universal trans-masc thing, but it was mine."
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🚨 BREAKING: The EHRC Code is being challenged in court just hours after coming into force 🧵 What we know so far 👇 📩 Get a detailed explainer with analysis, in our Saturday newsletter. Join 10K readers: wearequeeraf.com/subscribe
Instead of waiting for the ‘right time’, let's use the agency and self-determination we do have www.wearequeeraf.com/stop-waiting...
Stop waiting for the 'right time' to transition - a lesson from King Arthur
Instead of waiting for the ‘right time’, let's use the agency and self-determination we do have
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"Before the ruling any challenges had been gentle, like ‘oh by the way this is the ladies’,” she was quoted as saying, “and people were embarrassed or apologetic when I said ‘it’s okay I’m a girl’, but now it’s aggressive and horrible.”
QueerAF@wearequeeraf.com · 7h agoThe EHRC's Code of Practice has been condemned as a "system of segregation", "impractical and inhumane", and even "genocidal in nature" It comes into force today
Challenging the societal standard that not having sex is a problem would be a positive for everyone www.wearequeeraf.com/french-marit...
French marital reforms are an important step forward for women and asexual people
Challenging the societal standard that not having sex is a problem would be a positive for everyone
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The EHRC's Code of Practice has been condemned as a "system of segregation", "impractical and inhumane", and even "genocidal in nature" It comes into force today
EHRC says 'sex questioning' will be "rare" – but evidence suggests it's increasing
The chair of the EHRC has claimed in a letter to a Labour MP that sex questioning under the updated Code of Practice will be “rare and exceptional”
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There are better ways to talk about patriarchy www.wearequeeraf.com/transmasc-ap...
Transmasc apologies for male privilege: do we need them?
There are better ways to talk about patriarchy
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Haven't finished the series this film serves as a finale to, but I /loved/ Heartstopper. If you're gay and wanna cry good, run it
QueerAF@wearequeeraf.com · 2d agoIt was transformative to see a trans person who could live their life, be supported through their struggles, and have a positive storyline www.wearequeeraf.com/heartstopper...
"Girlhood can be a gift that allows us to grow up with less scrutiny and trauma. "Which can sound backwards - how can you be trans and not feel your childhood was ‘wrong’?"
Girlhood is the reason I have security in a masculine queer adulthood
"I loved being a girl, I just couldn’t see myself becoming a woman."
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Queerness is about so much more than who you sleep with: it’s identity, culture, community. By rejecting that, you risk missing out on that joy, belonging and support. www.wearequeeraf.com/heteroflexib...
‘Heteroflexibility’: the new sexual fluidity or queer-baiting 2.0?
Queerness is about so much more than who you sleep with: it’s identity, culture, community. By rejecting that, you risk missing out on that joy, belonging and support.
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“After years of monitoring how I walked, how my hands moved, how I stood, strength training taught me how to accept the body I have as mine.”
How accessing strength sports taught me to accept my trans body
"As part of my transition, I wanted to get buff, with a muscle bear physique. It's by no means a universal trans-masc thing, but it was mine."
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ICYMI: The EHRC's Code of Practice has been condemned as a "system of segregation", "impractical, intrusive and inhumane", and even "genocidal in nature"
EHRC says 'sex questioning' will be "rare" – but evidence suggests it's increasing
The chair of the EHRC has claimed in a letter to a Labour MP that sex questioning under the updated Code of Practice will be “rare and exceptional”
wearequeeraf.com
Every child should be able to play football without worrying about how they look www.wearequeeraf.com/every-child-...
Every child should be able to play football without worrying about how they look
All kids should be able to play with their friends free of pressure to conform to an ever-narrowing set of standards of gender
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We watched Heartstopper film last night and it was lovely, but I loved that they had Elle explain how scary it is to be a trans person in the UK now because of the British government rolling back rights & healthcare & the importance of us all showing up for Pride for trans rights.
QueerAF@wearequeeraf.com · 2d agoIt was transformative to see a trans person who could live their life, be supported through their struggles, and have a positive storyline www.wearequeeraf.com/heartstopper...
The Guardian claimed the BMA had "dropped opposition" to the Cass Review, as did The Times - but Dr Alex Robertson said those reports were "factually wrong"
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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The medicalised route being introduced in India, like the UK's, is designed to control and limit what being Trans+ looks like www.wearequeeraf.com/indian-legis...
Indian legislation borrows UK's gatekeeping to limit what being Trans+ looks like
The medicalised route being introduced in India, like the UK's, is designed to control and limit what being Trans+ looks like
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Stories of our joy are powerful - let's use them to fight back www.wearequeeraf.com/stories-of-o...
Stories of our joy are powerful - let's use them to fight back
We need to translate progressive Trans+ data and research into real action by exercising joy as a form of resistance
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Author of the classic novel Little Women, Louisa May Alcott wrote about being “born with a boy’s nature”, much like Jo in the classic novel.
The not-so-hidden gender diversity of Little Women author Louisa May Alcott
Author of the classic novel Little Women, Louisa May Alcott wrote about being “born with a boy’s nature”, much like Jo in the classic novel
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"I loved being a girl, I just couldn’t see myself becoming a woman." www.wearequeeraf.com/how-accessin...
Girlhood is the reason I have security in a masculine queer adulthood
"I loved being a girl, I just couldn’t see myself becoming a woman."
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"By embedding systemic pressure, government schools guidance constitutes a form of ‘Ambient Conversion Therapy’," says @natacha.bsky.social
English schools to segregate Trans+ kids from toilets – including those who've already transitioned – from September
New ‘Keeping Children Safe In Education 2026’ (KCISE) guidance sets out in detail the limits now placed on schools on supporting Trans+ children
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Just like me – How t4t love is helping trans people heal what the world keeps breaking www.wearequeeraf.com/just-like-me...
Just like me – How t4t love is helping trans people heal what the world keeps breaking
Whether t4t's growing visibility reflects preference, politics, or simply the search for relief, it points to something many trans people seek: the beauty of being able to just exist
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The EHRC's Code of Practice has been condemned as a "system of segregation", "impractical and inhumane", and even "genocidal in nature" It comes into force this week
EHRC says 'sex questioning' will be "rare" – but evidence suggests it's increasing
The chair of the EHRC has claimed in a letter to a Labour MP that sex questioning under the updated Code of Practice will be “rare and exceptional”
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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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It was transformative to see a trans person who could live their life, be supported through their struggles, and have a positive storyline www.wearequeeraf.com/heartstopper...
Heartstopper's legacy is showing me what trans joy felt like for the first time
It was transformative to see a trans person who could live their life, be supported through their struggles, and have a positive storyline
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Solidarity is a spectrum, and if you do it justice, you reach allyship - so how do you get there? www.wearequeeraf.com/what-is-soli...
What is solidarity, really? And how can you do it justice?
Solidarity is a spectrum, and if you do it justice, you reach allyship - so how do you get there?
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