"Hating female and male biology will get you nowhere in fighting female oppression.
The responsibility lies on the men who decide to subjugate women, not on the natural differences between the sexes.
Natural differences must be recognized to protect women and fight injustice" - Zachary Elliot.
We have lost a giant in the passing of David Hockney, who used his art as a deliberate political statement to visualise gay desire at a time when homosexuality was illegal in Britain.
Hockney refused to hide his identity or use the coded imagery common among previous artists.
"It's not just the medical damage, but the collateral damage for relationships and families that is far greater than people have ever really thought to examine.
The stress of the situation has 'ruptured' families, leaving some parents estranged from their children."
Rachel Cashman, PSHE Brighton.
Detransitioners are highly marginalised community and deserve support.
Beyond Trans offers space to think clearly and find a way forward. Their focus is recovery, understanding, and helping people reconnect with their embodied experience, building a life beyond labels and medical transition.
NEW: Poll shows that the vast majority of people prefer straightforward single-sex facilities in workplaces & public spaces.
This varies little by age or voting pattern.
“For each of the following, do you prefer them to be single sex or mixed sex?”
"Pride was never just a celebration. It was people with everything to lose refusing to stay silent".
- Jamie Reid, who is a lesbian. Case worker at Washington University Transgender Centre Children's Hospital.
The Woman and Equalities Select Committee session with the Equality and Human Rights Commitee.
Mary Anne Stevenson & John Kirkpatrick calmly describe how the EHRC guidance explains all the protected characteristics in the Equality Act.
“Feminism should be the battle for women’s rights. This does not mean that we oppose the rights of any other groups, simply that we should not be the only protected group who are constantly expected to put the demands of others before our own interests.”
Susan Smith
The most common complaint I hear is nobody asked them about thier sexual orientation or the possible psychological motivations for wanting to transition.
Dr Joseph Bergo, Clinical Psychologist, who works with male detransitioners often who realised they'd been shameridden about their homosexuality.
