The Hampstead Heath ponds remain trans-inclusive! Yay 🥳 Well done @goodlawproject.org and team.

The law backed consultation, not exclusion. The challenge was brought too early and by a group with no standing.

Thoughts?

#equalitylaw #transrights #womensrights #feminism #humanrights

COUNCIL OF EUROPE BANS CONVERSION THERAPY 🍾

The Council of Europe has just voted to ban conversion practices for sexuality and gender identity.

Anti trans groups tried to stop it.
They failed.
#TransRights #ConversionTherapyBan #HumanRights #NonBinaryBarrister #LGBTQRights Europe Progress

People keep talking about “the trans debate”. But exactly is up for debate?

Interested to hear your thoughts below.

#transrights #transdebate #media #government #humanrights

DISCOMFORT < SAFETY.

You’re allowed to feel uncomfortable.
You’re not entitled to automatically exclude someone because of it.

Feelings are human.
Rights are legal.

Thoughts? 👀⬇️

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#EqualityExplained #UKLaw #NonBinaryBarrister #QueerRights #LegalEducation

The full interview with Ivy & Normanton is now live.

We discussed professionalism at the Bar, the role of tradition, and why comfort and authenticity are not at odds with credibility — they often support it.

What does professionalism mean to you in practice?

#LegalProfession #TheBar #Inclusion

Hey Ashley, do you have a good one liner as to why biological sex is not an acceptable term? I would like to use with judges if I come across in court etc

📰 "Courtwear is a visual language, and every advocate is part of that conversation." - Oscar Davies (@nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social) of Garden Ct interviewed by Ivy & Normanton (@ivyandnormanton.bsky.social) on 'Rethinking Professionalism at the Bar' ⚖️

Read on 👉 ivyandnormanton.com/blogs/i-n-ca...

TBT to Soft Origin Story! In ES Magazine, May 2024.

From being cast as Elizabeth I at six years old, to standing in court decades later fighting discrimination cases.

Life is strange and beautiful like that.

#TBT #humanrights #queerjoy #beyourself

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@esmagazine

30 May 2024

The Darlington nurses judgment is out.

In Part 1, I explain:
• what the case was actually about
• which claims succeeded and which failed
• and why this is the first time indirect sex discrimination has succeeded in this type of case

➡️ Part 2 follows.

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#EmploymentLaw #EqualityAct #Darlington

Feels like an appropriate day to repost my article in DLA Briefings on the human rights implications of treating trans people as a third sex

'A third sex: returning to an intermediate zone'

“Sex can’t change…or can it?”

From intersex bodies, to hormones, to history, the idea that sex is fixed and simple just doesn’t hold up.

#MythBuster #ItsJustBiology #TransRights #QueerLaw #nonbinary

So grateful to have spoken on the Proud Futures / Leading with Pride panel on ‘Creating Change in Challenging Times’.

Huge credit to Ellis and Lou for hosting with care and clarity, and for organising the whole day so thoughtfully. It really showed. 💛

#leadership #lgbtq #queerleaders

“So I can just decide to be trans today if I want, right?”

No. That misunderstands both lived reality and the law.

Understanding matters. Misinformation causes harm.

#TransRights #KnowYourRights #MythBusting #EqualityAct2010 #NonBinary

“If gender is a construct, why does it matter?”

Something being constructed does not mean it is not real.
It means humans built it and humans can change it.

#MythBuster #GenderMyths #NonBinary #TransRights #EqualityLaw

After my last video, a lot of you asked to see the full BBC email. So here it is. I’m z

#journalism #transparency #bbc

Thank you for this!

‘Biological male’ is a pseudoscientific dogwhistle The BBC should be better than this.

Thanks for this - I've cited your post in a piece I've just written.

Is the actual guidance available to read anywhere besides your video, by the way?

oolong.medium.com/biological-m...

Not yet, I’m thinking of doing another video with it all in… needed a Xmas break though!

YOU ARE NOT ALONE

For me, community is not perfection or constant joy.
It is checking in.
It is sharing food, sharing space, sharing a laugh or a silence.
It is knowing someone is there, even if you do not have the words.

You belong.
And you are not alone.

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #community #solidarity #humanrights

EXCLUSIVE
The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”.

Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights

It is a sign of how fundamentally abused and traumatised trans communities are in the UK that many folks are responding to Levy with relief and cautious welcome.

It could have been a lot worse.

But it fundamentally fails to deliver meaningful improvements to trans healthcare. 1/4

“Trans people are ruining sports, right?”
No. That is fear, not facts.

There is no evidence that trans inclusion destroys sport. That is why rules are sport specific, not blanket bans.

#MythBuster #TransRights #Sport #EqualityLaw

“Self-ID would destroy women’s spaces, right?”
No.
Self-ID doesn’t override the Equality Act.
Single-sex services already exist in law, and decisions are made case-by-case, based on evidence — not fear.

The
#MythBuster #EqualityAct #TransRights #WomensSpaces

“Why is everyone trans now?”

Gender diversity is not new. The panic around it is.

#MythBuster #EqualityLaw #Inclusion #TransRights #HumanRights

Oscar Davies Co-authors Commentary for DLA on Convention Rights Incompatibility of Supreme Court For Women Scotland Judgment | Garden Court Chambers In a significant joint commentary ‘A third sex: returning to an intermediate zone’ our Oscar Davies and legal researcher Jess O’Thomson critically assess the human rights implications of the Supreme C...

Hi Dinah, completely agree. I co-wrote a piece in the DLA on the Convention side of things in case interested - see gardencourtchambers.co.uk/oscar-davies...

Interesting piece.
The points about human rights/EU law have force. But for me, the central problem with the FWS judgment is more fundamental. It strikes me as implausible that this is what Parliament intended, without spelling it out, only 6 years after the GRA, and in an Act dealing with equality.

Hey Snigdha! Hope you are well.

Men say they’re trans to get into women’s spaces…right?

Funny how the loudest fears rarely match the facts.

#transrights #womensrights #humanrights #nonbinaryrights #equalitylaw

Inclusion is lawful. Exclusion is not mandatory.

Kelly v Leonardo is one of the first post-FWS workplace-facility cases - and Tribunal held that allowing toilet access based on asserted gender identity can be a proportionate, lawful policy.

#equalityact #transrights #workplacerights

Tribunal dismisses claims against trans doctor and upholds Fife Health Board harassment claim

Oscar Davies (@nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social) was instructed to represent the intervener, TransLucent, alongside Robin White of Old Square Chambers.

Read here👉 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/tribunal-dis...