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Not sure if I'm the only person who missed this (or if it hasn't been widely publicised), but the EHRC consultation on changes to its Code of Practice relating to gender and sex is open now until 30th June. www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/EHRC-code-...
#TransRightsAreHumanRights

Loughborough University is hiring a Law Librarian: vacancies.lboro.ac.uk/tlive_webrec... Come work with us! #libraries #academia

TERF Island: the embarassing truth about Britain's Trans Panic. Condemning an entire category of people on the basis that one of them might commit a crime is the very essence of prejudice. And that prejudice plays straight into the hands of the far right.

'If despotism does come to Britain, it will ... happen because nobody wants to make a fuss. It will happen because it’s socially awkward to stop it happening. ... not ... because everyone hates the outsiders and gender freaks - but because too few of us have the guts to defend them.' #TransRights

The rights we take for granted – eight-hour days, weekends and safe workplaces – were won by workers of the past, who organised and fought for them.

This #InternationalWorkersDay, join a union and stand up for a better future for all workers.

www.tuc.org.uk/join-a-union

Statements from UCU women members' and LGBT+ members' standing committees In light of the recent Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of a woman, UCU's women members' standing committee (WMSC) and LGBT+ members' standing committee (LGBT+MSC) have released statements...

UCU statements by its LGBT+ members' and Women members' National Standing Committees, on the terror unleashed on the trans, non-binary and intersex communities by the Supreme Court ruling. We unequivocally reject the ruling made by the Supreme Court:

www.ucu.org.uk/article/1400...

Everything you need to know about the trans Supreme Court case What it said, what it didn't, and what happens next.

'Everything you need to know about the trans Supreme Court case' - This is a really clear explanation and analysis of this awful mess
#TransRightsAreHumanRights

Happy #InternationalWorkersDay comrades!
www.tuc.org.uk/news/may-day... #WorkersOfTheWorkdUnite

On International Workers Day I'm here to remind you that sex work is real, valid and important work. #InternationalWorkersDay #IntlWorkersday

1 May 1886: International Workers Day Mini-podcast about an event on this day in working class history. Our work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory. - See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/today - Browse all Stories by Date here on the Date index: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/date - Check out our Map of historical Stories: https://map.workingclasshistory.com - Check out books, posters, clothing and more in our https://shop.workingclasshistory.com - If you enjoy this podcast, make sure to check out our flagship longform podcast, https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast.   Acknowledgements - Written and edited by Working Class History. - Theme music by Ricardo Araya. Check out his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@peptoattack

📣 New Podcast! "1 May 1886: International Workers Day" on @Spreaker #history #mayday #workers

Today, May 1, is International Workers' Day! It commemorates the sentencing to death of eight anarchist workers in Chicago who were framed for throwing a bomb at police who attacked a strike demonstration in May 1886 shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the...

12-1pm, Thursday 1 May UCU head office (outside) Carlow Street London, NW1 7LH Join our strike rally as part of our Campaign for a Safe and Professional Workplace Culture

🪧 STRIKE RALLY TODAY 🪧

Bring yourselves, bring your banners, bring your flags, bring your solidarity and, with the sun due to shine bright, bring your sunscreen ☀️☀️☀️ - health & safety: important to us if not to our employer!

So come and join us at noon outside UCU head office in London.

Me with placard reading on strike today ucu

Happy #InternationalWorkersDay!

I am on strike with my union @bcu-ucu.bsky.social for jobs and professional respect! 🪧

#BCUstrike #May1

When are the May 2025 local elections and who can vote? Voters in parts of England will elect councillors and mayors on 1 May.

Every voter for 21 Councils, 6 Mayors, & 1 by-election has a statutory right to a comprehensive & efficient public library service, creating opportunities & growth. Yet budgets were cut -53% since 2010. What are candidates saying about libraries? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

More than 400 actors and industry figures sign open letter backing trans rights Eddie Redmayne, Katie Leung and Nicola Coughlan among those expressing solidarity after supreme court ruling

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

There's an amazing SF&F community fundraiser for trans rights going on at the moment. Read all about it here: www.cheryl-morgan.co...

UK’s first trans judge appeals to European court of human rights over supreme court ruling Victoria McCloud brings action against UK for infringement of her human rights after ruling on biological sex

#TransRightsAreHumanRights ✊🏳️‍⚧️

It was a joy to talk to book artists & film designers Brian & Wendy Froud (Dark Crystal, Labyrinth) and Alan Lee (The Lord of the Rings) at the British Library last year. For those who love their work but missed the talk, it's available online here: www.living-knowledge-network.co.uk/library/visu...

I've just emailed my MP using the below as a guide. Please do the same. www.translegalproject.org/post/urgent-...
#TransRightsAreHumanRights

The rights of trans people do not conflict with the rights of lesbians.

It’s why polling shows that, more than any group, lesbians and bisexual women are supportive of the trans community.

Our community’s liberation is bound together.

#LesbianVisibilityWeek

Beyond XX & XY—Human Sex And Gender Were Never A Simple Binary Humans are more complicated than most online experts think.

Trump and his followers revel in declaring "There's only two genders!" but the truth is we are far more complex beings than that. Time to go beyond the binary.

PhD Timeline

xkcd going pretty hard (all art has to go pretty hard to keep up with reality these days and going hard is in fact a great response by artists)

you can't usually click on the image on xkcd; this time you can...

Help us challenge the Supreme Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project We use cookies where necessary to allow us to understand how people interact with our website and content, so that we can continue to improve our service.

Today we launched our crowdfunder to challenge last week’s Supreme Court’s decision – which we believe has placed the UK in breach of its obligations under the Human Rights Act 🏳️‍⚧️

Happy perfect date day!

Tonight's inaugural Agnes Flues Memorial Lecture brought together Mick Lynch, @lopa.bsky.social and @drjogrady.bsky.social

Together we honoured Agnes’ legacy of solidarity, justice and education for all.

Excellent turnout at the first annual Agnes Flues Memorial Lecture. Jo Grady introducing Mick Lynch. #BecauseItsNotOver #UCU #TradeUnion #WorkersRights

Screengrab of the Genre Creators for Trans Rights in the UK and SA charity auction. bit.ly/genrefortrans

Screengrab of some of the lots of the Genre Creators for Trans Rights charity auction bit.ly/genrefortrans including the novel Call of the Black Wing, a photograph of neuroscientist Bea Costa Gomez offering science consults for writers, crocheted hanging plant earrings and a custom hand painted fan

Screengrab of the Genre for Trans Rights auction, featuring various novels and a collectible Wicked & The Divine bit.ly/genrefortrans

We're blown away by how much love and support there's been for the Genre Creators for Trans Rights in SA and UK auction. We've got awesome donations from SF, fantasy, romance, horror and crime writers, artists, creators and one neuroscientist. Please share! Please bid! bit.ly/genrefortrans.

Life's too short to make another's shorter.

The Gist: Trans rights are Data rights A UK court has made a decision defining genders which has put it at odds with a less noticed, more important, decision from the CJEU. This is the Gist.

www.thegist.ie/the-gist-tra...

Fighting fund for trans rights | Good Law Project Stand up for trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️ Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the rollbacks on trans rights in the UK.

We won't stop fighting for trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️

We’re creating a fighting fund to look at both domestic and international cases, all the way up to the European Court of Human Rights.

Will you join us?
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