Steph Richards She/Her

Thanks for your kind words, Claire. Yes, I fully appreciate that we may seem quiet, but the fact is that our lawyers often ask us not to disclose our legal actions publicly. To put it simply, we are working very hard.

You were there from the start - whoever imagined this?

Take one for the team, Susan.

When a CEO of an alleged "human rights organisation" can't tell the difference between people who cross-dress and trans people who take years in an often painful, but highly rewarding transition, one must wonder if she is remotely capable of doing her job.

Scrap the Bathroom Ban 🚨This is urgent🚨 Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities, has a decision to make. The EHRC, a regulator mired in controversy over anti-trans views, has sent a new draft Code of Prac...

Heads up 😅

Sex Matters have launched their own MP letter-writing campaign insisting on trans segregation, an exclusionary Code etc etc

📝Let’s make sure our letters outnumber theirs+++

Template here!
If you’ve already written, grab a mate & get them to write too 🤗
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Im sure many trans folk and our allies have seen the latest post from the EHRC regarding GANHRI. My advice is to ignore - it's not accurate.

a person is holding a metal object in their hands . ALT: a person is holding a metal object in their hands .

Anyone that thinks @WorldAthletics sex testing is simple, I suggest go talk to @MightyCaster

To evaluate the effects of involves measuring & palpating the clitoris, vagina & labia, as well as evaluating breast size & pubic hair scored on an illustrated 5-grade scale.

NION Women Rejects Anti-Trans Narrative at Kenwood Ladies Pond - Not in our name NION women supports the previous decision by members to keep the Kenwood ponds inclusive, and calls for people to engage in the consultation

The women who actually use Kenwood Ladies Pond spoke clearly: the 900 members democratically voted to maintain their trans+ inclusive policy, in place since 2019. 🏊‍♀️

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#TransInclusion #KenwoodLadiesPond #TransRightsAreHumanRights @nionwomen.bsky.social

Very rarely post here. Verbally terf slaying on X is in my blood. But the moment you post something that looks like a crisis, there are loads of people rushing to your side. We know you. We love you and will always be at your side. I expect you at MY funeral in many years to come. Love Steph xxx

Labour's new deputy leader Lucy Powell says EHRC's single-sex spaces draft is 'not right' as she backs trans-rights Lucy Powell, newly elected deputy leader of the Labour Party, has said the EHRC’s draft guidance on single-sex spaces is "not right".

I’m a woman, I’m a feminist and I see absolutely no contradiction” – Powell on women’s rights and trans rights coexisting

www.attitude.co.uk/news/lucy-po...

Phillipson rejects claim she’s delaying trans guidance to not risk deputy PM votes Phillipson rebuffed the human rights commission after it said the minister must speed up publishing guidance on single sex spaces following a High Court ruling this year

My take on this:

1. We have a hearing in the High Court 12/13 November. The EHRC has already substantially rolled back on where it was and, I think, is in some trouble.

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The amount that the ADF is pouring into the UK has massively grown since 2018

It’s jumped from £328,000 in 2018 to £1,119,975 in 2024

You can see their full accounts here: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/0992...

@mc00.bsky.social @petergeoghegan.bsky.social

Trans postal worker wins discrimination case against Royal Mail A trans postal worker has successfully sued Royal Mail for harassment and discrimination after enduring repeated abuse from colleagues, in what is being hailed as a landmark legal victory. Sophie Col...

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In the 1970s, 80s and 90s, gay people experienced the same accusations that trans people suffer today. This shared history of struggle should not be forgotten.

ENDS.

Trans people, like gay people, have existed since time immemorial - often, people never realised they were there, but over the last ten years, trans people have 'become a problem' in a manufactured culture war.

This divergence not only compromises the uniform application of Supreme Court precedent across the UK but also creates a constitutional schism within the UK.

•  Constitutional Schism in Northern Ireland: Due to the Northern Ireland Protocol and the Windsor Framework, courts in Northern Ireland (NI) are compelled to ignore the FWS judgment where it conflicts with retained EU law regarding equality.

There human rights submission was dismissed in a single paragraph of the 268-paragraph judgment. This was a clear violation of ECHR Article 6 (right to fair trial), a fundamental principle of justice.

•   Exclusion of Transgender Voices: The Supreme Court restricted interventions (TransLucent Director Professor Stephen Whittle OBE and former Judge Victoria McCloud) in the FWS case, ignoring the transgender voice and allowing only Amnesty International to intervene.

suggests (concerningly) that the SC has been deploying new modes of reasoning to ensure that the law under scrutiny cannot be found in breach of human rights. Gearty explicitly highlighted the FWS v SGM judgment.

•   Quietly Editing the Human Rights Act out of existence: Expert Legal commentary, for example, by the late Conor Gearty (regarded as one of the world's most influential scholars on human rights)

Indeed, the Supreme Court Judges did not even attempt to address this matter, failing to evaluate Hansard and other relevant records on the formulation of the Gender Recognition Act, particularly the interpretation of "for all purposes".

•   Risks Breaching International Obligations: The judgment notably omits engagement with Section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998, which requires legislation to be interpreted compatibly with the ECHR, placing the UK at significant risk of non-compliance.

•   Renders Legal Recognition Illusory: The ruling potentially nullifies the recognition conferred by the GRA 2004, forcing GRC holders into a "third sex" status for anti-discrimination purposes, particularly in employment, services, and public life.

It reinstates a legal status for trans people that was deemed "no longer sustainable" by the European Court of Human Rights in Christine Goodwin v UK (2002), violating the UK's positive obligations under Article 8 of the Convention.

This judgment:

•   Conflicts with the ECHR and the "Intermediate Zone" Doctrine:

Bad laws always fail; sometimes it takes years, but they fail. What happened in FWS v SGM was wrong, and the CoE representative was right to call out the potential human rights breaches.

But some object. Do those who complain not realise that many trans people want to support their brothers and sisters in life's struggles? Apparently not.

Yesterday, a representative of the Council of Europe (CoE) warned the UK government that they were likely in breach of human rights (ECHR). The crux of the issue is that trans men want to live in manhood and trans women want to live in womanhood.

14 October 2025, PRESS RELEASE – IMMEDIATE.
Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective and the Trans Exile Network seek urgent re-opening of enforcement of key human rights decision against UK.

Currently, on X, the gender-critical are complaining bitterly about windows and paint. Apparently, the damage thereof has interfered in their hate fest of trans people.

Nothing was said earlier in the week about this, though. ⬇️