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6/ Analysis - @jamiewareham.co.uk

"This is a rare positive ruling for the Trans+ community - but it only received a handful of mainstream media stories. I'm confident if the ruling had been negative, it would have been blasted across headlines as a propaganda tool against gender affirming care."

5/ How have Gender Plus responded?

Dr Aidan Kelly, Director of Gender Plus, told QueerAF he was "delighted", adding “Transgender healthcare is subject to the highest levels of scrutiny and as a committed provider of safe healthcare we've always held ourselves to rigorous standards."

Understand the LGBTQIA+ news: Up to five more years of gender-critical leadership at UK Equality Watchdog The EHRC has named the successor to Baroness Krishner Fawlkner, we look at their credientials

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A judge has upheld the Clinical Quality Commission's (CQC) rating of the UK's only regulated provider of private transgender health for children as "outstanding"

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The Telegraph Ella Whelan Stephen Fry embodies everything wrong with our cultural elite The actor and TV presenter's attack on JK Rowling just shows how out of touch he is

Ever notice how the moment someone criticises a ‘gender critical’ transphobe - especially their ‘queen/martyr’ - that one of their anti-trans activist-journalists comes straight out of the gates to attack them!

It’s almost like it’s a private PR propaganda agency for the terminally bigoted!?

So happy for both of you, Waad Alkateab and Hamza Alkateab to return back to #Syria after being forcibly displaced from #Aleppo.

It’s time for MPs to fight for trans rights We’ve already seen the devastating impact of the Supreme Court’s transphobic decision. And we’ve already started the legal fight back against the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s interim guidanc...

Our friends at @transsolidarity.bsky.social are organising a mass lobby of MPs for 25 June 2025.

We have built a tool to generate an email so you can tell your MP what you think about the Supreme Court's policy making and ask them where they stand. goodlaw.social/34f8da

“Ms Forstater said: "Women have already been assaulted and many, many are self-excluding because of the policy Dr McCloud endorses of allowing men to self-identify into women's toilets, showers and changing rooms.”

Assaulted? Hasn’t happened.

Policy? No, the FUCKING LAW you bigoted POS.

Following EHRC advice could constitute criminal offence, court told Good Law Project files judicial review setting out how EHRC 'Interim Update' has caused fear, humiliation and distress.

Good Law Project file a judicial review setting out how the EHRC Interim Update has caused fear, humiliation & distress. They argue that organisations who follow it cd face in discrimination cases, & in some cases cd commit a criminal offence.

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The family of the Abassi children are still searching for them, trawling records of orphanages to which the Assad regime abducted the children of those they disappeared & murdered.

Heartbreaking searches for loved ones who were among #SyriasDisappeared

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Federal immigration agents in riot gear squared off with hundreds of protesters for a second consecutive day on Saturday in Los Angeles County, filling streets with tear gas and smoke. nyti.ms/4kUON0y

NATO allies have agreed to significant increases in defence spending The US has appointed a new Supreme Allied Commander to Europe (SACEUR) - much to the relief of NATO allies. Ahead of a major summit in The Hague later this month, allies have agreed to raise spending ...

‘Invest in defence now or start learning Russian later’ - NATO Secretary General

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dignity Overview Usage examples Similar and opposite Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages • Learn more noun noun: dignity 1. the state or quality of being worthy of honour or respect. "the dignity of labour" • a high rank or position. plural noun: dignities "he promised dignities to the nobles in return for his rival's murder" Similar: high rank high standing く 2. a composed or serious manner or style. "he bowed with great dignity" Similar: stateliness nobleness • a sense of pride in oneself; self-respect. "it was beneath his dignity to shout"

respect Overview Similar and opposite words Usage ex Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages • Learn more noun 1. a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements. "the director had a lot of respect for Douglas as an actor" Similar: esteem regard く 2. due regard for the feelings, wishes, or rights of others. "young people's lack of respect for their parents" Similar: due regard consideration く verb 1. admire (someone or something) deeply, as a result of their abilities, qualities, or achievements. "she was respected by everyone she worked with"

Next time politicians and policy makers claim that despite stripping back support and services for trans people, they still believe they deserve “dignity” and “respect” - ask them specifically *which* part of the definition applies to their exclusionary actions?!?

Family reunification delays having ‘devastating’ impact on refugee families Afghan family awaiting decision on parent hiding in Pakistan live ‘every day with instability and fear’

“The anxiety experienced by family members in Ireland when a parent, child or spouse is in danger overseas is appalling. Some live daily with the fear that their family member is going to be arrested or killed, or drafted into a domestic or foreign army.”

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Throughout their respective tenures, neither Hafez al-Assad (1971–2000) nor Bashar al-Assad (2000–2024) addressed the #UnitedNations General Assembly (#UNGA) in #NewYork.

It's Monday. You might hate your job but at least you're not a Russian general about to explain to me how 1/3 of my strategic aviation got blown up in a morning by some cheap Alibaba drones.

Remember, Liz Truss is the person who, while in position as the Minister for Women & Equalities, appointed Kishwer Falkner as the Chair of the EHRC, in an attempt to UNDERMINE equality and human rights for trans people! 😣

She has form for supporting malicious actors!

Guidance on responding to the EHRC consultation. transactual.org.uk/equality-act-campaign. Illustration of a person working at a laptop

Guidance on responding to the EHRC consultation is now available on our website, made in partnership with others in the LGBTQ+ sector. You'll find it at: transactual.org.uk/equality-act...

Austin Tice: Secret files show missing US journalist was imprisoned by Syria The BBC has uncovered top secret files that confirm Austin Tice was imprisoned by Syria's Assad regime.

Top secret intelligence files uncovered by the #BBC confirm for the first time that missing #American journalist #AustinTice was imprisoned by the regime of the now-deposed #Syrian #President Bashar al-Assad.
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Ukrainian security service sources tell @financialtimes.com the agency is conducting "a large-scale special operation to destroy enemy bomber aircraft" deep inside Russia.

"SBU drones are targeting aircraft that bomb Ukrainian cities every night." Claims 40 aircraft have been hit.

Day 1193 of my 3 day war. Several billion dollars worth of Russian aircraft were destroyed by several thousand dollars of Ukrainian drones.

I remain a master strategist.

Syrians are pretty chuffed today too.

A rainbow made up of different Manitoba wildflowers. The red on the left end is a three-flowered avens (lantern-shaped flowers), orange - wood lily, yellow - goldenrod, green - green bog orchid, blue - lungwort (little blue bells), purple - iris.

Happy #Pride everyone. Nature is infinitely diverse.

On #InternationalChildrensDay2025

ISSM joined @Ilw_Ukraine
to demand the return of tens of thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia.

Genocidal actions.

Syrians know the agony of disappeared children.

#Stand4Children everywhere

#SlavaUkraini
#FreeSyria
#SaveGaza

The Iran regime uses mass execution as a weapon of terror in its long campaign of repression colonisation, exploitation, ecological destruction & ethnic cleansing of non-Persian groups & regions in Iran - 70% of the population.

Gaza live updates: 26 dead after Israeli tanks open fire near aid centre, rescuers say The Red Cross hospital in Rafah says 150 Palestinians have been injured in Gaza’s southern city.

Thousands of Palestinians had gathered near a US-backed humanitarian aid distribution centre, then Israeli tanks opened fire on the crowd.

"Rescue crews could not access the area. Residents had to use donkey carts to transport victims to the field hospital"

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Iran Authorities Execute A Software Engineer - EA WorldView Iran authorities execute software engineer Pedram Madani after detaining him for 6 years in a flawed process, on charges of spying for Israel

Director of Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights:
Madani “was sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court without access to a lawyer of his choice, through an unfair & non-transparent process orchestrated by security agencies”.

Iran mass murder by execution.

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Russia is 'mocking' the US, Lithuanian defence minister says The Kemlin has no incentive to stop the war, according to Dovilė Šakalienė, in particular amid growing cooperation with North Korea, China and Iran. #EuropeNews

‘Why should they stop" [their attacks]. They’ve transformed their economy to a war time economy. They’re moving v fast w their armed forces reform – to have 1.5 million soldiers by end of year’
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Two-fifths of Keir Starmer’s cabinet have been funded by pro-Israel lobbyists As Labour refuses to join calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, Declassified reveals the extent to which the shadow cabinet, including Starmer himself, has been financed by a pro-Israel lobby group and an in...

13 of the 31 members of Labour’s shadow cabinet have received donations from a prominent pro-Israel lobby group or individual funder

List of includes Keir Starmer, Angela Rayner, David Lammy & Lisa Nandy.

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Will we ever get to the end of the list of dead Palestinian children?