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Mary-Ann Stephenson confirmed as EHRC chair despite MPs’ objections Stephenson to take over at equality watchdog even though committees raised concerns about breadth of experience

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Couldn't answer basic questions on the functions and recent history of the EHRC and has a record of supporting the persecution of a minority.
MPs who questioned her concludef she was not fit to be the boss of EHRC.
They were right.
Yet here we are.

I knew I should have brought my combine-harvester!
#LondonTransPride

London Trans Pride sees ‘record-breaking turnout of 100,000 people’ Organisers and participants said this year’s Trans Pride event was of particular importance in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling in April.

At least the Irish news media will actually report on the significance of numbers attending London Trans+ Pride today.

Apart from the Guardian, NO OTHER MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPER has reported on the 100,000 people who marched in London IN SUPPORT of trans people today! 😖

#NewsBias #Propaganda

I’m witnessing the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s children – why is the world letting it happen? | Nick Maynard A permanent ceasefire, the free and safe flow of aid, and the lifting of the blockade are needed now – all could be achieved with political will, says UK surgeon Nick Maynard

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Never saw this coming.

Just resharing my open access review of Judith Butler’s latest book, Who’s Afraid of Gender? Their book is so important in analysing and communicating how gender figures in our present political moment - one of rising right-wing authoritarianism.

Kent council bans transgender books in children’s library section KCC says the move came after a

Reform controlled Kent Council ban books about trans kids.

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My death waits: David Bowie and mortality The article considers three ways of ‘being with death’ that are apparent in the life and work of the late David Bowie (religious transcendence, existential defiance, acceptance). It draws, in parti...

Pleased to see this article out today:

Full article: My death waits: David Bowie and mortality www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Shabana Mahmood is opposed to two amendments to the crime bill on abortion and Wes Streeting may also vote against them Justice secretary to oppose abortion amendments in crime bill The times

Looking across the papers today, anti-trans rights commentators and politicians also seem to be the ones opposing making abortion legal. It shouldn’t be a shock to anyone - they’re against bodily autonomy. For everyone.

Its honours 🏅 time again, so a big shout out to all the cool ppl who rejected them, including:

Frank Auerbach
Alan Bennett
David Bowie
Albert Finney
L.S. Lowry
Henry Moore
Harold Pinter
Amartya Sen
George Bernard Shaw
Benjamin Zephaniah.

Non-feminist and increasingly unhinged Torygraph reports that non-feminist campaigners accuse the Quakers (a religious group standing up to power for hundreds of years often at great personal cost) of undermining their legacy cos they support trans ppl.

This is very true. As scrutiny and paranoia build, signs of ‘maleness’ will multiply.

Great article, Sarah. Thank you for writing it. The fight is emotionally draining but necessary. x

I mean ‘ if she produces her amended BC.’

Yes, I meant BC.

Further, if a trans woman is asked for a BC it will only be because there is doubt about her gender. If she produces a GRC it will not reveal her birth registered sex. So then what? Mexican stand off!

This makes no sense (shock). If this is the approach, then a lot of cis women will need to start carrying birth certificates with them. Indeed, as the scrutiny and paranoia continue to grow, their number can be expected to increase. Meanwhile trans women read as cis will not be asked for a BC.

See below.

Further, if a trans woman is asked for a BC it will only be because there is doubt about her gender. If she produces a GRC it will not reveal her birth registered sex. So then what? Mexican stand off!

This makes no sense (shock). If this is the approach, then a lot of cis women will need to start carrying birth certificates with them. Indeed, as the scrutiny and paranoia continue to grow, their number can be expected to increase. Meanwhile trans women read as cis will not be asked for a BC.

Animal Farm Revisited: A Feminist Allegory Life on Nettle Farm was not easy. Patrick Arkey was a less than sensitive human farm owner. Still, the animals had tended to stick together, to find

A fable about the rise of ‘critical bovineism.’

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The Supreme Court refused to listen to trans voices. We brought them to the Supreme Court. | Good Law Project Munroe Bergdorf, Nadia Almada, India Willoughby and Victoria McCloud said what they would have said if the judges had let them speak, and told us what it’s like to live in the hostile world this judgm...

Voices silenced by Supreme Court projected onto Supreme Court building in act of resistance.

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YouTube video by John Maggiore Professor Alex Sharpe on Bowie, outlaws, monsters, love and more...

Had a chat about my book, David Bowie Outlaw, and all things Bowie with the lovely New Yorker, John Maggiore on his David Bowie platform.
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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

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feministkilljoys | Sara Ahmed | Substack killing joy as a world making project. Click to read feministkilljoys, by Sara Ahmed, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

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Excellent analysis by Sara Ahmed concerning the recent Supreme Court judgment whose analyse of sex can be viewed as a real example of ideological capture.