Big stories in the last week - catch up and media overview We don’t normally do this but last week we weren’t able to perform our usual daily updates on X.

Seen in Journalism's substack round up of gender stories in the news...

"From the Darlington nurses, to Jennifer Melle, to Allison Bailey, to the puberty blockers briefing at the House of Lords, and more. We needed to catch up - if you do too - here:"

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26.01.2026 11:42 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

My god, the details are so maddening. This was an incredibly dangerous and vile male prisoner - a 6 foot tall paedophile - that she was having to work with. And he was listed as male on his records.

21.01.2026 13:30 — 👍 15    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Jennifer Melle Reinstated: Women Are Pushing Back And Winning - Heartlands Jennifer Melle has just been reinstated. After nine months suspended on full pay. After being escorted from her workplace. After a disciplinary hearing that

'This is not about compassion, inclusion, or progressive values. This is about power: who wields it, who benefits from it, and who pays the price when working-class women dare to say “no” to those who demand their compliance.'
Excellent again from Paul Knaggs.
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21.01.2026 12:59 — 👍 56    🔁 18    💬 4    📌 1

I nearly had my breasts removed, but I realised I was a girl all along 'I've done my best to support her at every stage, but I drew the line at giving my consent for her to have the testosterone and double mastectomy she was so intent on. And thank goodness I did.'

She was always a girl. They all are...

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03.04.2025 11:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

University of Sussex fined £585,000 for failing to uphold freedom of speech OfS inquiry concludes into case of Prof Kathleen Stock, who was targeted over views on trans rights and gender issues England’s university regulator has been accused of “perpetuating the culture wars” after fining the University of Sussex a record £585,000 at the conclusion of an investigation into freedom of speech on campus. It marks the end of a three-and-a-half year investigation into the university’s handling of the case of Kathleen Stock, a philosophy professor who resigned after being targeted by protests over her views on gender identification and transgender rights. Continue reading...

University of Sussex fined £585,000 for failing to uphold freedom of speech

26.03.2025 08:29 — 👍 102    🔁 30    💬 20    📌 18

From the NHS to the police, how the obsession with gender captured the public sector Data collected by public bodies has been ‘corrupted’ as a result of conflating gender with sex, a report says, posing risks to individuals

The Sullivan Report revealed that public bodies – including the NHS, police and military – have been collecting information on gender identity rather than biological sex since 2015. As a consequence “robust and accurate data” has been lost. My latest story...

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26.03.2025 13:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0