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UN experts urge UK to ensure equal protection for all women and girls and all transgender people GENEVA – The United Kingdom must ensure its ongoing review of statutory guidance under the Equality Act remains compatible with international human rights law and upholds equal protections for all tra...

Breaking: UN experts have again warned the United Kingdom to respect trans+ rights 🇺🇳🏳️‍⚧️

“Frameworks permitting routine exclusion or discretionary verification of sex based on appearance or stereotypes would raise serious concerns under international human rights law”

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Absolutely amazing news to wake up to - it wasn’t even close. Hope wins.

We’ve got 69 days left in Scotland to bring hope back. Join us members.greens.scot/join/standar...

Hope Beats Hate: Green Party Defeats Reform and Labour in Huge Gorton and Denton By-Election Victory A concerted political and media campaign to scare voters about a “Green Menace” winning this by-election failed, reports Adam Bienkov

“In a battle between hope and hate, hope has won.”
Congratulations to new MP Hannah Spencer!
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Top 5 landmark LGBTQ novels, chosen by cultural critic Kaye Mitchell

University of Manchester senior lecturer Kaye Mitchell picks five LGBTQ books that have left their mark on the world.

"Gisèle has demonstrated to the world that it's not for the victims of sexual abuse to feel shame"

Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history, describes the impact Gisèle Pelicot, the woman at the centre of the largest rape trial in French history, has had on the world.

#Newsnight

This is an amazing piece from Jess Davies. But we have a plan to fight back - if anonymous accounts have used image based abuse to try and silence you, chasing you across platforms, we'd love to hear from you.

Graphic with a purple background. There is a picture of a hand holding a megaphone that is tinted pink in the bottom right corner. It says "Actions speak louder than words. This LGBTI+ history month we ask Scottish Government, is this how you’d like to be remembered? Will you continue to stand up or stand by when trans rights are at risk?" At the bottom are the Equality Network and Scottish Trans logos and the link https://equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/howwillthisberemembered"

Scot Gov has defined sex in Scottish Hate Crime law as ‘biological sex’ as per the Supreme Court ruling. A choice they have made. We urge you to challenge that choice. Ask how they want to be remembered in the fight for trans equality & human rights: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/howwillthisb...

No, We Can’t Just Wait for Dictators to Die | Common Dreams If history proves anything when it comes to authoritarian fascists, it’s that patient optimism is not a virtue.

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Putin’s megaphone: Orbán’s far-right push into UK universities is fuelled by Russian oil | Good Law Project Good Law Project has uncovered a network funded by Hungary’s authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán, that uses profits from refining Russian oil to platform far right and anti-trans campaigners in the UK

"A conservative network led by Michael Gove and Nigel Farage’s senior adviser James Orr has spent more than half a million pounds pushing far-right and anti-trans voices – some of it fuelled by profits from Russian oil."

Sexual misconduct is rife in elite sport – women are paying the price | Good Law Project When 88% of women in sport say they’ve been the target of sexual misconduct, it’s time to stop that tidal wave of trauma at source

When 88% of women in sport say they’ve been the target of sexual misconduct, it’s time to stop that tidal wave of trauma at source:
https://goodlaw.social/3rei

We need to shout our LGBTQ+ history from the rooftops!

"Diversities in humankind have always been here," writes historian Norena Shopland, "and will always be here until the end of time."

CHARLES RAFFERTY The Problem with Early Warnings People don't like to leave a party unless the house is actually on fire. Even then, if the flames are far enough away to be pretty, they'll finish their drink, take one more pass at the hors d'oeuvres. How things happen has always been unclear. Hurricanes begin in a place where no one lives. Agents of the government start to wear masks. Fascism is a word my neighbors won't use yet. They are following the law, they say, and the sirens are coming for someone else.

This hit so fucking hard today.

More than 1,000 days into the war, #Sudan must not be forgotten.

From #Khartoum, Dr Javid Abdelmoneim speaks about the humanitarian crisis, why international support is urgently needed and his experience as an emergency doctor in the country. #TalkAboutSudan

Also saying Britain is broken when she and her party played a key role in breaking it.

UK’s Online Safety regime unable to tackle the spread of misinformation and cannot keep users safe online, MPs warn - Committees - UK Parliament The Online Safety Act (OSA) cannot keep the UK public safe as it was not designed to tackle misinformation, MPs say today, in a wide-ranging report that urges the government to go further to regulate ...

Focussing only on children regarding online safety is exactly what the so-called ‘Online Safety Act’ was designed to do. To place the onus on families and children themselves safeguard - not the U.K. Gov or OFCOM, and to limit protection only to children, meaning everyone else is fair game. [1/3]

We've just launched the Trans Unity Quilt Project, a campaign by and for trans people across the UK to bring joy and hope by making a quilt that will stretch over 50m long

🎨 Make your own patch 👇
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Nazi President, Nazi country, utterly, utterly grim times to be living through, and what's worse, the absolute morons across the pond voted for this, you already had one spin with this buffoon and you thought yep, we'll have another, an irredeemable political culture

US discussing options to acquire Greenland, including use of military - White House It came as European allies rallied behind Denmark after renewed US insistence it must have Greenland.

This is a threat to Europe. What a time to be alive. Terror state. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Where will it end? Are we going to let him kidnap a president of another country? Will Greenland be a step too far? Canada? He knows he can do whatever he wants and nobody is standing up to him. Kier Starmer wouldn’t even criticise him earlier today.

The best books of 2025 – as chosen by Big Issue critics

Big Issue's critics' picks of the best books of the year, from literary takes on modern living to uncompromising accounts of life in Gaza.

Shorter thread: Laura Kuenssberg is spreading misinformation and Mary-Ann Stephenson understands neither the law nor her role and can't bring herself to say trans people exist.

The story of this Labour government is attacking disabled people and pensioners, and promoting a far-right conspiracy theory about trans people. It's a story about racism, supporting the dismemberment of children, and calling apartheid "progressive". It's a story of grovelling to a rapist.

Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings

You thought the patriarchy was going to stop with trans people? Really? www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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Don't let the far-right drown out the voice of reason. We need to let politicians from all parties know that most people want leadership grounded in humanity, not fear. If you believe in treating people seeking safety with dignity take action today 👇

The dangerous stupidity of Keir Starmer You can say many things about the opportunistic moral vacuum that is Keir Starmer, but he’s not stupid, he just behaves as though he was. The one time human rights lawyer Starmer’s late…

Starmer's dangerous stupidity in pandering to the far right means he may prove to become the unwitting midwife of Scottish independence.

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