@dadtrans.bsky.social
Dad of a #Trans child. He/him. www.growinguptransgender.com. @dadtrans on twitter
There's an astonishing cruelty in trying to make the world even more hostile for trans kids by suing schools that want to include them. But that's where 'gender critical' Britain is.
We're acting for a school that is being sued - and we could really use your help with funding.
Banning Trans healthcare never actually bans Trans healthcare. It just bans safe Trans healthcare. And everybody knows it.
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The cover of Arthur’s children’s book “Jacob’s Transition Goals” that will be released on 21st April 2026
Super excited to share the cover of my children’s book Jacob’s Transition Goals!
Jacob’s Transition Goals is about an 8 year old transgender boy who starts playing football for his local boys team. It’s a joyful story that I wish I’d been able to read when I was a trans kid.
Out April 21st!
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When the Scottish Government embedded the UNCRC into Scottish law, it made a commitment to children across Scotland.
When it comes to trans children, that promise has fallen short.
New blog on trans children's rights: growinguptransgender.com/2026/01/30/u...
I understand the value of being in a room with Labour politicians.
There is a trade off happening.
It is valuable for Labour politicians, as a token to show they are doing *something* to distract from all the harm.
It could also be valuable for trans people. Talking truth to power.
Headline from the Telegraph. January 2025. Julie Bindel What's wrong with the British Left? It has to take feminism lessons from Donald Trump
also loads of articles like this one
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Striking numbers which demonstrate, in spades, how tiny is the popular support for the culture of hate that Britain's institutions seem determined to impose on a kind and accepting majority.
(Expect the BBC to ignore it or qualify it to oblivion.)
Remembering this episode of queer history from the Kunzel book: Famed lesbian activist Barbara Gittings lobbied the manufacturer of electroshock equipment used in aversion therapy to remove "homosexuality" from its list of prescribed uses but personally endorsed it for transvestism
29.01.2026 13:57 — 👍 161 🔁 28 💬 4 📌 1We'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 👇
goodlawproject.org/campaign/the...
It would disproportionately affect LGBTQIA+ young people, who rely more heavily on the platforms to connect with other queer people
www.wearequeeraf.com/social-media...
My daughter used to be in Rainbows, like the girl in this story.
She coloured in. She iced some biscuits. Did some games.
She was welcomed.
She played, laughed and joined in.
The cruelty is entirely the point. When did bullying little girls become the norm. 1/2
I was interviewed by @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social for the Herald this week - we discussed my new article with Dr Cal Horton on trans children's rights, what people need to know, and what can be done to support young people. We also touched on the wider issues facing trans-positive research!
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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Rights of Trans Children in Scotland. In: The International Journal of Children's Rights. Authors: Cal Horton and Ruth Pearce. Abstract. In January 2024, Scotland incorporated the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) into domestic law, strengthening commitments to child rights. Trans children are vulnerable to a wide range of rights violations in systems and institutions impacted by ignorance, pathologisation or prejudice. This article outlines trans children’s rights under the CRC, drawing attention to implications for organisations working with trans children across Scotland and beyond. It applies CRC rights to key policy arenas, including Scotland’s failed gender recognition reform, trans children’s healthcare, and segregation policies introduced in 2025, highlighting areas of recognised or potential rights violations. The article then examines the processes that can enable rights-based policy and practice for trans children. This can include monitoring and recording trans children’s rights violations, and efforts to enhance child participation and child accountability. The article emphasises the importance of targeted action to uphold trans children’s rights under the crc. Institutions need to critically appraise current approaches, protecting trans children’s rights and ensuring compatibility with CRC obligations. Keywords: children; transgender; lgbt; youth; rights; crc; participation; accountability; ethics.
New research on trans children and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC):
With the UNCRC recently incorporated into Scottish law, @fiercemum.bsky.social and I teamed up to discuss the urgent actions needed to protect trans children's rights.
brill.com/view/journal...
Reading how the UK Girl Guides has treated a 6 year old child is beyond heartbreaking. This story should be published everywhere except we know the mainstream news would never dare.
medium.com/@ParentofaTr...
Collection of logos of organisations that have signed our 'biological sex' letter
Organisations that have signed our “Biological Sex” and Its Variants are Transphobic Slurs open letter.
Any organisation that would like to sign the letter in support, please get in touch with us via DM or our website.
tacc.org.uk/biological-s...
Individuals can also sign via the link above.
Worcestershire County Council’s Reform minority administration is the latest group attempting to use last year’s Supreme Court judgment to exclude trans people.
But it wouldn’t be lawful. We’re ready to fight back:
https://goodlaw.social/gmxz
Image shows a white toilet. Text reads: Scrap the bathroom ban. A lot has happened on the EHRC’s proposed bathroom ban but they're still trying to exclude trans people from public life.
Image shows a person shrugging surrounded by question marks. Text reads: Scrap the bathroom ban. There has been an extreme lack of clarity with employment tribunal outcomes causing further confusion. The government needs to fix this mess.
Image shows someone being weighed down by lots of squiggles. Text reads: scrap the bathroom ban. Organisations who want to be trans inclusive are feeling pressure to exclude trans people.
Image shows an email icon. Text reads: Scrap the bathroom ban. The EHRC aren’t changing course, and we have to keep the pressure up. Write to your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban
A lot has happened recently on the EHRC’s proposed bathroom ban but they're still trying to exclude trans people from public life. The EHRC aren’t changing course, and we have to keep the pressure up.
Write to your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-ba...
#ScraptheBathroomBan #EHRC #TransRights
Who are the cool, up-and-coming early career trans women and transfem non-binary people doing scholarship in women's and gender studies - particularly outside North America?
I'd love to hear about their work!
Have thoughts about queer museums, queerness in museums, or just plain being queer in museums? We'd love to hear from you. Early findings are turning out to be amazing, and we hope it helps museums do better. mqedu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... @alanaaaab.bsky.social
#Queer #Museums #QueerMuseums
Interesting how even now, in the US, courts are protecting trans children's healthcare data privacy rights.
In the UK, trans children's Sussex GP data was forcibly handed over to NHS England late last year.
& the law changed to force access to the data of 9,000 adults who were children at GIDS.
I recall a conversation back in 2016 with a speech psychologist studying hearing. There are well studied (but not well understood) differences in hearing between genders. She found that the hearing profiles of Trans women correspond to Cis women and Trans men to Cis men.
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EXCLUSIVE: Anti-trans activists are negatively impacting scientific research by pushing for 'the existence of trans people to be an impossibility' in data gathering, according to a new study
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Reads: What is trans-exclusionary data activism? And the logo for the Gender + Sexuality Data Lab.
New research maps the campaign to erase trans people from UK data 🔢
This peer-reviewed article offers the first detailed account of how UK campaign groups have sought to define sex as strictly biological across the census, policing, healthcare and digital ID.
doi.org/10.1080/0958...
Life has stood in the way of doing some of the things I really want to do.
In 2026 I’m going to change that.
My artist identity hasn’t been watered and it’s been screaming to get out.
These works are advocacy. They aren’t pretty. They’ll make you uncomfortable. I hope they’ll move us forward.
Email invitation to Dr. Emma Hilton from Sex Matters about meeting the new chair, Dr. Mary-Ann Stephenson.
FOI reveals that within the first week in office, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson requested a meeting with Sex Matters to discuss "mutual priorities and ways to work together going forward"
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“The worst thing I’ve ever been through” - new study examines young people’s experiences in NHS England gender clinics.
Source below 👇
Wes Streeting emphasising the NHS has adopted a 'holistic' model of care for trans kids.
Please read this first peer reviewed article on what that looks like in practice:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
On my way to the Supreme Court where I'll be proud to support 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson, West Virginia's only transgender athlete, as she opposes the state's effort to ban her from playing as herself.
Win or lose, Becky and her family are heroes for standing up for what's right
The article is open access, please read and share.
Please also see this short summary of the article, written by @notrightruth.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/notr...
The article also evidences the benefits of affirmative healthcare provision.
All interviewees had positive experiences of affirmative GP-led care at WellBN in Brighton.
That service has been consistently attacked by NHS England & Sussex ICB for providing affirmative care. 3/4
