u/LocutusOfBorges

Posted on Bluesky today:

> I want to thank the 20,000 people who wrote to their MP asking them to sign EDM 240, disapproving of the EHRC’s Code of Practice. In the end, it was supported by 166 MPs – a quarter of all MPs – which is a significant show of opposition in Parliament. > > Unfortunately, the Code of Practice will come into effect on 5 August. It is unworkable, harmful and will have a devastating impact on the quality of trans people’s lives. > > Going forward, it is clear that the law itself must change to protect the rights of trans people in the UK. > > The current situation is unacceptable and leaves the UK out of step with international norms and its human rights commitments. > > I will continue to do everything within my power to fight against the erosion of trans rights, including fighting for the legislative change that we need.

Full credit to her for doing everything she possibly could under incredibly difficult circumstances. The EDM got further than just about anyone imagined was possible, given the political climate - and, if anything, stands as a symbol that trans people do retain substantial parliamentary support which can be built upon.

I hope she'll hold onto her seat in the 2029 bloodbath. Really one of the best examples of what the party can be.

Anti gender-critical beliefs - "Gender-critical beliefs" are currently protected in law in the UK, this means that anti gender-critical beliefs must also be equally protected in law.

Confronting the lies about our ‘unaffordable’ welfare budget - As a proportion of GDP the total welfare bill is lower than it was 15 years ago. The claim that it is spiralling out of control is mythmaking

Jason Arday was a victim of the worst kind of media pile-on - Alan Rusbridger

Civil servants fight plan to scrap trans ‘reassignment leave’ - Whitehall is being urged not to change the policy, which offers 13 weeks of paid absence for gender procedures

I'm a non-binary dad. This is what it's like raising a child in the UK - "While it’s never been easy to be trans in this country, the rise in anti-trans hostility has certainly made it harder for trans parents to simply exist in public"

Young People Are Different: What do Neets need? | William Davies, LRB

Bully Burnham and what Labour doesn't want to talk about.

Nadia Whittome on the new guidance on single-sex spaces

Mass Lobby for Trans Equality - Houses of Parliament, 9th September 2026

"We Can’t Afford Not To Be Able To Deliver Consequences | An interview with the trans liberationist non-violent direct action group BASH BACK."

Will Burnham fix our barbaric prisons – or cave to rightwing populism? The answer is a tragedy

Do Not Buy The War Crime N64 - "There's so many ways to play the N64. You do not need to support Palmer Luckey's little project."

Lord Glasman Wrote A Song For The Exiled Crown Prince Of Iran And Played It To Him

Project4T (Bristol) - monthly trans health and harm reduction drop-in, blood tests offered

Andy Burnham’s Cabinet Represents Starmerism Without Starmer

Police Said Her Post Was Not Criminal. Then They Charged the Trans Woman Who Wrote It

Julia Serano: Transgender "Social Contagion," "Grooming," & the Stigma-Contamination Mindset

Church in Wales Statement: "The Church in Wales will not use equality law exemptions to exclude trans people from our worship, our sacraments, our pastoral care, or our common life."

PIP review: DWP removes PIP deaths and harm figures from annual report, just as Timms publishes findings

Nadia Whittome statement on EDM 240 and the EHRC's Code of Practice coming into force on 5 August