11 h. ago Disabled campaigners watching ‘in horror’ as trans people face toilet segregation

Disabled activists say supreme court ruling has left trans community at similar risk of exclusion from public spacesDisabled rights campaigners say they are watching “in horror” as the UK’s trans community faces similar toilet segregation and exclusion from public spaces that they do.The aftermath of the supreme court ruling on biological sex has led to organisations banning trans people from using the toilets of the gender they live as, with accessible facilities frequently promoted as a solution. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Abandoning trans people ‘a mistake’ for Democrats, says Tim Walz

Kamala Harris running mate says ‘your cost of eggs ... has nothing to do with someone’s gender.’

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4 d. ago Badenoch accused of wearing transphobia as ‘badge of honour’ by Labour MP

A spokesman for the Conservative leader said she has ‘always defended the rights of trans people’.

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5 d. ago Survey reveals what most people think about Supreme Court gender ruling

Polling also suggests almost three quarters of those asked felt the right decision had been made by some sporting bodies in banning transgender women from its female competitions.

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6 d. ago Mother of Southport attack victim vows to 'create a legacy of love and hope' in her daughter’s name

Seven-year-old Elsie was one of three girls murdered in the mass stabbing attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class

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6 d. ago Rasmus Hojlund's struggles casts doubt over Manchester United's £30m transfer plan

United must get their summer transfer business right when recruiting a new forward

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7 d. ago Britain has dropped down Europe’s LGBTQ+ rights rankings. Good – now we might have to face reality | Jason Okundaye

In 2015, the UK placed first on the rainbow map. But even then, as an 18-year-old gay man, I knew that wasn’t the whole storyIt should surprise no one that the UK has dropped to its lowest ever position on the annual “rainbow map” of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Association (ILGA), which ranks the best and worst European countries on the basis of laws and policies that affect LGBTQ+ people. The map assesses each country through seven categories, including equality and non-discrimination, legal gender recognition and asylum.The supreme court’s ruling last month that a person’s sex in the Equality Act 2010 refers only to “biological sex” – a redefining of trans people’s rights to their detriment, and a political and cultural victory for the gender critical movement – will have played a key role in the downgrading. Senior politicians immediately capitulated to the ruling, interpreting the implications of the verdict beyond the scope of the court, with t...

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8 d. ago Civil servants threaten legal action and strikes in transgender toilets row: Union says guidance is 'segregating our trans and non

Activists in Whitehall's biggest trade union are calling for 'possible industrial, legal and human rights challenges' to guidance which 'segregated' trans and non-binary' colleagues.

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8 d. ago ‘Love, hope, community and resistance’: ACLU to unveil 9,000 sq ft quilt for trans rights

Giant quilt with messages of hope for the trans community is now arriving in DC at a particularly troubling time“It would be a lie if I said I wasn’t anxious,” Abdool Corlette said while discussing his latest project with the American Civil Liberties Union, Freedom to Be. An award-winning film-maker and head of brand at the ACLU, Corlette has been working for nearly two years with hundreds of trans people across the country to create a 9,000 sq ft quilt, composed of 258 panels that are packed with responses to the question: what does freedom mean to you?Corlette is anxious because Freedom to Be is all about trans joy and trans freedom, and it will make a defiant stand for both on 17 May in Washington DC in spite of the war that Donald Trump has waged against the trans community since his inauguration. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Glasgow Pride bans political parties over 'mounting challenges' to trans rights

Organisers announced the move on Tuesday in the wake of the Supreme Court decision

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1 week ago My daughter has such a unique name most people can't pronounce it

A mother, from Kent, told The Telegraph that she was eager to give her daughter a 'memorable' name after being one of three Catherine's in her school year.

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1 week ago From Naomi Watts to Robert De Niro: the celebrity parents supporting their trans and non

These famous families are proud parents of trans, non-binary and gender non-forming children and speak out on trans rights

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1 week ago Equalities watchdog threatened with legal action after saying trans women must use men’s toilets

Exclusive: A leading UK trans rights group says guidance ‘incorrectly states the legal position’ following last month’s landmark Supreme Court ruling on gender

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1 week ago Manchester Pride suspends political parties from participating in stand for trans rights

It comes after the recent UK Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a 'woman'

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1 week ago Father Ted and trans rights critic Graham Linehan pleads not guilty to harassing and smashing phone belonging to a transgender woman

The Irish comedy writer, 56, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Monday to deny the charges of harassing Sophia Brooks on social media and damaging her mobile in October.

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2 w. ago Popular ITV dating show 'set to return to screens 16 years after it was axed'

The popular ITV dating show tracked land-owning singletons as they welcomed women from the city to their farms in the hope it would lead to love. TV bosses canned the series in 2009.

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2 w. ago Labour ‘throwing trans people under the bus’ says transgender councillor

Dylan Tippetts of Plymouth resigns from party ‘that does not support my fundamental rights’UK politics live – latest updatesOne of Labour’s only transgender councillors has resigned from the party, accusing it of “throwing trans people under the bus”.In a post on X on Friday morning, Dylan Tippetts, who has represented Compton ward on Plymouth city council since 2022, wrote: “I cannot continue to represent a party that does not support my fundamental rights. I cannot as a trans person continue to support the Labour party.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Arsenal transfer news: Mikel Arteta lines up defender as Real Madrid move for William Saliba

Arsenal were knocked out of the Champions League by PSG on Wednesday night as they endure another trophyless season, and the Gunners are expected to be busy in the summer transfer window to put that right

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2 w. ago Artist Rene Matić: 'I'm nominated for the Turner Prize but my gender is up for discussion'

Non-binary artist Rene Matić takes photographs that celebrate their trans friends, and once got a tattoo of a far right slogan they found on Pinterest. Now they’re one of youngest nominees ever for Britain’s prestigious art prize

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2 w. ago ‘I don’t have the power’: JK Rowling won’t sack Paapa Essiedu from Harry Potter TV show over trans rights views

Author claims she neither wishes to, nor is capable of preventing the actor from playing Severus Snape in the upcoming HBO adaptation, following his signing of an open letterJK Rowling has said she will not fire actor Paapa Essiedu from the forthcoming Harry Potter TV series over his support for transgender rights.Essiedu has been cast as key character Severus Snape in the HBO drama, which is designed to run for more than a decade and will be one of the most expensively produced television shows of all time. Continue reading...

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