11 h. ago ‘Rights can be knocked out in a second’: older trans women shocked by supreme court ruling

Women who transitioned decades ago feel their safety and security has suddenly been removed“The fear is back. The fear I had when I first started my transition in 1979, that people will hurt me,” says Janey, who is 70. She has been living “happily and independently” as a woman for nearly half a century. Based in London, she still works in the mental health sector and is part of a large and accepting Irish family. She is also transgender.“I still go into the women’s toilets at work, but when I open the door there’s that little voice inside me: ‘Will someone shout at me?’,” she says. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago ‘Rights can be knocked out in a second’: older trans people shocked by supreme court ruling

Women who transitioned decades ago feel their safety and security has suddenly been removed“The fear is back. The fear I had when I first started my transition in 1979, that people will hurt me,” says Janey, who is 70. She has been living “happily and independently” as a woman for nearly half a century. Based in London, she still works in the mental health sector and is part of a large and accepting Irish family. She is also transgender.“I still go into the women’s toilets at work, but when I open the door there’s that little voice inside me: ‘Will someone shout at me?’,” she says. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies blasts London Marathon for allowing trans women to compete in female category

Transgender women can run in the female category despite last week’s Supreme Court ruling

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15 h. ago Toilet access should follow biological sex but trans people still need facilities, UK watchdog says

EHRC releases guidance in response to supreme court ruling, saying trans men and women need ‘suitable alternatives’The UK’s equalities watchdog has said trans women and men “should not be put in a position where there are no facilities for them to use” as it issued interim guidance after the supreme court ruling on biological sex.Trans women “should not be permitted to use the women’s facilities” in workplaces or public-facing services like shops and hospitals, the EHRC said, and the same applies to trans men, who are biologically female, using men’s toilets. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago 'Abhorrent' prison chiefs forced women to live among trans rapists, killers and paedos

Campaigners say the Scottish Prison Service opened the floodgates for violent trans ­prisoners to switch into female jails in 2014 with scores of violent cons taking advantage of its transgender policy.

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19 h. ago British Olympic swimming heroine Sharron Davies blasts London Marathon organisers as 'anti

Ms Davies, 62, said they should be 'held to account' for not protecting biological women and accused them of acting 'against the law'.

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20 h. ago Transgender women should not be allowed to use female toilets, according to the government's equality watchdog

The Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) issued their guidance to charities and public sector organisations following the Supreme Court's ruling.

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25 h. ago Trans women should be barred from female toilets, Britain's equality watchdog recommends

The Equalities and Human Rights Commission has released interim guidance on how organisations should interpret the landmark Supreme Court judgement

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53 h. ago Alex Yee enters the unknown at London Marathon and invites you with him

Britain’s Olympic and world triathlon champion makes his debut marathon in his home city on Sunday and has allowed his fans a look behind the curtain

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57 h. ago The Black feminist movement has a history of standing up to fascism. Now we are inviting others to join us in the fight | Hakima Abbas

The Trump administration is working overtime to intimidate funders from supporting racial and gender justice but this is the time for everyone to do what we can with what we haveWhen Jair Bolsonaro rose to power and moved to dismantle Brazil’s democracy, he faced a formidable foe. A powerful wave of Black women were at the forefront of the resistance that led to his defeat.Beyond defeating an authoritarian, Black women helped elect a tranche of new officials, including record numbers of women and trans leaders. As the vanguard of a young, diverse, representative government, they epitomise Brazil’s best future as a thriving democracy. A future that Bolsonaro came close to foreclosing. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Wes Streeting wants 'private spaces for trans people to be cared for in NHS hospitals' after Supreme Court ruling on women caused 'palpable anxiety'

The health secretary said transgender people could be treated in private rooms and admitted wishing he had listened earlier to the debate around single-sex spaces.

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3 d. ago London Marathon sparks bitter gender row after DEFYING supreme court ruling to allow trans women to run as females: 'It's biological sex!'

London Marathon sparks bitter gender row after DEFYING supreme court ruling to allow trans women to run as females: 'It's biological sex!'  GB News

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3 d. ago Transgender women banned from female pool category after Supreme Court ruling

Sport in this country has been mired in controversy over its transgender inclusion policies after last week’s Supreme Court ruling

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3 d. ago Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut and Lynne Ramsay’s latest among significant Cannes additions

Ramsay’s Die, My Love, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson, helps take number of female directors in competition to a record-breaking sevenLynne Ramsay’s long-awaited new film, Die, My Love, has been announced as a late addition to this year’s Cannes competition lineup. The film, which is Ramsay’s first for eight years, stars Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson and concerns a woman in rural America who experiences psychosis after the birth of her baby.The inclusion of Ramsay’s movie takes the number of female director’s in the official selection to seven – a record for the festival. It also means that a British director is now in the running for this year’s Palme d’Or. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Pool BANS transgender players from female competitions after research found biological males DO have a natural advantage in the game

The ongoing debate about transgender women in sport has moved into pool - with competitors now banned in the female category.

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3 d. ago Pool bans transgender women from female category after UK Supreme Court ruling

The ongoing debate about transgender women in sport has moved into pool - with competitors now banned in the female category.

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3 d. ago Pedro Pascal calls JK Rowling a ‘heinous loser’ in wake of UK ruling on trans women

Supreme Court’s verdict came after a number of legal challenges supported by the Harry Potter author

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3 d. ago Trans woman to hand out disabled toilet keys after Supreme Court ruling leaves ‘no other option’

Sarah Marsh calls it an ‘emergency measure’ after government confirms trans women must use men’s toilets

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3 d. ago All the Harry Potter stars making money off projects celebrating the work of JK Rowling despite publicly criticising her

Harry Potter author Rowling, 59, has most recently caused a stir by boldly celebrating the Supreme Court 's judgment that trans women are not legally women.

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3 d. ago Supreme Court ruling on women 'paints target' on back of transgender people, says cyclist Emily Bridges

Britain's best-known transgender athlete believes the legal judgement by Britain’s top judges will stoke ‘vitriol’ among the trans community

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