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State of the World – June
Welcome to this months pride edition of State Of The World. Let’s get started. Pride has a different meaning this year. A lot of companies that usually ‘celebrate’ Pride are not doing that this year. For instance, in my local Primark outlet, there is no Pride merch on sale that I could see, and the Continue reading
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Future of Trans Youth Healthcare at Risk: Government Actions Scrutinized
Less than a year after the U.K. banned puberty blockers for trans youth, health secretary Wes Streeting, the Health Minister for this very un-Labour-like Labour government, is considering banning the prescription of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) by private clinics and healthcare providers to patients under 18. According to the BBC, government lawyers have stated that Continue reading
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Leaked – Labour Womens Conference Cancelled
Following the Supreme Court’s gender ruling, leaked Labour documents have revealed the party’s plans to postpone its women’s conference and restrict positive action provisions to “biological women”. LGBT groups within the party have condemned these documents as a “blatant attack” and an “attempt to isolate” transgender people. Confidential advice sent to members of the National Continue reading
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What the local Elections means for the LGBT+ Community
We have just had the local elections for 2025 earlier this month. Let’s look at the results then discuss what it means for the LGBT community as a whole. Results Here are the results by, broken down by party : – Party Total Won Change Reform UK 677 677 Liberal Democrats 370 163 Conservative 319 Continue reading
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State Of The World – May 2025
Welcome to May’s edition of State Of The World. Let’s get started. Supreme Court Ruling The big news over the last month is the Supreme Court ruling in the Scottish Government vs For Women Scotland (FWS). This ruling went badly for the LGBT community, not just the transgender community, as the court stated that the Continue reading
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BMA Critiques Supreme Court’s Ruling on The Equality Act.
The BMA (Resident Junior Doctors), or British Medical Association, the body that represents GP’s in the UK, has panned the recent Supreme Court ruling on what the word “sex” means in the Equality Act 2010 as “scientifically incorrect”. Not the first time BMA has come out in defence of Transgender People Last year, the BMA Continue reading
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How the Supreme Court Ruling Affects Trans Individuals
This week’s ruling changes the landscape entirely. In an unexpected move that has caught the legal and LGBTQIA sector by complete surprise, the UK’s Supreme Court has ruled that the Equality Act’s definition of women does not include trans women. In an instant, this ruling took away some of the rights Trans people have. Worse, Continue reading
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Equality Act 2010: Court Ruling’s Implications for Trans Women
Today the Supreme Court in the UK ruled on a very important court case for Transgender women in the UK. Background The case is set to rule on whether or not the legal definition of a woman includes transgender women with a GRC, or Gender Recognition Certificate. It was brought to the Supreme Court by Continue reading
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State of the World – April 2025
Welcome to the new series I alluded to last month. While I initially mentioned covering UK news, the increasingly dangerous and unpredictable global situation prompted me to expand the series to include select newsworthy items from the past month. I’m also going to call the series State of the World. State of the World will Continue reading
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Impact of PIP Changes on Vulnerable Groups in the UK
The government yesterday set out its proposals for changes to the benefit system. While there was some good changes in there personally I think it is one of the worst policies to ever come out of the government so far, along with making the ban on puberty blockers for transgender kids permanent. What was announced? Continue reading
