LibDem Conference accreditation: The monster that refuses to die
Just announced tonight is the news that the controversial accreditation arrangements – put in place for last autumn’s Liberal Democrat conference – will also be going ahead for this year’s gathering in...
View ArticleLibDem Conference Accreditation: The “I am Spartacus” edition
The latest round in the ongoing LibDem conference accreditation saga has been opened by party president Tim Farron in a LibDemVoice post. It isn’t good. (Although kudos to Tim Farron for engaging with...
View ArticleConway Hall cancel RadFem2012 booking
News in this afternoon, via a statement on their web site and an email to those that complained, is that Conway Hall have cancelled the booking for the controversial RadFem2012 conference. The...
View ArticleEqual Marriage Consultation response
Yes, there are many responses out there but this one is mine. Most of the interesting bits, where I will have said something different to someone else, are in Question 16 as that’s the “any other...
View ArticlePolicing “Total War”
Writing in The Times today, the comissioner for the Metropolitan Police defends forthcoming legislation to allow the police to intercept emails by saying that for him, “policing… is about a Total War...
View ArticlePrevalence of Trans* folk as high as 1%
Some rather dry but nevertheless interesting statistics for you: According to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), as many as 1% of people may have gender “issues” of some description or...
View ArticlePoly relationships statistics from the 2011 Census
From the 2011 England & Wales Census, it has been revealed that 39,200 relationships were edited/”corrected” due to an apparently invalid combination of relationships that would indicate a...
View ArticleCommon sense and checking sources
I always try to check and reference primary sources when I blog or tweet, because I like making sure my facts are correct. I have had to bin a blog post more than once when it’s turned out the numbers...
View ArticlePlease don’t sign this petition on Trans rights
There’s a petition doing the rounds at the moment on pathologisation of Trans people in medical classification. Please don’t sign it. The petition misses some important caveats that are critical to...
View ArticleEqual Marriage consultation – first impressions
I just had a very quick initial scan of the Government’s response to the Equal Marriage consultation. (PDF Link) Headline issues of particular interest to Bi and Trans folk are as follows: Civil...
View ArticleThe Guardian’s continued attempt at torpedoing Trans healthcare laid bare
It seems David Batty, Guardian “journalist”, has come out of his self-imposed retirement on writing about Trans issues to produce a rather obviously spun story on Doctor Richard Curtis, a private...
View Article#TransDocFail hashtag: The Lowlights
Following on from the news that one of the few private doctors dealing with Trans issues has had complaints made against him by fellow doctors, Sarah Brown suggested that Trans people tweet their bad...
View ArticleThe Burchill controversy – a mixed blessing for the trans community
This article originally appeared on Liberal Democrat Voice. I have followed recent mainstream media events unfolding around the Trans community with a mixture of excitement, anxiety and sadness....
View Article“Paperless NHS” puts the vulnerable at risk
In the wake of the #TransDocFail hashtag, it has become clear that bad or abusive healthcare at the hands of medical professionals is still as common as it has been historically. Many trans folk have a...
View ArticleMarriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill – Trans issues
The equal marriage bill (PDF Link, HTML links are inline below) has finally been published. From a trans perspective, schedule 5 is the interesting bit and it’s pretty much as expected from the...
View ArticleTrans amendments to the Marriage (Same-sex Couples) Bill
A number of amendments for trans people have been submitted formally in parliament, but unless you’re a legal whiz with some spare time to hand it’s not immediately obvious what they are. So, here’s a...
View ArticleScottish trans man guilty of fraud – just for having a relationship
(Warning: All the news stories linked in here are highly transphobic, with references to acquired genders being a “pretence” or “fake”) It looks like we have another case of someone trans being...
View ArticleAnother day, another trans-related “sex-by-deception” case
For those who have followed my previous commentary on such cases, much to do with the latest case will not come as much surprise. What is new is that this one was in England, thus increasing the threat...
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Dear The Right Revd and Right Honourable The Lord Carey of Clifton, FRSA FKC
Dear The Right Revd and Right Honourable The Lord Carey of Clifton, FRSA FKC, I noticed that you have published your entry into the Oppression Olympics on the front page of today’s Daily Mail. I’ve...
View ArticleTrans marriage rights reach the House of Lords
Today was the third and final day of the House of Lords committee stage for the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Bill. First of all, some background on the current state of the bill for trans folk –...
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