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We are not the threat – 199 days later at the Scottish Parliament
On 1st November 2025 Resisting Transphobia in Edinburgh (RTiE) led a demonstration to support and protect Scotland’s transgender community in the face of rising persecution and discrimination. The demonstration was scheduled to coincide with – and counteract – a protest from pressure group Women Won’t Wheesht over the implementation of the Supreme Court’s (SC) ruling…
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Down the far-right Rabbit hole
Gender critical “feminism” has always been a broad church, the agreed starting point being that trans women are, in some way, a threat to women’s rights, women’s safety, and a threat to the safety of children. But when you start from this false premise you end up in strange places. Having rejected the intersectional feminism…
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A dark day for Edinburgh education
The Edinburgh Council Bathroom ban. At the Education, Children and Families Committee 2nd September 2025 The day began well. As well as a verbal deputation made by RTiE, the ban on trans kids’ bathroom use was also opposed by deputations from Trans Kids Deserve Better, the Friends of Abbeyhill, Scottish Trans, the National Association of…
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Edinburgh Council bathroom ban
This is a copy of the verbal deputation made by Resisting Transphobia in Edinburgh to the Edinburgh Council Education, Children and Families Committee, 2nd September 2025. The proposed ban on trans kids’ bathroom use before the committee was also opposed by deputations from Trans Kids Deserve Better, the Friends of Abbeyhill, Scottish Trans, the National Association…
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On strengthening women’s and children’s rights
On Saturday 17th August, the BBC reported that a legal action had been lodged against the Scottish Government, claiming rules on transgender people in custody and transgender pupils in schools are “in clear breach” of the Supreme Court judgement in April. But coming on the same day as far right, violent, male misogynists took to…
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Debunking Supreme Court Myths
On why the Supreme Court ruling on “biological sex” is a threat to all women. The idea of banning trans people from a space relies on the ability to somehow tell that someone is trans. This harms cis women who appear more masculine. It means that every woman who does not appear “perfectly feminine” (whatever…
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2025 Gender Diverse Events in Edinburgh
Details on upcoming events and shows in the Edinburgh area that celebrate trans voices, gender diversity, and non-conformity from trans and non-binary creators to drag, androgyny, and beyond. If you’d like to have your own show or event listed, or if you hear of any events not yet listed, please post in our Discord if…
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Far Right Christian Interference in UK Society
The following article was derived from a BlueSky post by Fergus Murray (linktree), which aggregated discussion forum links from the RTiE activist group. Any errors are my own. The Christian right, based in the USA, is a global threat. They systematically use their immense wealth to push propaganda internationally, with significant focus on the United…
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Abortion Rights -We support a person’s right to choose
We support a person’s right to choose. We support bodily autonomy in healthcare. Trans rights and reproductive rights are a shared fight, that’s why we joined Abortion Rights Scotland for their counter protest on Saturday the 26th of April. This is the second year that RTiE has supported the Abortion Rights protest and once again…
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Nine things you can do to support the trans community in this scary moment
Written by Mina Baird and originally published on her blog. Hi friends, It’s a really scary time to be trans in the UK. Last week, the Supreme Court deciding that trans women aren’t “legally” women, in a clearly partisan decision that parrots the language of trans eliminationist activists, and in which no trans people or groups…