Category: Reporting
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Edinburgh Council condemn transphobic EHRC guidance
Resisting Transphobia in Edinburgh applauds the City of Edinburgh Council for voting today, by an overwhelming majority, to condemn the transphobic new guidance from the Equalities and Human Rights Commission. We are grateful to Councillors Alex Staniforth and Alys Mumford whose motion not only included powerful and unequivocal language calling the guidance “discriminatory, unworkable, and…
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RTiE Spring 2026
Sunshine on Leith, May 16th A big thank you to the Equality Network for the invitation to Pride in Our Community. We were blessed by a day in the sunshine, the company of friends, and some dance lessons from the wonderful Bollywood Dance Community. Scotland elects two trans MSPs in historic first, May 9th RTiE…
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Resisting Transphobia in 2025
March saw RTiE members working to oppose a Posie Parker transphobic rally in Aberdeen. As well as donating ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ stickers to Aberdeen Trades Union Council, and advertising the counter protest, some RTiE members got along on the day… We started April with a great day at Kirkcaldy with Trans Pride Scotland. The…
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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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Happy Birthday RTiE !
A founding member of Resisting Transphobia in Edinburgh describes the origins of the group and plans for the future. “How did the group start?” “It’s sort of in the name. Resisting transphobia in Edinburgh started as a very reactive thing, and I’m going to cast my mind back to this time last year or a…
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Transphobe appointed as University Rector
Outcry as core member of anti-trans hate group LGB Alliance announced as the next Rector of Edinburgh University. Simon Fanshawe, a co-founder of Stonewall who left the organisation due to his anti-trans stance, was appointed without a vote after another candidate was disqualified on a technicality. Staff, students and alumni are campaigning to have Fanshawe’s…