Category: Analysis
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Staying trans-inclusive as a service-provider
The UK has become much more hostile to trans people in recent years. A particularly troubling instance is that the government is passing a new Equality Act Code of Practice for service providers. Should this become official, it will recommend businesses open to the public with single-sex spaces (like toilets or changing rooms) or single…
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EHRC Statutory Code of Practice – write to your MPs and MSPs
The new EHRC Code of Practice was placed before the UK Parliament by the Minister for Women and Equalities on the 21st May 2026. It automatically comes into force after 40 days unless a specific motion to reject it is raised and passed by either House. Quick ask: Use this mailing tool from Scottish Trans…
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EHRC Statutory Code of Practice Overview
On Thursday 21st May The government unveiled the new Statutory Code of Practice for services, public functions and associations. It marks a significant change in how equality law has been interpreted. Specifically, its likely impact will be to make day to day life in the UK less trans-inclusive with respect to single-sex spaces such as…
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Labour’s Section 28 is here – act now
In May 1988, the Conservative government introduced Section 28. This legal measure outlawed support for “homosexuality as a pretended family relationship” across Britain, especially in schools. While Section 28 was eventually repealed between 2000 and 2003, it has had a long legacy of harm. Most LGBTIQ+ people who lived through it have never forgiven the…
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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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Some thoughts on the Levy Review
This article is reprinted here with the kind permission of Dr Ruth Pearce. The original article can be found on ruthpearce.net. On 18 December, NHS England quietly published the report of Dr David Levy’s review of adult gender clinics. The report’s official title is the massively dry Operational and delivery review of NHS adult gender…
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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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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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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…