Category: Writing
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Adult Human Female
Edinburgh University has seen 2 attempts by gender critical activists to screen the film ‘Adult Human Female’ cancelled following staff and students protests. A third attempt is on the cards. ‘Saying trans people don’t or shouldn’t exist is not a ‘personal opinion’ that we can ‘debate’.’ Ruth Elliott on the protest against the screening of…
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Rights or Liberation?
RTiE Trans Liberation Event 20th October 2023 Trans Liberation is the right to be yourself. But this needs to be beyond the simple question of legal rights, which can be taken away by the state as readily as they can be given. If we can make common cause with all of the oppressed, then trans…
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‘Don’t let the bampots grind you down!’
Leslie (he/him) is a trans man based in Edinburgh. Here’s his take on the Tory party conference. ‘Cruella Braverman did us a favour last week by joining up the dots. She announced that people who are LGBT+ or women should no longer be allowed to apply for asylum on that basis, neatly demonstrating that the Tories…
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Defend Trans rights, defend democracy
The Scottish Government challenge against the Section 35 blocking of the Gender Recognition Reform Bill (Scotland) is now in court. What is the Bill about? Why did the Tories block it? Gender Recognition Reform in Scotland ‘This is a significant and important Bill, but it has been met with one of the most spiteful and…
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Fringe politics
They say they are being silenced, but appear in all the media. They say their views are mainstream, in defiance of the facts. They say they are measured, but roll their eyes when a colleague speaks. They say they fight misogyny, but are silent when their allies work with misogynists. They see a little smoke…
Resisting Transphobia in Edinburgh 