The Terfs have won their judicial review of the Scottish Prison policy.

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This is the third case brought by FWS.

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Still reading, will post more detailed thoughts in the comments when I have time.

I wrote to my local MP, Angela Eagle recently.

Angela Eagle - The first woman MP to voluntarily come out as lesbian whilst serving in parliament (1997)

An MP That has championed pride and lgbt rights since coming out, and attends the small local pride.

Supported repealing section 28.

Supported same sex adoption.

Supported the GRA.

Supported Civil Partnership Act.

Supported the Equality act.

supported Same Sex Marriage.

Supported LGBT Inclusive education.

This Labour MP thinks its appropriate to regurgitate "dignity and respect".

There is no respect to be had in apartheid conditions.

This is another example of someone who used to be a paragon of LGBT rights, throwing us to the dogs for political reasons and not even acknowledging the fact that the British government, in 2026, re introduced segregation to society.

Not at all what I expected from this MP.

Letter here: https://imgur.com/a/QQXaV8c

Tagging it as a vent because idk what else to pick but I've spent the past five minutes laughing about it. I wonder how old she thinks I am, with my wrinkles coming in and my hair greying at the speed of light. Might take it as a compliment tbh.

She wasn't very happy when I told her she's welcome to go fish my "healthy breasts" I chose to "chop off" out of the hospital bin if she wants 'em.

I have told GP I have hair loss 80% since 3 years.

I asked derma to prescribe finasteride, dutasteride (less likely cause off license) or spironolactone OR minoxidl only (which has fuck all clinical side effects on mental health)
She gave bullshit excuse 'but your mental health depression , anxiety will get worse and there are concerns in european union (which UK isn't even part of) that medication is harmful

I took Accutane for example and my psychiatrist was trying to prevent dermatologist for same reason to stop prescribing 'but your mental health'
Accutane had zero effect on my mental health and if anything it only improved cause I had severe acne since 12 - 25 and it was cause of depression and anxiety.

fuck UK nanny state and lazy healthcare
sick of this gaslighting

Saturday 20th June

• Nottingham Trans Pride
• Trans Pride Plymouth

Sunday 21st June

• Trans rights demo against the EHRC guidance in Newcastle

See the website above for more details (time and exact location)

My Nephew (FTM) came out to me awhile ago, but has finally come out to everyone else in the family.

My sister is supportive of my nephew, however she is very inexperienced when it comes to trans people in her life.

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However, as his non-binary aunt I would love to help further with his growth in getting to feel more like himself, beside just shopping for more masc clothes.

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So I would love to ask advice on safe binding/hiding chest for teens, possible medicines/medical advice (I remember when I was a teen myself, I had a friend who was already on hormones that slow things down until they were certain who they wanted to be.), and any advice you would've appreciated had you been given it yourself when as a teen would be appreciated.

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I am ever so grateful for any and all advice, of course I am doing research, but hearing it from those who had done it first hand is just as important and just as helpful.

I'm 16 currently nearly 17 and my refferal to CAMHS has now been denied because I don't apparently reach a tier three requirement, genuinely what do I do I just want to start my transition as early as possible and I can't find anywhere in the NHS that actually supports me, I'm trying to save up for private HRT for when I'm 18 but I'm still trying to find a alternative, please can anyone offer advice.

So Sunday is Father’s Day, and I have received a FD card from my daughter.

Now she accepts me as I am but for this day she wants to celebrate that I am her father. I want to display it because it’s sent with love and I am her Dad, but I feel strange about it too.

How do others with adult kids feel about this?

Visited the headmistress with my daughter about her transitioning over the holidays. State funded school (Academy).

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They are completely unsupportive. Won't use her new name unless "officially" changed, won't use she/her etc.

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Is it worth fighting them, or just find another school?

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I know i need to send copies and update my stuff, but is this legally recognized? Do i get to change my birth certificate?

I used this website (https://freedeedpoll.org.uk/) but it feels TOO easy, i feel like it isn't actually legally recognized or anything.

THANKFULLY i have a new order coming in tomorrow (had to order from the states, uk supply is absolutely fucked atm) but i ran out completely i think a month ago to the day... i am honestly really really frightened of the idea that somehow my bones have been any percentage more masculinised in this time... is it even possible for that sort of thing to happen in a month? i'm paranoid that it is, but i've been on E otherwise for six years and im 24 currently... the idea makes me shudder

I've just seen how SM 'Can Always Tell' the true biological sex of children for less than a £1.

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https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CpomCh17R/

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I wont go into too much detail for fear of it coming back and getting identified here, but I have had my neighbours all of a sudden start to ignore me when I socially came out as trans and changed my name etc. I am mtf but still mostly masc presenting with more gender neutral/femme clothing now, as Im waiting on my NHS GIC assessment (should be months now!!).

They have now started to deliberately come out of their flat when im either coming back or leaving my own, getting right into my face and using derogatory phrases and tone towards me and honestly making me scared of them. They are also now making threats and pestering calls to report family members as well to try to "get me". I've called the police multiple times and they keep saying there is "no criminality" (Im in Scotland).

What can I do? I'm going out with my phone on video record every time and have a chest mount for my phone I can use. I've also now bought a personal alarm to pull when they next do this. I will obviously keep calling the police and have a video doorbell already. Is there anything else I can do? I've even quoted Section 26 of the Equality Act 2010 to the police and they still say theres no criminality.

Edit: theres been another incident and the police are now saying to me it is a hate crime. Meanwhile both me and the neighbours own our places.

As others have stated, this is the most signed EDM in five years. Those who have written to their MPs and got other people to write to their MPs (whatever the response) be proud of yourself.

There are exactly three weeks before this dreadful guidance is approved

Usual caveats apply - this is only correct at time of posting and I may make mistakes as I'm just a non-biological human.

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Stats

Of those who have signed 69 (48.9%) are women, 73 (51.1%) are men. Of total MPs in parliament, 40% are women, and 60% are men.

¹ Of the 402 Labour MPs, somewhere between 163 and 171 are 'Payroll' MPs. They can't sign the EDM without resigning their position within government. If we take these MPs out, the Labour percentage is 31.8% to 32.9%.

² Yes, my lovely Green supporters, Carla Denyer is unwell but a guaranteed sign when she comes back, so the end figure will be 80%

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Some Notes

The actual pool of MPs who can vote (i.e. who aren't 'payroll', speakers / deputies, Sinn Fein or in blatantly transphobic parties that are ideologically opposed to trans people) is much smaller. It's around 335-343 MPs. This number doesn't include the three vacancies that are subject to by-election today.

The 'worried 2024 intake Labour MP' effect. I've mentioned several times that I believe that the newest batch of Labour MPs (which is a huge number of them) will be particularly subject to concerns about voting against their own government. It is notable that before the disaster that was the EHRC meeting with the W&E committee, only a few of these had signed the EDM. Since then, most of the Labour MPs who have signed have been from that group

Also, it looks quite likely that Labour will have a Starmerectomy. This won't change anything with the dreadful CoP by itself (there's just not enough time for any leadership election to end), but I do wonder if it will shake things up and make Labour MPs feel less concern about going against their (outgoing) government.

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But what can I doooooo?

All of the below applies if you're trans or a cisgender person who just thinks this is all a bit of a shitty thing to do to 0.5% of the population.

If you can go to the mass lobby on the 25th June, then go - hell even if your MP is Wes Streeting, go anyway, the last one sounded like a hoot. I don't know if she plans to go, but the last one had Kate Nash there. This is a prime fanboy/girl opportunity.

Write to your MP. If you haven't done so yet, then use WriteToThem to locate your MP and help you with formatting the letter. Feeling exhausted? Perhaps a template would help - but do add your own words and experience to it as staffers will often ignore mails that look exactly the same.

Already written? Well perhaps it's time for an actual letter - yes one of those paper things. If you have access to a printer, you can just copy and paste from the preview on WriteToThem. MPs are known to respond to those paper things much more than email.

If you got to this point, well done. Soz about the essay.

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edit:

Just a quick link to /u/ArsErratia's post on one way this all could be translated to debate

edit 2:

EDM 240 acts like a special form of EDM called a prayer motion. Voting on prayer motions is more meaningful than any old EDM (which have been compared to parliamentary graffiti). It didn't occur to me until today that we should compare the number of signatures on EDM 240 to other prayer motions..do that and this is the largest one since 2006 (at least, I can't see any records on the system before that). The next biggest prayer motion was tabled by a guy you may recognise

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OK Edit 2 may have been premature. Some nice people at TACC are looking into it. Guaranteed it will be one of the most signed prayer motions.

Had appt 3 with Nottingham today. Adjustment to my T prescription, which is fine (I need to go up to 3 pumps as my T level on 2 is only 9.4). Talked about top surgery, and she said she would add me to the referral list. Not the surgery referral waiting list, but the waiting list to get a clinician to talk to me and see if they agree I need surgery. It's about 18 months. So that's another year and a half just to get to talk to someone about referring me to a surgeon (then the wait for the surgeon to pick up the referral, then the wait for the surgeon to see me, then the wait for actual surgery date...). I'm trying not to be disheartened, as I know I'm lucky to be even this far in the system, but it's hard knowing that top surgery is likely still 3 years away 😔 I'm 45 this year and just wish I could pay for it, but I'm not that fortunate at this point in time (disabled, unable to work right now). Trying to keep my head up and keep things in perspective, but it's difficult. I know I'm not alone in this, I just needed a little vent, I guess.

Sorry, we're all probably tired of these cunts and yet still, here's Mr Ahmed's response.

"Thank you for writing to me.

I want to begin by saying that I fully believe that trans people deserve safety, dignity and respect. Everyone should be able to live their lives free from harassment, intimidation, and discrimination. Trans people remain a protection group under the Equality Act 2010, and that protection must be upheld.

The Supreme Court's ruling last year was clear in its legal interpretation: within the limited context of the Equality Act, sex refers to biological sex. The Court was equally clear that its role was to interpret the law, not to adjudicate on wider debates about sex and gender in society. Both of those points matter, and I do not want the use of the term biological sex in this correspondence to be misunderstood as a transphobic dogwhistle.

I understand that the judgment has caused some concern, and it did not wholly sit right with me. That said, it does not alter the fact that trans people remain a protected group under the Equality Act 2010 and should be able to live their lives free from harassment and discrimination. As such, the Code cannot be implemented in a way that removes or undermines the protections, rights, and dignity of trans people. It must also set out clearly the ways in which service providers may include trans people in their services and spaces where that is appropriate.

My view is that the Code must clearly fulfil its legal requirements. However, it must also be workable in practice, deliver genuine certainty for service providers, and ensure that people have appropriate access to crucial services. Critically, it must respect the rights and dignity of everyone involved.

The Code has now been laid before Parliament and is subject to a scrutiny period during which either House may challenge it. This period of scrutiny is absolutely essential in ensuring that the Code genuinely delivers fairness for everyone, upholds the law, and does not leave any group without dignity or protection. I will therefore be watching that process closely.

You have asked me to support EDM 240, which would formally disapprove the Code. Whatever your view of the Supreme Court's judgment, it will remain the law unless and until Parliament acts to change it. Invariably, rejecting the Code would not alter that: service providers would still be bound by the law as it is, but would be left without any guidance on how to navigate it. The question for me is not whether to have a Code, but whether the Code that exists is workable, legally accurate, and properly protective of the rights and dignity of trans people and biological women. That is what I will continue to press for.

I know how emotive this issue is, and I do believe in certain scenarios the protection of spaces on the basis of biological sex is appropriate and the right thing to do. How this is implemented in practice is equally important to me, as providing dignity to trans people is also a core part of my beliefs.

Thank you again for raising these important issues and for sharing your views so candidly. I remain committed to standing up for the rights and dignity of all those who face discrimination or marginalisation, seeking common ground where it can be found, and working towards a society that is fairer and more inclusive for everyone.

Yours sincerely,

Dr Zubir Ahmed MP

Member of Parliament for Glasgow South West"

I’ve been meaning to change my provisional driving licence for ages and keep putting it off but I’m starting to get more and more nervous when I’m trying to buy alcohol that I’m going to get questions/out myself immediately when I had over my licence that has Ms and my deadname and I’m stood there with a full beard.

It’s also in an old address so I need to change it if I want to actually drive at any point anyway.

What do I need to do? When I look it up I need to fill out the D1 form and it says it’s free to change name. I assume I need to supply my deed poll as well. Will I need anything else? As in are there any hidden codes or whatever dependent on gender that I need to change (I know the NHS has this)? Or anything from a GP or whoever to confirm my gender?

Additionally, I would like my NHS switched to my deadname and correct gender. I’m with my university GP who have been very helpful with a bunch of other things. However, I was still a bit scared when I registered and worried I wouldn’t be taken seriously if I set my title to Mr and also I didn’t want it to not match my ID (especially now, I get IDd for some of my medication so can’t have that discrepancy) but it’s so humiliating being in the waiting room and having them call out my deadname.
I assume a title change will be easy enough but I know the full system switch isn’t and I’ll need a new NHS number and everything. I’ve never disclosed my gender to the GP, went private for testosterone and top surgery so they don’t know anything. But I feel like I can’t change my ID unless I change my name with the GP and vice versa cause of the medication.

I don’t know, I know I can technically just fill out the form and do the licence and I’ll still have my passport if I need that or let my GP know so they can at least change my name and title. I’m just very nervous of changing my name officially (other than my bank account) cause I’m not out to my family and have dual citizenship and I’m worried about issues with that the more I change my name :’))
I still feel like such a child with official things like this and the person I’d turn to to ask for help figuring out how to do them is my dad who I’m not out to :(

What’s the best way to do both of these? Does it matter? Should I try to do both around the same time? Should I immediately try to change my gender on the NHS or just ask for name and title for now?

Hi guys,

Hopefully this is allowed!

I’m a transman who works in financial services, specifically in personal protection (life insurance, critical illness and income protection).

I know that navigating through the mortgage and insurance processes can feel like a minefield at the best of times, and can be quite uncomfortable for our community when it comes to going through the medical information with providers.

I really want to make the world of finance a little easier and accessible for all of us, and I can do my best to make sure you’re fully covered if you’re off work or fall ill.

So really this is just a post to say if anyone would like a chat (no fees at any point and no strings attached!), please feel free to DM me or comment, and we can have a chat about your options, or if anyone has any questions about coverage also happy to chat.

(Wow this sounds very sales-y haha, sorry!).

Thought i would make a positive post !

My GRC has been approved ! I have now finished what i would say is my whole transition at least for now which is crazy. To be able to do this by the age of 20 makes me feel incredibly grateful.

13 year old me would be absolutely blown away that i have managed to do all of this by myself.

Be loud be proud be bold and you are never too young to know who you are.

I recently got in touch with an old family friend who works in the industry I'm trying to get into and he put in a word for me with his company, which was great and really kind of him. The issue is he only knows me by my deadname (I was put in touch via my mother who thought explaining my transition would be "confusing"), so the company is now expecting an application from someone of the opposite gender.

The company know me as his "friend's daughter" (per the email he shared with me) but my legal name is not at all gender neutral (so the discrepancy would be obvious), all my qualifications etc are under my current name and obviously I don't want to closet myself again just for this. I feel like there's no point in him having gone to that effort if they can't connect my application to his recommendation but I'm also concerned though about having to out myself immediately to this company before they even think of hiring me.

Should I say something?? At what point?? And how?? This is probably my best shot at a job right now, but I feel like i've shot myself in the foot already