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Billionaires like JK Rowling have funded a blizzard of legal attacks on the trans community - and her allies in the rightwing and far-right press have pursued a campaign of trans hate
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How the Supreme Court tipped Anna over the edge | Good Law Project
Billionaires like JK Rowling have funded a blizzard of legal attacks on the trans community – and her allies in the rightwing and far-right press have pursued a campaign of trans hate, says Jo Maugham
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September 18, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Billionaires like JK Rowling have funded a blizzard of legal attacks on the trans community - and her allies in the rightwing and far-right press have pursued a campaign of trans hate
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Every day, the stories from the UK read like a dystopian novel.
September 17, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Every day, the stories from the UK read like a dystopian novel.
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Graham Linehan went from writing some of the most well-received sitcoms to all time, to writing slurs directed at strangers on Twitter, and still the media is desperately trying to convince us he’s a normal man we should feel sympathy for. A shame nobody loves him enough anymore to intervene.
not sure it's a defence that ed sheeran would want but... yeah.
September 17, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Graham Linehan went from writing some of the most well-received sitcoms to all time, to writing slurs directed at strangers on Twitter, and still the media is desperately trying to convince us he’s a normal man we should feel sympathy for. A shame nobody loves him enough anymore to intervene.
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Something I'm concerned about that I haven't really seen anyone addressing is how "AI safety" regs could end up being super authoritarian.
Like, if you truly believe that AI could kill all humans, it seems totally reasonable to install a government backdoor in every smartphone and computer.
Like, if you truly believe that AI could kill all humans, it seems totally reasonable to install a government backdoor in every smartphone and computer.
September 15, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Something I'm concerned about that I haven't really seen anyone addressing is how "AI safety" regs could end up being super authoritarian.
Like, if you truly believe that AI could kill all humans, it seems totally reasonable to install a government backdoor in every smartphone and computer.
Like, if you truly believe that AI could kill all humans, it seems totally reasonable to install a government backdoor in every smartphone and computer.
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Worth noting: Rowling said what Lily Wachowski said was defamatory. She never usually just accuses someone of defaming her. That's cause she sues them into retraction
We need more American public figures to call out JKR's transphobia. Your libel laws actually protect you here
We need more American public figures to call out JKR's transphobia. Your libel laws actually protect you here
September 14, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Worth noting: Rowling said what Lily Wachowski said was defamatory. She never usually just accuses someone of defaming her. That's cause she sues them into retraction
We need more American public figures to call out JKR's transphobia. Your libel laws actually protect you here
We need more American public figures to call out JKR's transphobia. Your libel laws actually protect you here
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Months of work on FWS & the problem of making it fit with NI law alongside @sylviademars.me and @aoifemod.bsky.social is finally ready to see daylight. Short answer, it doesn't fit. Yes, the situation is so serious that it warranted the Mean Girls quote in the title.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
'She Doesn't Even Go Here!': For Women Scotland and Northern Ireland Law
The UK Supreme Court's For Women Scotland (FWS) decision has caused considerable and controversial impact upon equality law's protections for trans people in Gr
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September 11, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Months of work on FWS & the problem of making it fit with NI law alongside @sylviademars.me and @aoifemod.bsky.social is finally ready to see daylight. Short answer, it doesn't fit. Yes, the situation is so serious that it warranted the Mean Girls quote in the title.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Now we can start worrying about a Tory revival!
The Tories/
- Have advocated (and vaguely retracted) the largest deportation of immigrants in British history
- are more transphobic than Reform and would do worse to us
- will only allow candidates who want to leave ECHR and are anti net zero
The Tories/
- Have advocated (and vaguely retracted) the largest deportation of immigrants in British history
- are more transphobic than Reform and would do worse to us
- will only allow candidates who want to leave ECHR and are anti net zero
🌳 | Kemi Badenoch is in positive net approval territory for the first time.
The last time a Conservative leader had a positive net approval rating was Boris Johnson in May 2021.
electionmaps.uk/polling/appr...
The last time a Conservative leader had a positive net approval rating was Boris Johnson in May 2021.
electionmaps.uk/polling/appr...
September 13, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Now we can start worrying about a Tory revival!
The Tories/
- Have advocated (and vaguely retracted) the largest deportation of immigrants in British history
- are more transphobic than Reform and would do worse to us
- will only allow candidates who want to leave ECHR and are anti net zero
The Tories/
- Have advocated (and vaguely retracted) the largest deportation of immigrants in British history
- are more transphobic than Reform and would do worse to us
- will only allow candidates who want to leave ECHR and are anti net zero
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JK Rowling putting up a disclaimer about having mold in her castle in the FAQs section of her website is satisfying.
She was so bothered about the mold she learned how to blur her backgrounds, now this.
Bullies are such pathetic creatures.
She was so bothered about the mold she learned how to blur her backgrounds, now this.
Bullies are such pathetic creatures.
September 13, 2026 at 11:36 AM
JK Rowling putting up a disclaimer about having mold in her castle in the FAQs section of her website is satisfying.
She was so bothered about the mold she learned how to blur her backgrounds, now this.
Bullies are such pathetic creatures.
She was so bothered about the mold she learned how to blur her backgrounds, now this.
Bullies are such pathetic creatures.
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Lol, I can confirm that the Rowling FAQ contain structured data added specifically for influencing search engine, knowledge graph, and AI reasoning results.
September 13, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Lol, I can confirm that the Rowling FAQ contain structured data added specifically for influencing search engine, knowledge graph, and AI reasoning results.
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A breach of guidelines on the employers part, but shows how discrimination is spreading due to those guidelines, leaving individuals having to fight a system, possibly lose their jobs, experience segregation and see colleagues turn against them.
A trans man in the UK has been banned in the workplace restrooms after he was forced to use the women's restrooms to comply with the new EHRC guidance. The women complained because he is visibly male and so they told him he can't use any bathroom.
![A screenshot of a Reddit post from the r/LegalAdviceUK subreddit by user Dijstraanon, titled "FtM transgender facing two different issues at work? England."
The post text reads:
"Brother in law is trans FtM and presents fully as a man. He's now facing an impossible situation at work with his employer telling him that due to recent legislation he must use the toilet of his birth gender. BUT several female colleagues have raised a grievance about him using their gendered toilet.
His employer has told him that he cannot use the toilet while he is at work until they sort it out and cannot give him a timeframe to do so. They do [cut off] have disabled separate toilets.
In the mean time one of his female colleagues has accused him of sexual harassment because he was used their gendered toilet. His menstrual cycle meant he needed to use the toilet.
He's been with the employer for just over 5 years but only in this location for 18 months. The location is mainly male with just a handful of females, and his workshop only has male toilets.
I do not know how to support him and as he's not in a union there is no one to turn too right now."
The post has an orange "Comments Moderated" tag, 169 upvotes, and 134 comments.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sefgphqp2xqwh2hawaixykwz/bafkreigy6jrfjxyegrf7h4wzz3yptwmzobhjrd3k5zjoxwd75r6ulxzsyq)
September 12, 2026 at 7:24 AM
A breach of guidelines on the employers part, but shows how discrimination is spreading due to those guidelines, leaving individuals having to fight a system, possibly lose their jobs, experience segregation and see colleagues turn against them.
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Eye-wateringly stupid defence from Rowling’s team here - ‘She does not support legal actions aimed at harming transgender people.’ - Really? So that £70,000 towards the bathroom ban was by accident? The JKR Women’s Fund was made by an impersonator? At least have the spine to admit you want us dead
J.K. Rowling’s rep responds to Lilly Wachowski’s accusation of ‘funding trans genocide’ (exclusive)
J.K. Rowling’s representative responded to Lilly Wachowski accusing the author of ‘funding trans genocide’: ‘She does not support legal actions aimed at harming transgender people.’
ew.com
September 12, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Eye-wateringly stupid defence from Rowling’s team here - ‘She does not support legal actions aimed at harming transgender people.’ - Really? So that £70,000 towards the bathroom ban was by accident? The JKR Women’s Fund was made by an impersonator? At least have the spine to admit you want us dead
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Sorry but that's not true about trans people having no recourse. Trans people are still covered by the Equality Act
There has been a lot of confusion recently around trans employees’ rights at work.
Here’s what you need to know!
transactual.org.uk/law/workplac...
Here’s what you need to know!
transactual.org.uk/law/workplac...
September 12, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Sorry but that's not true about trans people having no recourse. Trans people are still covered by the Equality Act
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A trans man in the UK has been banned in the workplace restrooms after he was forced to use the women's restrooms to comply with the new EHRC guidance. The women complained because he is visibly male and so they told him he can't use any bathroom.
September 12, 2026 at 2:40 AM
A trans man in the UK has been banned in the workplace restrooms after he was forced to use the women's restrooms to comply with the new EHRC guidance. The women complained because he is visibly male and so they told him he can't use any bathroom.
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and there are crimes that ONLY trans people can do in the UK. It is illegal to "mislead" someone about your sex.
Kissing someone and not saying you are trans can get you on the sex offenders register for life, and in addition to abuse in prison will ruin your whole life.
Kissing someone and not saying you are trans can get you on the sex offenders register for life, and in addition to abuse in prison will ruin your whole life.
September 9, 2026 at 9:56 PM
and there are crimes that ONLY trans people can do in the UK. It is illegal to "mislead" someone about your sex.
Kissing someone and not saying you are trans can get you on the sex offenders register for life, and in addition to abuse in prison will ruin your whole life.
Kissing someone and not saying you are trans can get you on the sex offenders register for life, and in addition to abuse in prison will ruin your whole life.
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Last year JK Rowling told "gender critical" activists to photograph trans women using women's toilets and post them online. This week, a GC activist did that, and suddenly Sarah Phillimore, a GC solicitor, is warning her allies that this is likely a criminal offence.
September 9, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Last year JK Rowling told "gender critical" activists to photograph trans women using women's toilets and post them online. This week, a GC activist did that, and suddenly Sarah Phillimore, a GC solicitor, is warning her allies that this is likely a criminal offence.
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Lisa Nandy's statement on protecting children online www.gov.uk/government/s...
The UK Government is doubling down on device-level censorship despite the HarmBlock/SafeToNet debacle
#techpolicy #childrights #openweb
The UK Government is doubling down on device-level censorship despite the HarmBlock/SafeToNet debacle
#techpolicy #childrights #openweb
September 8, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Lisa Nandy's statement on protecting children online www.gov.uk/government/s...
The UK Government is doubling down on device-level censorship despite the HarmBlock/SafeToNet debacle
#techpolicy #childrights #openweb
The UK Government is doubling down on device-level censorship despite the HarmBlock/SafeToNet debacle
#techpolicy #childrights #openweb
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breaking: XAI announces that they have used an unreleased grok model to solve a major open problem in the field of race science
September 9, 2026 at 12:09 AM
breaking: XAI announces that they have used an unreleased grok model to solve a major open problem in the field of race science
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🔴 Guiders Against Trans Exclusion protest - a live thread
Today, we are here in London to report on the @guidersfortrans.bsky.social protest against Girlguiding's ban on existing trans girls in Girlguiding coming into effect... tomorrow (Sunday 6 September)
🧵 A thread
Today, we are here in London to report on the @guidersfortrans.bsky.social protest against Girlguiding's ban on existing trans girls in Girlguiding coming into effect... tomorrow (Sunday 6 September)
🧵 A thread
September 5, 2026 at 10:50 AM
🔴 Guiders Against Trans Exclusion protest - a live thread
Today, we are here in London to report on the @guidersfortrans.bsky.social protest against Girlguiding's ban on existing trans girls in Girlguiding coming into effect... tomorrow (Sunday 6 September)
🧵 A thread
Today, we are here in London to report on the @guidersfortrans.bsky.social protest against Girlguiding's ban on existing trans girls in Girlguiding coming into effect... tomorrow (Sunday 6 September)
🧵 A thread
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Unison lost a legal challenge, that's why they've changed their policy on trans women.
"UNISON is concerned about the impact this judgment will have on trans, non-binary and gender diverse people, both within the union and more widely."
unison.org.uk/news/2026/08...
"UNISON is concerned about the impact this judgment will have on trans, non-binary and gender diverse people, both within the union and more widely."
unison.org.uk/news/2026/08...
Response to the decision made by the Certification Officer in Flaherty v UNISON
unison.org.uk
September 5, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Unison lost a legal challenge, that's why they've changed their policy on trans women.
"UNISON is concerned about the impact this judgment will have on trans, non-binary and gender diverse people, both within the union and more widely."
unison.org.uk/news/2026/08...
"UNISON is concerned about the impact this judgment will have on trans, non-binary and gender diverse people, both within the union and more widely."
unison.org.uk/news/2026/08...
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Yeah, I’m sorry but we know what it looks like when the whole press are gagging to kill and destroy, and it does not look like this. This is what it looks like when one of the lads has been caught doing an awkward crime.
September 4, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Yeah, I’m sorry but we know what it looks like when the whole press are gagging to kill and destroy, and it does not look like this. This is what it looks like when one of the lads has been caught doing an awkward crime.
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"Another result of the Department's nationwide investigation into hospitals performing sex-rejecting procedures on minors"
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Do the actions of the US and UK governments fit any internationally recognised definitions?
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Do the actions of the US and UK governments fit any internationally recognised definitions?
September 4, 2026 at 8:20 PM
"Another result of the Department's nationwide investigation into hospitals performing sex-rejecting procedures on minors"
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Do the actions of the US and UK governments fit any internationally recognised definitions?
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Do the actions of the US and UK governments fit any internationally recognised definitions?
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Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.
From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...
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September 4, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
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The utter hypocrisy of Kemi Badenoch here, after banning myself and the late great David Hencke from Conservative Party conference last year.
Needless to say my application to attend this year on behalf of Byline Times has still not been approved
Needless to say my application to attend this year on behalf of Byline Times has still not been approved
September 3, 2026 at 2:57 PM
The utter hypocrisy of Kemi Badenoch here, after banning myself and the late great David Hencke from Conservative Party conference last year.
Needless to say my application to attend this year on behalf of Byline Times has still not been approved
Needless to say my application to attend this year on behalf of Byline Times has still not been approved