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16/01/2026

>>> NHS “Violated Dignity” of nurses (although 4 out of the 5 judgements are dismissed)

15/01/2026

>>> Don’t Miss: On last weeks show we had the pleasure of interviewing Heald, ‘the travelling Quaker’, about his life, his travels and his books. You can listen to the show on ShoutOutRadio.lgbt/shows or via BCfm Radio listen again.

15/01/2026

>>> This Week

15/01/2026

>>> Diversity Trust

12/01/2026

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09/01/2026

>>> “Trans women are a security issue” … “Trans women are a threat to ‘single s*x spaces” … “Trans people are a threat to society” >>>

TransLucent submitted Freedom of Information requests to 382 public bodies over more than three years.
That includes refuges changing rooms and toilets.

They found FOUR complaints about trans women using single-s*x spaces.

Not assaults.
Not attacks.
Four complaints.

That is the entire dataset.

This is the “threat” that J.K. Rowling is spending millions amplifying.
This is what endless headlines are built on.
This is what laws and exclusions are being justified with.

Four complaints in years of real-world data.

In the UK records hundreds of thousands of s*xual offences every year according to the Office for National Statistics. Real violence. Real victims. Real harm. Almost all committed by non-trans men.

“Gender critical” campaigning is not safeguarding.
It is ideology chasing a statistical ghost.

Four complaints versus widespread s*xual violence.
That is the scale of the dishonesty.

Meanwhile here is the reality of s*xual violence against women and girls in the UK.
According to the Office for National Statistics around 739,000 women aged 16 and over experienced s*xual assault in the last year. Around 1 in 14 women have experienced r**e or attempted r**e since the age of 16. Police recorded over 100,000 r**e and serious s*xual offences in a single year in England and Wales. The overwhelming majority of perpetrators are men known to the victim. This is not theoretical risk. This is widespread everyday violence happening now.

Against that backdrop four complaints about trans women using toilets over years of FOI data is not safeguarding. It is distraction.

There is also a real political threat growing.
Nigel Farage and the Conservative Party repeatedly argued for the UK to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights. Leaving the ECHR would weaken protections for women victims of violence domestic abuse survivors LGBTQIA plus people and anyone relying on human rights law to hold the state to account. That would not make women safer. It would remove one of the last legal backstops protecting them.

This is what real risk looks like.
Not four complaints.
Not trans women existing.
But the erosion of rights and the refusal to address actual violence.

Source
https://translucent.org.uk/what-foi-data-shows-about-trans-women-in-single-s*x-spaces/

09/01/2026

>>> The ‘culture wars’ are just the start, as they were to the 2nd word war. The new triangle of ruthless power (Russia, China & USA) means Europe including the UK, is left to digest a new reality. The ‘wiping out’ of Trans people and now the wider LGBTQIA community is subtly being followed by the subjication of people of colour and indigenous populations. Power will go the white Christian men and the world waits to see what Russia and China will do within their own backyards, given the examples being set by what can only be described as ‘the most dangerous man in the world’ >>>

The turbocharged events in Venezuela through to discussions about Greenland all nods to the US’s shifting vision of the world order. And it leaves the EU with a pressing decision about whose influence to shelter under

09/01/2026

>>> In the USA; civil rights and a vulnerable minority take a huge hit

In a devastating 6–3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that trans women are not legally recognized as women under federal law—stripping away vital civil rights protections and unleashing a wave of consequences for transgender Americans.

🏛️ What the Supreme Court Ruled
The ruling stems from Skrmetti v. U.S., where the Court upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors and declined to extend s*x-based legal protections to transgender individuals.

The decision rejected the interpretation that gender identity falls under existing federal definitions of “s*x,” effectively excluding trans women from legal recognition as women in areas like healthcare, education, and civil rights enforcement.

🚨 Immediate Impacts on Transgender People
Healthcare Access: States may now legally deny gender-affirming care, even when deemed medically necessary by major health organizations.

Legal Documentation: Trans women may face barriers updating IDs, passports, and legal records to reflect their gender identity.

Employment & Housing: Anti-discrimination protections under Title VII and the Fair Housing Act may no longer apply to trans women in certain jurisdictions.

Public Services: Restrictions on bathroom access, sports participation, and shelter eligibility are now legally defensible under this precedent.

⚖️ Broader Legal and Social Fallout
Federal Civil Rights Rollback: The ruling undermines the 2020 Bostock v. Clayton County precedent, which protected LGBTQ+ workers from s*x-based discrimination.

State-Level Escalation: Over 26 states have laws similar to Tennessee’s, and many are expected to expand bans on trans rights.

Military & Education: The Trump administration has already moved to exclude trans service members and ban trans athletes from girls’ sports.

Social Recognition: Trans women may be denied access to women’s spaces, services, and protections, reinforcing stigma and isolation.

🧠 Expert Warnings
Legal scholars and civil rights advocates warn this ruling could increase marginalization, mental health crises, and violence against trans people.

The decision sets a precedent that may embolden further legislative attacks on LGBTQ+ rights, especially in healthcare, education, and public accommodations.

🗣️ National Response
Protests have erupted nationwide, with LGBTQ+ organizations, allies, and elected officials condemning the ruling as a betrayal of equality.

The decision has reignited urgent debates about the balance between personal identity and institutional definitions, and the future of civil rights in America.

08/01/2026

And so it continues, delays, confusion and anger >>>

The EHRC has urged Bridget Phillipson to speed up her approval of the guidance, which was submitted in September.

05/01/2026

Dear BBC News - do your job, facts are above the law and above religion… educate, inform, respect…

If broadcasters say they want clarity on s*x and gender, then clarity has to include biology in full, not selectively.

Being trans is not an ideology. It is not a belief system. It is not a trend. It is a recognised biological outcome of human development.

S*x differentiation in humans is not a single switch flipped at birth. It is a multi-stage biological process involving chromosomes, gene expression, hormone exposure, receptor sensitivity, and brain development, all occurring at different points in fetal growth. Those processes do not always align in the same direction.

Every human embryo begins on a shared developmental pathway. Later in gestation, hormones and gene activation guide the development of reproductive anatomy. Brain development related to identity, self-perception, and body mapping occurs on a different timeline. When those processes diverge, a person may be born with anatomy that does not align with how their brain understands their s*xed self. That is what we call being trans.

This is not controversial biology. It is documented in endocrinology, neurobiology, and developmental science.

Neuroimaging studies have shown that many trans people exhibit brain structures and neural response patterns that more closely align with their lived s*x than with the s*x recorded at birth. Inters*x variations such as androgen insensitivity syndrome and congenital adrenal hyperplasia further demonstrate that s*x itself is not a simple binary. These are natural variations of the same biological system that produces everyone else.

When media coverage reduces trans people to slogans or treats identity as a purely social preference, it erases that biological reality. When it repeatedly frames trans existence as “contested” without explaining the science, it invites suspicion rather than understanding.

If journalists are going to say audiences find terms like “trans woman” or “trans man” confusing, then the responsible response is not to strip people of accurate language. It is to explain why those terms exist in the first place.

Clarity does not come from flattening complexity. It comes from explaining it.

There is a difference between saying s*x is observed at birth and pretending biology ends there. It does not. Biology is a lifelong process shaped by development, hormones, and the brain. Ignoring that does not make reporting neutral. It makes it incomplete.

Trans women experience misogyny because they are perceived and treated as women. Trans men experience gender policing because they are perceived and treated as men who violate expectations. Gender-diverse people experience both because rigid systems struggle with anyone who exposes their limits.

That harm is not theoretical. It shows up in healthcare access, safety, employment, and mental health outcomes.

If public broadcasters want to be clear, then clarity must include this truth: trans people exist because biology allows for them. They are not an exception to nature. They are part of it.

Reporting that fails to say this risks reinforcing fear rather than informing the public. And when fear is left unchallenged, it does not remain neutral. It becomes harmful.

Accuracy is not just about legal definitions. It is about telling the whole biological story.

Anything less is not clarity. It is omission.

01/01/2026

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