The UK Supreme Court’s ruling on the legal definitions of “women” and “sex” appears to have driven a wedge between the two co-leaders of the Green Party. Adrian Ramsay has come under fire for avoiding a firm answer when asked whether he believed trans women are women, after the court’s decision that the legal definition […]
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Foot traffic at US retailer Target is down for the 10th successive week, as customers boycott the chain over a decision to axe diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) policies. According to data from analytics firm Placer.ai, reported by CNN, footfall at Target stores had fell by nine per cent year-on-year in February and 6.5 per cent […]
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Political parties that use all-women shortlists are expected to be told transgender women cannot be included, following the Supreme Court’s ruling on the definition of “sex”. The news comes after the UK’s top judges ruled the legal definition of a woman, and the protected characteristic of “sex”, under the terms of the 2010 Equality Act […]
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Four-and-half years ago, the then leader of the opposition, Sir Keir Starmer, took to the podium at the PinkNews Awards and told the LGBTQ+ community that there was a “desperate need” to reform the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) and to introduce self-ID for trans people. Fast-forward to 2025 and Starmer apparently no longer even believes […]
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20 years ago, on 23 April 2005, a man uploaded a video of himself to YouTube. In the clip, titled Me at the Zoo, the man is at San Diego Zoo, in California. “All right, so here we are in front of the elephants,” he says in the wobbly 19-second footage, “and the cool thing […]
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Over 1300 British writers, including Michaela Coel, have signed an open letter expressing their solidarity with the trans community after the UK Supreme Court ruled that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex. The letter – which calls on the UK’s Arts and Culture sector to support their trans and non-binary […]
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