Police in Oxfordshire in the UK are investigating a local council candidate’s political leaflet after a complaint was made about the anti-LGBTQ+, anti-migrant and ableist language it contained. David Roy Cox is set to stand as an independent candidate for Burford and Carterton West in Oxfordshire County Council’s election on 1 May, having previously stood […]

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Huge protests against the recent trans Supreme Court ruling will be held across the UK this weekend. On Wednesday (16 April), the Supreme Court ruled in a landmark case brought by gender-critical group For Women Scotland against the Scottish government that the the legal definition of a woman excludes trans women and the protected characteristic of ‘sex’ under the […]

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The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has warned that the NHS will be ‘pursued’ if it doesn’t change its gender policies on single-sex spaces. Following this week’s Supreme Court ruling that the 2010 Equality Act’s definition of a woman is defined by biological sex, public bodies – including the health service – will be receiving […]

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