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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 29d

I look forward to seeing @lisasmart.bsky.social , as new LD spokesperson for women and equalities, speaking up on this, promoting mutual respect for people's concerns, and rejecting the false divisions that some perceive /seek to sow. Protecting human rights should not be seen as a 'zero sum game'.

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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you, Wendy. The draft EHRC Code has potential to cause violations of both trans and non trans folk's rights to privacy, freedom of association, protection from degrading treatment and harassment for 'gender reassignment', and to create a costly legal minefield for service providers.

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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 29d

Glad @helenmaguiremp.bsky.social has signed. Most folk are unaware that draft new EHRC Code has potential to muddy/erode human rights of trans and non-trans people in UK + create legal minefield for service providers. Write to MPs urgently to call for parliamentary debate and free vote on Code.

Wendy Chamberlain MP @wendychambld.bsky.social · 29d

I’ve signed this letter calling for full parliamentary scrutiny of the EHRC’s guidance.

Trans people deserve clarity, dignity, and safe access to services - not uncertainty and exclusion. Parliament must ensure that any guidance reflects lived experience and protects everyone’s rights.

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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 29d

Glad @helenmaguiremp.bsky.social has co-signed this. Most folk are unaware that draft new EHRC Code insidiously muddies/erodes human rights of both trans and non-trans folk in UK + creates legal minefield for service providers. Write to MPs and ask them to demand parliament debate and free vote.

Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 29d

Great to see my MP @zoefranklinld.bsky.social has signed this letter.

Thank you.

If you have a Lib Dem MP it’s worth checking to see if they signed too. If not please ask, Why not? And direct them to this letter signed by their colleagues.

Wendy Chamberlain MP @wendychambld.bsky.social · 29d

I’ve signed this letter calling for full parliamentary scrutiny of the EHRC’s guidance.

Trans people deserve clarity, dignity, and safe access to services - not uncertainty and exclusion. Parliament must ensure that any guidance reflects lived experience and protects everyone’s rights.

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · Sep 11

Trans people are anxiously waiting for the EHRC’s final guidance to be published, following its extreme and unworkable interim guidance. I know many are worried it will further the exclusion of trans people. I've written to govt to say that we MPs must be given time to debate it.

Green and yellow writing on a green and pink background, and an image of a letter.

The text reads:
Carla Denyer MP writes to government to demand MPs get a chance to debate new EHRC code of practise

"This is something that is of huge concern to trans people in my constituency of Bristol Central, and to trans people up and down the country."

Screenshot of a letter on parliamentary headed paper. The text of the letter can be read at the link in the subsequent post.

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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thank you Carla. I hope many other MPs will follow that example.

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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · Sep 11

@stephengethins.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk Please call on government to allow parliamentary debate and free vote on the new draft EHRC Code of Practice.

TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · Sep 11

We delivered our joint letter to Parliament demanding full scrutiny, meaningful debate and a free vote for MPs on the new Code of Practice.

Many MPs we have spoken to are now ready to help.

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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thanks for sharing this clip.

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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · Sep 6

Could not agree more. The idea of the UK leaving the Convention that the UK helped create after 2nd World War in order to protect fundamental freedoms is truly chilling. This seems a very darkening time in UK history.

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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · Sep 5

A pleasure to meet Helen Maguire MP today. I shared concerns about the EHRC's draft Code of Practice which would marginalise trans people and undermine the human rights of us all. Disturbingly, the Code is going for government approval without scrutiny/debate by Parliament. Make your MP aware.

carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · Aug 19

bsky.app/profile/caro... @helenmaguiremp.bsky.social @lisasmartmp.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @cajardinemp.bsky.social @stephengethins.bsky.social

carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · Aug 19

Harrowing TransActual report with accounts of trans folk and others facing abuse and humiliation following the misinterpreted SC judgment and flawed EHRC guidance. Please make MPs aware.
transactual.org.uk/impacts-of-the-supreme-court-ruling-on-trans-people/trans-segregation-in-practice/

Trans segregation in practice: – TransActual

transactual.org.uk

carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · Aug 19

Harrowing TransActual report with accounts of trans folk and others facing abuse and humiliation following the misinterpreted SC judgment and flawed EHRC guidance. Please make MPs aware.
transactual.org.uk/impacts-of-the-supreme-court-ruling-on-trans-people/trans-segregation-in-practice/

Trans segregation in practice: – TransActual

transactual.org.uk

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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · Aug 6

This Open Letter to D of E urges revision of the 2026 RSHE guidance to schools. Please read + consider adding your name.

The guidance puts trans and gender non-conforming pupils at risk. Schools must be spaces where all can see themselves reflected and supported.

openletter.earth/the-urgent-n...

The Urgent Need to Revise the RSHE 2026 Guidance and Centre Trans, Non-Binary, Intersex, Asexual and Gender Non-Conforming Voices

openletter.earth

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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · Aug 3

Completely agree. The fact that so few MPs (and others) actually know a trans person, and what it is to be trans, is a problem. It means they've no cogent answer to the taunts of manipulative transphobic voices in the media. And too blinded by privilege even to speak to trans people, it seems....

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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · Aug 3

Thank you, Christine. With reports that the EHRC is proposing to ignore half the consultation responses, and government appointing the new EHRC chair against advice from two Parliamentary Joint Committees, the continuing effort needed from Lib Dems and others is huge. @lisasmartmp.bsky.social

carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · Aug 3

I'm sorry to see that news, Christine. Thank you for your courage and compassion in all the support you have articulated for trans people. I hope that @lisasmartmp.bsky.social, as your successor in that role, and indeed all Lib Dem MP's, will strive equally hard to ensure trans people are heard.

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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · Aug 3

My alter ego, ‘Gilead Woman’, was out again yesterday! 😉😄 This time in grassroots Trans Pride Manchester; fighting for the lives of trans & non-binary folk. Seeing the insidious erosion of their basic rights, visible support from others for this beautiful but vulnerable community is vital.

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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · Jul 11

@eddavey.libdems.org.uk @helenmaguiremp.bsky.social @lisasmartmp.bsky.social See MPs' letter to chair of EHRC calling out the EHRC's appalling treatment of trans folk. What are Liberal Democrats doing to defend trans people? Apart from @cajardinemp.bsky.social, seems to be deafening silence.

SEEN Police Official Open Public Network @seenpoliceuk.bsky.social · Jul 2

Anyone know where this was first announced?

MP's letter to Kishwer Falkner. Kicking her arse properly.

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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thank you @cajardinemp.bsky.social for asking questions in Parliament to help protect the vulnerable and tiny trans community. More MPs need to do so to expose the false narratives that are peddled in the mainstream media.

carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · Jul 9

Never thought I'd feel bound to march in London Pride! The attack on human rights of trans people in the UK is a shocking misdirection. If it is not stopped, I believe the hard-won rights of others - including women - will also be at risk.

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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · Jul 9

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · Jul 2

I have had death threats for my work on trans rights. I have been stalked. I have had people try and have me thrown out of my University. I am by no means alone, and lots of trans-inclusive academics have spoken publicly about the violence and harassment they face. But no mention of that here.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 2

UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics, report finds

Report’s author raises ‘stark concerns about barriers to academic freedom’ UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics from bullying and career-threatening restrictions on their research, according to a report. The report, by Prof Alice Sullivan of University College London, recommends that students and staff “taking part in freedom-restricting harassment should face consequences commensurate with the seriousness of the offence”. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · Jun 17

Proud to join this mass lobby on 25 June, alongside friends and family. It has never felt more vital to stand up for trans people. Looking forward to meeting our MPs on the day. @helenmaguiremp.bsky.social @stephengethins.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk

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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · Jun 14

I'm hoping that hundreds of trans allies will be joining me at the Trans+ Solidarity Alliance mass lobby at Westminster on 25 June.

Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · Jun 10

This tool, built by our wonderful friends at GLP, will email your MP for you, asking them to meet you at our Mass Lobby on 25 June.

Please make use of it!

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · Jun 10

Our friends at @transsolidarity.bsky.social are organising a mass lobby of MPs for 25 June 2025.

We have built a tool to generate an email so you can tell your MP what you think about the Supreme Court's policy making and ask them where they stand. goodlaw.social/34f8da

carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · Jun 4

If you are able to join the mass lobby at Westminster on 25 June 2025, please register and write to your MP asking them to meet you.
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