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Championing LGBTQ+ voices, rights & truth through advocacy, education and combating misinformation 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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Success! We delivered our joint letter demanding full scrutiny, meaningful debate & a free vote for MPs on the new Code of Practice.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/02/e...

Many MPs we’ve spoken to are now ready to help.

❗️BUT they’ve advised that they need you—as constituents—to keep writing in❗️
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September 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
John Boyne has every right to tell his story about sexual abuse as a gay man. But that doesn’t excuse him punching down on trans people. You can’t claim to respect trans rights while framing them as a threat to women when they’re not.
Polari prize update: John Boyne has now made a statement. I'm putting it below.
August 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
M&S have responded to our letter regarding the complaint about a supposedly trans employee.
Yet more evidence that anti-trans obsessives lied about the incident to stoke hostility towards trans people.
We all have a duty to tackle such mis(dis)information to protect our community.
August 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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M&S should pledge to support their trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming employees, and make it quite clear that transphobes are unwelcome in their shops. People should be desperately ashamed of their transphobic bigotry. Trans people should be empowered and protected in their workplaces.
August 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
All feedback is valid! We’re undergoing a rebranding exercise, so your comments are valued.
Thanks!
August 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Thanks for the feedback!
If it’s difficult to read, we can look at changing it.
August 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Marks and Spencer must protect staff facing transphobic abuse, not apologise for them. Inclusion means safety & respect. Read our letter urging action to defend employee dignity & safety
www.equalityamplified.org.uk/lobbying-and-correspondence/when-inclusion-is-tested-an-open-letter-to-ms-leadership
When Inclusion Is Tested: An Open Letter to M&S Leadership — Equality Amplified
Marks & Spencer recently faced a transphobic complaint against one of their employees. Their response has raised serious concerns about their commitment to inclusion and staff protection. Equality...
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August 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
They really haven’t thought this one through have they, not that it’s a surprise.
August 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This is state backed discrimination. The EHRC advising ministers to limit trans access to schools, hospitals, cinemas, and leisure centres is not “balancing rights” it’s fuelling exclusion. Trans people deserve safety, dignity, and equality. This is an attack on their basic freedoms, nothing less.
Equality and Human Rights Commission guidance to be submitted to ministers this month will tell schools, hospitals, leisure centres and cinemas to limit trans access

Archive Link Via The Times
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August 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Standing side by side 🏳️‍⚧️
August 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
If anyone has any contacts at Marks & Spencer to whom we can send our letter, please get in touch.
Hey y’all.
We’re wanting to write to Marks & Spencer about this trans shop assistant moral panic.
Does anyone have any contacts at M&S head office?
August 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We’re writing to Marks & Spencer to raise serious concerns about their handling of a trans staff member who was targeted for simply doing her job. We’ll be publishing our open letter shortly. No one’s dignity should be up for debate. #TransRights #StandWithTransStaff
August 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
These companies are making grave mistakes. Aligning with a ruling that actively harms trans people is not neutrality, it’s complicity. The fact it’s being cheered on by JK Rowling tells you exactly how exclusionary and cruel this moment is. Reconsider your values, Merlin.
Absolutely disgusted that Merlin Entertainments who run Legoland, Alton Towers, Thorpe Park and more have aligned with the UK Supreme Court’s hostile ruling. Their parks are no longer safe for trans people. Cowardly, shameful behaviour from a company that should know better.
August 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The EHRC’s appointment of Dr. Mary-Ann Stevenson, a figure with known anti-trans views, makes clear it no longer serves all people. Equality Amplified no longer recognises the EHRC as a human rights body.
Read our full statement here: www.equalityamplified.org.uk/blog/stateme...
Statement from Equality Amplified on the Appointment of Dr. Mary-Ann Stevenson as Chair of the EHRC — Equality Amplified
Equality Amplified no longer recognises the EHRC as a legitimate human rights institution. The appointment of Dr. Mary-Ann Stevenson—who holds anti-trans views—signals a clear and dangerous shift towa...
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August 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🚨 We’re disgusted, but not surprised. Labour has now fully sided with anti-trans voices. Bridget Phillipson just appointed gender-critical Dr Mary-Ann Stevenson as EHRC chair ignoring both human rights committees. The UK isn’t safe, it’s time to take this fight to the governments door!
Holy crap, Bridget Phillipson has appointed Dr Mary-Ann Stevenson as the new chair of the EHRC, despite the explicit objections of both @commonswec.parliament.uk and the Joint Committee on Human Rights here: committees.parliament.uk/publications...

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July 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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“Trans people still have human rights protections in this country, and at Good Law Project, we plan to defend them.”

Read our full update on today’s decision for a two-day hearing in November in our challenge against the EHRC’s transphobic guidance:
goodlaw.social/z5bw
EHRC challenge: The fight goes on
We challenged the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s transphobic guidance. The High Court will consider our case in full in November
goodlaw.social
July 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
We stand in full solidarity with #LondonTransPride today. While we can’t be there in person this year, please see our statement below in our absence.
Protest safely, look out for each other, and show up as your full, authentic selves.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransPride #TransRightsMatter 🏳️‍⚧️
July 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
You also said you welcomed the Supreme Court ruling, a ruling now being actively leaned on to justify the rolling back of trans rights across the UK. This is already beginning to alienate Green voters and rightly so. Future voters deserve clarity, especially if you seek leadership so…what say you?
July 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Hi @elliechowns.bsky.social You called trans rights a “contested issue” but trans people aren’t up for debate. They exist. The Greens say trans rights are human rights. Do your words reflect party policy or personal view? We ask respectfully. The public awaits your reply.
July 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Our latest episode drops tonight! We discuss the controversy over a road crossing, LGBTQ+ representation in vintage comedy, and @noshayminthat.bsky.social moans about things again…

Don’t miss it!

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July 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Thanks, Philippa! Although it’ll bring absolutely no relief if this remains in place or worse so let’s wait and see 👀
July 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
And here in lies the problem, we suspect that those groups aren’t getting the same types of responses and are being listened to without any scrutiny etc.
July 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Furthermore what was most interesting was that in one response they explained they do not accept concerns or correspondence from organisations only individuals 🤨
July 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
We’ve heard back from both the Women and Equalities Select Committee and the Commissioner. Their responses were disappointing but not unexpected, neither took responsibility, instead shifting blame to the political party involved.

Accountability matters. We’ll be challenging this in our reply.
📣We’ve submitted a formal letter to the Women & Equalities Committee & Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, raising serious concerns about Rosie Duffield MP's conduct.
Thank you to the over 300 personal testimonies we received. Your voices matter!
www.equalityamplified.org.uk/lobbying-and...
Letter concerning Rosie Duffield MP’s conduct — Equality Amplified
On 9 July 2025, Equality Amplified submitted a formal letter of concern to the Women and Equalities Committee and the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards regarding the conduct of Rosie Duffield M...
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July 14, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Today is International Non-Binary People’s Day, a time to celebrate those whose identities exist beyond the binary. Non-binary people are real, valid, and deserve respect. Whether you’re out, questioning, or just learning, you belong. We see you. We support you. We stand with you.
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July 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM