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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · Aug 12

One of these organizations is on an @splcenter.org list of hate groups

www.splcenter.org/resources/ex...

At least one other is known to openly support conversion therapy - a form of torture,

another is an group claiming to represent represent “LGB” people, nothing to do with trans healthcare…

TACC @tacc.org.uk · Aug 11

Wes Streeting held a meeting with:

• Genspect
• Bayswater Support Group
• CAN-SG
• Integrated Psychology Clinic
• LGB Alliance
• Transgender Trend

"To discuss gender policy issues"

Screenshot of a table row with the following information: "Wes Streeting", "31/07/2024", "• Genspect • Bayswater Support Group • CAN-SG • Integrated Psychology Clinic • LGB Alliance • Transgender Trend", "To discuss gender policy issues".

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · Aug 11

Wes Streeting held a meeting with:

• Genspect
• Bayswater Support Group
• CAN-SG
• Integrated Psychology Clinic
• LGB Alliance
• Transgender Trend

"To discuss gender policy issues"

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · Aug 11

From the SM Letter to the Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation, which is publicly available.

Calling for 'some bravery' from the Minister, like Falkner, Cass, and Streeting have shown.

Screenshot of text that reads, "In order to do this you will need to face up to the inadequacy of current practice, which is based on gender-identity ideology, and which is not in line with data-protection principles. This requires some bravery, as Baroness Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Hilary Cass and Secretary of State Wes Streeting MP will tell you."

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · Aug 10

Have you submitted an FOI regarding the EHRC? We would like to know. Please get in touch or send us a copy of the response at [email protected]. ❤️

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D A V I E M O o O o O o 👻🎃 @daviemoo.bsky.social · Aug 9

How many more god damn times do we have to say “they hate us all” before people believe it.

Aliza Adi (she/her) @alizaadi.bsky.social · Aug 9

Transphobic bigot turns her attention to deciding gay families shouldn’t exist

Martina Navratilova: Surrogacy is just wrong. Sometimes you can’t have it all

Gay father of two children responds

Andy Cohen: Well, here’s the deal, that’s just ill-informed and dumb. She’s just wrong

Andy Cohen Responds to Martina Navratilova's Anti-Surrogacy Views: “Ill-Informed and Dumb”

The Bravo titan had choice words for the 'Real Housewives of Miami' star.

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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.bsky.social · Aug 8

Please remember that every word spoken at the EHRC is subject to disclosure and may be examined by the courts. Moreover, I am not aware of any novel point of law emerging that would demolish my argument regarding the in personam nature of contraventions and exceptions under the Equality Act 2010.

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · Aug 7

Today, we’ve formally informed the EHRC that we no longer recognise it as a national human rights institution. This was not a decision taken lightly. But there can be no accountability without action. We urge other organisations to consider their stance and speak out.

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · Aug 3

Sometimes I post pieces which are recent and which others may not have seen. This is a reminder why groups like GLP, Trans Exile Network, TACC, TLC and so many lovely allies stand up to GCIM ideology and why the UK is literally red flagged for genocide right now.

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Parliament surrenders to anti-trans activists on toilet policy

The UK parliament has thrown trans people under the bus on toilets, abandoning its own policy to placate activists who accosted a trans barrister on the parliamentary estate.

goodlawproject.org

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · Aug 3

I wish on Wes Streeting that he gets to feel no safer than any trans woman in this country

Scary Corpse @damselindystopia.bsky.social · Aug 2

Complain about Bash Back all you like but they got an unequivocal statement of how the government is harming us in the press.

www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

Wes Streeting’s east London office vandalised by trans protest group

The protest group Bash Back said they took action in response to Streeting’s ‘continued abuse of trans people in the medical system’

www.standard.co.uk

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · Aug 2

Before all the transphobes gets on their high horse about this, every Labour policy about trans people constitutes violence or proxy-violence against trans people’s bodies.

And all Labour’s transphobic policies have been implemented completely undemocratically, without even any votes in parliament.

FreeLinkophant sHELLey B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · Aug 2

Repeated criminal damage to vital medical care is unfair to trans people and an attack on democracy, Wes.

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · Aug 2

If your organisation no longer recognises the EHRC as a national human rights institution, we’ve prepared an email template you can adapt.

It can be sent to public bodies like the WEC, the JCHR, and relevant ministers to raise formal concerns about the EHRC’s loss of independence and credibility.

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · Aug 2

If you’re an individual, you can write to your MP to express your concerns, and state that you no longer recognise the EHRC as a NHRI. We’ve prepared a letter you can personalise and send. It helps show this issue matters to constituents.

Subject: I No Longer Recognise the EHRC as a National Human Rights Institution

Subject: I No Longer Recognise the EHRC as a National Human Rights Institution [Make your own amendments and additions to this email.] Dear [MP's Name], I am writing to express my deep concern regardi...

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D A V I E M O o O o O o 👻🎃 @daviemoo.bsky.social · Aug 1

Asking Corbyn and Sultana to reaffirm their commitment to protecting trans people is normal and if you whine about it youre asking people to support a party whose position is unclear, and that makes you look weird.
I support what I know, not what I think, not what I imagine.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · Aug 1

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...

www.equalityamplified.org.uk

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Jessica Harriet @jessicaharriet.bsky.social · Jul 31

We must challenge the mechanisms of our oppression not fuel them.
Providing any weight behind the EHRC strengthens the indefensible and irrefutable abuse of their accreditation, a status we need to dismantle.

I sincerely hope other orgs take the same position as us at TACC.

TACC @tacc.org.uk · Jul 31

Statement: Effective immediately, we will no longer cooperate with the EHRC. We no longer recognise the EHRC as a human rights body. It is no longer independent, and we will not engage with them. We urge other orgs to do the same.

Statement: Withdrawal of Recognition of the EHRC as a Human Rights Institution

We no longer recognise the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) as either independent or credible in its statutory role. The UK Government’s decision to proceed with the appointment of Dr Mary-...

tacc.org.uk

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Claire's Trans Talks @clairestranstalks.bsky.social · Jul 31

Unsurprised.

Every LGBTQ+ and Trans org needs to issue a statement and refuse to work with the EHRC and UK Gov from this point on.

TACC @tacc.org.uk · Jul 31

@commonswec.parliament.uk and JHRC have been ignored to fuel the erasure of trans folk. This was no surprise from @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social who is the equality minister, who serves only a minority of transphobes, with total disregard for anyone else.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

Government confirms Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson as the next EHRC chair

Minister for Women and Equalities Bridget Phillipson has confirmed that Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson will be appointed as the new Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).

www.gov.uk

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · Jul 31

@commonswec.parliament.uk and JHRC have been ignored to fuel the erasure of trans folk. This was no surprise from @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social who is the equality minister, who serves only a minority of transphobes, with total disregard for anyone else.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

Government confirms Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson as the next EHRC chair

Minister for Women and Equalities Bridget Phillipson has confirmed that Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson will be appointed as the new Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).

www.gov.uk

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · Jul 27

With Labour having introduced a new section 28 just for trans kids, the wonderful @jessicaharriet.bsky.social has the lowdown.

tacc.org.uk/2025/07/27/l...

Labour’s Section 28 with a twist

The shameful era of Section 28 echoes in the trauma of those subjected to government-sanctioned homophobia, embedding silence and stigma that continues to harm LGBTQIA+ people today. Margaret Thatcher...

tacc.org.uk

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Faith Elisabeth Lilley @stormknight.bsky.social · Jul 27

Trans Kids Deserve Better are legends.

A coffin painted in the colours of the trans flag with the words, "RIP DIGNITY" on the lid

A dozen young trans people staging a die-in outside the UK Supreme Court

Trans Kids Deserve Better carrying a coffin, painted in the colours of the trans flag, from the Department of Health to the Supreme Court.

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · Jul 20

Bridget Phillipson’s choice to appoint Mary-Ann Stephenson as Chair risks cementing this abusive "course correction," despite warnings from two parliamentary committees.

@jessicaharriet.bsky.social covers this in her amazing piece:

tacc.org.uk/2025/07/20/p...

Phillipson’s Choice – Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective

tacc.org.uk

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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · Jul 17

BREAKING 🧨

I'm now in possession of evidence confirming a second trans youth suicide, where the patient's data was NOT sent to NHS England, for inclusion in Appleby's flawed DHSC report "Review of suicides and gender
dysphoria at the Tavistock and
Portman NHS Foundation Trust:
independent report"

Review of suicides and gender dysphoria at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust: independent report

www.gov.uk

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Jessica Harriet @jessicaharriet.bsky.social · Jul 16

"Schools should avoid language and activities which repeat or enforce gender stereotypes"

But tell young people they are defined by birth written classification of biological requirements and should they deviate from this they'll be labeled second-class citizens.

Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · Jul 15

Still a bit shit, but better than the Tory one.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender content
67. As above, pupils should understand the importance of equality and respect throughout their education. They should learn about all protected characteristics, including sexual orientation and gender reassignment, by the end of their secondary education.
68. We strongly encourage primary schools to teach about healthy loving relationships, and to include same-sex parents along with other family arrangements when discussing families. At secondary school, there should be an equal opportunity to explore the features of stable and healthy same-sex relationships, and secondary schools should ensure that this content is integrated into RSHE programmes of study rather than delivered as a standalone unit or lesson. Schools should ensure that they cover all the facts about sexual health, including STIs, in a way that is relevant for all pupils, including those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or gender questioning.
69. Pupils should also be taught the facts and the law about biological sex and gender reassignment. This should recognise that people have legal rights by virtue of their biological sex which are different from the rights of those of the opposite sex with the protected characteristic of gender reassignment. Pupils should also be taught to recognise that people with the protected characteristic of gender reassignment, as with the other protected characteristics, have protection from discrimination and should be treated with respect and dignity.

70. In teaching this, schools should be mindful that beyond the facts and the law about biological sex and gender reassignment there is significant debate, and they should be careful not to endorse any particular view or teach it as fact. For example, they should not
13 Equality Act provisions in relation to schools are in Part 6, Chapter 1. Independent schools that are not academies are
not subject to the PSED.
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teach as fact that all people have a gender identity. Schools should avoid language and activities which repeat or enforce gender stereotypes. Schools should be mindful to avoid any suggestion that social transition is a simple solution to feelings of distress or discomfort.
71. Schools should encourage young people to consider how to express their views while remaining respectful of the opinions of others. Schools should be clear that bullying or disrespectful language or behaviour is never appropriate.
72. Where schools decide to use external resources, they should avoid materials that use cartoons or diagrams that oversimplify this topic, that could be interpreted as being aimed at younger children, or that perpetuate stereotypes or encourage pupils to question their gender. Schools should consult parents on the content of external resources on this topic in advance and make all materials available to them on request as set out in the section on openness with parents.

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She Guevara 🗳💚 @sheg7.bsky.social · Jul 12

Breaking: EHRC select committee have opposed the appointment of Mary-Ann Stephenson.

Good outcome, potentially. They can still appoint her anyway... but if they persist in appointing her, it's just more evidence to justify the lemkin institutes warning that trans people are at risk in the UK

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · Jul 11

In the place where Wes Streeting's humanity should be there is a black hole.

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · Jul 11

Incontrovertible evidence, now, of *police* investigating families supporting their kids with gender affirming healthcare in the UK. For trying to do the best for your child, following best practice in most of the world, here you get a visit from the police.

Thank you, Wes Streeting.

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Emily Shepherd @emi.ly · Jul 10

The @libdems.org.uk have lost their damned minds.

@cajardinemp.bsky.social sacked as Women & Equalities spokesperson for voting against a nasty Tory amendment to the Universal Credit & PIP Bill.

Christine is one of the only LibDems taking the assault on transgender rights seriously.

Christine Jardine @cajardinemp.bsky.social · Jul 10

There has been a lot of speculation over the past 24 hours regarding my removal as the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Women and Equalities and Scotland. I can now confirm I have been removed from that position, and have shared my response below.

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