Jess O'Thomson
@jessothomson.co.uk
Legal researcher, writer, campaigner | Trans Rights Lead @ Good Law Project | Head of Policy @ Trans+ Solidarity Alliance | PhD student @ University of Leeds
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Today is Trans Day of Remembrance.
Today we remember and grieve all those we have lost. But we also commit – collectively – to fighting for those of us who are left. There will be hope as long as we continue to stand together.
https://goodlaw.social/n1jn
Today we remember and grieve all those we have lost. But we also commit – collectively – to fighting for those of us who are left. There will be hope as long as we continue to stand together.
https://goodlaw.social/n1jn
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I wrote something reflecting on today.
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Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I think it really would be helpful if there was a public explanation for this unusual decision, in this highly charged and important case. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
Unusual last-minute change means panel of three will now hear case rather than Mr Justice Chamberlain
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I think it really would be helpful if there was a public explanation for this unusual decision, in this highly charged and important case. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Juries are one of our most important checks on State power, and I am very seriously concerned about any proposal to remove the right to them. This is fundamentally authoritarian.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Juries are one of our most important checks on State power, and I am very seriously concerned about any proposal to remove the right to them. This is fundamentally authoritarian.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Today I have been subjected to a continual, very high pitched alarm that I am unable to stop, and it is driving me more than slightly insane.
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Today I have been subjected to a continual, very high pitched alarm that I am unable to stop, and it is driving me more than slightly insane.
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Nigel Farage isn’t the only one trying to silence critics with legal threats. If you’re punching up at power, we’re on your side:
https://goodlaw.social/el2g
https://goodlaw.social/el2g
Standing up for speaking out | Good Law Project
Farage isn’t the only one trying to silence critics with legal threats. If you’re punching up at power, we’re on your side.
goodlaw.social
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Nigel Farage isn’t the only one trying to silence critics with legal threats. If you’re punching up at power, we’re on your side:
https://goodlaw.social/el2g
https://goodlaw.social/el2g
Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage following his attack on a young trans person.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage following his attack on a young trans person.
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I don't actually care whether Farage is personally racist. I care whether he continues to promote racist ideas and policies. Which he does. What he truly believes in his heart is an irrelevance to me.
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I don't actually care whether Farage is personally racist. I care whether he continues to promote racist ideas and policies. Which he does. What he truly believes in his heart is an irrelevance to me.
It was my initial reading and clearly that of a few others, but in fairness I do not believe that is the only plausible reading of what he said and I believe in remaining honest on that front.
Doesn't change my view that Streeting is a dishonest, shapeshifting toe rag who is tacking left in a cynical attempt to succeed the hapless Starmer, but I don't think, fairly read, he is saying he is searching for evidence to justify his policy choices.
Even Hilary Cass - who disgracefully called parents terrified that their trans kids would take their own lives if they were denied healthcare "shroud wavers" - didn't go so far as to call for a ban on puberty blockers.
Nothing Wes Streeting says turns out to be true.
Nothing Wes Streeting says turns out to be true.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
It was my initial reading and clearly that of a few others, but in fairness I do not believe that is the only plausible reading of what he said and I believe in remaining honest on that front.
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"The former BBC director general Tim Davie misled the public in suggesting BBC news reporters had a leftwing political agenda, Good Law Project can reveal." goodlaw.social/vyyj
Tim Davie misled audience about the BBC’s supposed leftwing agenda | Good Law Project
Speaking at a book festival, the former director general suggested the BBC newsroom was full of BLM T-shirts and Kamala mugs. But that’s fake news.
goodlaw.social
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"The former BBC director general Tim Davie misled the public in suggesting BBC news reporters had a leftwing political agenda, Good Law Project can reveal." goodlaw.social/vyyj
Someone has offered a plausible alternative meaning of the Health Secretary's tweet so I have deleted my post. Apologies.
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Someone has offered a plausible alternative meaning of the Health Secretary's tweet so I have deleted my post. Apologies.
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musk agreeing with an explicitly eugenicist post
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
musk agreeing with an explicitly eugenicist post
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Even Hilary Cass - who disgracefully called parents terrified that their trans kids would take their own lives if they were denied healthcare "shroud wavers" - didn't go so far as to call for a ban on puberty blockers.
Nothing Wes Streeting says turns out to be true.
Nothing Wes Streeting says turns out to be true.
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Even Hilary Cass - who disgracefully called parents terrified that their trans kids would take their own lives if they were denied healthcare "shroud wavers" - didn't go so far as to call for a ban on puberty blockers.
Nothing Wes Streeting says turns out to be true.
Nothing Wes Streeting says turns out to be true.
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There are some truly unhinged bits in the piece about Glasman, as to be expected when dealing with Glasman, but seriously what the actual? That's...one hell of a conflation of terminology.
November 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
There are some truly unhinged bits in the piece about Glasman, as to be expected when dealing with Glasman, but seriously what the actual? That's...one hell of a conflation of terminology.
Idk I actually found this very easy. I raised taxes on gambling and the wealthiest and then spent it on the poorest. I even reduced the basic rate of income tax. Baffling, I know.
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
November 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Idk I actually found this very easy. I raised taxes on gambling and the wealthiest and then spent it on the poorest. I even reduced the basic rate of income tax. Baffling, I know.
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
I love to take my views on feminism and "gender ideology" from the professional Woody Allen defender.
"gender ideology is anti-gravity nonsense that only the desperate, the deluded and the double-dealing grifters still believe": just in case you were still wondering quite how consumed with hatred are Hadley Freeman and The Sunday Times.
November 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I love to take my views on feminism and "gender ideology" from the professional Woody Allen defender.
Sorry lads, I was just trying to melt the ankle bracelet with my soldering iron out of curiosity.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Jair Bolsonaro arrested after tampering with ankle tag ‘out of curiosity’
Brazilian ex-president says he used soldering iron on device and is now in custody over fears he was going to abscond
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Sorry lads, I was just trying to melt the ankle bracelet with my soldering iron out of curiosity.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Trying to treat science and medicine as an apolitical zone which somehow exists outside of wider societal norms is an incredibly harmful trend. But at this point it's not just embarrassing for the clueless people promoting such a narrative, it's actively dangerous for the rest of us.
November 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Trying to treat science and medicine as an apolitical zone which somehow exists outside of wider societal norms is an incredibly harmful trend. But at this point it's not just embarrassing for the clueless people promoting such a narrative, it's actively dangerous for the rest of us.
Been having lots of feelings this week.
Today is Trans Day of Remembrance.
Today we remember and grieve all those we have lost. But we also commit – collectively – to fighting for those of us who are left. There will be hope as long as we continue to stand together.
https://goodlaw.social/n1jn
Today we remember and grieve all those we have lost. But we also commit – collectively – to fighting for those of us who are left. There will be hope as long as we continue to stand together.
https://goodlaw.social/n1jn
goodlaw.social
November 22, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Been having lots of feelings this week.
Those of you who know my work know that misgendering on death certificates has been a preoccupation of mine for several years now. I have been really concerned to hear that even though we now have specific guidance on the issue, there are some Coroners who have not been following it.
The tendency of Coroners to ignore guidance from the Chief Coroner, the reality of trans existence, and the wishes of bereaved parents, and express their own views in the death certificate, is both contemptible and unlawful.
We have a legal team ready to go; we will challenge it in the High Court.
We have a legal team ready to go; we will challenge it in the High Court.
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Those of you who know my work know that misgendering on death certificates has been a preoccupation of mine for several years now. I have been really concerned to hear that even though we now have specific guidance on the issue, there are some Coroners who have not been following it.
Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
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This is one of the changes in the UK media landscape that should be more remarked on: the fact that being a very open, proud, outright racist is no longer a bar to being a pundit on some TV stations (in this case GBN and Talk TV).
Lucy White advocates a ban on "non-natives" from office, citing Rishi Sunak and Priti Patel.
So she is referring to UK-born ethnic minority citizens. (Her argument would apply equally to Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and others)
Lucy White continues to be a GB News regular
So she is referring to UK-born ethnic minority citizens. (Her argument would apply equally to Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and others)
Lucy White continues to be a GB News regular
November 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This is one of the changes in the UK media landscape that should be more remarked on: the fact that being a very open, proud, outright racist is no longer a bar to being a pundit on some TV stations (in this case GBN and Talk TV).
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Shabana Mahmood is a firm believer in contribution, which is why she's contributing a hundred or so councillors to the Greens
Home Office media release on new settlement rules.
5 years to settlement for family members of British citizens; BNO Hong Kong visas + public sector workers
Keir Starmer's government proposes 15 year, 20 year + even 30 year settlement routes: deliberately off the charts of any precedent anywhere
5 years to settlement for family members of British citizens; BNO Hong Kong visas + public sector workers
Keir Starmer's government proposes 15 year, 20 year + even 30 year settlement routes: deliberately off the charts of any precedent anywhere
November 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Shabana Mahmood is a firm believer in contribution, which is why she's contributing a hundred or so councillors to the Greens
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Was at a vigil tonight. Made me feel this even more strongly.
Today is Trans Day of Remembrance.
Today we remember and grieve all those we have lost. But we also commit – collectively – to fighting for those of us who are left. There will be hope as long as we continue to stand together.
https://goodlaw.social/n1jn
Today we remember and grieve all those we have lost. But we also commit – collectively – to fighting for those of us who are left. There will be hope as long as we continue to stand together.
https://goodlaw.social/n1jn
goodlaw.social
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Was at a vigil tonight. Made me feel this even more strongly.