Reposted by Karen Hawa
A careful, and compelling analysis, of how the Equality Act operates post the awful Supreme Court decision, from the woman who guided the Act through Parliament. www.linkedin.com/pulse/does-e...
Does the Equality Act ban trans women from women's services?
Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers (FWS) on 16 April this year that “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 (EA2010) means biological sex, there has been si...
www.linkedin.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
A careful, and compelling analysis, of how the Equality Act operates post the awful Supreme Court decision, from the woman who guided the Act through Parliament. www.linkedin.com/pulse/does-e...
Reposted by Karen Hawa
So much bad stuff is happening. The Cass Review feels like it got lost in the noise. Yet this incredibly biased £3m project continues to warp discourse around trans healthcare.
I've therefore updated my megapost with 6 new major critiques from clinicians, researchers, and a child abuse survivor.
I've therefore updated my megapost with 6 new major critiques from clinicians, researchers, and a child abuse survivor.
What’s wrong with the Cass Review? A round-up of commentary and evidence
[last updated 15/10/25] Wednesday 10 April 2024 saw the long-awaited publication of the final report of the Cass Review. This report was commissioned by NHS England, and provides a review of eviden…
ruthpearce.net
October 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
So much bad stuff is happening. The Cass Review feels like it got lost in the noise. Yet this incredibly biased £3m project continues to warp discourse around trans healthcare.
I've therefore updated my megapost with 6 new major critiques from clinicians, researchers, and a child abuse survivor.
I've therefore updated my megapost with 6 new major critiques from clinicians, researchers, and a child abuse survivor.
Reposted by Karen Hawa
Quite a bodying, here, for the UK, from the Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe.
🏮 He points out the Supreme Court ignored human rights (which breaches its legal obligations)
🏮 He says, in effect agreeing with Lucy Powell, Parliament should be involved...
rm.coe.int/letter-to-pa...
🏮 He points out the Supreme Court ignored human rights (which breaches its legal obligations)
🏮 He says, in effect agreeing with Lucy Powell, Parliament should be involved...
rm.coe.int/letter-to-pa...
October 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Quite a bodying, here, for the UK, from the Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe.
🏮 He points out the Supreme Court ignored human rights (which breaches its legal obligations)
🏮 He says, in effect agreeing with Lucy Powell, Parliament should be involved...
rm.coe.int/letter-to-pa...
🏮 He points out the Supreme Court ignored human rights (which breaches its legal obligations)
🏮 He says, in effect agreeing with Lucy Powell, Parliament should be involved...
rm.coe.int/letter-to-pa...
Reposted by Karen Hawa
Some good news from the employment tribunal, but it does make me wonder why is Royal Mail so bad at trans rights?
www.scenemag.co.uk/trans-postal...
www.scenemag.co.uk/trans-postal...
Trans postal worker wins discrimination case against Royal Mail
A trans postal worker has successfully sued Royal Mail for harassment and discrimination after enduring repeated abuse from colleagues, in what is being hailed as a landmark legal victory.
Sophie Col...
www.scenemag.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Some good news from the employment tribunal, but it does make me wonder why is Royal Mail so bad at trans rights?
www.scenemag.co.uk/trans-postal...
www.scenemag.co.uk/trans-postal...
Reposted by Karen Hawa
The Cass review into children's gender services in the UK continues to be terrible.
A new report from Australia led by the fantastic Dr. Julia Moore - and featuring me - looks into the issues in detail.
My new piece.
gidmk.substack.com/p/the-cass-r...
A new report from Australia led by the fantastic Dr. Julia Moore - and featuring me - looks into the issues in detail.
My new piece.
gidmk.substack.com/p/the-cass-r...
The Cass Review Continues To Be Severely Flawed
A new paper from an Australian team shines a light on the problems with the review
gidmk.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:35 AM
The Cass review into children's gender services in the UK continues to be terrible.
A new report from Australia led by the fantastic Dr. Julia Moore - and featuring me - looks into the issues in detail.
My new piece.
gidmk.substack.com/p/the-cass-r...
A new report from Australia led by the fantastic Dr. Julia Moore - and featuring me - looks into the issues in detail.
My new piece.
gidmk.substack.com/p/the-cass-r...
Let’s talk about the Draft Gender Recognition Bill and the report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights. They were concerned that a court might fail to interpret the bill correctly because it talked about a change of gender, not sex (report below).
1/6
publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200203/...
1/6
publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200203/...
publications.parliament.uk
October 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Let’s talk about the Draft Gender Recognition Bill and the report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights. They were concerned that a court might fail to interpret the bill correctly because it talked about a change of gender, not sex (report below).
1/6
publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200203/...
1/6
publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200203/...
Reposted by Karen Hawa
“The Cass Review's contradictions are striking. It acknowledged some trans young people benefit from [blockers], but its recommendations have made this currently inaccessible to all. It found no evidence psychological treatments improve gender dysphoria, yet recommended expanding their provision.”
Cass Review does not guide care for trans young people
Good medicine is guided by the values of the patient, not those of a clinician, politician or commentator. The Cass Review, lacking expertise and compromised by implicit stigma and misinformation, doe...
www.mja.com.au
October 6, 2025 at 2:24 AM
“The Cass Review's contradictions are striking. It acknowledged some trans young people benefit from [blockers], but its recommendations have made this currently inaccessible to all. It found no evidence psychological treatments improve gender dysphoria, yet recommended expanding their provision.”
“They made them carry ID cards to state where they’re from
As if by being born they had done something wrong”
- What if Punk Never Happened by The King Blues, 2008
As if by being born they had done something wrong”
- What if Punk Never Happened by The King Blues, 2008
September 27, 2025 at 10:16 AM
“They made them carry ID cards to state where they’re from
As if by being born they had done something wrong”
- What if Punk Never Happened by The King Blues, 2008
As if by being born they had done something wrong”
- What if Punk Never Happened by The King Blues, 2008
Reposted by Karen Hawa
Free speech in the US. Now a university has banned all mention of trans people and is encouraging abusive misgendering.
conchoobserver.com/2025/09/19/a...
conchoobserver.com/2025/09/19/a...
ASU to Put New Transgender Policies in Place
Transgender discussions, language to be hounded off college campuses in Texas, following orders from Trump, Abbott.
conchoobserver.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Free speech in the US. Now a university has banned all mention of trans people and is encouraging abusive misgendering.
conchoobserver.com/2025/09/19/a...
conchoobserver.com/2025/09/19/a...
Reposted by Karen Hawa
Only 1 person in the whole study went from identifying as trans to not identifying as trans. The 1/5 number came from youth going between the binary and non-binary spectrum.
This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.
This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.
A recent study found that children who transitioned young retained stable gender identities over time. But the fact that nearly a fifth of those in the group did not ought to give advocates of irreversible medical interventions pause
How stable are the gender identities of younger children?
A study finds that one in five who switch gender change their mind
econ.st
September 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Only 1 person in the whole study went from identifying as trans to not identifying as trans. The 1/5 number came from youth going between the binary and non-binary spectrum.
This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.
This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.
Reposted by Karen Hawa
The Law Commission just gave parliament a gift. Will it even be opened?
thespinoff.co.nz/society/09-0...
thespinoff.co.nz/society/09-0...
The Law Commission just gave parliament a gift. Will it even be opened?
Opinion: The Ia Tangata report is a calm, evidence-based answer to a raging culture war. Now parliament must turn it into law.
thespinoff.co.nz
September 9, 2025 at 4:26 AM
The Law Commission just gave parliament a gift. Will it even be opened?
thespinoff.co.nz/society/09-0...
thespinoff.co.nz/society/09-0...
Reposted by Karen Hawa
We welcome the Opinion of the Advocate General in CJEU saying that EU Member States must allow legal gender recognition! Read the full joint statement on our website: https://www.ilga-europe.org/news/joint-statement-landmark-cjeu-opinion-demands-legal-gender-recognition-across-eu/
September 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We welcome the Opinion of the Advocate General in CJEU saying that EU Member States must allow legal gender recognition! Read the full joint statement on our website: https://www.ilga-europe.org/news/joint-statement-landmark-cjeu-opinion-demands-legal-gender-recognition-across-eu/
Reposted by Karen Hawa
So Streeting is claiming that Starmer wants to focus on "streets not tweets" and implying that incitement to violence isn't serious. What, I wonder, did Starmer say about Lucy Connolly, also charged (and jailed) for incitement to violence in a tweet?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
September 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
So Streeting is claiming that Starmer wants to focus on "streets not tweets" and implying that incitement to violence isn't serious. What, I wonder, did Starmer say about Lucy Connolly, also charged (and jailed) for incitement to violence in a tweet?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Karen Hawa
There's been a big fight over gender-affirming care after Gordon Guyatt and his team at McMaster released a statement contradicting their former funders' public policy.
I wrote about the whole thing, and what "evidence-based medicine" really means.
gidmk.substack.com/p/a-fight-ov...
I wrote about the whole thing, and what "evidence-based medicine" really means.
gidmk.substack.com/p/a-fight-ov...
A Fight Over Evidence-Based Medicine And Gender Affirming Care
The case of McMaster University
gidmk.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:52 AM
There's been a big fight over gender-affirming care after Gordon Guyatt and his team at McMaster released a statement contradicting their former funders' public policy.
I wrote about the whole thing, and what "evidence-based medicine" really means.
gidmk.substack.com/p/a-fight-ov...
I wrote about the whole thing, and what "evidence-based medicine" really means.
gidmk.substack.com/p/a-fight-ov...
Reposted by Karen Hawa
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
August 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
Reposted by Karen Hawa
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender critical novelist urges writers to reenter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella
The gender critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors.
Ten authors and two judges withdrew from the Polari prize and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
Reposted by Karen Hawa
Was the UK Supreme Court judgment in FWS wrongly decided, in light of the historical EU law context?
Detailed analysis, by @clairebradley.bsky.social - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-de...
Detailed analysis, by @clairebradley.bsky.social - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-de...
Why the FWS case was wrongly decided by the UK Supreme Court - in light of the EU law historical context
Claire Bradley , Legal Researcher Photo credit : DAVID ILIFF. License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Introduction ...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Was the UK Supreme Court judgment in FWS wrongly decided, in light of the historical EU law context?
Detailed analysis, by @clairebradley.bsky.social - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-de...
Detailed analysis, by @clairebradley.bsky.social - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-de...
Reposted by Karen Hawa
#NHS CYP Gender Dysphoria Research and Oversight Review Boaard has been very busy. And none of it is good. First, these are the multi-disciplinary team that will treat the under www.jla.nihr.ac.uk/priority-set...
That's depressing enough on its own. But it gets way worse.
That's depressing enough on its own. But it gets way worse.
www.jla.nihr.ac.uk
July 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
#NHS CYP Gender Dysphoria Research and Oversight Review Boaard has been very busy. And none of it is good. First, these are the multi-disciplinary team that will treat the under www.jla.nihr.ac.uk/priority-set...
That's depressing enough on its own. But it gets way worse.
That's depressing enough on its own. But it gets way worse.
This also undermines a conversion therapy ban. If gender identity does not exist what’s being converted? That so many countries have banned conversion therapy shows how backward UK Labour is on LGBTQ+ issues. There must indeed be something so fundamental for attempting to change it to be so harmful.
July 15, 2025 at 6:44 AM
This also undermines a conversion therapy ban. If gender identity does not exist what’s being converted? That so many countries have banned conversion therapy shows how backward UK Labour is on LGBTQ+ issues. There must indeed be something so fundamental for attempting to change it to be so harmful.
Reposted by Karen Hawa
www.youtube.com/watch?v=25Sp...
An incredibly powerful poem by the fantastic @fionaswriting.bsky.social
An incredibly powerful poem by the fantastic @fionaswriting.bsky.social
Poem: What To Do When Your Government Is Trying To Kill You - Fiona Robertson
YouTube video by Fiona Robertson
www.youtube.com
July 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=25Sp...
An incredibly powerful poem by the fantastic @fionaswriting.bsky.social
An incredibly powerful poem by the fantastic @fionaswriting.bsky.social
Reposted by Karen Hawa
There is one paragraph I want to highlight, not only because the highlighted part made me laugh but because it neatly highlights the issues caused by how the FWS ruling interacts with NI's equality laws & the frameworks & treaties underpinning them, & the inability of legislatures to rectify it.
June 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
There is one paragraph I want to highlight, not only because the highlighted part made me laugh but because it neatly highlights the issues caused by how the FWS ruling interacts with NI's equality laws & the frameworks & treaties underpinning them, & the inability of legislatures to rectify it.
Reposted by Karen Hawa
“The organisation’s true agenda is, I believe, best described as ‘eliminationist’:
seeking [to]… make transitioning so difficult, dangerous or pointless as to functionally eliminate trans people from public life and society.”
Very powerful and well-written piece. Please do read. 👇
seeking [to]… make transitioning so difficult, dangerous or pointless as to functionally eliminate trans people from public life and society.”
Very powerful and well-written piece. Please do read. 👇
Behind the ruling: how ‘Sex Matters’ is shaping UK policy on trans rights
The UK Supreme Court ruling redefined ‘sex’ – but for trans people, it’s the start of something far more sweeping and exclusionary
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
June 28, 2025 at 7:16 AM
“The organisation’s true agenda is, I believe, best described as ‘eliminationist’:
seeking [to]… make transitioning so difficult, dangerous or pointless as to functionally eliminate trans people from public life and society.”
Very powerful and well-written piece. Please do read. 👇
seeking [to]… make transitioning so difficult, dangerous or pointless as to functionally eliminate trans people from public life and society.”
Very powerful and well-written piece. Please do read. 👇
Reposted by Karen Hawa
People always think I'm being ungenerous or misstating their views, but this is very explicitly what the "gender-critical" crowd says: Their *best case* against gender affirming care for kids is that the research says it works, but the research doesn't count.
(this is from the Cass report)
(this is from the Cass report)
June 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
People always think I'm being ungenerous or misstating their views, but this is very explicitly what the "gender-critical" crowd says: Their *best case* against gender affirming care for kids is that the research says it works, but the research doesn't count.
(this is from the Cass report)
(this is from the Cass report)
Reposted by Karen Hawa
Trans coverage (online) by UK outlet, past 365 days:
The Telegraph – 879
The Guardian – 672
The Sun – 572
Sunday Mirror – 554
The Independent – 273
BBC – 237
Daily Record – 251
Express – 410
The Spectator – 180
Daily Star – 128
4156 in total
That’s more than 11 articles a day, every single day.
The Telegraph – 879
The Guardian – 672
The Sun – 572
Sunday Mirror – 554
The Independent – 273
BBC – 237
Daily Record – 251
Express – 410
The Spectator – 180
Daily Star – 128
4156 in total
That’s more than 11 articles a day, every single day.
June 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Trans coverage (online) by UK outlet, past 365 days:
The Telegraph – 879
The Guardian – 672
The Sun – 572
Sunday Mirror – 554
The Independent – 273
BBC – 237
Daily Record – 251
Express – 410
The Spectator – 180
Daily Star – 128
4156 in total
That’s more than 11 articles a day, every single day.
The Telegraph – 879
The Guardian – 672
The Sun – 572
Sunday Mirror – 554
The Independent – 273
BBC – 237
Daily Record – 251
Express – 410
The Spectator – 180
Daily Star – 128
4156 in total
That’s more than 11 articles a day, every single day.