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Scottish Labour has in the past been a great champion of LGBT+ rights. It can be again. Transphobia has no place in the Labour Party. We need to root out the bigotry that is taking hold. Signal: slabcampaign.38

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Scottish Labour Against Bigotry @slabcampaign.bsky.social · Feb 13

Things Scottish Labour members can do to fight transphobia in the party:

• Write (politely) to [email protected] to complain that an openly transphobic group (Labour Women's Declaration) has been allowed to book both a stall and a fringe event at Scottish Labour Conference 2025.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 17d

"The group has represented clients in the United States who are opposed to abortion, gay and transgender rights and contraception coverage in health care."

Every anti-abortion group is also anti-trans. Period. Support their latter work and you support their former. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

www.nytimes.com

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 18d

Labour members: Bridget Phillipson is currently soliciting our votes to become the deputy leader of our party. Contact her campaign today at @backbridget.bsky.social or www.backbridget.com to let them know that your vote is contingent on her rejecting the bathroom ban being proposed by the EHRC.

Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 18d

Bridget Phillipson, Minister for Women & Equalities, has a decision to make.

Will she sign a bathroom ban in secret? 🕵️‍♂️ Or will she reject the EHRC Code that seeks to mandate the exclusion of trans people from public life?

The Code could be laid in Parliament any day now so this is really urgent. ⏰

Scrap the Bathroom Ban

🚨This is urgent🚨 Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities, has a decision to make. The EHRC, a regulator mired in controversy over anti-trans views, has sent a new draft Code of Prac...

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Nathan🌹 @nathanwylabour.bsky.social · Sep 30

I kid you not, over on Twitter Maya Forstater is trying to pass off a photo of herself and just one other transphobe as being from 'the launch of Labour LGB'...

...except it's nothing of the sort. The event they're at is the Labour for Trans Rights rally!

A photograph, taken from X, of Maya Forstater and one other deeply tragic individual pretending to be at the launch of Labour LGB, when they are in fact at the Labour for Trans Rights Conference rally.

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Labour for Trans Rights @labour4transrights.bsky.social · Sep 15

A massive thank you to the organisations supporting our rally this year: @unison.org.uk, @gmb.org.uk, @cwunews.bsky.social, @aslefunion.bsky.social, @ucu.org.uk, @nus-uk.bsky.social and @utaw.tech.

The union movement was built on the principles of solidarity & equality: glad to have you onboard ✊

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Labour for Trans Rights @labour4transrights.bsky.social · Sep 15

We're excited to announce the first details of this year's Trans Solidarity Rally at Labour Party Conference - trans allies are here to stay in our labour movement 🏳️‍⚧️

Attending Labour Conference? Put this date in your diary 👇

Trans Solidarity Rally, Tuesday 30th September 12.30-2pm, Room 3A Liverpool ACC (inside secure zone)

Speakers:
Nadia Whittome MP
Dame Emily Thornberry MP
Dawn Butler MP
Alex Sobel MP
Lorraine Beavers MP
Yuan Yang MP
Steve Race MP
Richard Quigley MP
Emily Darlington MP
Christina McAnea, General Secretary of Unison
Mick Whelan, General Secretary of ASLEF
Jo Grady, General Secretary of UCU
Georgia Meadows, Trans Officer LGBT+ Labour
Chloe Brooks, Young Labour LGBT+ Officer
Steph Richards, TransLucent
Jess Barnard, Labour NEC
Saranya Thambirajah, NUS
Maria Exall, CWU
Phil Jones, Unite
Rhea Wolfson, GMB
Avery Greatorex plus other speakers TBA

Supported by Unison, GMB, CWU, UCU, NUS and UTAW

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Pride in Labour 🌈🥀 @prideinlabour.bsky.social · Sep 16

57% of our members voted to not endorse any candidate, with 43% voting to endorse Lucy Powell. Out of the members who voted in the ballot, 0% voted for Bridget Phillipson.

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · Sep 10

Yesterday at @tuc.org.uk Congress:

5:18.15: Question to Bridget Phillipson on EHRC guidance which excludes trans people

5:21.00: Answer avoids any reference to the guidance

6:22.47: Debate on Supreme Court ruling motion (congress.tuc.org.uk/motion-07-su...)

6:58.48: Motion carried unanimously

TUC Congress 2025: Tuesday 9 September - AM

YouTube video by Trades Union Congress (TUC)

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Scottish Labour Against Bigotry @slabcampaign.bsky.social · Sep 9

Thanks for your support.

Scottish Labour Against Bigotry @slabcampaign.bsky.social · Sep 9

We had a successful launch in February, we got press coverage and developed a network of like-minded people in the party. We are facing much better resourced opponents with practically open access to the press, and a leadership which refuses to engage. You seem to think we should therefore give up?

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Scottish Labour Against Bigotry @slabcampaign.bsky.social · Sep 9

This is a grassroots members campaign against the Scottish Labour leadership's position on trans rights.

Scottish Labour Against Bigotry @slabcampaign.bsky.social · Sep 9

The Labour *leadership* has said that. Labour *members* have not, and it's Labour *members* who get to choose the Deputy Leader.

At both of the most recent Scottish Labour conferences, for example, members have voted down leadership-backed anti-trans motions: labourlist.org/2025/02/scot...

Scottish Labour chiefs lose conference vote for biology-based single-sex spaces - LabourList

Scottish Labour’s ruling body has suffered at blow at the party’s annual conference in a row over gender…

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Scottish Labour Against Bigotry @slabcampaign.bsky.social · Sep 9

Bridget Phillipson says she's running for UK Labour Deputy Leader. She has grossly let down trans people and the wider LGBT community in her role as Equalities Minister. Her appointment of Mary-Ann Stephenson as chair of the EHRC was an act of human rights vandalism. LGBT members cannot support her.

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · Jul 18

Quite a punchy statement here in response to widespread outrage over LGBT orgs' participation in an event at 10 Downing Street celebrating 50 years of Pride. I have some sympathy with the argument that you have to be in the room to change minds, but that glosses over the reality of this PR exercise.

LGBT Foundation @lgbtfdn.bsky.social · Jul 18

📃 A joint statement from LGBT Foundation, London Friend, Switchboard LGBT+ Support Line and Stonewall

Alt text readable version here:
🔗 lgbt.foundation/a-joint-stat...

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Alt text readable version here:
🔗 https://lgbt.foundation/a-joint-statement-from-lgbt-foundation-london-friend-switchboard-and-stonewall/

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Equality Network @lgbtiscotland.bsky.social · Jul 18

We recently published our report 'The Erosion of Trans Rights in the UK'. The report is a human rights analysis of the various rights that are at risk following the UK Supreme Court judgment and proposed EHRC Code of Practice.

You can read the report here: www.equality-network.org/wp-content/u...

Graphic with a pink to blue gradient background. It says "New Report:
The Erosion of Trans Rights in the UK
A Human Rights analysis following the UK Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland LTD V The Scottish Ministers". Below is the Equality Network and Scottish Trans logos

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Pride in Labour 🌈🥀 @prideinlabour.bsky.social · Jun 6

The #EHRC Chair must be a credible, impartial arbiter of human rights - with a clean record on equalities. Mary-Ann Stephenson cannot be that person.

Read our full statement 👇

www.prideinlabour.org.uk/post/labour-...

Labour's Endorsement of EHRC Chair Raises Serious Concerns

We have serious concerns about the endorsement from the government of Dr. Mary-Ann Stephenson to lead the EHRC.

www.prideinlabour.org.uk

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Fire Brigades Union @fbunational.bsky.social · May 14

We know that the law is not always on the right side of history. The Supreme Court ruling last month does not make public spaces safer for anyone.

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · May 14

UK drops six more places on the ILGA-Europe #RainbowMap to now lie at 22nd, an outlier in Western Europe. The only country to fall further is Orbán's Hungary. Ten years ago the UK was first on this list. Only six years ago it was third. "A co-ordinated global backlash aimed at erasing LGBTI rights."

ILGA-Europe @ilgaeurope.bsky.social · May 14

The #RainbowMap 2025 is live! Find out how 49 European countries rank on LGBTI human rights and see which ones are leading, or falling behind. Check it out now! rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org

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Scottish Labour Against Bigotry @slabcampaign.bsky.social · May 13

A number of political party LGBT+ organisations have been expressing regret at the exclusion of party political groups from Pride events this year.

SLAB takes a different view.

It is for Pride organisers to decide who is welcome. If Labour wants to march with Pride again it must change its heart.

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Scottish Labour Against Bigotry @slabcampaign.bsky.social · May 1

Who are you addressing this to?

Scottish Labour Against Bigotry @slabcampaign.bsky.social · Apr 29

Yes, the thread says it's a lie, and it said so two weeks ago when it was written. We're agreeing.

Scottish Labour Against Bigotry @slabcampaign.bsky.social · Apr 29

And as anyone who read the whole thread would know.

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · Apr 17

The chair of the ECHR, the statutory body with responsibility to encourage equality and diversity, eliminate unlawful discrimination, and protect and promote human rights, went on Radio 4 this morning and advocated this, except the third door is for trans people and doesn't actually exist.

A black and white photograph of a set of three doors to public toilets, designated "Ladies", "Men" and "Colored".

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Scottish Trans @scottishtrans.bsky.social · Apr 16

Along with @lgbtiscotland.bsky.social, we've published our reaction to the judgement in the UK Supreme Court today.

There will be more we want to say to trans people directly once we have a chance to catch our breath.

www.equality-network.org/uk-supreme-c...

Graphic with a purple background. It reads: "We are really shocked by today's Supreme Court decision- which reverses twenty years of understanding on how the law recognises trans men and women with Gender Recognition Certificates. The judgement seems to have totally missed what matters to trans people- - that we are able to live our lives, and be recognised, in line with who we truly are. We will continue working for a world in which trans people can get on with our lives with privacy, dignity and safety. That is something that we all deserve.". The Scottish Trans and Equality Network logos are in the bottom right.

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Scottish Labour Against Bigotry @slabcampaign.bsky.social · Apr 16

Further clarity on the "Scottish Labour has always called for the protection of single sex spaces on the basis of biological sex" claim. It is simply a lie.

Tim Hopkins @timhopkins.bsky.social · Apr 16

It is a lie. The Explanatory Notes for the Gender Recognition Act, written by the Blair govt, say it changes your sex for purposes of sex discrimination law. A fact that the Supreme Court dismissed in favour of their own nit-picking over their particular interpretation of the wording of the Eq Act.

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