@nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social
So grateful to have spoken on the Proud Futures / Leading with Pride panel on ‘Creating Change in Challenging Times’.
Huge credit to Ellis and Lou for hosting with care and clarity, and for organising the whole day so thoughtfully. It really showed. 💛
#leadership #lgbtq #queerleaders
Huge credit to Ellis and Lou for hosting with care and clarity, and for organising the whole day so thoughtfully. It really showed. 💛
#leadership #lgbtq #queerleaders
January 9, 2026 at 2:14 PM
So grateful to have spoken on the Proud Futures / Leading with Pride panel on ‘Creating Change in Challenging Times’.
Huge credit to Ellis and Lou for hosting with care and clarity, and for organising the whole day so thoughtfully. It really showed. 💛
#leadership #lgbtq #queerleaders
Huge credit to Ellis and Lou for hosting with care and clarity, and for organising the whole day so thoughtfully. It really showed. 💛
#leadership #lgbtq #queerleaders
“So I can just decide to be trans today if I want, right?”
No. That misunderstands both lived reality and the law.
Understanding matters. Misinformation causes harm.
#TransRights #KnowYourRights #MythBusting #EqualityAct2010 #NonBinary
No. That misunderstands both lived reality and the law.
Understanding matters. Misinformation causes harm.
#TransRights #KnowYourRights #MythBusting #EqualityAct2010 #NonBinary
January 8, 2026 at 10:20 AM
“So I can just decide to be trans today if I want, right?”
No. That misunderstands both lived reality and the law.
Understanding matters. Misinformation causes harm.
#TransRights #KnowYourRights #MythBusting #EqualityAct2010 #NonBinary
No. That misunderstands both lived reality and the law.
Understanding matters. Misinformation causes harm.
#TransRights #KnowYourRights #MythBusting #EqualityAct2010 #NonBinary
“If gender is a construct, why does it matter?”
Something being constructed does not mean it is not real.
It means humans built it and humans can change it.
#MythBuster #GenderMyths #NonBinary #TransRights #EqualityLaw
Something being constructed does not mean it is not real.
It means humans built it and humans can change it.
#MythBuster #GenderMyths #NonBinary #TransRights #EqualityLaw
January 6, 2026 at 12:04 PM
“If gender is a construct, why does it matter?”
Something being constructed does not mean it is not real.
It means humans built it and humans can change it.
#MythBuster #GenderMyths #NonBinary #TransRights #EqualityLaw
Something being constructed does not mean it is not real.
It means humans built it and humans can change it.
#MythBuster #GenderMyths #NonBinary #TransRights #EqualityLaw
After my last video, a lot of you asked to see the full BBC email. So here it is. I’m z
#journalism #transparency #bbc
#journalism #transparency #bbc
January 1, 2026 at 6:51 PM
After my last video, a lot of you asked to see the full BBC email. So here it is. I’m z
#journalism #transparency #bbc
#journalism #transparency #bbc
YOU ARE NOT ALONE
For me, community is not perfection or constant joy.
It is checking in.
It is sharing food, sharing space, sharing a laugh or a silence.
It is knowing someone is there, even if you do not have the words.
You belong.
And you are not alone.
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 #community #solidarity #humanrights
For me, community is not perfection or constant joy.
It is checking in.
It is sharing food, sharing space, sharing a laugh or a silence.
It is knowing someone is there, even if you do not have the words.
You belong.
And you are not alone.
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 #community #solidarity #humanrights
December 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
YOU ARE NOT ALONE
For me, community is not perfection or constant joy.
It is checking in.
It is sharing food, sharing space, sharing a laugh or a silence.
It is knowing someone is there, even if you do not have the words.
You belong.
And you are not alone.
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 #community #solidarity #humanrights
For me, community is not perfection or constant joy.
It is checking in.
It is sharing food, sharing space, sharing a laugh or a silence.
It is knowing someone is there, even if you do not have the words.
You belong.
And you are not alone.
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 #community #solidarity #humanrights
EXCLUSIVE
The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”.
Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights
The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”.
Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights
December 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
EXCLUSIVE
The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”.
Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights
The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”.
Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights
“Trans people are ruining sports, right?”
No. That is fear, not facts.
There is no evidence that trans inclusion destroys sport. That is why rules are sport specific, not blanket bans.
#MythBuster #TransRights #Sport #EqualityLaw
No. That is fear, not facts.
There is no evidence that trans inclusion destroys sport. That is why rules are sport specific, not blanket bans.
#MythBuster #TransRights #Sport #EqualityLaw
December 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
“Trans people are ruining sports, right?”
No. That is fear, not facts.
There is no evidence that trans inclusion destroys sport. That is why rules are sport specific, not blanket bans.
#MythBuster #TransRights #Sport #EqualityLaw
No. That is fear, not facts.
There is no evidence that trans inclusion destroys sport. That is why rules are sport specific, not blanket bans.
#MythBuster #TransRights #Sport #EqualityLaw
“Self-ID would destroy women’s spaces, right?”
No.
Self-ID doesn’t override the Equality Act.
Single-sex services already exist in law, and decisions are made case-by-case, based on evidence — not fear.
The
#MythBuster #EqualityAct #TransRights #WomensSpaces
No.
Self-ID doesn’t override the Equality Act.
Single-sex services already exist in law, and decisions are made case-by-case, based on evidence — not fear.
The
#MythBuster #EqualityAct #TransRights #WomensSpaces
December 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“Self-ID would destroy women’s spaces, right?”
No.
Self-ID doesn’t override the Equality Act.
Single-sex services already exist in law, and decisions are made case-by-case, based on evidence — not fear.
The
#MythBuster #EqualityAct #TransRights #WomensSpaces
No.
Self-ID doesn’t override the Equality Act.
Single-sex services already exist in law, and decisions are made case-by-case, based on evidence — not fear.
The
#MythBuster #EqualityAct #TransRights #WomensSpaces
“Why is everyone trans now?”
Gender diversity is not new. The panic around it is.
#MythBuster #EqualityLaw #Inclusion #TransRights #HumanRights
Gender diversity is not new. The panic around it is.
#MythBuster #EqualityLaw #Inclusion #TransRights #HumanRights
December 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
“Why is everyone trans now?”
Gender diversity is not new. The panic around it is.
#MythBuster #EqualityLaw #Inclusion #TransRights #HumanRights
Gender diversity is not new. The panic around it is.
#MythBuster #EqualityLaw #Inclusion #TransRights #HumanRights
Men say they’re trans to get into women’s spaces…right?
Funny how the loudest fears rarely match the facts.
#transrights #womensrights #humanrights #nonbinaryrights #equalitylaw
Funny how the loudest fears rarely match the facts.
#transrights #womensrights #humanrights #nonbinaryrights #equalitylaw
December 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Men say they’re trans to get into women’s spaces…right?
Funny how the loudest fears rarely match the facts.
#transrights #womensrights #humanrights #nonbinaryrights #equalitylaw
Funny how the loudest fears rarely match the facts.
#transrights #womensrights #humanrights #nonbinaryrights #equalitylaw
Inclusion is lawful. Exclusion is not mandatory.
Kelly v Leonardo is one of the first post-FWS workplace-facility cases - and Tribunal held that allowing toilet access based on asserted gender identity can be a proportionate, lawful policy.
#equalityact #transrights #workplacerights
Kelly v Leonardo is one of the first post-FWS workplace-facility cases - and Tribunal held that allowing toilet access based on asserted gender identity can be a proportionate, lawful policy.
#equalityact #transrights #workplacerights
December 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Inclusion is lawful. Exclusion is not mandatory.
Kelly v Leonardo is one of the first post-FWS workplace-facility cases - and Tribunal held that allowing toilet access based on asserted gender identity can be a proportionate, lawful policy.
#equalityact #transrights #workplacerights
Kelly v Leonardo is one of the first post-FWS workplace-facility cases - and Tribunal held that allowing toilet access based on asserted gender identity can be a proportionate, lawful policy.
#equalityact #transrights #workplacerights
Talking to kids about gender doesn’t make them trans — and moments like the Girlguiding decision to exclude trans people show exactly why this myth is so dangerous.
Myth buster series research assisted by Naomi Hunter-Epson
#TransInclusion #Girlguiding #LGBTQRights #transrights #InclusionMatters
Myth buster series research assisted by Naomi Hunter-Epson
#TransInclusion #Girlguiding #LGBTQRights #transrights #InclusionMatters
December 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Talking to kids about gender doesn’t make them trans — and moments like the Girlguiding decision to exclude trans people show exactly why this myth is so dangerous.
Myth buster series research assisted by Naomi Hunter-Epson
#TransInclusion #Girlguiding #LGBTQRights #transrights #InclusionMatters
Myth buster series research assisted by Naomi Hunter-Epson
#TransInclusion #Girlguiding #LGBTQRights #transrights #InclusionMatters
THE PEGGIE JUDGMENT IS OUT + THE RESULT IS NOT HOW MEDIA IS PRESENTING IT
This case doesn’t say employers can’t allow trans women to use women’s changing rooms.
Quite the opposite: FWS doesn’t make that inherently unlawful. It all depends on context.
#EmploymentLaw #EqualityAct #WorkplaceInclusion
This case doesn’t say employers can’t allow trans women to use women’s changing rooms.
Quite the opposite: FWS doesn’t make that inherently unlawful. It all depends on context.
#EmploymentLaw #EqualityAct #WorkplaceInclusion
December 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
THE PEGGIE JUDGMENT IS OUT + THE RESULT IS NOT HOW MEDIA IS PRESENTING IT
This case doesn’t say employers can’t allow trans women to use women’s changing rooms.
Quite the opposite: FWS doesn’t make that inherently unlawful. It all depends on context.
#EmploymentLaw #EqualityAct #WorkplaceInclusion
This case doesn’t say employers can’t allow trans women to use women’s changing rooms.
Quite the opposite: FWS doesn’t make that inherently unlawful. It all depends on context.
#EmploymentLaw #EqualityAct #WorkplaceInclusion
Here I consider whether with trans claimants we can use ‘intolerance’ as something that sits next to hatred/violence, as a way of making speech or belief against trans people fall into Article 17 Convention. The ECtHR case of Ibragimov would support this.
#lecture #humarights #echr #convention
#lecture #humarights #echr #convention
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Here I consider whether with trans claimants we can use ‘intolerance’ as something that sits next to hatred/violence, as a way of making speech or belief against trans people fall into Article 17 Convention. The ECtHR case of Ibragimov would support this.
#lecture #humarights #echr #convention
#lecture #humarights #echr #convention
I spoke at the Thrive Summit on Friday about ‘dignity as a design principle’.
Also ran four roundtables on everyone’s favourite topic: toilets.
Grateful to everyone who showed up with curiosity and care. 💛
#Inclusion #DesignMatters #WorkplaceCulture #Accessibility #employment
Also ran four roundtables on everyone’s favourite topic: toilets.
Grateful to everyone who showed up with curiosity and care. 💛
#Inclusion #DesignMatters #WorkplaceCulture #Accessibility #employment
December 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I spoke at the Thrive Summit on Friday about ‘dignity as a design principle’.
Also ran four roundtables on everyone’s favourite topic: toilets.
Grateful to everyone who showed up with curiosity and care. 💛
#Inclusion #DesignMatters #WorkplaceCulture #Accessibility #employment
Also ran four roundtables on everyone’s favourite topic: toilets.
Grateful to everyone who showed up with curiosity and care. 💛
#Inclusion #DesignMatters #WorkplaceCulture #Accessibility #employment
I am honoured to be named as one of the Top 50 Diversity Power List for the Inclusive Awards this year! Here is a weird video of me falling on the floor as proof. #inclusion #diversity #fallingwithstyle
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I am honoured to be named as one of the Top 50 Diversity Power List for the Inclusive Awards this year! Here is a weird video of me falling on the floor as proof. #inclusion #diversity #fallingwithstyle
ARE JUDGES HEARING THE DOG WHISTLE?
Here I discuss how due to linguistic ‘slippage’, in many instances judges seem to be oblivious to the hidden meanings in dog whistles. Eg gender ideology = gender identity.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinary #intersex #law #lecture #humarights
Here I discuss how due to linguistic ‘slippage’, in many instances judges seem to be oblivious to the hidden meanings in dog whistles. Eg gender ideology = gender identity.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinary #intersex #law #lecture #humarights
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
ARE JUDGES HEARING THE DOG WHISTLE?
Here I discuss how due to linguistic ‘slippage’, in many instances judges seem to be oblivious to the hidden meanings in dog whistles. Eg gender ideology = gender identity.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinary #intersex #law #lecture #humarights
Here I discuss how due to linguistic ‘slippage’, in many instances judges seem to be oblivious to the hidden meanings in dog whistles. Eg gender ideology = gender identity.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinary #intersex #law #lecture #humarights
IS THE UK CONVENTION (ECHR) COMPLIANT?
Here I consider the case of Goodwin and why the GRA was enacted in the first place. Have we again relegated trans people into an intermediate zone of rights?
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
Here I consider the case of Goodwin and why the GRA was enacted in the first place. Have we again relegated trans people into an intermediate zone of rights?
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
IS THE UK CONVENTION (ECHR) COMPLIANT?
Here I consider the case of Goodwin and why the GRA was enacted in the first place. Have we again relegated trans people into an intermediate zone of rights?
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
Here I consider the case of Goodwin and why the GRA was enacted in the first place. Have we again relegated trans people into an intermediate zone of rights?
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
📢 NEW EHRC GUIDANCE: FROM EXCLUSION TO APPEARANCE POLICING
If you are concerned about this direction of travel:
👉 Write to your MP and ask them to support clear, lawful, non-discriminatory guidance.
#EHRC #EqualityAct #transrights #nonbinaryrights #intersex #InclusionMatters #law
If you are concerned about this direction of travel:
👉 Write to your MP and ask them to support clear, lawful, non-discriminatory guidance.
#EHRC #EqualityAct #transrights #nonbinaryrights #intersex #InclusionMatters #law
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM
📢 NEW EHRC GUIDANCE: FROM EXCLUSION TO APPEARANCE POLICING
If you are concerned about this direction of travel:
👉 Write to your MP and ask them to support clear, lawful, non-discriminatory guidance.
#EHRC #EqualityAct #transrights #nonbinaryrights #intersex #InclusionMatters #law
If you are concerned about this direction of travel:
👉 Write to your MP and ask them to support clear, lawful, non-discriminatory guidance.
#EHRC #EqualityAct #transrights #nonbinaryrights #intersex #InclusionMatters #law
Here I explain why non-binary is protected under ‘gender reassignment’ discrimination, though the Supreme Court did not clarify this protection.
NB: still no intersex protection in UK law which is unforgivable.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinaryrights #law #lecture
NB: still no intersex protection in UK law which is unforgivable.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinaryrights #law #lecture
November 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Here I explain why non-binary is protected under ‘gender reassignment’ discrimination, though the Supreme Court did not clarify this protection.
NB: still no intersex protection in UK law which is unforgivable.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinaryrights #law #lecture
NB: still no intersex protection in UK law which is unforgivable.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinaryrights #law #lecture
MINI LECTURE SERIES 5/10
DO TRANS RIGHTS REMAIN?
Here I note that trans people are still protected under ‘gender reassignment’ which remains largely unaffected by the FWS judgment.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
DO TRANS RIGHTS REMAIN?
Here I note that trans people are still protected under ‘gender reassignment’ which remains largely unaffected by the FWS judgment.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
MINI LECTURE SERIES 5/10
DO TRANS RIGHTS REMAIN?
Here I note that trans people are still protected under ‘gender reassignment’ which remains largely unaffected by the FWS judgment.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
DO TRANS RIGHTS REMAIN?
Here I note that trans people are still protected under ‘gender reassignment’ which remains largely unaffected by the FWS judgment.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
Excited to be speaking about ‘Creating Change in Challenging Times’ for Proud Futures in Glasgow today.
November 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Excited to be speaking about ‘Creating Change in Challenging Times’ for Proud Futures in Glasgow today.
MINI LECTURE SERIES 4/10
Here I consider the more exclusionary position adopted by certain organisations, including the EHRC, which mandates exclusion of trans people from certain spaces.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
Here I consider the more exclusionary position adopted by certain organisations, including the EHRC, which mandates exclusion of trans people from certain spaces.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
MINI LECTURE SERIES 4/10
Here I consider the more exclusionary position adopted by certain organisations, including the EHRC, which mandates exclusion of trans people from certain spaces.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
Here I consider the more exclusionary position adopted by certain organisations, including the EHRC, which mandates exclusion of trans people from certain spaces.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
MINI LECTURE SERIES 3/10
Here I consider the scope of the Supreme Court’s decision, effectively stating that in some (rare) circumstances, trans people may be excluded if justified, but are not automatically excluded.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
Here I consider the scope of the Supreme Court’s decision, effectively stating that in some (rare) circumstances, trans people may be excluded if justified, but are not automatically excluded.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
MINI LECTURE SERIES 3/10
Here I consider the scope of the Supreme Court’s decision, effectively stating that in some (rare) circumstances, trans people may be excluded if justified, but are not automatically excluded.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
Here I consider the scope of the Supreme Court’s decision, effectively stating that in some (rare) circumstances, trans people may be excluded if justified, but are not automatically excluded.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
MINI LECTURE SERIES 2/10
Here I discuss what the actual question was for the Supreme Court in the For Women Scotland case, and what they decided.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture #linguistics
Here I discuss what the actual question was for the Supreme Court in the For Women Scotland case, and what they decided.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture #linguistics
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
MINI LECTURE SERIES 2/10
Here I discuss what the actual question was for the Supreme Court in the For Women Scotland case, and what they decided.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture #linguistics
Here I discuss what the actual question was for the Supreme Court in the For Women Scotland case, and what they decided.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture #linguistics