Rachel Walters
@rachel-walters.bsky.social
Grandparent. Lowland SAR, walker, advocate, researcher. Just trying to do my bit.
I wrote to Phillipson today, don't know if it'll make a difference, but you gotta try.
December 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I wrote to Phillipson today, don't know if it'll make a difference, but you gotta try.
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Worked hard to get this into Guardian Oz & big props to @fiercemum.bsky.social for setting it up & Melissa Davey for publishing it. She will doubtless get loads of hassle from transphobes for it, but it needs to be out there.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
Puberty blocker bans in Queensland and NZ risk extreme harm to trans youth, UK expert warns
Sociologist who surveyed effect of 2024 UK ban says denial of gender-affirming care has left trans and non-binary children in ‘abject misery and severe distress’
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Worked hard to get this into Guardian Oz & big props to @fiercemum.bsky.social for setting it up & Melissa Davey for publishing it. She will doubtless get loads of hassle from transphobes for it, but it needs to be out there.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
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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
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“media literacy shouldn’t just be a side topic but treated as civic infrastructure”.
The teaching of it a type of “psychological inoculation”.
In Finland journalists impart this wisdom.
Can’t see this working in the UK when so much of our media relies on its ability to misinform ignorant people.
The teaching of it a type of “psychological inoculation”.
In Finland journalists impart this wisdom.
Can’t see this working in the UK when so much of our media relies on its ability to misinform ignorant people.
Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
Teaching when to trust
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge
newhumanist.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 6:56 AM
“media literacy shouldn’t just be a side topic but treated as civic infrastructure”.
The teaching of it a type of “psychological inoculation”.
In Finland journalists impart this wisdom.
Can’t see this working in the UK when so much of our media relies on its ability to misinform ignorant people.
The teaching of it a type of “psychological inoculation”.
In Finland journalists impart this wisdom.
Can’t see this working in the UK when so much of our media relies on its ability to misinform ignorant people.
May I suggest this be highlighted to all employers and service providers.
translucent.org.uk/toilets-chan...
translucent.org.uk/toilets-chan...
Toilets, Changing Rooms and Showers In Workplaces and Service-delivery Locations - TransLucent
Toilets, Changing Rooms and Showers In Workplaces and Service-delivery Locations discusses legal rights to facilities access under the Equality Act 2010.
translucent.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
May I suggest this be highlighted to all employers and service providers.
translucent.org.uk/toilets-chan...
translucent.org.uk/toilets-chan...
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Draft Guidance on Toilets and Changing Rooms OUT for consultation.
No, not THAT guidance - but mine.
I got fed up with waiting for this government to get on with the guidance that’s really needed especially after the Kelly and Peggy cases.
translucent.org.uk/toilets-chan...
No, not THAT guidance - but mine.
I got fed up with waiting for this government to get on with the guidance that’s really needed especially after the Kelly and Peggy cases.
translucent.org.uk/toilets-chan...
Toilets, Changing Rooms and Showers In Workplaces and Service-delivery Locations - TransLucent
Toilets, Changing Rooms and Showers In Workplaces and Service-delivery Locations discusses legal rights to facilities access under the Equality Act 2010.
translucent.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Draft Guidance on Toilets and Changing Rooms OUT for consultation.
No, not THAT guidance - but mine.
I got fed up with waiting for this government to get on with the guidance that’s really needed especially after the Kelly and Peggy cases.
translucent.org.uk/toilets-chan...
No, not THAT guidance - but mine.
I got fed up with waiting for this government to get on with the guidance that’s really needed especially after the Kelly and Peggy cases.
translucent.org.uk/toilets-chan...
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So, Laura Kuenssberg's introduction to her interview with Mary-Ann Stephenson is just hideous.
Let me count the ways. 🧵
Let me count the ways. 🧵
December 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
So, Laura Kuenssberg's introduction to her interview with Mary-Ann Stephenson is just hideous.
Let me count the ways. 🧵
Let me count the ways. 🧵
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The fact that speaking up for what is right, including trans people’s human rights, is detrimental to a journalist’s career is a huge indictment of media news in the UK.
December 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The fact that speaking up for what is right, including trans people’s human rights, is detrimental to a journalist’s career is a huge indictment of media news in the UK.
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Expected.
Appeals can be gifts. Forces the GC to move out of their comfort zone into a court where the only question is: “what does the law actually require?”
Used properly, we can lock in some very useful appellate-level holdings that will haunt them in every future “bathroom ban” scare story.
Appeals can be gifts. Forces the GC to move out of their comfort zone into a court where the only question is: “what does the law actually require?”
Used properly, we can lock in some very useful appellate-level holdings that will haunt them in every future “bathroom ban” scare story.
December 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Expected.
Appeals can be gifts. Forces the GC to move out of their comfort zone into a court where the only question is: “what does the law actually require?”
Used properly, we can lock in some very useful appellate-level holdings that will haunt them in every future “bathroom ban” scare story.
Appeals can be gifts. Forces the GC to move out of their comfort zone into a court where the only question is: “what does the law actually require?”
Used properly, we can lock in some very useful appellate-level holdings that will haunt them in every future “bathroom ban” scare story.
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1/ You wouldn’t know it from the coverage, but two recent employment tribunal rulings have vindicated those of us who have said from the start that the Supreme Court judgment did not require the automatic exclusion of trans people from single-sex toilets and changing rooms. 🧵
December 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
1/ You wouldn’t know it from the coverage, but two recent employment tribunal rulings have vindicated those of us who have said from the start that the Supreme Court judgment did not require the automatic exclusion of trans people from single-sex toilets and changing rooms. 🧵
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Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
December 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
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Remember: the EHRC's Interim Guidance, and we understand the draft statutory guidance too, recommended a trans bathroom ban. Two tribunals have now disagreed.
This is the second decision - both first instance - since the appalling For (Some) Women Scotland decision to find that there is no trans bathroom ban. www.gov.uk/employment-t...
B M Kelly v Leonardo UK Ltd: 8001497/2024
Employment Tribunal decision.
www.gov.uk
December 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Remember: the EHRC's Interim Guidance, and we understand the draft statutory guidance too, recommended a trans bathroom ban. Two tribunals have now disagreed.
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HR departments countrywide need to start treating gendercrit employees as potentially hostile. As soon as you are required to interact with one, you dust off the rulebook, you dot every eye and cross every t, and you assume bad faith at every turn.
They are a threat to every organisation.
They are a threat to every organisation.
December 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
HR departments countrywide need to start treating gendercrit employees as potentially hostile. As soon as you are required to interact with one, you dust off the rulebook, you dot every eye and cross every t, and you assume bad faith at every turn.
They are a threat to every organisation.
They are a threat to every organisation.
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Also worth noting, the Tribunal found that Sandie Peggie had harassed Dr Beth Upton in a "hate incident".
December 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Also worth noting, the Tribunal found that Sandie Peggie had harassed Dr Beth Upton in a "hate incident".
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The BBC is on crack. They're suggesting that the Peggie case means 'big changes to how employers have to act.'
At this stage it is beyond lazy journalism, it's anti-trans activism with a catchy theme tune
At this stage it is beyond lazy journalism, it's anti-trans activism with a catchy theme tune
December 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The BBC is on crack. They're suggesting that the Peggie case means 'big changes to how employers have to act.'
At this stage it is beyond lazy journalism, it's anti-trans activism with a catchy theme tune
At this stage it is beyond lazy journalism, it's anti-trans activism with a catchy theme tune
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They keep saying their trying to find a compromise between the SC ruling and being inclusive while forgetting that their the government and they could simply change the law to say "The definition of Women in the Equality Act includes Trans Women" as the court only interprets current law
December 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
They keep saying their trying to find a compromise between the SC ruling and being inclusive while forgetting that their the government and they could simply change the law to say "The definition of Women in the Equality Act includes Trans Women" as the court only interprets current law
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Interesting how Philipson has kicked the EHRC review into the long grass, yet utilises the SC ruling to ban trans women from the Labour Women's Conference.
Almost like she's a raving terf, realises the EHRC are on rocky ground, but still wants to ban transes.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Almost like she's a raving terf, realises the EHRC are on rocky ground, but still wants to ban transes.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Trans women to be barred from main Labour women’s conference in 2026
All delegates will be able to attend fringe programme as party tries to find compromise while complying with supreme court ruling on gender
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Interesting how Philipson has kicked the EHRC review into the long grass, yet utilises the SC ruling to ban trans women from the Labour Women's Conference.
Almost like she's a raving terf, realises the EHRC are on rocky ground, but still wants to ban transes.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Almost like she's a raving terf, realises the EHRC are on rocky ground, but still wants to ban transes.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Mental health organizations in the UK are now warning that the transphobic EHRC “guidance” and “Supreme” court misjudgment pose a mental health risk to trans people.
Rules on single-sex spaces pose risk to trans people’s mental health, UK charities say
Fifteen organisations sign letter expressing deep concern over EHRC guidance being considered by ministers
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Mental health organizations in the UK are now warning that the transphobic EHRC “guidance” and “Supreme” court misjudgment pose a mental health risk to trans people.
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Laws are for little people.
December 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Laws are for little people.
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Check out our latest podcast episode!
New Podcast Episode: Dodge, Delay and Spin
In this Episode:
Leaked EHRC guidance
The PATHWAYS Trial
The Levy Review
And more
Check it out here:
whatthetrans.com/p145/
In this Episode:
Leaked EHRC guidance
The PATHWAYS Trial
The Levy Review
And more
Check it out here:
whatthetrans.com/p145/
December 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Check out our latest podcast episode!
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It's Monday, which means it's another 5 day slide down the British politics cheese grater.
December 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
It's Monday, which means it's another 5 day slide down the British politics cheese grater.
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MPs used to post regularly about mental health. It was an easy win for them to post about bland, uncontroversial things that people won’t disagree with but which made them appear caring & engaged.
They stopped doing this when I revealed Labour’s transphobic policies and the harm they are causing.
They stopped doing this when I revealed Labour’s transphobic policies and the harm they are causing.
December 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
MPs used to post regularly about mental health. It was an easy win for them to post about bland, uncontroversial things that people won’t disagree with but which made them appear caring & engaged.
They stopped doing this when I revealed Labour’s transphobic policies and the harm they are causing.
They stopped doing this when I revealed Labour’s transphobic policies and the harm they are causing.
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New EHRC Board meeting minutes are finally up.
These are from May 🫠🫠🫠
www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/defaul...
These are from May 🫠🫠🫠
www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/defaul...
www.equalityhumanrights.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
New EHRC Board meeting minutes are finally up.
These are from May 🫠🫠🫠
www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/defaul...
These are from May 🫠🫠🫠
www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/defaul...
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Men are on ave stronger, faster & have more endurance because men on ave have less fat mass & more muscle mass & 15% more hemoglobin. Fat & muscle mass & hemoglobin levels are all controlled by hormones levels. For example the 15% hemoglobin levels reduces to F norms in 3 months.
FACT-Fact- Table tennis doesn’t regulate the height of table tennis players.
The difference between the shortest woman and tallest woman will be measured in feet. The global height difference is only a few inches.
No sport discriminates on height.
Height is a tolerable advantage!!!
The difference between the shortest woman and tallest woman will be measured in feet. The global height difference is only a few inches.
No sport discriminates on height.
Height is a tolerable advantage!!!
December 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Men are on ave stronger, faster & have more endurance because men on ave have less fat mass & more muscle mass & 15% more hemoglobin. Fat & muscle mass & hemoglobin levels are all controlled by hormones levels. For example the 15% hemoglobin levels reduces to F norms in 3 months.