Janet Black
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I certainly think the transphobes at Tribunal Tweets posted too much information about the individual claimants.
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I certainly think the transphobes at Tribunal Tweets posted too much information about the individual claimants.
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Oh my word. EHRC just admitted in court they were playing politics and trying to pressure a Minister.
@ganhri.bsky.social, you up? 😅
@ganhri.bsky.social, you up? 😅
57/ In his evidence, John Kirkpatrick stated the EHRC “removed” the interim update to “encourage the minister, by all means available to us”, to adopt the new draft Code.
And it is to further the strategic goal to progress that Code.
And it is to further the strategic goal to progress that Code.
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Oh my word. EHRC just admitted in court they were playing politics and trying to pressure a Minister.
@ganhri.bsky.social, you up? 😅
@ganhri.bsky.social, you up? 😅
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Right, I’m going to miss Alex Goodman’s submissions on HRA construction and incompatibility and the first hour of EHRC’s defence because I have a meeting in the morning. But I will resume my note taking in the afternoon.
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Right, I’m going to miss Alex Goodman’s submissions on HRA construction and incompatibility and the first hour of EHRC’s defence because I have a meeting in the morning. But I will resume my note taking in the afternoon.
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Context for ppl not in the know: tribunal tweets are a group of anti trans activists that sit in at court hearings gathering intelligence on details that can't be published while publishing dubiously reliable transcripts of court hearings.
Tribunal Tweets put out that they were reviewing their notes to "allow identification" of the anonymous claimants. Obviously an error – though it remained up for two hours – but perhaps highlights the wisdom of the court in refusing them permission to live tweet highly sensitive proceedings.
November 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Context for ppl not in the know: tribunal tweets are a group of anti trans activists that sit in at court hearings gathering intelligence on details that can't be published while publishing dubiously reliable transcripts of court hearings.
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The reality is that BBC was never pro trans and did the bare minimum to appear “balanced” and “impartial” and was largely hostile towards the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The reality is that BBC was never pro trans and did the bare minimum to appear “balanced” and “impartial” and was largely hostile towards the trans community.
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Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner O’Flaherty highlighted this exact problem. You can’t impose transphobia without explaining the reasoning behind it.
69/ The judge asked what the State’s justification is for the limitation of those rights.
[Comment: a million-pound question 😄]
Goodman said, “No justification has been offered by the State at this juncture.” and he is not in a position to advance one.
[Comment: a million-pound question 😄]
Goodman said, “No justification has been offered by the State at this juncture.” and he is not in a position to advance one.
November 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner O’Flaherty highlighted this exact problem. You can’t impose transphobia without explaining the reasoning behind it.
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69/ The judge asked what the State’s justification is for the limitation of those rights.
[Comment: a million-pound question 😄]
Goodman said, “No justification has been offered by the State at this juncture.” and he is not in a position to advance one.
[Comment: a million-pound question 😄]
Goodman said, “No justification has been offered by the State at this juncture.” and he is not in a position to advance one.
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
69/ The judge asked what the State’s justification is for the limitation of those rights.
[Comment: a million-pound question 😄]
Goodman said, “No justification has been offered by the State at this juncture.” and he is not in a position to advance one.
[Comment: a million-pound question 😄]
Goodman said, “No justification has been offered by the State at this juncture.” and he is not in a position to advance one.
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62/ Goodman first set out the Human Rights Act framework, which the judge is already familiar with. He then highlighted the Convention rights engaged, namely Article 8 (right to private life) and Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination).
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
62/ Goodman first set out the Human Rights Act framework, which the judge is already familiar with. He then highlighted the Convention rights engaged, namely Article 8 (right to private life) and Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination).
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60/ Counsel says it was a very odd statement, to suggest pressuring the minister by taking the guidance down. This is not a way to provide public guidance on equality and human rights. And, despite the errors, he stands by it.
November 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
60/ Counsel says it was a very odd statement, to suggest pressuring the minister by taking the guidance down. This is not a way to provide public guidance on equality and human rights. And, despite the errors, he stands by it.
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46/ The guidance mentions the risk of indirect sex discrimination against cis women.
Stilitz points out that there is also a risk of both direct and indirect discrimination affecting gender recognition, yet the guidance makes no reference to these risks, making it one-sided.
Stilitz points out that there is also a risk of both direct and indirect discrimination affecting gender recognition, yet the guidance makes no reference to these risks, making it one-sided.
November 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
46/ The guidance mentions the risk of indirect sex discrimination against cis women.
Stilitz points out that there is also a risk of both direct and indirect discrimination affecting gender recognition, yet the guidance makes no reference to these risks, making it one-sided.
Stilitz points out that there is also a risk of both direct and indirect discrimination affecting gender recognition, yet the guidance makes no reference to these risks, making it one-sided.
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43/ The judge made a witty remark that “policing toilets is beyond our common experience, perhaps it is a construct [exists solely in the heads of] those in this room.”
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
43/ The judge made a witty remark that “policing toilets is beyond our common experience, perhaps it is a construct [exists solely in the heads of] those in this room.”
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39/ Stilitz also referenced the fact that employers across the country have operated this policy for a long time without breaching health and safety legislation, criminal or otherwise, since 2011. No real sense in which women’s toilets cease to be for women simply by having trans inclusive policies.
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
39/ Stilitz also referenced the fact that employers across the country have operated this policy for a long time without breaching health and safety legislation, criminal or otherwise, since 2011. No real sense in which women’s toilets cease to be for women simply by having trans inclusive policies.
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It now seems they view equality data collection as inflexible and “biological”. I have advised organisations that this can be resolved using the Brexit restatement power.
Major news.
Police Scotland’s newly announced “sex at birth” recording policy represents a deeply regressive and discriminatory shift in policing practice. It raises profound concerns for the dignity, safety and human rights of transgender people across Scotland.
Police Scotland’s newly announced “sex at birth” recording policy represents a deeply regressive and discriminatory shift in policing practice. It raises profound concerns for the dignity, safety and human rights of transgender people across Scotland.
November 13, 2025 at 12:27 AM
It now seems they view equality data collection as inflexible and “biological”. I have advised organisations that this can be resolved using the Brexit restatement power.
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18/ Counsel therefore submits that the old Code does not express a view on the question addressed in Scottish Ministers, so the Supreme Court judgment has no bearing on the continued correctness of the old Code.
He also referred to Lord Hodge’s interview with the press.
He also referred to Lord Hodge’s interview with the press.
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
18/ Counsel therefore submits that the old Code does not express a view on the question addressed in Scottish Ministers, so the Supreme Court judgment has no bearing on the continued correctness of the old Code.
He also referred to Lord Hodge’s interview with the press.
He also referred to Lord Hodge’s interview with the press.
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13/ He says the Supreme Court did not seek to determine “whether women’s rights trump trans rights”, nor the wider policy question of whether trans people should be treated with reference to “biological sex”.
Indeed, the Supreme Court was anxious about how the judgment might be read in that way.
Indeed, the Supreme Court was anxious about how the judgment might be read in that way.
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
13/ He says the Supreme Court did not seek to determine “whether women’s rights trump trans rights”, nor the wider policy question of whether trans people should be treated with reference to “biological sex”.
Indeed, the Supreme Court was anxious about how the judgment might be read in that way.
Indeed, the Supreme Court was anxious about how the judgment might be read in that way.
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7/ Stilitz says the guidance, to an average reader, like a pub landlord or employer, concerns how different toilet access arrangements may “pan out”. And says the guidance mandate both direct and indirect discrimination against trans people.
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
7/ Stilitz says the guidance, to an average reader, like a pub landlord or employer, concerns how different toilet access arrangements may “pan out”. And says the guidance mandate both direct and indirect discrimination against trans people.
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Brainworms. 🙄
November 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Brainworms. 🙄
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Back in the studio, although the discussion was about racism, Glasman turned it about trans rights ‘activists’ and ‘single sex spaces’.
We always knew that Blue Labour was problematic, but it’s now unambiguously clear that he is the driving force behind the government’s attitude towards trans people
We always knew that Blue Labour was problematic, but it’s now unambiguously clear that he is the driving force behind the government’s attitude towards trans people
November 12, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Back in the studio, although the discussion was about racism, Glasman turned it about trans rights ‘activists’ and ‘single sex spaces’.
We always knew that Blue Labour was problematic, but it’s now unambiguously clear that he is the driving force behind the government’s attitude towards trans people
We always knew that Blue Labour was problematic, but it’s now unambiguously clear that he is the driving force behind the government’s attitude towards trans people
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Maurice Glasman, founder of Blue Labour, on Newsnight, when talking about the government:
“I don’t want it to be a progressive force, we’ve got to be a strong patriotic force”
When asked what he meant by ‘progressive’:
“It’s a way of looking at the world, where men are women..”
Now we know…
“I don’t want it to be a progressive force, we’ve got to be a strong patriotic force”
When asked what he meant by ‘progressive’:
“It’s a way of looking at the world, where men are women..”
Now we know…
November 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Maurice Glasman, founder of Blue Labour, on Newsnight, when talking about the government:
“I don’t want it to be a progressive force, we’ve got to be a strong patriotic force”
When asked what he meant by ‘progressive’:
“It’s a way of looking at the world, where men are women..”
Now we know…
“I don’t want it to be a progressive force, we’ve got to be a strong patriotic force”
When asked what he meant by ‘progressive’:
“It’s a way of looking at the world, where men are women..”
Now we know…
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Excellent thread, quality journalism. 'Leadership' at the BBC seem to conflate independence with treating all opinions as valid. Their charter states they must act in the public interest. You can't act in the public interest if you're not exposing the truth and its actual/likely consequences.
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Excellent thread, quality journalism. 'Leadership' at the BBC seem to conflate independence with treating all opinions as valid. Their charter states they must act in the public interest. You can't act in the public interest if you're not exposing the truth and its actual/likely consequences.
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So let’s make sure it’s everywhere.💥
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November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Banksy painted it. They scrubbed it off and now, they're hiding it.
So let’s make sure it’s everywhere.💥
Get or gift a t-shirt from our shop now ⬇️
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All that Q stuff about how the Democrats were all paedophiles was, in fact, a self-admission. It appears that Epstein is saying that Trump spent hours with one of his underage girls*. We knew Trump was a sexual offender but this is worse. But will it matter to the far right GOP?! Also Wolff is over.
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
All that Q stuff about how the Democrats were all paedophiles was, in fact, a self-admission. It appears that Epstein is saying that Trump spent hours with one of his underage girls*. We knew Trump was a sexual offender but this is worse. But will it matter to the far right GOP?! Also Wolff is over.
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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...
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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...
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Broadcaster and writer Afua Hirsch explaining how Tim Davie the now former BBC Director-General looked her in the eye and said Black staff supporting anti-racism “breached impartiality” www.instagram.com/reel/DQ4fxa6...
November 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Broadcaster and writer Afua Hirsch explaining how Tim Davie the now former BBC Director-General looked her in the eye and said Black staff supporting anti-racism “breached impartiality” www.instagram.com/reel/DQ4fxa6...
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Our challenge to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s interim guidance has begun in the High Court.
This is only one step in a long battle. But we’re ready to fight it.
Our team is in court and we’ll let you know as soon as the court reaches a decision.
This is only one step in a long battle. But we’re ready to fight it.
Our team is in court and we’ll let you know as soon as the court reaches a decision.
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Our challenge to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s interim guidance has begun in the High Court.
This is only one step in a long battle. But we’re ready to fight it.
Our team is in court and we’ll let you know as soon as the court reaches a decision.
This is only one step in a long battle. But we’re ready to fight it.
Our team is in court and we’ll let you know as soon as the court reaches a decision.