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Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · 23h

Hi, sorry we don't have a copy of this, and it doesn't seem to be archived (besides the page in this thread that also blocked us). It might be something to try and FOI?

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Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · 6d

We have previously reported on Wessely's harms to the disabled community transsafety.network/posts/simon-...

We stand in solidarity with disabled people and psychiatric survivors. Trans liberation cannot be won without disabled people's liberation.

Controversial professor to investigate overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence for Labour

Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk

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Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · 6d

Fonagy was involved in the feasibility research for the highly damaging Serenity Integrated Mentoring scheme that caused immense harm to psychiatrised people by criminalising mental distress stopsim.co.uk

STOPSIM

Mental Health Is Not A Crime

stopsim.co.uk

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Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · 6d

Trans Safety Network are very concerned to see that the review into supposed over diagnosis of mental ill heath and neurodivegence ordered by Wes Streeting is to be chaired by Peter Fonagy with Simon Wessely as Vice chair.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controv...

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 14d

Virgin Active call themselves an LGBTQ+ ally, but decided to ban trans people from using their changing rooms and bathrooms... so we created a new slogan for them 👀

We need to make make as much noise as possible and make Virgin Active feel the pressure.

Will you join us? 👇
goodlaw.social/d922

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 15d

Ahem the guy who invented the term "evidence based medicine" just rebuked the most prominent anti-trans health lobby group in the world www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trans health care "skeptics" lost a key ally—now they're having a meltdown

The godfather of evidence-based medicine on rejecting anti-trans "misuse" of his work.

www.motherjones.com

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 27d

We are cutting through, guys! Please do write to your MP & if you’ve already done so, please find someone else to write too 🤣

Full details of the campaign here: transactual.org.uk/blog/2025/09...

And we’ve made it easy with a template letter for constituents here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Tom Gordon
(Harrogate and Knaresborough) (LD)
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I sit on the Joint Committee on Human Rights. One of the issues concerning me is what scrutiny and accountability the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s new code of practice and guidance will have from this House. My understanding is that it will be laid before the House as a negative statutory instrument, meaning that unless the Leader of the Opposition pushes for time and scrutiny, there may be none. Will the Leader of the House outline what opportunities Members will get to scrutinise that guidance when it is published?
Lucy Powell
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I know the new guidance from the EHRC is of great interest to many Members across this House; it is something that I get many emails and correspondence about myself. A parliamentary process will sit alongside that, but I will absolutely ensure that there is appropriate time to debate and discuss these issues, which I know are important to the House.

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Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · Sep 4

Trans people would be better protected by the government protecting our right to use facilities of our lived gender than by police action against individual minor celebrities who have engaged in transphobic rhetoric.

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Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · Sep 4

As TransActual document in their recent report transactual.org.uk/impacts-of-t... since the Uk Supreme Court judgment redefining sex for the purposes of the Equality Act, there has been an increase in trans and gender nonconforming people facing harassment and assault while using public facilities.

Trans segregation in practice: – TransActual

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Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · Sep 4

the statements issued by the cabinet and senior police officials have the effect of legitimising violence against trans people.

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Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · Sep 4

TSN do not believe that transphobic violence can be solved by policing tweets, but contrasted with the hard line the UK government have taken criminalising non-violent protest in the UK,

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Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · Sep 4

Statement from Trans Safety Network on the Linehan arrest.

TSN understand Linehan's tweet to be an unambiguous call for vigilante violence against trans women in toilets. And yet senior government figures and police have jumped to find a way to make excuses for it.

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Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · Sep 3

You can complain to the BBC here www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...

You can also complain to OFCOM about them here www.ofcom.org.uk/make-a-compl...

Make A Complaint | Contact the BBC

www.bbc.co.uk

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Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · Sep 3

We encourage our supporters to write to the BBC to complain about the use of a slur against trans women in this article www.bbc.com/news/article...

This is directly written in text and is not a quotation.

Free speech laws need to be reviewed after Linehan arrest, says Streeting

The health secretary says ministers wanted police to focus on street crime rather than posts on social media.

www.bbc.com

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Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · Sep 2

Many thanks to @transactualuk.bsky.social for leading on this,

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Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · Sep 2

It is important that MPs hear directly from the people whose lives will be affected. We encourage you to use this template letter to write to your own MP, highlighting your concerns and asking them to push for proper scrutiny of the Code.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Parliamentary Scrutiny EHRC Code - Constituent Letter

TEMPLATE LETTER FOR CONSTITUENTS Remember to personalise your letter as much as you can. Tailor it to what you know of your MP’s interests. Leave out anything you feel is less relevant; and add in an...

docs.google.com

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Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · Sep 2

Read the full statement on TransActual's website here
transactual.org.uk/blog/2025/09...

Joint statement: Calling for full scrutiny, meaningful debate and a free vote for MPs when the EHRC Code of Practice is laid in Parliament – TransActual

transactual.org.uk

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Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · Sep 2

We have signed this joint letter to MPs across the UK calling for robust Parliamentary scrutiny of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) forthcoming Code of Practice on Services, Public Functions and Associations.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · Sep 1

Sex Matters has deleted his page from its website - but the internet never forgets. web.archive.org/web/20241107...

Tim Allan - Sex Matters

Trustee

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · Sep 1

Keir Starmer has appointed as his new Comms Director Tim Allan who was a board member of the hate group Sex Matters. It's no longer even pretending to adhere to its Manifesto promise to "remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance."

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Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · Sep 1

This is yet another instance of the Starmer Labour government being found to maintain deep links with senior figures in the anti-trans rights movement.

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Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · Sep 1

Breaking: The UK government run by Keir Starmer has announced in a recent shake up at Number 10, that the new government director of communications is going to be former Sex Matters trustee Tim Allan

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Keir Starmer shakes up No 10 operation with mini-reshuffle

Exclusive: Darren Jones appointed to new senior role in charge of day-to-day delivery of PM’s priorities

www.theguardian.com

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Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · Aug 21

Please get in touch with Netpol if you have been affected by police stop and search as a trans person following the interim guidance

Netpol @netpol.org · Aug 21

CALL-OUT: tells us about the trans community’s experiences of police stop and search powers since the introduction in May of new 'interim guidance' for police forces on stopping and searching trans people netpol.org/2025/08/21/c...

Placard showing the trans flag colours, with the words "Trans Rights Are Human Rights"

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Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · Jul 30

Kim Hipwell analyses the Sullivan Report for Trans Safety Network and highlights some major problems.
transsafety.network/posts/major-...

Major Problems with the Sullivan Review

Kim Hipwell analyses the Sullivan Review and highlights some key issues.

transsafety.network

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Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · Jul 22

The young people who @vrocca.bsky.social and @sasha98.bsky.social spoke to, detailed how their parents tactics became increasingly controlling and abusive the more time that they spent on Bayswater forums.

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