Good Law Project and a number of trans and intersex individuals have today (16 May) begun a legal challenge to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) ‘Interim Update’ following the For Women Scotland Supreme Court ruling. The claimants have sent a formal letter under the Pre Action Protocol for Judicial Review, which asks for a response […]
Councillor Bella Sankey, leader of Brighton & Hove City Council, has published a statement after anti-trans rights activists won their JK Rowling-funded Supreme Court challenge over the definition of a woman, which will affect the lives of trans women across the UK. Backed financially by the Harry Potter author, who’s now known for spouting controversial […]
Lush Cosmetics has launched its ‘Liberation’ bathbomb to raise funds for pro-trans organisations, including TransActual, My Genderation and TENI. On its website, Lush says: “Celebrate trans lives and stand up for trans rights with this luxurious liberating bath bomb. Layered in the pink, blue and white of the trans flag, and scented with our beloved […]
Dr Victoria McCloud, the UK’s only trans judge, is planning to take the government to the European Court of Human Rights over the Supreme Court‘s anti-trans ruling on biological sex. Dr McCloud, who came out as trans in her twenties, said the court had failed to consider human rights arguments that would have been put […]
An appeal in the Supreme Court threatens to put trans rights back 20 years, according to Good Law Project, which is supporting a pioneering trans rights campaigner Professor Stephen Whittle and Dr Victoria McCloud – the first trans judge in the UK – to intervene, so that trans people’s experiences will be heard. Before Stephen […]
“I am deeply concerned about increased bias-motivated incidents of harassment, threats, and violence against LGBTQ+ people, including a rampant surge in hate crimes in the UK,” said Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, who visited the UK from 24 April to 5 May 2023.
GLAAD has found that 59% of LGBTQ+ Americans have experienced discrimination within the past year, compared to less than 50% in 2020.
US vice-president, Kamala Harris, marched at Capitol Pride in Washington DC.
Joe Biden vowed to make the Pulse nightclub a national memorial as he commemorated the 5th anniversary of the attack.
Barack Obama said the wave of anti-trans bills sweeping the US is ‘heartbreaking’.
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Meet Leslie: The New Chapter for Scene and the Pride Community FoundationTuesday April 29, 2025
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United in Pride launches, bridging the two weeks between Trans Pride Brighton and Brighton & Hove PrideTuesday April 8, 2025
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Brighton & Hove City Council flying trans flags from Hove and Brighton town halls in honour of Trans Day of VisibilityMonday March 31, 2025
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