Jon Pike, unelected secretary of the Wish and Westbourne Labour Party, has said he is “dismayed” by the treatment of Brighton & Hove Labour Councillor Alison Thomson after she engaged with transphobic posts on social media, and said she “should not have been disciplined or forced to apologise”.
Dr Sam Hall, former Scene columnist and doctor at WellBN, has told an inquest into the death of 20-year-old trans woman Alice Litman that suicidal feelings in the trans community and young people are “devastatingly common” and that much of this is due to “non acceptance of trans identities in wider society”.
With support from NHS Sussex, the Clare Project (TCP), a registered charity run by and for trans, non-binary and intersex (TNBI) people, has introduced a new role in order to support the development of the Trans Health Public Involvement Programme.
Brighton & Hove City Council councillor Alison Thomson, of Brighton & Hove Labour Party, has apologised for engaging with transphobic posts on social media, as reported by Scene magazine.
LGBTQ+ rights charity Stonewall, Gendered Intelligence and the Institute for Constitutional and Democratic Research (ICDR) have together been granted leave to intervene in a Scottish judicial review in which the Scottish Government is challenging the UK Secretary of State for Scotland, Alister Jack MP, on the issuing of a ‘section 35’ order to block the passage of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill into law.
“Revel in your failures, roll around in them a bit, really get that stink on you so you know what it feels like.”
Scottish Trans, part of LGBTQ+ human rights charity Equality Network, have been granted permission to intervene in a legal case which is seeking to overturn the section 35 order issued by UK Secretary of State for Scotland, Alister Jack MP, which is preventing the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill from gaining royal assent and becoming law.
Big Brother legend and trans trailbrazer Nadia Almada has shared her excitement about the rebooted series and admits she wants to be involved.
The State Duma (the lower chamber of the Russian parliament) has adopted a package of amendments to the Family Code and several federal laws aimed at imposing a ban on legal gender recognition and gender-affirmative interventions.
Miss Netherlands has crowned its first ever transgender winner. Rikki Valerie Kolle, 22, won the pageant on Sunday, July 9 and will go on to compete in the Miss Universe competition in El Salvador, which takes place in December.
