JK Rowling attends the premiere of “Finding the Way Home” at Hudson Yards on 11 December 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic) Organisers of a New Zealand book festival have dropped a Harry Potter quiz from the event over JK Rowling’s trans views, saying they want the festival to be a “welcoming
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The UK’s equality watchdog said Maya Forstater’s ‘gender critical’ views are protected by equalities law. (Barney Cokeliss/@BCokeliss) The UK’s equality watchdog thinks that people with anti-trans “gender critical” views should be protected by equalities law. “We think that a ‘gender critical’ belief that ‘trans women are men and trans men are women’ is a philosophical
English actor Robert Webb in 2017. (YANN COATSALIOU/AFP via Getty Images) Robert Webb has claimed it is impossible to say “anything even remotely reasonable” about trans issues without facing “defamation and abuse”. The Peep Show star faced criticism from the LGBT+ community when he expressed solidarity with anti-trans commentator Janice Turner in 2018. In the since-deleted tweet, Robert
2019’s Trans Pride march in Dundee, Scotland (Stewart Kirby/SOPA Images/LightRocket/ Getty) “Serious concerns” about hostile attitudes towards human rights in the UK, including the government’s failure to reform gender recognition laws and “transphobic fear-mongering”, have been raised by international human rights group Amnesty International. The stark rebuke of the British government comes in Amnesty’s annual
Mildred Loic, also known as Shakiro, one of the trans women currently held in jail (Facebook/ Shakiro) Two trans women in the central African country of Cameroon are facing five years in prison on charges of “attempted homosexuality”. Mildred Loic and Moute Rolland were arrested for wearing women’s clothes in the country’s largest city, Douala,
Piers Morgan has quit Good Morning Britain. (Getty/ Indigo/ Max Mumby) Piers Morgan has “decided” to leave Good Morning Britain following his “diabolical” comments about Meghan Markle. On Monday’s (8 March) episode of Good Morning Britain, the day after Meghan Markle‘s interview with Oprah Winfrey aired on ITV, Morgan declared he did not “believe a
Jess Glynne has apologised for using a transphobic slur. (Getty) Jess Glynne has apologised for using a transphobic slur in a wildly offensive anecdote about a trans strip club. The singer was widely condemned for speaking the word “tranny” and using a trans strip club as the punchline in an anti-queer anecdote. Appearing on The
Kemi Badenoch, minister for equalities and Saffron Walden MP. (Chris McAndrew/Official portrait of Kemi Badenoch) LGBT+ advocates are “alarmed” by the revelation that Conservative equalities minister Kemi Badenoch met with anti-trans hate group LGB Alliance last summer. The under-fire Tory MP had an “introductory meeting” with the LGB Alliance on 13 July, 2020, according to
Michael Sheen questioned the Salvation Army on its LGBT+ policies (Dominik Bindl/Getty) The actor Michael Sheen confronted the Salvation Army on its notoriously anti-trans reputation after his recent donation was criticised by several LGBT+ fans. The Good Omens star announced on Sunday (30 January) that he had sponsored Skewen Temple, a branch of the Salvation
Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has condemned transphobia, saying it should be treated with “zero tolerance”. (Getty/ Andrew Milligan – WPA Pool) SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has strongly condemned transphobia in a “message from the heart”, insisting it is “vital to speak up for what is right and against injustice”. Sturgeon posted a video to
Mike Tyson (L) and Boosie Badazz. (Screen captures via YouTube) Apparently, Mike Tyson isn’t the only punching powerhouse in the family – he had to stop his daughter from knocking out a transphobic rapper who appeared on his podcast. Indeed, Tyson’s daughter flew from New York City to Los Angeles, California, to confront Boosie Badazz
Melanie Dawes, the head of UK communications regulator Ofcom (Civil Service/Open Government Licence) The head of UK communications regulator Ofcom has said it is “extremely inappropriate” for broadcasters to seek to “balance” appearances by transgender people with activists from anti-trans pressure groups. Ofcom chief executive Melanie Dawes made the comments before parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media
Graham Linehan was permanently banned from Twitter after a sustained anti-trans crusade. (Rob Monk/Edge Magazine/Getty) Graham Linehan, who was removed from Twitter for hateful conduct, returned to the platform by pretending to be a trans person. Graham Linehan was been permanently banned from Twitter in June this year for repeatedly violating the social media platform’s
Anti-trans pressure group For Women Scotland. (For Women Scotland/ Instagram) A judge at Scotland’s highest civil court has fixed dates for proceedings concerning whether a government plan to expand the legal definition of women to include trans women is “lawful”. Scottish supreme court judge Lady Wise arranged for a two-day judicial review to take place
Norwegian flag (Gonzales Photo/Stian S. Moller/PYMCA/Avalon/Universal Images Group/Getty) Norway has banned hate speech against bisexual and trans people in a landmark change to its penal code. Gay men and lesbians have been protected from hate speech under Norway’s laws since 1981, with those found guilty facing up to one year in prison or a fine
Inside Happy Maki Brighton, where 10 employees quit over owner Anna MacDonald’s “transphobic” and “biphobic” beliefs. (Google Maps) Staff at vegan sushi bar Happy Maki in Brighton have walked out after it emerged the owner said transgender people are “influenced by spirits”. At least 10 workers have quit en masse – half the workforce of
Baroness Nicholson. (UK Parliament, cropped. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) Anti-trans Tory peer Baroness Nicholson claims it’s “very dangerous” that the BBC explained what pronouns are to children. On International Pronouns Day, BBC Bitesize – the public-service broadcaster’s free online study support resource for UK pupils – tweeted a cartoon of three teenagers in a changing room, each with
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in Cleveland, Ohio, the day after the first presidential debate between him and Donald Trump. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Joe Biden condemned Donald Trump for turning a “blind eye” towards the violence inflicted on trans women of colour in a speech at an LGBT+ event. In his pre-recorded comments, which were
Fox News host Tucker Carlson is seething after Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s apology for referring to sexuality as “sexual preference”. At her Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday (13 October), conservative Supreme Court nominee insisted she has never discriminated against LGBT+ people based on “sexual preference” after being challenged over her ties to anti-LGBT+
Viktoria Basakovskaya was allegedly strangled to death by her ex-boyfriend in Siberia, Russia. (Screen capture via YouTube) A police officer in Novosibirsk, Russia has confessed to killing his missing ex-girlfriend, a 24-year-old trans woman, after leading the charge to find her. The body of Viktoria Basakovskaya was found in the southern village of Burmistrovo and showed
Maria Paola Gaglione (R) died in a motorcycle accident after her brother, enraged she was marrying a trans man Ciro Migloiore (L), tailed her. (Facebook) A trans man was seriously injured and his fiancé, a cisgender woman, tragically slain by her transphobic brother who wanted to “teach her” a lesson. Maria Paola Gaglione, 22, was
Igor Dzaic, who is standing as a “common sense” candidate in a Windsor City Council by-election, blamed “bad judgement” for his tweets Local election candidate Igor Dzaic in Windsor, Ontario, has attempted to distance himself from resurfaced tweets in which he insisted only straight people with kids should lead political parties. Dzaic, who is standing
JK Rowling at a human rights awards ceremony in New York, December 12, 2019. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) JK Rowling found herself on the receiving end of a severe backlash – again – after an early review revealed that her new book features a cis male serial killer who likes to dress as a woman. Troubled Blood,
Anti-Trump YouTube star Randy Rainbow has sought to address his problematic past, in his first new video since being called out with racist and transphobic tweets. The Emmy-nominated internet comedian, who has earned a large following through musical theatre parodies mocking the Trump administration, apologised in August for dozens of resurfaced tweets from 2010 and
A proposed new law would legally erase the existence of trans people in Vladimir Putin’s Russia (Getty) Russia could be set to follow in the footsteps of Hungary with a proposed law that would legally erase transgender people. Proposed amendments to Russia’s Family Code, put forward by anti-LGBT+ lawmaker Yelena Mizulinam, would legally bar transgender
JK Rowling arrives at the RFK Ripple of Hope Awards at New York Hilton Midtown on December 12, 2019 in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty) Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark has claimed that JK Rowling is being unfairly “cancelled” because of her views on trans issues. The journalist made the comments in an interview with –
A father in a southern England town assailed his own 15-year-old son – humiliating him and whipping him with a television cable – all because he joined Grindr. Courts in Plymouth heard how the father launched into a brutal display of dominance against his own child as he lashing he son 20 times while calling
AJ Nesbitt is an 11-year-old trans girl, and actor and an author. (Nesbitt family) Trans girl AJ Nesbitt, who bravely came out to her classmates at six years old, is sharing her inspirational story with the world, becoming a published author aged 11. AJ Nesbitt’s mother began realising she was trans when she was three
A woman was convicted for hurling transphobic abuse on Southend seafront (John Keeble/Getty) A 23-year-old woman has admitted in court to spewing “disgusting” transphobic abuse at another woman as she walked along an English seafront. Annabel Forbes was accused of hurling anti-trans insults at a woman on the Eastern Esplanade in Southend, Essex, at around
Samson Tequir. (Facebook) In the latest flare-up amid the Black Lives Matter protests continuing to seize major US cities, a Black trans man was left with his jaw and eye socket shattered after two men brutally beat him up. Samson Tequir, 30, who helps organise demonstrations in Rochester, New York, was assailed last Friday afternoon