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and healthcare professionals to identify and prioritise non-surgical transition-related healthcare questions for future research. Answer the survey at bit.ly/3MrdMNr. More information at wp.lancs.ac.uk/transadultspsp

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Help shape future transition-related healthcare research! This Priority Setting Partnership, delivered by@lancasteruni.bsky.social and funded by @genderedintelligence.co.uk, works with trans, non-binary & gender diverse communities

Publicly funded gender-affirming care is great for the economy A new study in Australia has found that increasing public funding for gender-affirming care could save the government millions.

Publicly funded gender-affirming care is great for the economy, says new study
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/12/gender-affirming-care-economy-benefits/?utm_content=1770913653&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.

NHS closed Tavistock over trans care concerns – there were just eight complaints

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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

I am lost for words.

Maybe I should make some up (for the the benefit of those following the US Republican Senator's wisdom).

Funding surgery and hormones for trans people can save Medicare millions: new research Until now, we haven’t had research that tracks how accessing hormones or surgeries affects how much trans people use mental health services and medications.

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Meanwhile the NHS has waiting lists running to decades and those registered wait without any support or care.

The proposed 'Wait Well' program cannot come soon enough, though self evidently cutting wait times must be the actual solution

Former Sex Matters board member for reference.

'Conversion therapy' survivors share their traumatic experiences Survivors of so-called 'conversion therapy' have opened up about how the harmful practices has impacted their lives.

You cannot change someone's sense of self, you can only break it.

1984 was intended to be a warning not an instruction manual.

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EHRC single-sex spaces guidance being adapted under ‘constructive’ new chair Exclusive: Hope is that pragmatic approach could soften court ruling’s impact on trans people and businesses

It is nowhere close to what's required to achieve equality and equity but at trans people are not considered to be expendable.

One solution is to provide separate facilities for those that do not want to share with trans people.

This is your problem, not mine

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Trans ex-Space Force colonel flooded with donations after Congress campaign launch Bree Fram, a former Space Force Colonel, has raised over $100,000 in just 24 hours as part of her campaign for a Congressional seat.

Trans Space Force colonel forced out by Trump flooded with donations after Congress campaign launch https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/01/23/trans-space-force-colonel-raises-campaign-funds/?utm_content=1769500800&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Graphic commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day, with an image of a lit candle of remembrance on a black background. Text in white reads: Bridging Generations: remember, learn, and build a better future Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE169GQ

On Holocaust Memorial Day we remember those murdered during the Holocaust and all genocides.

#HMD2026 #HolocaustMemorialDay

Social media ban is "reactionary measure" that will harm LGBTQIA+ youth, campaigners warn It would disproportionately affect LGBTQIA+ young people, who rely more heavily on the platforms to connect with other queer people

It would disproportionately affect LGBTQIA+ young people, who rely more heavily on the platforms to connect with other queer people

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Whilst the Charity Commission may be saying charities can wait, when faced with lawfare by opponents with limitless resources charities have a simple decision, fold their hand or do the right thing by the members they have said they will support and bankrupt themselves.

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One cannot say in private I will apologise unreservedly but then when asked say "No, no".

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Cambridge student: I was barred from pub over my views on gender Thea Sewell, who founded a university society admitting only biological women, is considering legal action against the pub in what may become a test case

"No single sex groups. No hen parties. No stag nights."

I've seen the signs. The venue has an obligation to maintain 'the peace' and can exclude anyone likely to breech this duty otherwise it can lose its licence

(Read with paywall)

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Police hunt for man after woman filmed while using toilets at shopping centre Police investigating incident at shopping centre in Fareham release photo of man in public appeal

NOT A TRANS WOMAN

Trans women are not the threat you are looking for.

Didn't need to shave, take hormones or put on a dress.

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Sex Matters are lobbying the Council of Europe to allow conversion therapy

If you are able please follow this link to lobby MEPs to ban this hate fuelled practice. It takes just 10s.

Your gender and sexual preferences are no business of anyone else.

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Green Party in trans legal row over ‘fairy’ pronouns Former co-chair of women’s committee sues party for discrimination after being suspended and expelled for her gender-critical views

Green Party in trans legal row over ‘fairy’ pronouns

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When does free speech become hate speech. When does expression of one's belief on your own time become an attack on the organisation one is affiliated to.

"Totally heartbreaking": Major Pride organization abruptly announces closure - LGBTQ Nation Community members are angry that the board has not explained why.

Tuscon Pride has gone the way of Manchester Pride amidst money issues. Perhaps this reflects the way in which the joy of Pride festivals has been eroded in recent years by societal changes. Perhaps Pride should return to protest in these changing times.

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'Blanket rule' for trans prisoners would violate rights, ministers to argue - BBC News The Scottish government is being challenged in court by the campaign group For Women Scotland.

Trans men are where the gender critical debate falls on its face. If trans women are biological men playing dress up to access women's spaces to harass biological women, where do trans men fit into that argument?
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US officially exits World Health Organization, accusing agency of straying 'from its core mission' The U.S. has officially completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, HHS and the Department of State announced on Thursday.

The long-term consequences for global health could be immense. The short-term consequences for many Americans will be a further gradual worsening of health for the poor and middle earners.

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Bree Fram, the retired Space Force Col. who was forced out of the military in December 2025 under the Trump administration’s ban on transgender service members, announced in a 20 January post to her Instagram that she’s running for Congress.

Breaking

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Government drops plans for mandatory digital ID to work in UK There will still be digital checks on those starting a new job, but people will not need to hold a digital ID.

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Darren Jones, the minister responsible for rolling out the policy, said it would be a "route to the digital transformation of customer-facing public services".

I'm really not sure what that is supposed to mean. It could be twisted to mean anything

I too understand the frustration when nothing seems to be changing, but it is, just very, very slowly.

Some people view trans people as terrorists. Actually being labelled terrorists will mean any protest becomes illegal. It would be a gift for the GCs: "Told you so".

A spray paint slogan that says "my gender is not yours to decide"

Spray painted on the wall at the Brussels' Court of Justice.
Where are trans, nonbinary and intersex people not under threat?

How can someone say they want to keep a space only for a single biological sex not be anti-trans? The proof of their intention would be to ask if they would allow hypermasculine trans men into that space.

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Did anyone anticipate a time that the news headline of the day would place the US President, the Gaza Conflict and Trans Issues side by side as reasons for the resignation of the BBC's Director General and CEO of News?

James Watson, who co-discovered DNA double helix, dies at 97 Scientist helped break new ground in study of genetics, but later caused outcry with promotion of racist ideas.

Let's please also acknowledge Rosalind Franklin, the brilliant chemist who carried out the bulk of the X-Ray crystallography which provided the data from which Crick and Watson deduced the DNA structure.

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