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LGBT+ Lib Dems back calls from Lib Dem MPs to propose amendments to the Equality Act that protect trans rights, and ensure that trans people have a voice in that process. Lib Dem MP Marie Goldman is right when she says trans rights and women's rights are not in competition. This has to be agreed cross-party, so please contact your MP and back the Lib Dems in asking for amendments to protect trans rights now.

Dear Minister for Women and Equalities, Re: Ongoing practical implications of last year's Supreme Court ruling Following the recent High Court decision concerning the challenge brought by the Good Law Project to EHRC interim guidance, I am writing to express my disappointment at the continued uncertainty surrounding the practical implications of last year’s Supreme Court ruling. While the Court has ruled on the question of standing in this case, it is clear that the wider issues remain far from settled. Trans, non-binary and intersex people continue to face profound anxiety about what these developments mean for their daily lives. Meanwhile, employers, service providers and public bodies tell us they still lack clear, workable direction about their responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010. This persistent uncertainty benefits no one. It risks leaving trans or gender non-conforming people worried about being excluded from facilities they have used for years, and organisations exposed to confusion, legal risk and unnecessary cost. You have repeatedly stated that trans people remain protected from discrimination. Without clear guidance, however, that statement offers little reassurance to those directly affected.

I urge you to bring forward new, workable, and inclusive guidance as a matter of urgency, and to lay any new EHRC code of practice before Parliament so it can be properly scrutinised and debated. There must be a rigorous democratic process, including a free vote, to assess whether the proposals genuinely ensure dignity, safety and inclusion for trans people while upholding the rights of women. I also urge you to appoint a joint committee of cross-party MPs and peers to conduct post-legislative scrutiny of both the Gender Recognition Act and the Equality Act 2010, takinh evidence from communities who have been impacted including trans people, which will propose any amendments or new legislation it sees as necessary to ensure existing rights are protected. The Liberal Democrats are clear that everyone deserves to feel safe, respected and free to be who they are. Protecting the rights of women and ensuring dignity and inclusion for trans people are not competing objectives; both are essential to a fair society. Your Department must now provide leadership and certainty to achieve that balance. I would welcome an update on your timetable for publishing revised guidance and laying it before Parliament, and would be grateful for the opportunity to meet to discuss these matters further. Yours sincerely, Marie Goldman MP, Liberal Democrats Spokesperson for Women and Equalities.

Trans rights and women's rights are not and never have been in competition. Thank you to Marie Goldman for this excellent letter and your work on this.

“International Women’s Day” ending up on the only 23 hour day of the year.

They'll just get them online, their parents medicine cabinet, or friends. They aren't going to stop access, only safe access to hormones. Trans people have been getting access to hormones via nonmedical pathways for over half a century.

The sight of men harassing and attacking a woman in the name of defending women and children is sickening.

As @sophiemolly.co.uk put it, The Rowling Tax.

Incredibly normal to be banging on the door of the Quakers repeatedly but allowing literal organisations such as Britain first to stalk homes of refugees and domestic violence survivors every weekend.

Totally normal is this government. Not worried at all.

Me with my abstract painting (105) at The Harris open exhibition. The painting is titled Letting Go.

Have you tried turning her off and on again 🤣

* We got lucky and only had to wait 10 mins at the Indian restaurant. It was so good. We ended up in food comas. I've promised to take my other girlfriend there. She is also the cutest.

How the gays starve:
Decide to go out for food but didn't book a restaurant on Valentine's Day*
Instead of getting ready, spend ages kissing and arguing about who is the cutest. She clearly is and needs to just accept that.

Help! My catgirl girlfriend woke up and started barking. I think it's broken. What should I do?

Even the superheroes are inadequate these days

this isn't the Santa Clause / Tool Man HYYUYRP guy btw it's a different guy

a GC guy Starmer hired to be his director of communications, knowing he was a GC man and tied to Mandleson and a founding member of the anti-trans hate group "Sex Matters"

OH LOOK, GCs ONCE AGAIN TIED TO MANDLESON AND ABUSE!

Tim Allen was part of Sex Matters, for those who don't know. A board member.

This is far too accurate 🤣
I love my partners but scheduling time that works with everyone and making sure the one you've not seen in a while still feels loved can be a challenge at times.

This week can we please commit to at least having 2-3 days of gloating before being hectored by the "the next one will be even worse" brigade. We know.

McSweeney goes - but ​​Josh Simons in the frame over targeting journalists Cabinet Office minister hired a PR firm to investigate journalists. His explanation is bewildering - and begs one big question. How can Starmer keep him on?

When he ran Labour Together, Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons hired a PR firm to investigate journalists

After our revelations, and a flurry of news stories, Simons finally gave his side of the story

But it doesn't seem to tally with the facts... 🧵

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/mcsweeney-...

A guardian headline reading “England and Wales brace for downpours with more than 200 active flood alerts” The headline is accompanied by a picture of a wet supermarket car park.

Why is nobody asking if “severe” rain is over diagnosed when it is part of natural weather variation? Instead of flood warnings, people should be helped to find dignity through labour with a compassionate approach to getting those in a temporarily submerged lifestyle back into the workforce.

The metallic paint and glitter change how it looks based on where you view it.

Yesterday I dropped off one of my abstract paintings at The Harris, Preston for the open exhibition that runs from 21st February - 3rd May. I'm really excited for everyone to see my painting. It looks so much better in person. You'll be able to see all the little details that are hard to photograph.

Screenshot from Sept 2025 when Dancey’s LinkedIn profile showed that he worked as a Political Assistant to Peter Mandelson from 2001 to 2004.

Today’s screenshot shows he was a Political Assistant from 2001 to 2004, but Mandelson’s name has been removed.

Then and now:
Joe Dancey’s Linkedin profile on 18 Sept 2025 and today.
Spot the difference!

[Dancey is Wes Streeting’s partner]

crazy that basically every person complaining about "woke overreach" over the last 12 years is also in the epstein emails being like "thanks for the pussy, jeff ;)"

if they ever make a Bayonetta remaster they should call it Bayonetta Remistressed

Referring to the people you rule over as “the customers“ is just too on the nose man come on

Palantir uses medical records to target people for ICE in the US – will the UK be next? | Good Law Project Deadly ICE raids in the US rely on Palantir tools that mine health records to produce real-time data on people’s location – a chilling prospect for the NHS

Wes Streeting giving Palentir our NHS data could be giving Farage the tools to do in the UK what ICE is doing in the US.

Trans people warned you the haters wouldn’t stop at trans kids. Everything trans people have warned you about has happened to date.

Listen to us, not haters & Quislings

I'm curious to discover which asexual woman with fibro you'll add to your polycule. Not that you have a type 🤣

Loser swimmer doing a grift

Former Lib Dem leader Tim Farron holding a bottle of milk

Same energy

Current protest in Preston against Reform's proposed closure of care homes and the loss of social care provision.

Significant police presence in town, but completely unnecessary of course - I'm only seeing peaceful protest, and a great community who cares about its most vulnerable.

Fuck Reform.