Necessary safeguarding? Or government hypocrisy? — From today (27 February 2023), if you are aged under 18 and live in England or Wales, you may no longer marry. This will safeguard a small but not insignificant number of young people — espesh young women — who may find themselves forced into wedlock by over-zealous (and religious)…

IPSO are setting standards for the future… — IPSO wants to know if folks are happy with its new guidance on the reporting of sex and gender identity. I know… So tiring! But, if you happen to have five minutes spare over the next couple of weeks, maybe tell them (politely) what you think. Now read on. *…

At best it’s distraction; at worse, an excuse for bigotry — Can we please not! That is, can we please not get our knickers in a twist about whether the murder of Brianna Ghey was a hate crime. …

New UK legislation targets the young and the queer for disenfranchisement — This May, new legislation designed to make it harder to vote in UK elections (local, national and A N Other) goes live. Today, a short look at the history of rigging the ballot; what it means for minorities; and what you can do to hold on to your vote. Yanno…

The racist agenda that underpins UK grc rhetoric — I’d not intended to get back to this topic so soon. Yet there is a nasty and disgraceful point to yesterday’s statement on foreign gender recognition certificates, and we should not let government off the hook by focussing too much on the fine detail. Say hello to the meta-discourse Bottom line: if you want to…

An old joke — just given a new lease of life — It’s not often that Government Ministers volunteer to provide updates to material i use in my occasional forays into stand-up. Yet here we are. …

Transphobia meets grc reform, drops its trousers! — Last week, the Scottish parliament passed legislation to amend the Gender Recognition Act. Much shenanigans in Parliament before and after the vote. And if hurried statements by members of the UK gov are to be credited, more to come. Now read on… * * * * * * * *…

Gender crittery and word games This week the Cambridge dictionary “re-defined” “woman”. Note: the parallel quote marks: they are relevant. Of course, the usual suspects went into meltdown. And of course, as usual, the usual suspects were mostly wrong. Now read on… * * * * * * * *…

Just when you thought the bigots could go no lower… — Long story short: we did Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR). Cis bigots complained that not enough trans folk were dying. Then a right-wing supremacist attacked an LFBTQ+ club in Colorado. This totally set the cat amongst the bigots, who could not agree as whether no trans folk were harmed in…