11 to 14 March and despite it covering one day more than its predecessor, seems to be significantly less trans in the news. Amazon and LGBT advisors making waves. Also Biden and Biden backlash.
TW: #Homophobia #Transphobia
CWs in individual posts, as always
Now read on!
TW: #Homophobia #Transphobia
CWs in individual posts, as always
Now read on!
Here’s UK News concerned that Amazon supporting the science is “cancelling”
Amazon cancels bestselling book 'When Harry Became Sally' that challenged trans movement: Bookseller says it is purging books that 'frame transgender identity as a mental illness'
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
Amazon cancels bestselling book 'When Harry Became Sally' that challenged trans movement: Bookseller says it is purging books that 'frame transgender identity as a mental illness'
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
Amazon bans books that lie about LGBT+ people being mentally ill. Sorry about it, bigots
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/12/ama…
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/12/ama…
Amazon will not sell books that 'frame sexual identity as mental illness'
bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-…
bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-…
Amazon will no longer sell books that describe the LGBTQ+ identity as a mental illness gaytimes.co.uk/culture/amazon…
And here’s Government demonstrating its inclusive creds once again. One point for each mainstream paper you can list NOT reporting this story.
Government loses three of its LGBT+ advisers within 24 hours in protest over ‘ministers for inequality’
inews.co.uk/news/politics/…
Government loses three of its LGBT+ advisers within 24 hours in protest over ‘ministers for inequality’
inews.co.uk/news/politics/…
Three UK government LGBT advisers quit with rebuke of 'ignorant' ministers theguardian.com/world/2021/mar…
Boris Johnson's equalities advisor Jayne Ozanne quits over 'hostile LGBT environment' heraldscotland.com/news/19151069.…
UK minister urged to step down over LGBT+ conversion therapy
businesslive.co.za/bd/world/europ…
businesslive.co.za/bd/world/europ…
Government accused of ‘fuelling culture wars and harming trans people’, as two more LGBT advisers quit
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
Two more government advisers sensationally quit over Tories’ ‘hostile environment’ for LGBT+ people pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/11/jam…
Homophobic Worcester thug jailed for attacking gay couple in Malvern
CW: Violence, homophobia, transphobia
worcesternews.co.uk/news/19157072.…
CW: Violence, homophobia, transphobia
worcesternews.co.uk/news/19157072.…
Homophobic thug jailed for group attack on gay, trans couple that left both victims in trauma unit
CW: Violence, homophobia, transphobia
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/13/hom…
CW: Violence, homophobia, transphobia
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/13/hom…
Convicted armed robber in Broadmoor Hospital after killing transgender woman
CW: Violence, homophobia, transphobia
getreading.co.uk/news/reading-b…
CW: Violence, homophobia, transphobia
getreading.co.uk/news/reading-b…
Sex education in NI schools is insufficient, says expert panel
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe…
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe…
Meanwhile in Scotland…
'Shameful day for Scotland' Fury as SNP's bill 'restricting free speech' approved
express.co.uk/news/uk/140896…
'Shameful day for Scotland' Fury as SNP's bill 'restricting free speech' approved
express.co.uk/news/uk/140896…
Leading Tory MSP Murdo Fraser hits out at new Hate Crime Bill as ‘shameful day for Scotland’
thescottishsun.co.uk/news/politics/…
thescottishsun.co.uk/news/politics/…
Hate Crime Bill passed
gov.scot/news/hate-crim…
gov.scot/news/hate-crim…
One of Scotland’s first MSPs warns the harassment of women in politics has never been worse and urges an end to hateful abuse
sundaypost.com/fp/one-of-scot…
sundaypost.com/fp/one-of-scot…
STORE TERROR Glasgow sex shop boss says staff terrified to work after being tormented by strangers and blade thugs CW: threat, sexual harassment thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-…
Manchester University accused of ‘wokery gone mad’ for saying ‘parent or guardian’ instead of mother and father
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/13/uni…
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/13/uni…
Campus feminists censured for excluding trans students CW: transphobia
telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/1…
telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/1…
Chambers and Stonewall fail to strike out barrister’s discrimination claim
legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/ch…
legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/ch…
Good Morning Britain staff ‘expressed discomfort around debates they were asked to produce’ before Piers Morgan’s exit
metro.co.uk/2021/03/11/gmb…
metro.co.uk/2021/03/11/gmb…
UK charity launches world's first LGBT+ climate fund
reuters.com/article/us-cli…
reuters.com/article/us-cli…
‘Landmark moment’ as LGBTQ+ communities to be recognised in Census 2021 for the first time
bedfordindependent.co.uk/landmark-momen…
bedfordindependent.co.uk/landmark-momen…
International News continues to be mostly from the US…good and bad. Though a few sparking stories from elsewhere.
Biden's trans agenda met with growing backlash in US as Republican governors block reforms
CW: transphobia
telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/1…
Biden's trans agenda met with growing backlash in US as Republican governors block reforms
CW: transphobia
telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/1…
500 athletes take a stand against transphobic legislations in letter to NCAA gaytimes.co.uk/life/500-athle…
500 athletes unite to defend trans athletes’ right to play sport against wave of transphobic bills
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/12/tra…
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/12/tra…
Mississippi Gov. Reeves signs bill banning transgender athletes from female sports teams: Says that Biden 'left us no choice' and accuses the president of 'encouraging transgenderism in children'
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
Mississippi governor signs act banning transgender women from sports
independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
Mississippi and South Dakota pass bills targeting trans youth
gaytimes.co.uk/life/mississip…
gaytimes.co.uk/life/mississip…
Ignore the heading: this is in fact quite a good news round-up.
Your On Deck Circle for Friday, March 12, 2021
outsports.com/2021/3/12/2232…
Your On Deck Circle for Friday, March 12, 2021
outsports.com/2021/3/12/2232…
Republicans want to let cis students sue schools that don’t exclude trans kids
CW: transphobia
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/13/ten…
CW: transphobia
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/13/ten…
American BrewDog bar accused of sacking female, transgender and non-binary staff
foodanddrink.scotsman.com/drink/american…
foodanddrink.scotsman.com/drink/american…
School calls in counsellors after children were read ‘inappropriate’ storybook about a transgender child
CW: transphobia
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/13/for…
CW: transphobia
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/13/for…
Diamond ‘Kyree’ Sanders, a Black trans woman, murdered in a car park. She was just 23
CW: violence, murder
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/14/dia…
CW: violence, murder
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/14/dia…
Andrea Jenkins, America’s first Black trans elected official, on preparing for ‘traumatic’ Derek Chauvin trial
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/14/and…
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/14/and…
Man charged with hate crime after allegedly beating transgender woman with a skateboard
CW: violence, transphobia
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/14/hat…
CW: violence, transphobia
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/14/hat…
Could solitary confinement on Rikers Island be laid to rest?
independent.co.uk/news/could-sol…
independent.co.uk/news/could-sol…
American Psychological Association denounces conversion therapy
gaytimes.co.uk/culture/americ…
gaytimes.co.uk/culture/americ…
Mothballed gender self-ID law back as a 'priority' for Govt – will pass this year, Minister says nzherald.co.nz/nz/mothballed-…
Belgium will give non-binary people legal recognition, vows trans deputy prime minister Petra De Sutter
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/12/bel…
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/12/bel…
Hungary’s top court throws out Viktor Orbán’s bid to retroactively deny legal status for trans people
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/13/hun…
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/13/hun…
Poland: What is an ‘LGBTIQ-free zone’ and how will the EU challenge them?
independent.co.uk/news/world/eur…
independent.co.uk/news/world/eur…
Poland fears EU backlash over anti-gay towns
thetimes.co.uk/article/poland…
thetimes.co.uk/article/poland…
Trans teen left blind and disfigured in sickening acid attack days after 18th birthday
CW: violence, graphic content
dailystar.co.uk/news/world-new…
CW: violence, graphic content
dailystar.co.uk/news/world-new…
Usual treatment of an intersex related story. Vaguely sympathetic. Also intrusive.
Married woman, 25, who had been trying to fall pregnant for a year is shocked to learn she was born a MAN
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
Married woman, 25, who had been trying to fall pregnant for a year is shocked to learn she was born a MAN
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
Trans DJ humiliated after being marched out of women’s bathroom by nightclub staff
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/12/tra…
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/12/tra…
Being gay in Ghana: LGBT community is ‘under attack’ bbc.com/news/newsbeat-…
Comment and Features mostly positive this round-up
Pansexuality: what does it mean to be pansexual?
netdoctor.co.uk/healthy-living…
Pansexuality: what does it mean to be pansexual?
netdoctor.co.uk/healthy-living…
A lot of comment on Violence Against Women following the case of Sarah Everard:
After Sarah Everard, Women Are Getting Advice for Staying Safe—But It’s Men Whose Behavior Needs to Change
hellogiggles.com/lifestyle/sara…
After Sarah Everard, Women Are Getting Advice for Staying Safe—But It’s Men Whose Behavior Needs to Change
hellogiggles.com/lifestyle/sara…
A Woman in London Disappeared While Walking Home. Her Case Is Igniting a National Reckoning on the Threats Women Face
time.com/5945656/sarah-…
time.com/5945656/sarah-…
We need to talk about trauma response after sex assault
metro.co.uk/2021/03/12/we-…
metro.co.uk/2021/03/12/we-…
She Just Wanted To Walk Home
yahoo.com/lifestyle/she-…
yahoo.com/lifestyle/she-…
Angry at the idea of a curfew for men? Think of all the ways women are told to adapt theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
LETTERS—Smash the capitalist system that causes women’s oppression
CW: sexual harassment
socialistworker.co.uk/art/51451/LETT…
CW: sexual harassment
socialistworker.co.uk/art/51451/LETT…
Herald View: The real test of the Hate Crime Bill comes in its application heraldscotland.com/news/19156879.…
We’re sure we’ve read this already. Perhaps the Express recycles headlines!
Scottish hate bill gives more rights to men dressing as women than actual women –
CW: misgendering, transphobia
express.co.uk/comment/expres…
Scottish hate bill gives more rights to men dressing as women than actual women –
CW: misgendering, transphobia
express.co.uk/comment/expres…
Nationalists who ditch the SNP are basically giving up on Scottish independence
CW: not exactly a trans positive read
edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/c…
CW: not exactly a trans positive read
edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/c…
Aoife Martin: The abuse endured by trans people every day shows Ireland has a long way to go
thejournal.ie/readme/aoife-m…
thejournal.ie/readme/aoife-m…
Conversion therapy still isn’t banned. This government doesn’t prioritise LGBTQ+ issues
thetab.com/uk/2021/03/11/…
thetab.com/uk/2021/03/11/…
How Conversion Therapy Flourishes Despite Bans
vice.com/en/article/wx8…
vice.com/en/article/wx8…
Not a third gender
varsity.co.uk/features/20977
varsity.co.uk/features/20977
Why taking part in the UK census is so important for the LGBTQ+ community cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a35…
Meet The Women & Non-Binary Musicians Challenging Gender Stereotypes In Argentina vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifes…
Far-right supporters move to open source to evade censorship
theguardian.com/world/2021/mar…
theguardian.com/world/2021/mar…
GLAMOUR’s Charity Gamechanger Black Minds Matter UK and Gamechanging Influencer Munroe Bergdorf want to open up the conversation around Black mental health
glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/munroe…
glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/munroe…
Confected outrage from RT...
Critics rage at Guardian as transgender comedian Eddie Izzard's 'boob envy' interview runs next to story on UK's murdered women
rt.com/uk/517972-eddi…
Critics rage at Guardian as transgender comedian Eddie Izzard's 'boob envy' interview runs next to story on UK's murdered women
rt.com/uk/517972-eddi…
Maternity leave is a relic — let’s leave it behind
CW: the Times with a trans opinion. Also misgendering, sexism
thetimes.co.uk/article/brenda…
CW: the Times with a trans opinion. Also misgendering, sexism
thetimes.co.uk/article/brenda…
A bad week to pass law that ignores women
CW: more of the Times does Trans comment: misgendering
thetimes.co.uk/article/alex-m…
CW: more of the Times does Trans comment: misgendering
thetimes.co.uk/article/alex-m…
An interesting and unsurprising insight
The Morgan Machine: How Piers successfully hacked the outrage industry
independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…
The Morgan Machine: How Piers successfully hacked the outrage industry
independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…
And hooray! It’s Arts, Entertainment and Culture
Author Torrey Peters makes history as first trans woman nominated for Women’s Prize for Fiction pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/11/tor…
Author Torrey Peters makes history as first trans woman nominated for Women’s Prize for Fiction pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/11/tor…
First trans woman makes Women's prize longlist, alongside Dawn French and Ali Smith theguardian.com/books/2021/mar…
A Women’s Prize longlist fit for 2021
palatinate.org.uk/a-womens-prize…
palatinate.org.uk/a-womens-prize…
YouTuber KSI apologises for using transphobic slur: ‘I didn’t know that was a bad word’ pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/10/ksi…
The English version of the Scottish story the Sun ran the previous day. And they are STILL not saying what the slur actually was. Despite the headline!
TWITTER STORM What did KSI say? thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1…
TWITTER STORM What did KSI say? thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1…
'I've had breast envy since my teens': Eddie Izzard reveals she grew up longing for a bosom – and says she hasn't ruled out using non-female pronouns while living in 'girl mode' dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/arti…
‘Drag was always a protest, a political statement’: RuPaul’s Drag Race UK finalists open up theguardian.com/global/2021/ma…
DRAG RACE UK'S BIMINI BON BOULASH ON COMING TO TERMS WITH BEING NON-BINARY attitude.co.uk/article/drag-r…
Indya Moore Shares a Birthday Tribute to Janet Mock: "You Have Marked History" popsugar.co.uk/celebrity/indy…
Epic new DC Pride anthology to introduce trans superhero to the comic universe pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/11/dc-…
Interesting story this. It’s about Sam Smith, but has much wider implications.
Sam Smith excluded from gendered categories at 2021 Brit awards
theguardian.com/music/2021/mar…
Sam Smith excluded from gendered categories at 2021 Brit awards
theguardian.com/music/2021/mar…
Sam Smith responds to reports that BRIT Awards will keep gender-based categories this year
independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…
independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…
Brit Awards 'will keep gender-specific categories for 2021 with bosses set to speak to non-binary Sam Smith about where they're nominated'
dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/arti…
dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/arti…
Sam Smith hits out at Brit Awards for keeping male and female categories at this year’s ceremony
thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz/b…
thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz/b…
OFF A GENDER Brit Awards to keep gender-specific categories at this year’s ceremony but could change them in 2022
thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1…
thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1…
BRITs bosses not ditching male and female awards after Sam Smith gender row
mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-…
mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-…
Non-binary singer Sam Smith excluded from solo male and solo female categories at Brit Awards straitstimes.com/life/entertain…
Death of the Best Actor? Why gender-neutral film awards are the future
telegraph.co.uk/films/0/death-…
telegraph.co.uk/films/0/death-…
Jaguar: UK radio’s next gen champion
djmag.com/longreads/jagu…
djmag.com/longreads/jagu…
Victoria Beckham and Kylie Minogue win Glamour awards
rte.ie/entertainment/…
rte.ie/entertainment/…
No more ‘normal’: How Unilever’s decision to scrap word from its beauty brands must be a sign of real change
inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…
inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…
SOPHIE’s Vision of the Future
A wake for the forward-thinking pop producer, featuring family, friends, collaborators, and followers.
vulture.com/article/sophie…
A wake for the forward-thinking pop producer, featuring family, friends, collaborators, and followers.
vulture.com/article/sophie…
HALSEY CHANGES PRONOUNS TO ‘SHE/THEY’ ON SOCIAL MEDIA
independent.co.uk/life-style/hal…
independent.co.uk/life-style/hal…
Furious mum shares painful moment a man laughed at her trans child for looking at a dress CW: transphobia
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/14/tar…
pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/14/tar…
Not entirely sure why the transness is an issue here. Either the guy is cheating or he isn't. End of.
DEAR DEIDRE I’m suspicious my partner is cheating on me with my transgender best friend
thesun.co.uk/dear-deidre/14…
DEAR DEIDRE I’m suspicious my partner is cheating on me with my transgender best friend
thesun.co.uk/dear-deidre/14…
Music industry award debates continue: Grammy voting processes, BRIT categories
thegrapevine.theroot.com/the-root-prese…
thegrapevine.theroot.com/the-root-prese…
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