Trans Women Banned From Competing in Women’s Soccer in England
The Football Association, the national governing body, said that it had changed its policy as a result of a ruling last month by the British Supreme Court.
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Robert De Niro supports daughter Airyn as she comes out as trans: ‘I don’t know what the big deal is’
After her announcement of her transition, the actor said: ‘I loved and supported Aaron as my son, and now I love and support Airyn as my daughter’Robert De Niro has expressed support for his daughter Airyn after she came out as transgender.In a stateme…
More than 400 actors and industry figures sign open letter backing trans rights
Eddie Redmayne, Katie Leung and Nicola Coughlan among those expressing solidarity after supreme court ruling More than 400 actors and film industry professionals have signed an open letter pledging “solidarity” with the trans, non-binary and intersex c…
Barclays says bank will bar trans women from using female bathrooms
Boss confirms policy change as businesses move to comply with recent supreme court rulingThe boss of Barclays has said the bank will prohibit trans women from using female bathrooms in its buildings in the wake of the recent supreme court ruling.The ba…
UK’s first trans judge appeals to European court of human rights over supreme court ruling
Victoria McCloud brings action against UK for infringement of her human rights after ruling on biological sexBritain’s first transgender judge is taking the UK to the European court of human rights over the supreme court’s ruling on biological sex.The …
Starmer claims voters being ‘conned’ by Tories and Reform UK as parties are planning a coalition – as it happened
PM says supporters of both groups are being misled and a tie-up would be a ‘disaster’ for Britain. This live blog is closedDowning Street has described the alleged comments by the band Kneecap in the ‘kill MP’ footage (see 12.10pm) as “completely unacc…
Trans people banned from toilets of gender they identify with, says UK minister
Pat McFadden says ‘there isn’t going to be toilet police’ amid warnings about ‘incredibly dangerous’ consequencesA UK government minister has said trans people are now banned from using toilets of the gender they identify as, amid warnings about the “i…
‘Rights can be knocked out in a second’: older trans women shocked by supreme court ruling
Women who transitioned decades ago feel their safety and security has suddenly been removed“The fear is back. The fear I had when I first started my transition in 1979, that people will hurt me,” says Janey, who is 70. She has been living “happily and …
David Tennant wishes JK Rowling no ‘ill will’ but says trans people ‘demonised’
Actor who appeared in film of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire hopes ‘we can all as a society just let people be’David Tennant has criticised the “demonisation” of the trans community, saying that while he wishes JK Rowling “no ill will”, he hopes t…
UK politics: Reform will axe councils’ special needs funding if they win in local elections, Lib Dems claim – as it happened
Party’s education spokesperson says Farage’s comments about doctors over-diagnosing children shows he wants to cut spendingJohn Swinney, the first minister of Scotland, is attending the funeral of the Pope on Saturday, the Scottish government has annou…