Two U.K. Women’s Groups Ban Transgender Girls and Women
The Girlguiding organization and the Women’s Institute both said a court ruling from earlier this year had forced their hands.
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Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a womanThe Women’s Institute will no longer accept transgender women as members from April following the UK supreme court ruling on the lega…
‘Failed former Tory MPs’ who join Reform unlikely to be selected as candidates, Zia Yusuf says – as it happened
This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our UK political coverage hereThis is from Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, on Nigel Farage’s denial of the FT story. (See 9.33am.)A handy reminder that in 2019 Farage did a deal to put Boris Johnson in N…
Trans girls banned from joining Girlguiding
Girls’ adventure charity says it made decision after seeking legal advice following supreme court ruling on genderTrans girls will no longer be able to join Girlguiding, the organisation has announced, saying it has made the decision after seeking lega…
‘The new Hamilton’? Show with Mary Todd Lincoln as drunken first lady comes to London
The one-act play Oh, Mary! – ‘the stupidest, funniest thing possible’ – to open after blockbuster run in New YorkWhat if, in the final weeks before Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, the first lady could not care less about the American civil war and was…
Graham Linehan cleared of harassing trans activist but convicted of damaging phone
Irish comedy writer cleared at Westminster magistrates court of harassing Sophia Brooks on social mediaThe Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has been cleared of harassing a transgender activist on social media but found guilty of criminal damage of …
UK politics: No 10 says no final decisions after leak reveals jury trials might be scrapped except for alleged rapists and killers – as it happened
Downing Street does not deny that justice secretary, David Lammy, is considering scrapping juries for most trialsJohn McFall is standing down early as Lord Speaker in the House of Lords so that he can care for his wife, Joan, who has was Parkinson’s. A…
Two UK clinical trials to assess impact of puberty blockers in young people
Multi-year studies announced after Cass review found ‘insufficient evidence’ about effects on children with gender dysphoriaTwo studies to investigate the impact of puberty blockers in young people with gender incongruence have been announced by resear…
UK government insists it is ‘taking time to get this right’ on single-sex spaces
Labour accused of delaying new rules to avoid backlash, after leak of EHRC guidance saying trans people could be questioned based on looksThe UK government has insisted it will take as much time as necessary to “get right” new rules on access to single…
UK government insists it is ‘taking time to get this right’ on single-sex spaces
Labour accused of delaying new rules to avoid backlash, after leak of EHRC guidance saying trans people could be questioned based on looksThe UK government has insisted it will take as much time as necessary to “get right” new rules on access to single…