Feb 15Brianna Ghey — Thoughts and ReflectionsFor most people — certainly people with any sense of decency — the news of Brianna’s Ghey death on Saturday, 11th February 2023, was devastating. The loss of any trans or non-binary person is a tragedy and a loss profoundly felt throughout the community, but Brianna was stabbed to death…Brianna Ghey3 min readBrianna Ghey3 min read
Sep 5, 2022Extremism in the UK — How “Mums” Rushed To Defend Kiwi FarmsThere’s a lot to unpack and digest about the past few weeks and Kiwi Farms. The people who are targets of them, or are potentially targets, know full well what the site is all about. And slowly the wider world is beginning to learn as knowledge of what Kiwi Farms…Kiwi Farms3 min readKiwi Farms3 min read
Aug 31, 2022Binary Trans People Have A Real Problem Including Non-Binary People — It’s Long Since Past Time That We Addressed ThisSomething struck me the other day while I was writing. I found myself having to go back every so often to correct ‘trans people’ to ‘trans and non-binary people’. Yet, the inclusion of non-binary people within my activism and writing should be automatic and — depending on how I’m writing…Non Binary5 min readNon Binary5 min read
Aug 28, 2022“Are you now, or have you ever been….”These words still have the power to send chills down the spine. They were the words used to demonise and destroy lives for near a decade. They were the words most famously associated with the McCarthy witch hunts — “Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of…Transgender5 min readTransgender5 min read
Aug 1, 2022Privacy in the UKThe concept of privacy — the importance of it, why we have it and need it — can sometimes be a tricky thing to grasp or explain. Take compulsory National ID cards. I’m a Radical. I’m implacably opposed to compulsory ID on a visceral level. And that doesn’t come from…Privacy4 min readPrivacy4 min read
Dec 13, 2021Rape Apologism: Why is it so prevalent in the GC fauxminist movement?CW: Rape and sexual assault Like far too many women, I’ve experienced been raped and sexually assaulted. And — like many queer women — on some of those occasions the perpetrator was a woman. As a society we rightfully recognise rape for the horrific act it is. As a society…4 min read4 min read
Aug 28, 2021On Sex and Gender Identity in law — A PrimerAs some of you will be aware, I’ve had an irritating gnat buzzing in my ear the past day or so trying to claim that he, as the Almighty Gamer Bro, knew so much more about the law than any woman, regardless of how qualified or experienced she is in…Human Rights9 min readHuman Rights9 min read
Jul 7, 2021#RepealTheGRA — What GC Fauxminists Deliberately Get Wrong; and why they doGC fauxminists want to repeal the GRA and roll back the rights binary trans people have to legal recognition of our correct sex (that trans men are male and trans women female). As with all GC fauxminists ventures into the area of law and human rights, the idea that the…Transgender11 min readTransgender11 min read
Sep 30, 2020Supporting Trans and Non-Binary People Within the Liberal Democrats — My SpeechIt seems quite the rage at the moment (or at least amongst TERFy types) to plaster your speech about a simple business motion that dealt with pronouns and gender neutral toilets all over the place. So I thought I’d join in the fun. Unlike the TERFs, mine was not only…Transgender3 min readTransgender3 min read
Jun 11, 2020Abuse Is No ExcuseWarning: This piece contains discussions covering rape and abuse that may be difficult for some people to read — I was 14 when I was raped I was alone, frightened; had nowhere to turn to It was the 80s. The law didn’t even recognise people like me could be raped and in no small part because the law refused to accept that people like me existed I had been…Abuse6 min readAbuse6 min read
