I’m Going Stealth
I’m Going Stealth Megan Yesterday, I had a friend reach out on social media in my DM’s and ask, “Are you transgender???”. The question hung in the air, as a million feelings and thoughts rushed at me. Fear. Anxiety. Would this change things? How did she not know...
Labour will lead on reform of transgender rights – and we won’t take lectures from the divisive Tories
Labour will lead on reform of transgender rights – and we won’t take lectures from the divisive Tories We will modernise, simplify and reform gender recognition law. Our policies won’t please everyone but we will do what’s right Mon 24 Jul 2023 “Amix of culture wars...
Transgender woman wins Miss Netherlands for the first time
Sky News Follow Transgender woman wins Miss Netherlands for the first time 10h ago A transgender woman has won the Miss Netherlands beauty pageant for the first time in the competition's history. Rikkie Kolle after being crowned Miss Netherlands 2023 Pic:Hollandse...
So now there are only Men and NonMen?
So now there are only Men and NonMen? Johns Hopkins University’s redefinition of a lesbian as a ‘non-man attracted to a non-man’ may have been short lived, but it lends more support to the growing body of evidence that that J K Rowling is correct to be...
Talking Point
Talking Point Rights and Responsibilities? By: Linda-May Ballard CEO, Focus: the Identity Trust. It’s generally agreed that, if someone is being bullied, the issue is not the intent of the individual doing the bullying, but the impact upon the person who...
Eddie Izzard and the denigration of women
Eddie Izzard and the denigration of women I'm done with being white. It’s boring. From now on I choose to identify as black and I insist that you all refer to me as a black man. Please do not mis-race me. Of course I am not going to do this because it...
Non-binary gender recognition: law and policy
Focus: the Identity Trust commends the fact that 'The Government wants individuals who identify as non-binary to be able to live discrimination-free lives in accordance with who they believe their true selves to be', and hopes this research briefing may be of help to...
The transing of Marlow Moss
It is narcissistic to project our own ideas back through history ARTILLERY ROW By Nicole Lampert 19 May, 2023 Born in London in 1889, the artist Marlow Moss spent her childhood in a world where women needed to know their place; they didn’t have the vote and...
Displaying pronouns
Displaying pronouns By Linda-May Ballard (Rev Dr) CEO: Focus: The Identity Trust Let me start by saying I’m not transgender. I’m the mother of a (now adult) transgender child. I have the privilege of advocating for and representing transgender and intersex...
Medical evidence over trans ideology: welcome to the doctors’ resistance
HADLEY FREEMAN Medical evidence over trans ideology: welcome to the doctors’ resistance May 07 2023 The Sunday Times I was at a talk in London recently when I noticed a man waiting to meet me. He was an inner-city GP, he said, and there was a group that wished to...
