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Maya Forstaters gender critical views are hate speech, a court heard today. (Nicole Jones /@satiricole) “Gender critical” views are “hate speech” and an “existential threat to trans people rooted in insult and slander”, a UK tribunal was told today. It was the second day of a landmark case that will determine whether it becomes legal to deadname and misgender trans people in the workplace. The appeal has been brought by tax researcher Maya Forstater, who wants her “gender critical...

Maya Forstater, a tax expert previously contracted by the Center for Global Development. (Twitter) A landmark appeal about whether equalities law should legally protect someone with transphobic beliefs will start in London today (27 April). The appeal is being brought by Maya Forstater, who lost her case in 2019 when she tried and failed to convince an employment tribunal that her refusal to accept that trans women are women should be a protected “philosophical belief” under the 2010 Equali...

Solon seeks probe on supposed delayed benefits of health workers By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News Published April 13, 2021 1:43pm A lawmaker on Tuesday sought investigation into the supposed delayed benefits of medical frontliners amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In filing House Resolution 1704, Manila Representative Manuel Luis Lopez, chairman of the committee on Metro Manila Development, said the compliance of public and private entities to provide health workers with all benefits, as mandat...

Streaming platform Twitch is coming under fire for tweeting that March is “Womxn’s History Month” and spelling the word women with the letter x instead of an e to be more inclusive.

Interview: Caroline Paige on transitioning in the Armed Forces We talked to Caroline Paige about her experience of transitioning in the armed forces and the work she does today with the LGBT+ community. Tell me a bit about yourself, what you do etc? I am currently keeping very busy as Joint Chief Executive Officer of a new charity called Fighting With Pride (FWP), along with my Joint CEO Craig Jones MBE, and our wonderful Board of Trustees, all LGBT+ Veterans or serving personnel. FWP was launc...

Capitol Rioters Could Serve Up to 10 Years in Prison Under an Executive Order from Trump People 1/8/2021 Nicholas Rice © Samuel Corum/Getty Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Jan. 6 Rioters, who stormed the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. in support of President Donald Trump, during the meeting to ratify the Electoral College presidential election votes on Wednesday, could face serious punishment...

Purpose.   The first duty of government is to ensure domestic tranquility and defend the life, property, and rights of its citizens.  Over the last 5 weeks, there has been a sustained assault on the life and property of civilians, law enforcement officers, government property, and revered American monuments such as the Lincoln Memorial.  Many of the rioters, arsonists, and left-wing extremists who have carried out and supported these acts have explicitly identified themselves with ideologie...

December 27, 2020 at 10:36 am by Mariam Bagdady In early November, the University of California implemented a new policy that allows for the official acknowledgement of the preferred gender identities and lived names of students and faculty on UC documents and information systems.  Leets and other LGBTQ+ directors across the UC “helped edit and provide feedback and revisions on the policy.” Max Abrams / Daily Nexus The policy, the Presidential Policy on Gender Recognition a...

Boris Johnson. (Charles McQuillan/Getty Images) The trans community is “exhausted” by repeated consultations on trans rights while women are being “silenced” on the issue of the Gender Recognition Act, a group of politicians has heard. In what will be the first of several evidence sessions, the Women and Equalities Select Committee heard on Wednesday (9 December) from six academics about the Gender Recognition Act (GRA). This forms part of the committee’s Gender Recognition Act inquir...