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A twitter abuse button is made to be abused 29 Jul 2013 | 06:10 am
It seems simple enough – a high profile campaigner gets some publicity and starts receiving some pretty horrible abuse online as a result. Twitter should therefore install a magic “report abuse” butto...
Where “equal marriage” leaves trans folk 18 Jul 2013 | 05:54 pm
To tidy up a few loose ends, now that the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act 2013 is an Act and not merely a Bill, here is a summary of its effects on the trans community. None of this takes effect unti...
Ranting at the BBC about factually inaccurate trans reporting 17 Jul 2013 | 03:35 am
The below was sent to the BBC today at 23:18. It will be interesting to see how long it takes them to fix the article – or if they even bother, given they don’t usually cover trans issues at all. (I c...
Labour’s plan for Tea and Coffee prohibition 16 Jul 2013 | 07:17 pm
Clearly the result of a poorly thought out clause rather than any deliberate attempt to ban the popular hot drinks, the following amendment (PDF link – page 15, New Clause 2) proposed to the Anti-soci...
Fast-Track Gender Recognition is back (Sort of) 4 Jul 2013 | 06:52 pm
The latest round of amendments to the Lords report stage of the bill are out, including government amendments which are almost certain to pass. There is nothing on the spousal veto yet which is not a ...
McNally sex-by-deception judgement: News/Blog post roundup 3 Jul 2013 | 03:46 pm
Below is a roundup of all the coverage of the McNally appeal result that I am aware of. This should be a complete list, so if I have missed any please let me know. Many of the articles and blog posts...
Court of Appeal confirms: Stealth trans people having sex are criminals 27 Jun 2013 | 09:49 pm
The Court of Appeal has just published it’s judgement in the latest sex-by-deception case. This is, to the best of my knowledge, the first time a written judgement has been provided in such a case and...
Scottish “Equal” marriage and Trans issues… here we go again 27 Jun 2013 | 02:00 pm
The Scottish parliament has just released it’s own “Equal” Marriage Bill. (PDF Link) The nature of devolved legislative powers is that there is much they can’t fix, such as reintroduction of the fast...
Trans marriage rights – Lobbying the Lords 25 Jun 2013 | 08:43 pm
As people may already be aware, the government refused to meet the trans community half way on the spousal veto issue. This means the partners of trans people who feel they have an axe to grind would ...
Trans marriage rights reach the House of Lords 24 Jun 2013 | 10:08 pm
Today was the third and final day of the House of Lords committee stage for the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Bill. First of all, some background on the current state of the bill for trans folk – overal...
