Harry Potter and the strange absence of J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter returned to Hogwarts this weekend for a 20th anniversary special. He was joined in the Gryffindor common room…
Stonewall's annus horribilis
The year 2021 has been an annus horribilis for Stonewall. For much of the last decade, the charity could do no…
Why is Quidditch snitching on JK Rowling over trans rights?
To those of us who know Quidditch from the fantasy world of the Harry Potter books, the idea of grown-ups…
JK Rowling is right to call out Police Scotland's transgender nonsense
How should police record a rape where the culprit has male genitalia? The answer might appear to be straightforward: a…
Eddie Redmayne shouldn't regret playing a trans character
Eddie Redmayne was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in The Danish Girl, but now he is having second thoughts…
The Olympics’ shameful transgender cop out
The International Olympic Committee have just released a new framework for transgender and intersex inclusion in sports. The old Olympic…
Why is Mermaids promoting breast binding at events for young people?
Mermaids is arguably the most influential charity focusing on transgender rights in the UK. It claims to have been supporting…
Cambridge's transgender TERF wars have gone too far
What is a witch? How do we spot witches? And how might we drum up the courage to talk to…
No, Keir, trans women like me do not have cervixes
Andrew Marr’s question was simple and straightforward, ‘[Is] someone who thinks that only women have a cervix welcome in the…
Are children capable of making life-changing decisions?
Keira Bell is a name that will be remembered. Like Victoria Gillick before her, she argued in the High Court…
Rosie Duffield’s treatment brings shame on the Labour party
News that Rosie Duffield will be missing the Labour Party conference over threats to her personal security brings to a…
Scotland's census sex muddle is bad news for transgender people
What is your sex? It is a simple question and one that we can all surely answer. When it comes…
Scotland’s new transgender guidance is a safeguarding nightmare
On Thursday, teachers planning residential trips were told that it was just fine for teenagers of the opposite sex to…
Was this volunteer cancelled by Childline for his views on gender?
When Liz Truss confirmed that the government was committing itself to banning LGBT conversion therapy, there was some bemusement: is the…
The hounding of Rosie Duffield
I grew up in 1980s County Durham; it felt at the time like a People’s Democratic Republic. When the miners…
Jess Phillips and the assault on biology
Jess Phillips thinks that transwomen — like me — are not female, but we should be treated as women. She…
Does the Green party care more about trans rights than the environment?
Our planet is in a mess. Ice caps are melting and the glaciers are retreating. This summer in Canada, the…
New Zealand's transgender debate is turning nasty
New Zealand was the first country in the world to give women the right to vote in parliamentary elections. But now,…
New Zealand’s worrying battle over transgender rights
Last year, the equalities minister Liz Truss set aside laws which would have allowed people to self-identity as the legal…
Stonewall’s worrying school guidance
Stonewall’s ‘Diversity Champions’ programme appears to have been haemorrhaging members since an investigationby the university of Essex found that the…
Maya Forstater’s win is a victory for rational thinking
At her employment tribunal, two years ago, Maya Forstater was toldthat her views ‘were not worthy of respect in a…
What Dawn Butler gets wrong about Stonewall
It’s been a bad night for Stonewall. Yesterday, the Labour MP Dawn Butler created a Twitter Poll. ‘Who do you…
Are 'controversial stickers' really a matter for the police?
Has Police Scotland misunderstood the purpose of policing? A recent crackdown on ‘controversial stickers’ appears to suggest as much. ‘On Monday…
Trans offenders are skewing crime statistics
Tonia Antoniazzi’s speech in the House of Commons this week was remarkable, not because of what she said – the…
Caitlyn Jenner is right about transgender athletes and women’s sports
Caitlyn Jenner – gold medallist in the men’s decathlon at the 1976 Montreal Olympics – is now in the running…
