Trans activists need to stop labeling good-faith disagreements as “mean” or as an attack.…
Tag: Gender
INTERVIEW: Linda Bellos on trans activism, coming out, and being a black lesbian feminist on the left
“There is a history of lesbians — and similarly, there is a history of black people — that both seem to be hidden …
INTERVIEW: The irrepressible Venice Allan on her fight against changes to the UK Gender Recognition Act
Julie Moss speaks with Venice Allan, the organizer of We Need to Talk — a series of events aimed at discussing proposed …
Never mind reforming the Gender Recognition Act, there’s no need for Gender Recognition Certificates at all
The GRA was not intended to change a person’s biological sex, but rather to change the way a person was viewed and treat…
Cultures that have ‘third genders’ don’t prove transgenderism is either ubiquitous or progressive
When homophobic cultures are embracing transgenderism, we need to question its so-called “progressiveness.”…
I’m coming out… In support of women
Sex, in terms of sexual orientation, matters, and it’s time for men to speak up about homophobic, anti-woman trans…
Penises don’t kill people, people with penises do
Everyone — including trans activists and allies — should demonstrate zero tolerance for perpetrators of violence and sex…
Why don’t we consider violence against women and girls terrorism?
From female genital mutilation to domestic violence to femicide, women and girls around the world are living in fear.…
On feeling like a woman
What does it mean to ‘feel’ like a woman?…
INTERVIEW: Maria MacLachlan on the GRA and the aftermath of her assault at Speaker’s Corner
Julie Moss interviews Maria MacLachlan, who was attacked when trying to attend a meeting about proposed changes to the U…
Neither cis nor TERF
For radical feminists, gender is understood as not merely a subjective internal sense of self; patriarchal gender norms …
Trans-identified male, Tara Wolf, convicted of assault after Hyde Park attack
Jen Izaakson reports from the courtroom, as Tara Wolf is tried for assaulting Maria MacLachlan.…
INTERVIEW: UK women are self-identifying as men to challenge proposed changes to the GRA as part of #ManFriday
Julian Vigo speaks with Hannah Clarke, a member of #ManFriday, about the group’s activism, the problems with self-identi…
PODCAST: Heather Brunskell-Evans wants to talk about the idea of ‘trans kids’
Heather Brunskell-Evans was the National Spokesperson for the Women’s Equality Party Policy on Ending Sexual Violence un…
We will never address gun violence if we don’t address the root of the problem: masculinity
If we don’t talk about how masculinity creates and enables violent men, we will never be able to truly address gun…