QueerAF December 2025 TL;DR: Within one day of each other, the Women's Institute and Girl Guiding both announced they would reverse their trans-inclusive approaches with the “utmost regret and sadness”, citing communications with "references to legal challenge" as one of the reasons as their response to the Supreme Court decision on the definition of a woman under the Equality Act 2010. Two culturally significant women's organisations have reversed long-standing trans-inclusi

Exposing the truth: The real children behind the headlines and the outrage Photograph: Medium 2025 Whenever trans inclusion in Girlguiding comes up, social media fills with dramatic claims about “masses” of trans girls joining, supposedly threatening the very fabric of the organisation. As a parent who has actually looked at the numbers, I wanted to understand the basic question: how many trans girls are we really talking about? The short answer: very few . The long answer: e

These stories come in the aftermath of allegations that a small but mighty cabal of “LGBT reporters” had somehow seized control of the BBC and “censored” right-wing views. BBC // Creative Commons Following a contentious newsroom battle at the BBC over allegations of political bias, it seems the media empire has given way to transphobic rhetoric—canonizing anti-trans talking points in one of the world’s most influential news outlets. This week, the BBC published an article a

NHS England last year announced children with gender dysphoria would no longer receive puberty blockers as routine practice . Photograph: Ed Maynard/Getty Images Multi-year studies announced after Cass review found ‘insufficient evidence’ about effects on children with gender dysphoria Two studies to investigate the impact of puberty blockers in young people with gender incongruence have been announced by researchers in the UK after an expert view said gender medicine was “bu

Representatives Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson both called for the institutionalization of transgender people On Tuesday. Left: Nancy Mace...