You’ve probably noticed how obsessively they talk about trans youth — not with compassion, not with any real understanding, but with that faux-concern tone, as if they’re the last line of defence against ‘irreversible damage’. Fertility, brain development, and future…
Let’s be real, gender conformity is just patriarchy’s dress code. It’s the unspoken rulebook we’re all handed at birth, stuffed with commandments about how to perform “man” or “woman” correctly, as if humanity came with a binary instruction manual. This…
Living My Truth, No Matter What They Say Growing up in a big city in the ’80s and ’90s, bigotry wasn’t just tolerated—it was practically a national pastime. Homophobic and transphobic slurs flew around like seagulls at a seaside chippy,…
By Jenna Bowyer The words “respect” and “dignity” have, this past week especially, been used in place of positive avowal by those who’re actively removing our hard-fought rights, turning our lives upside-down, politely. In place of affirmation (trans women are…
It’s almost poetic. Keir Starmer, former human rights advisor, current Labour leader, Prime Minister, and part-time fence-sitter, has finally mastered the ancient political art of saying everything while meaning nothing. This week, in the fallout from the UK Supreme Court’s…
The idea that being transgender is some kind of casual lifestyle choice — like picking a new pair of jeans — is a masterclass in ignorance. It’s usually floated by people who’ve never had to spend even five minutes questioning…