LGBTIQA+ Greens response to the proposed Trans School Guidance – by Cade Hatton & Ria Patel

We have another Section 28 starting. Sadly, most LGBTIQA+ people in the UK are aware of Section 28. It was introduced in 1988 by Margaret Thatcher and wasn’t repealed until 2003 in England and Wales. This series of laws essentially outlawed any discussion of sexuality or gender outside of a heterosexual, cisgender ‘norm’ especially within […]

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For Trans Day of Remembrance – “We are a Community, and no one Should be Alone” written by Cade Hatton

On November 12th, 2014, I nearly became a name on the list- the list of trans people killed in the last year, the core of Transgender Day of Remembrance – read out eight days later. Sometimes I wonder what the world would look like if I had – would it be different? I certainly hope […]

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A Reflection on Trans Remembrance

Article By Mina Cousins Earlier this year, a girl from Warrington was violently killed by two people, in a way that can very much be considered a hate crime. That girl’s name is Brianna Ghey (https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/15/brianna-ghey-two-teenagers-charged-murder). She was trans, and it’s believed that was in part a motivating factor in her being killed. She is […]

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Dogwhistle Guidance

How to Spot and Disarm a Dogwhistle Content Warning: racism, antisemitism, misogyny, transphobia, queerphobia, mentions of paedophillia, suicide, mental health, abuse. This document seeks to be a shorthand reference for when encountering transphobic and queerphobic dogwhistles, and how to identify them and engage with them. In this context, ‘disarm’ refers to removing the power to […]

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Support Our Letter Writing Campaign to Ban Conversion Therapy

by Josh, Cade & Dylan Letter Writing and Members Meeting 6pm-9pm, July 7th We and the rest of the LGBTIQA+ Greens Committee are inviting our members and supporters to write to their local MPs to encourage them to support a trans & ace inclusive ban on conversion therapy. Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch MP recently appeared […]

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The Logical End of Corporate Pride and Where We Are, by Seb Cousins

People at a Pride in Surrey event with “Trans Rights are Human Rights” placards and trans flags Love is love when kids are shamed to their peers and outed to their parents. One love together while queer people and businesses see rises in hate crimes. Pride for all except those LGBTIQA+ people in countries and […]

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In An Ongoing Battle Against Queerphobia and Discrimination in 2023, Let’s Keep Fighting Against Shame. By Matt Rogan.

In An Ongoing Battle Against Queerphobia and Discrimination in 2023, Let’s Keep Fighting Against Shame by Matt Rogan Content warning: discusses homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, with references to queerphobic rhetoric. Newspaper article headline “I’d shoot my son if he had AIDS, says vicar” Back in 2021, I read Straight Jacket by Matthew Todd ahead of hosting […]

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LGBTIQA+ Greens Open Letter to EHRC on ‘Clarifying the definition of ‘sex’ in the Equality Act’.

LGBTIQA+ Greens call on the Equality and Human Rights Commission to “reverse course and create guidance that protects trans people rather than simply ostracising them” LGBTIQA+ Greens have sent an open letter to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) outlining their concerns with the recent ‘guidance’ from the EHRC with the title ‘Clarifying the […]

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