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Lesbian, gay, and bi support for Labour has ‘plunged’ after attack on trans rights

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:2 July 2026
Post last modified:2 July 2026

New polling from YouGov has shown that many lesbian, gay, and bi people have abandoned the Labour Party since the 2024 election: NEW | Following Labour's attacks on trans people, Labour support amongst lesbian/gay/bi Brits* has plunged Grn: 40% ( +23 ) Lab: 18% ( –24 ) Lib: 13% ( –3 ) Ref: 12% ( +4 ) Con: 8% ( –2 ) Via YouGov, 2 – 22 June (+/– vs GE24)––*Trans voters not surveyed pic.twitter.com/UhKxBognrc — Stats for Lefties (@LeftieStats) July 1, 2026 Labour let downs YouGov polled people by sexuality and gender. The results for heterosexual and not heterosexual were:…

Trans kids hang pride flags from Havering Town Hall

Post author:The Canary
Post published:25 June 2026
Post last modified:26 June 2026

In the early hours of 25 June, young trans activists from Trans Kids Deserve Better made their way to the top of Havering Town Hall. Their mission was to hang the Progress Pride flag and two Transgender flags from the Town Hall flagpoles. They also put up a banner, reading, “YOU CAN’T KILL PRIDE – XOXO TKDB”. This was a response to Keith Prince, Reform UK head of Havering Council, cancelling the raising of the Pride Flag at Havering Town Hall during Pride Month. Havering Town Hall has flown a Pride flag every Pride Month for nearly a decade. Under their…

Scottish courts further denigrate rights for trans people with prison ruling

Post author:Jamal Awar
Post published:21 June 2026
Post last modified:21 June 2026

Scotland’s highest civil court has ruled that guidance allowing some trans women to be housed in women’s prisons was unlawful. This is undoubtedly another setback in an increasingly hostile environment for trans people across the UK. It is incredible how fast the legal arguments fall in line once political appetite changes. And now that fascism is creeping across the UK, clearly the most vulnerable communities are facing the sharpest end of oppression. Human rights for some The Court of Session ruled that Scottish prison guidance was unlawful because it allowed some trans women to be accommodated in the women’s estate following…

Rihanna Kelver facing felony charges shows ‘stand your ground’ is not for trans people

Post author:Olaitan Mos-Shogbamimu
Post published:15 June 2026
Post last modified:16 June 2026

Rihanna Kelver, a transgender woman in Wyoming, is facing felony charges for pulling a weapon to defend herself after being subject to homophobic and transphobic slurs. Slate magazine reported that Kelver was about to end a work shift when several men on the street began yelling slurs at her. Then: Moments later, according to court testimony and surveillance footage, the man shoved Kelver to the ground hard enough to injure her tailbone. Kelver responded by drawing a pistol from her bag, chambering a round, and pointing the weapon at the man who had pushed her. She kept the safety on and…

International trans health bodies express “deep concern” for NHS ban on HRT for under-18s

Post author:Alex/Rose Cocker
Post published:11 June 2026
Post last modified:11 June 2026

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) and its European counterpart (EPATH) have issued a joint statement expressing their “deep concern” regarding NHS plans to suspend hormone prescriptions for trans under-18s in England. On 9 March, NHS England published a draft clinical policy outlining its plan for public consultation. In essence, it proposed that: MAF (masculinising and feminising) Hormones are not recommended to be available as a routine commissioning option through the NHS Children and Young People’s Gender Service. This represents a sharp break from the current clinical policy, which was itself updated in 2024 in a knee-jerk response to…

Shapeshifting Burnham ditches trans rights to panic-grab Reform votes

Post author:Antifabot
Post published:22 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Greater Manchester mayor and Makerfield by-election hopeful Andy Burnham has dumped his past defence of Trans people to protect his bid for Westminster, it seems. Journalist Alex Wickham has revealed that Burnham now backs the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) restrictions on single-sex spaces. This u-turn appears to be nothing but a transparent bid for Reform votes, something we could have predicted coming a mile off. NEW: Another Andy Burnham u-turn appeared designed at dropping his past positions to win Reform votes He says he supports the EHRC guidance on single sex spaces and the Supreme Court ruling Previously he…

New EHRC guidance both clarifies and complicates the legal rights of trans people

Post author:Em Colquhoun
Post published:22 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

There is a familiar refrain that follows my partner and I as we navigate the UK’s public bathrooms. As a gender-nonconforming couple, we’re painfully aware of the transphobic discourse that overshadows our daily lives. Approaching a set of bathrooms whilst out and about, and not wanting to draw more attention to ourselves, one or both of us will groan, before announcing with resignation: Time to do ‘gender’… It will be a situation familiar to many trans people. The so-called ‘bathroom ban’, fought for by anti-trans activists, has become notorious for making the lives of cis and trans people alike more complicated.…