Monthly Archives: January 2015

Deep Green Transphobia comes to the UK

Posted on Thu 22nd January 2015 by Sarah

Yesterday came with some depressing news for trans voters, as the Green candidate for Cambridge, Rupert Read, came out with some, at best, ill-advised statements about the word “cis”, during an argument with a Cambridge resident who was challenging him … Continue reading →

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How not to be a transgender Labour candidate

Posted on Mon 19th January 2015 by Sarah

Last month, Emily Brothers broke news for being the first openly trans person to be selected by Labour to fight a parliamentary election, for the (relatively) safe seat of Sutton and Cheam. The coverage has been mixed to say the least, … Continue reading →

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Il n’est pas Charlie

Posted on Wed 14th January 2015 by Sarah

“We stand squarely for free speech and democracy”, said David Cameron last Wednesday at Prime Minister’s Questions, not more than an hour after the attacks on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo. This is a rather strange proposition for the leader of a … Continue reading →

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