Originally a comment by Artymorty on Not as familiar.

There’s a bleak irony here that I’ve tried to point out more than once: the loudest champions of gender ideology are often the ones most afraid to actually look at it. “Transphobia” is real and common — it just doesn’t manifest the way we’re told. More often, it takes the form of incuriosity masquerading as virtue. It’s the Ardals of the world — people who don’t know the first thing about the subject — who are phobic in the literal sense: afraid of what they might discover if they examined it too closely.

They haven’t merely absorbed a set of beliefs; they’ve been handed a full epistemic template — a … Read the rest

Graham Linehan points out something I hadn’t realized – some or many defenders of trans ideology haven’t bothered to find out a damn thing about it.

I’ve been here before. I’ve read all the quotes by now, from all the old friends who couldn’t pick up the phone before speaking to the press. Bill Bailey – our secret sauce on Black Books – said he found my stance in supporting women’s rights “baffling”. Amelia Bullmore – one of the things that made Big Train classier than it had any right to be – spoke of the “unfathomable escalation” of me standing against the mutilation of children in gender clinics. They all have their little variations, but the tune

It turns out that climate affects many things. Who knew? Besides everyone who isn’t Trump?

Most Americans now connect the worsening climate crisis with their cost of living pressures, with clear majorities also disagreeing with moves by the Trump administration to gut climate research and halt windfarms, new polling has found.

About 65% of registered voters in the US think that global heating is affecting the cost of living, according to the polling by Yale University.

Extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, storms and heatwaves, exacerbated by the climate crisis, are taking a toll on food production, with recent spikes in the cost of coffee and chocolate blamed by experts, at least in part, on global

Gosh, you mean they might actually mean it???

JK Rowling has urged politicians to “finally” take seriously any threat of violence from transgender activists after it was alleged one group had vowed to target senior officials including the prime minister.

Wouldn’t it be nice if politicians had taken it seriously all along?

The Harry Potter author spoke out after a pro-trans group was reported to be planning a series of attacks on the offices of senior politicians. Bash Back also indicated it could target Wes Streeting, the UK health secretary, five months after it said it had vandalised his constituency office, according to The Mail on Sunday.

They’re allowed to vandalize MPs’ offices because trans is the most everything … Read the rest

We’ve moved on to the rambling about Her underpants now.

President Donald Trump raged at the FBI for making a “mess” of his wife Melania’s “panties” during a raid on their Mar-a-Lago estate.

As an aside: it makes me happy to see that hideous word “panties” in scare-quotes.

In a rambling speech delivered at a rally in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, on Friday night, Trump went off on a wild tangent about federal law enforcement agents, revealing how they had disturbed the First Lady’s underwear drawer during their 2022 search of the Palm Beach, Florida, property.

“They went into my wife’s closet. I’ll say this. Number one, it’s very bad, but it sounds a little strange. They looked at her

Thanks to Francis Boyle’s seeking out the link, we can read all of what the selectively zealous Perth District – WA Police Force said about those dreaded Stickers. Take a deep breath and brace for impact.

The State Security Investigation Group Hate Crime Team is investigating a series of criminal damage incidents in Subiaco around Wednesday, 10 December 2025.

Several transphobic stickers were placed in public spaces around the Subiaco Library precinct, nearby park areas, and close to a local school.

If you see any suspicious behaviour—particularly around bus stops, signage, or the library precinct—or have information that could assist, please report it to Crime Stoppers online at www.crimestopperswa.com.au or call 1800 333 000. Reports can be made anonymously.

Trump enablers are shocked, shocked at the rudeness of a musician’s canceling on them just because Trump added his own fragrant name to that of the Kennedy Center.

The head of the Kennedy Center in Washington DC has demanded $1m (£740,000) in damages from a musician who cancelled a concert after President Donald Trump’s name was added to the venue.

Chuck Redd called off his Christmas Eve performance, which he has hosted annually since 2006, citing a vote by the board to rename the site the Trump Kennedy Center.

See, the problem here is, the Kennedy Center was named that because Kennedy was murdered on the job. Trump has not been murdered on the job. Furthermore it’s worth noting that … Read the rest

Hadley Freeman talks to For Women Scotland:

Politicians are “thwarting” the Supreme Court ruling on women’s rights and are putting women at risk, according to the feminist group For Women Scotland (FWS).

Ruling in favour of the campaigners, who brought the court case, the judges said in April that the term “sex” in the Equality Act refers to biological sex, when it comes to the provision of single sex spaces. This means the term “women” refers to — hold onto your hats — women, and women-only spaces are lawfully provided for women. The term does not mean, as the Scottish government insisted, and spent at least £374,000 arguing, a man who identifies as a woman, known as a

It can be so disorienting living in this half-horror show half-slapstick comedy.

The Kennedy Center says it plans to file a $1 million lawsuit against jazz artist Chuck Redd, after the musician canceled his annual Christmas Eve performance. The Associated Press first reported that Redd pulled out of the show days after President Trump’s name was added to the exterior of the performing arts center in Washington, D.C.

In an email to NPR on Saturday, Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma Daravi said Redd’s decision is a disservice to the arts.

Oh dear, that sounds bad – but wait, who is Roma Daravi? Is she one of the Trump people who were hired to replace all the people who quit when … Read the rest

Sticker crime strikes again.

Western Australia’s recently formed State Security Investigation Group Hate Crime Team is investigating a series of criminal damage incidents in Subiaco around Wednesday, 10 December 2025 where anti-transgender stickers were plastered around Subiaco.

“The WA Police Force will not allow acts of hatred, intolerance, or discrimination to go unchecked. We have zero tolerance for hate in our community and will use every resource at our disposal to protect the public and bring offenders to justice. Those responsible will be held to account.” the police said in a social media post.

The stickers must have been really horrible.

The stickers were found around the Subiaco Library, the neighbouring primary school and a nearby park. There have

From the Department of Made-up Problems:

Youth charities like Girlguiding can hopefully come up with “innovative” ways to ensure children do not feel excluded in the wake of a ban on trans girls joining, the Children’s Commissioner has said.

The ban is on boys joining. Girlguiding is for girls (the name is a broad hint). Lots of things are for boys; Girlguiding is one thing that is for girls. If boys feel “excluded” because of that, well, welcome to what it’s like being a girl.

A coalition of volunteers and parents has argued that refusing a child based on their gender identity “sends a message of rejection” to young people.

But it’s not based on their “gender identity”, which … Read the rest

“Beth” Upton continues to get away with it.

A nurse who objected to sharing a female changing room with a transgender doctor has won a claim for harassment against NHS Fife but other allegations of discrimination and victimisation were dismissed.

Sandie Peggie was suspended from her job in a hospital’s A&E department after she complained about Dr Beth Upton – a biological male who identifies as a woman – using a female changing room.

An employment tribunal judgement outlined four ways in which NHS Fife harassed Ms Peggie but dismissed the other allegations against the health board and all claims against Dr Upton.

Dr Upton is a sadistic misogynist bully.

The campaign group Sex Matters, which backed Sandie Peggie

Hadley Freedman talked to For Women Scotland about the interesting fact that Scotland has done absolutely fuck-all to put the ruling into practice.

Politicians are “thwarting” the Supreme Court ruling on women’s rights and are putting women at risk, according to the feminist group For Women Scotland (FWS).

Ruling in favour of the campaigners, who brought the court case, the judges said in April that the term “sex” in the Equality Act refers to biological sex, when it comes to the provision of single sex spaces. This means the term “women” refers to — hold onto your hats — women, and women-only spaces are lawfully provided for women. The term does not mean, as the Scottish government insisted, and

A very good listen – and under three minutes.

The editor of Sunday Times discussing our interview with @HadleyFreeman which is published tomorrow. https://t.co/LH9Bhk8YBg

— For Women Scotland (@ForWomenScot) December 27, 2025

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The NHS continues to force women to be ill in the presence of men.

The NHS is defying the Supreme Court by allowing transgender patients and staff to access single-sex spaces in English hospitals.

Hospitals are using outdated guidance allowing trans-identifying biological males to use women-only spaces such as wards, changing rooms and lavatories.

An audit has revealed that more than eight months after the Supreme Court ruled that the term “women” in the Equality Act referred to biological sex, the NHS is still failing to protect female spaces.

And thus refusing to protect women. In hospitals.

Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary, pledged to overhaul the NHS guidance on single-sex spaces after the Supreme Court ruling but, like

Oh have they now.

Girlguiding, an organization for, as it says on the tin, girls, must use its power to terminate itself for the sake of being incloosive of boys in an organization set up for girls. It must do that. Girls must not be allowed to have anything for themselves. It’s imperative to take away everything that is for girls only.

Meanwhile…

Pride in Surrey, which this year had its chairman and founder jailed for child rape, while another senior volunteer was also jailed for paedophilia offences, is publicly urging the Women's Institute to break the law so that men can continue to be its members pic.twitter.com/uylW7kn1Dr

— ripx4nutmeg (@ripx4nutmeg) December 4, 2025

No Women’s Institute for … Read the rest

Maggie Chapman announces 2026 must be year we halt the rollback of trans rights.

Must it? Why? How about halting and reversing the rollback of women’s rights? What actual literal enforceable rights have trans people lost anyway?

She tells us “the festive period” is a time when people get together tralala, in order to say BUT not for everyone.

It can be a particularly hard time for a lot of LGBTQIA+ people, with many forced back into the closet or into denial just to keep the peace, and others cut off by estrangement.

But there are no such people. Trans is not the same as lesbian and gay and bisexual.

All over our country there are people being made

Gosh what a surprise – women are still treated like a tiresome worthless nuisance even after we say we would prefer something different.

A bill that set targets for increasing female representation on public boards in Scotland is not working and has delivered little benefit to women, critics have claimed.

The complaints over the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 come in the wake of statistics revealing that more than a third of listed public authorities had not achieved the key target as of December 31 last year.

The legislation demands that at least 50 per cent of non-executive members on public boards are female. Of the 143 listed public authorities, 88 had achieved the gender representation target,

Ok so I’m catching up, which means following up links you peeps have shared, so let’s read Green Party tearing itself apart over trans rights, leaked dossier reveals from December 12.

Subhead:

Lawyers warn guidance on identifying ‘queerphobia’ risks discriminating against members who question gender ideology

Do they now!?! That is good to know. Of course it does, so it’s excellent news that lawyers are now pointing out that it does.

The 53-page report on legal and reputational risk to the party, leaked to The Telegraph, exposes an extraordinary row over the party’s policies on transgender and LGBT rights. It poses material legal and financial risks to Zack Polanski’s movement, the dossier reveals.

The report, drawn up by the