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Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· 27d

Your work is recognised internationally for its' deleterious effects upon society 🏆: rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org/countries/un...

ILGA barchart illustrating the rapidly declining ranking of the UK for queer rights, over the last. From 1st to 22nd overall, and alongside Russia for trans rights recognition

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· Jun 25

You've gone from comprehensively banning all forms of 'conversion practices' to 'harmful conversion practices', as if there is a non-harmful version. It's obviously intended to permit continued abuse via NHS GET as advised by SEGM conversion practitioners via the huge 'healthcare' loophole

Extract from Conversion Practices Permitting Bill section on performing abuse under the umbrella of healthcare:

(9) In subsection (3) "health care services" means-

(a) all forms of health care services provided for individuals, whether relating to physical or mental health, and

(b) procedures that are similar to forms of medical or surgical care but are not provided in connection with a medical condition.

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· Jun 24

My brain read the headline like this; can't imagine why

Screen cap of Independent newspaper headline, altered to read:
'Bridget Phillipson hits out at trans people in wake of Supreme Court ruling'

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· Jun 19

Incredible statement of ignorance/carelessness within the judgement: '[148] ... I did not understand the respondents' position to be that a trans woman would be unsafe in a male prison. ' Full text in alt

[148] Senior counsel for the respondents submitted that putting a trans woman in a
male prison would place her at higher risk. In terms of physical safety, I did not understand
the respondents' position to be that a trans woman would be unsafe in a male prison.

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· Jun 12

The forecast is now for even more excess electricity overnight #wind #solar

Graph of predicted electricity generation from renewables exceeding demand overnight Friday and Saturday

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· Jun 11

Wow, I'm expecting some significant negative electricity pricing on Saturday given they forecast renewables supply exceeds demand. Fill your, useful, boots #renewableenergy #OctopusAgile Graph by openenergymonitor.org

Graph of forecast renewable electricity supply and electricity demand showing excess of Saturday which usually translates into negative pricing. Powered by https://openenergymonitor.org/

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· Jun 5

It may also include a variant on this image, given the inclinations of right-wingers and their attacks on Olympic athletes who don't meet their 'standards'

Simpsons meme of colour chart, with the lighter cooler section marked Cis and the darker colour section marked Trans

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· Jun 5

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"However, it may be that offering alternative arrangements is not reasonably possible for the service provider (including a person providing a service in the exercise of public functions) or that doing so would undermine the service that is being provided. This may be because of the type of service being provided, the needs of the service users, the physical constraints of any building, or because of the disproportionate financial costs associated with making those arrangements" (13.126).

This appears to suggest that in situations where, due to "physical constraints... or because of disproportionate financial costs" (13.126): a service provider decides it cannot "also provide toilets in individual lockable rooms with handbasins" (13.123); is unable to extend access to an "accessible toilet with baby changing facility so it can also be used as a mixed-sex toilet" (13.124); that transgender men or women could be left without access to a provision as basic as toilet facilities under the draft guidance.

Finally, it is not clear how the safety of individuals within prisons will be facilitated in alignment with this guidance. In the past, service providers were able to open "transgender prison units," with the first having opened in 2019 at HMP Downview. The new guidance suggest that this would now be against the law, with Code 13.131 stating that "a mixed-sex service must be open to all service users". It is my view that this change would only serve to make prisoners and prisons less safe.

I would greatly appreciate a response which addresses these concerns and outlines if the Government has any plans to introduce new primary legislation in this area.

Yours sincerely,

Peter Lamb MP

Member of Parliament for Crawley

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· Jun 5

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The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) published a draft consultation document entitled "Care of Transgender and Gender Diverse Adults within Obstetrics and Gynaecology" for peer review in July 2022. This document states that:

."Trans women who have had genital reconstruction surgery (vulvoplasty and/or vaginoplasty) and need to access gynaecological services may experience similar problems. The response should be to treat the individual in the same way as any other woman accessing the service and manage the consultation accordingly, in line with relevant professional standards" (230-234)

While I appreciate that the RCOG has not yet published a finalised version of this document, the suggestion that OBGYN services do not "offer any treatment which is suitable for... a trans woman" does not appear to be correct.

I am also concerned that under Codes 13.152 and 13.153women's health clinics offering breast screenings would be unable to provide this service to trans women. This is despite the fact that trans women who have had more than five years of Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy (GHAT) are forty-seven times more likely to develop breast cancer than men.

Additionally, I share the concerns expressed by many of our colleagues and my constituents regarding the practical implementation of this guidance in certain instances. Codes 13.123-13.126 appear to indicate that there could well be situations whereby there is no obligation to provide access to for example toilets for transgender individuals:

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· Jun 4

Plenty of sun and wind today on the isle of a decayed empire, so the #EV was charged for better than free, banana cake baked for free, hot water heated for free, home battery charged for free (aided by my PV panels)

GB Grid Carbon Intensity 69gCO2/kWh

Wind 15900 MW (48.1%)
Solar 5000 MW (15.2%)
France 2500 MW (7.5%)
Nuclear 2300 MW (7.0%)
Gas 2300 MW (7.0%)
Other 1100 MW (3.5%)
Belgium 1000 MW (3.0%)
Norway 940 MW (2.8%)
Netherlands 820 MW (2.5%)
Biomass 670 MW (2.0%)
Hydro 210 MW (0.6%)
Denmark 97 MW (0.3%)
Northern Ireland 75 MW (0.2%)

Updated 04/06/2026 17:35 BST

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· Jun 1

Truss and Badenoch deliberately placed ideologues in all key roles and Labour are happy to leave them be

Tweet:
Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch

...

The third reason was having gender-critical men and women in the UK government, holding the positions that mattered most in Equalities and Health.

You only need to look at what the SNP did in Scotland to see what would have happened had we not intervened.

The Cass Review would **never** have been commissioned under a Labour govt. Labour did not want to know.

We had incredible opposition from the system on everything. It was when the ministers changed that everything changed.

ripx4nutmeg @ripx4nutmeg 08/06/2024

On Real Time with Bill Maher, Abigail Shrier is asked why England has taken a global lead when it comes to banning puberty blockers for children confused about their gender.

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· May 30

Relevant extract from the Forstater EAT

notwithstanding its potential to result in the harassment of trans persons in some circumstances, fell within the protection under Article 9(1), ECHR and therefore within s.10, EqA.

However:

a.

This judgment does not mean that the EAT has expressed any view on the merits of either side of the transgender debate and nothing in it should be regarded as so doing.

b. This judgment does not mean that those with gender-critical beliefs can 'misgender' trans persons with impunity. The Claimant, like everyone else, will continue to be subject to the prohibitions on discrimination and harassment that apply to everyone else. Whether or not conduct in a given situation does amount to harassment or discrimination within the meaning of EqA will be for a tribunal to determine in a given case.

c. This judgment does not mean that trans persons do not have the protections against discrimination and harassment conferred by the EqA. They do. Although the protected characteristic of gender reassignment under s.7, EqA would be likely to apply only to a proportion of trans persons, there are other protected characteristics that could potentially be relied upon in the face of such conduct.

d. This judgment does not mean that employers and service providers will not be able to provide a safe environment for trans persons. Employers would continue to be liable (subject to any defence under s.109(4), EqA) for acts of harassment and discrimination against trans persons committed in the course of employment.

UKEAT/0105/20/JOJ

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· May 29

Doctor Who title page: 'Adult Human Dalek WORIADS'

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· May 29

Second hand EVs can be very cheap. Even some basic new ones like this one I saw offered via sales@new-car-discount.com today:

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· May 24

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· May 23

Re. #EHRC Code of malPractice. I've just noticed a possible typo in the #Equality Office's impact assessment on EXCLUSION from sports where it says 'It also covers competitive sport which may leave trans people WITH access to sport'. Surely it should say 'without'?

Extract from Equality Impact Assessment. Equality Office note on Sport:
'Exclusion: The updated Chapter 13 provides guidance on when it is lawful to exclude trans people from services aligned with their acquired gender (e.g. domestic violence refuges, hospital wards, and changing rooms) based on their biological sex. It also covers competitive sport which may leave trans people with access to sport.'

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· May 23

Cartoon of centrist calling for compromise between those that want civil rights and those that wish them dead

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· May 22

This is a feature not a bug. As Sex Matters' Helen Joyce proclaimed, they wish to 'minimise the number of trans people' by any means... And they are having some 'success'

Extract from Helen Joyce video: 'Helen Joyce: "In the meantime while we try to get through to the decision-makers we have to limit the harm. And that means reducing or keeping down the number of people who transition, and that's for two reasons: one of them is that every one of those people is a person who's been damaged. But the second one is, every one of those people is basically you know - a huge problem to a sane world.

Like if you've got people that - and whether they've transitioned, whether they're happily transitioned, whether they're unhappily transitioned, whether they're detransitioned - if you've got people who've dissociated from their sex in some way, every one of those people is someone who needs special accommodation in a sane world where we re-acknowledge the truth of sex. And I mean the people who've been damaged by it, the children who've been put through it those people deserve every accommodation we can possibly make. But every one is a difficulty."

Helen Staniland: "Yes."

Joyce: "I mean I know that sounds heartless. I'm trying to say exactly the opposite of sounding heartless. I'm saying every one of those people for 50, 60, 70 years is going to need things that the rest of us just don't need because the rest of us are just our sex. So the fewer of those people there are, the better, in the sane world that I hope we will reach."

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· May 22

5. OEO conclusion

Conclusion

In terms of the positive impacts, the inclusion of outcomes and analysis from recent cases provides legal clarity, which is a positive impact for the protected characteristics. Many of the changes made to the Code were made to reflect a change or clarification of the law since the original Code was published.

Generally, we have assessed that changes which apply across all protected characteristics contribute to the pursuit of the 3 aims in the PSED, and have a positive impact overall. However, the exception to this would be the gender reassignment protected characteristic, where we do think there are negative impacts. We assess that updates following the FWS ruling may also negatively impact other characteristics, including disability and sex.

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· May 22

4. Sex. Negative impacts upon cis women & their association

The impact of the changes for women who are deemed not to meet cultural and social expectations of femininity are also not explored in EHRC's EIA (explored in the 'gender reassignment' section as unintended consequences leading to gender policing). OEO notes anecdotal evidence from stakeholders that this is occurring, although at present there's not yet a strong evidence base to ascertain the level at which this is occurring, or the scale or severity of the impact. Women who are considered masculine may face greater scrutiny about their sex as a result of the changes. This will likely have a negative impact on this group, potentially on limbs one and three of PSED.

There is also little consideration in the EIA of how women in associations would be asked to 'police' other attendees to ensure compliance with the Code and how this might affect membership and sustainability of such organisations. OEO has anecdotal evidence from stakeholders that this would be an issue, however, at present there's not yet a strong evidence base to ascertain the level.

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· May 22

Safeguarding risks: Concern that excluding trans women from female services could mean they have to use male services, where they could face a disproportionate risk of violence and sexual assault (although this will depend on the nature of the service in question).

Relations between groups: The debate on single sex services and the treatment of trans people is particularly divisive at this time. The Code of Practice may exacerbate these tensions. This may be somewhat mitigated through careful communications surrounding the Code's publication.

Our assessment is therefore that the likely impacts on gender reassignment as a characteristic are negative, in relation to each of the 3 limbs of the PSED. Mitigating factors are the ability of service providers to create 'third-space' provision for trans people, and the guidance in the Code on when it is, and is not, proportionate and necessary to request information on sex at birth.

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· May 22

'Double exclusion': It is possible that trans people could be barred from both the space aligned with their gender (because of their sex) and the space aligned with their birth sex (because of possessing the protected characteristic of gender reassignment), effectively leaving them with no service at all.

Alternative provision: While the Code states it is "unlikely to be proportionate" to leave a trans person with no service (especially for essentials like toilets), providers may lack the funding or space to offer 'third-space' or gender-neutral alternatives.

Involuntary disclosure: New guidance explains how service providers can request information about an individual's sex at birth. This may force trans people to "out" themselves in public or professional settings. Similarly trans people have expressed concern - as in the Good Law Project litigation against EHRC - that having to use disabled toilets will 'out' them.

Policing of gender: Potential 'policing' of gender presentation, which could lead to increased harassment for trans people and cisgender people who do not conform to traditional gender stereotypes.

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· May 22

The #OEO Office for Equality & Opportunity point out some of the negative consequences of the #EHRC attempt at #trans exclusion: 1/x

OEO additional impact assessment

As set out in EHRC's EIA, the updates to the Code are expected to have a significant impact on people with the protected characteristic of gender reassignment. In addition to the concerns detailed in that EIA, there are further impacts to note as follows.

Exclusion: The updated Chapter 13 provides

guidance on when it is lawful to exclude trans people from services aligned with their acquired gender (e.g. domestic violence refuges, hospital wards, and changing rooms) based on their biological sex. It also covers competitive sport which may leave trans people with access to sport. Chapter 12 also provides guidance on restricting membership to an association based on those sharing one or more protected characteristics. Some organisations such as the Women's Institute and Girl Guiding have already made the decision to restrict membership to biological women only. The Code does explain where membership could be restricted based on sharing multiple characteristics and therefore provides an opportunity for trans inclusion, e.g. a women and trans women association.

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· May 16

Tuesday looks promising for #Renewable #Wind and solar #PV production in the UK...

Emoncms.org graph of forecast electricity demand and wind & solar PV production

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· May 12

@badambulist.bsky.social your recent talk of smart watches has cost me £52 (for my wife)

Receipt for purchase of Xiaomi Watch 5 for £52

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· May 1

Oral History Project on Transgender and Non-Binary Experiences of Section 28

Research participants wanted

Section 28 restricted what LGBTQ+ people could know about themselves at school. Typically this legislation made it difficult for LGBTQ kids to hear about their lives at school or see themselves in the world around them.

Were you in secondary school during Section 28 (1988-2003)

Do you now identify as transgender or non-binary and are currently aged between 34-567

If so, your experiences of Section 28 matter and are currently under explored in UK LGBTQ history.

I am a Masters student at Birkbeck University who is interested in hearing about your experiences in relation to the impact this legislation had on your identity, school experiences and everyday life. This project aims to create a safe space where your experiences can be recorded, valued and heard

Who can take part?

I am looking for participants who

Identify as transgender or non-binary Are currently aged between 34-56

Went to a UK secondary school during Section 28

Are willing to talk about personal experiences of school in relation to navigating your identity

What does it involve?

A one-to-one interview conducted online using MS Teams lasting approximately 60 minutes

The audio from this call will be recorded and transcribed to be used in the research, and you will be anonymised.

You are free to speak about any aspects of your experience that you feel comfortable sharing

You can pause, skip questions or withdraw at any time.

How will your data be used?

Your interview will be part of a postgraduate research project. All contributions will be handled with care and confidentiality which follow Birkbeck's ethical guidelines.

Birkbeck

Are you interested in taking part?

Please email: Finn fresearcher) at

fclark05@student.bbk.ac.uk

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· Apr 27

Yep, tis the weather. Here's the last few years of my 11 year old system showing 2025 which was my sunniest year to date

Graph of annual PV production showing 2025 as the highest year to date

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· Apr 27

I love seeing the predicted #renewable solar & wind electricity production reaching towards matching UK demand. Low carbon and low prices. Graphed by Emoncms.org using data from data.nationalgrideso.com. Looks like I'll be charging my #EV Wed or Thursday. Predictions improve the nearer in time obvs

Emoncms org graphed production of wind and solar electricity and demand. Data from data.nationalgrideso.com

Deb's Noise 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈@debsnoise· Apr 21

Being inclusive with Alt text only takes seconds