These five sentences written by equalities minister Liz Truss have people...
Liz Truss, the minister for women and equalities, has provoked “deep concern” for trans rights in the UK with new comments about the Equality Act. Truss is currently in charge of plans to reform the...
View ArticleAnti-trans Tory peer Baroness Nicholson condemned after launching astonishing...
Tory peer Baroness Nicholson launched an astonishing attack on LGBT+ people, suggesting that marriage equality has come at the expense of women’s rights. Nicholson, a life peer since 1997, spewed her...
View ArticleTory peer Baroness Nicholson reported for bullying after sharing ‘racist and...
Trans allies are writing complaints to parliament after Tory peer Baroness Nicholson shared “racist and transphobic” abuse about model Munroe Bergdorf. Bergdorf, a Black trans woman, was called a...
View ArticleBooker Prize told to ‘do better’ after issuing tepid response to vice...
The Booker Prize Foundation has issued a tepid response after receiving complaints about “racist and transphobic” abuse shared by its honorary vice president, Baroness Nicholson, about Black model...
View ArticleBooker Prize drops Baroness Nicholson as honorary vice president amid...
The Booker Prize has dropped Baroness Nicholson as its honorary vice president over her controversial views on trans people and same-sex marriage. Organisers of the prestigious literary award came...
View ArticleBaroness Nicholson invites Munroe Bergdorf for lunch after calling her a...
Tory peer Baroness Nicholson has invited the trans activist Munroe Bergdorf for lunch after calling her a “weird creature” on Twitter. Nicholson appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme in the wake of...
View ArticleBaroness Nicholson will not be investigated for sharing ‘racist and...
Tory peer Baroness Nicholson will not be investigated by the House of Lords for bullying, despite the standards commissioner receiving hundreds of complaints about her behaviour towards Munroe...
View ArticleMunroe Bergdorf graciously accepts Baroness Nicholson’s apology while...
Model and trans activist Munroe Bergdorf has kindly accepted Baroness Nicholson’s apology for sharing racist and transphobic content about her, while at the same time schooling her on why racism and...
View ArticleGay author who pressured Booker Prize to drop Baroness Nicholson apologises...
Damian Barr, the novelist who campaigned for Baroness Nicholson to be removed as an honorary Booker Prize vice president has apologised after a series of past tweets including a transphobic slur...
View ArticleTrans model Munroe Bergdorf labels JK Rowling ‘a threat to LGBT+ people’ in...
JK Rowling and her transphobic opinions are “a threat to LGBT+ people”, says trans model and activist Munroe Bergdorf. Bergdorf also slammed JK Rowling’s latest remarks about trans people – posted to...
View ArticleMunroe Bergdorf signs historic six-figure book deal for a gender manifesto...
Munroe Bergdorf has signed a landmark six-figure contract with Bloomsbury for her debut book, Transitional. The Black trans model and activist’s book, billed as a manifesto on gender, was bought by...
View ArticleGay novelist Damian Barr steps down from board of England’s biggest arts...
Gay novelist Damian Barr has stepped down from his position on the board of Brighton Fringe Festival. The Times claimed that Brighton Fringe Festival, England’s largest arts festival, chose to cut ties...
View ArticleRape charity that suffered transphobic backlash for recruiting trans women to...
Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre has confirmed it will continue to recruit transgender volunteers for its helpline, despite a number of transphobic attacks in recent weeks. In a statement to Varsity,...
View ArticleTory peer Baroness Nicholson thinks that it is ‘very dangerous’ for the BBC...
Anti-trans Tory peer Baroness Nicholson claims it’s “very dangerous” that the BBC explained what pronouns are to children. On International Pronouns Day, BBC Bitesize – the public-service broadcaster’s...
View ArticleTory peer Baroness Nicholson thinks calling women ‘people’ is misgendering....
Baroness Emma Nicholson thinks that referring to women as “people” is misgendering them. Nicholson has a long anti-trans history, having claimed it is “very dangerous” to explain pronouns to children...
View ArticleSelf-proclaimed defender of gay rights Baroness Nicholson doesn’t know what...
Unelected peer Baroness Nicholson, who in recent years has claimed to be a defender of the gays, doesn’t seem to know what homophobia means. Nicholson has a long anti-LGBT+ history, having been the...
View ArticleTate gallery responds perfectly to Tory peer’s ‘anal sex’ rant over Drag...
London’s Tate Britain has responded to a rambling letter about anal sex, orgies and ‘Daddy’ t-shirts from Tory peer Baroness Nicholson over a Drag Queen Story Hour event. The world-renowned art museum...
View ArticleTory peer claims LGBTQ+ Pride crossings will ‘trigger epilepsy’. Experts say...
Claims by Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne that a new Pride crossing in West London will “cause migraines and trigger epilepsy” have been thoroughly quashed by medical experts. The new rainbow...
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