Published inPrism & Pen·Jan 13, 2022UK Appoints Problematic Barrister to Human Rights CommitteeDispatches from TERF Island — On Monday 20th December 2021, UK Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, appointed Akua Reindorf to the board of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Here’s the body of what I wrote last July, for Prism & Pen, regarding Ms. Reindorf. I present it here again to show why…LGBTQ4 min readLGBTQ4 min read
Published inPrism & Pen·Jan 11, 2022Titane — Is It Transphobic?Let’s talk queer body horror — Julia DuCournau’s sophomore movie, Titane, won the Palm D’Or at Cannes last year (her debut was the veterinary cannibal romp, Raw), only the second time a film directed by a woman has done so. As a woman, I think it’s good, if pathetic, that in 2021 we should be celebrating…LGBTQ3 min readLGBTQ3 min read
Published inPrism & Pen·Oct 19, 2021The UK is Horrendously Transphobic. The US is Next.Dispatches from TERF Island — Recently, Prism & Pen editor James Finn wrote ‘UK Cited for Anti-Trans Human Rights Abuses. Is US Next?’, in which he lamented the UK’s slide into ever more strident transphobia. His piece came as the Council of Europe, Europe’s pre-eminent human rights organisation, cited the UK for its appalling record…Transgender7 min readTransgender7 min read
Published inPrism & Pen·Oct 16, 2021God’s Reps Have Shown Up - Oh DearDispatches from TERF Island — Religion is finally rearing its too-often ugly head in UK transgender news this week. Let’s take a look. In a recent Dispatch (temporarily unavailable for technical reasons) I highlighted some of the differences in the nature of transphobia here in the UK and over in the US. I have ex…LGBTQ4 min readLGBTQ4 min read
