AnarchasteministAgainst polite transphobia: JK Rowling, the Sunday Times and Keir StarmerJK Rowling’s recent decision to lash out at a trans woman for acting as a manager for a low level women’s football team has led to a lot…·4 min read·2 days ago--3--3
AnarchasteministThe Cass Review did not take placeThe Cass Review released its final report last month. Criticisms of the final report from the trans community have been many and varied…·3 min read·May 8, 2024--3--3
AnarchasteministCass and social transition: What does the evidence tell us?The team behind the Cass review recently published an FAQ seeking to clarify certain claims being made about the review. Speaking against…·5 min read·Apr 28, 2024----
AnarchasteministThe trouble with “any other minority”It’s a common refrain when a public figure makes a transphobic statement; “They wouldn’t say that about any other minority.” It often comes…4 min read·Feb 8, 2024--1--1
AnarchasteministThe Labour Vanishes: AI, machine learning and automationWe live, we are told, in a golden age of AI, with major tech companies like Google regularly and loudly announcing that they are getting…5 min read·May 11, 2023----
AnarchasteministWhat can trans people learn from the 2021 census?The ONS recently released a bunch of data on sexual orientation and gender identity and various demographic variables tracked in the…4 min read·Apr 12, 2023--1--1
AnarchasteministWhy trans people need solidarity from the workers movement; some thoughts on International Women’s…Today is International Women’s Day, a long standing tradition of celebrating working class women’s struggles against patriarchy and…3 min read·Mar 8, 2023----
AnarchasteministWho cares about All Women Shortlists? Eddie Izzard, Transphobia and manufactured controversySince Eddie Izzard announced her intention to seek to be the Labour MP candidate for Sheffield Central, a torrent of abuse and harassment…3 min read·Oct 12, 2022----
AnarchasteministThe Gender Debate; when is enough enough?Last month, the EHRC wrote to the Scottish Parliament calling for the Scottish government to delay planned reforms to the Gender…4 min read·Feb 20, 2022----
AnarchasteministWhy I don’t call myself a skeptic any moreFor much of my adult life, I’ve thought of myself as a skeptic. I strongly believe in the power of science as means to improve our lives…8 min read·Feb 6, 2022--1--1