Reposted by alan_bjimbo3008.bsky.social @jimbo3008.bsky.social · 01/10/2026@moderation.bsky.app Please see the post below. There is nothing within @gudulemartens.bsky.app post that comes close to meriting a ban. 2112
Reposted by alan_bCupid Stunt @mary-hinge.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Please share, someone could be very upset by this and probably thinking it been binned. news.stv.tv/north/appeal...news.stv.tvAppeal to find owner of lost urn left on train from London to AberdeenOfficers say the small red urn is wrapped in purple and white artificial flowers and held by a small brown teddy bear. 013
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Sandie Peggie is appealing the parts of her tribunal claim which were rejected in the much changed judgement. The appeal will not be heard until next year. Michael Foran discusses the grounds of appeal. substack.com/@michaelfora... Grounds of appeal here drive.google.com/file/d/1t_PL...substack.comPeggie v NHS Fife Grounds of AppealA recording from Michael Foran's live video 031
Reposted by alan_b𝚼𝖆𝖑𝖉𝖆 @yal-da.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The execution regime has executed at least 342 prisoners since March 21 (the beginning of Iranian calendar year 1405) to date. Among those executed were 10 women, 2 individuals who were children at the time of their sentencing, and 37 political prisoners…. wncri.org/2026/08/11/n...wncri.orgIran: 133 Weeks of No to Execution Tuesdays campaign in 59 PrisonsIn the 133rd week of the No to Execution Tuesdays campaign, political prisoners in 59 prisons across Iran staged a 11512
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 09/08/2026An interview with sacked detective constable Rachel Fletcher by Jo Bartosch (in a publication I had not previously heard of). www.terftimes.com/p/the-thin-b...terftimes.comThe thin blue lie | TERF TimesAfter more than two decades in policing, detective Rachel Fletcher was sacked for gross misconduct over remarks about men. She tells Jo Bartosch why she refuses to recant. 243
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Not everyone likes Stuart Campbell of Wings over Scotland. wingsoverscotland.com/the-plague/wingsoverscotland.comThe PlagueEver-alert Wings readers will be aware that for the past three and a half years or so I’ve been the target of a campaign by disgraced former policeman Lynsay Watson, who over that period has … 100
Reposted by alan_bUnHerd @unherd.com · 04/08/2026‘Given that the police service is now recognised as one of the most institutionally misogynistic institutions in the land, it is ironic that a woman with previous exemplary service has been sacked for making off-the-cuff remarks about women’s rights.’ | Julie Bindelbuff.lyDoes the force fear feminists?(Credit: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty) 052
Reposted by alan_bRachel Fletcher @rachelsfletcher.bsky.social · 03/08/2026thecritic.co.uk/the-cold-bill/thecritic.co.ukThe cold bill | Josephine Bartosch | The Critic MagazineThe dismissal of DC Rachel Fletcher has given a boost to misogynists of all stripes — the old school men’s rights activists and their deranged offspring, the trans activists. On Friday… 031
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Has anyone been following the disciplinary tribunal against DC Rachel Fletcher? It's quite a story. substack.com/@tribunaltwe...substack.comPolice Misconduct Hearing: DC FletcherDC Rachel Fletcher is due to appear before a gross misconduct hearing in relation to allegations concerning comments she is alleged to have made whilst on duty between 2023 and 2024. 371
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Elaine Miller at the CAN-SG & SEGM joint conference. open.substack.com/pub/venusenv...open.substack.comConference: Rethinking Youth Gender MedicineSweary questions apply 100
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 26/06/2026If you haven't been following the Tempest vs. DEFRA employment tribunal in Leeds via Tribunal Tweets, you're missing out. @nickwallis.bsky.social has a brief summary on genderblog.net/a-tempest-in...genderblog.netA Tempest in Leeds“Encountering colleagues wearing SEEN lanyards in the workplace makes me feel unsafe.” Samantha Tempest This is Samantha Tempest. Tempest works for the civil service, and today at Leeds… 030
Reposted by alan_bNick Wallis @nickwallis.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Another court victory for For Women Scotland: genderblog.net/men-in-scott...genderblog.netMen in Scottish Women’s Prisons Unlawful“We are thrilled with the result, but it should never have come to this.” Victory. Again. The Scottish government’s policy of putting men in women’s prisons has today been r… 25417
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Insightful commentary from Sara Morrison on recent events in Belfast. substack.com/@sarawildtim...substack.comThe HurlMaitiu Mág Tighearnán is a West Belfast dad who was in the right place on Monday night with the right object in his hand. 020
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Inaugural meeting of the Sex and Gender Law Association reported by Nick Wallis. genderblog.net/sex-and-gend...genderblog.netSex and Gender Law Association is GoKaron Monaghan KC with (l-r background Peter Ramsey (LSE host/chair), Dr Julius Grower (event chair) and Simon Cheetham KC Fair play to Simon Cheetham KC. He opened his talk by thanking the chair D… 000
Reposted by alan_bchristhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 31/05/2026She promptly escaped to the Los Angeles underground where she survives as a soldier of fortune… 37718147
Reposted by alan_bNon-dairy Canary @nondairycanary.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Single-sex toilets must exclude people not of that sex, says EHRC FTFY, @theguardian.com. 2273
Reposted by alan_bNick Wallis @nickwallis.bsky.social · 20/05/2026What’s in Project Brisbane? Why is the Post Office so desperate to keep it secret? What might it unlock? www.postofficescandal.uk/post/project...postofficescandal.ukProject Brisbane – a report the Post Office is desperate to keep secretIn January 2022 the researcher Eleanor Shaikh was poring over some written evidence submitted by the Business Department (then known as BEIS) to the Business Select Committee in March 2020. In an a… 066
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 12/05/2026open.substack.com/pub/cwestonc...open.substack.comHow I cured my 'mental illness'The most wonderful thing that ever happened to me 000
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Kathleen Stock on the new chair of Stonewall. archive.is/202604210840... www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...archive.is 330
Reposted by alan_bloopylaura.bsky.social @loopylaura.bsky.social · 20/04/2026"Starmer, they say, has no ability to manage a team; an aversion to conflict; no guiding mission for power; no energy to drive change; little interest in people; and no interest in political strategy." So, he's a husk of a man, promoted to the top job because of his vacuity.politico.euFatal flaw: Keir Starmer’s leadership vacuum threatens to swallow him upThe PM’s current and former colleagues say the Mandelson scandal has exposed the hollowness of his hands-off style. 222
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 17/04/2026On the proposed puberty blocker trial in the UK open.substack.com/pub/voidifre...open.substack.comTrials and TribulationsActivists demand proof while burying the evidence 143
Reposted by alan_bBrap @brap.bsky.social · 16/04/2026www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...telegraph.co.ukYou are seeing this page because our security systems have detected some unusual activity on this connection. To regain access to The Telegraph website please try the following: 021
Reposted by alan_bBrap @brap.bsky.social · 16/04/2026thecritic.co.uk/chopping-the... "One of the difficulties of being on the non-mad side of the gender wars is that the other side’s arguments are so mad, it sounds as though you’re making them up."thecritic.co.ukChopping The Onion | Victoria Smith | The Critic MagazineOne of the difficulties of being on the non-mad side of the gender wars is that the other side’s arguments are so mad, it sounds as though you’re making them up. What trans activism has done — enabled... 0166
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Great piece in The Critic by Jenny Lindsay on the censoring of Afterlife by Gutter and what it says about the decay of our literary culture. thecritic.co.uk/literary-fre...thecritic.co.ukLiterary freedom is in the gutter | Jenny Lindsay | The Critic MagazineIn the Scottish literary world I dimly remember once existing, someone publishing a 25-year retrospective poetry collection, with top publisher Bloodaxe no less, would have been an unalloyed cause for... 000
Reposted by alan_bPhil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 10/04/2026The Telegraph just gave a convicted criminal a two-page spread to explain why he's pumping £4 million into Reform UK. They tucked his criminal record away in the small print. So as a former financial crime specialist I’ll do their job for them👇telegraph.co.ukYou are seeing this page because our security systems have detected some unusual activity on this connection. To regain access to The Telegraph website please try the following: 361356800
Reposted by alan_bNaomi Cunningham @naomicunningham.bsky.social · 25/03/2026I listened to the usually excellent @11kbw.bsky.social employment law blog on the recent ET cases on single-sex spaces. www.legalfeminist.org.uk/2026/03/25/p...legalfeminist.org.ukPodcasting and partisanship -I listened to the 11KBW Employment Podcast in which Katherine Taunton and Dan Stillitz KC discussed four recent cases on single-sex spaces: Peggie v NHS Fife and Beth Upton, Kelly v Leonardo UK Ltd, H... 3194
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Ben Ryan writes in Compact. www.compactmag.com/article/how-... 000
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Latest piece from Sarah Stuart, on attending a lecture by Sharon Cowan, (partner of Sandie Brindley, former head of Rape Crisis Scotland). the-lies-they-tell.org/2026/03/28/l...the-lies-they-tell.orgLecture on Gender, Sex and the Law, a UCL Law EventShaz was there at the beginning of it all, i.e. the 2004 Gender Recognition Act (GRA). There had been a Telegraph article titled: Gender is no substitute for sex. (In fact, the article is no such t… 010
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 03/03/2026More tossery from the publicly subsidised Scottish Arts sector.https://open.substack.com/pub/pollyclark/p/anatomy-of-a-vanishing?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=clgoj 000
Reposted by alan_bNick Wallis @nickwallis.bsky.social · 02/03/2026What happens when you complain to the Met Police about being doxxed. genderblog.net/the-guardrai...genderblog.net“The Guardrails Are Collapsing”“If I if I get struck off as a psychologist and I’ve got to go and stack shelves in Tesco, then at least I know I did the right thing. I can’t do this anymore.” One of the t… 042
Reposted by alan_bBenjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 23/02/2026NEWS: Mt. Sinai, the sprawling hospital system, has joined NYU Langone in shuttering its pediatric gender clinic in the face of threats from the Trump administration of cutting off its Medicaid funding. gothamist.com/news/nyc-par...gothamist.comNYC parents say Mount Sinai has cut off services for trans kids ahead of federal ruleMount Sinai would be the second major NYC health system to end services for trans youth amid threats from the Trump administration. 2113
Reposted by alan_bBrap @brap.bsky.social · 22/02/2026open.substack.com/pub/suzannem...open.substack.comSterilising Children? Not A Good Idea. Who Knew?The puberty blocker trial called Pathways has been halted in the UK. 3167
Reposted by alan_bFor Women Scotland @forwomen.scot · 16/02/2026We have written about the cognitive dissonance of certain MSPs, Epstein, grooming gangs, the Nordic Model survivors, and AshRegan's #unbuyable bill. forwomen.scot/16/02/2026/t...forwomen.scotThe Epstein shaped elephant in the room - For Women ScotlandWhen does the grooming, trafficking, and sexual exploitation of young women and girls become an issue for society? When is a woman making a liberated, empowered choice and when does she become a victi... 084
Reposted by alan_bNick Wallis @nickwallis.bsky.social · 16/02/2026A thoughtful piece about an appalling crime. After Tumbler Ridge open.substack.com/pub/sarahmit...open.substack.comAfter Tumbler RidgeLast week, a teenage boy in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, shot 35 people, killing eight: his mother, stepbrother, and a teacher and five students at a local school. 031
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Sarah Mittermaier on the recent statement from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. open.substack.com/pub/sarahmit...open.substack.comSome thoughts about the first major US medical association to defect from gender-affirming careSorry, my pithy title generator broke this weekend 000
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Third and final day of For Women Scotland vs the Scottish Ministers at the Court of Session in Edinburgh. genderblog.net?noptin_ns=em...genderblog.netFWS day 3: Sex is SemanticsFor Women Scotland (l-r): Marion Calder, Susan Smith, Trina Budge The arguments advanced by the Scottish government in court today boiled down to a simple proposition: if banning men from womenR… 162
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Day one of For Women Scotland Vs the Scottish Ministers. genderblog.net/for-women-sc...genderblog.netFor Women Scotland back in courtSusan Smith, Marion Calder and Trina Budge posing for photographers and camera crews outside the Court of Session today Ten months after the Supreme Court confirmed trans-identifying men are not wo… 000
Reposted by alan_bCathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 01/02/2026'They weren’t trying to protect her. They were trying to neutralise her. And in their eyes, she saw not the future of feminism, but the chilling face of its capture.' Must read for academics in women's studies now neutralised & captured as gender studies. frontlinewomen.substack.com/p/issue-18-t...frontlinewomen.substack.comISSUE 18: The FrontlineA 21st century feminist publication where women's voices have power 22710
Reposted by alan_bK.Flynnx (St.) @kflynny369.bsky.social · 05/01/2026substack.com/@michaelfora... More from Michael Foran…substack.comHuman Rights in Peggie v NHS FifeAn Employment Tribunal has concluded that Sandie Peggie was unlawfully harassed by her employer, NHS Fife, when it failed to revoke permission granted to a male colleague to use the female changing ro... 041
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 18/12/2025open.substack.com/pub/helenjoy...open.substack.comMaria Kelly: another disgraceful ET rulingSandie Peggie dominated the headlines but the Kelly judgment is just as bad 000
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 18/12/2025www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...newstatesman.comExclusive: Why Wes Streeting changed his mind on cross-sex hormonesThe evidence that shifted the government’s position on providing the treatment to children is revealed here. 010
Reposted by alan_bNaomi Cunningham @naomicunningham.bsky.social · 16/12/2025We really need to start to face up to the implications of autogynephilia for the admission of men who say they are women to women-only spaces. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC6M...youtube.comWhat Is Autogynephilia? | Helen JoyceYouTube video by John Anderson Media 12310
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Sanity and the Peggie tribunal ruling. pollyclark.substack.com/p/aboard-the...pollyclark.substack.comAboard the Good Ship SanityShared reality and the Judge Kemp ruling 141
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Michael Foran on some of the legal flaws in the Sandie Peggie tribunal ruling. open.substack.com/pub/knowingi...open.substack.comPeggie v NHS Fife: The JudgmentA recording from Michael Foran's live video 0125
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Helen Joyce on (some of) what's wrong with the Sandie Peggie tribunal ruling. open.substack.com/pub/helenjoy...open.substack.comThe Peggie judgment: an unholy messJust how can an employment tribunal produce something so muddled and wrongheaded? 040
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 09/12/2025More on the Sandie Peggie tribunal ruling. wingsoverscotland.com/the-valley-o...wingsoverscotland.comThe Valley Of The DollsThe first and most important thing to note about yesterday’s judgment in the Sandie Peggie tribunal is that it’s a very big victory. The tribunal found that Sandie Peggie was gravely an… 162
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 26/11/2025open.substack.com/pub/malcolmr... Malcolm Clark on BBC self satisfaction.open.substack.comThe BBC's Defenders Will Be the Death of it.The refusal of BBC defenders to take its bias seriously will end up destroying an institution they think they're defending. It's a toxic attitude my old colleague Alan Yentob perfected. 020
Reposted by alan_bbatakali.bsky.social @batakali.bsky.social · 26/11/2025My blog post on the PATHWAYS puberty blocker trial: "Ten million pounds and two hundred childhoods, spent not to discover whether puberty blockers “work”, but to postpone the moment when the NHS finally has to admit they never did and never could." www.quackometer.net/blog/2025/11... 43312