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We exist to promote the understanding, equality, equity & rights relating to all gender identities, & to stand against transphobia & gender-based discrimination. feministgenderequality.network/medi…

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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Reminder to all that our event is taking place at Queer Britain, 2 Granary Square, London N1C 4BH feministgenderequality.network/medi…
Media Power. Media Abuse.
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Just a few more tickets left for tonight. Media Power. Media Abuse. Who Controls the Narrative? Examining Censorship, Gatekeeping and the Power of the Press. 6pm to 8pm. New Venue: Queer Britain, 2 Granary Square, London N1C 4BH feministgenderequality.network/medi…
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Just one day to go. Media Power. Media Abuse. Who Controls the Narrative? Examining Censorship, Gatekeeping and the Power of the Press. 6pm to 8pm. New Venue: Queer Britain, 2 Granary Square, London N1C 4BH feministgenderequality.network/medi…
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Thursday 10th September Media Power. Media Abuse. Who Controls the Narrative? Examining Censorship, Gatekeeping and the Power of the Press. 6pm to 8pm. New Venue: Queer Britain, 2 Granary Square, London N1C 4BH feministgenderequality.network/medi…
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Given the news that broke over the weekend regarding Unisons' women's conference we have made the decision to relocate our planned event to celebrate this censorship. The event will now take place at Q... feministgenderequality.network/chan…
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Given this news we are assessing if we can continue to hold our planned event "Media Power. Media Abuse." at the Unison HQ next week. We are looking for an alternative venue at present so please stay tuned for updates. We are extremely disappointed with @unison.org.uk taking this action.
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Just one week to go. Media Power. Media Abuse. Who Controls the Narrative? Examining Censorship, Gatekeeping and the Power of the Press. 6pm to 8pm Thursday 10th September 2026 Venue UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Rd, London, NW1 2AY feministgenderequality.network/medi…
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Media Power. Media Abuse. Who Controls the Narrative? Examining Censorship, Gatekeeping and the Power of the Press. 6pm to 8pm Thursday 10th September 2026 Venue UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Rd, London, NW1 2AY feministgenderequality.network/media-power-...
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Media Power. Media Abuse. - Feminist Gender Equality Network
Who Controls the Narrative? Examining Censorship, Gatekeeping and the Power of the Press 6pm to 8pm Thursday 10th September 2026 Venue UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Rd, London, NW1 2AY This event marks fi...
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Not a Ban! FGENs statement on the Draft conversion practices bill published today feministgenderequality.network/not-…
Not a Ban!
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Ahead of Thursdays mass lobby we have written a handy factsheet with topics for discussion with MPs. feministgenderequality.network/ehrc…
Mass Lobby Fact Sheet
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
FGEN is calling on its members and all those in the Higher Education sector to write the OfS demanding they take action in light of today’s ruling. If this is you, fill in the template letter below and send to: complaints@officeforstudents.org.uk feministgenderequality.network/template-let...
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Template Letter to OfS - Feminist Gender Equality Network
Dear Mr Fleming, I am writing concerning the outcome of the University of Sussex’s successful appeal against the Office for Students (OfS) extraordinary £585,000 fine for alleged violations of free sp...
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Statement from the Feminist Gender Equality Network on the Ruling in Sussex v OfS and FDU feministgenderequality.network/statement-fr...
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Statement from the Feminist Gender Equality Network on the Ruling in Sussex v OfS and FDU - Feminist Gender Equality Network
As a network of feminist scholars, FGEN welcomes the University of Sussex’s successful appeal against the Office for Students (OfS) extraordinary £585,000 fine for alleged violations of free speech re...
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
We're slowly creeping up on 300 Signatures, so why not ask you candidate to sign up to our pledge...
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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I'm proud to've signed up to this as a council candidate for the Greens in Newcastle - the current attack on LGBTQ+ rights isn't some remote culture-war issue but something happening on the ground, in our communities, to our neighbours and loved ones, and it's up to us to stand with them.
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
FGEN Announces: Councillor Pledge for LGBTQ+ Rights In the run up to local elections across the UK, FGEN is calling on candidates to sign this pledge letter affirming their support for LGBTQ+ rights and opposing efforts to roll them back. 1/2
Trans Flags being waved in front of the Palace of Westminster
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Re-upping this again, because it’s a great take-down of the restrictive transphobic “data” activism.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Re-upping this article in the Guardian Oz, about my research into the extreme harm being caused by Wes Streeting's puberty-blocker ban. UK mainstream media has collectively ignored my research (as I expected) but not the Guardian Australia. Needless the UK and US Guardian's didn't share it.
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Puberty blocker bans in Queensland and NZ risk extreme harm to trans youth, UK expert warns
Sociologist who surveyed effect of 2024 UK ban says denial of gender-affirming care has left trans and non-binary children in ‘abject misery and severe distress’
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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 27/01/2026
'The iEHRC (independent Equality and Human Rights Commission), established by Dr Natacha Kennedy of the Feminist Equality Network (FEM) aims to provide an alternative to the present EHRC (Equality and Human Rights Commission)' northwestbylines.co.uk/news/equalit...
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Independent EHRC established – existing EHRC ‘not fit for purpose’
A new idependent Equality and Human Rights Commission (iEHRC) has been launched in the UK, here is an interview with the founder
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Both of FGEN’s Co Chairs sat down to talk with journalist Emily Dixon about being trans in academia and how recent events such as the Supreme Court and the OfS fine on Sussex University have affected the environment. archive.is/oYqXS
Trans scholars being ‘pushed out of academia’, researchers warn – Times Higher Education
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
This is one reason that FGEN is more important than ever, Both of our co chairs @natacha.bsky.social and @parkesland.bsky.social were interviewed for this article. We've been quiet publically for the last few months, but we have been busy in the background more news in the new year.
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Gina Gwenffrewi @ginagwenffrewi.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
My critical analysis of the anti-trans astroturf group, the LGB Alliance, has just been published in the special edition of the Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies. I recommend the whole special edition - it's open access, no pay wall. bulletin.appliedtransstudies.org/article/4/1-...
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Astro-TERFs - Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies
In the backlash against trans rights in the UK since the late 2010s, the LGB Alliance has been implicated as a leading exponent of the new moral panic, typified by its newspaper campaign against GRA r...
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 27/10/2025
🗣️ 65% of trans adults reported verbal abuse in public spaces 👊 24% said they have suffered physical violence A new YouGov poll reveals safety crisis for trans people in the UK: goodlaw.social/u5y8
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‘Abject terror’: survey shows 84% of trans people feel Britain is unsafe
YouGov poll reveals safety crisis for trans people in the UK
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Has Streeting EVER said ANYTHING that isn't hypocritical in the extreme? He's created such despair for trans kids that they are self-harming, starving themselves, not drinking & dying by suicide. If he genuinely wanted to end despair, he could do so today. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Labour must counter 'growing sense of despair', Streeting warns after Welsh defeat.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 27/10/2025
We all know that the UK as the homeland of extreme transphobic bigotry, but a few rays of light seem to be piercing the stygian darkness of TERF island lately. The estimable @valorievandieman.bsky.social is Leading Off our week talking UK and Ireland.
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Transphobic Politics Prove Unpopular in the UK and Ireland — Assigned
Leading Off: A landslide victory for Ireland’s leftist presidential candidate, the Greens’ dramatic gains in the U.K., and pushback to Starmer’s repressive policies put the lie to big media myths that...
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 27/10/2025
Have you been affected by Virgin Active’s ban on trans people in bathrooms and changing rooms? We want to hear from you. If you’re a trans or gender diverse member of Virgin Active, tell us about your experiences here: goodlawproject.org/about/contac...
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Contact | Good Law Project
Get in touch using the form below.
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Due to a small issue we've had to re upload our keynote videos from the FGEN Conference held at Bush House on the 21st June. Now available on our YouTube Channel. www.youtube.com/@feministgenderequa…
Trans Liberation Now!
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 04/10/2025
🆕️🚨 After painstaking research, dozens of FOIs and months of analysis we release the Gender Clinic Files which reveal waiting times for every GIC in the country. They lay bare, how far off the mark the Health Secretary's estimation of the average wait is 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
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Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist
Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
The new Aussie critique of the Cass Review does not pull its punches about its failures, & makes the point that "gender-critical beliefs" should be declared. Since transphobes have made so much of having these protected by law, they should be required to declare them. archive.is/AqUGz#select...
Evidence‐based medicine has three pillars: (i) appraisal of research evidence, (ii) real‐world clinical expertise, and (iii) individual patient values and preferences. The Review's failures across all three are evident.
Clinician and researcher self‐awareness of personal values is essential for evidence‐based medicine practice. Non‐financial conflicts of interest should be disclosed; for example, religious, cultural, and so‐called “gender‐critical” beliefs. The Review acknowledges no such considerations, and does not disclose the positionality of authors.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
The Telegraph, which campaigned against the exclusion and silencing of "gender-critical" transphobes is now campaigning for the exclusion and silencing of trans people.
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Christyn Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
It's just the same story over and over. Anytime a group of doctors take an honest look at the Cass Review they realize it's bunk. The irony is that Cass and her confederates were convinced they were blowing the lid off a major medical conspiracy to trans kids. Transphobe physicians heal thyselves.
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
FGEN are proud to be a signatory to this letter. The EHRC must me subject to Parliamentary scrutiny
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
On behalf of our membership, the Feminist Gender Equality Network (FGEN) condemns Newnham College for advertising an explicitly trans-exclusionary Research Fellowship Award. feministgenderequality.network/fgen…
FGEN Statement on Newnham College Transphobic Fellowship Announcement
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
"We, UK trans-led orgs & allies, withdraw recognition of the EHRC as a credible equalities regulator. Her appointment—despite parliamentary opposition—confirms the EHRC is no longer independent, but a tool for anti-trans policy. Cont.... 1/2
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
As a bonus here is a slideshow of some of the professional photographs from the FGEN Conference held at Bush House on the 21st June. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy2KnVMz0iE
Trans Liberation Now!
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
We're releasing the video recordings of our keynote speakers from the FGEN Conference held at Bush House on the 21st June. Finally we have Katy Montgomerie on how to debate online with GC people. Now available on our YouTube Channel. youtu.be/DHYG8HAw-s4
Trans Liberation Now!
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
We're releasing the video recordings of our keynote speakers from the FGEN Conference held at Bush House on the 21st June. Next up is Natacha Kennedy and Anonymous mother of a trans child. Now available on our YouTube Channel. youtu.be/HoSYNTRzTcM
Trans Liberation Now!
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
We're starting to release the video recordings of our keynote speakers from the FGEN Conference held at Bush House on the 21st June. The first of these is Jolyon Maugham - Director Good Law Project. Now available on our YouTube Channel. www.youtube.com/@feministgenderequa…
Trans Liberation Now!
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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 20/06/2025
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Transphobes name me in court case... and LOSE!
YouTube video by Katy Montgomerie
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Keyne @keyne-unable.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
EHRC have confirmed to me that they will not be publishing the responses to the consultation on their segregation plan. Just a report setting out the number and 'qualitative themes' of responses - allowing them to spin their own narrative with no transparency! Completely unacceptable.
Email message reading: "Thank you for your email of 20 May.
 
In answer to your question, we will publish a report regarding the consultation responses, following the consultation period.   

Our report will outline the number of responses received overall and to each question and provide information about qualitative themes across responses.   

Any information we publish will not reference specific responses from individuals or organisations.

Please read our data protection policy for more information: Data protection policy | EHRC. 

Kind regards"
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
I think it reflects a change in public attitudes. I’m seeing people realising how evil transphobes are with Starmer’s/EHRC’s toilet ban. There is a grassroots level change in attitudes as people realise what the GCs are like, and Fry is reading the room.
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
All Speakers: For tomorrow's conference, can you give us a quick couple of lines so that our panel chairs can introduce you correctly...
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Just a few more days left to go before the FGEN Trans Liberation NOW! conference at Bush House on the 21st June. We will need to finalise the list of attendees soon, so please complete your online registration before wednesday at 6pm at the following link: bit.ly/4e1Z8po
Trans Liberation Now!
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
We're pleased to announce some of our keynote speakers that will be joining us on the 21st June at Bush House. Along with our Co Chair Natacha Kennedy will be the parent of a trans child. For obvious reasons we are not publicising their name publicly bit.ly/4e1Z8po
Keynote Announcement - Trans Parent
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
TW: harm to children. My research into the effects of the UK government puberty-blocker ban has finally been published after peer-review. It details the severe harm being caused to young trans people & children by the Starmer government's puberty-blocker ban. Unlike Cass it is peer reviewed...
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Harming children: the effects of the UK puberty blocker ban
This paper presents an analysis of data from trans children and young people and their parents following the imposition of a UK-wide ban on puberty blockers for this group. The consequences of this...
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
We're pleased to announce some of our keynote speakers that will be joining us on the 21st June at Bush House. Next is Katy Montgomerie - Activist and YouTuber bit.ly/4e1Z8po
Keynote Announcement - Katy Montgomerie
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
We're pleased to announce some of our keynote speakers that will be joining us on the 21st June at Bush House. The first of these is Jolyon Maugham - Director Good Law Project bit.ly/4e1Z8po
Keynote Announcement - Jolyon Maugham
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Join us on the Sat 21st as we take over Bush House on the Strand, London for a day of discussions and panels on the latest papers and research regarding trans rights across a wide range of fields. Lunch included and after conference drinks nearby. bit.ly/4e1Z8po
Bush House
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Just a few more days left to go before the FGEN Trans Liberation NOW! conference at Bush House on the 21st June. We will need to finalise the list of attendees soon, so please complete your online registration before wednesday at 6pm at the following link: bit.ly/4e1Z8po
Trans Liberation Now!
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Just a few more days left to go before the FGEN Trans Liberation NOW! conference at Bush House on the 21st June. We will need to finalise the list of attendees soon, so please complete your online registration before wednesday at 6pm at the following link: bit.ly/4e1Z8po
Trans Liberation Now!
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