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R Harris

@rjharris.bsky.social
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Professor in education, history teacher training, LGBTQ+

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 11/11/2025
the entirety of the british press talked themselves into believing this woman is trans based almost entirely on JK Rowling's judgement of the athlete's appearance.
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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Stark report highlights harassment of trans, cis and intersex people since Supreme Court ruling bit.ly/41Sw7r9
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Trans, cis and intersex people report harassment since Supreme Court ruling
Trans, cis and intersex people alike are experiencing harassment in the wake of the UK Supreme Court's gender ruling, reports TransActual.
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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Explosive response of the British Medical Association to the Supreme Court's "biologically nonsensical" ruling: "We recognize as doctors that sex and gender are complex and multifaceted aspects of the human condition and attempting to impose a rigid binary has no basis in science or medicine".
This meeting condemns the Supreme Court ruling defining the term 'woman' with respect to the Equality Act as being based on 'biological sex', which they refer to as a person who 'was at birth of the female sex', as reductive, trans and intersex-exclusionary and biologically nonsensical. We recognize as doctors that sex and gender are complex and multifaceted aspects of the human condition and attempting to impose a rigid binary has no basis in science or medicine while being actively harmful to transgender and gender diverse people. As such this meeting:

i. Reiterates the BMA's position on affirming the rights of transgender and non-binary individuals to live their lives with dignity, having their identity respected.

ii. Reminds the Supreme Court of the existence of intersex people and reaffirms their right to exist in the gender identity that matches their sense of self, regardless of whether this matches any identity assigned to them at birth.

Condemns scientifically illiterate rulings from the Supreme Court, made without consulting relevant experts and stakeholders, that will cause real-world harm to the trans, non-binary and intersex communities in this country.

iv. Commits to strive for better access to necessary health services for trans, non-binary and gender-diverse people.
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R Harris @rjharris.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Just had a blog posted about LGBTQ+ students in schools - research.reading.ac.uk/research-blo...
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The courage gap: Why schools, not students, should be leading on LGBTQ+ inclusion - Connecting Research
In this blog, Professor R. Harris highlights the challenges that still face LGBTQ+ students in UK schools today and argues how schools must lead the way with a more inclusive approach.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Just published, my blog post on the FGEN website. In part a big chapeau to @katymontgomerie.com for her thoughts on here earlier today, which inspired some of it. feministgenderequality.network/the-cass-sca...
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The Cass Scandal: Labour’s Section 28 - Feminist Gender Equality Network
The indefinite puberty-blocker ban announced by Keir Starmer’s Labour government this week bears a hideous resemblance to Margaret Thatcher’s Section 28 introduced in the late 1980s, which targeted LG...
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Ali Messer @freereed59.net · 03/12/2024
#HistoryEducation #HistoryTeacher 🗺 so much to think about here
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R Harris @rjharris.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
new article about the courage of LGBTQ+ youth
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R Harris @rjharris.bsky.social · 24/08/2024
I cannot believe I have never visited Chepstow Castle until now. This window and the carving is just absolutely beautiful
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R Harris @rjharris.bsky.social · 17/08/2024
Just moved over from the other side and enjoying the end of my holiday
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