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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · 1d

in the light of the For Women Scotland decision and the resulting clampdown on basic activities necessary for dignity and normal life in the UK.
ENDS

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · 1d

The Trans Exile Network is a support system which seeks to promote the human rights of trans people and their children and families who are urgently fleeing the United Kingdom

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · 1d

Information for editors.
The Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective is a human rights organisation which engages in advocacy and the use of complaints and similar procedures to defend the rights and freedoms of the trans community.

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · 1d

Released jointly by Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective and the Trans Exile Network 14 October 2025

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · 1d

such as in FCB v. Italy (1991) and Finucane v. UK (2003). We have requested that the Committee re-open the enforcement process against the United Kingdom and resume monitoring of execution of the judgment in Goodwin v. UK case until the UK government has appropriately reached compliance.

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · 1d

Those purported rights were the basis on which the case of Goodwin was closed and enforcement ended.
We have called upon the Committee of Ministers to follow the precedent in similar cases of ongoing non-compliance in judgments that had previously appeared resolved,

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · 1d

and the monitoring of the judgment was therefore closed prematurely in 2011. Lord Hodge gave a press interview on 12 September to the Times in which he admitted that the effect of the FWS case was that trans people had never had the rights they were led to believe by the State to have had.

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · 1d

that the Equality Act was written in 2010 to refer to sex as 'biological sex', leading to ongoing violations of transgender people's Article 8 privacy rights that the Goodwin judgment set out to protect. As such, the UK has never been in compliance with the judgment,

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · 1d

This submission details how the case has exposed the UK's non-compliance with the judgment made in the European Court of Human rights case of Goodwin v. UK (2002). This non-compliance did not begin in April 2025. The Supreme Court has made clear

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · 1d

Today, the Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective and the Trans Exile Network have made a joint submission to the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law regarding the UK Supreme Court's judgment in the For Women Scotland v. Scottish Ministers case of April 2025.

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · 1d

14 October 2025, PRESS RELEASE – IMMEDIATE.
Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective and the Trans Exile Network seek urgent re-opening of enforcement of key human rights decision against UK.

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · 1d

We have jointly applied to the Council of Europe formally to seek re-opening of enforcement of the case of Goodwin v UK under rule 9 of the Rules for the supervision of the execution of judgments and of the terms of friendly settlements, in the European Court of Human Rights. T

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · 1d

ANNOUNCEMENT
This evening, 14/10/25 the Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective and the Trans Exile Network have taken the next step in the struggle to restore the human rights, dignity & safety of UK trans people.

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you Sian, true humanity. Efforts like yours are helping some people to avoid suicide & self harm by giving hope. The UK is of course already being sued by me in Strasbourg over the misconceived, deeply flawed Supreme Court judgment & the UK is under a genocide red flag warning, shamefully.

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 20d

Really looking forward to this event on Saturday 27th September (this Saturday!) at 8.00pm.
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Join us on Saturday September 27 at 8pm for our online launch meeting.
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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · 21d

UK starts cancel culture for Uni courses not aligned with present culture. Trans Uni Course terminated.

www.thenational.scot/news/2549110...

Scottish university axes 'queer and trans' course one week after teaching starts

Edinburgh University has reportedly axed an honours course covering “queer and trans geographies” just one week into the semester ...

www.thenational.scot

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · 25d

www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...

Britain’s Bathroom Ban

The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing an extraordinarily authoritarian one—without a vote.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · Sep 11

A sad fact is that inciting hatred of trans people is still legal in the UK (as you correctly state, incting hate crime is illegal) - but absent trans people being equal citizens under the law the loophole remains.

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · Sep 7

A reminder of the reality: the UK is now back in breach of the Goodwin case, and we are in the year 2002. Its still the law of the land. It is superior law to the Supreme Court. It is the inevitable destination of this current massacre of civil rights.

Enjoy

www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jul/...

Landmark ruling for transsexuals forces Britain to change law

The government will be forced to change the law to allow transsexuals full legal recognition in their adopted sex, including the right to marry, after a landmark ruling yesterday from the European cou...

www.theguardian.com

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · Sep 6

www.lemkininstitute.com/_files/ugd/c...

www.lemkininstitute.com

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · Sep 6

UK Genocide warning update: Lemkin Genocide experts raise yet further serious concerns over persecution of trans people, call for action barring EHRC from holding international accreditation.

Key news here.

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · Sep 5

This is important please, Allies, get it to YOUR MP. Together we can turn the tide on this dark sea of human rights abuse.

Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · Sep 5

@equalityhumanright.bsky.social are withholding their consultation report till after the Code is a “done deal”

But we sent copies of the public’s submissions direct to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social & @niagriffith.bsky.social

Any MPs can view this dossier *right now*

Share this post and❗tag your MP❗

As the EHRC refuses to make public evidence for its new guidance, MPs can find out how trans people have responded by asking the Minister
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By jane fae
Post date
5 September 2025
For immediate release: 5 September 2025

Our friends at TACC have discovered yet more evidence of shocking EHRC cover-up. An FOI request reveals that the EHRC is not planning to publish a report on its public consultation until AFTER its new Code of Practice has gone all the way through Parliament, and is a “done deal”.

FOI re. EHRC consultation process
FOI re. EHRC consultation process
When the new Code is laid in Parliament, MPs will have 40 days to carefully scrutinise and evaluate it. But how can they carry out this important Parliamentary duty without any insight into the public’s 50,000+ submissions to the EHRC’s obligatory consultation?

MPs will have no idea whether the EHRC integrated any of those stakeholder responses into its finalised Code – or ignored them entirely.

Luckily, TransActual and TACC anticipated exactly this problem. They asked individuals and organisations to share their EHRC public consultation submissions with them.

The result was a massive 10-volume dossier, which we have delivered directly to the heart of Government.

Spread of pages from TransActual EHRC consultation doc
Spread of pages from TransActual EHRC consultation doc
Any MP who genuinely wants to know the questions, fears and concerns the public have raised about the EHRC’s new Code doesn’t need to sit in the dark while the EHRC conceals its report until it is too late.

They simply need to go to the offices of Equalities Ministers Bridget Phillipson and Nia Griffith, and ask to read the completely uncensored submissions already in their possession.

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · Aug 30

I call personally for community calm. Do not retaliate. Walk away. Get to safety. Love and support your community brothers and sisters. Protect lives.

transkidsdeservebetter.org/trans-youth-...

Trans Youth Activists attempt to climb The Cursed Child theatre in protest: 'Stop Funding Transphobia!' | Trans Kids Deserve Better

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · Aug 30

TEN CONDEMNS GCIM actions: According to TransKidsDeserveBetter, Children were present when a would-be alleged Gender Critical knife attacker threatened or attempted to stab. One arrest reported. Gender Critical Movement filmed as UK heads further towards Gender Critical extremist precipice.

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · Aug 30

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Trans Youth Activists attempt to climb The Cursed Child theatre in protest: 'Stop Funding Transphobia!' | Trans Kids Deserve Better

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