@nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social
I am honoured to be named as one of the Top 50 Diversity Power List for the Inclusive Awards this year! Here is a weird video of me falling on the floor as proof. #inclusion #diversity #fallingwithstyle
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I am honoured to be named as one of the Top 50 Diversity Power List for the Inclusive Awards this year! Here is a weird video of me falling on the floor as proof. #inclusion #diversity #fallingwithstyle
ARE JUDGES HEARING THE DOG WHISTLE?
Here I discuss how due to linguistic ‘slippage’, in many instances judges seem to be oblivious to the hidden meanings in dog whistles. Eg gender ideology = gender identity.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinary #intersex #law #lecture #humarights
Here I discuss how due to linguistic ‘slippage’, in many instances judges seem to be oblivious to the hidden meanings in dog whistles. Eg gender ideology = gender identity.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinary #intersex #law #lecture #humarights
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
ARE JUDGES HEARING THE DOG WHISTLE?
Here I discuss how due to linguistic ‘slippage’, in many instances judges seem to be oblivious to the hidden meanings in dog whistles. Eg gender ideology = gender identity.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinary #intersex #law #lecture #humarights
Here I discuss how due to linguistic ‘slippage’, in many instances judges seem to be oblivious to the hidden meanings in dog whistles. Eg gender ideology = gender identity.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinary #intersex #law #lecture #humarights
IS THE UK CONVENTION (ECHR) COMPLIANT?
Here I consider the case of Goodwin and why the GRA was enacted in the first place. Have we again relegated trans people into an intermediate zone of rights?
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
Here I consider the case of Goodwin and why the GRA was enacted in the first place. Have we again relegated trans people into an intermediate zone of rights?
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
IS THE UK CONVENTION (ECHR) COMPLIANT?
Here I consider the case of Goodwin and why the GRA was enacted in the first place. Have we again relegated trans people into an intermediate zone of rights?
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
Here I consider the case of Goodwin and why the GRA was enacted in the first place. Have we again relegated trans people into an intermediate zone of rights?
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
📢 NEW EHRC GUIDANCE: FROM EXCLUSION TO APPEARANCE POLICING
If you are concerned about this direction of travel:
👉 Write to your MP and ask them to support clear, lawful, non-discriminatory guidance.
#EHRC #EqualityAct #transrights #nonbinaryrights #intersex #InclusionMatters #law
If you are concerned about this direction of travel:
👉 Write to your MP and ask them to support clear, lawful, non-discriminatory guidance.
#EHRC #EqualityAct #transrights #nonbinaryrights #intersex #InclusionMatters #law
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM
📢 NEW EHRC GUIDANCE: FROM EXCLUSION TO APPEARANCE POLICING
If you are concerned about this direction of travel:
👉 Write to your MP and ask them to support clear, lawful, non-discriminatory guidance.
#EHRC #EqualityAct #transrights #nonbinaryrights #intersex #InclusionMatters #law
If you are concerned about this direction of travel:
👉 Write to your MP and ask them to support clear, lawful, non-discriminatory guidance.
#EHRC #EqualityAct #transrights #nonbinaryrights #intersex #InclusionMatters #law
Here I explain why non-binary is protected under ‘gender reassignment’ discrimination, though the Supreme Court did not clarify this protection.
NB: still no intersex protection in UK law which is unforgivable.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinaryrights #law #lecture
NB: still no intersex protection in UK law which is unforgivable.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinaryrights #law #lecture
November 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Here I explain why non-binary is protected under ‘gender reassignment’ discrimination, though the Supreme Court did not clarify this protection.
NB: still no intersex protection in UK law which is unforgivable.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinaryrights #law #lecture
NB: still no intersex protection in UK law which is unforgivable.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinaryrights #law #lecture
MINI LECTURE SERIES 5/10
DO TRANS RIGHTS REMAIN?
Here I note that trans people are still protected under ‘gender reassignment’ which remains largely unaffected by the FWS judgment.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
DO TRANS RIGHTS REMAIN?
Here I note that trans people are still protected under ‘gender reassignment’ which remains largely unaffected by the FWS judgment.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
MINI LECTURE SERIES 5/10
DO TRANS RIGHTS REMAIN?
Here I note that trans people are still protected under ‘gender reassignment’ which remains largely unaffected by the FWS judgment.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
DO TRANS RIGHTS REMAIN?
Here I note that trans people are still protected under ‘gender reassignment’ which remains largely unaffected by the FWS judgment.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
MINI LECTURE SERIES 4/10
Here I consider the more exclusionary position adopted by certain organisations, including the EHRC, which mandates exclusion of trans people from certain spaces.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
Here I consider the more exclusionary position adopted by certain organisations, including the EHRC, which mandates exclusion of trans people from certain spaces.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
MINI LECTURE SERIES 4/10
Here I consider the more exclusionary position adopted by certain organisations, including the EHRC, which mandates exclusion of trans people from certain spaces.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
Here I consider the more exclusionary position adopted by certain organisations, including the EHRC, which mandates exclusion of trans people from certain spaces.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
MINI LECTURE SERIES 3/10
Here I consider the scope of the Supreme Court’s decision, effectively stating that in some (rare) circumstances, trans people may be excluded if justified, but are not automatically excluded.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
Here I consider the scope of the Supreme Court’s decision, effectively stating that in some (rare) circumstances, trans people may be excluded if justified, but are not automatically excluded.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
MINI LECTURE SERIES 3/10
Here I consider the scope of the Supreme Court’s decision, effectively stating that in some (rare) circumstances, trans people may be excluded if justified, but are not automatically excluded.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
Here I consider the scope of the Supreme Court’s decision, effectively stating that in some (rare) circumstances, trans people may be excluded if justified, but are not automatically excluded.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture
MINI LECTURE SERIES 2/10
Here I discuss what the actual question was for the Supreme Court in the For Women Scotland case, and what they decided.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture #linguistics
Here I discuss what the actual question was for the Supreme Court in the For Women Scotland case, and what they decided.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture #linguistics
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
MINI LECTURE SERIES 2/10
Here I discuss what the actual question was for the Supreme Court in the For Women Scotland case, and what they decided.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture #linguistics
Here I discuss what the actual question was for the Supreme Court in the For Women Scotland case, and what they decided.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture #linguistics
MINI LECTURE SERIES 2/10
Here I discuss what the actual question was for the Supreme Court in the For Women Scotland case, and what they decided.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture #linguistics
Here I discuss what the actual question was for the Supreme Court in the For Women Scotland case, and what they decided.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture #linguistics
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
MINI LECTURE SERIES 2/10
Here I discuss what the actual question was for the Supreme Court in the For Women Scotland case, and what they decided.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture #linguistics
Here I discuss what the actual question was for the Supreme Court in the For Women Scotland case, and what they decided.
#humanrights #womensrights #transrights #nonbinarybarrister #law #lecture #linguistics
Mini-Lecture Series 1/10
Where is the dignity in ostracisation?
Opening section from my GendJus talk in Trieste, exploring how the FWS decision reshapes legal recognition - and how language becomes the frontline where trans lives are negotiated.
#Law #Gender #TransJustice #FWS #LegalTheory
Where is the dignity in ostracisation?
Opening section from my GendJus talk in Trieste, exploring how the FWS decision reshapes legal recognition - and how language becomes the frontline where trans lives are negotiated.
#Law #Gender #TransJustice #FWS #LegalTheory
November 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Mini-Lecture Series 1/10
Where is the dignity in ostracisation?
Opening section from my GendJus talk in Trieste, exploring how the FWS decision reshapes legal recognition - and how language becomes the frontline where trans lives are negotiated.
#Law #Gender #TransJustice #FWS #LegalTheory
Where is the dignity in ostracisation?
Opening section from my GendJus talk in Trieste, exploring how the FWS decision reshapes legal recognition - and how language becomes the frontline where trans lives are negotiated.
#Law #Gender #TransJustice #FWS #LegalTheory
Should empathy be a radical act?
How can we use our voices more creatively?
This was part of my speech earlier this year when I won the @kingsartshums.bsky.social Distinguished Alumni ‘Changemaker of the Year’ Award 2025
#diversity #usingyourvoice #equality #inclusion #kcl #changemaker
How can we use our voices more creatively?
This was part of my speech earlier this year when I won the @kingsartshums.bsky.social Distinguished Alumni ‘Changemaker of the Year’ Award 2025
#diversity #usingyourvoice #equality #inclusion #kcl #changemaker
October 31, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Should empathy be a radical act?
How can we use our voices more creatively?
This was part of my speech earlier this year when I won the @kingsartshums.bsky.social Distinguished Alumni ‘Changemaker of the Year’ Award 2025
#diversity #usingyourvoice #equality #inclusion #kcl #changemaker
How can we use our voices more creatively?
This was part of my speech earlier this year when I won the @kingsartshums.bsky.social Distinguished Alumni ‘Changemaker of the Year’ Award 2025
#diversity #usingyourvoice #equality #inclusion #kcl #changemaker
Law Society: “Stop saying ‘Dear Sirs’.”
Me: Gladly.
Inclusive language isn’t radical — it’s just accurate.
#lawsociety #inclusivelanguage #inclusion
Me: Gladly.
Inclusive language isn’t radical — it’s just accurate.
#lawsociety #inclusivelanguage #inclusion
October 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Law Society: “Stop saying ‘Dear Sirs’.”
Me: Gladly.
Inclusive language isn’t radical — it’s just accurate.
#lawsociety #inclusivelanguage #inclusion
Me: Gladly.
Inclusive language isn’t radical — it’s just accurate.
#lawsociety #inclusivelanguage #inclusion
Intersex Awareness Day
Europe just said: stop performing surgeries on intersex babies. ⚖️💜
It’s about bodily autonomy — not ‘fixing’ people who were never broken.
#IntersexRights #BodilyAutonomy #CouncilOfEurope #intersexawarenessday
Europe just said: stop performing surgeries on intersex babies. ⚖️💜
It’s about bodily autonomy — not ‘fixing’ people who were never broken.
#IntersexRights #BodilyAutonomy #CouncilOfEurope #intersexawarenessday
October 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Intersex Awareness Day
Europe just said: stop performing surgeries on intersex babies. ⚖️💜
It’s about bodily autonomy — not ‘fixing’ people who were never broken.
#IntersexRights #BodilyAutonomy #CouncilOfEurope #intersexawarenessday
Europe just said: stop performing surgeries on intersex babies. ⚖️💜
It’s about bodily autonomy — not ‘fixing’ people who were never broken.
#IntersexRights #BodilyAutonomy #CouncilOfEurope #intersexawarenessday
Digital IDs aren’t neutral tech. They shift power.
When identity becomes an app, privacy becomes a privilege.
#PrivacyMatters #HumanRights #UKPolitics
When identity becomes an app, privacy becomes a privilege.
#PrivacyMatters #HumanRights #UKPolitics
October 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Digital IDs aren’t neutral tech. They shift power.
When identity becomes an app, privacy becomes a privilege.
#PrivacyMatters #HumanRights #UKPolitics
When identity becomes an app, privacy becomes a privilege.
#PrivacyMatters #HumanRights #UKPolitics
The EHRC pulled its single-sex guidance - but your role isn’t over!
They’ve deleted the page, not the plan.
Now’s the time to act: write to your MP and tell Bridget Phillipson to send the code back.
Link tinyurl.com/4j7efzp7
#transrights #equalitylaw #EHRC #uklaw #lgbtqrights #inclusion
They’ve deleted the page, not the plan.
Now’s the time to act: write to your MP and tell Bridget Phillipson to send the code back.
Link tinyurl.com/4j7efzp7
#transrights #equalitylaw #EHRC #uklaw #lgbtqrights #inclusion
October 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The EHRC pulled its single-sex guidance - but your role isn’t over!
They’ve deleted the page, not the plan.
Now’s the time to act: write to your MP and tell Bridget Phillipson to send the code back.
Link tinyurl.com/4j7efzp7
#transrights #equalitylaw #EHRC #uklaw #lgbtqrights #inclusion
They’ve deleted the page, not the plan.
Now’s the time to act: write to your MP and tell Bridget Phillipson to send the code back.
Link tinyurl.com/4j7efzp7
#transrights #equalitylaw #EHRC #uklaw #lgbtqrights #inclusion
The Council of Europe just told the UK to stop treating women’s rights and trans rights as opposites — and they’re right.
Human rights aren’t a zero-sum game. They’re a framework for coexistence. #humanrights #councilofeurope #transrights #womensrights
Human rights aren’t a zero-sum game. They’re a framework for coexistence. #humanrights #councilofeurope #transrights #womensrights
October 16, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The Council of Europe just told the UK to stop treating women’s rights and trans rights as opposites — and they’re right.
Human rights aren’t a zero-sum game. They’re a framework for coexistence. #humanrights #councilofeurope #transrights #womensrights
Human rights aren’t a zero-sum game. They’re a framework for coexistence. #humanrights #councilofeurope #transrights #womensrights
🚨 Are trans people now disabled in the eyes of the law?
And is it fair on disabled people when their already limited facilities get turned into the “trans solution”?
#NonbinaryBarrister #TransRights #DisabledRights #EqualityAct #SupremeCourt
And is it fair on disabled people when their already limited facilities get turned into the “trans solution”?
#NonbinaryBarrister #TransRights #DisabledRights #EqualityAct #SupremeCourt
September 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🚨 Are trans people now disabled in the eyes of the law?
And is it fair on disabled people when their already limited facilities get turned into the “trans solution”?
#NonbinaryBarrister #TransRights #DisabledRights #EqualityAct #SupremeCourt
And is it fair on disabled people when their already limited facilities get turned into the “trans solution”?
#NonbinaryBarrister #TransRights #DisabledRights #EqualityAct #SupremeCourt
🚨 The UN is considering downgrading Britain’s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
👉 If the downgrade happens, the UK would no longer have a fully recognised national human rights institution at the UN.
Who’s watching the watchdog? 👀
#humanrights #ehrc #law
👉 If the downgrade happens, the UK would no longer have a fully recognised national human rights institution at the UN.
Who’s watching the watchdog? 👀
#humanrights #ehrc #law
September 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🚨 The UN is considering downgrading Britain’s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
👉 If the downgrade happens, the UK would no longer have a fully recognised national human rights institution at the UN.
Who’s watching the watchdog? 👀
#humanrights #ehrc #law
👉 If the downgrade happens, the UK would no longer have a fully recognised national human rights institution at the UN.
Who’s watching the watchdog? 👀
#humanrights #ehrc #law
🚨 Do you need surgery to be legally recognised in your gender under EU law?
That is the fight in Shipov v Bulgaria at the European Court of Justice (ECJ, where I used to work btw!).
#Shipov #CJEU #TransRights #HumanRights #Equality
That is the fight in Shipov v Bulgaria at the European Court of Justice (ECJ, where I used to work btw!).
#Shipov #CJEU #TransRights #HumanRights #Equality
September 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
🚨 Do you need surgery to be legally recognised in your gender under EU law?
That is the fight in Shipov v Bulgaria at the European Court of Justice (ECJ, where I used to work btw!).
#Shipov #CJEU #TransRights #HumanRights #Equality
That is the fight in Shipov v Bulgaria at the European Court of Justice (ECJ, where I used to work btw!).
#Shipov #CJEU #TransRights #HumanRights #Equality
The EHRC has just sent its finalised Code of Practice on single-sex spaces to the Equality Minister - without Parliamentary debate.
What you can do:
1. Email your MP today.
2. Demand a full debate and vote on EHRC Code.
3.Consultation without scrutiny is a democratic failure.
#ehrc #democracy
What you can do:
1. Email your MP today.
2. Demand a full debate and vote on EHRC Code.
3.Consultation without scrutiny is a democratic failure.
#ehrc #democracy
September 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The EHRC has just sent its finalised Code of Practice on single-sex spaces to the Equality Minister - without Parliamentary debate.
What you can do:
1. Email your MP today.
2. Demand a full debate and vote on EHRC Code.
3.Consultation without scrutiny is a democratic failure.
#ehrc #democracy
What you can do:
1. Email your MP today.
2. Demand a full debate and vote on EHRC Code.
3.Consultation without scrutiny is a democratic failure.
#ehrc #democracy
NO MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT US, WITHOUT US ✊ ⚖️ ⚧️
We have now filed a case at the ECtHR on behalf of Dr Victoria McCloud - the UK’s first trans judge - after she was shut out of the FWS Supreme Court case.
💜 Support & share: www.translegalclinic.com/mccloud
#humanrights #echr #convention #justice
We have now filed a case at the ECtHR on behalf of Dr Victoria McCloud - the UK’s first trans judge - after she was shut out of the FWS Supreme Court case.
💜 Support & share: www.translegalclinic.com/mccloud
#humanrights #echr #convention #justice
August 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
NO MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT US, WITHOUT US ✊ ⚖️ ⚧️
We have now filed a case at the ECtHR on behalf of Dr Victoria McCloud - the UK’s first trans judge - after she was shut out of the FWS Supreme Court case.
💜 Support & share: www.translegalclinic.com/mccloud
#humanrights #echr #convention #justice
We have now filed a case at the ECtHR on behalf of Dr Victoria McCloud - the UK’s first trans judge - after she was shut out of the FWS Supreme Court case.
💜 Support & share: www.translegalclinic.com/mccloud
#humanrights #echr #convention #justice
When you achieve something you never thought you could 😭
The visual rupture of the make up and barrister wig will hopefully turn a few heads and make people think about the status quo and its utility.
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social
#barrister #lgbtq #gardencourt
The visual rupture of the make up and barrister wig will hopefully turn a few heads and make people think about the status quo and its utility.
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social
#barrister #lgbtq #gardencourt
August 16, 2025 at 8:25 AM
When you achieve something you never thought you could 😭
The visual rupture of the make up and barrister wig will hopefully turn a few heads and make people think about the status quo and its utility.
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social
#barrister #lgbtq #gardencourt
The visual rupture of the make up and barrister wig will hopefully turn a few heads and make people think about the status quo and its utility.
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social
#barrister #lgbtq #gardencourt