PODCAST – Lawyer’s Corner

In this extremely jurisprudence-heavy episode, Ashleigh, Alyx and Flint go over:

• An update on the increasingly bleak situation in the USA, as well as aspects of the Trump regime’s many defeats in the courtroom. 
• Conversations about Scottish Labour and the UK Liberal Democrats and their two different ways of approaching anti-trans activists.
• Details of the now-funded puberty blockers clinical trial. 
• A smattering of updates from tribunals and legal cases here in the UK and one extremely focused meat about an Arts Council employment tribunal. 

References

Action Alley

Awesome-sounding comic series: Ash Grey and Saturn Olympus Issue #1 by Bijhan Valibeigi — Kickstarter

Tilly Bridges queer sci-fi film: Long Away – Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark

London trans pride are looking for volunteers

Vote for Trans History Week at the DIVA Awards!

Trans Pride Brighton are looking for fundraising volunteers

USA Updates

Military ban

TWIBS: Judge Makes Fools of Justice Department Attorneys — Assigned 

Other EOs

Erin Reed: “1. We are seeing a massive amount of overcompliance with Trump EOs. Nonprofits across the board are erasing transgender people from their websites. Mira Lazine reports on several that have made the decision to do so in her latest piece. Subscribe to support our journalism.” — Bluesky

Erin Reed: “1. Major exclusive breaking news: Marco Rubio may have just banned trans foreigners seeking visas with correct gender markers from US Entry. A new cable, effective immediately, says visas must contain assigned sex at birth and should be rejected if they don’t. Subscribe to support our journalism.” — Bluesky

Leaked recording shows Dem State Senator telling parent of trans Child she will vote against trans rights so dems can win more power: https://bsky.app/profile/atldemsoc.bsky.social/post/3ljgmxotcwc2i

Erin Reed: “WOW. 10+ Republicans just flipped in Montana and voted to kill a 25 year statute of limitations on trans care meant to end care, amended it down to 4 years. This may not seem like a big deal, but it’s huge. It’s the most Republicans I’ve seen flip like this in recent memory. Zooey’s doing work.” — Bluesky

Judge Blocks Trump Trans Ban Nationwide, Slams Reliance On Cass Review

Senate Dems Show Spine, And National Sports Ban Bill Dies

Scottish Labour

Anas Sarwar calls for clear guidance on single-sex spaces – BBC News

Anas Sarwar Branded “Desperate” After declaring trans women should be barred from single sex spaces – Scottish Sun archive copy

Liberal Democrats

Times article – archive copy

Puberty blocker study

PATHWAYS: Puberty suppression And Transitional Healthcare with Adaptive Youth Services

Why I won’t be engaging with the UK’s puberty blocker study | Growing Up Transgender

Commission on Human Medicines report on proposed permanent order to restrict the sale and supply of GnRH agonists in children and young people under 18 years of age for the purpose of puberty suppression in gender incongruence and/or gender dysphoria – GOV.UK

Ryan Castelluci

UK legislation does not allow nonbinary recognition.

Judgement Document

Employment Tribunal

New employment tribunal ruling could make it harder to limit anti-LGBTQIA+ posts by workers

Wes Streeting

21 February 2025 Wes Streeting MP Secretary of State Department of Health and Social Care

Telegraph article – Archive copy

The Meat

Tribunal document