PODCAST – Northern Cabinets: A Guide

On this surprisingly light episode – don’t worry, the EHRC stuff is coming next time – our hosts Flint and Ashleigh go over:

  • How to clap back at Trump with some goddam class, courtesy of Dylan Mulvaney.
  • ANOTHER study shows that HRT is effective for trans youth, this time from the Netherlands.
  • Some notes on potential changes to the way patient data is recorded within the NHS.
  • London Trans Pride! Our team were on the ground with around 150,000 other people, featuring interviews with author, screenwriter and actress Juno Dawson, Dee Whitnell of @s3xtheorywithdee and @transkidsdeservetogrowup and Sophie from @defundtransphobes.
  • Unions boycotting the Labour Women’s Conference for their trans-excluding policies.
  • And for our Meat this time, we go over Andy Burnham’s new cabinet picks and their past actions (or inactions) regarding trans rights. 

References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep161

Action Alley

New Mass Lobby

Trans+ Solidarity Alliance is having another go at planning a mass lobby.
Put the 9th of September in your diary (hopefully the lethal heatwaves will be long gone by then)

EHRC Code to come into force: what now?

Sandyford Waitlist

The Sandyford Gender Clinic (that’s the one in Glasgow with a 224 year wait for a first appointment) is currently reviewing its waitlist. Those referred to the clinic before August 2024 should contact the clinic if they haven’t already done so, else be purged from the list. You’ve got until 9th August to contact Sandyford if you’ve not already heard from them.

Sex Matters and the Charity Commission

The Good Law Project has sent a complaint to the culture secretary (Lisa Nandy) and to the Charity Commission, about the conduct of Sex Matters. As part of this, the GLP have made a form on their website, so that you too can bug Nandy and the Charity Commission

Stop Sex Matters spreading transphobic hate | Good Law Project

Pond Hopping

Dylan Mulvaney responds to Trump’s insulting comments about her at White House press dinner – LGBTQ Nation

Mulvaney’s reel https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbRgAYUO20U/

MS Now article (archive copy)

Dutch Review

Landmark Official Dutch Review Recommends Trans Youth Care, Call For Expanding Treatment

Transgender care for adolescents | The Health Council of the Netherlands

Patient Data

Core Information Standard – NHS

Core Information Standard – PRSB

NHS England is quietly changing how it records patient data – and we have questions – TransActual

London Trans Pride

London Trans Pride

A BBC article that still manages to minimise the number of people in the march.

Unions vs. Labour

Powerful unions boycott Labour Women’s Conference over trans ban | News Politics

Unions boycott Labour Women’s Conference over blanket trans ban policy

Loser’s Corner

Tribunal rules woman not unlawfully discriminated against over beliefs – BBC News

No. 10 North

No10 North open for business as the Government’s new situation room for making Britain better – GOV.UK

Ministerial Appointments: July 2026 – GOV.UK

Andy Burnham’s cabinet: Champions of LGBTQ+ rights or cautious on trans issues?

Shabana Mahmood

‘Unacceptable’ to question Supreme Court gender ruling, says justice secretary – BBC News

Shabana Mahmood defends overhaul of ‘unfair’ asylum system – BBC News

Lisa Nandy

Lisa Nandy voices support for trans women competing in SOME women’s sports

Angela Rayner

Deputy PM Angela “You’ll always have any ally in me” Rayner has been awfully quiet this week. The silence is deafening. : r/transgenderUK

Response from Angela Raynor : r/transgenderUK

Women’s and trans rights are not in conflict, says Angela Rayner – BBC News

Yvette Cooper

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper calls damage to statues ‘disgraceful’ – BBC News