TAG: UK
The Non-Essential Transphobia of Pandemic Disaster Politics
by Dr. Jacob Breslow You might think that in this particular moment, when there are so many lives to grieve, and when hundreds of millions of people globally are desperate for vital medical and financial support, that it is not an appropriate time to “politicize” allegedly “non-essential” issues like transgender rights and transfeminism. This sentiment, […]
Read moreReport LGBT in Britain: Hate Crime and Discrimination
Stonewall’s new report LGBT in Britain: Hate Crime and Discrimination is out now and reveals high levels of hate crime and discrimination in the UK: The report reveals high levels of hate crime and discrimination in the UK: Experience of hate crime by lesbian, gay and bi people in Britain has gone up by […]
Read moreThe First British Surgeon to Perform a Successful C-Section Was a Woman Disguised as a Man
Today I found out that James Barry, the first British surgeon to perform a C-section in which both the mother and baby survived, was born a woman. It is believed that “James Barry” started out in life as Margaret Ann Bulkley. She was born around 1789 in Ireland. Not much is known about her childhood, […]
Read moreBattle over the unborn: “Anti-abortion protester showed me foetus doll”
BY PATRICIA DEVLIN – 14 MARCH 2015 Followed down the street and told my unborn baby had been ‘christened’ James, an anti-abortion protester pulls out a tiny plastic foetus doll from her pocket and tells me: “This is what your baby looks like”. I was told I would become suicidal, that I would regret […]
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