The Good News Supplement : Monday 1st July - Sunday 7th July
It has been quite a week. But here are just a few of the good news stories from the gender beat. Enjoy!
Is Starmer Seeing the Light?
Keir Starmer has stated that trans-identified males do not have the right to use women-only facilities.
Keir Starmer, the UK’s newly elected Prime Minister, is not known for his unequivocal defence of women’s rights and spaces. However, only days before the election, he told The Times that trans identified males have no right to use women-only spaces.
When asked if ‘transgender women’ who hold a gender recognition certificate have the right to use women’s facilities, Starmer replied, “No. They don’t have that right. They shouldn’t. That’s why I’ve always said biological women’s spaces need to be protected.”
Of course, he hasn’t always said that. But he has now and we have the receipts.
Leaving Them Kids Alone in School
Similarly, there is reason to be cautiously optimistic about the new Labour government’s plans for schools.
Only a few days before the election, the now Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, Bridget Phillipson, was asked by Sky News if gender ideology would be taught in schools under a Labour government. She replied, “No, there should not be pushing of ideology onto children. That applies right across the board”.
Leaving Them Kids Alone in Scotland
The day after the election, the Scottish government announced a very welcome piece of news; its response to The Cass Report.
The Scottish government commissioned a multi-disciplinary team to consider how the Cass Report’s recommendations might apply to services in NHS Scotland. Its findings have now been submitted for consideration.
One of its recommendations is very heartening; “As elsewhere in the UK, the use of puberty-suppressing hormones – commonly referred to as puberty blockers – should be paused until further clinical trials can be undertaken”.
The Scottish government will now consider the conclusions of the report and how they can be used to improve so-called ‘gender identity healthcare’ for children and young people in Scotland.
A Doctor in the House
On the subject of the redoubtable Dr Hilary Cass, there was some truly excellent news this week; she has been nominated for a peerage.
Dr Cass will sit as a cross-bench Member of the House of Lords. This is such a thoroughly well deserved honour and we extend our heartiest congratulations.
Glinner of Hope
Don’t miss Our Graham speaking at the Ireland Free Speech Summit a few weeks ago.
And don’t forget that Graham’s memoir, Tough Crowd, is still available from Amazon, The Express shop, Lightning Eye, Waterstones, Blackwells and all other discerning outlets. (There are also audio versions available on Audible and Spotify too.)
Thanks for some good news JL but I hope you’ll forgive me when I say that if Starmer told me that water was wet, I wouldn’t believe him. He’s made so many u turns, his neck should look like a corkscrew. You only have to look at his cabinet appointments and the manifesto, to see what the intentions are.The danger is that they will do things quietly, drop schools guidance, allow all institutions to carry on spreading gender ideology, allow the police to continue acting like the Stasi, extend hate speech legislation so that we are hampered in our opposition. The ideology is too deep to just ignore, it needs robust govt action and I can’t see that happening. So the fight goes on and if I’m proved wrong…….🎉
It will be very interesting to see how this plays out. I suspect Anneliese is being lined up to be the one who gets hung out to dry when the first tough decision has to be made and the TRAs are upset. That is assuming Starmer has made the correct calculation that it is better to upset the TRAs and a relatively small number of young Labour voting wokists than 51% of the population. Oh, and now the detransitioner lawsuits are starting, Starmer, as a lawyer, might want to make sure he is not held responsible for the next Post Office/infected blood scandal.