Gender Nebulous

A weekly dissection of the News and Trans issues with opinions & discussion from Freda & Vicky

PinkNews: Uganda considers bill to outlaw identifying as LGBTQ+ – because ban on sex doesn’t go far enough https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/09/uganda-parliament-lgbtq-anti-homosexuality-bill/

PinkNews: Drag Queen Story Hour founder pulled from festival over safety fears after Tory MP’s Facebook post https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/10/drag-story-hour-show-off-the-shelf-cancelled-sara-britcliffe/

PinkNews: Victoria’s Secret praised for runway return with trans models: ‘We belong on every runway’ https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/07/victorias-secret-trans-models/

PinkNews: Want to work for an inclusive company? Here’s how to evaluate its commitment to diversity https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/06/want-to-work-for-an-inclusive-company-heres-how-to-evaluate-its-commitment-to-diversity/

PinkNews: Brianna Ghey: Labour MP Jess Phillips includes trans girl in list of women killed over past year https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/09/jess-phillips-brianna-ghey-killed-women-list-house-of-commons/

PinkNews: Jill Biden honoured a trans woman on International Women’s Day and conservatives are absolutely furious https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/09/jill-biden-trans-woman-alba-rueda-international-womens-day/

PinkNews: Eddie Izzard announces new name – which she’s wanted to use since age 10 https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/07/eddie-izzard-new-name-suzy/

Pink News: Justin Trudeau says trans women are women. In other news, the sky is blue and the grass is green https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/09/justin-trudeau-trans-women-canada/

LGBT Foundation Sugar & Spice, Activism and its Effectivity, Gary Lineker was 100% Correct

A weekly dissection of the News and Trans issues with opinions & discussion from Freda & Vicky

PinkNews: Trans women convicted of violence banned from women’s prisons by Tory minister Dominic Raab https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/26/womens-prison-trans-women-dominic-raab-ministry-of-justice/

PinkNews: Brianna Ghey: Home secretary Suella Braverman to offer ‘support’ after killing of trans girl https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/23/suella-braverman-warrington-brianna-ghey-murder/

Student who killed sex worker after finding out she was trans found not guilty of murder https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/24/australia-coogee-hector-enrique-valencia-valencia-kimberley-mcrae/

Peter Tatchell on his brutal 1983 bid to become first out gay man elected to parliament https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/20/peter-tatchell-berondsey-by-election-1983-gay-mp/

Ambulance crew refused to work with lesbian paramedic after she was forcibly outed https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/25/paramedic-crew-discrimination-ambulance-yorkshire/

Hershey’s featured a trans woman in an advert and right-wing snowflakes are threatening to boycott https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/03/hersheys-international-womens-day-ad-trans-backlash/

Manipulation and the Progression of Abuse.... and the UK Fruit and Veg Crisis...!

A weekly dissection of the News and Trans issues with opinions & discussion from Freda & Vicky

PinkNews: Nicola Sturgeon to resign as Scotland’s first minister, leaving proud legacy of LGBTQ+ allyship https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/15/nicola-sturgeon-resigns-quits-lgbtq-trans/

PinkNews: Tories will fight election on ‘trans debate and culture wars’, deputy chair Lee Anderson claims https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/15/lee-anderson-tories-election-culture-wars-trans-debate/

Heath Secretary Steve Barclay ordered an investigation into NHS guidelines that tell staff to treat all patients as gender-neutral. https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/equality/equality-hub/patient-equalities-programme/lgbt-health/

PinkNews: Canada asked to consider giving asylum to trans people fleeing countries with transphobic laws https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/18/canada-trans-asylum-seekers/

PinkNews: UK government urged to give Brianna Ghey posthumous gender recognition: ‘The dignity she deserves https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/16/brianna-ghey-trans-girl-gender-recognition/

PinkNews: God being gender-neutral ‘is nothing new’, queer Christians insist: ‘God is all genders’ https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/10/god-gender-neutral/

PinkNews: Sam Smith called a ‘groomer’ and ‘paedophile’ while walking through a New York park https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/16/sam-smith-harassed-new-york-park-groomer/

PinkNews: Printing firm refuses to make anti-trans activist Posie Parker’s vile ‘adult human female’ merch https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/08/posie-parker-helloprint-adult-human-female-merch/

Vigil in Sackville Gardens, Manchester in memory of Brianna

We discuss normalisation and acceptance of trans and non-binary people.

An interview with Paul Bloomer from Northern Ireland. We talk about Policing and the LGBT+ community.

Paul is from the National LGBT+ police network.

All views and opinions are personal and do not represent those of any employer.

A weekly dissection of the News and Trans issues with opinions & discussion from Freda & Vicky

Yle News: Parliament passes long-awaited amendments to Finland's transgender law https://yle.fi/a/74-20015866

PinkNews: Labour MP Kate Osborne blasts Tory government for ‘playing politics with trans people’s lives https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/01/labour-mp-kate-osborne-scotland-gender-bill-trans-rights/

Women and Equalities Committee Tuesday 31 January 2023 Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill and Equality Act Lord Falconer, Robin White, Naomi Cunningham, Dr Michael Foran (Policy Exchange) https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/51327088-eab0-4bf7-ad5e-35e472b969f8

PinkNews: Anneliese Dodds says Labour won’t use LGBTQ+ rights as ‘political football’ – despite failing to oppose Section 35 https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/03/anneliese-dodds-labour-party-lgbt-history-motnh/

PinkNews: Question Time descends into chaotic shouting match over Scotland’s gender bill and trans prisoners https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/02/question-time-bbc-trans-rights-scotland-india-willoughby/

PinkNews: Howard from the Halifax adverts rages against diversity and pronouns in cringe ‘protest’ song https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/01/30/howard-from-the-halifax-adverts-pronouns-diversity-song/

BBC News: Eurovision 2023: John Lydon fails in bid to be Ireland's act for Liverpool https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64519292

Public Image Limited https://youtu.be/Xc5v7FHx5Do

PinkNews: Michaela Jaé Rodriguez stuns as the new face of Charlotte Tilbury https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/02/michaela-jae-rodriguez-charlotte-tilbury/

BBC News: Transgender baptisms offered at Greater Manchester church https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-35441852

PinkNews: LGBT+ Conservatives hand out free condoms in parliament and they’re as sexy as you might imagine https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/03/conservative-party-hand-out-condoms-in-parliament/

We discuss Sam Smith and the recent media outrage around their new album "Gloria" and the music video "I'm Not Here to Make Friends".