Tag: human rights

Statement: Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act leaves Trans and Cisgender people struggling: mental stress, distress, and fear now commonplace, report finds

Post author By jane fae
Post date 28 August 2025

For immediate release: 28 August 2025 Since the Supreme Court ruling (FWS vs The Scottish Ministers) in April 2025[1], trans people and their families have been making plans to flee […]

Tags EHRC, Fear, human rights, transphobia

Press Releases and Statements

Statement on appointment of Mary-Ann Stephenson to Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission

Post author By TransActual Editor
Post date 15 August 2025

For immediate release TransActual has written to Nia Griffith, a junior Equalities Minister, to express grave concerns about the appointment of Mary-Ann Stephenson as Chair of the Equality and Human […]

Tags EHRC, Equality, human rights, Nia Griffith

Features Gender Recognition Law Transphobia

The Unending “Debate”

Post author By TransActual Administrator
Post date 28 January 2022

by Helen Belcher I’m really very tired of having my identity questioned. There’s a very binary way of thought which has gained credence across the UK media and other institutions […]

Tags biological sex, Council of Europe, EHRC, gender critical beliefs, GRA reform, Helen Belcher, human rights, prisons, Safe To Be Me, Scotland, sexual predation, single-sex spaces, trans exclusion

Features International Law

Trans people and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Post author By TransActual Editor
Post date 19 September 2020

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

As a transgender woman I’ve often seen my human rights questioned and debated by others, and by extension, the rights of all transgender people have come into question and debate. The same can be said for many marginalized groups and individuals in the present and throughout history.

Tags harassment, human rights, rights, trans rights, transphobia, Universal Declaration of Human Rights