Outer Temple Chambers The Times and The Sunday Times An incredible result for Ms Meade and Naomi Cunningham - succeeding in persuading the employment tribunal to award exemplary damages is almost unheard of.

Excellent speech for #LesbianVisibilityWeek from Joanna Cherry KC, and we are grateful for her highlighting the work of LGB Alliance in promoting the rights and interests of lesbians. A man can never be a lesbian, and gender does not trump sex. It never has and it never will.

She was told to withdraw this comment by the Deputy Speaker and had to do so. I think I embarrassed her and her wealthy chums who have thrown lesbian rights under the bus of their ambitions

What does this picture tell you, except that Joanna Cherry KC is a lesbian hero?

The number of people doing the 'not me, guv!' act after the Cass Report is horrifying. Ruth Hunt here, definitely trying to pass the buck. She's not the only one.

Stonewall championed the #nodebate idea, 'some people are trans get over it' t-shirts, & was toxic.

I understand that the review's conclusions will have come as a seismic shock to those who've hounded and demonised whistleblowers and smeared opponents as bigots and transphobes, but trying to discredit Hilary Cass's work isn't merely misguided. It's actively malign. 3/6

The independent Cass review on healthcare for gender questioning children has just been published. I think it's wise, kind & evidence-based. Main takeaway for me is how on earth adult ideology was allowed to trump evidence in children's healthcare.

cass.independent-review.uk/home/publicati…

OUR BIG NEWS: Sex Matters is a charity!

sex-matters.org/posts/updates/…

Here is our latest publication. A response to the non-scientific IOC position on transwomen in sport. The IOC ignores biological reality, distorts the meaning of sport, & ignores female voices, thus failing to protect sporting fairness & safety for women

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Word of the day is ‘matter’, which began with the Latin ‘mater’, ‘mother’, because it is a substance from which we are made.

(Should those of us lucky enough to be writing a Mother’s Day card need an alternative word for ‘mother’, there is always ‘genetrix’.)

The greatest sporting story you've never heard of⚽

In 1971, football teams gathered in Mexico City for an unofficial Women's World Cup.

Dismissed by FIFA, this event was written out of history. Until now.

Copa 71 is in Cinemas from 8th March #InternationalWomensDay #COPA71

This is what International Women's Day means to me.
#IWD2024

This genius substituted ‘erectile dysfunction’ for ‘menopause’ in the intro to that new Lancet editorial and I’m howling.

Worth remembering this would never have seen the light of day 3yrs ago.
Women could barely get a letter published in the national press about their rights.
Which is proof not only of the damage that was being done but how much these women have achieved.

dailymail.co.uk/femail/article…

The 'Equalities Act' Willoughby mentions does not exist. The effect of a GRC is quite limited, but neither it nor the EqA confers on the holder a general right to have others pretend that he is a woman, or that she is a man.

Fuller explanation here: sex-matters.org/posts/updates/…

My personal pin up for International Women’s Day. Love you Maya and all that you do for women and girls. #IWD2024

Accurately sexing trans-identified men who send misogynistic abuse to women is not discrimination. 'Man' is not a slur. I know a lot of you think the UN should intervene whenever women bruise your egos, but there is no human right to universal validation.

Fascinating article.
Compare & contrast to Mrs Salisbury teaching me that Mary Ann Evans wrote as George Eliot because she wouldn’t have been taken seriously as a female author. I understood that perfectly as a 12 year old. I still thought ‘Silas Marner’ was a bit boring though.

One of the joys of this job is taking a last minute holiday when a trial is unexpectedly adjourned.
For the benefit of other self employed barristers here’s a helpful list of things to check BEFORE you go:

1. Check if you need a visa.