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Clarifying the Protections in the 2010 Equality Act
The last week has been a difficult one for trans people in the UK. On April 16th, the Supreme Court (SC) published an important ruling on the interpretation of the 2010 Equality Act (EA), a landmark act that attempted to draw together and integrate a larger body of equality legislation, including the Sex Discrimination Act…
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Small objects of desire
There used to be a column in the Guardian called “small objects of desire”, about the small artefacts that sometimes have a transformational impact on our lives. This photo shows my own small object of desire, acquired earlier this year. It has transformed the process of caring for my “alternative hair”. For many years I…
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Individuals with Cervixes
Philisophers suggest that science often invokes ceteris paribus clauses; all other things being equal, light travels in straight lines, but not near massive objects – one of the remarkable predictions of the general theory of relativity. However, ceteris paribus clauses have somewhat more incendiary impact in everyday life. Four years ago, Canterbury and Whitstable MP…
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Kind of Blue
Definitely one of my Desert Island Discs. And an apt description of the feeling that creeps over one as late September approaches early Autumn; cooler nights make sleeping sounder, but breezy days and turning leaves presage the acceleration towards the year’s end. With Neil Peart I’m aware that “summer’s going fast, nights growing colder, children…
Mrs Benn 