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Understand the LGBTQIA+ news: Trans toilet bans in civil service, Trans Pride and Barbie
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Understand the LGBTQIA+ news: Trans toilet bans in civil service, Trans Pride and Barbie

Jamie Wareham
QueerAF
Jamie Wareham, QueerAF

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Understand the LGBTQIA+ headlines and keep track of the latest queer content and perspectives. QueerAF is written by Jamie Wareham and another queer creative each week.

πŸ’¬ This week:

  • Civil Service. Leaked documents suggest the Government plans to replicate guidance for schools in the Civil Service, banning trans people from some toilets.
  • Trans Pride. A joyful and powerful event, spun into a story about trans people beingviolent. We explain why
  • Barbie. She's an asexual icon - and that bothers a lot of acephobes. Tyger Songbird explains why in the Queer Gaze.

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Leaked government plan to ban trans people from some bathrooms in civil service

TLDR: New guidance, leaked to VICE World News, reports the government is set to replicate planned guidance for schools in the civil service. It will ban trans people from some toilets, and rebrand gender identity as a belief, instead of an identity or characteristic.