Megan

The new chair of the UK's "Equalities and Human Rights Commission" has been meeting anti transgender organizations. There is a good story here for any journalist willing to do a bit of work digging. The anti transgender group she met have created a false narrative, that there is a conflict between the rights of transgender people and cisgender women's legal protections, and public officials are actively promoting it. https://tacc.org.uk/2026/03/25/new-ehrc-chair-ignores-the-trans-community/

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New EHRC Chair ignores the trans community - Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective

Co-authored by Mise Rather than working to “rebuild trust”, the new EHRC Chair ignores the trans community and jumps straight into bed with anti-trans campaigners to discuss “mutual priorities”. On November 30th 2025, Baroness Kishwer Falkner’s four-year term as EHRC Chair came to an end. The following day, the new Chair, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, took - Co-authored by Mise Rather than working to “rebuild trust”, the new EHRC Chair ignores the trans community and jumps straight into bed with anti-trans campaigners to discuss “mutual priorities”. On November 30th 2025, Baroness Kishwer Falkner’s four-year term as EHRC Chair came to an end. The following day, the new Chair, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, took

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The other story here, that's harder to tell, is the way "normative" ie "ordinary" people indulge in extremism, despite their apparently reasonable qualities more broadly. Extremism doesn't always look like Donald Trump or The Nazis. It mostly comes in the form of "reasonable" people, who have convinced themselves they don't have prejudices.