Useful reporting from Translucent. When we’ve suggested that trans women don’t pose a risk, people have argued that’s because of under reporting. These FOI requests suggest that might not be the case
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Is English football enabling violence against women?
NEW video essay tackles online abuse, the ban on trans women, workplace harassment in media, and more👇.
The Truth About Violence Against Women In English Football: youtu.be/BB1hU1-hkFs
column on the mansion tax refugees
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Good to hear. Thank you Chris!
Thank you for doing the research!!!
"Sexism and misogyny do not persist by accident, but by design."
After @womeninfootball.co.uk found that four in five women report workplace sexism in football, I wrote about why women sports journalists still don't belong in the sports media.
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Sports journalists, do you find press conferences repetitive and that trying to get an insightful quote from the speaker is like pushing water up a hill?
I wrote about why press conferences suck👇.
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Press conferences suck.
This week, I wrote about why they are less about reporting the truth and more about preserving the status quo.👇
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Was Michelle Agyemang’s ACL tear caused by sexism?
Before jumping to blame hips, hormones, boots or pitches, I write we must consider the gendered inequalities women are subject to throughout their footballing lives that may seriously impact injury risk. 👇
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Our investigation by journalist @evieashton.bsky.social revealed how athletes were being forced to come out because of blanket sports bans that were being implemented following the Supreme Court ruling and the now withdrawn EHRC guidance on it 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/i-had-to-out...
The England and Wales Cricket Board is being sued over its ban on trans women's inclusion in the sport 👇
We asked in September whether they'd considered this outcome of their ban, and they stood by their stance.
This is what they said and what the case will look at 🧵
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For too long, sporting bodies, @cam.ac.uk societies, and those who shrink in the face of hate, have adopted the blanket approach of excluding trans people from sport. Enough. We are suing the England and Wales Cricket Board. goodlaw.social/qvf6
What if Leah Williamson’s ACL injury that forced her to miss the World Cup 2023 was caused by sexism?
Drawing on a recent paper by sociologist Madeline Pape, I discuss why gender inequalities, not 'female biology', could be behind the “ACL crisis” 👇
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Had a go at critiquing football's "no room for racism in sport" anti-discrimination expression.
Worried it's less about anti-racism and more about deflection and avoidance of the wider issue of structural racism in English football. ✍
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“What a summer of women’s sport.”
“England women will inspire the next gen.”
Why are we whitewashing this year?
Trans women and girls were literally banned. Sex testing was brought back. And Black players are being subjected to racism.
Journalism MUST recognise setbacks as well as progress.
Sharing this again. Happy for the Red Roses but now more than ever we need to remember those who have been excluded from women’s rugby and won’t be able to reap the benefits of the team’s success.
NEW: World Athletics’s reintroduction of sex testing at the World Championships 2025 is "a threat to all women", an expert has said.
Spoke to Dr Sheree Bekker about the "insidious" effects of this policy for @scotnational.bsky.social.
www.thenational.scot/sport/254819...
I of course welcome the recognition of the state of Palestine.
And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.
Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.
NEW: World Athletics’s reintroduction of sex testing at the World Championships 2025 is "a threat to all women", an expert has said.
Spoke to Dr Sheree Bekker about the "insidious" effects of this policy for @scotnational.bsky.social.
www.thenational.scot/sport/254819...
#journorequest Looking to speak to an academic e.g. historian, social scientist, political scientist etc... on the perceived freedom of speech crisis amid rising anti-immigrant rhetoric and far-right protests in the UK.
A few months ago, trans women and girls had the freedom to participate and enjoy football and cricket and their sporting families taken away from them. I've been investigating how their privacy was stripped from them too.
My exclusive investigation: www.wearequeeraf.com/i-had-to-out...
A few months ago, trans women and girls had the freedom to participate and enjoy football and cricket and their sporting families taken away from them. I've been investigating how their privacy was stripped from them too.
My exclusive investigation: www.wearequeeraf.com/i-had-to-out...
"The responsibility for growing women’s sport and achieving gender justice in sport should not lie with those who were not culpable for its marginalisation in the first place and have borne the brunt of abuse and discrimination since."
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In 2025, female athletes are still expected to carry out unpaid labour and deal with online abuse and discrimination.
My latest piece on the narrative that female athletes should be responsible for increasing their own, and their sport’s, visibility.👇
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Are we expecting too much of women's rugby players?
My latest piece tackles the exhausting unpaid labour female athletes are expected to carry out.👇
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You know who never gets called "a biological male"? Biological males.
“The “Reform FC Home Shirt” is far more than a gimmick. It is a key to unlocking more voters and mobilising support for a far right party.”
My latest newsletter👇
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"Seen as a football club, Reform UK is no longer a political party that, in government, would be responsible for tackling poverty, preventing climate catastrophe, or reducing NHS waiting times, but instead a “winning team” hoping to lift the league trophy." 👇
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Why we can't afford to laugh off Reform UK's football shirts.
My latest ✍️
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“Linking sex attacks to migration is 'dangerous racist diversion' warn 100 women's rights groups”
We all know racist men are just racist men and more likely to be a danger to women themselves.
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