The Times lead article – Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look. It’s an unfortunate way of introducing what should be a fairly straightforward piece about how the Labour government is sitting on the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) guidance about single-sex spaces, which it received three months…

One reason why the Archbishop of York was sounding off about Israel committing genocidal acts in Gaza: when he visited the West Bank recently, he was with this Palestinian cleric. From Jewish News: The Board of Deputies has criticised a decision by Lambeth Palace to host an event featuring a Palestinian cleric who describes Zionism…

More on the BBC’s pro-trans bias, with its effect on children, from the Telegraph: Hundreds of parents have accused the BBC of damaging their children with a “constant drip-feed of one-sided pro-trans programmes”. The Bayswater Support Group (BSG), which represents 650 mothers and fathers of primary school-aged children and teenagers who believe they are trans, has called…

Ben Appel at the New York Post: The New York Times reported last month on the dire situation for gay people in Iran, where homosexuality is punishable by death. Many are pressured to undergo brutal reassignment surgeries to live as the opposite sex. Now, instead of effeminate gay men, they’re just run-of-the-mill straight women. Problem…

The Archbishop of York joins the chorus. From the JC: The Archbishop of York has said Israeli forces have committed “genocidal acts” in Gaza in remarks the Chief Rabbi has condemned as an “incendiary and morally inverted accusation”. The second-most senior figure in the Church of England suggested the IDF were responsible for “deliberately indiscriminate…

By not ordering another one? Or by covering it up better?

More on that Oxford Union cancellation (yesterday). The red hands, in Palestinian iconography, celebrate the Ramallah lynching in October 2000, when two Israeli reservists strayed by mistake into Palestinian territory: According to accounts, rumors spread that Israeli undercover agents were being detained at the police station, prompting a crowd of over 1,000 to gather calling…

From the Daily NK: The North Korean authorities have recently begun patting themselves on the back for bringing religion under control, claiming that “organized underground services and secret prayer groups have almost disappeared.” The authorities believe that religious activity has been practically exterminated, which they consider to be a significant win in stabilizing the regime. “Exterminated” is a…

The puberty blocker trial is the one big mis-step from the otherwise excellent Cass Review. You can perhaps see why she – Baroness Cass – thought it would be a good idea, providing some clarity in an otherwise murky area where there are more anecdotes than facts. It would no doubt be helpful to have…