The memoir of Jane Austen’s brother has been published with a trigger warning about the apparently alarming fact that an 18th- and 19th-century man held 18th- and 19th-century views.
As the fallout continues from the Supreme Court’s ruling that under equality law “woman” means a biological woman, one of the most significant developments is the apparent final conversion of the Prime Minister to the gender-critical cause.
A group of prominent academics have called for the resignation of the President of Université Lyon 2 after she appeared to side with masked student activists who disrupted a lecture by Middle East expert Fabrice Balanche and accused him of “genocidal rhetoric” for criticising what he sees as the rise...
The Conservatives will table an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill to abolish non-crime hate incidents. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp says the vote will show which MPs are willing to stand up for free speech—and for common sense.
In a landmark victory for academic freedom, the University of Louisville will pay nearly $1.6 million in damages and attorneys’ fees to settle a lawsuit brought by a respected psychiatrist fired for questioning the use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones on gender-distressed children.
Police forces have admitted they don’t know if non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) help tackle crime.
The campaigners who won the Supreme Court battle over the legal definition of a woman have been inundated with death threats and misogynistic abuse since the landmark judgment.
A French philosopher who has been barred from entering the UK due to his controversial views on immigration is preparing to challenge the Home Office’s decision with the support of the Free Speech Union.
In a notable victory for free speech, the High Court has dismissed a judicial review challenge to Greater Manchester Police’s decision not to take action against gender critical blogger Stuart Campbell – a member of the Free Speech Union (FSU) – known on X as @WingsScotland.
The Supreme Court has upheld families’ right to speak publicly about their children’s medical care. A key free speech ruling—and an important moment for the FSU, which intervened in the case to challenge a growing culture of silence around end-of-life care.
Police officers at one of Britain’s biggest forces are being taught they have “white privilege”. Thames Valley has introduced “equity training” which covers topics including “white privilege”, “micro-aggressions” and the difference between being “non-racist versus anti-racist”.
Hundreds of children as young as 14 are being pressured to declare their gender pronouns at the start of every round of the Oxford Schools’ Debating Competition, run by the Oxford Union.
Hamas is using the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) to challenge its proscription as a terrorist organisation in the UK.
BitChute, a platform widely recognized for its commitment to free expression and open discourse, has officially withdrawn its services from the United Kingdom, citing untenable regulatory conditions under the UK’s recently enacted censorship law, the Online Safety Act.
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