Transphobic trolls on should not be treated as sincere participants in a debate. Their aim is rarely truth-seeking: it is to dominate, exhaust and silence trans people and their allies. The article links trolling to broader patterns of bullying, where aggression is used to enforce status, police gender norms and win approval from like-minded people.
Building on the essential research of Stef Shuster and Laurel Westbrook, researcher Matilda Wurm and colleagues offer us a paper full of insights into the upside of being trans. Breaking her research down into the themes of joy, growth, and peace, Wurm offered compelling reasons why someone would want to live a trans life.
R (Sussex) v Office for Students (OfS) and FDU is a 2026 High Court judicial review concerning the limits of regulatory power over university equality policies, academic freedom, and free speech.
The case arose from a record £585,000 fine imposed by the OfS on the University of Sussex in March 2025, following a three-and-a-half-year investigation into the treatment of gender-critical views on campus, specifically relating to the resignation of Professor Kathleen Stock in 2021.
