THE FUSE

This Pride Month, we find ourselves teetering on a cliff’s edge. On 21st May 2026, the UK Minister for Women and Equalities published an updated Code of Practice for duties set out under the Equality Act 2010 – limiting the definitions of ‘gender’ to a person’s assigned biological sex at birth. With MPs now in a 40-day response period, urgent action is needed if trans people are to live any semblance of a fulfilling life not in exile. What’s more, this breaking point truly impacts us all – political commentator Toby Buckle offered an excellent diagnosis for Liberal Currents of the current situation, referring to “the end of trans rights in the UK” as “the start of democratic collapse”.