23/11/2025
Lesbian magazine DIVA reports that polls show that a majority of women (at birth assigned as women) support trans women and do not want to see them scapegoated for the problems of society. The magazine reports on a new initiative reflective of just this: "The Not In Our Name (NION) campaign is an open letter which challenges the anti-trans rhetoric we have seen in the UK since the Supreme Court ruling in April. Launched in May 2025, the campaign rejects the exclusion of trans people from society. Signatories include Kate Nash, Beverley Knight and Carla Denyer MP. A spokesperson for NION said: “Certain media outlets, as well as politicians, have taken the position of a minority who do not support the inclusion of trans people and pitched it as the position of women overall. This is something we absolutely reject.” “We believe that the voice of everyday women, who fundamentally believe all humans should have access to certain spaces and be treated with dignity and respect, is missing from the conversation. The letter is a simple tool through which we can demonstrate that the majority of women do not want to see the trans community scapegoated.”
