BBC presenter launches new trans visibility campaign

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Dr Ronx Ikharia’s ‘Safe With Me’ initiative invites allies to wear a yellow badge with bold black text, signalling to trans+ individuals that they are safe to approach, especially when using public toilets or navigating other gendered spaces.

Launched by Dr Ronx – a Black, non-binary, transmasculine emergency doctor and BBC presenter – the campaign responds to the Suprememe Court's judgment that ‘sex’ in the Equality Act refers strictly to biological sex, a decision that campaigners say has heightened fear within trans+ communities.

Dr Ronx said: “I have often been kicked out of toilets because people don’t know where to place me. But when I’m with someone, it happens less.

“This badge is about making allyship visible. It’s non-confrontational. It’s a signal to a trans+ person that they can come up to you and feel safe doing so.”

Dr Ronx is best known for presenting on the BBC’s Operation Ouch! and The Unshockable Dr Ronx, where they combine medical expertise with youth-focused storytelling.

Off-screen, the Hackney-native works on the frontline at Homerton Hospital while strongly advocating for inclusive healthcare and increasing representation for marginalised young people.

Continues at https://www.swlondoner.co.uk/news/23072025-bbc-presenter-launches-new-trans-visibility-campaign

It's like men on dating websites who claim they're "genuine" (whatever that means). Swipe left every time.

It means her list is longer than your list, and therefore you are lower in the hierarchy and need to do as your told by your betters.

And that is the aim of the gender woo lobby. Manipulating language and causing confusion. Or just acceptance because done know no better / different.

Yes, very true!! Could be open to exploitation

Is this badge supposed to help for example a 'masculine' biological woman access the female toilets without people thinking she's a man, or help her to access the male toilets which is against the law. I am confused !

It's a shame, I quite liked Dr Ronx alongside Chris and Xand when I used to watch Operation Ouch with my kids. I thought Dr Ronx was a good presenter and it was nice to see a black female who wasn't typically girly being successful as both a doctor and presenter. I did wonder at the time if Dr Ronx identified as non-binary, but they never mentioned this on the show and I think just avoided use of pronouns.

I suspect Dr Ronx is coming from a good place, and has probably always been genuinely butch / gender non-conforming, which (as a PP said) probably isn't always easy, especially when combined with potential racism.

But agree with others it's not a justification to abandon safeguarding or the actual law.

Perhaps Kate Searle could do with some trans visibility training

She claims not to notice

I’ve reported the campaign to GoFundMe as it’s encouraging lawbreaking, I doubt I’ll get anywhere but it’s worth a try.

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I’ve never been asked to leave a public toilet because I don’t loiter around public toilets and I don’t look like a creeper!!

I’ve accidentally walked into a packed men’s toilet at the airport and no one kicked me out. I’ve mistakenly used the men’s toilet when I was pregnant and no one said a thing.

If this person is being asked to leave a public space then they should have a think about their behaviour.

I’ve seen a trans person in the female toilets and it didn’t phase me (or anyone else) because they were clearly there to do their business and get out. No one confronted them! They behaved like everyone else who wanted to leave as quickly as possible. But if a man is in the female toilets and looking at women and children like an absolute creep then I’m calling security.

Maybe this is more a racism issue but I wouldn’t put it past her to deliberately create conflict just so she has something to complain about.

Do you have the gofundme link so I can report?

You are not alone! So is the good dr, bless her little non binary socks, or should that be sex?

I'm sure the good doc means well. But I seriously doubt she's been thrown out of loads of toilets, unless she's doing something very inappropriate in there.

"They explained that although the Supreme Court judgment is guidance rather than law, many institutions have used it to justify excluding trans people or failing to protect their safety at work."

I’ve reported the political campaign to gofundme.

I thought that people weren’t allowed to lobby for political issues on gofundme.

If this person wishes to campaign he/she can register as a lobbyist and do a change.org petition.

He/she shouldn’t be making money for political campaigns and encouraging people to break the law.

Is the Supreme Court decision guidance or is it an interpretation of the law?

I thought it was the interpretation of the law because the Supreme Court shouldn’t give “guidance” on political lobbying - it should be based on the interpretation of the law.

Ok well if it's about enabling butch lesbians to use the women's lavs, as they are 100% entitled to do, the vast majority of women simply don't have the slightest problem with that. I've never encountered a woman who requires other women to perform femininity to access female spaces, and I present as pretty masc myself (short hair, no makeup, masculine style clothing). I see regular posts on social media from nonbinary identifying biological women who look no less female than I do, claiming that they have to "perform" their femaleness to gain access to the women's loos, but it's strange that it's not something that non-activists who are just getting on with their gender nonconforming lives seem to experience.

This is completely ridiculous! Typical BBC- and the flipping licence fee continues to rise....
And this person is a doctor FFS

Judgment
The Supreme Court unanimously allows the appeal. It holds that the terms “man”, “woman”
and “sex” in the EA 2010 refer to biological sex. Lord Hodge, Lady Rose and Lady Simler give
a joint judgment, with which the other Justices agree.

Seems pretty clear to me that they are clarifying what the words in the law mean. So... Lawrence, not guidance. But, IANAL so ...

All of this

Huh? I was just adding the GoFundMe link. If you google Go Fund Me Safe with me it will come up.

tbh i think they are getting the SC judgment, which clarified the actual law, confused with the Pirate Code which is more of a guideline, apparently.

This badge idea puts all the focus on the 'ally' and reinforces the 'priest class' boundary around people who identify as trans.

It's the law on which guidance should be based