The morning is balmy and bright, but my university office feels far too cold. I layer with a grey wool jumper that I keep in my office for such days. Whereas my east-facing windows receive piercing sun during the winter, the dense foliage of the oak trees in the small grassy field outside the department keep most light out of my office in spring and summer. It feels like I am the only member of staff in today, everyone is sheltering from the start of Term 3 at home. I buy myself a hot chocolate with whipped cream in the afternoon as consolation!

This morning, T plays a video of a Spanish senator who is a trans woman, standing up and admonishing the senate for their attack on trans lives. She says ‘you insert yourself in every part of our lives!’ Then she lists all the invasive questions and topics asked by transphobes including ‘Do trans people orgasm?’ ‘Enough!!’ She bellows to the whole senate who applaud. Meanwhile in the U.K., Kier Starmer is ‘pleased’ that ‘we finally have clarity’ on the definition of a woman.