Friday Links

• From OBV: Tory seeks complete ban on non-EU migration
• meloukhia on privilege checking
• [trigger warning] Research on response to sexist jokes from abyss2hope - these things make a difference.
• Wheelchair accessibility guidelines
• The Lords are homophobic again
• A Second Thought, on the recent French decision on Islamic veils
• On Solidarity and Intellectual Laziness, regarding yet another LGB organisation inviting Julie Bindel along
• The harmful narrative on orphans and Haiti
• A 3-part series from Portly Dyke on language: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
• [trigger warning] Misinformation about abortion in Ireland (more at The F-Word)
• [trigger warning] An Oxford man is stable in hospital after a homophobic attack
• [trigger warning] More on the problems with "parental notification" laws in the USA
• The process of bringing in marginally better parental leave creeps slowly forward
• A summary of the relatively small number of detectable gender differences, most of which are not particularly significant