Friday Links

• [Trigger warning] Helen at Questioning Transphobia: Forced divorce and sterilisation: a reality for many transgender persons
• Matt Kailey at Womanist Musings: "Equal to" Does Not Mean "Equal"
• Hangbitch: Big society: in Skelmersdale’s dreams
• Laura Woodhouse at The F-Word: Coalition will not endorse EU directive against trafficking
• Anne at Where's the Benefit?: No wonder people think we're all scroungers
• fullfact.org: Disability benefit: How much does fraud and error cost?
• s.e. smith: The Feminist Fashion Police
• [trigger warning] Operation Black Vote: Independent report: Schools still failing to tackle racism
• Guardian: Government climbdown on detention of children in immigration centres (not a surprise, but still bad)
• Tiny Cat Pants: Who’s Watching the Women?