We are already starting to see change. Most users of the gender service say it takes up to 10y to get an initial appointment. The service closed the waiting list & for the first time ever the HSE [NHS] told them they had no right to do so. Clearly the HSE & ministers are paying attention:

Paige Behan, a trans woman said “they knew they had failed me. & in doing so, they underscored a much broader truth: there is an urgent, undeniable need for both education and compassion in trans healthcare”. Recently the Minister & the Junior Minister for health have publicly committed to changes.

Merry Christmas everyone.

3yo: “daddy’s phone is in his pocket!” me: “that’s true!” 3yo: “why isn’t mummy’s phone in her pocket?” me: “… buckle up, kiddo, we’re gonna discuss five hundred years of fashion and misogyny”

I wish someone had told me this when I first got to the UK. I spent the entire semester drinking from the sink in my room instead of going to the shared kitchen. Now that I live in an old flat, I have learned WHY not all water is drinking water. 😭

I spoke to Novara about the campaign by anti-trans groups to pretend the law now requires a bathroom ban novaramedia.com/2025/12/16/a...

We need YOUR help to deliver a record number of Scottish Green MSPs next May. We are powered by people like you. People who want real change for Scotland and our planet. Please chip in to our campaign to put people and planet before profit ⤵️ greens.scot/donate

I’m 💯 behind any unified movement fighting back against the far-right and its demonising, marginalising, discriminatory tactics. They use rhetoric - such as “protecting our women and children” in order to whip up division, outrage and hate! 😣😖 So why is TOGETHER ignoring trans people as targets?

The High Court’s ruling that a six-year-old child must keep her father’s name goes against basic justice and the tide of reform, says @drproudman.bsky.social: goodlaw.social/o3de

Every vote for the @scottishgreens.org makes a difference. It is Green MSPs and Green members who have delivered free bus travel for under 22s, removed peak rail fares and scrapped school meal debt. With a record number of members we can do even more. bright-green.org/2025/12/15/s...

Like JK Rowling, Glinner used to claim he had trans friends whom he loved and respected. It's a real pity the media never went "OK. Name them." Because it was a lie.

Krampus Fest at the Banshee Labyrinth starts 13th December. We have markets on Saturday & Sunday to pick up that handcrafted alternative gift. There are also a number of live events happening and you can even get your picture taken with Krampus! Well behaved pets are welcome. www.noisyghost.co.uk

Libraries aren't just books. They provide gathering places, free internet, and programs like story hours and classes and films. Using your library demonstrates to your local government its importance to your community and can affect funding decisions.

Hey not for nothing but it's wild how the "don't politicize every shooting, it's too soon" people just hop all over this shit if it's not immediately apparent it's your standard white guy.

Evergreen

how does it take 8 months to repair two elevators at my local station that rise < 15 feet?

✍️ Today, we submitted a letter to the Telegraph in response to their article ‘BBC’s pro-trans bias damaged our children’ on 19 November 2025. 🔗 You can read our full response letter here: tinyurl.com/TALetter1

Trans Safety Network are extremely concerned that DHSC are continuing to solicit input on trans healthcare from Bayswater and other anti trans groups after a reply to our previous concerns stated they would not work with groups who promote harmful practices or discriminatory views

To be absolutely clear on this, one of our volunteers received a letter from a cabinet minister acknowledging the contents of the Discord leaks, including comments talking about serious abuse. The government knows exactly who they are including in these consultations.

The UN climate change conference (COP30) having rooms shut down both to flooding and an extreme fire is a bit metaphorically excessive.

The assumption that we have to deter asylum seekers is never questioned. The reasons they have left their countries are hardly even considered. #R4Today

On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later. Remembering us is not enough.

A reminder that I’ve archived every public-facing web page from the CDC website prior to the Trump Regime purging data back in late January: acasignups.net/cdc-website

middlebury college student lia smith killed herself one month ago after facing harassment for being a trans athlete you will not hear her name once on cable tv don’t let them erase her #TDOR #TransDayOfRemembrance

The conflation of asylum seeker and illegal migrants isn't an accident.

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 Tomorrow, the Covid-19 Inquiry will release a report on the decision-making and political governance during the pandemic. This will be of keen interest to the DPOs who took part in the inquiry as core participants Full press release 👇 www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/uk-covi...

Greg Jackson (CEO Octopus) believes that with the right regulatory changes, Scotland could harness its renewable energy potential to provide free electricity to its residents. Unionism: fuck that we'll give cheap electricity to a sector exacerbating climate change. Fuck Labour.

Harming trans kids - using art to capture the impacts of the Sussex ICB investigation on trans adolescents and families. Please read and share. The art is not mine - the artist wishes to remain anonymous. growinguptransgender.com/2025/11/19/h...

This is easily an order of magnitude larger than the number of firings in the entire years-long 'cancel culture' panic. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

My terrorism class finished a section on jihadists and is now discussing white nationalists, and it occurred to me that in some states (Florida? Texas?) I might not be allowed to teach about the latter, since it mentions race, and doesn't balance it out with pro-white-nationalist-terrorism readings.

It's fucking wild that the GCs have developed such a sense of impunity that they're just actively harassing and smearing members of a tribunal panel they are supposedly trying to win over.

Being on Epsteins list meant you were an ally to be placed in a position of power in order to be manipulated by greater authority. It was a GOOD career move for many.

There are going to be people exposed who were complete losers and extremely happy to be blackmailed by Epstein bc it helped their careers immensely.

Get their asses. If you've got published work, look yourself up and hop on the "actions have consequences" train.

And FWIW, this is not strictly a Bluesky problem. It is a content moderation problem and content moderation problems are also people problems. I wish there was an easier solution to this

“The government is allowed to post real death threats on social media but you’re not allowed to post sarcastic death threats on social media” is actually a pretty apt distillation of power and violence

i reiterate my case that the true alpha in any given group is the mum friend with spare pads and cheesy crackers and a mysterious number of packs of wet wipes

I genuinely believe if a lawmaker called a congressional reporter the N-word, that journalist’s colleagues would not come to their explicit defense

Wow, this must be one of the most popular things I've ever posted on here, guess I hit upon a sentiment a lot of people were feeling? So, can you do me a favour? Advocate for the art you love. Talk about it, uplift it, introduce it to others, leave reviews. Let's not just focus on the negative.

“With its hateful rhetoric, the right seeks to cast gender identity not as something you are, but as something dangerous that you believe… the end goal is the same: to wipe out transness itself.” We need to disrupt anti-trans genocidal politics and work towards politics that nurture trans people.

I watched this entire panel (only about 26 minutes) to make sure I had full context for the point she was making and I'm sorry to say that did not help. She is saying exactly what you think she's saying.

This award gives emerging writers a free course, retreat and mentoring. You need to be unpublished but it closes on 30th November so get in quick. Details in link. Please share :)

📜 Today we are launching the Transparent Pledge. Please read and sign it here: 👉 tinyurl.com/TransparentAction Transparent Action is a group of parents who want to take action in support of their trans, non-binary and gender diverse loved ones and the wider trans+ community.

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

Over two decades ago, a Labour government repealed “Section 28” which aimed to prevent positive discussions about homosexuality and gay lives in schools. Now a Labour government pursues transphobia and erases trans and non-binary lives. Today’s political transphobia is basically recycled homophobia.

This is basically making it so trans people who were adopted and had their birth records sealed cannot obtain a passport at all. This will also ensnare cis people who were adopted and have clerical errors on their records or are suspected of being trans.

“The majority of women do not want to see the trans community scapegoated”  Over 60,000 women have signed an open letter in support of the trans community 🌈

An FOI seen by QueerAF shows the anti-trans organisation included in a consultation that led to RSE guidance that will introduce what has been widely described as a 'Section 28 2.0' https://www.wearequeeraf.com/section-28-2-0-rse-consultation-featured-four-explicitly-anti-trans-groups-foi-reveals

the lesson media people should take from the BBC blow up last week is that no matter how transphobic your editorial bent is, it will never ever ever satisfy the fascists