quick someone tell @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social. not that i think labour care at all about voters when it comes to trans ppl. their attempts to eradicate us are ideologically driven.

This is disability visibility. Mamdani listened. He didn’t pander or talk over the disabled journalist. He acknowledged his concerns and gave real responses about how he plans to fix them. 1 in 4 Americans has a disability, it’s a huge number of voters. Don’t ignore us!

In this piece, admitting the BBC has broken its impartiality rules re. trans people, the BBC further breaks its impartiality rules by changing a quote saying "trans identity" to "trans ideology".

They've changed it back again now, but changing a quote is a huge red flag. The BBC are repeatedly demonstrating that there are ideologues directly interfering with the meaning of stories they report relating to trans people, and this should be a far bigger deal than it is

RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting

Once again, SCOTUS undermines the rule of law, its own legitimacy, and the lower federal courts with a 'back of the napkin' explanation that doesn't even bother to analyze the issue under the standards for staying an injunction—all to enable a bigoted attack on a targeted group.

The Supreme Court's decision to let the Trump White House implement its anti-trans passport policy is vile, and I appreciate Jackson going out of her way to include in her dissent, for the record, the administration's language justifying the policy. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

It is no wonder that trans and non-binary individuals are leaving the US. I fear that the UK is not going to be too far behind. People should not be denied the right to identify as who they actually are, without facing discrimination and potential harassment for doing so. apnews.com/article/trum...

My partner saw a giant black plume drifting over our neighborhood here in Louisville. Five minutes later, a shelter-in-place warning went off on our phones. A UPS cargo plane crashed. At least 3 people are dead, if not more. The air smells horrible, and big pieces of ash are falling in my yard.

As I've said before, all you really need to know about the left/right division is that people on the left feel happy when they see a high election turnout, while people on the right feel scared

Hi if you’re working for justice and striving for a better world you can do one small but hugely impactful thing: WEAR A MASK WHEN YOU GO TO VOTE You will protect yourself and you will also protect all the vulnerable people around you who are literally risking their lives to make their voices count

genuinely think the first point in any convo about ADHD meds should be that 1) ADHD is linked to increased rates of brain degeneration, and developing dementia / Alzheimers & 2) taking ADHD meds slows that rate of degeneration to the same speed as peers without ADHD

British public: The cost of living crisis is crushing working people. Nigel: What if minimum wage workers make even less? Many of the companies paying workers minimum wage make billions in profit every year. Why do the Reform Party want to squeeze the working class instead of taxing the super rich?

Pictured for comparison: Andrew Cuomo’s hardscrabble beginnings

This is how you fight racism and xenophobia in politics. You don't accept their framing... you pet a bodega cat, offer a hopeful alternative, and show exactly how ridiculous and small the bigots are by telling them to go fuck themselves in Arabic. #ZohranForNYC #MakeHopeNormalAgain #NYC🤝LDN

people living under autocracy inevitably view state-sponsored news with bemused derision; we should do the same

We know from personal experience how hard it is to balance the desire to speak out and have our voices heard - with the need to protect the privacy of our trans loved ones. Which is why we are proud to mark today by introducing Transparent Action.

I'm seeing a whole lot less outrage for the journalists of color who have been systematically discarded at places like NBC and CBS (and across journalism, really) than the response to Jimmy Kimmel's 5-day suspension.

So they'll prescribe puberty to protect the mental health of cis youth but not trans youth. It's extremely clear they don't view trans youth as worthy of treatment, only conversion therapy.

"Their effects are not permanent, and once a child lets their blocking treatment lapse, puberty will just continue as normal." The effects are only permanent on trans youth apparently.

The complete inversion of morals on the right is not surprising but it's still shocking. Imagine being on the side of intentionally starving children.

glamour uk have made trans women their ‘women of the year’. this really highlights how transphobes have lost the ‘culture war’ and are wholly reliant on bigoted politicians like @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and wes streeting they wouldn’t do this if they were worried about it losing them readers:

once again posting The Chart

So the EHRC didn’t take account of the HRA, the ECHR, the CoE conventions and protocols, UN treaty obligations and other regulations like the Rights of the Child in Scotland or GDPR? And trade obligations, costs to business, inappropriate gender policing and targeting of non feminine women. Never!

It’s a cycle: Cut welfare programs -> Blame immigrants for such cuts -> Promote xenophobia -> The far right gains more votes -> Make more welfare cuts…

*screams*

There is no difference between Trump destroying the East Wing and using a wrecking ball on the Washington Monument or Smithsonian. Just because he (temporarily) lives there doesn't give him the right to demolish the White House without Congressional approval.

If you are looking for something fun and spooky to do in Edinburgh later this month. The Edinburgh Horror Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary. With nearly 40 different live shows and events there is something for everyone. (The venue however is 18+) www.edhorrorfest.co.uk

Trump thinks the White House belongs to him because he sees the entire government and country that way. Under authoritarians (who are usually malignant narcissists), every part of the state is a self part. It’s all “personalist rule,” as @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social says.

WTAFF?!!!

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This seems very significant.

Well well well. This totally missed us, as we said, we have been extremely busy. We are deeply uncomfortable with judges who were enthusiastically 'Gender Critical' on social media. Imagine being trans, accused of a crime, and a 'Gender Critical' activist no less, is the judge.

Seems many UK trans people are losing their NHS prescriptions - including when requested by the official NHS GICs! metro.co.uk/2025/10/16/i...

And take part in the consultation, please. The Hampstead ponds have always been inclusive. They MUST remain so.

Your regular reminder that Bibi Netanyahu is about as religious and theologically serious as Trump is. That is to say-- yeah. Exactly that much. In both cases, *fundamentalist zealotry* animates *one or more factions* of those they're trying to appease, but not all of them. That's it.

Turkey is set to criminalize being openly trans along with same-sex couples who hold engagement or wedding ceremonies. This is the same trajectory the US is on. www.attitude.co.uk/news/turkish...

Does anyone have any idea how ticket sales are currently doing for events across the country? Are people struggling to sell event tickets? Is it the time of year? Is it cost of living?

Marie had early stage dementia & had recently moved to assisted living, but was still well enough to live semi-independently before the attack. She woke at night, was confused about the time, walked to the shops & got lost. After the attack, she had problems with balance & needed a nursing home.

Transphobia kills. She was brutally assaulted because her attacker thought she was trans and that all trans people are pedophilic predators. Her health worsened because of it. RIP Maria.

RTE & subsequent reports are papering over the "man dressed as a woman", and changing it into "he thought she was a predatory pedophile". Shame on them. This original report has the original phrasing, as you mention. Took me some digging to find it.

"Jewish Americans told us —by a margin of nearly 3 to 1— that Trump manipulates antisemitism dishonestly, using it as an excuse to pause or cut university funding. Only about one-fourth of all Jews nationwide believe the president “truly cares about protecting Jewish students on college campuses.”"

Marie McGowan, 89, has died 3 years after a brutal assault during which she was put headfirst into a rubbish bin. Her attacker, Alex Bailey, believed she was "a man dressed as a woman." This is the world the transphobes are creating "to protect women." RIP Marie. share.google/PFaI5YTh9tBw...

If you are looking for something fun and spooky to do in Edinburgh later this month. The Edinburgh Horror Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary. With nearly 40 different live shows and events there is something for everyone. (The venue however is 18+) www.edhorrorfest.co.uk

Asking again, how does Simon Wessely still have a job in the NHS? And what will it take for him to get the same treatment as Wakefield? Both have caused massive amounts of harm worldwide to patients. So why is Wessely still allowed to work in the NHS?

This charade is costing NHS Fife money that should be spent on patient care, but from what I have read, caring isn't her priority. news.stv.tv/north/nurse-...