The man in the queue behind me said Oh excuse me miss, you dropped ---- and then we both stared at the conker I'd dropped on the ground And he said Umm --- And I said Oh! My conker! :(

UNISON members who support LGBTIQ+ people may want to actively oppose their union on this one.

I can't emphasise enough that putting this question front and centre as a mandatory requirement, acts largely as a deterrent to accessing healthcare for trans people.

111/NHS direct is a joke. Having to misgender yourself to the people there for no reason is outright humiliating. It's designed to put trans people off reaching out for healthcare support. There were years of surveys that worked on finding respectful ways to gather this information, disregarded.

Love that both the local outdoor swimming group and local cycling group I'm in are both now just full of transphobic debate

Shame on @sheffcitycouncil.bsky.social for this and solidarity with trans staff 💔 www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/exclusive-tr...

Little joy today - dug into the heap of stuff I've been piling up in the garden for the last three years and found compost (and lots of woodlice)

The NHS are forcibly detransitioning trans kids in Brighton and calling it “managed withdrawal.” Their own impact assessment acknowledges trans kids will be at increased risk of harm as a result, don’t want this, and are likely to just use DIY hormones instead

And here’s something you can do to voice your opposition to the RSHE guidance. We must stop it being implemented as it is in September 2026. Tell the government it must be revised. Sign and share 👇 openletter.earth/the-urgent-n...

This is the end result of anti-trans bigotry: more harassment of girls and women, more policing of gender roles, more gender McCarthyism.

So we're promised new trans schools guidance over summer which us unlikely to go well. We've got new rse guidance which is gonna make schools too scared to discuss anything trans anyway. How's this actually gonna work in practice?

Clause 72 in particular is functionally identical to Clause 28 of the Local Government Act in 1988: "[S]chools... should avoid materials that... could be interpreted as being aimed at younger children, or that... encourage pupils to question their gender."

It's unbearable

A rat casually sauntered past us in the garden last night so I googled 'rat in garden' and now have too mucn rat empathy

Amazing how even comments under local reporting about the hosepipe ban manage to be transphobic

LinkedIn really is the place where souls go to die

Putting away some washing & noticed my three frog/toad t-shirts side by side, making both current me & 8YO me very happy

If you’re free from pain and gifted with energy, ask how you can help share some of the load. Email your MP! Use a subject banner e.g. ‘Please VOTE AGAINST the Welfare Bill’ as this close, MP offices will likely scan the inbox. Ask friends in Labour seats to do same. Your help matters. 2/2

Fuck you BBC. How dare you conflate the IDF with Jews. You antisemitic pieces of shit.

The Govs selection of yet another anti-trans bigot for this important position shows clearly and openly it is pursuing an anti trans agenda if its own. Neither the Gov, the EHRC nor the UK has a single shred of credibility left when it comes to equality.

Cheery (useful!) Monday morning reading from @aoir.bsky.social

Cannot recommend getting a cat for your cat highly enough.

@transactualuk.bsky.social guidance transactual.org.uk/equality-act... Dr Charlotte Jones and @tigslater.bsky.social did a toilets research evidence guide at aroundthetoilet.wordpress.com/2025/06/17/t... Dr Sandra Duffy, trans lawyer has response info at sandraduffy.blog/2025/05/21/r...

If you're low on spoons @goodlawproject.bsky.social have an online form submission thinger at action.goodlawproject.org/ehrc which does it for you.

From The Guardian on the proposed disability benefits cuts. Calling up MPs spouses to bully them into submission. Astonishingly childish behaviour from this government. Are these the people we want leading this country?

We want to hear about experiences of discrimination or challenges faced in single-sex spaces in the UK. We especially welcome responses from Black people and people of colour. Complete the survey at: tinyurl.com/SingleSexSpa... #Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #Queer #LGBTQIA #TransAlly

😬 I seem to have engaged with Linkedin. Times must be desperate

So good!

It really was huge. I arrived at 13.50 and got in at 16.35. It was due to end at 16.00 but I heard they had extended til 19.00.

Lazy hive mind literature search- can anyone point me to literature that discusses either 1) experiences of trans and nonbinary kids in PE/sport; 2) outcomes of dividing boys & girls up in PE in primary school. The more accessible the better

Child, upside down in bed, apparently too distracted by the glow in the dark tattoos they put on their own belly to go to sleep

MASS LOBBY AGAINST EHRC GUIDANCE Trans+ people and allies - join us in Parliament on the 25th June Register and find more information on our website: transsolidarityalliance.com

If you haven't listened to @samuelsiddell.bsky.social's Ruling Passions podcasts then I'd recomend it. Just had a very nice time with this episode on queer rivers! open.spotify.com/episode/6nEK...

No words

I hope it gets challenged in court

The face of a dog who just stole and ate a full packet of vegan pastrami we were about to have for lunch

Publishers asking for a book endorsement and offering access to an ebook rather than a print copy as a thank you 🤪

Rally to defend jobs at Liverpool Hope 28/6. Colleagues are giving up their Sat to recruit students,while bosses tell them they may sacked. UCU are holding this rally to support them and to tell the University that there should be no job losses at Hope. No Staff, No Hope!

Wow

Ordered my @junobooks.bsky.social fundraising t-shirt! They are super-cool and support Gendered Intelligence and Disability Sheffield. Get yourself one and then we can all look cool together www.junobooks.co.uk/bookgroups/p...

Reclaiming power in the workplace: sociologist Bob Jeffery draws on his own experience of “low-skilled”, low-waged work, as well as his trade union roles at universities, to look at how employees in very different sectors are fighting for their rights. Out now in our June magazine. buff.ly/SVkJlIV

31 years!

Absolutely heartbreaking to read, but so important to have this evidence written down

TW: harm to children. My research into the effects of the UK government puberty-blocker ban has finally been published after peer-review. It details the severe harm being caused to young trans people & children by the Starmer government's puberty-blocker ban. Unlike Cass it is peer reviewed...

Although this is a four page document, our recommendations are very simple and achievable: 1. Do not create a system of gender surveillance for toilet access, instead maintain the current self-identification approach to access.

Some good news from @goodlawproject.org… Great work, this is a major climb down by organised transphobia. goodlawproject.org/ehrc-backs-d...

Toilet Access & Inclusion: Research Evidence to Guide Decision-Making After the Supreme Court Ruling A downloadable PDF which uses our research evidence from the last decade to help guide organisations in their approach to toilet provision since the Supreme Court Ruling tinyurl.com/toiletresearch

Told the 2YO I'd seen a toad in the garden and she expected this guy. Parenting failure or parenting win?