Girl Guiding and the Women’s Institute have announced that they will now exclude trans women and girls after legal threats – but organisations can and should remain inclusive: https://goodlaw.social/cpfx

Starmer CHOSE to keep the Supreme Court misjudgment despite its obvious flaws and its injustice. It allows him to deniably harm trans people. It is a mixture of political cowardice, gratuitous oppression, lack of principle and hypocrisy which defines the content of his character.

New ILGA-Europe data shows how stigma, discrimination & economic insecurity push LGBTI people into hidden homelessness across Europe. Change is possible with inclusive policies, trauma-informed services and action on structural discrimination. www.ilga-europe.org/press-releas...

This is just one “news” paper - The Times. They are OBSESSED with attacking trans people! 😖 They will absolutely KNOW that it’s TDoR today, and will have published this transphobic bilge as a gesture of power and provocation. It is pure, malicious, propaganda! 😣

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight www.cityam.com/the-british-...

This is also still ongoing, to fund English translations of African novels written in non-colonial languages! (which do not get translated very frequently!)

Let's take a ride... My next book is coming out with @faberbooks.bsky.social. Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains will be published March 12 2026. Preorder links in profile, and lots more on the book and the remarkable stories people told me to come over the next few months...

Tonight I was talking to a friend about this and she told me, this is one more major milestone in the decline of German democracy. For many people, it will be the thing that makes them decide to pack their bags, in anticipation of what is coming.

Wtf is a TEST of a ceasefire?!?!??!?

Brilliant short play on #BBCRadio4Extra today: #Autumn by #SusanHill. A couple tries to escape their past by moving home. Stars #JuneBrown and a classic telly fave, #BernardHepton. And today is centenary of his birth. Something for @secretarmypod.bsky.social fans? www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Excellent, wide-ranging long thread on the state of the UK... Thank you @tanjabueltmann.net

And while you are visiting @edinburghprints.bsky.social be sure to leave plenty of time check out Robert Powell's astonishing Hall of Hours installation with working clock and gorgeous copper ornaments.

Such a moving, thought-provoking and vibrant exhibtion @edinburghprints.bsky.social reflecting on and exploring Asqa Arif's lived experiences of seeking asylum, housing injustice, culture/art-washing and maintaining and negotiating cultural heritage in Glasgow. Highly recommend!

Queer and neurodivergent people are biological facts. We are stable parts of the human genome. “Human cognitive diversity exists for a reason; our differences are the genius – and the conscience – of our species.” —Carol Black, A Thousand Rivers stimpunks.org/philosophy/b...

We asked the EHRC whether they consulted any trans, intersex or LGBTQ+ groups before intervening in the 2024 Supreme Court case For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers. Their answer? They didn’t. 1/

Shameful, the UK arresting people for wearing T-Shirts and holding signs. Where are the people who scream for the right to Free Speech?

If you’re in Aberdeen and looking for somewhere quiet to work, the McBey Library at the art gallery is brand new, really beautiful and the staff told me it’s underused. Fast wifi and there are two cafes in the building (although you’re not allowed drinks in the library)

don't forget to donate to individual fundraisers too. here is a site that tracks individual campaigns and boosts the ones with little or no donations: lifeline4gaza.com

This is an important thread & piece about the negative impact of AI on the translation sector - sobering & illuminating #xl8

Absolutely perfect! 👏 #TransRightsAreHumanRights

A devastating critique of an uncurated, uncatalogued collection @profdanhicks.bsky.social A new museum/archive/warehouse in London with 'at least a thousand unlabelled items sitting on the shelves. There’s no way of finding out what they are'. Extraordinary! artreview.com/what-isnt-at...

More than half of Glasgow's high schools found out today that they will have ZERO library staff when the school year starts tomorrow. Full story from @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2538717...

It has been six years since the Gender Autonomy Act was passed in Iceland. In those six years, none of the usual fears that anti-trans advocates warn against have manifested - and trans people, non-binary people and intersex people have enjoyed increased rights and protections.

We're now at a point where MSPs are lodging complete and utter bollocks at Holyrood as part of the wider campaign against trans people. The report this MSP wants to welcome is complete pish, rooted in the so-called "LGB Alliance" *asking their own supporters* views. It represents nobody but them.

Exactly one hundred years ago - EJ MacRae was appointed Edinburgh's City Architect - Here is a short piece on the work of MacRae and his team. blog.historicenvironment.scot/2025/07/eben...

Scottish friends! I am at Edinburgh International Book Festival on 13th August to talk about my new book, #Refuge: Stories of War (and Love). Please do come. And please spread the word 🙏🏽 www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

This is so simple to use. You can't ask for more....

Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride. However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Bombing for peace is like burning books to promote literacy.

The “welfare reform bill” is out and let’s be clear: this is not reform - it is devastating cuts. Disabled people will be made poorer, sicker, and more isolated as a result. That it is a Labour government causing this misery will be a mark of shame on the party for years to come.

Inside @pressandjournal.co.uk explosive RAAC Question Time where affected families went toe-to-toe with politicians. www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6780070/torry-raac-question-time-debate-aberdeen-press-and-journal/

New: US bosses at cladding firm which sold material for use on Grenfell knew it was unsafe and knew it was being sold for use on the tower, newly released emails reveal www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...

Thinking of the survivors and all those who lost loved ones in the Grenfell Tower fire. Eight years ago, 72 people were killed by a system that put profit before people. Still, no-one has been held to account. The fight for justice and accountability goes on. Always. 💚

Intrigued that this week's #Whodunnit on #BBCSounds, #FriedrichDürrenmatt The Judge and his Hangman, was read (in 1984) by unmistakeable #BernardHepton This narrator, Swiss setting + plot details make me wonder abt Dürrenmatt - #JohnLeCarre connections. May interest @secretarmypod.bsky.social fans

Emma is an energetic and super knowledgeable teacher. It's a fab workshop!. I thoroughly recommend signing up if you can. 😁

Let’s be clear: Israel, an occupier, has no authority under international law to board or divert the Madleen. This is a hijacking, plain and simple. A hijacking of a UK-registered ship, with multiple *European* citizens on board. Does the EU or UK government have anything to say? Anything??

There are just 20 days left until Canmore is retired. Please look at Canmore's replacement www.trove.scot and feedback your comments on functionality, using the feedback form, or directly to the trove team at [email protected].

#TodayInQueerHistory May 23 (1988) BREAKING NEWS! Lesbian activists interrupt the live broadcast of the 6 o'clock news. They were protesting Section 28, a law that forbade the "promotion of homosexuality". “We could not get the news to report on it so we thought, ‘Well, we’ll just be the news."

Powerful manifesto @iti-uk.bsky.social #SlowTranslation "by people who care about words & meaning, & who value the time needed to research & understand the intricacies of the source text before translating it into the target language with precision, skill & artistry." tinyurl.com/ITISlowTrans...

Very pleased to say, we've at last managed to get up some practical guidance on what the For (Some) Women Scotland decision means. Tl;dr it's absolutely *not* what the bigots in Government or the bigots leading the misnamed EHRC are telling you. goodlaw.social/1c68df

Encouraging partnership work here @scottishtrans.bsky.social and @living-rent.bsky.social providing housing rights and info sessions for #trans and #enby folk in the next few weeks in Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen. #lgbtq+ #trans #non-binary #housing #rights #scotland

Another brilliant article I would add to this list is this collaborative piece on oral history and Section 28 - several of its contributors highlight the parallels between the demonisation of LGBTQ+ people in the 1980s and 90s and the relentless persecution of the trans community today.

🚨 Since the Supreme Court ruling yesterday, we’ve seen a sharp rise in transphobic rhetoric on Bluesky. New accounts are being created to spread bile and hatred. Some are even denying trans people are persecuted or have died. This is abhorrent.

Saturday 19th April 1pm Foot of the Mound - Resist transphobia! Resist erasure! Resist the UK Supreme Court ruling! We will gather at 1pm at the Foot of the Mound - in front of the National Gallery. We will rally with speeches for 30 minutes, and then march to the UK Government building.

My analysis of today's UK Supreme Court judgment. The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010 www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...

The US project in Palestine continues no matter who is in the WH, and the UK continues to participate with a "human rights lawyer" as Prime Minister.

#EdinburghLibraries aren't yet here, so boosting the Art + Design teams's contribution to the #Edinburgh900 series on #OurTownStories We wrote about 1700s Edinburgh, the City of Ideas. Read the blog and connect to the story: talesofonecity.wordpress.com/2025/04/02/e... www.ourtownstories.co.uk 1/3

Empirical research by @thehonestbroker.bsky.social and colleagues does a great job of unpacking and disproving World Athletics' assertions that 46XY DSD women have "insuperable advantage" over other women athletes at 100m to 800m. Pielke is brilliant in the comments section of this article. 1/n

Do you use Historic Environment Scotland's data? If so you need to know that Canmore is being retired this June. Trove (www.trove.scot) is replacing it and is now online in beta. Please try it out and feedback your comments here: haveyoursay.historicenvironment.scot/heritage/470...

with aid not getting in and with ongoing bombardment again, eSims continue to be a crucial lifeline. if you are like me and can’t go to in-person things too often, please consider supporting our work directly: #ConnectingGaza bit.ly/eSimsRUs