A great investigative piece by @translucent.org.uk brilliant work. translucent.org.uk/how-many-com...

Cis people, how many times have you been asked to describe how you masturbate, and what you think about when you do, to access healthcare on the NHS?

Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance

The EHRC want to exclude women from femal single-sex spaces based on how "female" they look. This is off the scale sexism and misogyny. Millions of women will face harassment as result of this insanity.

In response to the laughable fiction presented in the letter sent by Sex Matters to BBC Board members, we have sent a rebuttal letter to clarify the real facts, rather than their Orwellian tale.

The Salvation Army are a hate group. Do not forget that this winter.

Lifting the shower trap and it looking like the Farpoint Station reveal certainly explains the slow draining 🤢

"not yet up and running; although they now are, many of our patients are refugees from these new clinics which offer only psychological support with a desired outcome being ’not trans’. " northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...

"Have you considered waiting for the conference in November before accusing Your Party of being transphobic? Because we're having a vote on whether to support trans then. Me, I don't have a problem with them. I was actually in the same room as Jeremy when he said he wasn't bothered about it either."

normalize biting as a form of expressing your affection

Heads up 😅 Sex Matters have launched their own MP letter-writing campaign insisting on trans segregation, an exclusionary Code etc etc 📝Let’s make sure our letters outnumber theirs+++ Template here! If you’ve already written, grab a mate & get them to write too 🤗 actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...

Probably worth noting here that in the Supreme Court submission, the EHRC decided not to bother taking the Human Rights Act into account 🤯 www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/defaul...

Major news. Police Scotland’s newly announced “sex at birth” recording policy represents a deeply regressive and discriminatory shift in policing practice. It raises profound concerns for the dignity, safety and human rights of transgender people across Scotland.

The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act. The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.

Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)

Nobody cares that Paul Givan ordered schools to (illegally) discriminate against trans kids.

I imagine @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social will be getting the usual abuse for speaking out - solidarity with her and all those fighting against hate manipulated by the wealthy right gleefully creating a distracting wedge issue

Transphobia and gender-critical ideology are hateful beliefs held, and bankrolled, by the privileged and wealthy And Labour is far from innocent too Yes, Nadia’s words are powerful, but we can’t ignore that her party continues to legitimise and contribute to the dehumanisation of Trans+ folk

Please read this statement by Anne Health. Trans children are being subjected by Sussex NHS to the physical torture of being forcibly detransitioned. This is unnecessary cruelty and in my view constitutes torture, violence and child abuse on the part of NHS Sussex.

This Christmas, give a gift that can change lives. ✨ Across the UK, thousands of trans+ people face years-long waitlists and barriers to the care they need. We’re asking you to donate to our Christmas fundraiser. Even £5 can make a difference. anne.health/christmas/ #CareForXmas

the minutes of the October meeting between WellBN and SussexICB are chilling. Andrew Dodson from the Sussex side just openly saying patients will be “deprescribed,” that they’ll have no choice and won’t be allowed to talk to the team taking their healthcare away

It's back 😎 northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...

… Lord Filkin when taking the GRA through Parliament in 2003 (speaking about the effect on the SDA, the EA, predecessor) and Vera Baird when similarly handling the passage of the EA in 2009. I post both below.

TRANS RIGHTS ARE A WINNING POLITICAL ISSUE Every single centrist claiming we must all compromise our bodily autonomy for their personal comfort is a traitor to American democracy & rational human decency. They have no place in a modern Democratic Party, toss them out. Total liberation for all.

✈️ NEW ✈️ A large proportion of UK trans people are looking to emigrate within the next 10 years, with almost 40% of younger people considering a move abroad, according to a new YouGov poll: https://goodlaw.social/t2h8

“Why should trans people build their lives in a country which continues to demonstrate its hostility? Unless the government takes urgent action, the threat won’t just be to trans people’s human rights, but also to our economy as we make life harder for business, and drive talent away.”

NHS Sussex are forcibly detransitioning trans people. These patients need full restoration of their healthcare, and everyone involved in doing this needs to be sacked.

Congrats to British transphobia on successfully getting far-right beliefs protected by the legal system by making the bar for "worthy of respect" so low the devil could dance over it

Why are TERFs afraid of a woman with a pencil and notepad? They are afraid the general public will learn the truth about them. Photo 📸 by Ian Masterton (Gender Critical) ⚠️ Do not interact! ⚠️

Cool as a cucumber 😎 Watch to the end to here a lovely rendition of "You're a man"

"Laura fears all will be lost if ICB Sussex forces her child off the medication. If ICB Sussex get their own way in a matter of weeks and they force detransition, Olive may well take her life." northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...

I remained super calm and collected despite the abuse being hurled at my partner and I 😎

Things going well folks? Not having a great reception, is it? Being asked too many questions about your list of MPs who are landlords, transphobes, and abortion rights opposers, maybe?

ALL: please spread far and wide. The Trans Exile Network was aware of preparations for this and supports it. We will release a PR of our own shortly also. Note that Amnesty are supporting. There will also be more from TEN shortly on another initiative. Stay safe transactual.org.uk/blog/2025/10...

In light of the recent new arrivals to Bluesky, I've set up a second list. This is because I know from prior conversations that some of you want to keep up with posts from these bodies and others don't, so this seemed like the best way forward. Hopefully, this is helpful for you all.

We have partnered with @transactualuk.bsky.social to create a new tool to help you write to your MP. Your voices have been making a difference. Because of you, pressure is mounting, but we have to keep it up. Write to your MP now 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...

Here we go! 📝📝📝 🚽 Scrap the Bathroom Ban🚨🏳️‍⚧️ Our work so far is already working (see here: archive.ph/gaCN4) Now we’re demanding that any new Code must outline how providers can lawfully *include* trans folk in their services. ✍️ Write to your MP with our easy tool: actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...

Trans pupils in Scotland are limiting food and drink intake to avoid using school toilets, fearing they might be ‘outed’ www.scenemag.co.uk/trans-pupils...

I’m really fed up of being told “NHS staff should be made to work longer hours to bring down waiting lists.” NHS staff have been forced to endure unbelievable stress because of what politicians have done. Their goodwill and sacrifices have been extraordinary…

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

This is important. The Government is introducing a new "Section 28 2.0" for trans kids and is listening to anti-trans groups, including representative of a group whose members actively support and encourage torturing children (through conversion therapy) to try and make them cis.

This includes a group whose members have endorsed mixing in chili powder with trans girls' makeup: the idea being that the intense physical pain in their eyes will want to make them stop being trans and gender-nonconforming. They have the ear, and the admiration, of health secretary Wes Streeting.

The Starmer government is REALLY running scared of this petition, now at 2.75 million, to the extent that it has responded 3 months early, in a transparent attempt to spike it. So please, under no circumstances should you sign it and share it widely. Starmer & his boss McSweeney would not like it.

#UK #TransRights An FOI has just confirmed what all of us have feared: for the Youth gender services, since July 2024, not a single patient has been referred to commence HRT. And 22 have been moved from youth to adult services , also without treatment. This is scandalous.

None since Labour were elected. Not one.

Safety Advice: I keep seeing young trans people on social media talking about therapists disrespecting their pronouns and parents telling them that the therapist has a right to their beliefs. I want to be clear: you have a right to the therapy room being a safe supportive space for YOUR growth.

A therapist who doesn't respect your pronouns has someone else as a client; they are serving an interest that is not yours and you shouldn't participate.

I've moaned about parliamentary petitions (for debates) doing more harm than good for trans people. This is a petition I can get behind and have signed - petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

An awful lot of posts today from ‘progressive’ activists lamenting how bad Sir Keir Stormfront is in office. It’s impressive, that despite thinking themselves progressive, they didn’t notice the LGBTQ community* saying he would be a disaster before the last UK general election.