Today has been depressing for reasons I'll go into a little more tomorrow. But for now, Happy Solstice my friends.

"This Code of Practice is emblematic of the increasingly hostile environment in the UK for the trans and intersex communities. In its attempt to erase trans and intersex people from public life, this document is genocidal in nature." www.lemkininstitute.com/lemkin-insti...

If you're keeping score at home this is now the second time Lemkin has warned that the UK's rhetoric and actions towards trans people are genocidal. But I'm sure that's nothing to worry about, right?

If there was a chance the new guys would be markedly different and better, about half of their MPs would be on TV right now going apeshit. They are not doing that, so we can conclude agreements have been reached and deals have been made, offscreen.

We sure do. I'm one of them. It was after coming out as bi that cleared the way for me to come out as trans. It was like by doing the one I gave myself permission to finally do the other.

Her killed shouted "Britain first" as he murdered her. Starmer paraphrased those words and put them on the Labour membership card.

Sharing this because it's a great summary but please proceed with caution

Analytically, this is why it's important to consistently talk about the political media class, to treat them as a single ecosystem of shared & mutually reinforcing interests, rather than as members of different parties & discreet professions that also overlap or interact

Any LGBT+ organisation which comes out uncritically celebrating whatever this ends up being – when Labour have just laid a trans bathroom ban before Parliament – will be showing their complete political uselessness.

No. Assume it is a free pass for conversion therapy rather than a ban. There is absolutely no reason they are doing this now other than to serve the agenda of Starmer’s religious bigot friends.

At this point, I genuinely believe the entire public is being actively gaslit by both the media, and Esther Ghey herself, into forgetting that Brianna Ghey was murdered, by people she knew from school, in real life, who were partly influenced by transphobia, fuelled by the media and politicians.

100% this. And, some days are a lot worse than others, sometimes seemingly with no reason for it. It simply 'is' and you've just got to deal with it. It sucks. Can I unsubscribe from MS please?

Context unnecessary.

It's pretty clear the Government of this country has in fact; "chosen secrecy, ideological capture and avoidable harm over the rights and safety of trans people."

Today we sent a formal letter to the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care demanding answers over reports that trans young people are being forced off gender-affirming care. We have demanded answers. Transparency, accountability and patient safety cannot be optional.

So when you next hear Labour say they are introducing a "trans-inclusive conversion therapy ban" do bear in mind that it is the most brazenfaced gaslighting bullshit you've ever heard in your life

How To Get Out is finally out. It's Trans Rescue's distilled knowledge and advice for trans people and others wishing to escape the UK or USA. This is my first book, and has consumed a lot of my time since last November. I hope people find it of use. Get it here: transrescue.org/how-to-get-out

If you’re a queer, the game will always be rigged against you. Spend decades working to prove your experience is real to doctors, building the evidence required, and your enemies will just make it illegal for doctors to tell the truth about you in the first place.

Many people will shout, "No one is seriously suggesting that young people be put on hormones!" and to be perfectly, 100% clear, trans people are seriously suggesting that. Trans people of all ages would prefer if young trans people had access to HRT instead of the compromise of puberty blockers.

If anyone is following this and thinks that EHRC chair Mary-Anne Stephenson hasn't met trans people - she has. A bunch of us, myself included. She knows perfectly well that you cannot tell whether or not someone is trans based on their voice. She is just a bigot who cares not a jot for our safety.

“I just want to go for a wee and get out again,” says Chay Brown. “But going in there worried — is someone going to say something? — it’s not nice, and that’s why a lot of people have changed their behaviour”. thebristolcable.org/2026/06/i-do...

Here, have a thread that'll make you get annoyed at being in the UK all over again.

BBC news article.

This guy led a personal campaign while health secretary to harm trans people, esp kids.

Sam Altman wants an actual license to kill you. This bill: the "Artificial Intelligence Safety Act"😒 would give companies like OpenAI immunity for mass murder including nuclear, biological, and radiological attacks assisted by their bots. youtu.be/34bMvXOQfEM

When transphobes are doubling down on their ̷b̷i̷g̷o̷t̷r̷y̷ 'concerns'. What they are really showing is that they are worried that the lies are starting to be questioned. This (to me) indicates the pressure we are applying is working. We must keep this up. Email your MP!!

The constant harassment of Jess O’Thomson is fucking disgusting and some of y’all are no better than GCs. They are a wonderful person, legal advocate, and activist. Go fuck yourselves.

bit rich coming from shabana mahmood. she's spent the last 8 months telling racists that they're right about everything. labour are just as responsible for this powder keg as nigel farage is.

Why did you transition? Right answers only. Because I'd spent years trying really hard to justify NOT transitioning and it was getting harder and harder as time went on. I knew I was just delaying the inevitable. I kept avoiding mirrors because I couldn't stand to see how unhappy I looked.

Greg Bovino and the head of New York's Young Republicans were in Portugal this weekend for a neo-fascist summit on ethnic cleansing. So why didn't the press cover it? My latest for @theredoubt.net, on extremism, antisemitism and media double standards: www.theredoubt.net/why-did-the-...

Does he have any friends who think homosexuality is wrong? Or does he only have friends who target *other* minorities?

since apparently JKR is spouting nonsense about "gametes" again, here is my in depth primer on why anti-trans groups have become so obsessed with gametes & why the actual science does not support their claims (no paywall): juliaserano.medium.com/why-are-gend...

For the love of God, stop arguing with transphobes who pretend to be ‘just asking questions’. They are not v bright, but are still outwitting you when you argue with them. They have a whole dishonest spiel worked out & you are giving them a platform to promote it. So STOP! Hide, block & report*

As we await GANHRI’s accreditation report, we reveal the EHRC’s preposterous response to previous international criticism. tacc.org.uk/2026/05/25/e...

People saying that users prefer the bubble of BlueSky to the feral viciousness of Twitter - well...yes. In the same way I prefer a restaurant where the staff are nice and the food is good over one where they stab you with forks while serving bowls of cold piss.

You'll need to go for a long walk to calm down after you read how the UK got to here on trans rights. If you're only ever going to read one piece on trans people, this would be the one.

Can it really be true that: a) the Women's Institute has had trans members since the 1970s, b) the UK passed a law in 2010 requiring them to be expelled, c) nobody noticed this until 2026? it seems that we may have to consider the appalling vista that some lawyers are very bad at their job

the anti-trans bathroom ban is very bad—it's also a sign uk democracy is failing my latest with @liberalcurrents.com www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-t...

@terryreintke.bsky.social We need the EU to issue an urgent travel advisory for the UK. It is not a safe country for LGBTQIA+ people, especially trans & non-binary people because of Labour’s Toilet Ban.

journalists who are supposedly progressive and care about trans rights are pitching stories to corporate media publications who have actively aided in destroying trans people and our rights. Don't expect a cookie from this enby. Glad you got paid, man, but our blood is on your hands too now.

finding some common ground with who, Andy FINDING SOME COMMON GROUND WITH WHO

That's your view, is it Andy? Because it's incoherent. There is no way to implement the SC ruling and the new EHRC guidance without further marginalising an already marginalised community because that's what the ruling and guidance are for, to push trans people further out of public life.

At some point people are going to need to come to terms with the fact that the aim of Labour Together was to restore and solidify the party as a fiefdom for pigs, slobs and worms; that it succeeded fully in that goal; and that every person who remains in or affiliated with the party is irredeemable.

Once again I repeat my motto: "Don't comply in advance, but also, don't cry in advance."

I lied, because “it is a stereotype that gender critical people are nasty bastards” is actually written into this code and sorry you can’t legislate to make people like you

Brianna Ghey is valuable and has great utility to the transphobes now that they've used her mom to rewrite the narrative from "Brianna was brutally murdered by transphobic classmates who pretended to be her friend" to "Brianna died because her phone convinced her to be trans"

We've read the new Code of Practice. Here's what you need to know.

I don't think it's a good idea to legally privilege someone else's discomfort over another person's rights.