The NHS closed Tavistock over trans care concerns – there were just eight complaints all from cisgender people. 1. JK Rowling 2. Maya Forstater 3. Helen Joyce 4. Graham Linehan 5. Kathleen Stock 6. Posie Parker 7. Wes Streeting 8. Rosie Duffield www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...

Transgender children and adolescents use puberty blockers to help prevent the masculinising or feminising physical changes that occur during puberty.

En Mésopotamie, le rôle très important des personnes trans

I’m an Ambassador for this brilliant charity, Bookbanks, giving away books with food parcels at food banks. There are two part-time jobs going for Regional Leads in London and East Anglia. Link below. Please share far and wide :)

We're sharing LGBTQ+ topics for #LGBTplusHM 🎨 Read about the shared life of Ethel Sands and Anna Hope Hudson 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/the-socialite-and-the-introvert-the-shared-life-and-art-of-ethel-sands-and-anna-hope-hudson#LGBTplusHM 🧑‍🎨 Ethel Sands (1873–1962) © City of London Corporation

Striking numbers which demonstrate, in spades, how tiny is the popular support for the culture of hate that Britain's institutions seem determined to impose on a kind and accepting majority. (Expect the BBC to ignore it or qualify it to oblivion.)

On Holocaust Memorial Day we remember those murdered during the Holocaust and all genocides. #HMD2026 #HolocaustMemorialDay

I can confirm, now that I've done it, that this takes 20-30 minutes. And the Amnesty guidance helpfully points out some cynical traps (and plain bad survey design) that could otherwise see the government misinterpreting your views.

Train operator to introduce additional services #Suffolk #BBCNews 🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...

A bit rubbish it is not about how charities could meet their charitable purposes. As a regulator this is either incredibly naïve, self-centred or decided trans people's wellbeing should be ignored by charities and just want another organisation to say it. @charitycommission.blog.gov.uk.web.brid.gy

NEW – Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @sylviahayes.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/eAPkvkx

Social media shouldn't be banned for under-16s. Here are four reasons why ⬇️ And the fourth is the one people never talk about...

Refugee families living outside camps are far more likely to find work, build savings and become self-reliant, new global research shows.

We asked 11 academic experts to share the book that challenged their assumptions and changed their thinking in a lasting way.

Look for an in-person or online book group or read-along, and make reading social.

If we look at people’s values - abstract ideals that guide our behaviour - there are reasons to be positive about society.

Have a quiet flush again after helping a friend change everything in the cistern. Kind of enjoy seeing how things go together.

Lots of promising queer history books to look forward to in 2026. Here are just a few coming soon . . . 🌈📚🗃️ www.beacon.org/A-Black-Quee... www.bloomsbury.com/uk/queer-inh... www.dukeupress.edu/gay-print-cu... manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526165312/ utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....

I just managed to reach my stretch goal of 700 books this year thanks to audiobooks on Libby from the library and a couple of other orgs and some I got on @xigxaguk.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/readingchall...

Now I have used the soup maker I think it might be a kitchen gadget I might actually keep using pretty regularly. Thankfully just about have space in tiny kitchen.

It's been a strange year for weather and wildlife in the UK...

Little appeal for help: anyone have Goodreads "librarian" status and able to separate out my books from those by another Natalie Bennett author, who writes _very_ different books?

The work Christmas meals were nice to catch up and nice food at sharing lunch and meal at Ela Turkish restaurant in Stowmarket. Only downside was tiny meal at Greene King @greeneking.bsky.social which hiked the price for Christmas. #Vegan #Christmas

Woman-to-woman marriage exemplifies the flexibility of African gender constructs. It’s an assertion of female agency. theconversation.com/woman-to-wom... #ArtsCultureAndSociety

Yes, a lot 11 X stat older more conservative number interestingengineering.com/transportati... Best data via fleet managers! Aus EV FireSafe verified global EV fire database puts EV fire risk <0.002%, vs petrol/diesel vehicles ~0.1% ICE 50-100X >fire risk🤯 Regulators ought insist ICE cars safer

If a third sex space was what was envisioned by the equality act, us non binary people would have been recognised. We were ignored because binary trans people are accepted as having that binary gender but introducing a third option was a step too far.

Private hospitals perform around 70% of elective surgery in Australia. But many are in financial trouble. 👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/private...

For LGBTQ+ people, ‘safety’ does not switch on when their countries’ laws change or a conflict stops.

Two more arrested after runner sexually assaulted #Suffolk #BBCNews 🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...

BREAKING: Employee who demand a trans-exclusive toilet policy loses employment tribunal. All claims, direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, and 1992 Regs, dismissed. Judgment: www.gov.uk/employment-t...

My favourite books from November were A Slice of the Moon by Sandi Toksvig Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore @damiella.bsky.social Rainbow Trap by Kevin Guyan @kevinguyan.bsky.social #booksky 1/3

If you ever wonder why marginalised groups can find it hard to trust some self proclaimed allies here is a great example. His queerphobia is fine as is promoting hatred to marginalised communities even when faced with family being beaten up.

Council pledges £1.8m to safeguard nature #Suffolk #BBCNews 🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...

Suffolk Artlink is seeking a skilled and inclusive artist to join Brave Art, the creative programme for adults with learning disabilities. In 2026, Brave Art will be a partner in Constable 250, marking 250 years since the birth of artist John Constable. www.suffolkartlink.org.uk/about-us/wor...

This is your chance to vote for Oxford’s Word of the Year. corp.oup.com/word-of-the-....

It is interesting searching 3 kings christmas cards and seeing which charities have traditional diverse mix and which portray them all as white.

Man arrested after runner sexually assaulted #Suffolk #BBCNews 🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...

Had a nice time chatting and making a zine at the first fortnightly queer social group at Stowmarket Library.

Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember the transgender lives lost to violence. The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.

There was a Save the Children report around the time of this report in 2006. I asked my Labour MP about child detention and he said it was not an issue (it was then I ruled out Labour as a choice). This has been Labour Party for last 20 years so not surprised by it now. irr.org.uk/article/repo...

Less than a decade ago the UK Home Office decided Afghanistan was safe for gay asylum seekers. Offering asylum until we deem it safe for them to go back not only tells people not to integrate and set down roots but also increases the people sent back to danger. www.sogica.org/database/ecr...

Well cooking 3 starters for 18 across 3 sittings in a safari lunch worked well. Also at board game group decided 'Unsociable people struggle to find time to be unsociable due to too many social hobbies' could be in neurodivergent spoof news.

Very busy week this week. DnD, town twinning committee, monthly storytelling group, board games at Bennet Arms watching Bury Bach Choir and then making starters for a safari lunch and finishing with board games at Fred's Bar. Enjoying the week so far but thinking ai will sleep well Sunday night.

Please with how the white poppy service went in Stowmarket yesterday.

A new generation of First Nations artists is helping keep Indigenous languages alive through song.

@cyclinguk.bsky.social as a non binary cyclist it is clear where I am not welcome. I will be cancelling my membership as you have joined in making being active or exercising and all the related benefits only welcoming to cis people.

Despite the headline, this article pretty well gets across we are just trying to get on with our lives. I wouldn't say dragged, more just a tired / exasperated response as a host of light entertainment which features LGBTQIA+ people sometimes.

Reform UK want a direct transfer of wealth from the poorest in society to the richest. Wage cuts for the poorest workers, tax cuts for the super rich. They really are like comic book villains at this point. May the @greenparty.org.uk be our heroes! bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...

My favourite books from October The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing Black Wave by Kim Ghattas The Greatest Kingdom by Francesca Gibbons #booksky 1/2