Section 28. For pesky transes like us. Jfc labour you utter fascists

Discord: we are implementing a stupid data harvesting ID verification Also discord: no please don’t remember that massive data breach we had of peoples identity info

Here we are: “sex verification” in the olympics. Patriarchical, humiliating for women and not ever performed on cis men despite being pushed by them.

Wtf is a “biological male/female” anyway? As someone who’s got a fairly decent background in biology and medical science related fields I personally think that there’s no single answer. The shoehorned legal one is so grey it’s not correct

Gotta love being trans in the UK. When dehumanisation happens so often that whenever a potentially rights reducing judgement happens (again) the feeling of holding your breath to find out in what way you’re fucked is always fuuuun

Gotta say this, @zackpolanski.bsky.social has the ability to give something I haven’t felt in politics for a while. Hope for a better future for ALL. Just the way he is also able to roll with the punches and just make any attempt at character assassination not stick. It’s so refreshing.

No coincidence the times runs the supposed leak (as if they weren’t just given it) about guidance on TDoR. Can’t have a moments space can we??

Well, this is probably going to be similar to previous posts I’ve made on this day on previous years. Today is TDoR.. Trans day of remembrance. It’s always so difficult. So much loss, but having the space amongst friends and chosen family to express that grief is a positive thing

The Home Secretary stating that her horrific proposals will unite the country. The only uniting I can see is that of widespread condemnation, of hard right fascistic concepts. I mean confiscation of valuables off refugees?? That feels horribly familiar

Capitalism is an evil system that only results in the few having control, while minorities and those with less have their humanity devalued to the point of nothing more than statistics and fuel for the machine. The idea of advancement under this system is a lie - it’s feudalism with PR.

After the latest proposals from this “Labour” govts Home Secretary, it’s clear that they are merely trying to imitate reform with (far) right wing policy. Limiting the time refugees can remain is against our moral and legal duty. How has the hard right been allowed to fester and grow??

Screw it I’ll participate Feb 2016 // July 2025 Damn I was a skinny twink haha

Ok, the people’s joker is defo the best film I’ve seen for a loooong time. It’s really pretty relatable, especially from a queer and trans perspective. Congrats @veradrew22.bsky.social you absolutely knocked it out park!

Papers please coming to your country

Streeting yet again proving that despite preaching “dignity and respect” he really is just a raging bigot. Yet another man trying to preach about women’s rights while crapping all over a tiny vulnerable minority

Wouldn’t be surprised if the government gets lobbied by energy companies. They need all the help they can to keep this level of gaslighting going

Goanna tell everyone in the future this was Kier Starmer when he was unseated

At the moment there is a certain legal case going on that involves trans people.. yet again. In this case the pure facts of the incident just seem to circulate that “trans people existing in the same space is not ok”. Harkens back a lot to 80s homophobia imo in a lot of ways..

It feels like the government is basically trying to say “trans people shouldn’t exist” and all these horrific measures, like the new section 28 amplified, is just trying to make us go away quietly. It’s horrible.

Thing is, it is true that the new RSHE guidance was started by the Tory government - Labour had the chance to stop it, but they haven’t. This is happening with a lot of things. This current labour cabinet are the most right wing ever.

The NHS 10 year plan speaks about choice. However the reality probably doesn’t exist for a lot of people. 2 examples - so many people have had right to choose ADHD referrals yet have been refused shared care by GPs

Anyone who thinks that women (cis or trans) are fragile and therefore should be “bad” at sports 1) needs to get that misogynistic crap out their head 2) has clearly never seen roller derby.

The issue with cutting financial support for those with disabilities and other health conditions, is that it paints those people as the problem. The real problem is that society is just ready to discard and devalue someone just because they can’t slave away for a 40 hour week to feed capitalism.

One of the huge reasons I don’t associate my national Identity with my country, is that my country would rather not associate itself with me or my community. I have felt nothing but disdain and rejection from the gestalt interpretation of how I see the UK, due to the rotten acts of those on top.

CW for the EHRC guidance and its transphobic The language used is appallingly discriminatory. Really buys in to the generally dehumanising narrative that is so pervasive in this country right now.

It’s no wonder so many people (including myself) are affected by mental health - the world is such an unkind place. People talk about things being unnatural - whats natural about working long hours with constant artificially created pressures threatening to remove small comforts just like that?

The only bridges Wes Streeting is building are short piers in to an ocean filled with shit due to lax water company regulations that he wants to make the LGBTQ+ community walk over

How fitting that the country celebrates the end of a war in Europe against fascism by seemingly adopting certain policies that seem eerily like fascism.

Seriously thinking if professional sports players really have a shred of understanding at the level of unjustified hate going towards a tiny minority, Then they’d held set up new governing bodies that allow inclusivity for sports.

So much for all this “free speech” everyone talks about when hating on trans people.

Not condoning anything, nor encouraging, just an observation. But people used to tape stuff off the radio which was illegal under copyright law. Not many people got done for that. Shows a lot about how enforceable certain laws are.

Treated myself to the lush liberation bath bomb (the trans one that supports trans orgs) Does this mean I’m extra transed now?

Ah yes Thursday Did not expect to make it this late in the week and asking “how the heck did I get that bruise from derby practice”

All the labour ministers revealing they never took biology beyond nursery school and even then it was just toilet training.

Bethesda’s counting method be like 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 4????

When I born by C section, my so called “biological sex” was assigned to me by a doctor looking at my genitals. Biological sex is not a legally defined thing, nor can it be simply a binary. Intersex conditions (DSSD) prove this. Looking at a penis or a vulva is not an accurate way to define sex.

Soo just a thought, but doesn’t the way the transphobes want Wednesday’s ruling to be interpreted, essentially allow cis men to claim to be trans men and walk in to women’s loos and stuff?

Challenge to people : define “biological sex” Cos I can tell you that ain’t straightforward.

Speak up allies. Be loud, be inconvenient.

Maybe just me, but feels like referring to a human being as an “it” is dehumanising. Just feels like that allows distance, that people are objects and not worthy of the same rights. Yet “it”used a lot to refer to refer to trans folks

Capitalism - it’s feudalism with a PR department

Goanna probably take part in my first roller derby scrim this evening. Here’s hoping people go easy on this only just passed mins newbie 🤣

Today is #transdayofvisibility #tdov I’m unapologetically trans. I’m also a woman. Both are true and absolutely valid. What do I mean by unapologetically? For me it’s a part of my identity, and I don’t ever seek to change others, merely get the respect I deserve as a human being

SHARKS! @cgpgrey.bsky.social inspired visit while in the area

Society is broken. No wonder sometimes when I’m not focusing on what matters to me most, I feel apathetic and honestly a little bit nihilistic.

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So starmer is Goanna directly control the NHS… Can’t wait to see how this ends up badly for us trans folks healthcare…

Hi everyone, a colleague of mine in the field is launching a study in to how blood transfusion can affect those within the trans community - those AFAB and who are trans masc, non binary or genderfluid. The end goal is to improve current systems for service users.

There’s two types of people in a queer household: Those who struggle to assemble furniture And those who grab their screwdriver set and proceed to assemble it for fun

Got my derby name confirmed officially mine yesterday. I’ve been looking forward to it, I think because it gives me that sense of belonging to the community and also it’s like being able to define myself, yknow?