Was great to attend another meeting of the South East REC today, where we discussed local government re-organisation and preparations for conference. I also raised members' concerns about Labour not being able to attend local Prides and @LGBTLabour 's ongoing delays to it's AGM.

I'm running for Vice Chair of South East Young Labour! Now especially, it's essential that we have a Vice Chair who will work to bring young people across the South East together, help them develop the political beliefs, and stand up and be a voice for young people's concerns

Statement from Labour Club Chairs and Presidents following Warwick Labour Movement’s disaffiliation from the Labour Party

Jamie's an absolutely fantastic advocate and I've been honoured to work with him on LGBT+ rights work in Labour. It's a real shame that so many in our party have felt pushed out by the current policy direction - if Labour aren't the space for social progressives what are we?

I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts. The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative. Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.

It’s always “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, drop out of the public sphere and become a tradwife” and never “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, form a union.”

I'm really concerned that LGBT+ Labour have postponed their AGM, creating unnecessary uncertainty around when and where the meeting will be held, and leaving trans members unclear as to whether their identities will be respected at the AGM.

Introducing Amy… one of our fantastic candidates for Co-Chair of LGBT+ Labour 🏳️‍🌈​🏳️‍⚧️ Vote for Amy and the rest of the Trans Rights Alliance slate at the LGBT+ Labour AGM on Saturday 19th July. If you’re a member, sign up before 5pm this Saturday 12th!

Thank you for the endorsement @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social, you're an LGBT+ superstar and we're so happy to have your support 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ If you're an LGBT+ Labour member, register now for the AGM on Saturday 19th July.

I'm very excited to be running alongside a fantastic slate for LGBT+ Labour's Committee - it's essential that LGBT+ Labour works within the Labour Party to advocate for the rights of all LGBT+ people and stand up against bigotry in politics.

I've written up a report on last month's South East Regional Executive Committee meeting - some good stuff to be happy about, lessons to learn from the local elections, and pushes for more inclusive party organising.

Robert Jenrick's video is disgraceful. He's a lawyer who knows better. As a human rights law scholar, I know that if there aren't human rights for the worst people, there aren't human rights for anyone. Jenrick wants these rights – yours and mine – destroyed.

Very good meeting today of the SE Regional Executive. Lots of discussions on local election results, responding to Reform, 2026 elections preparation and devolution amongst other topics. @sharon-mintoff.bsky.social @atamblyn04.bsky.social

I really, strongly believe that boycotting the consultation is a bad idea. They have to see us fighting back. The public needs to see us fighting back. We need to see us fighting back! Especially when we know that the recent backlash against the EHRC HAS had a positive effect

Ireland has had provision for self-declaration of gender for 10 years. Isn't it time we followed? #TransRights

We have joined @georgiameadows.bsky.social and @labour4transrights.bsky.social in this joint statement condemning the contents of the leaked paper due to be discussed by Labour’s National Executive Committee tomorrow. (1/2) www.prideinlabour.org.uk/post/joint-s...

I've been following @ilgaeurope.bsky.social's Rainbow Europe data for a few years now. Today's release is a stark reminder that LGBTQIA+ people need to be ever-vigilant protecting our rights and that progress is never linear. 🧵

Just ten years ago the UK was top of the list - the best place in Europe for LGBT rights. We are now 22nd The only country to drop faster in one year than us is Hungary The government needs to act in a major way before this becomes their entire legacy

NEW: We asked the trans community how they have been affected after the Supreme Court ripped up the Equality Act. The response has been chilling, writes @jessothomson.co.uk: goodlaw.social/b5hx

Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Alex Sobel MP, Labour, opens his speech: "No-one. Not a Government. Not a public authority. Not a politician has the right to define who another person is. Only the individual can do that. This is a fundamental principle of dignity... we must reject amendment NC21". Fantastic @alexsobel.co.uk!

It was really good to get to speak with Satvir last week, too often it can feel like conversations are happening around trans and non-binary people without us being actually involved, so it was nice to see an MP actively listening and creating a welcoming space for people to express concerns

If we let ourselves panic every time some terrible amendment is proposed or some awful policy is leaked or some fictional headline gets printed - we will lose. We will simply run out of energy. There is a difference between cynicism and shadowboxing. Don't get baited and think it's strategy.

The rights of all women - trans or not - rise and fall together. My latest piece for @glamouruk.bsky.social outlines how an attack on trans women harms us all.

The rights of trans people do not conflict with the rights of lesbians. It’s why polling shows that, more than any group, lesbians and bisexual women are supportive of the trans community. Our community’s liberation is bound together. #LesbianVisibilityWeek

I see the daily fail attacking LGBT MPs today. Whilst it is disappointing that someone in our whatsapp group leaked messages, I am proud that discussion was kicked off by my Diva article (you can read that below - I won't link to Daily hate) These attacks are designed to silence us. They won't.

A statement from myself and other Young Labour and Labour Students officers, given we were unable to post an official Young Labour statement. Solidarity from us to the whole trans community 🏳️‍⚧️

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 Supreme Court ruling today "raises as many questions as it answers", argues @kateosbornemp.bsky.social. The Labour MP unpacks some of the outstanding questions here: labourlist.org/2025/04/supr...

It's incredibly disappointing to see the government's response welcoming the decision, and it's disheartening to see members of the Labour Party, particularly elected officials, speaking positively about the decision and framing the rights of women and trans people as being in tension.

This is just awful. Restrictive interpretations of legislation are going to harm the most vulnerable and make it more difficult for trans people to exist in public spaces. Decisions like this are the first steps towards the kind of destructive legislation like "bathroom bills" that we've seen...

Our statement on the Supreme Court's decision. We will have more to say in due course.

"If the courts tell us we don’t count, then we will count ourselves. Loudly, proudly, and politically." - Pride in Labour's statement on the For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers case. Read it in full here: www.prideinlabour.org.uk/post/stateme...

My statement on today's ruling. First and foremost, to all other trans people: look after yourselves.

The NHS GIC wanted a shared care agreement with my GP, but my GP declined on the basis of "NHS guidance." I have to self medicate, with my GP refusing to do blood tests. I'm not even a trans child, I'm Trans Officer for LGBT Labour. It's unsafe for trans kids and trans adults.

tell me again how Republicans defend Confederate statues in the name of preserving history

Three years ago, three other reporters and I ID'd and called any school accused of having litter boxes for furries. We found one (1) in the entire country: Columbine's school district. Cat litter was for a "go bucket," in case kids were locked in during a shooting. www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinfo...

Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.

1. Major news in transgender care. Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines. They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the Cass Review in England. Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Today, I asked the first question at Prime Minister's Questions about how Labour's Employment Rights Bill will benefit the people of Southampton. This government is boosting productivity while protecting workers' rights, putting more money back in people's pockets.

Just been re-elected to South East Regional Executive with my friend and colleague @sharon-mintoff.bsky.social Many thanks to all delegates who voted for us. @atamblyn04.bsky.social from Soton Test also elected as region LGBTQ representative well done Amy.

Really happy to have been elected as LGBT+ Rep for the South East Regional Exec, and congratulations to @davefurnell1962.bsky.social for also being (re)elected onto the committee!

My favorite Kurt Vonnegut quote--"you are what you pretend to be"--comes from Mother Night, a novel about an American spy who pretends to be a Nazi propagandist only to realize later in life he was just being a Nazi propagandist

Incredible work #DeliveringforSouthampton Labour Cabinet, today - working on a Saturday - delivering our strategy for #Southampton residents.

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

they were never going to stop at legislating bathrooms, they will not stop at legislating children, they most certainly will continue going for all of us. this is NOT a “distraction”

This Holocaust Memorial Day we mark an especially moving anniversary, as it is 80 years to the day that Auschwitz was liberated. Today, we remember the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust and all victims of the Nazis, as well as victims of genocide around the world since. (1/2)

The reason for the executive irder defining a sex "from conception" isn't due to incompetence or misunderstanding, it's to create precedent of treating conception as the starting point at which people become people, legally. It's a foundation for banning abortion.

British journalists refer to trans people as people challenge