Glagow Region: List MSP Allocation #1 Anas Sarwar (Labour) #2 Thomas Kerr (Reform) #3 Patrick Harvie (Green) #4 Pauline McNeill (Labour) #5 Iris Duane (Green) #6 Kim Schmullian (RUK) #7 Paul Sweeney (Labour)

"To some in this country, I am everything that the hateful despise, and I'm standing here as your MSP with care. They say politics is the art of the possible, a politics of care I would say expands what is possible for everyone left behind, pushed out or never invited in.”

🟢 @irisduane.bsky.social elected to represent Glasgow region! Iris is one of three Scottish Green MSPs elected in Glasgow today, taking our total across Scotland so far to 10!

And this just in!

One of the arguments against AI is that the people & institutions trying to sell it to us have done so much harm in so many ways with so little conscience on so many other fronts. This AP piece is among the group netting the team including @garanceburke.bsky.social the Pulitzer.

Will a single major media outlet report on this as the rejection of the elite establishment anti-trans hate campaign by the electorate that it is? Like hell they will.

In the same election the ranks of MSPs who voted against GRR were turfed out of office - among their replacements were two new trans MSPs. The politics of hate took a kicking today. The politics of trans liberation brought two of their own into the seats of power in Scotland! 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Super pleased to see Iris Duane becoming a new MSP. Scottish Greens bring such a brilliant progressive energy to our parliament.

The same week the @bma.org.uk said the Cass Review offered “no evidential basis” for a ban on puberty blockers, government escalated its opposition.  We’ll have the full story in tomorrow’s newsletter. Subscribe 👇

“My name is Dr Q Manivannan, I am a transgender Tamil immigrant, my pronouns are they/them” “This is what diversity looks like in power.” - @qmanivannan.bsky.social

I assure you that I'd be delighted *not* to have Google, et al, place erroneous information created by a spicy pattern-matching program at the head of a search. But inasmuch as they *did,* and did so regardless of my desire for it, it's entirely legitimate to remind people it's not to be trusted.

Obviously the first out trans woman ever elected to a UK Parliament is gonna have a tough time. And electoral politics will not save us. But let's take the moment! An incredible achievement for Iris.

IRIS DUANE GET IN

And now we wait to see how many newly elected RefUKs actually have any idea of the work they're now expected to do. (Average 22 hours a week alongside a day job, for £7k expenses allowance. ) www.local.gov.uk/be-councillo...

FOUR GREEN MSPs IN LOTHIAN!

I believe the Real Greens have just been IGV'd out of a second seat in Mid Scotland and Fife. Huge questions for Electoral Commission to answer after two elections of this.

So is this the time to propose my Celtic Union of National Territories again? Because I still say this should be on the agenda? I feel we could at least be arranging a preliminary Three Nations conference to discuss the potential expulsion--sorry, "full sovereignty"--of England from the union.

Previously, Wes Streeting described gender-affirming care for trans young people as a “scandal”. Now, in response to questions from QueerAF, the government has escalated its opposition to puberty blockers. We’ll have the details in tomorrow’s newsletter: https://www.wearequeeraf.com/subscribe/

Scotland confirmed to have our first trans MSP! Congratulations @irisduane.bsky.social!

And our new Holyrood reps won't have to pay peak fares to get to and from Parliament, Scottish Greens took care of that last session!

Glasgow Kelvin and Maryhill (Glasgow) Regional List Vote (vs 2021 notional): GRN: 10502 (30.8%, +12.7) SNP: 8712 (25.6%, -14.5) LAB: 6198 (18.2%, -2.6) RUK: 3713 (10.9%, +10.7) LD: 1745 (5.1%, +2.2) CON: 1623 (4.8%, -7.4) OTHx11: 1603 (4.7%) Valid Turnout: 55.4% Green Lead ^AF

WooHoo!

Glasgow only awaiting one more constituency (Rutherglen and Cambuslang); it cannot change the maths here, Greens have 3 Glasgow MSPs (two on list, one constituency). No Conservative.

Glasgow Southside (Glasgow) Regional List Vote (vs 2021 notional): GRN: 14121 (36.6%, +15.4) SNP: 9763 (25.3%, -14.9) LAB: 6631 (17.2%, -4.5) RUK: 2931 (7.6%, +7.5) CON: 1551 (4%, -5.4) LD: 1367 (3.5%, +1.8) OTHx11: 2203 (5.7%) Valid Turnout: 59.2% Green Lead ^AF

Greens took until today to win their first constituency MSP, and now they have two. LOOK AT THIS. LOOK! Look at the very final stage of the BBS projection, the day before the election. Did my model get everything right? No. Was it SPOT ON for Green constituencies? Yes it was! ^AF

WooHoo! Hooray for Holly!

I am legit gutted for Iris Duane but my GOD what a fuckin turnout for the Greens ❤️ If you had shown me this result in 2012 I would've thought you were lying to me

Putting on the telly and getting jumpscared by J*anna Ch*rry Immediately on the "anti-identity politics" bullshit. Aye I'm sure that's a very convenient position when you defend a sex pest and throw our trans siblings under the bus, you spineless traitor

First Scottish Green constituency MSP @lornaslater.bsky.social! Taking the seat with a 4,000 seat majority

What a surprising turn of events provided that you know nothing about humans and the fact that a certain percentage of them are complete shit As a side note I was gifted a pair of these and they immediately went into a drawer and have not come back out again gizmodo.com/extortion-us...

Wes Streeting insists he's not 'God botherer who has issues with trans people' in meeting with bereaved mother Caroline Litman 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/wes-streetin...

Losing my mind at Anas Sarwar effectively conceding the Scottish election after just seven seats have been announced. Months of pure hate and bigotry from this guy and he's just folded like an exhausted deckchair.

A billion dollars is the socio-economic equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work to prevent the acquisition of the former with the same urgency and ruthlessness we use to prevent the acquisition of the latter.

Interesting stat

Secondly, the new leadership must force sweeping electoral reforms to embrace proportional representation, replace the Lords with an elected revising chamber and outlaw political donation in favour of public-funded parties and mandatory voting. Indy refs for UK nations.

What The Guardian is not telling you here is that a large amount of this lawfare is transphobes suing womem’s groups because they are trans-inclusive, behaviour that The Guardian has encouraged and celebrated: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Lol @ BBC's mobile view of the Scotland count showing TUSC (bless 'em) and not the Greens, who literally beat the Lib Dems on seats and held the balance of power in the last parliament.

Beware people promising “change” without actually outlining - in detail, and with logistics - just what change they’re promising. Things can always get worse.

"The system is rigged to minimise the lives of Trans+ people, to deny credit for their contributions." @foxenlock.bsky.social  Learn about the Trans+ composer scoring the sound of hope

Jammies day today. Walking to the local primary school to vote yesterday and picking up messages on the way back was the limit of my spoons; in some pain today. Also massive FOMO from watching the campaign social media and missing the door-knocking and leafleting fun.

Okay, I'm in. youtu.be/5FEOUP1BBRg?...

How many more Trans+ lives and love stories have faded away, never to be understood for what they truly were? www.wearequeeraf.com/to-burn-out-...

Whether you've gone out and done your bit for democracy, or that's another day at the office done with, you deserve a reward. So here's our Ewan Downie's new story, 'The Other Mara', as a wee treat for you. Check it out on Thin Skin at the link below. @thin-skin.bsky.social @ewandownie.com

The media and government will be telling you that the BMA review was 100% supportive of the Cass Report. This is what it actually says 👇

I done a vote! #GoOutAndVote #IrisDuaneYay

It's bucketing outside. Did that on polling day five years ago too #GoVote #BringABrolly

Always think that, for an activity so danged important, voting ought to take longer than it does. Cross, fold, stuff into the wee wooden box. See ya next time. In other news, having a self congratulatory roll n square as a reward for democracying.

Another brilliant vote winning idea from Reform 🤦🏻‍♀️

#DogsatPollingStations Vote Green today! 💚

Go vote today. NHS Scotland, Scottish Water, ScotRail, and funded tuition fees are all social goods that Reform will sell off to profiteers. I'm just out of hospital and if Farage and Streeting would have their way, it would have cost me my retirement savings. Don't let it be that way.