On Friday, I wrote and produced QueerAF's newsletter 📰 I examined new Department for Education data on homophobic and transphobic school suspensions in the context of the updated RHSE guidance coming into force in September. Read & subscribe to @wearequeeraf.com 👇

The UK government has put a revised Code of Practice before parliament, which, if adopted, will intensify the serious regression of basic human rights that trans people are experiencing across the UK, and can similarly affect intersex people.

📣Amplify queer joy this pride season! Brighton Queer Prom 2026 is a free event for 16-21 year olds in Sussex, and will be truly 💫MAGICAL💫. Please share with LGBTQ+ young people you know and share for reach (next post for eventbrite). I don't want a single LGBTQ+ young person to miss out!

I notice the Guardian is celebrating the start of Pride season by publishing ... this. (she says, tapping the now *very* worn sign that says "I'm a lesbian, feminist, r*pe survivor AND believe passionately in trans inclusion") www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Great piece by @tabouchadi.bsky.social. There’s a large pool of progressive voters (economically left and socially liberal) in many democracies that the mainstream centre-left are abandoning. Greens and other progressive parties can capture these voters. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My wonderful friend and @transsolidarity.bsky.social colleague Alex talking about the lived reality of trans+ people in the shadow of the new Equality Act CoP www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I don’t think enough cis women appreciate how much all of this noise around ‘bathroom bans’ will affect us. (I also think it’s notable that after a chat between me, a cis woman and Steph, a trans woman, a correspondent text in to ask ‘why wasn’t there a woman in the conversation, for balance?’)

EHRC has provided so much clarity that legal sex varies based on location, employment status in that location, and activity being conducted in that location. Often multiple legal sexes at once!

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...

Today’s the anniversary of the passing into law of Section 28 in 1988, the first homophobic legislation in a century. Politicians and media said it was our own fault, told us to shut up and give up. We didn’t. Dont you dare give up now on trans people.

When we see cruelty or discrimination we so often want to say "thats not who we are". But thats not true. Take a look at this picture by @ellabaron.bsky.social. This is the UK today. This is exactly who we are. 💔

Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should

🚨 Last year, 900 of you joined us in Parliament to see your MP. We broke the record for the largest LGBTQ+ mass lobby in British political history. Since then, things have got worse - and the law must change. It's time to break the record again: www.transsolidarityalliance.com/mass-lobby-2...

What the government is doing to trans people is a society-wide version of Section 28. It is a level of bureaucratic cruelty that utterly decimates a whole group of people’s rights and puts anyone who doesn’t ‘look’ right in the eyes of others under constant surveillance. It’s a horrific thing.

The reality is that because politicians won't shut up about immigration people will continue to believe it is rising and an issue. That reality is that the more governments "cut immigration" the worse of the whole country is.

🚨 EHRC guidance update: Polite exclusion is still exclusion. This CoP is about as unfair and unworkable as before, with only small tweaks. Clearly many service providers will just go gender neutral to avoid the headache, but this risks pushing trans people yet further out of public life.

New dataset published: this is the audio + transcripts of AI-generated podcasts using NotebookLM to analyse how it "translated" source documents from different times and cultures. My favourites are the 20 podcasts generated from an empty PDF. The paper about it is in press. doi.org/10.18710/RNT...

Ultimate timeline cleanse. A stag beetle just wandered into our kitchen ❤️

This is *astonishingly* corrupt.

this is such a great encapsulation of what the various factions of the reactionary right want. i might add that they envision themselves as slave masters and the rest of us, in one way or another, as their slaves. betterdonkey.substack.com/p/the-vra-wa...

Another year, another reminder that the UK continues to fail in its obligations to LGBTQ+ citizens.

Absolutely *love* this on the tsunami of AI slop everywhere we look:

This time next week there's going to be a lot of hot takes and spin knocking around, especially re: Reform. I've written a short primer for @politicshome.bsky.social on how to stay sane and navigate the immediate post-election chaos. Thread here too. 🧵 www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

At Allsorts we're planning a truly 💫magical💫 queer prom & we need YOUR help. If you are in a position to donate high quality soft drinks for 150 guests/be our soft drink sponsor OR you know someone who could be that person - please reach out! [email protected] 🙏Please share for reach

Using FOIs, NHS whistleblowers and expert analysis, we uncovered a devastating picture of trans deaths in the UK - and it may only be the tip of the iceberg.

Love this representation of the autism spectrum. People imagine it as going from "more" to "less" autistic. Autism is a whole pile of differences - different people have different mixes, and those differences affect people's lives in a variety of ways. www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

🚨There are just two days left to respond to the consultation on Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026. If passed as it is, this guidance risks causing significant harm to trans and non binary students in schools and colleges. You can respond here: tinyurl.com/38uc2rdv. Please share for reach.

One year ago today. Our small, skilled, volunteer team hasn’t stopped since the FWS judgment, and we need your help. Will you support our work? www.zeffy.com/en-GB/donati... Most of what we do is behind the scenes, but here’s how we have used your funding so far:

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

Want a timeline cleanse? Peggy is helping me work from home today by sunbathing on a blanket 🌞🐶❤️

Good morning and goddamn it's a beautiful day iandunt.substack.com/p/orban-defe...

Useful assessment of the most recent research paper out of Finland (on gender affirming meds and trans youth).

This is quite extraordinary- scientists set a kind of trap for AI chat bots by inventing a fake disease. AI told people it was real and… the deliberately bogus preprints started being cited in peer reviewed literature 🫣 🧪 #MedSky www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The UK must immediately and unequivocally suspend support for the US military. The Government have tried to appease him, then they tried to say they're standing up to him. Words aren't enough - it's time for action.

“We’ve lost out on the ability to continue to improve this work to make it more effective, and to explore how to apply it to other areas…There are a lot of different ways that genetics has been used to justify prejudice and…that human-made social categories interface with biological categories“🧪

“Girlguiding has taught her values of kindness and compassion, and now she’s being told those values have limits and that limit is your younger sister. It’s very difficult.” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

“I am the Lord your God. It is time that you start using my correct pronouns. Which are They/Them. Capitalized.” The people were distraught and cried out, “My Lord, My God! ... What?” And God frowned, for They knew this was going to be a whole thing.

There is an imagined working class, that largely no longer exists and a modern working class that the political class rarely interact with outside of service provision.

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📣Trans+ guides in Sussex please know that @allsortsyouth.bsky.social is always here for you. We have youth groups, summer programmes and 1:1 coaching, as well as a parents support service. You can find us here: allsortsyouth.org.uk. Pls share for reach❤️ www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...

I analyzed over 10 years of anti-trans legislation. Over 330 bills have passed, with ~300 of them in just the last 5 years. There is no precedent in American history for so many bills to target one particular minority group like this in such a short timeframe. www.thedissident.news/the-ratchet/

The government's draft of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026 sets out proposals that would have a profoundly negative impact on trans, non binary and gender diverse children in schools and colleges. Please respond, and speak up for trans+ children's right to learn (links in comments)🧵

As with almost everything Labour has done regarding immigration and asylum since coming to power, reducing asylum protection times poses massive risks not only to individuals directly affected, but also wider communities. The whole lot needs scrapping. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

🚨NEW PAPER🚨 We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@martamiori.bsky.social and I have been writing, since 2024, about why Labour's 'Reform' challenge and emphasis was based on a misunderstanding of Labour's vote. Here for anyone interested: politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

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This is *super* fun. I tapped out at the end of 1200, despite my very trad English degree (complete with Middle English and Anglo- Saxon). Have a go!

Yeah, hi, I’m a person with “mobility challenges” (excuse me while I hurl). What we want, by and large, are not expensive, heavy devices that will “help us walk again”, but ramps. I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.

The endless column inches, YouTube videos, podcasts and more given over to the largely non-existent rightwards shift of young men is exhausting. A small fraction are getting radicalised by the online right. But most young men vote left and liberal! Even more so than millennials did at their age!