US chicken is chlorinated because America has no animal welfare laws where poultry is concerned. It has to be chlorinated because Salmonella and e. coli run rife The EU banned that practice in 1997 and as such the UK has among the highest welfare and standards in the world. 1/2

Spoiler: They used the money just as wisely as anyone else would, and it's so frustrating that this still isn't a common sense assumption to make.

Written by the father of a trans girl… “When society tries to police and exclude trans girls, it ends up policing all girls. Because transmisogyny does not just say, “Trans girls aren’t real girls.” It also says, “There is only one correct way to be a girl.””

With all this talk of how to end Russias war against Ukraine, and a cease fire, keep this in mind: If Ukraine ceases firing, Ukraine will cease to exist. If Russia ceases firing. the war will cease to exist. Pretty clear

🧵An important article about this anti-abortion visiting schools in Scotland. I’m going to share more links about them spreading disinformation and their 🇺🇸 funding www.thenational.scot/news/2572424...

Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?

The BBC is really showing its arse with its editorial guidelines recommending the use of a pseudoscientific dogwhistle in reporting that mentions trans people. It's important that they're not allowed to continue using fake-scientific insults in peace. New piece: oolong.medium.com/biological-m...

I hate that I cannot enjoy the bewildered and angry fashion in which these tragic cis organisations tie themselves in knots attempting to rewrite reality because they’re tying *us* in knots, too.

Despite the title of this week’s @bigissue.com column , it is more about my love of Manchester than resigning from Monkey Cage - but here it is www.bigissue.com/opinion/robi...

We’ve today formally written to multiple public bodies about BBC reporting on transgender people. Here’s who we’ve contacted and why. 1/6

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

Matthew Bowles works for the IEA. Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco. Times up. Merry Christmas! Join.greenparty.org.uk

Things are Terrible, but this isn't. Be weird.

Trans rights are WOMEN’S rights! When they come for trans rights, women’s rights are diminished also! We need to remember how powerful unity is. “Inclusive, intersectional feminism is a threat to the powerful; that’s why it’s worth spending so much to try to destroy it” @jennykermode.bsky.social

Last-minute gig idea! A knock-off VHS that looks a bit like a classic Disney cartoon:

Rivkah Brown succinctly breaks down the media's wide misrepresentation of the facts reported on the Peggie v NHS Fife and Upton case and the Kelly v Leonardo tribunal. novaramedia.com/2025/12/16/a...

I am sick to the back teeth of that 'poor, isolated and targeted' Peggie being all over the news. The new poster queen, she's loving it and lapping it up. Bigotry does pays it seems. What about Beth?, she is the target here, we all have her in our thoughts and hope she is ok. #IStandWIthBeth

Cass literally saying there has been no increase in suicide as a result of her ban on puberty-blockers. Tell that to the family of Leia Sampson-Grimbly. She is also ignoring all the other harm her ban is causing, that I have documented here in my peer-reviewed (unlike the Cass Review) research.

What's with the sudden influx of followers from myatproto, that all appear to all bots?

Wow, @theguardian.com allowed some journalistic & evidence-backed reporting on trans people, including by trans people, without overtly catering to Gender Conservative ideology ✅ Melissa will be getting hate-mail from the usual suspects so well done her www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights published a report on the Draft Gender Recognition Bill in Nov 2003. In Paragraph 31 they expressed concern courts might fail to recognise the effect of a GRC particularly for e.g. the Sex Discrimination Act. 🧵 publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200203/...

This video is completely correct. £3bn a year has been taken from the NHS to give to US billionaires because Donald Trump demanded it, in return we get nothing. And MPs don't even get a vote on it.

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

EXCLUSIVE The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”. Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights

“Dr. Laura Marshal Mattthews has quickly become a vital ally to our community, stepping in to protect our children by taking on prescribing responsibilities and bravely standing her ground against the ICB [NHS Sussex].” northwestbylines.co.uk/news/equalit...

British Quakers are refusing room bookings from terfs as policy. If you were waiting for an org to stand up for LGBTQIA+ rights, and unflinchingly withstand bullying and lawfare, here you go, friends. Good luck to the raging bigots, they'll get nowhere with threats.

A lot has happened recently with the EHRC's bathroom ban. We've updated our MP email template with @transactualuk.bsky.social. Give your political representatives the gift of democratic engagement this Christmas 🎁 actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...

The BMA has published an updated policy position on the rights of transgender and non-binary people in healthcare settings. www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...

The Guardian article on the Levy review by Gentleman takes her usual line with a very heavy slant. Unknown number of regretful patients, dangerous foreign drugs, unaddressed mental health issues, etc are just some of her claims that would mislead cis readers. Disconnected from the trans experience

New Zealand's libertarian/ populist/ right wing coalition Government is trying to follow Wesley Streeting's lead in banning puberty blockers. This is what the New Zealand High Court has just decided (www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases...).

A reminder for everyone getting Christmas presents… stay away from the HP merch!!! uk.news.yahoo.com/j-k-rowling-...?

Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it

The legal challenge to the NHS’s clinical trial of puberty blockers is funded by a pressure group backed by Russian oligarchs and linked to the far right. goodlaw.social/1jop

One of the best ways to show your support for presenters and creatives who have been forced to take a hit for standing up for what is right, is to buy their work! Just got a hold of @robinince.bsky.social’s book “NORMALLY WEIRD and WEIRDLY NORMAL: ADVENTURES IN NEURODIVERSITY” Go get a copy! ⭐️

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

Beautifully said: “They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness [and] empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn’t pamper myself with the luxury of silence.” www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d....

So, Laura Kuenssberg's introduction to her interview with Mary-Ann Stephenson is just hideous. Let me count the ways. 🧵

I hate how much I enjoyed this BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦

💯

Last night, @robinince.bsky.social stood up and behaved like one. And he will forever have the love and gratitude of the trans community. ❤️🏳️‍⚧️

In anticipation of some of the usual comments. www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-18...

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

Reading this awful news and then realising that it's also true if you substitute UK for Alberta 🤬. Labour's Puberty Blocker ban, EHRC & SC actions affecting Girlguides, sports bans, schools 'guidance', NHS forcing detransition of youth under legal threats, NHS conversion abuses

A thoughtful piece on the Girl Guiding trans ban with some comments by me. tfn.scot/news/long-re...

#UK #Transrights #NHS Imagine the hypocrisy at play for the government to publish this policy paper after making every effort to ensure the opposite is applied to gender dysphoria patients. I really have no words for this. www.gov.uk/government/p...