And why call it 'golden ticket'? Disgraceful language. These people have lost everything. Should they also lose their spouses and children? A reminder that last year 4,671 family reunion visas were granted. 4,671. Does anyone think this number is a major problem for the UK economy and society?

Sure, why not? They've already betrayed their voters, members and values, they might as well betray their very name as well.

Boris Johnson says these are just common sense and reasonable statements

Long thread: There are two main "defences" I see put forward of Labour which crop up: 1) If you don't vote for Labour you'll get Reform 2) It's all the fault of right wing media painting Labour in a bad light. The thing is that neither of these are actually a defence of what Labour is doing. 1/23

The framing here is so catastrophically disingenuous. Linehan, for those who aren't familiar with this specific instance, publicly advocated violently assaulting trans women. To portray this as "transgender issues" is, frankly, contemptible. Fuck the Guardian and their "respectable" bigotry.

The UK media will defend you on their front pages if you encourage people to set fire to hotels full of asylum seekers, or if you encourage violence against women because some trans women might get hurt but they will call for your imprisonment if you protest genocide or the destruction of the planet

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

I love this juvenile crow, thinking he's some mastermind who's tricked me into believing he's a duck 😂 (The excited little hippy hops he does when running off were a bit of a giveaway)

Keir Starmer has appointed as his new Comms Director Tim Allan who was a board member of the hate group Sex Matters. It's no longer even pretending to adhere to its Manifesto promise to "remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance."

The Labour playbook is basically do the authoritarian fascism but shaking your head the whole time to show you dont agree with it

I don't even 'identify' as an Arsenal supporter. I am an Arsenal supporter. We just don't talk like this in any other area and it needs to stop. "Jane identifies as a hairdresser" "John identifies as a father" "Jane identifies as English" "John identifies as a maths teacher". It's moronic.

Stop saying 'preferred gender' and just say 'gender'. I prefer butter over margarine. I do not 'prefer' to be be called a man.

This, from the Quakers, is worth reading. It's a serene, confident, utter rebuke of the hate and fear that's peddled by Sex Matters. The last two pages are smokin'. If you're on the wrong side of the Quakers, you really need to sit down and have a good chat with yourself.

This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”

I think I have 2 main concerns: 1) if you’re using chat GPT, I’d be concerned about easy accidental breaches of private information to ChatGPT 2) if you’ve trained it on your policies, you’re clearly not going to change your mind because the AI won’t so there’s no point emailing trying to do so

Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".

I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/

My bad, my old thirst traps are just too powerful 😔

My fav Doctor and Companion

EHRC now saying that not only should trans people be excluded from sex segregated spaces, but ALSO those matching birth sex: “A legitimate aim for excluding a trans person from … service for their own biological sex …to prevent alarm or distress for other service users.” archive.ph/2025.08.07-2...

In the spirit of this, I thought I'd share this picture of my recently domiciliated helianthuses 🌻

The employee asked the girl and her mother if they needed help shopping. That’s it. That’s all. The misinformation, the insinuations (because the facts are inconveniently benign) are EXACTLY what was done to lesbians in the 80s. This is the product of hate and fear, not reality.

Labour proudly protecting women's rights by *checks notes* ignoring the Women and Equalities Committee and the Joint Committee on Human Rights

It makes no sense to frame this as some sort of correction — adequate nutrition is more important for kids with health conditions, not less. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...

The Courier reports on Sandie Peggie's racist posts, where she used the term "p*kis" and said that, following devistating floods, Pakistan looked like a "giant bowl of coco pops". Sandie Peggie is supported in her case by Sex Matters. www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

This is the person Scottish Labour is lining up to defend, and who the entire GC movement has turned into their hero

Another small town near where I grew up had its #Pride this weekend - it was lovely visiting with my parents and seeing the place decked out in rainbows. And as you can see from picture 4, even the Hetties were getting involved! 😉

If only senior Labour party politician Sadiq Khan could figure out why trans rights were coming under increasing pressure across the UK 🤔

It's amazing how protesting against refugees is 'legitimate', but protesting against genocide is not. You'd expect this from the Tories, but from a Labour government? Absolutely indistinguishable now.

So these people have 'legitimate concerns' but it's the people holding up a front cover of Private Eye who are terrorists? 🤔

Imagine going into journalism to argue that not enough civilians have been killed in a war crime.

Could anybody help me find my cat Nyota? She's just too good at hiding for me 😓 #Caturday

Ireland has had "sELf iD" for 10 years now and not one single issue that the media, government and anti-trans movement predicted has come to pass. Not one. If it works in Ireland why would it not work here? No one who opposes it can give a good answer, because the real answer is transphobia

Pride in STEM's Small Grant Scheme is officially open for 2025! This year's theme is Strengthening Queer Community in STEM. If you have ideas for a small project in the United Kingdom that fits this, we would love to support you! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #QueerInSTEM More info here: prideinstem.org/2025/07/16/s...

I’ve gone from ‘this version of Labour wouldn’t have repealed Section 28’ to ‘this version of Labour would have enthusiastically introduced Section 28’

What a difference three years makes eh!

Happy July 1st everybody

It's your last chance to respond to the EHRC consultation. It closes at 11.59pm tomorrow. Get it done tonight. Tell them about the personal impact. Better to do something short and quick than not at all. Don't let them claim we didn't tell them.

Real dark stuff going on in Hungary as the gov bans Pride and then organises a far right hate march on the same place and day as Pride was scheduled I know a lot of people are going in defiance. Please stay safe LGBT rights is one of THE frontlines against fascism today telex.hu/belfold/2025...

Twice as many 2024 Labour voters are going to the Greens and Lib Dems than to Reform and Tories. Almost no 2024 Reform or Tory voters are considering voting Labour. But still the Labour party moves rightward.

If you want a place to get ready for Pride in London, seeing some cool science demos, or just have some free pastries come along to our coffee morning at the @ri-science.bsky.social on July 5! Get your free ticket here! www.rigb.org/whats-on/pri...

Contagion Not worst as in 'a bad movie', more like 'why on earth would you watch that on a date?' 😅 Definitely a mood killer!

Really heartwarming to see #Pride displays in the small town where I grew up, like this one in the Children's Air Ambulance charity shop - seeing that would've made a big difference to young me! ❤️🌈

🚨 Last night JK Rowling attacked The National as an "anti-woman newspaper". I think that is absolutely ridiculous chat. Here's my open letter setting out why this kind of attack does not work on our team. www.thenational.scot/news/2525321...

On Wednesday 18th June, I'll be hosting @astro-jje.bsky.social in @oxfordphysics.bsky.social, where she will be giving the annual Pride Lecture. If you'd like to attend, please sign up through the following link or scan the QR code in the attached flyer: www.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/pride...

I’m watching parliament’s women and equalities committee grill Baroness Falkner and the EHRC so you don’t have to, follow along with this thread for a summary of what’s said

🧵 I generally really like The Mary Sue, but I really really dislike the way this article frames that we should "respect" Nick Frost for acknowledging JK Rowling's transphobia and simply saying we should "sit with the discomfort" for NUMEROUS reasons 1/? www.themarysue.com/they-just-do...

Do you like our new bookends? 🐈‍⬛🐈

I have drafted a template letter which you can send to the Women and Equalities Select Committee and the Joint Committee on Human Rights, concerning the proposed appointment of Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson as the new head of the EHRC. Please share widely. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

If you're a British trans person or ally I really think you MUST fill in the EHRC consultation on whether to segregate trans people from society If you need a hand doing that, @notrightruth.bsky.social and I will be doing a respond together live stream Tuesday 8pm! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wfw...