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Brigitte Empire

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Doctor of Palaeontology. Leftist YouTuber and Podcaster. Transsexual Disaster. SFF Author. She/Her

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Brigitte Empire @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 3d

Last month, Donald Trump and his cadre of grifters and fake experts got up in front of the world and declared that Tylenol (paracetamol) causes autism. It doesn’t. Here’s the proof that he was lying and why it’s so dangerous.

Why Trump Lied About Tylenol Causing Autism

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Brigitte Empire @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 1d

I understand that so much! Congratulations though 💕

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Thank you ❤️

Brigitte Empire @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 1d

It will never die (because it’s already run by the dead)

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Brigitte Empire @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, me too 😭 hope you’re doing okay!

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Brigitte Empire @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 1d

I actually deleted more stuff from it 🫠🫠

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Brigitte Empire @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 1d

Mfw I’m a cute trans YouTuber with a PhD and it’s my birthday week but I’m going to have to deal with being newly single, moving countries to go live with my parents, and get a second career in my mid 30s

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Brigitte Empire @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 2d

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Everything is fucked. I don’t know if I’m going to survive this one

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Brigitte Empire @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 3d

Why Trump Lied About Tylenol Causing Autism

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Brigitte Empire @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you ❤️

Brigitte Empire @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you 😭

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Brigitte Empire @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 6d

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Brigitte Empire @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 6d

Slide into Gwyneth Paltrow’s DMs

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Brigitte Empire @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 6d

None of you can possibly imagine how hyped I am for the Dunk & Egg TV show, I know I’ll be disappointed eventually but goddamn that trailer pulled me straight back in

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Trans Liberation Group @transliberationgroup.org.uk · 8d

Join us now to fight for a trans-inclusive, member-led party: transliberationgroup.org.uk/join

Ensure that trans people are represented through a democratic structure in the party with a right to be consulted on all decisions specifically impacting trans people - nothing about us without us!

Ensure party structures allow for the membership to have full democratic control over the party’s policies, agenda and who its representatives are.

Create a systematic political education scheme which is compulsory for all elected representatives, which includes education about trans liberation.

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Trans Liberation Group @transliberationgroup.org.uk · 8d

Over the next few days we will be posting our demands into 4 overarching demands/group
Today Demand 0 - A party for everyone

Demand Number zero: A Party For Everyone.

Require all elected party representatives to be bound by the programme democratically agreed by the membership, which will have trans liberation at its core.

Ensure that elected representatives are held accountable to the membership and censure and remove any representatives who break from this programme (including promoting transphobic bigotry or discrimination).

Create a transparent disciplinary process for all members to prevent bigotry and discrimination, overseen by a democratically-elected committee including representation for trans people. This should be guided by the principles of transformative justice, with efforts to resolve issues through mediation and education where possible.

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Trans Liberation Group @transliberationgroup.org.uk · 9d

We are the Trans Liberation Group and we are fighting for a foundation of trans liberation in Your Party, in its current and future iterations.

Founding Statement:
The situation for trans people in Britain is critical. We face a barrage of billionaire bankrolled abuse in the media. We endure decades long waiting lists to access limited healthcare, with dehumanisation and pathologisation built in to the system.

In the job market, we are met with discrimination, lack of opportunity and stagnating pay. We are excluded from housing, healthcare, employment, leisure - now even our use of bathrooms is policed.
- Trans Liberation Group

Something must change.
- Trans Liberation Group

Founding Statement:
For trans people, today’s politics is exhausting. The major political parties have used and discarded us time and time again. Too often, exclusionary figures are embedded in leadership capacities, and even in progressive parties, those on the fringes can spew hatred unchallenged.

We say no more. This cannot happen in Your Party. The liberation of all marginalised people can only be achieved through their active and equal participation in class struggle; there can only be a precarious freedom for some under current conditions.
- Trans Liberation Group

ounding Statement:
We are the Trans Liberation Group and we are fighting to ensure Your Party, in its current and future iterations, explicitly advocates for trans liberation, and encourages the political participation of trans people.

We know there are prominent figures who have been platformed under the banner of Your Party who hold regressive, misinformed and dangerous views on trans people. We are here to show them that this is our party, and we will fight tooth and nail to prevent this oppressive
politics from taking root.
- Trans Liberation Group

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Brigitte Empire @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 13d

Why are transphobes so angry at Emma Watson? Because she tried to meet J. K. Rowling's hatred with kindness. Unfortunately for us all, you can't fight a fascist cult by hugging the cult leader, and if you try, this is what happens:

How Not To Fight Transphobia: Emma Watson Vs J. K. Rowling

YouTube video by Brigitte Empire

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Hellvetika @hellvetikaseraph.bsky.social · 16d

Oh look, it's that easy. 🤷🏼‍♀️

PN: If there was a Green government, would the Greens reverse the Tories, and subsequently Wes Streeting's, ban on puberty blockers for trans youth?

ZP: Absolutely.

It's really important that policy for trans people is informed by the National Health Service and is done in consultation with trans people. It seems like an abominable gap, particularly in the Cass review, that trans people were not included in the conversations.

It's a basic principle: nothing about us without us.

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Brigitte Empire @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 18d

It genuinely baffles me

Brigitte Empire @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 18d

Can we unwrite that rewrite 😭

Brigitte Empire @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 18d

Efficiency could surely only be a good thing 🫠

Brigitte Empire @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 18d

If only there were some sort of word to describe mandatory, unpaid labour

Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 18d

"Migrants will have to carry out community work or volunteering to qualify to permanently remain in the UK, according to the Home Secretary." [Telegraph]

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