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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 7h

The Labour Party is quite simply an anti-trans hate movement by this point. I cannot emphasise the degree to which I actually hate the party. Hate is a very strong word, and I don't use it lightly: I have never felt the depth of contempt for a party I do for Labour.

Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 7h

I think it would have surprised even the most pessimistic if you'd told people during the 2024 campaign that a year into Government Starmer's team would be negatively briefing against the ECHR and Council of Europe for daring to question their assault on trans rights

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 6h

a cartoon character is wearing a helmet and goggles and is asking how .

ALT: a cartoon character is wearing a helmet and goggles and is asking how .

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 7h

Today, we and the Trans Exile Network have made a joint submission to the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law regarding the UK Supreme Court's judgment in the For Women Scotland v. Scottish Ministers case of April 2025.

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Press Release – Submission to the CoE Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law regarding the UK’s non-compliance in Goodwin v. UK - tacc.org.uk

Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective and the Trans Exile Network seek urgent re-opening of enforcement of key human rights decision against UK. Today, the Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective ...

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · 6h

ANNOUNCEMENT
This evening, 14/10/25 the Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective and the Trans Exile Network have taken the next step in the struggle to restore the human rights, dignity & safety of UK trans people.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 7h

Just watched a cis man on Youtube spend ages analysing a media article and ripping Orban to pieces. He gets to the bit about Obran hiding behind political Christianity to attack LGBT rights and he does a flounce and skips onto the next piece he's highlighted to wang on about foreign policy. 🙄

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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 7h

I think it would have surprised even the most pessimistic if you'd told people during the 2024 campaign that a year into Government Starmer's team would be negatively briefing against the ECHR and Council of Europe for daring to question their assault on trans rights

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 8h

Orban is your classic Tory wanker taken to comic book extremes. His breed of bullshit, greed and corruption, and bigoted lies may be coming to an end.

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The Era of Orbánism as an Exportable Model May Be Ending - VSquare.org

Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán’s once-admired “illiberal model” is faltering — plagued by economic crisis, voter frustration, and collapsing governance. With the 2026 election looming, his future — and the...

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 9h

“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined”

If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 9h

It's something to do with the US being a federation the size of a continent and being able to vote in internal party elections without being an explicit member of a party.

Reddit thread here:

www.reddit.com/r/explainlik...

From the explainlikeimfive community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the explainlikeimfive community

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 9h

It's interesting to note other common law countries breaking free of the UK and being more positive on trans rights even where their history may have been dodgy.

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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 9h

Survey finds LGBTQ+ adults have taken steps to become less visible given political climate

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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Survey finds LGBTQ+ adults have taken steps to become less visible given political climate

Even though 92% of anti-LGBTQ bills don't become law, survey respondents said they still do harm.

eu.jsonline.com

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 9h

Zack is working on the Greens being a potential party of government not a single issue pressure group. By its very nature you can have a dozen priorities all flying at the same time. Most people care about the environment too but kick them in the head and you lose their votes.

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 9h

Figured out what this picture reminded me of...

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 9h

Labour only being a clowncar party like the Tories and Reform by confusing the job of actual governance with their own raging egos.

Starmer and Mahmood need to be struck off, tbh.

Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 12h

Fuck off!!!!

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 10h

The resemblance is uncanny.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 10h

Mahmood is a privileged far right inclined politician who "got theirs" and is pulling the ladder up on immigrants.

Wes Streeting hiding behind his gay Christian identity is kicking trans women and girls.

Starmer who benefited from free education is giving a "fuck you" to students.

Odious regime.

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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 15h

The Commissioner for Human Rights has written to the UK – warning that trans people's human rights are at risk.

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BREAKING

Intervention from Europe's human rights watchdog.

The Commissioner for Human Rights has written to UK parliamentarians, making it clear that trans+ inclusion is a vital human rights principle.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 10h

Every MP, regulator, and professional stamping on trans peoples rights and our access to healthcare should be subject to a mandatory sex test and the results published in full for public scrutiny.

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Maggie Chapman MSP (she/her) @maggiechapman.bsky.social · 11h

Why do we keep talking about trans healthcare?

Because of statistics like this.
Because every day waiting, in this world obsessed with harassing trans people, is a battle that many don't survive.

So, we keep talking about it, and keep fighting back against systemic transphobia.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 10h

GP's routinely claim incompetence and discriminate and have used trans people as a pay bargaining chip for years.

Informed consent access to trans healthcare at the GP level has the highest satisfaction and best quality outcome.

If we had the money to go private or leave the UK many of us would.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 10h

In Spain and Japan HRT is over the counter. To the best of my knowledge there hasn't been a whiff of scandal.

As for trans men no reason why HRT can't be informed consent access just to keep sports bodies happy.

Fact is people who don't need it don't use it.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 11h

Badenoch hated trans people so much she buggered up access to HRT for everyone whether cis or trans. The latest protocol and widespread ignorance and incompetence of GP's on HRT is all on her and now Wes Streeting.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 11h

It's been true for a long time that a well heeled elite with power exploit the politics of ignorance and grievance to get the rest of us to vote against our best interests.

UK progressives can set a lead. No need to import more American crap as Starmer is doing. Not even Americans like it!

Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 11h

Jason Stanley did defend trans people and issued warnings about the Trump regime before it became fashionable.

Other well heeled academics just flogged books before joining the chicken run.

Timothy Snyder is worth derision for employing John Lithgow who leapt on JK Rowling's transphobia bandwagon.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 11h

The number of privileged people fleeing the US while making no mention before, during, or after leaving that trans women have been targeted for erasure by the Trump regime is concerning.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11h

“It’s too late for preventative antifascism. I think we’re in a new era.”

After death threats for his work on antifascism, a Rutgers University professor fled the United States.

The latest from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social:

He studies fascism. Is he now living through it?

After death threats for his work on antifascism, a Rutgers University professor fled the United States. "It's too late for preventative antifascism," he said. "I think we're in a new era."

www.motherjones.com

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