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Kali Scott @idioskosmonaut.bsky.social · 2h

Daily reminder: the gender critical movement is an abuse cult.

Kali Scott @idioskosmonaut.bsky.social · 2h

Watch what they do and politicians will always tell you whose pocket they're in.

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 1d

How I feel about Starmer undermining UK police decisions on Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters.

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Earl Grey: 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 @earlgreymemes.club · Jun 5

curated image by unknown author, one in a series of classic "Luxury Gay Space Communism" memes; an illustration in a circular panel against a pink starfield background with yellow text; the illustration is a person in an Apollo-style spacesuit walking on the moon, with purple bandana, red boots, and a rainbow flag armband, a strap on, and a crutch, planting a black/red anarchist flag with a white "circle A" design, with text: Fully Insurrectionary Luxury Queer Space Anarchism

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Kali Scott @idioskosmonaut.bsky.social · 2d

Daily reminder: the gender critical movement is an abuse cult.

Kali Scott @idioskosmonaut.bsky.social · 3d

The thing you might not know about being poor is that you have to spend so much of your time and energy chasing payments from companies who "forget" to pay you what they owe.
15 days into #JustEat 2-5 days and 3 days into #ebay 1-3 days.
Since neither payed my mobile rental has bounced. 😮‍💨

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Kali Scott @idioskosmonaut.bsky.social · 4d

Daily reminder: the gender critical movement is an abuse cult.

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 7d

apparently the new Netflix show Monster: The Ed Gein Story invented an "autogynephilia" backstory for their serial killer (because of course they did!). so time to re-up my collection of writings on this pseudoscientific zombie theory...
juliaserano.medium.com/autogynephil...

Autogynephilia, Junk Science, and Pseudoscience

plus links to my academic articles, online essays, and explainers on the topic

juliaserano.medium.com

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Kali Scott @idioskosmonaut.bsky.social · 4d

It's an abuse cult.

Aliza Adi (she/her) @alizaadi.bsky.social · 4d

Local police are reportedly investigating violent crimes committed by transphobic cis women against other transphobic cis women at a transphobic event attended by transphobes

When their entire movement is built on hate it's no wonder they'll turn on each other

naoarte 🎚️🦋🎀🤍🎀🦋🎚️ @naoarte.bsky.social · 5d

FiLiA Statement on yesterdays brawl between Jean Hatchett and Lucy Masoud. Possibly others...

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猫好きな人 @valoisdubins.bsky.social · 4d

The ADF has been in the UK for rather longer, working with eg Maya Forstater (CEO of the anti-trans group Sex Matters) and anti-trans group GENSPECT.

It would be nice if UK journalists would pick up on these connections between UK anti-trans campaigners and the US religious and conservative right.

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Esse House UK @essehouse.bsky.social · 7d

Gender Incongruence is the only medical condition where doctors are actively allowed to cite their prejudice and discomfort as justification to deny treatment or even refuse to diagnose when it is very obviously the case that the diagnosis of gender incongruence is entirely correct.

Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 8d

From a presentation by Dr Hamnvik at the Oslo Trans Health Conference.

The column on the left is the diagnostic guidelines for gender incongruence.

The middle & right columns are the diagnostic criteria for depression.

If a GP can diagnose depression they can diagnose gender incongruence.

Text too small to see. Small amount in left column, huge amount of text in the other columns

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 9d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 5d

The Christo-fascists will use trans people as the thin end of the wedge to crack open removal of bodily autonomy (ie abortion) and impose their ideological world view on TERF Island. Included:

- transition
- surrogacy
- sex work
- same-sex relationships
- abortion
www.cjlpa.org/post/the-thi...

The Thin End of the Wedge: How Trans Rights Have Emerged as a Keystone in the Feminist Politics on Bodily Autonomy

As of this writing, an Alabama law that would have made it a felony in the state to provide a teenager with gender-affirming healthcare, punishable by up to ten years in prison, is held up in the cour...

www.cjlpa.org

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 4d

'Gender Critical' transphobic hate group 'SEEN In Journalism' - run by ex-BBC journalists Cath Leng and Jo-Anne Pugh - claim they're "restoring accuracy and impartiality to media coverage of sex and gender"

So why are they using their X account to create a pile-on of a young trans journalist?

Screenshot of X bio

Header: Be accurate. Be Fair.

SEEN in Journalism

@JournalismSEEN
A network for journalists and content-makers across platforms who seek to restore accuracy and impartiality to media coverage of sex and gender

THIS IS A 'GENDER CRITICAL' TRANSPHOBIC HATE ACCOUNT

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Kali Scott @idioskosmonaut.bsky.social · 4d

Daily reminder: the gender critical movement is an abuse cult.

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ILGA-Europe @ilgaeurope.bsky.social · 11d

After years of dedicated work alongside CoE Member States, OII Europe, and experts, ILGA-Europe is thrilled that the Council of Europe has adopted its first-ever Recommendation on intersex rights - a global first! Read more at www.ilga-europe.org/press-releas...

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Kali Scott @idioskosmonaut.bsky.social · 5d

Gobshite for hire

D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 5d

Farage was so good at spouting Russian propaganda the Kremlin offered him a fully paid job.

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Kali Scott @idioskosmonaut.bsky.social · 5d

Obviously racists are being platformed by #billionaires in a pathetic attempt to do away with our #HumanRights.

Kali Scott @idioskosmonaut.bsky.social · 5d

If we really must #deport people, can it be racists?
They're a minority that hate us the majority.
Why would anyone give them the time of day?

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Kali Scott @idioskosmonaut.bsky.social · 5d

Also, just eat my ass.

Kali Scott @idioskosmonaut.bsky.social · 5d

#JustEat my ass!
12 days and still no refund. And at a time when I'm broke.
What a waste of time and money.

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Kali Scott @idioskosmonaut.bsky.social · 6d

Daily reminder: the gender critical movement is an abuse cult.

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 7d

New TKDB protest for the 1st Nov

transkids deserve better!!

TRANSPHOBIA

ALL OUT AGAINST !!

All out against transphobia! On Saturday, November 1, TERFS intend to march in London, demanding trans exclusionary, discriminatory legislation, and threatening trans people on our streets.

We cannot let this happen unchallenged- they may have been emboldened by the Supreme Court Ruling, but so have we. Just a few days after ruling, we marched through Westminster to express our rage, be with community, and make it clear that we would continue to fight for trans liberation. That march was only the start.

We need as many people possible out again on the first of November, to show up for collective liberation and show the TERFS that they will never divide us. less

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 6d

UK travellers should expect "four-hour queues" as new EU border system comes into force. Brexit really is the gift that keeps giving

www.itv.com/news/2025-10...

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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 7d

"Laura found an NHS Dr in Brighton who helped support her daughter for 6 months.

Laura described it as ‘six months of support bliss’ before NHS ICB Sussex (Integrated Care Board) began investigating them."

northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...

MP fails to support suicidal constituent

A mother pleaded with her MP to help her suicidal15-year-old daughter who said she ‘wanted to take her own life’

northwestbylines.co.uk

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Kali Scott @idioskosmonaut.bsky.social · 6d

The thing about abusers is if they can feel righteous while performing abuse they cannot resist. It's like crack to them.

IndiaWilloughby @indiawilloughby.bsky.social · 6d

This is Graham Linehan, who UKLabour, WesStreeting and every columnist in the country rushed to defend when he was arrested by police, after inciting online violence and smashed a trans girl’s phone. They are even changing the law specifically to protect him. “Just a joke” @mrjamesob.bsky.social

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