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Lisa Severn @lisasevern.uk · 8m

Young?! Am exercised/knackered and have keyboard shapes in my forehead. Lunchtime of my soul

Lisa Severn @lisasevern.uk · 2h

There are suspicions that the US-UK trade deal was facilitated by agreeing to follow Trumps line on trans people. I really hope that's not true, but I could quite easily believe it

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Lisa Severn @lisasevern.uk · 2h

It's our last safety net, that they'll recognise the conflict with the Human Rights Act and rule accordingly. It is really worrying

Lisa Severn @lisasevern.uk · 5h

Oh fabulous. A definite midweek treat

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Lisa Severn @lisasevern.uk · 5h

Today's treats when I get up are an hour of exercise, several hours of particularly tedious work, then an "every couple of weeks when we remember" dilation

Related: I haven't got up yet

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Lisa Severn @lisasevern.uk · 5h

I guess 'dim' means 'accurate' now then

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Lisa Severn @lisasevern.uk · 5h

It's amazing what constitutes news if there's an opportunity to stir controversy about us

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Lisa Severn @lisasevern.uk · 6h

I used to think that the UK had a better judicial system than the USA with it's blatant politicisation. I assumed our judges would rule 'without fear or favour' on the basis of accumulated law

As an out trans woman, living under a hostile government and a belligerent media, I no longer think that

TACC @tacc.org.uk · 13h

We sent an FOI request to the Supreme Court asking several questions, including communications relating to the selection of Lord Hodge on the panel for the FWS case. We also asked if any conflicts of interest were considered. 1/

Alt text: A letter acknowledging a Freedom of Information request dated 19 September 2025, concerning UK Supreme Court case [2025] UKSC 16. The requester seeks details about selecting Lord Hodge for the panel, including guidance, records, and potential conflicts of interest. The letter asks for electronic delivery of info.

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Lisa Severn @lisasevern.uk · 15h

The legal equivalent of picking up the grenade they threw at us and hurling it right back at them. Superb 👏

TACC @tacc.org.uk · 16h

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.

tacc.org.uk/2025/10/14/p...

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 ...

tacc.org.uk

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Lisa Severn @lisasevern.uk · 1d

"Trans rights are human rights" was never just a chant

metro.co.uk/2025/10/14/t...

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naoarte 🎚️🦋🎀🤍🎀🦋🎚️ @naoarte.bsky.social · 1d

There's a common sense argument, as well as an ethical one, to not letting terfs into your movement. They will destroy it if you let them, and FiLiA let them…

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Lisa Severn @lisasevern.uk · 2d

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SEEN Police Official Open Public Network @seenpoliceuk.bsky.social · 2d

What a bunch of violent, women-hating misogynists the Genital Obsessed hate-movement are. They’re in rapid decline, the SC decision was their last best shot, and it missed.

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Lisa Severn @lisasevern.uk · 2d

Dependable service! 😂

A fabulously sexist "classic" garage poster featuring a picture of a spark plug with a drawing of a scantily clad lady sat upon it. The poster says variously "Dependable service", "spark plugs", "mechanic on duty" and "all brands"

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Lisa Severn @lisasevern.uk · 2d

It's so easy to fall back into 😂 I left in 1987

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Lisa Severn @lisasevern.uk · 2d

TERF bullies clash with what they themselves tell us is typical male violence. Are these people really safe around women and girls?

JUST ASKING QUESTIONS

Elizabeth Veldon @thatelizabeth.bsky.social · 2d

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Attendees may be aware of the unacceptable behaviour of two individuals last night at the FiLiA party.
Please be assured that these individuals were removed as swiftly as possible and were not permitted to attend the conference today. We have zero tolerance for aggressive or intimidating behaviour and harassment towards our speakers, volunteers and attendees.
We are aware that the women who were ejected have shared social media posts and videos, which significantly misrepresent the events of last night.
The matter is now in the hands of the police.
Thank you to all the speakers and volunteers as without them this event would not be possible.
Please speak to a FiLiA trustee should you have any concerns.
Sisterhood and solidarity.
The FiLiA Trustees

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Lisa Severn @lisasevern.uk · 2d

Currently sat in the heart of the West Midlands, partly waiting for a car to be fettled but mainly struggling to hold in my childhood accent :)

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Lisa Severn @lisasevern.uk · 3d

Happy birthday! Weird isn't it

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 3d

This is the kind of full and unequivocal defense trans people deserve to hear from more candidates for office

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Lisa Severn @lisasevern.uk · 3d

The graphic has the wrong address fyi

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 4d

If she'd been married and lied about being single or if she'd been a convicted abuser and lied about that she would not be going to jail.

People lie all the time before sex, during sex and after sex.

If you're trans, that's a crime.

UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.bsky.social · 5d

She's been jailed - to be raped every night.

She's in a male jail. Despite living as female since she was 13.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Trans woman jailed after hiding male genitalia during sex with man

Ciara Watkin, 21, concealed she had male genitalia and performed sex acts on a man she had been on a date with - before later texting him 'I'm trans, I'm sorry I didn't tell you'

www.mirror.co.uk

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BASH BACK @bashback.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: BASH BACK TARGET FiLiA ANTI-TRANS CONFERENCE

The conference, whose alumni include J.K. Rowling, this year hosts hate groups LGBAlliance and Transgender Trend, along with the director of Scottish Lesbians, one of the groups responsible for April's segregationist Supreme Court ruling.

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Lisa Severn @lisasevern.uk · 6d

That's brilliant, hope all goes well!

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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 7d

Ofcom took *six months* to decide to take no action after thousands complained about this very blatant breach of broadcasting standards by GB News.

But perhaps the real surprise is that they investigated it at all… /1

www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/06/g...

GB News' homophobic slur breached Ofcom code – but channel won't face any sanctions

Ofcom has said GB News breached its Broadcasting Code over the use of a homophobic slur, but have refused to sanction the channel.

www.thepinknews.com

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Sophie Rebecca 🏳️‍⚧️🩰 @sophiedancer.co.uk · 7d

I want non trans people to watch this and understand these waits aren’t by accident they’re by intent / design.

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

Gender Identity Clinic's Waiting Lists from Shortest To Longest

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Lisa Severn @lisasevern.uk · 9d

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