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Barbarian Chucklefuck @emceebee.bsky.social · 8h

I don't think he was ever an ally, tbh, I think he jumped on board when it was politically expedient and then let his mask drop as soon as it was safe.

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Siobhan Craig - DarkEden21 @darkeden21.bsky.social · 17h

3) Shabana Mahmood

Home Secretary, open GC, wants to leave ECHR rather than pause the trans rights rollback. Commited ideologist. Part of the high level GC cabal that has colonised Labour. Defines as "Blue Labour"

Constituency: Birmingham Ladywood
Majority: 3421

Suggested Vote: Your Party

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Siobhan Craig - DarkEden21 @darkeden21.bsky.social · 17h

We did some great work last time up here with Cherry, Gibson, and Harvey.

Let's repeat that everywhere in the UK by focusing everything on defeating these bigots.

Siobhan Craig - DarkEden21 @darkeden21.bsky.social · 17h

List of Labour MPs who are openly transphobic nowadays and who to vote for to unseat them.

1) Tonia Antoniazzi

Transphobic for years. Open GC. Behind the "Women's Dec" for Labour

Constituency: Gower
Maj: 11567

Suggested vote: Plaid Cymru

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Barbarian Chucklefuck @emceebee.bsky.social · 8h

Why would you even *need* to hate him for being gay when there are literally 100 other reasons to hate him?! #DawnWasRight

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Globe Emoji Žižek Capital @cesigno.bsky.social · 9h

you haven't done an equalities impact assessment on your policy to ban trans people from public places

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Ghost of Hope 🏳️‍⚧️ @grayfaceghost.bsky.social · 10h

Everybody who thinks GPEW are nimby Tories - wake up and check what Caroline and Carla are up to here.

Forget Your Party, we're the left now in party politics. And we're not beholden to transphobes.

Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 13h

Today I stood with @rmtunion.bsky.social members outside Parliament to oppose the Government’s cruel Skilled Visa changes.

I've spoken with TfL workers facing deportation in weeks, this is a disgrace!

Solidarity with all the workers fighting this injustice.

Caroline and Carl’s Denyer talking with TfL workers affected by the sudden visa changes.

Caroline and Carla Denyer listening to speeches at RMT rally for workers affected by skilled worker visa changes.

Saying goodbye to workers before rushing to city hall.

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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 10h

I still have the letter I got back from William Hague when I wrote to him as a queer teenager arguing for the end of Section 28 and the equalisation of the age of consent - he confidently asserted that Section 28 would never be repealed and age of consent never equalised.

Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 16h

Not once have I seen an explanation for why teenagers must hear things that upset them in virtue of the unspecified speech-acts being upsetting, nor have I ever seen an explanation for why teenagers will be forbidden to express displeasure with upsetting things.

William Hague: Why I’ll banish ‘safe spaces’ at Oxford
The new chancellor tells Cheltenham Literature Festival that there will be no ‘cancel culture’ and students should expect to hear things that upset them
October 14 2025, The Times
The new chancellor of Oxford University has said there will be no safe spaces for students and warned would-be undergraduates that they will “hear things that will upset and offend them”.

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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.bsky.social · 13h

1.5 years after I made the Cass Review freedom of information requests, I still don’t know whether it was an individual, a business, a body corporate, a corporate sole, an inquiry, or the Crown.

Perhaps I should just call it, in accounting terms, a going concern.

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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.bsky.social · 12h

If we’re running a letter writing campaign, why don’t we tell MPs that the EHRC is asking for their approval or rejection?

Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.bsky.social · 12h

4/ The next battle is likely to take place in Parliament, and we need to ensure the draft Code is rejected. We should start spreading the message and tell MPs that the EHRC is pushing for a vote. I mean they just released a video acknowledging that our sovereign Parliament has the final say. 🤭

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Sinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social · 1d

Also like, I'm not taking this "migrants need to reach a certain standard of English" from the government helmed by a guy who said "changing the things that need changing and that is the change I will bring about" and whose chancellor can barely complete a sentence under questioning.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 1d

But what they actually seem to want is still more emotional labour from women, rather than forming reciprocal friendships that might involve listening to another man being sad.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 1d

Whenever I see men complain about the male loneliness crisis or unique emotional/psychological issues faced by men, it’s very clear that they just don’t see women as full people capable of experiencing the exact same emotions they do

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 12h

On Loose Women

Carole Malone "You hate rich people Zack."

Zack Polanski "No I just want to tax them fairly."

Green Party +10,000 members.

Carole Malone "You hate women Zack."

Zack "No I just don't demonise trans people"

Green Party +10,000 members.

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 12h

Absolutely! The EHRC is really floundering right now, and Bridget Phillipson (so we hear) is getting increasingly annoyed at them.

What better time than now to write (using our easy-peasy tool) and pressure Phillipson to reject the EHRC’s segregationist Code 🤗📝🤗
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 12h

4/ @goodlawproject.bsky.social trans rights lead, @jessothomson.co.uk, said the EHRC guidance has put trans people at serious risk and "may have encouraged organisations to act unlawfully. Now the guidance has been withdrawn, so should the exclusionary policies that organisations rashly implemented”

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 22h

We sure got over all that “turns out Peter Mandelson was secretly running the show all along” stuff didn’t we. Back we go to self-congratulation over The Scoop Of The Century.

The News Agents • @newsagents.... • 11m
"He told me that he was too honourable to break off a friendship in a text or a letter, and then that email says we'll 'play some more soon'," Emily Maitlis says.
"What does that even mean? It sends shivers down my spine"

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🏳️‍⚧️Contested Issue🏳️‍⚧️ @waslottie.bsky.social · 20h

In one yr labour have banned all healthcare for trans youth - quite literally killing some of them. And banned them from updating their health record = forced outing. They're about to introduce segregation for all trans ppl.

SEGREGATION. Of a minority group.

How will reform be worse exactly?

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Sahra blocks non-posting profiles that follow her @sahrataylor.bsky.social · 15h

The ripple effect that most cis people simply don't realise

*EVERY* facet of a trans person's lives is being made more difficult now

From the large to the small, more risk is the goal of violence, cancer, discrimination

All to force trans people out of social, political, legal existence in the UK

Jenn @jennralize.bsky.social · 19h

Just got a call from a lovely but very nervous Dr, who advised I wouldn't be routinely screened for breast cancer because I'm not indicated as being "biologically female" on the central NHS database and my biology wouldn't indicate I'm at risk.

My records have been altered, which is upsetting.

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Barbarian Chucklefuck @emceebee.bsky.social · 12h

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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 15h

“I know the world I would like to live in. It’s in my head, but I try my best to live it now.”

Trans Activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Lived a Long, Beautiful Life

One of our most influential and remarkable trans queer elders — Miss Major Griffin-Gracy — has died at the age of 78.

www.autostraddle.com

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Helen @helenm40.bsky.social · 16h

If your 'guidance' actually reflected the law, you wouldn't be trying to brute force it through without a parliamentary vote.

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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 15h

The 2011 EHRC statutory services code was the result of almost two years work. Numerous consultations were held with relevant stakeholders, including many women's and trans groups.

By contrast, the proposed 2025 code was assembled within weeks, with a one-month consultation assessed by genAI.

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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 15h

You must have seen the letter this week from the Council of Europe pointing out that your approach will lead to human rights abuses…

…so why are you still pushing this?

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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 15h

Phillipson is scared being transphobic will harm her deputy leadership bid and hasn’t actioned this…

…and the EHRC have been publicly called out by the Council of Europe because the position puts human rights at risk…

…so someone is getting desperate.

Equality and Human Rights Commission @equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 16h

We've written to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social to request the government to revoke the 2011 services code and make our updated version statutory. It accurately reflects the law and updated guidance is urgently needed: www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre...

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 12h

"The EHRC’s exclusionary interim guidance has had a devastating impact on trans people’s lives"

“Now the guidance has been withdrawn, so should the exclusionary policies that organisations rashly implemented in its aftermath. If not, they could find themselves in hot water.”

EHRC withdraws interim guidance encouraging trans exclusion

After six months of confusion and delay, the EHRC has taken down interim guidance rushed out in April. But the damage has already been done.

goodlawproject.org

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 15h

Corbyn wouldn’t fucking dare just say yes some women have a penis and could you not persecute trans people while pretending to care about womens rights. It would be a sad both sidesing isn’t it complicated wouldn’t it

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