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Helen Lawson she/they

@helenlawson2007.bsky.social

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Transitioned 17 years ago now & like all I only regret not doing it sooner. 57 but still under guarantee. Asexual & Lesbian. Lots of hobbies but don't spend not enough time on any of them. Miss not having a garden. Atheist & Tea drinker

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Helen Lawson she/they @helenlawson2007.bsky.social · Nov 11

We exist in some of the poorest, most brutal parts of the world but are told it is just a western fad that will die out.
We have been here to see many civilisations & Religions rise & fall... we will continue to do so as we are a part of what it is to be human, they are just footnotes.

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Commissioner for Human Rights @commissionerhr.coe.int · 1d

Read my two letters to the #UK:
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

United Kingdom: Commissioner addresses human rights issues in policing of protests and the situation of trans people - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int

Strasbourg 14/10/2025

www.coe.int

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Helen Lawson she/they @helenlawson2007.bsky.social · 1d

If you want to explain to someone why capitalism and it's endless hunt for profit is bad for society... explain to them how businesses now want to remove humans from the working world to maximise those profits.

Helen Lawson she/they @helenlawson2007.bsky.social · 1d

Yes! Latest episode is out of Not Just Bikes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXDP...

I'm so Sick of this Lazy Excuse ...

YouTube video by Not Just Bikes

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Sarah Viktoria 🇬🇧🏳️‍⚧️⚧️🦗 @sarahviktoria.bsky.social · 2d

#Project2025UK

Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · 2d

Really important NYT investigation finds that the ADF has been working with Reform, 'courting the party since at least 2024' and that the British arm 'orchestrated Mr Farage’s appearance in Congress, reaching out to ask if he would like to give evidence on censorship'
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

www.nytimes.com

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Helen Lawson she/they @helenlawson2007.bsky.social · 2d

One thing I've found talking to Reform supporters is they will let absolutely anything slide to get their dose of friendly racism.
They sound exactly like MAGA supporters & they're everywhere in the UK. Scary times as also like America too many our pretending the threat isn't real.

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Helen Lawson she/they @helenlawson2007.bsky.social · 2d

Humans are now in the way of profits... it's all you need to know about capitalism.

Helen Lawson she/they @helenlawson2007.bsky.social · 2d

It's the 'a little bit of transphobia is ok' as long they talk about some good stuff. 🙄
If you sit at a table with bigots and stay silent, then you're on their side.

Helen Lawson she/they @helenlawson2007.bsky.social · 2d

For a brief moment I had faint hope for a new left wing party, then I realised Corbyn was going to take leadership of it & that was it dead for me. The man can't lead as his weakness is he thinks everyone should get a say... well no they shouldn't, some views & people are too abhorrent.

Helen Lawson she/they @helenlawson2007.bsky.social · 2d

One of my customers did the same, they waited until the kids were old enough the wife had died and only then did they do something for themselves by transitioning. Unfortunately they only had a few years of being themselves before they died but it was good they had that time.

Helen Lawson she/they @helenlawson2007.bsky.social · 2d

It's the spectrum of when people know and how long it takes them to come out that shows once more that we are a natural part of what it is to be human. 🏳️‍⚧️

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Helen Lawson she/they @helenlawson2007.bsky.social · 2d

These people are disgusting human beings who have dehumanised us to the point that hatred is all they have.

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Helen Lawson she/they @helenlawson2007.bsky.social · 2d

If I see one more headline that the world's hunger for soya is destroying the rain forests, I'm going to scream!
Yes soya farmers are destroying the rain forests but it's 80% to provide feed for meat production. Made worse by Trump tariffs meaning almost no one is now getting their soya form there.

Helen Lawson she/they @helenlawson2007.bsky.social · 3d

Exactly this!
The Brighton Centre put money before their local LGBTQ+ community and should regard the broken windows as nothing compared to the harm the hate organisation they hosted has caused.

SEEN Police Official Open Public Network @seenpoliceuk.bsky.social · 3d

We also wrote over 4 months ago to the Brighton Centre and begged them to cancel hosting a de facto genocidal hate movement that wraps itself in the camouflage of feminism.

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Helen Lawson she/they @helenlawson2007.bsky.social · 4d

'Used'... I'm going to stop now.🤣

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Helen Lawson she/they @helenlawson2007.bsky.social · 4d

Are you spying on me?🧐
I just posted something and use 'their' instead of 'there'... kill me now.🥹😊

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Helen Lawson she/they @helenlawson2007.bsky.social · 4d

You can set your account to private their so only people you've let follow can see your output, beyond that I'm not sure as I hardly ever use mine. x

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 4d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Helen Lawson she/they @helenlawson2007.bsky.social · 4d

The one and only positive thing about bigots is what drives them will always cause them to self destruct sooner or later.

Helen Lawson she/they @helenlawson2007.bsky.social · 4d

Trust me I'm as surprised as anyone.🤷‍♀️
I'm 13 years post surgery and having difficulties and been suffering, so I think even they were scared to ignore. They have though put me back to the GP and there's no guarantee they'll respond as quickly to him.🙄
Sorry about your wait. 🫂

Helen Lawson she/they @helenlawson2007.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks x
I have a private consult in Nov as back up.

Helen Lawson she/they @helenlawson2007.bsky.social · 4d

Actually had an email reply from GIC. That's a reply within a month.😮
Ok they've thrown it back to my GP having to request something I've just told them everything about.
Getting closer to "Unscheduled After-care" as they called it, it's been most of the year to get this far.

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Helen Lawson she/they @helenlawson2007.bsky.social · 5d

The day I transitioned was not a change in me other than I just stopped hiding. 🏳️‍⚧️♀️🏳️‍🌈

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Helen Lawson she/they @helenlawson2007.bsky.social · 5d

We need to rebalance the whole system and make it so that it is actually illegal for governments to allow for the gap between the rich & the poor to grow beyond a certain amount. That should then be the real measure of a countries economical health.

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Helen Lawson she/they @helenlawson2007.bsky.social · 5d

The ever growing earnings gap in the UK between the richest & the poorest has meant property has became a means of not just making more money but as a way of showing off their wealth, the result of this is a property market that no longer works for the majority of those who live here. 1/2

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Helen Lawson she/they @helenlawson2007.bsky.social · 5d

I think we both know that would enrage them even more, as anything that publicly includes trans people they regard as keeping them out.
They are segregationists and their kind of thinking belongs in the last century, this is something we should publicise more as it has an emotional element to it.