Kay Paterson-Bassett
@kaytoremember.bsky.social
PhD candidate in Education and Social Justice, HE Professional and very tired queer nerd They/them
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You thought the patriarchy was going to stop with trans people? Really? www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
You thought the patriarchy was going to stop with trans people? Really? www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Latest in “being a nazi is normal actually“ see its actually bigoted to be against nazis thats discrimination if you think about it
December 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Latest in “being a nazi is normal actually“ see its actually bigoted to be against nazis thats discrimination if you think about it
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"a win on process rather than substance" is exactly how every single gender critical employment tribunal win has been achieved. if you're a cis ally in HR who wants to get rid of the nasty bigot everyone dislikes you need to be spotless because you *will* have a billionaire's lawyers to contend with
I was going through the BBC coverage to draft a complaint and came across this, which I thought you’d appreciate; as someone else who certainly didn’t expect a “slam dunk”.
December 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"a win on process rather than substance" is exactly how every single gender critical employment tribunal win has been achieved. if you're a cis ally in HR who wants to get rid of the nasty bigot everyone dislikes you need to be spotless because you *will* have a billionaire's lawyers to contend with
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HR departments countrywide need to start treating gendercrit employees as potentially hostile. As soon as you are required to interact with one, you dust off the rulebook, you dot every eye and cross every t, and you assume bad faith at every turn.
They are a threat to every organisation.
They are a threat to every organisation.
December 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
HR departments countrywide need to start treating gendercrit employees as potentially hostile. As soon as you are required to interact with one, you dust off the rulebook, you dot every eye and cross every t, and you assume bad faith at every turn.
They are a threat to every organisation.
They are a threat to every organisation.
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True headline: “Peggie Found By Tribunal To Have Committed Transphobic Hate Incident”
December 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
True headline: “Peggie Found By Tribunal To Have Committed Transphobic Hate Incident”
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I have no idea how you reach this headline from the press summary of the judgement unless it's the closest headline to the one you pre-wrote.
Bulk of claims dismissed, rulings in favour of Upton's right to have been using the female changing rooms, findings that Peggie was misleading in evidence...
Bulk of claims dismissed, rulings in favour of Upton's right to have been using the female changing rooms, findings that Peggie was misleading in evidence...
December 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I have no idea how you reach this headline from the press summary of the judgement unless it's the closest headline to the one you pre-wrote.
Bulk of claims dismissed, rulings in favour of Upton's right to have been using the female changing rooms, findings that Peggie was misleading in evidence...
Bulk of claims dismissed, rulings in favour of Upton's right to have been using the female changing rooms, findings that Peggie was misleading in evidence...
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Mini thread on the ET decision in Peggie
Top line: It says exactly what we have been saying for months. The decision of the Supreme Court was not to turn the Equality Act 2010 into a nationwide bathroom ban - regardless of how anti-trans organisations have sought to misrepresent the law.
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Top line: It says exactly what we have been saying for months. The decision of the Supreme Court was not to turn the Equality Act 2010 into a nationwide bathroom ban - regardless of how anti-trans organisations have sought to misrepresent the law.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Mini thread on the ET decision in Peggie
Top line: It says exactly what we have been saying for months. The decision of the Supreme Court was not to turn the Equality Act 2010 into a nationwide bathroom ban - regardless of how anti-trans organisations have sought to misrepresent the law.
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Top line: It says exactly what we have been saying for months. The decision of the Supreme Court was not to turn the Equality Act 2010 into a nationwide bathroom ban - regardless of how anti-trans organisations have sought to misrepresent the law.
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‘Blanket’ ban of trans people from gender-appropriate facilities likely unlawful.
Sandie Peggie harassed Dr Upton, not the other way round.
Employer guilty of minor procedural faults.
Sandie Peggie harassed Dr Upton, not the other way round.
Employer guilty of minor procedural faults.
December 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
‘Blanket’ ban of trans people from gender-appropriate facilities likely unlawful.
Sandie Peggie harassed Dr Upton, not the other way round.
Employer guilty of minor procedural faults.
Sandie Peggie harassed Dr Upton, not the other way round.
Employer guilty of minor procedural faults.
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one of the main reasons trans healthcare moved away from strict gatekeeping and toward informed consent & GAC is that trans ppl who were denied the means to transition would simply seek it out elsewhere
What did you think would happen when you restricted access to care?
December 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
one of the main reasons trans healthcare moved away from strict gatekeeping and toward informed consent & GAC is that trans ppl who were denied the means to transition would simply seek it out elsewhere
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Thread 🧵
The judgement on the Peggie v Fife Health Board and Dr Beth Upton tribunal case has been announced.
Here's what has actually been said...
Full Judgement: www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
🧵 See thread for summary....
Here's what has actually been said...
Full Judgement: www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
🧵 See thread for summary....
www.judiciary.uk
December 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Thread 🧵
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Keir Starmer - "I’ve always wanted a Labour government but I’ve never worried about the future of our country under a Tory government."
The words of a man so insulated from the harm done by the Tories he felt no compulsion not to continue the harm not being done to him and his.
The words of a man so insulated from the harm done by the Tories he felt no compulsion not to continue the harm not being done to him and his.
December 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Keir Starmer - "I’ve always wanted a Labour government but I’ve never worried about the future of our country under a Tory government."
The words of a man so insulated from the harm done by the Tories he felt no compulsion not to continue the harm not being done to him and his.
The words of a man so insulated from the harm done by the Tories he felt no compulsion not to continue the harm not being done to him and his.
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Im telling you, this is still the best way to combat this, because it would be a massive fuck you and remove *most* of the younger membership of the WI - something they desperately need to have a future at all.
The answer, in terms of 'what the Average Joe do to combat the attempts to oust trans people from society' is to just start new clubs that are renamed the inclusive womens institute, and let their crusty old clubs die with their members.
December 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Im telling you, this is still the best way to combat this, because it would be a massive fuck you and remove *most* of the younger membership of the WI - something they desperately need to have a future at all.
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REMINDER: A president’s ability to kill without a judge or jury didn’t come from Trump. It was built by Cheney and normalized by Obama.
December 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
REMINDER: A president’s ability to kill without a judge or jury didn’t come from Trump. It was built by Cheney and normalized by Obama.
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we all still think you're a soulless bought cunt who would sell your nan's ventilator for pennies to whatever obviously evil grifter happened to be strolling past
I realise now that my view on mental health overdiagnosis was divisive. We all need better evidence | Wes Streeting
I realise now that my view on mental health overdiagnosis was divisive. We all need better evidence | Wes Streeting
The surge in mental ill health is hugely distressing. That’s why I’ve commissioned a review to find out what’s driving it, says health secretary Wes Streeting
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
we all still think you're a soulless bought cunt who would sell your nan's ventilator for pennies to whatever obviously evil grifter happened to be strolling past
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An independent taskforce *just* did a huge review of ADHD in England, and the conclusion was that it's "under-recognised, under-diagnosed and under-treated."
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
NHS England » Report of the independent ADHD Taskforce: Part 1
April 2025
www.england.nhs.uk
December 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
An independent taskforce *just* did a huge review of ADHD in England, and the conclusion was that it's "under-recognised, under-diagnosed and under-treated."
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
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The NHS: "Health sec, there is too much demand for autism, ADHD and mental health services, the waiting lists are too long, we need investment!"
Wes Streeting: "Hearing you loud and clear! Let's have a review into how we can stop people accessing those services to cut the load :3"
Wes Streeting: "Hearing you loud and clear! Let's have a review into how we can stop people accessing those services to cut the load :3"
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The NHS: "Health sec, there is too much demand for autism, ADHD and mental health services, the waiting lists are too long, we need investment!"
Wes Streeting: "Hearing you loud and clear! Let's have a review into how we can stop people accessing those services to cut the load :3"
Wes Streeting: "Hearing you loud and clear! Let's have a review into how we can stop people accessing those services to cut the load :3"
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Data centres. That’s all this is for. Not housing or anything else.
“The idea is that the emergency powers will allow government to intervene on critical infrastructure projects if they risk being delayed, & effectively green light them from government buildings” www.businesspost.ie/politics/eve...
Everything you need to know about the government’s new infrastructure plan
www.businesspost.ie
December 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Data centres. That’s all this is for. Not housing or anything else.
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The Cass Review is the worst kind of pseudoscience & has at least 13 peer-reviewed critiques of it (all ignored by mainstream media).
Streeting now wants a Cass Review for Autism, ADHD, etc.
I have characterised these as “contrived authority” strategies (referring to the work of Max Weber)
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Streeting now wants a Cass Review for Autism, ADHD, etc.
I have characterised these as “contrived authority” strategies (referring to the work of Max Weber)
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Considering Streeting's well stated belief autism, ADHD etc, along with mental health issues, are "overdiagnosed", I won't hold my breath for this doing anything other than being used to cut support, along with opportunities for diagnosis, for people who need it. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnosis
The health secretary said the aim was to tackle a rising demand for services and the increased pressure on the NHS.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The Cass Review is the worst kind of pseudoscience & has at least 13 peer-reviewed critiques of it (all ignored by mainstream media).
Streeting now wants a Cass Review for Autism, ADHD, etc.
I have characterised these as “contrived authority” strategies (referring to the work of Max Weber)
1/2
Streeting now wants a Cass Review for Autism, ADHD, etc.
I have characterised these as “contrived authority” strategies (referring to the work of Max Weber)
1/2
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"I never thought MY trial would be heard by one judge", said a minister from the Trials Heard By One Judge Party.
Disgraced former anti corruption minister Tulip Siddiq saying her trial in Bangladesh was unfair as it was heard by one judge lmfao
December 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
"I never thought MY trial would be heard by one judge", said a minister from the Trials Heard By One Judge Party.
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Joanne will never run out of money because people keep buying her stuff, and so this will keep happening. SLAPP after SLAPP until trans people are completely drummed out of public existence and nobody will do a thing about it
December 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Joanne will never run out of money because people keep buying her stuff, and so this will keep happening. SLAPP after SLAPP until trans people are completely drummed out of public existence and nobody will do a thing about it
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Trans women has been welcomed at the Women's Institute since the 1970s and one member is in her 80's and has been a member for decades. This is pure bigotry pushed by legal threats backed monetarily by JK Rowling.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Trans women has been welcomed at the Women's Institute since the 1970s and one member is in her 80's and has been a member for decades. This is pure bigotry pushed by legal threats backed monetarily by JK Rowling.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Home Office inadvertently bans historical research about the Dunkirk evacuation.
I'd hate to be a boat owner after this passes.
Imagine all the information that could be be useful for your navigation but which would ALSO be potentially useful to those guiding small boats across the Channel.
Will the Shipping Forecast cease broadcasting? That, after all, makes crossings easier.
Imagine all the information that could be be useful for your navigation but which would ALSO be potentially useful to those guiding small boats across the Channel.
Will the Shipping Forecast cease broadcasting? That, after all, makes crossings easier.
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Home Office inadvertently bans historical research about the Dunkirk evacuation.
Please recommend some podcasts for me to listen to. I’m currently out of things and need something else to add to my roster
December 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Please recommend some podcasts for me to listen to. I’m currently out of things and need something else to add to my roster
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Fascinating to get yet more confirmation that the GC scaremongering about Stonewall was just them telling us exactly what *they* wanted to do.
Also they're a pile of overgrown playground bullies who think going after literal children makes them brave as opposed to despicable.
Also they're a pile of overgrown playground bullies who think going after literal children makes them brave as opposed to despicable.
December 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Fascinating to get yet more confirmation that the GC scaremongering about Stonewall was just them telling us exactly what *they* wanted to do.
Also they're a pile of overgrown playground bullies who think going after literal children makes them brave as opposed to despicable.
Also they're a pile of overgrown playground bullies who think going after literal children makes them brave as opposed to despicable.
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If your choice is between an existential risk to your organisation, vs being a fascist collaborator, and you make the difficult choice to be a collaborator...
...then you are still a collaborator.
...then you are still a collaborator.
Like, I'm sorry the fascists are giving you difficult choices. But that's what fascists fucking do. The only legit answer is "fuck you make me". The only answer that shows you have actual fucking principles not preferences is "fuck you make me". And that sucks. But here we are.
December 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
If your choice is between an existential risk to your organisation, vs being a fascist collaborator, and you make the difficult choice to be a collaborator...
...then you are still a collaborator.
...then you are still a collaborator.