Dr Karl Rutlidge 🏳️⚧️😎💚
@krutlidge.bsky.social
Recovering mathematician. Theology PhD student. Proud trans man. Husband. Stepdad. Methodist minister. Lover of books, science, cider and photography (he/him).
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Your regular reminder that trans joy is real 😎🏳️⚧️
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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Simon Heffer's most famous work is a fairly gushing biography of Enoch Powell.
I'm opposed to the House of Lords on principle but don't understand how any of these people qualify
I'm opposed to the House of Lords on principle but don't understand how any of these people qualify
Lib Dems announce 5 peers including ex-MP Sarah Teather, Tories announce 3 including Olympic swimmer/ women's rights activist Sharon Davies, historian Simon Heffer and former cabinet minister John Redwood. Reform UK don't get any.
December 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Simon Heffer's most famous work is a fairly gushing biography of Enoch Powell.
I'm opposed to the House of Lords on principle but don't understand how any of these people qualify
I'm opposed to the House of Lords on principle but don't understand how any of these people qualify
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Sharron Davies has never done anything for women’s rights. She is, however, a racist and transphobic conspiracist
December 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Sharron Davies has never done anything for women’s rights. She is, however, a racist and transphobic conspiracist
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Starmer pushing to water down the European Convention on Human Rights on International Human Rights Day is no different from the right wing media saving up all their hatchet jobs for Transgender Day of Visibility or Pride etc. It's cynical and nasty.
Human rights were built for hard times, not rewrites when it suits the Government.
Pushing to water down the European Convention on Human Rights on International Human Rights Day is a moral retreat, not a solution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Pushing to water down the European Convention on Human Rights on International Human Rights Day is a moral retreat, not a solution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Starmer is lobbying Europe to join him in watering down the ECHR. This illiberalism will harm us all | Steve Valdez-Symonds
The prime minister and his counterpart in Denmark want a concerted effort to weaken human rights across Europe. This isn’t pragmatism – it’s cruelty, says Steve Valdez-Symonds, refugee and migrant rig...
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Starmer pushing to water down the European Convention on Human Rights on International Human Rights Day is no different from the right wing media saving up all their hatchet jobs for Transgender Day of Visibility or Pride etc. It's cynical and nasty.
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Happy #HumanRightsDay!
Starmer has chosen to mark it by... kicking off negotiations on how to water down our human rights 🤯
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The ECHR protects all of us, so we should all be worried about changes that amount to "human rights... except for those people"
Starmer has chosen to mark it by... kicking off negotiations on how to water down our human rights 🤯
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The ECHR protects all of us, so we should all be worried about changes that amount to "human rights... except for those people"
European nations to begin major talks on ECHR migration rule changes
The talks are the most significant sign yet that international human rights law could be reinterpreted.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Happy #HumanRightsDay!
Starmer has chosen to mark it by... kicking off negotiations on how to water down our human rights 🤯
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The ECHR protects all of us, so we should all be worried about changes that amount to "human rights... except for those people"
Starmer has chosen to mark it by... kicking off negotiations on how to water down our human rights 🤯
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The ECHR protects all of us, so we should all be worried about changes that amount to "human rights... except for those people"
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Trumplethinskin creates his own version of reality & then expects us to believe it as if we don't have eyes, ears or functioning brains.
#SAD 🤣
#SAD 🤣
December 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Trumplethinskin creates his own version of reality & then expects us to believe it as if we don't have eyes, ears or functioning brains.
#SAD 🤣
#SAD 🤣
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The delay is dreadful. But the ministers who might work on it have either been purged or have resigned in protest, so it’s hardly surprising.
We were promised a draft bill on banning conversion practices by the end of 2025 and it's mid-December with no movement.
This government *must* commit to a trans-inclusive ban, especially following a report by the BBC into practices fifty years ago.
This government *must* commit to a trans-inclusive ban, especially following a report by the BBC into practices fifty years ago.
December 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The delay is dreadful. But the ministers who might work on it have either been purged or have resigned in protest, so it’s hardly surprising.
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Labour just seems intent on removing as many human rights from as many people as possible.
Like I have said before it is Reform Beta.
Like I have said before it is Reform Beta.
'Lammy Must Ditch Plan To Scrap Jury Trials Or Face Embarrassing Defeat', Warns Senior Labour MP
Writing for HuffPost UK, Karl Turner MP says there are other ways to clear the courts backlog.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Labour just seems intent on removing as many human rights from as many people as possible.
Like I have said before it is Reform Beta.
Like I have said before it is Reform Beta.
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The conflation of "foreign criminals" and "illegal migrants" is disgusting.
Vile when some people don't have a safe route to flee from the utter detestation & brutality of war.
It's all grim enough without the Labour Government pushing further misinformation.
Vile when some people don't have a safe route to flee from the utter detestation & brutality of war.
It's all grim enough without the Labour Government pushing further misinformation.
The Home Office continues to use language that its own data refutes
December 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The conflation of "foreign criminals" and "illegal migrants" is disgusting.
Vile when some people don't have a safe route to flee from the utter detestation & brutality of war.
It's all grim enough without the Labour Government pushing further misinformation.
Vile when some people don't have a safe route to flee from the utter detestation & brutality of war.
It's all grim enough without the Labour Government pushing further misinformation.
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'After two years of being subject to relentless criticism which saw her attacked on the front pages of leading newspapers and talked about incessantly on social media, Dr. Beth Upton has been cleared on all counts.'
bylines.scot/society/beth...
bylines.scot/society/beth...
Beth Upton exonerated, NHS Fife found guilty of harassment
Two years of misery for two women show the damage done when moral panic overwhelms common sense in workplace matters
bylines.scot
December 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
'After two years of being subject to relentless criticism which saw her attacked on the front pages of leading newspapers and talked about incessantly on social media, Dr. Beth Upton has been cleared on all counts.'
bylines.scot/society/beth...
bylines.scot/society/beth...
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I think the litmus test is which side was actually opening champagne yesterday. 🥺🍾
Looking at the papers and broadcast media today having read the press summary of the Sandie Peggie judgment is wild.
They either haven’t read it or are lying about it.
And then people wring their hands about trust in institutions or bemoan people resorting to social media for news.
They either haven’t read it or are lying about it.
And then people wring their hands about trust in institutions or bemoan people resorting to social media for news.
December 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I think the litmus test is which side was actually opening champagne yesterday. 🥺🍾
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New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
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Remember: the EHRC's Interim Guidance, and we understand the draft statutory guidance too, recommended a trans bathroom ban. Two tribunals have now disagreed.
This is the second decision - both first instance - since the appalling For (Some) Women Scotland decision to find that there is no trans bathroom ban. www.gov.uk/employment-t...
B M Kelly v Leonardo UK Ltd: 8001497/2024
Employment Tribunal decision.
www.gov.uk
December 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Remember: the EHRC's Interim Guidance, and we understand the draft statutory guidance too, recommended a trans bathroom ban. Two tribunals have now disagreed.
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Just want others in the trans community to know that stuff like this is only possible because of the extreme hard work of really good allies most of whom you will never see or hear from. But they are willing to fight for us at immense personal cost, when others back down. This is my cheers to them.
December 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Just want others in the trans community to know that stuff like this is only possible because of the extreme hard work of really good allies most of whom you will never see or hear from. But they are willing to fight for us at immense personal cost, when others back down. This is my cheers to them.
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And the BBC calls Dr Beth Upton a "biological male."
This is like continuous deadnaming under the guise of informing and uses an expression tat could equally be applied to a single celled protozoan.
This is like continuous deadnaming under the guise of informing and uses an expression tat could equally be applied to a single celled protozoan.
I can't help but remember that "it" is also the word used by the man who murdered poor Brianna Ghey in a transphobic attack.
These people don't have "reasonable concerns" - they are revolting bigots.
These people don't have "reasonable concerns" - they are revolting bigots.
December 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
And the BBC calls Dr Beth Upton a "biological male."
This is like continuous deadnaming under the guise of informing and uses an expression tat could equally be applied to a single celled protozoan.
This is like continuous deadnaming under the guise of informing and uses an expression tat could equally be applied to a single celled protozoan.
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My thread earlier focused on the discussion re. FWS - but I just want to draw this out really explicitly:
The press absolutely monstered Dr Beth Upton in the most appalling way – only for the Tribunal to find that Beth had done nothing wrong, but that Sandie Peggie had harassed her.
The press absolutely monstered Dr Beth Upton in the most appalling way – only for the Tribunal to find that Beth had done nothing wrong, but that Sandie Peggie had harassed her.
Also worth noting, the Tribunal found that Sandie Peggie had harassed Dr Beth Upton in a "hate incident".
December 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
My thread earlier focused on the discussion re. FWS - but I just want to draw this out really explicitly:
The press absolutely monstered Dr Beth Upton in the most appalling way – only for the Tribunal to find that Beth had done nothing wrong, but that Sandie Peggie had harassed her.
The press absolutely monstered Dr Beth Upton in the most appalling way – only for the Tribunal to find that Beth had done nothing wrong, but that Sandie Peggie had harassed her.
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"Good Law Project said both rulings countered the argument that the supreme court ruling automatically resulted in a bathroom ban for trans people. “The tribunal was clear that the law does not now require banning trans people from single-sex spaces.” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scottish nurse wins part of her tribunal in trans doctor changing room case
Sandie Peggie wins harassment claim but tribunal dismisses allegations of discrimination and victimisation
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Good Law Project said both rulings countered the argument that the supreme court ruling automatically resulted in a bathroom ban for trans people. “The tribunal was clear that the law does not now require banning trans people from single-sex spaces.” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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THREAD:
Read the papers/listen to the BBC & the SPeggie case was a 3-0 “win” to the transphobes.
Read the actual judgement & it was a 10-1 win for trans people.
Look at the wider implications & the transphobes’ expansive interpretation of the Supreme Court misjudgment took a real kicking.
Read the papers/listen to the BBC & the SPeggie case was a 3-0 “win” to the transphobes.
Read the actual judgement & it was a 10-1 win for trans people.
Look at the wider implications & the transphobes’ expansive interpretation of the Supreme Court misjudgment took a real kicking.
Decision in the Sandie Peggie case.
She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
Sandie Peggie -v- Fife Health Board and another (judgment and summary) - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Case number: 4104864/2024 Employment Tribunal, Scotland 8 December 2025 Before: Employment Judge A KempTribunal Member L BrownTribunal Member C Russell Between: Mrs Sandie Peggie -v- Fife Health Board...
www.judiciary.uk
December 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
THREAD:
Read the papers/listen to the BBC & the SPeggie case was a 3-0 “win” to the transphobes.
Read the actual judgement & it was a 10-1 win for trans people.
Look at the wider implications & the transphobes’ expansive interpretation of the Supreme Court misjudgment took a real kicking.
Read the papers/listen to the BBC & the SPeggie case was a 3-0 “win” to the transphobes.
Read the actual judgement & it was a 10-1 win for trans people.
Look at the wider implications & the transphobes’ expansive interpretation of the Supreme Court misjudgment took a real kicking.
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Ten months ago, I described Maya Forstater’s evidence as a “peculiar scrapbook” and the Tribunal largely agreed with me. 🙈
December 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Ten months ago, I described Maya Forstater’s evidence as a “peculiar scrapbook” and the Tribunal largely agreed with me. 🙈
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Wow the GTTO FBPE posters are gonna be SO mad when they see this! They're gonna LOSE it! If a single one of them brushes this off they're admitting Briefcase Labour is a damn cult.
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 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Wow the GTTO FBPE posters are gonna be SO mad when they see this! They're gonna LOSE it! If a single one of them brushes this off they're admitting Briefcase Labour is a damn cult.
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I am every bit as worried about this as I am about e.g. the terrifying allegation that the police unlawfully discriminated against fascist football hooligans by banning them from a match, and indeed any other absolutely insane shit that our crackpot MPs keep telling our abysmal media outlets.
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I am every bit as worried about this as I am about e.g. the terrifying allegation that the police unlawfully discriminated against fascist football hooligans by banning them from a match, and indeed any other absolutely insane shit that our crackpot MPs keep telling our abysmal media outlets.
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This is delicious. Forstater basically comes across as insufferably opinionated with delusions of expertise. Her attempts to pass off Sex Matters research as credible evidence is recognised as unreliable and roundly dismissed.
Oh this was good.
"Whilst the claimant argued that Ms Forstater was not presented as an expert witness, in our view that is
essentially what she was doing. She was giving evidence on matters of opinion dressed up as matters of fact."
"Whilst the claimant argued that Ms Forstater was not presented as an expert witness, in our view that is
essentially what she was doing. She was giving evidence on matters of opinion dressed up as matters of fact."
December 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This is delicious. Forstater basically comes across as insufferably opinionated with delusions of expertise. Her attempts to pass off Sex Matters research as credible evidence is recognised as unreliable and roundly dismissed.
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Blue Hour. The "blue super moon", August 2024. #moonlight #seascape #nightsky #oceanview #reflection #naturelovers #landscapehunter #twilight #bluehour #coastallife #scenicview #nightshoot #smartphonephotography #photography
December 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Blue Hour. The "blue super moon", August 2024. #moonlight #seascape #nightsky #oceanview #reflection #naturelovers #landscapehunter #twilight #bluehour #coastallife #scenicview #nightshoot #smartphonephotography #photography
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Sex baked rights.
I'd pay good money just to see her argument for these biscuits being "biologically male"
December 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Sex baked rights.
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Read the ruling and you'll find that the tribunal found Beth Upton to be calm and largely credible, and they accepted her account of the 2023 incident concluding that Peggie had deliberately engineered a confrontation, and had, in fact, harassed Upton.
There were no other complaints.
There were no other complaints.
December 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Read the ruling and you'll find that the tribunal found Beth Upton to be calm and largely credible, and they accepted her account of the 2023 incident concluding that Peggie had deliberately engineered a confrontation, and had, in fact, harassed Upton.
There were no other complaints.
There were no other complaints.