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Michelle K. Smith
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Just an ordinary soul surviving in extraordinary times. 🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 💜 ♕ 🎹 ⚛️ 🗝️ She/Her.


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Open Letter: TERFs Don't Speak for Us: An Open Letter from Lesbians, Queer Women, Trans Women, Gender Diverse People, and our allies. Hate has no place in our community. ⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♀️ ✊👸 #LGBTQIA #TransWomenAreWomen #TransRightsAreHumanRights #ProtectTheDolls actionnetwork.org/forms/terfs-...
TERFs Don’t Speak for Us: An Open Letter from Lesbians, Queer Women, Trans Women and Gender Diverse People
Lesbians are being pressured to have sex with trans women. That’s the claim now being pushed in Australia’s Federal Court by the so-called “Lesbian Action Group”, in support of Giggle app founder Sal...
actionnetwork.org
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BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Third Sector Against Transphobia has launched an open letter in support of trans people and requesting improved guidance and support from the Charity Commission for charities attacked by ‘gender critical’ transphobes ‘lawfare’

Sign here 👉 www.thirdsectoragainsttransphobia.org
December 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
"And with them words of so sweet breath compos'd
As made the things more rich. Their perfume lost,
Take these again; for to the noble mind
Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind." - Ophelia, Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1.
December 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Say what you want but the police have a long history of punching down on LGBTQ+ people, regardless Bondi. I've seen friends assaulted and dead named by the NSW Police. There are still question marks over the death of Veronica Baxter at Silverwater. They should not be welcome at Mardi Gras, at all
December 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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📢 One of our NION Women collective responds to the exclusion of trans women from Labour's Women’s Conference.

Read our latest blog: notinourname.org.uk/trans-women-excluded-labour-womens-conference/
December 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Oh my. Just heard that director Rob Reiner and his wife have been found stabbed to death. Was this a MAGA hit job? 😨
December 15, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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December 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Australia has strict gun control laws, that even the Democrats in the US have praised. Yet we in Australia still have massacres with guns. Majority of these, with the exception of Port Arthur, has been the result of a religious belief. The problem is not the gun, it's the ideology behind the trigger
December 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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From President Zelensky's official telegram account.
December 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I'm surprised the Aerosmith ride lasted this long, given that in 1975 Steven Tyler convinced the parents of 14 year old groupie Julia Holcomb to sign over guardianship to him so that she could live with him in Boston, and then forced her to have an abortion against her will. Not cool. #Aerosmith
Disney has revealed the closing date for Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith. The coaster's last day of operation will be March 1, 2026. The ride will be rethemed and reopen as Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets in summer 2026.
December 13, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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💥 Seventy thousand women have now signed our letter. Seventy thousand women saying clearly that exclusion is not in our name and that trans people deserve dignity, safety and belonging.

🙏 Sign and share: notinourname.org.uk

#NotInOurName #Love #Inclusion #WomenUnite
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I think you've missed the point though. What the new signage is claiming is that there are only two genders, and anything else is disabled. It's insulting to non-binary people.
There's a post over on Twitter that I've been laughing to myself about. Some right-wing guy is celebrating that a school took down "All-Gender" bathroom signs and replaced them with "Single Occupancy Restroom" signs. And like... it's the same thing, man. You're celebrating a pointless relabeling.
December 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Remember when Helen Joyce was called out as "not an expert" by Australian courts - Now Maya Forstater has been told the same in the Peggie judgment! 👏👏👏

The judgement states outright that the evidence submitted by her & Sex Matters was “not skilled evidence.”

This is the Tribunal’s exact wording!
December 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Anyone else in Australia just get an age verification notification from Bluesky's KWS? #Bluesky #AgeVerification #Australia
December 9, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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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...
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 1:33 PM
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Trans ban: Good Law Project fights back with legal action against bullies

The Good Law Project is warning that organisations’ decisions to exclude trans women could actually be unlawful (ahem, Girlguiding and Women’s Institute). It has now decided to challenge the trans ban. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Trans ban: Good Law Project fights back with legal action against bullies
The Good Law Project launches legal action against the UK’s growing trans ban—because the only way to stop bullies is to stand up to them
www.thecanary.co
December 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Girlguiding leaders refuse to enforce ‘horrific’ trans ban
Girlguiding leaders refuse to enforce 'horrific' trans ban
Girlguiding leaders have told PinkNews they refuse to enforce a new policy banning trans girls from their groups.
www.thepinknews.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Really? How about a more accurate temperature chart that doesn't look like it was drawn by a child and shows the whole story. Planet Earth is in a continuos state of fluctuating temperatures.The Sun will eventually become a red giant in about 5 billion years - nothing will stop that.
December 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Vladimir Putin bears moral responsibility for 2018 fatal poisoning of UK woman Dawn Sturgess, inquiry finds. #VladimirPutin #DawnSturgess #Novichok www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Putin bears 'moral responsibility' for 2018 poisoning of UK woman, inquiry finds
A UK public inquiry concludes that Russian President Vladimir Putin "must have" ordered the Novichok nerve agent attack on Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in 2018.
www.abc.net.au
December 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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If you’re a Guide Leader you can join this public Facebook group, created to push back against the trans-exclusionary policy they’ve just adopted…

👉 www.facebook.com/share/g/16i8...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The Foo Fighters' AIDS denialism should be on the record. 🎗️ #HIV #AIDS #Denialism #FooFighters #DaveGrohl #NateMendel medium.com/the-monthly/...
The Foo Fighters’ AIDS denialism should be on the record
By Martin McKenzie-Murray in The Monthly
medium.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK

Transgender girls deserve a safe, nurturing space where they can learn, grow, and contribute to the community, just like anyone else.

Sign the petition... 👇
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK
c.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
In a way I'm glad we don't have Thanksgiving in Australia. Being an atheist vegetarian, and watching my weight, that's certainly limiting, but seeing lots of images on social media critiquing dinners, I thought worrying over Christmas meals with the family and in-laws was bad enough. 🙃
November 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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An extraordinary thing, this.

A line up of stars performing at Wembley Arena to show their love and solidarity with the trans community and in aid of Good Law Project and Not A Phase.

Register now for tickets.
www.transmissionlive.uk
Trans Mission - Wednesday 11th March
Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander team up for a Trans Mission: an all-star solidarity concert for the trans community at OVO Arena Wembley
www.transmissionlive.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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🏳️‍⚧️ We’re back with paid opportunities for Trans+ creatives!

Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you.

With @transhistoryweek.com we’re investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026.

Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🗓️
🧵 Details 👇
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM