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Stéphanie says… 🏴‍☠️☕️🍰
@stephaniejane.bsky.social
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She/Her/Elle 🇫🇷

I will NOT have my life defined by people’s hate; not by the government, not by the NHS, and DEFINITELY not by the courts or the EHRC.

Bucket list:
1. Move to a beach.
2. Have no regrets.
3. Drive a Land Rover. ✅
4. Being ‘un-British ’. ✅
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Stéphanie says… 🏴‍☠️☕️🍰 @stephaniejane.bsky.social · Jan 19
This is excellent.👇
It nails the pretence, that Rowling believes, that you can align with the worst kind of extremism, but still consider yourself to be ‘reasonable’, all because they share her single issue about trans ppl.
Rowling is very much in “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” camp.
stephaniejane.bsky.social
I wonder if they’d do a Christmas version for Graham ‘Carbonara ready meal for one’ Linehan?
theonion.com The Onion @theonion.com · 1d
Stouffer’s Targets People Spending Thanksgiving Alone With New Single-Serve Frozen Family https://theonion.com/stouffer-s-targets-people-spending-thanksgiving-alone-w-1848105159/
Stouffer’s Targets People Spending Thanksgiving Alone With New Single-Serve Frozen Family
November 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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alicemydaughter.bsky.social
A plus side of my letter writing campaign to Streeting?

It’s now a doddle to send off less trauma inducing complaints to all and sundry.

Dear blood transfusion service - please train your operatives not to say ‘ haha that’s funny’ about any donor’s tattoo.

Mine is a memorial tattoo and not funny.
November 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
stephaniejane.bsky.social
I was in a bistro in Liverpool a couple of days ago, and as I was paying my bill, I noticed a QR coded poster by the till with ‘Protect Scouse Dolls’ on it.

So love my city. ❤️

We refuse to take the knee to Westminster. 💪
November 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
stephaniejane.bsky.social
“…but it was brought home to me, my family, being shown to me on a phone in my sister’s living room.”

He should go to an A&E after a gay or trans person has been attacked. Examine their injuries first hand, then look them in the eye, and justify his govt’s anti trans rhetoric to them.
November 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
stephaniejane.bsky.social
First, GLP forced the EHRC to withdraw their illegal interim ‘guidance’, then held theirs and Phillipson’s feet to the fire in front of a judge, now they’ve got OfCom to think again!!!
November has proven to be a good month!!!
November 27, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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kathyodonnell.bsky.social
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Why are we hearing about this now if it happened a few years ago?
Since coming to office AFTER the attack on his niece, Starmer's culture war anti-LGBTQ+ words and policies have got him and Labour banned from every Pride. He has personally made ...
Keir Starmer's fury after niece and wife 'beaten by blokes for holding hands'
'I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us.'
metro.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM
stephaniejane.bsky.social
“The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service
said Dr Aladwan's posts "may impact on patient confidence" in both her and the profession, while patients could be "discouraged" from seeking treatment from her.”

Just post some anti trans hate and the charges will be dropped.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
NHS doctor suspended over alleged antisemitic social media posts
The tribunal ruled the doctor's posts "may impact on patient confidence" in both her and the profession.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
stephaniejane.bsky.social
The comments to this post about how terrible this is. Can OfCom not do anything about it? Etc., etc…

Meanwhile trans people…👇

Of course, these people are silent with their pearl clutching while we get dehumanised and attempts are made to strip our human rights away from us by the very same media.
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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mimmymum.bsky.social
Mom of trans kid on how life has changed under Trump: “It takes a lot… to process so much hate”

She gave five critical tips for surviving the hate and helping your trans child thrive.

www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/mom-...
Mom of trans kid on how life has changed under Trump: "It takes a lot... to process so much hate" - LGBTQ Nation
She gave five critical tips for surviving the hate and helping your trans child thrive.
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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nionwomen.bsky.social
In a week where high profile cases and interventions get the attention, milestones matter, especially those from quieter voices. We have found 65k of them in recent months
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
stephaniejane.bsky.social
In the Metro….
32| METRO Wedeado: November 20.2023 Lifestyle /EQUALITIES HETROTO A at birth Act refers to sex assigned Ever since the court's ruling, it has cruel war exclusionary, invasive and The late possible. a trans priesthe rentially danger Prom the ERG, awaiti ode of practice approval, sugeests pls. hospital wards and gyms could Any woman who simply looks wrong" to someone's bigoted ye will suffer if this uidance succeeds tion or even ban transgender e based on their looks their four, and on concerns raised by As i've warned before, I now prospect of having to e total strangers that 1 am atly a woman for them. lly, it won't just be trans ho suffer. In my experience, en who are most likely to be ed under guidance like this aline-presenting cisgender those who don't fit society's atdated ideas of femininity. a countless examples of ing harassed, including ends of mine, butch-women, sporty giris in smen with short hair, › are tall, and women who wrong to someone's women who've been bathrooms, shouted at sically blocked from use someone decided ans: them worried about aces. That's a fear trans too well. 3 for the latest ce from the ast week the reported on be a leaked ort, this person luce a roof of ositive he only se and TRANS BEAUTIFUL H P Fri tri We DEFY THE SUPREME COURTO AH Wt しFに 'Ministers must reject this terrifying trans guidance' Equality watchdog's proposals will spark a witch-hunt targeting any woman who doesn't look traditionally' feminine, says Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir know, at what point would this be governed? What would stop people protections. Myself and other activists, alongside many human from asking for ID evidence? 1 fear we rights and LGBT+ charities have long are one step away from physical warned of exactly this outcome. Every inspections. time we raised concerns about where Questioned about the report, Josh this constant drip-feed of transphobia MacAlister, minister for children, and misinformation would take us, we families and wellbe… Lifestyle / EQUALITIES A S STUPID as it is sickening. That was my only response to the report that transgender people like me could soon be excluded from certain spaces, based purely on how we look. The report quoted leaked guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), the independent UK equalities regulator, advising ministers on how best to respond to April's Supreme Court ruling that the M definition of the protected characteristic of 'sex' under the Equality Act refers to sex assigned at birth. • Ever since the court's ruling, it has seemed as if institutions have been vying to see who can interpret it in the most exclusionary, invasive and cruel way possible. The latest step in this race to the bottom - that trans people could be excluded from single-sex spaces, like toilets and changing rooms, simply on suspicion or on the basis of looks' - is absurd, exclusionary and, in my view, potentially dangerous. The proposed new code of practice from the EHRC, awaiting ministerial approval, suggests places such as hospital wards and gyms could 66 Any woman who simply looks wrong' to someone's bigoted eye will suffer if this guidance succeede UNITE AND FIGHT FOR LEBTO RIGHTS DEFY SUPR + eye will suter u this guidance succeeds question or even ban transgender people based on their looks, their behaviour, and on concerns raised by • others. As I've warned before, I now face the prospect of having to convince total strangers that 1 am sufficiently a woman for them. Crucially, it won't just be trans people who suffer. In my experience, the women who are most likely to be confronted under guidance like this are masculine-presenting cisgender women - those who don't fit society's narrow, outdated ideas of femininity. I've seen countless examples of women being harassed, including lesbian friends of mine, butch-presenting women, sporty girls in hoodies, women with short hair. women who are tall, and women who simply 'look wrong to someone's bigoted eye. I know cis women who've been followed into bathrooms, shouted at and even physically blocked from entering because someone decided they looked trans This has left them worried about using public spaces. That's a fear trans people know all too well. We are waiting for the latest statutory guidance from the government, but last week the Times newspaper reported on what is thought to be a leaked copy of what is proposed. According to its report, this will no longer say a person can be asked to produce a birth certificate, or proof of identity of any kind. That might sound positive for trans people, but the quotes make clear it is only being ruled out because trans people can change their sex on passports and driving licences. I'm worried that this right is at risk, too. This is the continuation of a slippery slope which, increasingly, trans people fear will end in invasive physical inspection. I want to COURTO 'Ministe terrifyi Equality watchdog's p doesn't look traditional must reject this trans guidance' ill spark a witch-hunt targeting any woman who e, says Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir know, at what point would this be protections. Myself and other governed? What would stop people activists, alongside many human from asking for ID evidence? I fear we rights and LGBT+ charities have long are one step away from physical warned of exactly this outcome. Every inspections. time we raised concerns about where Questioned about the report, Josh this constant drip-feed of transphobia MacAlister, minister for children, and misinformation would take us, we families and wellbeing, has said were accused of exaggerating, Labour is waiting to act on the scaremongering, being hysterical and guidance because the government wants to get it right. being 'too sensitive. Yet here we are, in a system where Well, if they do, they will reject this no one wins. Institutional transphobia advice outright. like this interrogates the bodies of cis Otherwise, the government risks women and trans people. It feels like entertaining a twisted fantasy that no one is given any safety here. has no basis in the way humans live. For Labour, adopting this extreme Hundreds of service providers and guidance might seem like an easy companies have already raised concerns and at least one legal political win. But with polling showing 91 percent of trans people saying they challenge is under way. distrust the current government on International human rights bodies, their rights, they should tread such as the Council of Europe and UN experts, have warned the UK that this carefully. The public doesn't appear to be agitating en masse for witch-hunts anti-trans direction breaches in toilets - they're asking for long-established rights and functioning services, a stable economy and leadership rooted in reality, not moral panic. In truth, trans people have been using these single-sex spaces for The truth is, trans people have been using these single-sex spaces for decade…
November 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
stephaniejane.bsky.social
Sex Matters and Falkner having major strop at Phillipson’s refusal to rubber stamp their joint ‘guidance’.
What’s laughable is SM’s 7,893 signatures. I’ve just checked the Not In Our Name website and they’re already up to 65,208!

If you haven’t signed their letter, it’s here👇

notinourname.org.uk
This is part of our The law is clear - so get on with it! campaign | 25th November 2025 Why won't the minister withdraw the code of practice? Services, public functions and associations Statutory Code of Practice This code creates legal risk and should be withdrawn seXmatters Sex Matters has been calling for the government to deal with misunderstanding and misrepresentation of the Equality Act since 2020. Much of the problem goes back to bad guidance published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in 2011. In 2021, 7,893 people joined us in signing a letter to the Committee on Standards in Public Life calling for a public inquiry into the adoption of "Stonewall Law" by public institutions. On 3rd June 2021 the story got into the news. Stonewall defended its approach, saying that it was: "confident in our advice on the Equality Act which is based on the Equality and Human Rights Commission's Equality Act Code of Practice." Now, finally, following the Supreme Court judgment in the For Women Scotland case, the EHRC has admitted that its code of practice for service providers is wrong in law, and has urged the Minister for Women and Equalities to revoke it before it does any more damage. We wrote to Baroness Falkner, chair of the EHRC, to ask why its outdated and legally wrong code had not been withdrawn, following her 16th October letter to the minister. Baroness Falkner replied to us saying that the minister has refused to act: "I can confirm that we received a response from the Minister for Women and Equalities on 11 November. This states that it is not her intention to revoke the 2011 Code before the new Code of Practice is published. The reason given is that the 2011 Code addresses a broad range of issues for service providers, beyond those relating to sex and gender reassignment. Therefore, a gap would leave service providers, individuals and the courts without statutory guidance across all protected characteristics for an unknown period of time." Equality and Human Rights Commission Maya Forstater Sex Matters By email only From: Baroness Kishwer Falkner, Chairwoman Our ref: 20251119Forstater Wednesday 19 November 2025 Dear Maya Forstater, Thank you for your email of 17° November, requesting that the EHRC withdraws the 2011 Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations. We share your concerns about the current Code being out of date, which is why we wrote to the Minister for Women for and Equalities on 15 October. In our letter we asked for the revocation of the 2011 version of the code, as it is now unreliable in various respects. I can confirm that we received a response from the Minister for Women and Equalities on 11 November. This states that it is not her intention to revoke the 2011 Code before the new Code of Practice is published. The reason given is that the 2011 Code addresses a broad range of issues for service providers, beyond those relating to sex and gender reassignment. Therefore, a gap would leave service providers, individuals and the courts without statutory guidance across all protected characteristics for an unknown period of time. The Minister also stated that she wants to ensure a smooth transition from one Code to the next and that removing the 2011 Code now would cause more confusion, instability and lack of clarity for service providers and individuals. Thank you for raising your concerns with us. I hope this response clarifies our position on this issue. Yours sincerely. Kishwer Fallen Baroness Kishwer Falkner Chairwoman Equality and Human Rights Commission Arndale House, The Ardale Centre Manchester, M4 ЗАC equalityhumanrights.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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tilly.bsky.social
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Text. For 16 years, until 2014, Julie Hesmondhalgh played a trans woman called Hayley Cropper in Coronation Street. There was a distinct lack of national outrage. During that time Helen Joyce worked at The Economist, Maya Forstater was a tax advisor & JK Rowling just wrote books. Image of a smiling woman.
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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kirstimiller30.bsky.social
I don't want any trans child to feel alone.

I see being trans as being a bit of a superpower.

I’m lucky to be who I am & I want every child that’s growing up trans now, might be thinking what’s the future going to be like? It’s going to be all right❤️🏳️‍⚧️

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November 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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transactualuk.bsky.social
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. It’s a day to raise awareness around all forms of violence against women and girls and to call for an end to gender-based violence.

#InternationalDayForTheEliminationOfViolenceAgainstWomen #EndGenderBasedViolence
Image shows an illustration of 7 women with different hair and sin colours facing each other on an orange background. Text reads: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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hollybrigstocke.bsky.social
So Keir Starmer he of former human rights lawyer and Director of Public Prosecutions fame made supportive comments for Glinner a publicly violent and abusive transphobe after he previously gave no shits about murdered trans schoolgirl Brianna Ghey? It can't be more obvious how bigoted Starmer is.
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
stephaniejane.bsky.social
“Never give up.”
You meet your 18 year old self, you're allowed to say 3 words. What do you say?
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 AM
stephaniejane.bsky.social
Immediately after I posted about criminalising femicide in Italy, I read another post.👇

The last sentence sums up what women mean to the patriarchy, especially to privileged men. To them, women are nothing more than objects to be used and then discarded.
REVERE, Mass. - A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts. The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother. Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana. Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."
November 26, 2025 at 6:16 AM
stephaniejane.bsky.social
That last sentence.
bencollins.bsky.social Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."

www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
REVERE, Mass. — A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts. The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother. Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana. Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 AM
stephaniejane.bsky.social
“an act of hatred, discrimination, domination, control, or subjugation of a woman as a woman" or that occur when she breaks off a relationship or to "limit her individual freedoms."

The rates of women murdered in Italy are similar to those murdered in England and Wales.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Italian parliament unanimously votes to make femicide a crime
The gender-motivated murder of a woman will now be covered by a distinct clause in Italian law - punishable by a life sentence.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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mimmymum.bsky.social
Anti-trans activist Graham Linehan guilty of criminal damage

I like how The National calls Glinner exactly what he is up front! 👏🏻
www.thenational.scot/news/2564846...
Anti-trans writer Graham Linehan guilty of criminal damage but cleared of harassment
FATHER Ted co-creator and anti-trans campaigner Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage after clash outside a conference last year…
www.thenational.scot
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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reactiveashley.bsky.social
BREAKING: Same-sex marriages performed in EU member states that allow them must be recognised across the entire EU.

www.dw.com/en/eu-same-s...
Same-sex marriage must be recognized across EU, court rules – DW – 11/25/2025
European Union countries must recognize the lawful same-sex marriages of EU citizens conducted in other member states, the bloc's top court has ruled.
www.dw.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
stephaniejane.bsky.social
We’re told the BBC is something special as a public broadcaster, and that it has a status and reach far beyond the impact of any one presenter, director, actor or viewer; that we dismantle it or disown it at our national peril.

Nah, it can burn for all I care.
natacha.bsky.social Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 3d
The BBC has, in the space of a few minutes, in its reporting about the innocent child victim in the Glinner case, completely destroyed any possible claim it is "too woke" or "not transphobic enough".

cc @fromtga.bsky.social
esqueer.net Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 3d
In the span of a hour, they stealth edited the article from trans woman to "biological male who identifies as a woman." The BBC isn't fit for purpose.
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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goodlawproject.org
How will sexual violence stop if the police won't take it seriously?

When Nina Cresswell named the man who sexually assaulted her he sued for defamation - and he lost. But why did she have to take that risk? We're helping her sue the police who failed to investigate him. goodlaw.social/vtev
Help Nina Cresswell stop the police failing women | Good Law Project
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November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
stephaniejane.bsky.social
But a trial is EXACTLY what Cass said was needed, in order get the evidence to ensure the pathway was right.👇
So, despite their undying ‘support’ for the Cass Report, the transphobes never really wanted trans kids to thrive.
They just don’t want trans kids or adults to exist.
Does Dr. Cass believe puberty blockers are unsafe drugs? If so, why is OK for them to be prescribed to cis kids and not trans kids? The Cass Review Report does not conclude that puberty suppressing hormones are an unsafe treatment. The report supports a research study being implemented to allow pre-pubertal children to have a pathway to accessing this treatment in a timely way and with suitable follow up and data collection, to provide the highest quality of evidence for the ongoing use of puberty suppressing hormones as a treatment for gender dysphoria. In the data the Cass Review examined, the most common age that trans young people were being initially prescribed puberty suppressing hormones was 15. Dr. Cass's view is that this is too late to have the intended benefits of supressing the effects of puberty and was caused by the previous NHS policy of requiring a trans young person to be on puberty suppressing hormones for a year before accessing gender affirming hormones. The Cass Review Report recommends that a different approach is needed, with puberty suppressing hormones and gender affirming hormones being available to young people at different ages and developmental stages alongside a wider range of gender affirming healthcare based on individual need.
November 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM