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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · Oct 13
🚨This is an emergency🚨

This Government is currently sitting on an EHRC Code of Practice that will lead to the segregation and exclusion of trans people in public life.

Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban

@transsolidarity.bsky.social
#ScrapTheBathroomBan
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transactualuk.bsky.social
Please remember to use #easyfundraising if you're shopping for gifts and celebration food this winter.

Please sign up and help us raise more: www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/trans...

#easyfundraising #TransFundraiser #Trans #TransSupport
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December 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
transactualuk.bsky.social
“I spend a great deal of time educating people when I am going in for an appointment about myself. It's exhausting. And takes valuable time away from my medical appointment. I can't focus only on my disability or my symptoms, because the doctor needs to understand not to misgender me.” Lee-Anne
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December 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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tristangrayford.scot
Trans women will be literally locked out of Labour women's conference.

"Trans women will be unable to hear the major speeches or participate and vote on formal policy debates, motions and national women’s committee elections."
December 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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wearequeeraf.com
Two of the UK’s most culturally significant women’s organisations - Women's Institute and Girl Guiding - have been "pressured" to exclude Trans+ people 🧵
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December 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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oliviamesser.bsky.social
IRW — a Pulitzer-winning nonprofit newsroom at American — and @thebarbedwire.com traced the history of anti-trans legislation. Houston conservatives realized homophobia didn’t fly anymore, weaponized girls’ safety, and parroted segregationist language. It worked.

thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
Where Did Anti-Trans Laws Start? How a Forgotten Houston Ordinance Turned Into a Massive, Nationwide Culture War
In fighting for bathroom bills in Houston, Texas conservatives provided a blueprint for the rest of the country.
thebarbedwire.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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transgenderreport.com
Alberta's Physicians Resist Restrictions on Transgender Care

www.medscape.com/vie...

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Alberta’s Physicians Resist Restrictions on Transgender Care
The CMA and doctors in Alberta are challenging recent legislation that they say may interfere with the ability to provide independent, evidence-based care.
www.medscape.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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whatthetrans.com
New Podcast Episode: Dodge, Delay and Spin

In this Episode:

Leaked EHRC guidance

The PATHWAYS Trial

The Levy Review

And more

Check it out here:

whatthetrans.com/p145/
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December 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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wearequeeraf.com
If two of the most prominent women’s charities feel they have no choice but to reverse trans-inclusive approaches, what does that mean for the rest of the sector?

Get @jamiewareham.co.uk analysis with response from @transactualuk.bsky.social in tomorrow's newsletter👇
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December 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
transactualuk.bsky.social
It’s International Volunteer Day and we want to say a big thank you to all our wonderful volunteers!

Our volunteers do amazing work including supporting with social media, work around the EHRC and other policy areas, background research, press, admin support and more.

#InternationalVolunteerDay
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December 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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wearequeeraf.com
Puberty blocker clinical trial for Trans+ youth “is not about the safety of these medications.

"It is the result of an ideological view at the very top of the NHS that being trans is a ‘less desirable outcome," says @transactualuk.bsky.social Health Director Chay Brown👇
Screenshot of the QueerAf newsletter. Text that reads: Details of a puberty blocker trial, hailed by the NHS as the first of its kind, have now been revealed. Participants will either immediately start puberty blockers or have to wait a year to start, and the effects will be measured alongside "a wider package of care and support" - The Guardian The details have not inspired confidence in either those opposed to the use of puberty blockers for trans youth or those who are advocating for them. Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch called for the trial to be scrapped altogether, while many Trans+ organisations set out how the 50+ tests that make up the program go beyond a clinical trial. NION’s Caroline Litman called it "cruelty". TransActual health director Chay Brown said, "This research is not about the safety of these medications, which have been used for this very purpose since 1989. It is the result of an ideological view at the very top of the NHS that being trans is a ‘less desirable outcome.'" In other revelations, the Trans Safety Network have set out how the Department for Health and Social Care solicited feedback on a “puberty blocker risk form” from Bayswater Support Group and other anti-trans groups in September 2025. QueerAF has repeatedly shared investigations that show the Bayswater group, who Health Secretary Wes Streeting has expressed sympathy for, brag about abusing their children with the Department for Health.,
December 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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hsw3k.bsky.social
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...
NHS England » Report of the independent ADHD Taskforce: Part 1
April 2025
www.england.nhs.uk
December 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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robinince.bsky.social
From this infinite monkey, I offer a heart and a mind that is open to so many possibilities of what it is to be human, hopefully other members of the gang will feel similarly #translivesmatter #lgbtq
December 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
transactualuk.bsky.social
“Getting now to work as an artist and a musician in hours that work for me, looking after my disabilities in a life that is queer and fulfilling is wonderful, and every single trans person should be afforded the same feeling of love and respect.” Emory

#DisabilityAwareness #Trans #Equality
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December 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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robinmoirawhite.bsky.social
Good news for trans workers

After the Girl guiding and WI announcements, some comfort for trans workers.

A Scottish tribunal has ruled that a trans-inclusive workplace policy is NOT discriminatory against a woman with gender critical views in the workplace.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Woman loses sex discrimination case after toilet complaint - BBC News
Maria Kelly took legal action against Leonardo UK alleging harassment and discrimination after seeing a trans colleague in female toilets.
www.bbc.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
transactualuk.bsky.social
"Being open from the start of the appointment about the emotional side of my request made it easier for me to communicate, something that can be hard being autistic, instead of trying to find the right words to say after I was already upset." Gage

#DisabilityAwareness #TransHealth
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December 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
transactualuk.bsky.social
In the past 48 hours both Girl Guiding and the Women’s Institute (WI) have announced changed membership policies. After seeking legal advice, they felt left with no option but to exclude trans girls and women from membership.
Statement on new membership policies from WI and Girl Guiding. In the past 48 hours both Girl Guiding and the Women’s Institute (WI) have announced changed membership policies. After seeking legal advice, they felt left with no option but to exclude trans girls and women from membership.
December 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
transactualuk.bsky.social
Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This Year’s theme is Fostering disability inclusive societies for advancing social progress.

We stand in solidarity with disabled people and communities and celebrate our disabled team members, supporters and siblings!

#DisabilityAwareness
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December 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
transactualuk.bsky.social
We have been tracking people’s experiences with gendered spaces and our new report looks at the impact of the 2025 EHRC interim update on access to, and experiences within, gendered spaces in the UK.
Image shows a row of toilet stalls with blue doors. Text reads: " I went to use the women's toilets as I was on my period and there were no gender neutral ones. A middle aged male security guard ran in after me…he started banging on the [cubicle] door, trying to open it as he shouted "sir, sir you can't be in here”... hearing the pitch of my voice was enough for him to drop it and leave. But I sat in the toilet feeling scared, vulnerable and dirty for a good few minutes." -a non-binary person tinyurl.com/ReportALoo Image shows a sign hanging from the ceiling that says 'WC' and has male and female toilet symbols. Text reads: “ A few months ago in a local LGBTQ+ owned bar, I went into the men's toilets and another guy looked at me and then yelled "You’re in the wrong toilet" in my face at close range.” -a transmasc person tinyurl.com/ReportALoo Image shows multicoloured soft play mats and apparatus. Text reads: "I was supervising my 5 year old disabled son, who was in the establishment’s soft play area. My son soiled himself and so I stood to take him to the facilities. However, when I made to head to the bathroom a woman who I assume to be in a senior role quickly came towards us and blocked my progress, pointing at the men’s toilets and advising me that “The gentlemen’s are there.” -a disabled, trans woman (who had been making her way to the accessible toilet) tinyurl.com/ReportALoo Image shows 3 toilet signs one accessible, one women's and baby changing and one men's. Text reads: "I was stopped going into a bathroom by another tourist who stated that “these are the women’s toilets”. I stated that I am a woman and therefore using the ‘correct’ toilet for my gender. This is the most recent example of me being harassed going into a toilet in the past year. Which has gone from never to 6 incidents now." -a cis, butch dyke tinyurl.com/ReportALoo
December 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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ilgaeurope.bsky.social
Your monthly LGBTI rights update:
🟣 For the first time in the EU, a Pride activist is facing criminal charges
🟣 Historic ruling: All EU states must recognise same-sex marriages
🟣 Kazakhstan moves to ban so-called LGBTI propaganda

Read more at ilga-europe.org/newsletter/rainbow-digest-november-2025/
November 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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wearequeeraf.com
Keir Starmer says he had “uncontainable fury” about his niece’s homophobic attack in 2022.

Here’s a look at his party’s anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric and policies since 🧵

From op-ed by @jamiewareham.co.uk
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December 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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wearequeeraf.com
Have you heard about The Other Blue Pill? 

Our documentary - produced for @thelovetankcic.bsky.social and @nat.org.uk - explores the history of PrEP in the UK and how it changed HIV prevention #WorldAIDSDay 🎗️

Listen now 👇🧵
The Other Blue Pill
The phenomenal story of the battle for access to HIV prevention drug PrEP in the UK, told in six parts.
www.wearequeeraf.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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thetransfemininereview.com
It's December, which means that it's time for reading trans books!

The December Trans Readathon is a challenge to read a trans book every day for the whole month! If you do, you can track your progress with this official calendar, or use the hashtag #DecemberTransReadathon to share your progress 🩷
2025 December Trans Readathon Calendar: "Every day add a picture of the book you read to the calendar if a book takes you multiple days add it more than once reading every day matters more than finishing books!
December 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
transactualuk.bsky.social
Today is World AIDS Day. Since 1988, communities have stood together on World AIDS Day to show strength and solidarity against HIV stigma and to remember lives lost.

For more information about how you can support this cause visit worldaidsday.org

#WorldAIDSDay #EndHIVStigma #HIVAwareness
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December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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goodlawproject.org
Kishwer Falkner's term as Chair of the EHRC, a term characterized by her willingness to use that vital guardian of the human rights of the vulnerable to wage war on trans people, ends today. THREAD
November 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
transactualuk.bsky.social
We're working for a world where our organisation doesn't need to exist, but for now we're very much needed. You can join our group of monthly donors, set up a fundraiser (such as bake sale or sponsored run), or make a one off donation at: tinyurl.com/DonateTransA...

#Trans #TransFundraiser
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November 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM