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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · Nov 11
🏳️‍🌈 We started @WeAreQueerAF.com as a response to the bad practices we saw while working in gay media and mainstream media newsrooms.

This is how we're modelling the change we want to see, changing the media and helping thousands understand the LGBTQIA+ news 🧵👇
We started QueerAF in response to bad practises we saw in gay and mainstream media newsrooms. This is what we're doing differently.
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🌈 Your TBR pile just got a lot more queer

Win a stack of queer and Trans+ history books by entering our prize draw with JKP Books 📚

Enter here 👇

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February 11, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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The National Child Mortality Database project repeatedly refused to publish what they knew about LGBTQIA+ youth suicides

But we didn’t back down 👇

One in six children who died by suicide were LGBTQ+, new data shows
Amid heated public debate about whether trans children are dying by suicide, campaigners say we need to "take the politics out of policymaking"
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February 12, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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"Their existence highlights a pre-colonial society where gender and sexual diversity was not only accepted but accommodated, a stark contrast to the criminalisations that would come later in a post-colonial Uganda."
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There's a common misconception that countries in the global majority have always rejected queerness - in reality, those restrictions were imposed through colonialism
We've always been here. The colonial erasure of third-gender Ugandan Mudoko Dako community
The Pre-Colonial Trans+ Identity of Lango's Mudoko Dakos: Effeminate Male, Forgotten, Third Gendered people
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February 12, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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There's a common misconception that countries in the global majority have always rejected queerness - in reality, those restrictions were imposed through colonialism
We've always been here. The colonial erasure of third-gender Ugandan Mudoko Dako community
The Pre-Colonial Trans+ Identity of Lango's Mudoko Dakos: Effeminate Male, Forgotten, Third Gendered people
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February 12, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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Amid heated public debate about whether trans children are dying by suicide, campaigners say we need to "take the politics out of policymaking"

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One in six children who died by suicide were LGBTQ+, new data shows
Amid heated public debate about whether trans children are dying by suicide, campaigners say we need to "take the politics out of policymaking"
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February 12, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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“Conversion therapy does not work for either sexuality or gender identity, and anyone suggesting that there are alternatives is just plain wrong,” @translucent.org.uk

Our investigation uncovers the availability of books recommending Conversion Practices, detransition and ‘desistance’ 👇
58 UK public libraries have parenting books with advice to encourage children to detransition
An anti-trans book that encourages ‘desistance’, the practice of ‘reverting back to a cisgender identity’, is available to parents all across the UK
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February 12, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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It became what is now an archived insight into trans masc stories from the 00s, with insights into the pivotal early work of many FTM rights and activism.

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The pivotal riot that shaped modern LGBTQIA+ rights, you don't hear about enough
Before Stonewall, Pride, or the rainbow became a symbol for the queer community, a group of trans women started a revolution that history almost forgot
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February 12, 2026 at 8:31 AM
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The self-proclaimed gender-critical organisation, which spouts harmful anti-trans rhetoric, raised more than £64,000 to get an outcome that saw them lose even permission to bring a case to court.

The judge said their action was "premature" and "unhelpful" 👇
Nine in ten members of the membership organisation at the world-famous ponds voted against segregating Trans+ people. Sex Matters has been blocked from challenging Hampstead Heath’s Trans+ inclusive approach at the world-famous swimming ponds. The judge said the high court was the wrong place for the case to be brought, adding that the City of London is already consulting on the issue, making the legal challenge "premature" and "unhelpful" - Metro
February 11, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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🌈 Your TBR pile just got a lot more queer

Win a stack of queer and Trans+ history books by entering our prize draw with JKP Books 📚

Enter here 👇

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/win-a-slection-of-queer-and-trans-history-books?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=crowdfunder26
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February 11, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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An anti-trans book found in libraries across the UK encourages parents to cut off loved ones who support their child’s transition. 

Full investigation 👇
Understand the LGBTQIA+ news: Books that seek to suppress children's gender identity, widely available in UK's libraries
What it would take to reduce the 48,000 people wait list for transgender healthcare in the UK?
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February 11, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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The study called for policies to "remain dynamic, guided by evolving evidence and ethical imperatives"
Another study has found new evidence that Trans+ athletes have little competitive advantage, concluding there is no evidence “to justify blanket bans”. A comprehensive study of over 5,000 Trans+ athletes, has found that trans women likely do not have athletic advantages over cisgender women after undergoing hormone therapy. Published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, it found that while trans women’ showed higher levels of lean mass than cis women.
February 11, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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Thank you @wearequeeraf.com for covering Jay’s @jaytoddgla.bsky.social and my peer-reviewed critical response to the Sullivan Review rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The review "implicitly promotes the systematic exclusion and erasure of trans and gender diverse people from research,” says @jaytoddgla.bsky.social and @felicitycallard.bsky.social

Read more in our newsletter 📩

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QueerAF newsletter text that reads: Questions over Sullivan review A review of public data collection and research that recommends ensuring that data about ‘sex’ is prioritised over data about ‘gender’ or ‘gender identity’ has been criticised in new research The Sullivan Review, which was widely viewed as skewed towards gender-critical biases, has been criticised in a new report that warns that if it is adopted it will "undermine the quality of public institutions’ research, erode academic freedom, and threaten the rights of trans and gender diverse people".
February 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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🌈 Your TBR pile just got a lot more queer

Win a stack of queer and Trans+ history books by entering our prize draw with JKP Books 📚

Enter here 👇

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/win-a-slection-of-queer-and-trans-history-books?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=crowdfunder26
Plant-filled reading room with a sofa and bookshelves forms the backdrop for a giveaway graphic. Five LGBTQIA+ book covers are on the graphic. Large yellow text reads: “Win a selection of beautiful queer, Trans+ and history books!”.
February 11, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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'Desistance' is a term used in the criminal justice system to refer to the process of "abstaining from crime by those with a previous pattern of offending"
58 UK public libraries have parenting books with advice to encourage children to detransition
An anti-trans book that encourages ‘desistance’, the practice of ‘reverting back to a cisgender identity’, is available to parents all across the UK
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February 10, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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The review "implicitly promotes the systematic exclusion and erasure of trans and gender diverse people from research,” says @jaytoddgla.bsky.social and @felicitycallard.bsky.social

Read more in our newsletter 📩

www.wearequeeraf.com/understand-t...
QueerAF newsletter text that reads: Questions over Sullivan review A review of public data collection and research that recommends ensuring that data about ‘sex’ is prioritised over data about ‘gender’ or ‘gender identity’ has been criticised in new research The Sullivan Review, which was widely viewed as skewed towards gender-critical biases, has been criticised in a new report that warns that if it is adopted it will "undermine the quality of public institutions’ research, erode academic freedom, and threaten the rights of trans and gender diverse people".
February 10, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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🏳️‍⚧️ In the past year, our investigations have set the news agenda - and have been used in debates about Trans+ rights in Parliament.

Here’s the impact your support makes possible 👇🧵

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February 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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The lie that continues to be peddled is that countries in the global majority have always rejected queerness. 

How do we challenge these well established myths? asks Nisreen Fox
We've always been here. The colonial erasure of third-gender Ugandan Mudoko Dako community
The Pre-Colonial Trans+ Identity of Lango's Mudoko Dakos: Effeminate Male, Forgotten, Third Gendered people
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February 10, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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Researchers found no evidence "to justify blanket bans" and that the data doesn’t support the prevalent 'inherent athletic advantage theories'

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QueerAF newsletter screenshot. Text that reads: Another study has found new evidence that Trans+ athletes have little competitive advantage, concluding there is no evidence “to justify blanket bans”. A comprehensive study of over 5,000 Trans+ athletes, has found that trans women likely do not have athletic advantages over cisgender women after undergoing hormone therapy. Published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, it found that while trans women’ showed higher levels of lean mass than cis women, they had roughly equivalent metrics in lower body strength and oxygen consumption - them For trans men, the study found that after one to three years of starting hormones, they had less fat, more muscle, and greater strength. However, researchers did state that they had focused on physiological factors, and that more work on the "social, psychological and cultural factors" would also be of value - The Independent
February 10, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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“I sat my son under a large maple tree in our backyard and told him that males cannot be female, and we would be going back to his birth name and pronouns."

A quote from a parenting book available in 58 public libraries in the UK 👇

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58 UK public libraries have parenting books with advice to encourage children to detransition
An anti-trans book that encourages ‘desistance’, the practice of ‘reverting back to a cisgender identity’, is available to parents all across the UK
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February 9, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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Censorship of queer lives is rising. 

That’s why we’re asking our community to help protect access to journalism that fights back. Support us if you're able 👇
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/queeraf2026?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=donate
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February 10, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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It’s time for allies in the media industry to speak up for LGBTQIA+ people

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It’s time for allies in the media industry to speak up for LGBTQIA+ people
We need more voices - not just in private, but in the newsrooms, speaking out in pitching meetings, and pushing back against harmful narratives.
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February 10, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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This work is so important!!!
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Censorship of queer lives is rising - from algorithms burying our stories to AI-driven misinformation.

That’s why we’re crowdfunding to protect access to journalism that fights back.

But we can’t do this alone. Support us 👇
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/queeraf202...
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February 9, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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ICYMI: Between April 2019 and March 2025, 107 of the 647 children who died by suicide in England were LGBTQ+
One in six children who died by suicide were LGBTQ+, new data shows
Amid heated public debate about whether trans children are dying by suicide, campaigners say we need to "take the politics out of policymaking"
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February 10, 2026 at 7:31 AM
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In the wake of the killing of an openly gay imam earlier this year, Jaheim Karim writes on being trans and Muslim

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What fasting again taught me as a transgender Muslim
In the wake of the killing of an openly gay imam earlier this year, Jaheim Karim writes on being trans and Muslim
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February 9, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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According to @fiercemum.bsky.social , ‘desistance’ studies' primary goals was to prevent children being gay.

It's a term which has deep roots in conversion practices 👇

58 UK public libraries have parenting books with advice to encourage children to detransition
An anti-trans book that encourages ‘desistance’, the practice of ‘reverting back to a cisgender identity’, is available to parents all across the UK
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February 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM