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BASH BACK
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A trans-led direct action group combatting the rising tide of bigotry in the UK
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BASH BACK statement on our collaboration with Prisoners for Palestine:
We are proud to be collaborating with @Prisoners4Palestine, the prisoner-led collective that represents those who have been detained by the British state in their struggle for Palestinian liberation. We have signed their open letter in support of the ongoing hunger strike, and share their stated goals: • Shut down Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems, with which the UK closely collaborates; • End the proscription of Palestine Action; • End censorship in prisons; • Release illegal detainees on immediate bail; • The right to a fair trial, by releasing all documents relevant to their cases, including those documenting meetings between British and Israeli state officials, the British police, the attorney general, and Elbit Systems representatives. The struggle for Palestinian liberation and political prisoners is one we share as trans people. As state repression of political dissent against genocide and collaboration escalates, the tools of the state come down ever harder on all those who are criminalised, vilified, and marginalised. We remember Toni Asik, a victim of the transphobic abuses of Sodexo staff in HMP Bronzefield, where the first hunger strikers are incarcerated. When we took action against Sodexo in Leeds, we did so to remember him, and impose his memory on the system that killed him. Today (20th November) marks Trans Day of Remembrance, but it is also a day, as every day, of resistance. As the ever more authoritarian British state abuses and kills its captives with impunity, we ask: what would you do? We do as we must: we fight. As direct actionists ourselves, we share a kinship with the Prisoners for Palestine, brave opponents to the authoritarian wave that has captured the UK, now putting their bodies on the line to demand the freedom they always deserved. We recognise the twin threat posed by genocidal collaboration and prisoner abuse, which a threat to everyone’s liberation. BASH BACK will continue to fight, in solidarity and rage, against the state and private companies that exclude us, torture us, imprison us, and abuse us. For true liberation. For all of us. From the streets and to the cells. From the river to the sea. Solidarity with Prisoners For Palestine. Shut Down Elbit Systems Justice for Our Prisoners Justice for Palestine UNTIL ALL ARE FREE xoxo BASH BACK
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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On #TransDayOfRemembrance, we remember Toni Asik, murdered by Yasmin Cooper and Sodexo in HMP Bronzefield on 28/07/25.

Today we remember all trans people who have been made victims of colonialism and state violence

Mourn the dead, fight like hell for the living

xoxo BASH BACK
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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So proud to have publicly signed
Prisoners for Palestine's open letter, in solidarity with the prisoners’ open-ended hunger strike.

This is day 19 of their starvation against state oppression.

Read their demands below.

One struggle, one fight. Until all are free.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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It's ##TransVisibilityWeek !

Do you see us now?

xoxo BASH BACK
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Eager to support our work and get involved in trans liberation yourself?
Send us an email at [email protected]
November 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Oh Maya, you don't need the toilet sign. We all know you're full of shit.

xoxo BASH BACK
November 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Tired of the petitions and marches and banner-waving protests?
Tired of seeing your rights eroded?
Want to do more to challenge transphobia in the UK?

Read our action guide, start a cell, take action.
JOIN US. BASH BACK.

https://www.transbashback.com/actionguide.pdf
[email protected]
November 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Our full press release
PRESS RELEASE 31/10/25 TRANS ACTIONISTS TARGET EQUALITY COMMISSION Trans direct action group "BASH BACK" accuses EHRC of being a "hate group", and tells landlords FORA to "DROP THE EHRC" Early this morning - October 31st - actionists representing trans direct action group BASH BACK took action against the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), a public body directly responsible for persecuting the transgender community in the UK. Actionists from BASH BACK- which took action against Health Secretary Wes Streeting in August, and the FiLiA conference early this month - smashed windows and sprayed pink paint on the EHRC headquarters in protest at the EHRC's repeated attacks on trans people. A spokesperson for BASH BACK said: "Under the leadership of 'Baroness' Falkner, the EHRC has transformed itself into a hate group that wants to shred our rights and liberties. We will not accept that. Despite intense legal and political pressure they still intend to push their guidance - segregating trans people out of all single-sex spaces - to government, in a cynical attempt to erase us from public life. PRESS RELEASE 31110125 (CONT.) "In 2022, the EHRC endorsed conversion therapy and opposed reform to the Gender Recognition Act, and 'Baroness' Falkner's overt transphobia created a hostile 'anti-LGBT' environment which caused many staff to leave, and yet others called 'the enemy of human rights' (1). In 2024, they welcomed the Cass Review and a ban on puberty blockers. Now they are pushing guidance, based on the For Women Scotland ruling, that would drive trans people out of society altogether. We demand that businesses, universities and sports organisations dump the EHRC's hateful guidance." The EHRC's guidance on single-sex spaces has been criticised by international human rights groups, who have called for it to be withdrawn (2). The body's interim guidance, expected to be approved by the would bar all transgender people from any space designated as "single-sex", effectively banning trans people from existing in public. The BASH BACK spokesperson added: "The EHRC has described human rights as basic rights and freedoms that belong to every human in the world. But they demand certain rights be denied from trans people -denied from us specifically. Are we not human? "This is just the beginning - we can only secure our freedoms through constant resistance. We will not stop until we are free". NOTES TO EDITORS BASH BACK is a trans-led direct action project focused on "total transgender liberation", and has previously taken action against Health Secretary Wes Streeting, private prison firm Sodexo and the FiLiA conference in Brighton. Formatting should be BASH BACK in full caps More information about the group can be found here: https://www.transbashback.com (1) https://www.vice.com/en/article/ ehrc-staff•quitting-transphobial. (2) https://www.scenemag.co.uk/trans- and-human-rights-organisations-call-for-ehrc-to- be-downgraded-as-an-internationally- accredited-human-rights-bodyl ENDS For further information, including interview requests, please contact: BASH BACK email: bashbackcomms@proton.me
October 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Statement regarding our action against the EHRC's London HQ
THE EHRC IS A HATE GROUP. THIS MONTH, THE GOOD LAW PROJECT FORCED THE EHRC TO DUMP THEIR TRANSPHOBIC "INTERIM GUIDANCE". LAST WEEK, 6 HUMAN-RIGHTS GROUPS DEMANDED THE EHRC HAVE THEIR A-STATUS REMOVED DUE TO AN "OBSESSIVE CAMPAIGN TO STRIP TRANS PEOPLE OF OUR RIGHTS". DESPITE THIS - AND DESPITE INTERNATIONAL OUTRAGE - THEY STILL INTEND TO PUSH THEIR GUIDANCE (SEGREGATING TRANS PEOPLE OUT OF ALL SINGLE-SEX SPACES) TO GOVERNMENT. WE TOOK ACTION AGAINST THE EHRC'S LONDON OFFICE TO SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE: WE WILL NOT OBEY THEIR "GUIDANCE". THE TIDE IS TURNING. DO YOU SEE US NOW? DON'T ENDORSE HATE. WE DEMAND THAT ALL ORGANISATIONS DROP THE EHRC'S EXCLUSIONARY ANTI-TRANS "GUIDANCE". WE DEMAND FORA DROP THE EHRC AS TENANTS. EXERCISE YOUR FREE WILL. STAND UP FOR TRANS PEOPLE. BASH BACK.
October 31, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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BREAKING: BASH BACK TARGET EHRC HEADQUARTERS
October 31, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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LIBERATION
October 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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A MESSAGE FROM THE FILIA ACTIONISTS
MESSAGE FROM THE ACTIONISTS We'd like to express our gratitude to those who have shown their explicit support. Especially in this atmosphere, we are glad to know that so many recognise the value of direct action. We are also so happy to see that our actions got the reaction we wanted, and would like to take this moment to remind the reader that FiLiA's bio-essentialist view of 'feminism' harms cis and trans people alike and only serves to uphold the patriarchy. To the trans people and allies reading this, we keep ourselves safe - not the state, not the police, but we as a community. Death before detransition. -BASH BACK
October 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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FILIA WAS JUST THE START

AS TRANS YOUTH TAKE THEIR OWN LIVES, AS WE FACE ABUSE BY POLICE, PRISONS AND HEALTHCARE SERVICES, AS WE FIGHT FOR OUR SAFETY AND DIGNITY, WE DEMAND NOTHING SHORT OF TOTAL LIBERATION.
BASH BACK TOOK ACTION AGAINST FILIA BECAUSE IT PLAYED HOST TO TRANSPHOBIA AND PLATFORMED NUMEROUS HATE GROUPS. WE ARE NOT FINISHED. WE WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST THOSE ORGANISATIONS WHO PROMOTE TRANSPHOBIA, CHAMPION HATE AND IMPLEMENT SEGREGATIONIST POLICIES. OUR TARGETS HAVE BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS. WE REFUSE TO LET THEM WASH IT OFF IN PEACE. WELCOME TO A NEW ERA OF TRANS RAGE.
October 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Thanks for the promo Jules xoxo
October 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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OUR STATEMENT ON THE ACTION AGAINST FILIA

TERFS GATHER EVERY YEAR TO GLOAT ABOUT ATTACKS ON BODILY AUTONOMY AND TRANS PEOPLE'S SAFETY

THIS YEAR, WHEN WE FACE THE GREATEST ATTACKS ON OUR FREEDOMS, WE WILL NOT ALLOW THEM THE PRIVILEGE
STATEMENT ON BASH BACK ACTION AGAINST FILIA (9/10/25) LAST NIGHT, ACTIONISTS FROM BASH BACK TOOK ACTION AGAINST THE BRIGHTON CENTRE, VENUE OF THE FILIA CONFERENCE, WHICH PLAYS HOST TO SOME OF THE MOST VICIOUS TRANSPHOBIA IN POP POLITICS. FILIA'S SPEAKERS THIS YEAR INCLUDE BIGOT-PROVOCATEURS JULIE BINDEL, LGB ALLIANCE AND "SCOTTISH LESBIANS" - A GROUP BEHIND THE SEGREGATIONIST 2025 SUPREME COURT RULING. THEIR VILE AND HATEFUL RHETORIC LEADS TO THE SAME KIND OF DISCRIMINATORY VIOLENCE THAT KILLS HUNDREDS OF TRANS PEOPLE EVERY YEAR. THESE BIGOTS HAVE OUR BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS. THEY USE THIS CONFERENCE TO GLOAT. THIS YEAR, WE WILL NOT LET THEM. STATEMENT ON BASH BACK ACTION AGAINST FILIA (CONT.) BASH BACK SEES FILIA AS NEITHER RADICAL NOR FEMINIST, SPREADING MISOGYNIST HATRED BACKED BY BOTH BILLIONAIRES AND THE STATE. LIKE THE SUFFRAGETTES AND RADICAL QUEERS BEFORE US, THAT THE ONLY PATH TOWARD LIBERATION IS THROUGH ACTION. TO THE ORGANISERS OF FILIA WE SAY THIS: IF YOU EXPECT TO CONTINUE IN YOUR TRADE OF TRANSPHOBIC HATE, IF YOU EXPECT TO CONTINUE IN YOUR QUEERBASHING AND TRANSMISOGYNY AND CALL IT "FEMINISM" THEN EXPECT RESISTANCE, EXPECT RETALIATION, EXPECT US. PAINT WASHES OFF. BLOOD NEVER DOES.
October 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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BREAKING: BASH BACK TARGET FiLiA ANTI-TRANS CONFERENCE

The conference, whose alumni include J.K. Rowling, this year hosts hate groups LGBAlliance and Transgender Trend, along with the director of Scottish Lesbians, one of the groups responsible for April's segregationist Supreme Court ruling.
October 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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It seems some TERFs have seen our action guide and are making *quite* a fuss!! Even Linehan's seen it (doesn't he have divorce proceedings to attend?)!
They're tagging the Met Police, Police Scotland, MI6, and, gosh even the FBI!

Seems we've really struck a nerve eh? Want to help? transbashback.com
A post by Graham Linehan (lol) on X, quote tweeting a post by Stuart Macintosh reading "This is being promoted by [REDACTED]on Bluesky. It's a document advising on who to target with criminal damage and harassment. Advises on how to carry offensive weapons, avoid detection, etc. The example in the document is Wes Streeting's constituency office." Linehan's quote reads "People need to think of trans activism as a form of domestic terrorism." post by FOF (@FactologyVs) on X reading "@FBI @FBIDirectorKash please investigate this radical transtifa domestic terrorists and make sure there is no branch or sleeper cells in the U.S. they're playing any attack on women's rights groups. transbashback.com/actionguide.pdf"
October 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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OUR PRINCIPLES: DESTRUCTIVE, DISRUPTIVE, LIBERATORY
September 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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In a state that resents, abuses, and segregates us, it is a moral necessity to rebel.

BASH BACK.
DON'T FOLLOW THE LAW THE MEDIA CALLS US CRIMINALS. THEY SAY WE MUST RESPECT THE LAW. WHY SHOULD WE RESPECT LAWS THAT DON'T RESPECT US? UNJUST LAWS MUST BE FOUGHT. WE WILL NOT ROLL OVER. WE REFUSE TO TOLERATE INTOLERANCE. WE SPIT IN THE FACE OF THE EHRC, THE STATE AND THE LABOUR PARTY. WE MUST DO MORE THAN RESIST HOSTILITY. WE WILL NOT COMPLY. WE WILL BASH BACK, BASH BACK
September 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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The state wants us afraid, alone and isolated.

Do not let them win.

Take action. BASH BACK.

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DON'T GET SCARED. GET ANGRY. THE STATE, THE COPS AND THE EHRC WANT TO SCARE US INTO SILENCE AND OBEDIENCE. DO NOT COMPLY. DO NOT GIVE IN. READ OUR ACTION GUIDE. SET UP A CELL. TAKE ACTION. BASH BACK.
September 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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More ways to get involved now listed on https://www.transbashback.com/faq.html
September 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Our full statement on our action against Sodexo Leeds
STATEMENT ON BASH BACK ACTION AGAINST SODEXO (29/08/25) On the week of the 28th of July, a trans man, Toni Asik was murdered in the Sodexo-run HMP Bronzefield. He had endured weeks of abuse because of his gender identity, constant misgendering and harassment by Sodexo staff. In the same week, an 18 year old trans man, also incarcerated in Bronzefield, attempted suicide by throwing himself off of a high railing. Sodexo and prison staff responded with aggressive 5 day lockdowns, further restrictions on prisoners' rights, and further violence against the prisoners themselves. Every death in prison is a murder. Every incarcerated trans person is a victim of the same harassment that killed Toni Asik and Taylor Atkinson, a prisoner held for 14 years under the UK's draconian IPP laws. Through the violence inherent in discrimination, misgendering, abuse, denial of HRT, and segregation from other prisoners of the same gender, the prison system is designed todehumanize, erase and kill trans prisoners. By taking action against Sodexo this week we stand in solidarity with Prisoners for Palestine, CAGE, No More Exclusions and the Anticarceral Solidarity network, in condemning the hideous abuse the prison system wreaks on its victims, and standing with all prisoners - our trans siblings, and our fellow activists, the Filton 24 (especially T. Hoxha who remains on hunger strike in HMP Peterborough as we write this) - in holding these murderers to account. OUR DEMANDS We DEMAND that trans prisoners be transferred to prisons of their gender. We DEMAND investigations. into the abuses that led to these deaths. We DEMAND the immediate release of all political prisoners held without trial or under IPP legislation. Until then, we will continue to hold the bigots at Sodexo and HMP to account. SMASH SODEXO. SMASH THE STATE. LIBERATION FOR ALL PRISONERS NOW. STAND UP, BASH BACK
August 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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SODEXO KILLED TONI ASIK

Last night, a month on from Toni Asik's death after weeks of abuse in HMP Bronzefield, actionists representing BASH BACK took action against the prison's private owners, Sodexo.
We will not let Sodexo forget what they did to Toni.
We will remember him.

WE WILL BASH BACK
a wall next to a smashed window, spraypaint reading SODEXO KILLED TONI ASIK on it a closer look at the SODEXO KILLED TONI ASIK spraypaint four windows, smashed and indented, with pink paint smeared and two "BASH BACK" triangle symbols sprayed below
August 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Seen outside Wes' office, Ilford. 4th August.
The BASH BACK symbol (a pink inverted triangle with trans symbol spokes) and the words BASH BACK, sprayed in pink
August 7, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Hi Tom! Thanks for the publicity!

We debated debunking all of your spurious claims, but realized hack Telegraph columnists really aren't worth our time.

Instead we'll just correct you on one little thing:

The name is BASH BACK - all caps.

Remember it. You'll be seeing a lot more of us soon <3
Article thumbnail from (🤮) The Telegraph (🤮), written by Tom Harris, reading: "Social-justice fanatics cannot understand that the law is for them, too." With the subtitle "Vandalism is not protest, it is violent crminal [sic] intimidation" a caption from the article reading "Health Secretary Wes Streeting, whose constituency office was recently vandalised. An organisation named Trans Bash Back claimed responsibility"
August 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM