Sarah Jones
@sarahjonestoo.bsky.social
Transgender Anglican Priest. Public Speaker. Singer-Songwriter. Real life is stranger than fiction.
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Mandy Ford, Dean of Bristol Cathedral, speaks out! “Where, among our bishops, are those with the courage to act from love, who are willing to risk the breaking in of the Kingdom?“ togethercofe.org.uk/dean-of-bris...
Dean of Bristol sends message to the Bishops – Together for the Church of England
togethercofe.org.uk
December 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Mandy Ford, Dean of Bristol Cathedral, speaks out! “Where, among our bishops, are those with the courage to act from love, who are willing to risk the breaking in of the Kingdom?“ togethercofe.org.uk/dean-of-bris...
A tragedy for sure. However I am struck by all the quotes being about how fabulous Rob is. There’s no-one speaking about Michele.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rob Reiner: Hollywood director and wife Michele found dead in LA home
He directed classic films including The Princess Bride, This is Spinal Tap and When Harry Met Sally.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 7:59 AM
A tragedy for sure. However I am struck by all the quotes being about how fabulous Rob is. There’s no-one speaking about Michele.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Bridget Phillipson knew her history, was told by MPs not to appoint her, insisted on appointing her, and in her first interview the Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission has ignored super clear and explicit human rights law that trans people are not a third sex. What a disgrace.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
Doubling down on effectively excluding trans and non-binary individuals from public spaces.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Doubling down on effectively excluding trans and non-binary individuals from public spaces.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Equality boss expects people to 'follow rules' over single-sex spaces
Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson said "things could be sorted out if there is goodwill and recognition that everybody has rights".
www.bbc.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Bridget Phillipson knew her history, was told by MPs not to appoint her, insisted on appointing her, and in her first interview the Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission has ignored super clear and explicit human rights law that trans people are not a third sex. What a disgrace.
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Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
Doubling down on effectively excluding trans and non-binary individuals from public spaces.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Doubling down on effectively excluding trans and non-binary individuals from public spaces.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Equality boss expects people to 'follow rules' over single-sex spaces
Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson said "things could be sorted out if there is goodwill and recognition that everybody has rights".
www.bbc.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
Doubling down on effectively excluding trans and non-binary individuals from public spaces.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Doubling down on effectively excluding trans and non-binary individuals from public spaces.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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hey remember when the women & equalities committee and the joint committee on human rights took one took at this woman and went NOPE and labour put her in post anyway
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
Doubling down on effectively excluding trans and non-binary individuals from public spaces.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Doubling down on effectively excluding trans and non-binary individuals from public spaces.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Equality boss expects people to 'follow rules' over single-sex spaces
Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson said "things could be sorted out if there is goodwill and recognition that everybody has rights".
www.bbc.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
hey remember when the women & equalities committee and the joint committee on human rights took one took at this woman and went NOPE and labour put her in post anyway
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It's not illegal to use the right toilets and no one should adhere to Mary-Ann Stephenson's headmistressly call to "follow rules" that serve no good purpose, breach the UK's human rights obligations, will be bad for all women, and debase trans dignity. Make her appoint her sodding toilet police.
December 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
It's not illegal to use the right toilets and no one should adhere to Mary-Ann Stephenson's headmistressly call to "follow rules" that serve no good purpose, breach the UK's human rights obligations, will be bad for all women, and debase trans dignity. Make her appoint her sodding toilet police.
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You know full well that if a presenter of a BBC program claimed that they'd been forced out for their anti-trans opinions then Keir Starmer and several other ministers would have takes printed on front pages about it the next day.
But @robinince.bsky.social will not get that treatment.
But @robinince.bsky.social will not get that treatment.
December 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
You know full well that if a presenter of a BBC program claimed that they'd been forced out for their anti-trans opinions then Keir Starmer and several other ministers would have takes printed on front pages about it the next day.
But @robinince.bsky.social will not get that treatment.
But @robinince.bsky.social will not get that treatment.
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If you don't know any trans people you may be completely unaware of how the rising tide of transphobia has led to the BBC actually editing pieces, not to update the story but to insert slurs to make a story more transphobic
There are more cis people aware of the BBCs transphobia today thanks to @robinince.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
If you don't know any trans people you may be completely unaware of how the rising tide of transphobia has led to the BBC actually editing pieces, not to update the story but to insert slurs to make a story more transphobic
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Gaudete Sunday! Joyful Sunday. Be included as we celebrate the joy of Jesus' birth. Come and share the joy. Come as you are. All welcome. Drop in, log on, dial up. You're welcome at St John's.
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December 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Gaudete Sunday! Joyful Sunday. Be included as we celebrate the joy of Jesus' birth. Come and share the joy. Come as you are. All welcome. Drop in, log on, dial up. You're welcome at St John's.
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Thank you Simon Jenkins. I do not need to agree with every word, idea or phrase in order to say that this is one of the few articles to avoid to heat and anger and to recognise the human and interactive elements necessary for a way forward.
Trans rights should be a private affair. A toxic debate does no one any favours | Simon Jenkins
Trans rights should be a private affair. A toxic debate does no one any favours | Simon Jenkins
The courts are a clumsy means to negotiate social relationships. Let organisations make up their own minds about inclusion, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Thank you Simon Jenkins. I do not need to agree with every word, idea or phrase in order to say that this is one of the few articles to avoid to heat and anger and to recognise the human and interactive elements necessary for a way forward.
@theguardian.com And also see the BBC who are normally willing to humiliate trans people. . . 'On Monday, an employment tribunal outlined four ways in which NHS Fife harassed Sandie Peggie, but dismissed all her other claims.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
@theguardian.com And also see the BBC who are normally willing to humiliate trans people. . . 'On Monday, an employment tribunal outlined four ways in which NHS Fife harassed Sandie Peggie, but dismissed all her other claims.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It was not a ‘narrow win’ for Ms Peggie. She list on all counts in relation to Dr Upton and ‘trans issues’. The judgments in her favour related to the way her employer handled some aspects of her complaint.
What is wrong with you Guardian?
What is wrong with you Guardian?
Trans doctor changing room case: does it amount to a bathroom ban?
Trans doctor changing room case: does it amount to a bathroom ban?
Some businesses still waiting for final EHRC guidance while firms that moved early to exclude trans people show no sign of backtracking
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
It was not a ‘narrow win’ for Ms Peggie. She list on all counts in relation to Dr Upton and ‘trans issues’. The judgments in her favour related to the way her employer handled some aspects of her complaint.
What is wrong with you Guardian?
What is wrong with you Guardian?
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When are we to expect newspaper front-page interview features with Dr. Beth Upton about her two-year ordeal of having her right to anonymity removed and her name dragged through the mud and being decried as a sexual predator only for a tribunal to clear her and find SHE was discriminated against?
Sandie Peggie's agony...
BBC News - Scotland's papers: Sandie Peggie 'agony' as NHS board 'harassed nurse'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Scotland's papers: Sandie Peggie 'agony' as NHS board 'harassed nurse'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scotland's papers: Sandie Peggie 'agony' as NHS board 'harassed nurse'
A review of the front page stories from the daily newspapers in Scotland.
www.bbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
When are we to expect newspaper front-page interview features with Dr. Beth Upton about her two-year ordeal of having her right to anonymity removed and her name dragged through the mud and being decried as a sexual predator only for a tribunal to clear her and find SHE was discriminated against?
Dreadfully inaccurate headlines 🙁
You'd never know it from these headlines that she lost all her claims on the actual substance of the case, claiming that trans people must be banned from bathrooms.
December 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Dreadfully inaccurate headlines 🙁
Joey Barton gets convicted. I am sure that people have made similar or worse posts aimed at trans people. Maybe they too can be convicted rather than being told that it is free speech.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Joey Barton handed suspended sentence over offensive X posts
The ex-footballer sent
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December 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Joey Barton gets convicted. I am sure that people have made similar or worse posts aimed at trans people. Maybe they too can be convicted rather than being told that it is free speech.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Mini thread on the ET decision in Peggie
Top line: It says exactly what we have been saying for months. The decision of the Supreme Court was not to turn the Equality Act 2010 into a nationwide bathroom ban - regardless of how anti-trans organisations have sought to misrepresent the law.
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Top line: It says exactly what we have been saying for months. The decision of the Supreme Court was not to turn the Equality Act 2010 into a nationwide bathroom ban - regardless of how anti-trans organisations have sought to misrepresent the law.
🧵👇
December 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Mini thread on the ET decision in Peggie
Top line: It says exactly what we have been saying for months. The decision of the Supreme Court was not to turn the Equality Act 2010 into a nationwide bathroom ban - regardless of how anti-trans organisations have sought to misrepresent the law.
🧵👇
Top line: It says exactly what we have been saying for months. The decision of the Supreme Court was not to turn the Equality Act 2010 into a nationwide bathroom ban - regardless of how anti-trans organisations have sought to misrepresent the law.
🧵👇
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Largely hanging fire on saying anything about this till have had a chance to fully digest legal folks' analysis of it, but reminder that the press often spins this stuff as a big win for GCs because they want to intimidate employers into discriminating against us, not because it's necessarily true.
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...
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 1:56 PM
Largely hanging fire on saying anything about this till have had a chance to fully digest legal folks' analysis of it, but reminder that the press often spins this stuff as a big win for GCs because they want to intimidate employers into discriminating against us, not because it's necessarily true.
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Maya getting hammered by the Sandy Peggie losing
judgement.
A great day t be trans in the UK❤️🏳️⚧️
judgement.
A great day t be trans in the UK❤️🏳️⚧️
December 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Maya getting hammered by the Sandy Peggie losing
judgement.
A great day t be trans in the UK❤️🏳️⚧️
judgement.
A great day t be trans in the UK❤️🏳️⚧️
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All the claims against Dr. Beth Upton failed.
She’s entirely vindicated and her evidence was found more reliable.
Let’s see if a single paper actually represents that fairly…
She’s entirely vindicated and her evidence was found more reliable.
Let’s see if a single paper actually represents that fairly…
December 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
All the claims against Dr. Beth Upton failed.
She’s entirely vindicated and her evidence was found more reliable.
Let’s see if a single paper actually represents that fairly…
She’s entirely vindicated and her evidence was found more reliable.
Let’s see if a single paper actually represents that fairly…
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This is the second decision - both first instance - since the appalling For (Some) Women Scotland decision to find that there is no trans bathroom ban. www.gov.uk/employment-t...
B M Kelly v Leonardo UK Ltd: 8001497/2024
Employment Tribunal decision.
www.gov.uk
December 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This is the second decision - both first instance - since the appalling For (Some) Women Scotland decision to find that there is no trans bathroom ban. www.gov.uk/employment-t...
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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...
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
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...
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...
Oh dear God (literally)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trans women will not be allowed to attend main Labour Women's Conference events
The conference will take place in 2026 after being cancelled for a year in light of the Supreme Court's gender ruling.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Oh dear God (literally)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Join us as we explore the teaching of John the Baptist as we prepare for Christmas.
Drop down, log on or dial up! Everyone is welcome at St John's.
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Drop down, log on or dial up! Everyone is welcome at St John's.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Join us as we explore the teaching of John the Baptist as we prepare for Christmas.
Drop down, log on or dial up! Everyone is welcome at St John's.
www.facebook.com/stjohnthebap...
www.youtube.com/channel/UCOr...
Drop down, log on or dial up! Everyone is welcome at St John's.
www.facebook.com/stjohnthebap...
www.youtube.com/channel/UCOr...
At first sight it looks like a magnificent number of deacons being ordained by the Scottish Episcopal Church! Actually the Gabba as Australia reply to England's first Innings.
#clergycricket
#clergycricket
December 5, 2025 at 5:58 AM
At first sight it looks like a magnificent number of deacons being ordained by the Scottish Episcopal Church! Actually the Gabba as Australia reply to England's first Innings.
#clergycricket
#clergycricket
This is a super article on the negative effect of banning trans girls from Girl Guiding
www.independent.co.uk/edition/arti...
www.independent.co.uk/edition/arti...
www.independent.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
This is a super article on the negative effect of banning trans girls from Girl Guiding
www.independent.co.uk/edition/arti...
www.independent.co.uk/edition/arti...