Tristan Oscar Smith 🦇🌈
@tristanoscars.bsky.social
Writer, editor, and general goth nuisance. Lover of all things queer, spooky, and strange. He/him.
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Claiming delay repay on a £2.30 train ticket feels delightfully petty and I absolutely take pleasure in metaphorically flipping off uk rail
September 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Claiming delay repay on a £2.30 train ticket feels delightfully petty and I absolutely take pleasure in metaphorically flipping off uk rail
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Thing with all the soft language of dignity and respect and compromise being used to describe loss of human rights, persecution, and segregation, is that it immediately frames any opposition to it as unreasonable and aggressive
*segregates you with dignity and respect*
September 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Thing with all the soft language of dignity and respect and compromise being used to describe loss of human rights, persecution, and segregation, is that it immediately frames any opposition to it as unreasonable and aggressive
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Any organisation that dares to keep the status quo of the last 20 years because, say, nothing bad has happened is apparently going to be at risk of being sued
And thanks to JK Rowling, every nasty bigot in the country will have access to legal funding and unlimited publicity
And thanks to JK Rowling, every nasty bigot in the country will have access to legal funding and unlimited publicity
"Women could sue organisations for harassment if they allow trans women into single-sex spaces under new equalities guidance which has been submitted to ministers." [Times]
September 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Any organisation that dares to keep the status quo of the last 20 years because, say, nothing bad has happened is apparently going to be at risk of being sued
And thanks to JK Rowling, every nasty bigot in the country will have access to legal funding and unlimited publicity
And thanks to JK Rowling, every nasty bigot in the country will have access to legal funding and unlimited publicity
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Sick of BBC continuously promoting Reform U.K. and ignoring other parties with far more representation? Please sign the petition
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Petition: Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times
We want to ensure that a plurality of views from all political parties in Westminster are represented and the nations parliaments are heard all year round, not just election times. The rules for coverage during elections should apply at all times.
petition.parliament.uk
August 30, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Sick of BBC continuously promoting Reform U.K. and ignoring other parties with far more representation? Please sign the petition
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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What's notable, I think, is that while the cis ally gives us vague generalities about solidarity the transphobe is making concrete proposals about how to do transphobia most effectively.
Slightly undermines your "transphobia not welcome here" messaging if one of the other co-founders was, at the same moment, tweeting transphobic talking points.
Will he be kicked out? Doubt.
Will he be kicked out? Doubt.
August 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
What's notable, I think, is that while the cis ally gives us vague generalities about solidarity the transphobe is making concrete proposals about how to do transphobia most effectively.
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This whole thread is not just heartbreaking but also demonstrates extremely plainly why the Supreme Court's decision was one of the worst rulings of all time, even in just a strictly legal and technical sense with no regard towards the morality of it
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
August 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This whole thread is not just heartbreaking but also demonstrates extremely plainly why the Supreme Court's decision was one of the worst rulings of all time, even in just a strictly legal and technical sense with no regard towards the morality of it
Autistic mindfulness haters* rise up
*and enjoyers too I guess
*and enjoyers too I guess
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August 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Autistic mindfulness haters* rise up
*and enjoyers too I guess
*and enjoyers too I guess
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I think part of this “dont call em fascist nah mate theyre not really fascists” is wanting to tell yourself that there isnt a major mainstream wave of fascism normalised in your country
August 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I think part of this “dont call em fascist nah mate theyre not really fascists” is wanting to tell yourself that there isnt a major mainstream wave of fascism normalised in your country
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I do not have the biological profile of a cis woman nor a cis man. I am trans and my trans biology needs to be recognised by the health service for the benefit of my safety.
But for ideological reasons the government have pushed the NHS to prioritise my anatomy as an infant to my anatomy as a adult
But for ideological reasons the government have pushed the NHS to prioritise my anatomy as an infant to my anatomy as a adult
August 28, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I do not have the biological profile of a cis woman nor a cis man. I am trans and my trans biology needs to be recognised by the health service for the benefit of my safety.
But for ideological reasons the government have pushed the NHS to prioritise my anatomy as an infant to my anatomy as a adult
But for ideological reasons the government have pushed the NHS to prioritise my anatomy as an infant to my anatomy as a adult
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The most important thing to remember through all of this is that these policies are overwhelming introduced as a means to keep track of adults, not to protect kids. They do not give a flying fuck about the wellbeing of children. If they did, they wouldn't be letting so many of them live in poverty.
UK government asks everybody to stop using VPNs.
"everybody who's out there thinking of using VPNs...verifying your age keeps a child safe...So let's just not try and find a way around. Just prove your age."
- UK government
"everybody who's out there thinking of using VPNs...verifying your age keeps a child safe...So let's just not try and find a way around. Just prove your age."
- UK government
August 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The most important thing to remember through all of this is that these policies are overwhelming introduced as a means to keep track of adults, not to protect kids. They do not give a flying fuck about the wellbeing of children. If they did, they wouldn't be letting so many of them live in poverty.
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Aside from the frothing racism of these people, what is really grim about this is the idea that government are powerless to change culture. If your constituents think these things *they are wrong* and you need to explain why. It's not actually your job as an MP to rubber stamp fascism.
Here's the post. She tried to double down, then eventually deleted it.
She's the former head of campaigns and comms at - the TUC.
She's the former head of campaigns and comms at - the TUC.
August 21, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Aside from the frothing racism of these people, what is really grim about this is the idea that government are powerless to change culture. If your constituents think these things *they are wrong* and you need to explain why. It's not actually your job as an MP to rubber stamp fascism.
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I mean, if I was defending my inclusion in an award tailored for minority groups, I probably wouldn't begin by saying we should be allowed to discriminate against minority groups.
August 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I mean, if I was defending my inclusion in an award tailored for minority groups, I probably wouldn't begin by saying we should be allowed to discriminate against minority groups.
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Mass revolt from queer authors in the UK after a major LGBTQ+ writing prize longlisted a self-proclaimed TERF.
11 authors and 2 judges have withdrawn from the Polari Prize. One of those withdrawals, that of June Thomas, is newly confirmed by our reporter, @evanurquhart.bsky.social.
Read more here:
11 authors and 2 judges have withdrawn from the Polari Prize. One of those withdrawals, that of June Thomas, is newly confirmed by our reporter, @evanurquhart.bsky.social.
Read more here:
Queer Authors Withdraw From Writing Prize En Masse Over Inclusion of Self-Proclaimed TERF — Assigned
A UK LGBTQ+ writing prize seems to be crumbling as the queer community protests the inclusion of an anti-trans writer on the long list. Trans prisoners in Georgia accuse the state of cruel and unusual...
www.assignedmedia.org
August 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Mass revolt from queer authors in the UK after a major LGBTQ+ writing prize longlisted a self-proclaimed TERF.
11 authors and 2 judges have withdrawn from the Polari Prize. One of those withdrawals, that of June Thomas, is newly confirmed by our reporter, @evanurquhart.bsky.social.
Read more here:
11 authors and 2 judges have withdrawn from the Polari Prize. One of those withdrawals, that of June Thomas, is newly confirmed by our reporter, @evanurquhart.bsky.social.
Read more here:
I know I should be supporting local pride but it doesn’t have any performers who aren’t white drag queens, won’t let under 18s attend without an adult, and (if what I’ve heard is correct) only pays performers who are famous enough while expecting the others to do it for free 🙃
August 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I know I should be supporting local pride but it doesn’t have any performers who aren’t white drag queens, won’t let under 18s attend without an adult, and (if what I’ve heard is correct) only pays performers who are famous enough while expecting the others to do it for free 🙃
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one thing that really gets to me is the amount the guidance talks about preventing “alarm or distress” to cis service users, when not a single ounce of thought has gone into the amount of alarm and distress us trans people are experiencing
August 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
one thing that really gets to me is the amount the guidance talks about preventing “alarm or distress” to cis service users, when not a single ounce of thought has gone into the amount of alarm and distress us trans people are experiencing
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I am so sick and tired of seeing MPs and the media shit themselves over refugees arriving in small boats over the channel.
If your initial reaction to seeing these boats is anything other than “those poor bastards, I hope they make it across” then you have failed as a human being.
If your initial reaction to seeing these boats is anything other than “those poor bastards, I hope they make it across” then you have failed as a human being.
August 8, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I am so sick and tired of seeing MPs and the media shit themselves over refugees arriving in small boats over the channel.
If your initial reaction to seeing these boats is anything other than “those poor bastards, I hope they make it across” then you have failed as a human being.
If your initial reaction to seeing these boats is anything other than “those poor bastards, I hope they make it across” then you have failed as a human being.
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So surprise surprise the moral panic was a lie, and the objection is actually to a trans person being in a public space, and having the temerity to have a job.
I wrote to M&S about the stupid lingerie department story - confirms nobody offered a bra fitting to a teenage girl. The Telegraph and JK can (always) do one.
August 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
So surprise surprise the moral panic was a lie, and the objection is actually to a trans person being in a public space, and having the temerity to have a job.
I’ll go further and say if you write or say “unalive” when seriously discussing death, I think you are a black hole of a person who has TikTok clout brain and has nothing of value to say
If you write ‘unalive’ in prose or character dialogue, in your NOVEL - which I have seen TWICE NOW - I will immediately wince and full body cringe. The TikTokification of words has to stop. Your character almost DIED or was KILLED in your novel. They were not almost ‘unalived’.
August 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I’ll go further and say if you write or say “unalive” when seriously discussing death, I think you are a black hole of a person who has TikTok clout brain and has nothing of value to say
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It's an inherently bad idea to put age restrictions on arbitrary sections of the internet, but if they insist on doing it, putting the onus on individual websites to verify the ages of every UK-based visitor is clearly completely unworkable.
July 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
It's an inherently bad idea to put age restrictions on arbitrary sections of the internet, but if they insist on doing it, putting the onus on individual websites to verify the ages of every UK-based visitor is clearly completely unworkable.
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Fascism at home, genocide abroad, and yet most daily mundanities continue unhindered.
July 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Fascism at home, genocide abroad, and yet most daily mundanities continue unhindered.
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The U.K. “online safety” act has had the consequence of censoring LGBT content and forums. This makes trans kids *less* safe. It means we can’t access any information about our community, healthcare or our lives without going through our parents.
Together with Labour’s other policy of banning
Together with Labour’s other policy of banning
It absolutely guts me that one of the "faces" of the UK censorship act is a trans girl who was murdered for who she was.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Brianna Ghey’s mother hits out at potential watering down of Online Safety Bill
Bill could reportedly be softened as part of US-UK trade deal
www.independent.co.uk
July 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The U.K. “online safety” act has had the consequence of censoring LGBT content and forums. This makes trans kids *less* safe. It means we can’t access any information about our community, healthcare or our lives without going through our parents.
Together with Labour’s other policy of banning
Together with Labour’s other policy of banning
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how about instead of tying access to care to "sex" in records you just record info about *people's needs*
have a flag for cervical screenings! have a flag for mammograms! it's not fucking rocket science, is it?
have a flag for cervical screenings! have a flag for mammograms! it's not fucking rocket science, is it?
Our latest research shows that trans and non-binary people are facing hurdles at every stage of their care. Read our recommendations to ensure people can get the care and treatment they need with respect, dignity and without discrimination. www.healthwatch.co.uk/news/2025-07...
July 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
how about instead of tying access to care to "sex" in records you just record info about *people's needs*
have a flag for cervical screenings! have a flag for mammograms! it's not fucking rocket science, is it?
have a flag for cervical screenings! have a flag for mammograms! it's not fucking rocket science, is it?
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The "uwu i'm a widdle baby i'm a smol bean" fascist impulses of American queers of all stripes is fucking disgusting and I'm tired of acting like it's okay because you have a non-binary haircut and a quirky wardrobe
July 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The "uwu i'm a widdle baby i'm a smol bean" fascist impulses of American queers of all stripes is fucking disgusting and I'm tired of acting like it's okay because you have a non-binary haircut and a quirky wardrobe
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A fucking disgrace
the UK’s Internet age verification law has led to the effective censorship of all LGBT content on Reddit
what a shocking and unexpected turn of events!
what a shocking and unexpected turn of events!
July 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
A fucking disgrace
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Imagine narcing on delivery drivers.
Some poor guy cycling through the rain because I’m too burnt out to cook a basic meal and I’m desperately looking for some little treat to get me to the end of the week.
Yeah. He’s who I should be worried is ruining my life. FFS.
Some poor guy cycling through the rain because I’m too burnt out to cook a basic meal and I’m desperately looking for some little treat to get me to the end of the week.
Yeah. He’s who I should be worried is ruining my life. FFS.
July 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Imagine narcing on delivery drivers.
Some poor guy cycling through the rain because I’m too burnt out to cook a basic meal and I’m desperately looking for some little treat to get me to the end of the week.
Yeah. He’s who I should be worried is ruining my life. FFS.
Some poor guy cycling through the rain because I’m too burnt out to cook a basic meal and I’m desperately looking for some little treat to get me to the end of the week.
Yeah. He’s who I should be worried is ruining my life. FFS.