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See also 😡
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When articulated at length, the anti-trans argument against PBs really reveals its bigoted roots.

The entire schtick rests on the conspiracy theory logic that trans kids who get PBs are, basically, seduced into taking hormones.

It's just warmed-over 'they're converting your kids' homophobia.

I hear all the cool kids are going back to GeoCities.

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As any trans person could have told you for 5+ years now, the BBC's ability to contort perception through deceptive framing, exclusion of counternarratives, and Orwellian euphemism knows no bounds.

Perhaps in future Mr Katwala, among others, will call out BBC transphobia with the same verve.

*smirks grimly in trans person*

Link? I couldn't find that comparison post.

Social media ban is "reactionary measure" that will harm LGBTQIA+ youth, campaigners warn It would disproportionately affect LGBTQIA+ young people, who rely more heavily on the platforms to connect with other queer people

It would disproportionately affect LGBTQIA+ young people, who rely more heavily on the platforms to connect with other queer people

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yeah, it added me too. I think it's just a troll account.

*glares in Strasbourg* 😒

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A table which describes various different things members of parliament for the labour party say to constituents regarding trans rights. It is table with 12 squares each with different bits of text within them.

For your entertainment and your meeting with a local MP:

The Labour MP trans rights bingo!

If you can win a full line, be sure to celebrate with your MP to let them know they're paying the ultimate lip service!!

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Who are the cool, up-and-coming early career trans women and transfem non-binary people doing scholarship in women's and gender studies - particularly outside North America?

I'd love to hear about their work!

This thread fully explains why all the people who've been tracing anti trans movements for years are kinda insane now. It's been big. It's been widespread. It has not been subtle. And no one fucking listened to us. Possibly the most successful conservative retrenchment since WWII.

Image shows a white toilet. Text reads: Scrap the bathroom ban. A lot has happened on the EHRC’s proposed bathroom ban but they're still trying to exclude trans people from public life.

Image shows a person shrugging surrounded by question marks. Text reads: Scrap the bathroom ban. There has been an extreme lack of clarity with employment tribunal outcomes causing further confusion. The government needs to fix this mess.

Image shows someone being weighed down by lots of squiggles. Text reads: scrap the bathroom ban. Organisations who want to be trans inclusive are feeling pressure to exclude trans people.

Image shows an email icon. Text reads: Scrap the bathroom ban. The EHRC aren’t changing course, and we have to keep the pressure up. Write to your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban

A lot has happened recently on the EHRC’s proposed bathroom ban but they're still trying to exclude trans people from public life. The EHRC aren’t changing course, and we have to keep the pressure up.

Write to your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-ba...

#ScraptheBathroomBan #EHRC #TransRights

If/when you get something in writing, I'm more than happy to:

- help edit/feedback
- organize a panel to present it at
- help shop around for historical journals if that's where you want to publish.

I cannot tell you how excited I would be to see what you produce!

A list of reasons why Starmer's Labour is the most anti-LGBT+ government since Thatcher. The list is so long it won't fit into Bluesky's alt text. A link has been provided in the thread.

A list of reasons why Starmer's Labour is the most anti-LGBT+ government since Thatcher. The list is so long it won't fit into Bluesky's alt text. A link has been provided in the thread.

A list of reasons why Starmer's Labour is the most anti-LGBT+ government since Thatcher. The list is so long it won't fit into Bluesky's alt text. A link has been provided in the thread.

A list of reasons why Starmer's Labour is the most anti-LGBT+ government since Thatcher. The list is so long it won't fit into Bluesky's alt text. A link has been provided in the thread.

Updated for 2026: Labour's shameful LGBT+ record under Starmer. The most anti-LGBT+ government since Thatcher.

hehe, yeah. It was more the phrasing that made me giggle.

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Also, while I don't wish to imply anything at all about the author, the first line of the article immediately made me think of this 🤭:

Archive/paywall free link: archive.is/zrP5J

Shocking to read, both for the grim portrait it paints about the experience of trans people in the UK, but for the mere fact of it being published by a UK news outlet in the first place (one with a history of platforming transphobes, as it happens).

Superb work from @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com

There's a terrific MA or Ph.D. thesis to be written comparing the tactics, strategy, and ideology of 1970s US Christian conservative pivot to abortion after segregation was lost, and the 2010s/2020s pivot to transphobia after equal marriage was won.

The history of the rise of rightwing authoritarianism in the United States since 2000 can be told in four letters:

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While I tend to agree, There is the exceptional case of Canada.

Trump's first threats in early '25 prompted a unity of opinion that I was honestly stunned by. Quebecois separatists and, yes, Albertan conservatives all rallied around the flag in defiant resolve.

It might not last, but still ...

Yesterday I taught a class about the historiography of Stonewall.

I used the official defacing of the Stonewall National Monument - removing the TQ+ by the administration - to illustrate how public memory and debates about history, aka historiography, have relevance today.

Next year I'll use this.

YouTube video by The T Elders Episode 13 - chatting to the lovely Theresa

3rd video reuploaded for today, talking the lovely @helresa.bsky.social
She shares her journey and experiences, and her work with @networkgender.bsky.social
and advocacy work
youtu.be/c6kXfzaHuqo?...