Dee Whitnell (they/them)

🩷 Today is the start of Black History Month & I have a reminder: Black Trans & Nonbinary folks deserve to see their history too! #BHM

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Plus Ezra, John, Hafsa from @transactualuk.bsky.social Kate, Rachael, Emily, Avi, Tash, Claire, Grace, Ella, Timon, Dhiren and Jordan.

You were all superstars. I am so tired in my mind and so weary in my body, but it was worth every ache.

My top five *easy and cheap* ways to affirm your gender identity! Here's how I affirm my gender on a budget! 🧼👕💅

🏳️‍⚧️ You’ve heard of the gender tax, but what about the trans tax?

For many trans+ folks, there’s higher costs when it comes to just feeling good in yourself! So here’s five of my top *cheap & easy* ways to affirm your gender identity!

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As young people across the globe return to school, these are the headlines trans youth are seeing 👇

☀️ Summer is here, and so is my dysphoria Personal essay on how my gender shifts depending on the season

☀️ Last year I went viral for talking about genderseason… but this year I’m feeling it more than ever!

New Substack piece available now 👇

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3/ ✨ These options cover all identities, whilst also highlighting the importance of women’s health & rights.

Language makes a huge difference & working with inclusive language takes practise - but there are ways to include everyone, respect everyone & still get the same message across!

2/ ✨ Phrases you can use instead include:

Women & those with a uterus!

Women & those who have periods!

Those who have periods!

Individuals who menstruate!

1/ Instead it places trans men, trans masc, nonbinary & Genderdiverse folks in a category that ultimately misgenders us.. it’s an uncomfortable category to be placed in because the term ‘woman’ is right there, which is a sensitive spot for many folks who are trans+

✨ Recently I’ve seen the uptake in using the term ‘women+’ when discussing period education & rights…

But the reality is that this language is not the inclusive haven many brands using it claim it to be.

YouTube video by Dee Whitnell How did I become a published author?? 🤔

🩷 Want to know how I became a published author? Or do you want to win a signed copy of my book? 👀

Head over to my YouTube for more deets!!

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📰 Every community has bad eggs, yet when its a Trans person, the whole community is then targeted Every time we see a trans individual arrested for a crime, we see the media and politicians use it as a moment to back up their transphobia, the reality is, every community has bad eggs...

Every community has bad eggs, but the media is using them to fuel anti-trans hate 👇

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The pronoun pipeline is such an underrepresented part of the nonbinary experience 😭

2/ 🏳️‍⚧️ The singular they has been around for a hot minute, & even though it may seem ‘new’ to us & the media, it’s always be there in literature!

Where else have you found the singular they? 👇

1/ One of my favourite comebacks when someone says ‘the singular they isn’t grammatically correct’ is to teach them that actually Shakespeare used the singular they… and so did Jane Austen! 📕

🏳️‍⚧️ I love literature & I love the singular they so I thought this post was perfect!

Letter to Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Jonathan Reynolds) and the Minister for Women and Equalities (Bridget Phillipson) ​ Dear Secretary of State for Business and Trade and Minister for Women and Equalities, ​ We, the undersigned businesses and organisations, are writing to express our deep concern at proposals seeking to enforce blanket, mandatory exclusion of trans people from gendered spaces and services. The proposals made in the EHRC's draft Code of Practice to the Equality Act would have serious and far-reaching consequences for UK businesses, our employees, and our customers. Any final code similar to this draft would tell organisations that we must adopt practices that are incompatible with modern business values, create unworkable operational challenges, and cause significant economic harm. ​ Conflict with business values Many of us have spent years building inclusive environments where all customers and staff feel safe and welcome. These proposals would tell us to act in ways that directly contradict those commitments; undermining trust, damaging reputations, and risking the loss of valued staff and customers. They are rooted in an assumption that trans people are a threat and that exclusion is the only acceptable outcome. This framing is both harmful and disconnected from the lived reality of the communities in which we operate. Exclusion of anybody should be a last resort, done only where it is proportionate for legitimate reasons which will be different for each individual organisation, not made blanket and mandatory. ​ Legal and operational risks

More fantastic work from @transsolidarity.bsky.social.
Please forward a copy of this open letter to any businesses or orgs you know who are concerned about the new EHRC Code of Practice, and ask them to sign.
#StrengthInNumbers
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Want to create content but worried about being censored? Here's a sex educator five top tips ✨ Want to know more? Become a paid member 😉

🩷 Navigating platforms as a s 🥚 educator or content creator is rougghhhh

So I’ve shared some of my top tips for my paid members!! If you’d like to hear more, why not subscribe to learn more & help this enby out! 🩷✨

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And that’s not even beginning to touch on trans men & intersex people who can produce eggs.

Seems like someone is reducing people to their anatomy… but unfortunately for JKR, anatomy isn’t binary either! 🤷

🏥 So JK Rowling has said that only women are born with the ability to ‘produce large gametes’ - aka eggs…

But what about women & those who have ovulation disorders, or infertility?

PCOS? Hypothalamic dysfunction? Endometriosis? Damaged fallopian tubes?

Former ‘fever hospital’ proposed for listed status alongside house in south Belfast A former ‘fever hospital’ in Belfast has been proposed for listing, in a bid to protect its historical and architectural significance.

John Coulter was a trans man who lived and worked in Belfast in the 1800s. When he died, his wife of 29 years seems to have ended up in the workhouse.

This is that workhouse

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🇦🇺 Aussie worker sacked for using the wrong pronoun for nonbinary colleague Lets chat about why this case is important!

💜An important case for us enbies! Read my latest substack here 👇

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Adolescence: If the government seriously wants to tackle misogny it needs to start here To tackle misogyny, we need to work with young people, listen to them, and provide accessible and inclusive resources

We need to tackle incel culture in the classroom, but that beginnings with inclusive sex education that teaches respect ✨

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Why I've taken a step back from full-time news and media coverage 💖 A personal check-in as a noxnbinary journalist who is tired...

🩷 Let’s talk about being a full-time journo as a trans person… & why I’ve taken a step back!

Also PLEASE ignore the spelling mistake - my laptop seems to like to throw an X into the mix whenever I write nonbinary 🙈

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On International Allyship Day we continue to support our trans siblings (heart image) Image of trans ally flag with "(trans ally flag)" and an arrow Who's with us? Change.org/nion_women NION Women logo

Today is International Allyship Day 🩷 🤝 🏳️‍⚧️

The flag in this post is the Trans Ally Flag

It’s a symbol of active, vocal support for trans rights and acceptance — not just quietly agreeing, but standing up and showing up.

At NION Women, we are staunch allies to the trans+ community.

#TransAlly

🏳️‍⚧️ Let me be clear: you cannot support & stand for trans rights whilst also directly helping to fund attacks on the trans community… regardless of how much of an ‘ally’ you are, funds make things possible, & JK Rowling has used her funds to attack the trans community & will continue to do so.

😪 Another actor bites the dusk…

Michelle Gomez has issued a statement after facing backlash following her casting in the latest Harry Potter audiobook series.

🖊 Sex Education works: but only when its inclusive With the new RSE guidance giving both good and horrid vibes, lets talk about why Sex Education that is inclusive and comprehensive works!

🩷 In light of the new RSE guidance, I decided to write a piece on the importance of inclusive & comprehensive s3gg education!

Check it out now & why not subscribe to my substack for more articles like this: s3xtheorywithdee.substack.com/p/sex-educat...

No surprise here. She will jump on anything relating to trans people to continue to stir the trans panic spoon that she has helped fund…

Far right 'migrant hunters' and the assault on refugee hotels A small protest outside a hotel housing refugees and asylum seekers led us down a rabbit hole of far right 'migrant hunters' and YouTube 'auditors'.

We just be aware of the threat these ‘hunters’ pose to every day people

@leicestergazette.leicester.news 👇

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