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β€˜Abject terror’: survey shows 84% of trans people feel Britain is unsafe YouGov poll reveals safety crisis for trans people in the UK

πŸ—£οΈ 65% of trans adults reported verbal abuse in public spaces
πŸ‘Š 24% said they have suffered physical violence

A new YouGov poll reveals safety crisis for trans people in the UK:
https://goodlaw.social/u5y8

27.10.2025 07:31 β€” πŸ‘ 300    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 22
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Watch MAJOR! Online | Vimeo On Demand The award-winning documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting for…

The documentary I made with Miss Major 10 years ago is on Vimeo on Demand. If you want to spend some time with her on screen tonight and learn some abolitionist trans history while you're at it, it's free to rent with the code "shinebright" vimeo.com/ondemand/major

14.10.2025 01:08 β€” πŸ‘ 354    πŸ” 271    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5
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The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police β€” but she kept fighting.

14.10.2025 01:16 β€” πŸ‘ 8199    πŸ” 2704    πŸ’¬ 100    πŸ“Œ 177

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

11.10.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4507    πŸ” 1544    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 149
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Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care

πŸ†•οΈπŸš¨ After painstaking research, dozens of FOIs and months of analysis we release the Gender Clinic Files which reveal waiting times for every GIC in the country.

They lay bare, how far off the mark the Health Secretary's estimation of the average wait is πŸ‘‡

www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...

04.10.2025 07:53 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 9

Some good news.

London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.

The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

30.09.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4845    πŸ” 1444    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 128
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Britain’s Bathroom Ban The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing one without a vote

the UK's new anti-trans rules are indefensible & will make global fascism stronger

my latest with @liberalcurrents.com

www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...

17.09.2025 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 354    πŸ” 137    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 42

Aaah. Yes, they changed the boundary before the last election.

08.09.2025 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@jamesasser.bsky.social have you requested the above please?

08.09.2025 07:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Quakers are doing exactly what all public services are legally allowed to do even if the EHRC wants to pretend they're not: say gender-based toilets are inclusive and for anyone bothered by that as a matter of belief, there are stand-alone cubicles that they are very free to use. 1/

28.08.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 809    πŸ” 322    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 15
Author wearing a rainbow dyed t-shirt takes a photo of them showing off their book, The Emotions of LGBT Rights and Reforms: Repairing Law.

Author wearing a rainbow dyed t-shirt takes a photo of them showing off their book, The Emotions of LGBT Rights and Reforms: Repairing Law.

My book is published! It’s a critical take on how emotions shape conflicts about LGBT rights and repair in equality law, gender recognition, bans on conversion practices, and sex education in schools. You can download it free via @edinburghup.bsky.social: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-emo...

13.05.2025 07:00 β€” πŸ‘ 406    πŸ” 115    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 6

Please get in touch with Netpol if you have been affected by police stop and search as a trans person following the interim guidance

21.08.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Experiences of trans segregation following the Supreme Court ruling. A new report from 
TransActual shows
Trans and Cis
people face job loss, 
violence, vigilantism
 and wholesale 
exclusion following 
the Supreme Court 
Ruling and EHRC 
guidance. tinyurl.com/trans-segregation
-in-practice

Experiences of trans segregation following the Supreme Court ruling. A new report from TransActual shows Trans and Cis people face job loss, violence, vigilantism and wholesale exclusion following the Supreme Court Ruling and EHRC guidance. tinyurl.com/trans-segregation -in-practice

A new report from TransActual shows that trans and cisgender people face job loss, violence, vigilantism and wholesale exclusion following the Supreme Court Ruling and EHRC guidance.

Read the report at: tinyurl.com/trans-segreg...

#Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #EqualityAct #EHRC #TransRights

19.08.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 435    πŸ” 194    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 23
Text reads: Could you work for TransActual? We're looking for a Policy Officer to join our team. Apply by 5th September 2025, 5pm.More info: transactual.org.uk/jobs

Image is a person with short brown hair and a beard working on a laptop, with a pink and blue background.

Text reads: Could you work for TransActual? We're looking for a Policy Officer to join our team. Apply by 5th September 2025, 5pm.More info: transactual.org.uk/jobs Image is a person with short brown hair and a beard working on a laptop, with a pink and blue background.

We're recruiting a Policy Officer to join our team. You’ll be working alongside our Policy Lead, Director of Policy and Director for Healthcare to advocate for trans people’s needs in a range of policy areas.

For more info go to transactual.org.uk/jobs

#hiring #vacancy #LookingForWork #Queerjobs

04.08.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This thread is the reality that me and other parents supporting trans kids are living right now.

The UK is pushing conversion on all trans kids, and directing state violence against anyone who tries to provide the affirmative healthcare and social support that is a basic right for any trans kid.

11.07.2025 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 370    πŸ” 138    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

Reform council in Kent is removing 'trans books' from school libraries, on the basis of a (ONE) "concerned member of the public", who may or may not have kids in Kent schools. If you live in Kent, especially if your kids go to school there, hope you'll push back.

04.07.2025 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 240    πŸ” 121    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

Enigma is available in the UK on Now TV!

26.06.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

The biggest democracy in the world πŸ‘‡πŸΌ

"Justice Venkata Jyothirmai Pratapa..[]..rejected arguments that tie womanhood exclusively to reproductive capacity, declaring such views β€œlegally unsustainable” and contrary to the Indian constitution’s guarantees of dignity, equality, and identity"

26.06.2025 07:07 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

It’s now being said by Westminster staff, that today was the largest mass lobbying in UK Parliament history. Historically, trans ppl have always led Queer liberation; today shows that proud history continue.

Politicians are seeing, in real life, the impact of their nasty rhetoric & policies.

25.06.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 126    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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I’m a queer Palestinian. Stop using my identity as cover for the destruction of Gaza | Jad Salfiti Rightwingers in Israel and the US claim they are defending LGBTQ+ rights while Gaza’s people are killed. Don’t dare do this in our name, says British-Palestinian video producer and journalist Jad Salf...

I’m a queer Palestinian. Stop using my identity as cover for the destruction of Gaza

@jadsalfiti.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

26.06.2025 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Harming children: the effects of the UK puberty blocker ban This paper presents an analysis of data from trans children and young people and their parents following the imposition of a UK-wide ban on puberty blockers for this group. The consequences of this...

TW: harm to children.

My research into the effects of the UK government puberty-blocker ban has finally been published after peer-review.

It details the severe harm being caused to young trans people & children by the Starmer government's puberty-blocker ban.

Unlike Cass it is peer reviewed...

18.06.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1725    πŸ” 826    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 54

The EHRC's lawyers admitted its position re. toilets adopted in its interim update (specifically mandating employers to have single-sex toilets instead of individual gender neutral cubicles) was wrong.

We think they're even more wrong still, though.

17.06.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 158    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ultraviolet Meta Campaign

NEW: Meta’s policy rollbacks are driving a surge in hate, fear, and self-censorship for LGBTQ people and other marginalized communities. Read the findings from GLAAD, @ultraviolet.bsky.social & @weareallout.bsky.social πŸ‘‰ makemetasafe.org #MakeMetaSafe

17.06.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Let’s remember what Jo Cox said IN FULL and not what the trash More In Common foundation edited it down to.

16.06.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 250    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

Koko employing literal toilet police feels so dystopian.

15.06.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
This image has a pale grey background with illustrations of a laptop, megaphone and a hand holding a pen. The black text reads: Resources for responding to the EHRC Consultation.

This image has a pale grey background with illustrations of a laptop, megaphone and a hand holding a pen. The black text reads: Resources for responding to the EHRC Consultation.

Responding to the EHRC Consultation? We've gathered tools and resources from LGBT+ organisations to support you!

Find everything you need in one place:
πŸ”— consortium.lgbt/2025/06/04/responding-to-ehrc-consultation-june2025/

11.06.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Employment Tribunal rejects claims University and College Union discriminated against members on grounds of their gender critical beliefs The University and College Union has successfully defended claims against it in an Employment Tribunal from two UCU members who claim they had been discriminated against and harassed by the union beca...

Good news! UCU have won an employment tribunal against the directors of the film 'Adult Human Female,' who claimed UCU's protest against the screening of the film represented discrimination and harassment due to their GC beliefs. UCU press release here for details:
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1404...

09.06.2025 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 389    πŸ” 127    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 19

I could weep watching this. Visibility matters, it really does, but such lanyards are being banned by many employers in the UK 😒

28.05.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

🧡 Things have been so busy that I missed out on the amazing new data that in February 2025

β–ͺ️9.3% of ppl identify as LGBTQ.

It is inevitable that that figure will rise, given that the numbers have risen even as anti-LGBTQ sentiment has risen dramatically. [1]

23.05.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 479    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 15

Happy Dykes Penetrate Auntie! Day to all who celebrate

23.05.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 203    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

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