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A letter from the newly elected president of Ireland, Catherine Connolly to mark Transgender Day of Remembrance. While the greeting and the signoff are an Irish, the English text reads “I would like to extend my warmest wishes to all in the transgender community, your families and friends, as you gather this evening for this year's Transgender Day of Remembrance. Today we pause to honour those whose lives have been cut short by horrific acts of violence or hatred. Their memory calls on each of us to challenge prejudice wherever it arises and to build a society rooted in respect and understanding. This year's gathering carries particular significance too as we mark the tenth anniversary of Ireland's Gender Recognition Act. That milestone stands as a testament to the courage and perseverance of transgender people and their allies who worked tirelessly for recognition, equality, and the simple affirmation of identity. Yet it also reminds us that the work of safeguarding dignity and ensuring genuine inclusion remains ongoing.”

In one of her first public actions as the newly elected Uachtarán na hÉireann (president of Ireland) Catherine Connolly has written a public letter of solidarity on Trans Remembrance Day. It is a very promising start.

"Second, we need to enforce the policy with a vigour that has reduced flows at America’s southern borders by 90 per cent, and in Denmark by 95 per cent. Crucial to the Trump programme is an aggressive policy of removals, including snatching suspected illegals off the street. One friend tells me Latino parents are now so afraid to be seen out and about that the other parents have a rota to walk the Latino children to and from school. It is hard to imagine that taking place in Britain."

Just a jaw-dropping paragraph in Trevor Phillips's column for The Times.

This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school.

And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need".
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I've said before that Britain is afflicted by a triple-humiliation: loss of aristocracy; empire; political/media credibility. Brexit was essentially the last gasp of the British ruling class yelling to the Commonwealth, "Come on chaps, we're leaving," then marching out into the blizzard alone—nude.

I liked when they explained to boris Johnson what brexit would mean and he said oh god that is horrible you must strike a deal. They had to explain that was the deal

Clara is a sweetheart and an online pal of mine from wayyy back. If you got some extra cash and can help her out, pls do. You can also commission her to do some cool art! ✨💜

The entire migration debate is just three racist bitches telling eachother "exactlyyyy" (Jim O'Callaghan, Matt Carthy and Peadar Tóibín)

Update: I only have two nights left and can’t afford to book more. I also have to leave this place on the 26th and stay somewhere else that night and come back the next day. Cheapest rates here and elsewhere are $50-60 a night before tax.

Magic pool of Bluesky goodwill, plz help my ass?💕💸💸💕

The full cover with a detailed multicolored Celtic design

Illustrated chapter headings

Title page

A 1932 map of the island, with the border prominent in red

Edited anonymously by Bulmer Hobson, the 1932 Saorstát Éireann (Irish Free State) Handbook was a thing of beauty, intended as both a publicity campaign for the new state and a celebration of a decade of Independence.

Life has many doors, Charlie Brown

Seanbhean is ea mise anois, a bhfuil cos léi san uaigh is an chos eile ar a bruach, Charlie Brown

Happy Birthday!

Grumble, staring at my nose in the mirror and shouting Lady McBeth quotes at it. I so rarely get them I've no patches so I've ordered some but it'll probably be gone by the time they arrive

Meanwhile 🦏 is my current mood

In #SouthSudan’s remote villages, children with #diabetes face deadly obstacles to insulin, from cost to limited care.

Aher and Ajou have type 1 diabetes. Without insulin, their bodies can shut down and cause a life-threatening emergency.

Here are their stories:

So that means they're going to draw up a plan to win back the trust of trans folk, right? Right?

Physical Fitness and Body Composition in Transgender vs. Cisgender Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Objective To compare fitness and body composition between transgender and cisgender individuals. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and SportDis...

The research shows Trans women athletes align to c1s women.

Here are 51 studies (6,434 participants), demonstrating that, there are no significant differences in upper/lower-body strength or VOpeak after 1–3 years of GAHT between trans & c1s women.

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Donate to Skye's Recovery Fund - Help Me Get My Own Bedroom, organized by Skye Rosalina Hello, I'm Skye, thank you for visiting my fundraiser The novel coron… Skye Rosalina needs your support for Skye's Recovery Fund - Help Me Get My Own Bedroom

hey everybody i haven't posted this in a while but i could use a little help- i have had to put my life on hold for a couple months owing to some major family emergencies

i'm using this fund to help keep my car full of gas as i travel the plains, doing cat- house- and babysitting for family

Kinship Care: Ireland’s Invisible Safety Net in an Addiction Crisis On 9 October, the Joint Committee on Drugs Use met in Leinster House for its third public session, turning the spotlight on kinship care,the hidden backbone of Ireland’s response to addiction-related

Ireland’s drug policy isn’t just failing, it’s harming families.
Kinship carers save the State billions, yet face legal hurdles, poverty, and zero recognition.

#DrugPolicy #KinshipCare #Ireland #SocialJustice #DrugSky #SpeirGorm

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Some of the vilest things said to me in person while I was active doing abortion activism was this person and her daughters, on international women's day at the NWCI soap box event.

#Speirgorm

Úna Bean Mhic Mhathúna

Thirty years since the best reaction to losing a referendum was spoken! In 1995 one of No Divorce Campaign leaders Úna Bean Mhic Mhathúna,on leaving the RDS as the 15th amendment to allow divorce was passed,shouted to celebrating pro divorce campaigners,’Go way ye wife swappin' sodomites’!#speirgorm

Imagine time travelling back a few years and dropping that phrase

Multiple judges call out DOJ's methods of defending its invasive trans care subpoenas A trio of public rulings, including one on Friday, all side with providers. Two rulings also raised sharp questions about DOJ's moves in recent months.

Multiple judges call out DOJ's methods of defending its invasive trans care subpoenas.

A must-read report on both the Trump administration’s attacks on trans people and DOJ’s continued descent with AG Pam Bondi at the helm.

when I say journalism is dead and has been replaced by PR I'm not kidding you.

This is literally a sponsored article minus the BBC getting paid (as far as we know).

As someone fairly plugged into overseas political commentary, it's so bewildering to hear journalists around the world plainly state that Starmer is a fucking disaster driving both his party and the country into the ground, then turn back to UK media, where his 13% approval is an eternal mystery.

Young people to face 'intrusive, distressing' tests in NHS puberty blocker trial The NHS puberty blocker trial will require young people to take up to 50 questionnaires and involve hours of examinations, a clinical document has revealed.

Young people to face ‘intrusive and distressing’ tests in NHS puberty blocker trial

Commissioned in the wake of the government’s ban on the medication, the £10 million trial is the only way to be prescribed puberty blockers on the NHS.

To be absolutely clear on this, one of our volunteers received a letter from a cabinet minister acknowledging the contents of the Discord leaks, including comments talking about serious abuse. The government knows exactly who they are including in these consultations.

Our response to the Telegraph Image of mobile phone with Telegraph headline: BBC's pro-trans bias damaged our children Transparent Action logo

✍️ Today, we submitted a letter to the Telegraph in response to their article ‘BBC’s pro-trans bias damaged our children’ on 19 November 2025.

🔗 You can read our full response letter here: tinyurl.com/TALetter1

Sign if you're Canadian and support LGBT rights.

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Remembering Rebecca Heineman, video game pioneer and LGBTQ rights advocate NPR's Ayesha Rascoe looks back at the life of video game and LGBTQ pioneer Rebecca Heineman.

Rebecca Heineman was a trailblazer and used gaming as a platform because so many marginalized people find refuge in gaming, and she put those two things together and fought for all voices - women, trans folks - across the board.

Hear more about her legacy and impact here ⤵️

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This is the direct result of the shite the Sindo has been pushing out for years about "men" in women's sports. It is not some abstract debate, it hurts people, trans (and in this case cis) every fucking day

The real and true story of why Police Squad (the TV series Naked Gun was based on and easily the funniest tv show of its time) was canceled is legitimately insane and one of the most egregious examples of TV malpractice I’ve ever heard: