a man in a blue shirt and a man in a white jacket are dancing in a hallway ALT: a man in a blue shirt and a man in a white jacket are dancing in a hallway

I laughed out loud, and for a surprising (even to me, and I was doing it) long time when I heard that Trump’s tariffs had been ruled unconstitutional and he might have to give the money back. And that he said about people dancing in the street. Ha ha ha. Etc

1/ "We welcome the decision to pause the UK Government's puberty blockers trial following the intervention of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency over concerns around the wellbeing of the children and teenagers." - Gay Men's Network.

Senegal: Human Rights Groups Slam Anti-LGBTQ Crackdown as Harsher Penalties Planned Human rights groups condemn Senegal’s arrest of 12 people for same-sex intimacy as lawmakers plan harsher anti-LGBTQ penalties.

In Senegal twelve gay people have been arrested for having sex.

“Criminalising same-sex conduct and arresting people for their sexual orientation or gender expression violates multiple internationally protected rights,” says HRW researcher.

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Ex-Prince Andrew’s arrest spurs Epstein accountability calls from UK to US US lawmakers call on the Trump administration to pursue justice for victims, as UN expert urges probes across the world.

Reem Alsalem, the United Nations special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, said the arrest sends “an important message that nobody is above the law, irrespective of your wealth, your connections – even if you’re royalty”.

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LBC Radio | “They have all those names. They could literally go after any of those men.” Emily Maitlis explains what Sky Roberts, brother of Virginia... | Instagram 11K likes, 379 comments - lbc on February 18, 2026: "“They have all those names. They could literally go after any of those men.” Emily Maitlis explains what Sky Roberts, brother of Virginia...

Virginia Giuffre gave a list of 40 men to the FBI over a decade ago.

The DoJ hosts evidence of crimes on its own website.

Time & time again trafficking & rape is reported to the authorities & no action is taken.

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Campaign win: tech platforms must remove abusive images within 48 hours | End Violence Against Women Today (18th February 2026) the government has announced measures requiring tech platforms to take down intimate images shared without a victim’s consent within 48 hours. Through an amendment to the Cr...

We now need to see government go a step further and implement a mandatory code of practice on violence against women and girls that requires platforms to take proactive action to prevent abuse.

Read our full statement ⤵️
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This win is the result of tireless campaigning by survivors of image-based abuse including Jodie* and campaigners including survivor-led campaign group #NotYourPorn, @evawuk.bsky.social, Revenge Porn Helpline, Professor @claremcglynn.bsky.social and @glamouruk.bsky.social
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Placards that say 'stop image-based abuse!' Women shouting into megaphones

🚨 CAMPAIGN WIN! 🚨

Government will now require tech platforms to take down intimate images shared without consent within 48 hours.

This welcome move to protect women and girls rightly places the responsibility on tech companies to stop abuse rather than profiting from it.

Harmed by Medical Transition The four stages of detransition

Detransition Day is approaching. 12th March.

Will you support this extremely marginalised community?

Some pre-reading for those who are curious about what detransition looks like -

Great to get a reply! You’re right about the delicious local cheeses. I think I was drawn to the one with pears because it’s a not-very-sweet pudding. Enjoy all your cheeses, blue or otherwise

Oh, I do love a cauliflower cheese! Enjoy!

If you have gorgonzola, Nigella does a delicious recipe with pears, marsala wine, honey, walnuts (though I always sub in pecans). I'll take a photo of the recipe if you like the sound of it as it's not on her website and copies don't look as nice.

So 12 groups are closing or considering closure. Probably under pressure from males with trans identities on committees. Meanwhile the rest of 7000 groups are probably delighted. I'm sure the WI will survive. Speaking as a former Head of Sport at the NFWI. It's an organisation for women. That's it.

How often do you do a cheese stocktake? Is a clipboard involved? I really do hope so. Re your more/no more cheese question...I reckon there'd be sense in tackling your 5 x blues and it does feel a little unbalanced (but only for my tastes)...I might add in a manchego, goat, brie, wensleydale

LGBTQ is really QTBGL Because lesbians always come last

With the Giggle v Tickle decision coming soon, here's an excellent article from 2023 by Julie Szego.

Interesting. 40.5. This was with 2 being 9.5, 2 being 8.5 and 1 terrible at 4.5.

‘Immediately’ are you for real? It was last on my list and if anyone bothered to ask I’d say it was the least of my issues. In terms of research priorities and medical spend in a public health service I can think of other ways to spend money. But you do you.

What does cis mean?

Chart showing recent confirmed measles cases per year in England ranging from 1,414 in 2013 to 2,911 in 2024 and 91 in 2015

🧵What is going on with Measles in England?

UKHSA has reported 96 confirmed measles cases since 1 Jan 2026, concentrated in London (64% of cases) and the West Midlands (26% of cases).

But what does this all mean? Is 96 a lot? Why is it happening? And what can we do about it? 1/8

Inflation coming down today from 3.4% to 3% is certainly good news - but prices are still rising and they are much higher than they were a few years ago.

As the ‘shock absorbers of poverty’, rising food prices hit women first and worst.

INQ000587973 - Domestic abuse and safeguarding Roundtable Summary Report UK Covid-19 Inquiry Archives The Domestic abuse safeguarding roundtable engaged with organisations that support victims and survivors of domestic abuse to understand how lockdown measures and restrictions impacted access to suppo...

Earlier this year, we joined a roundtable at the @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social to discuss the pandemic’s impact on safeguarding and support for victim-survivors of domestic abuse.

The Inquiry has now published its report, and our message is clear. 1/4

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What were the other books to be banned? The article only talks about the one book being in 58 libraries. Are there other titles we should be asking our libraries to get rid of? I know mine has Material Girls.

We have written to the committee considering the SSI for adding sex to the Hate Crime Act in response to a bizarre letter from the Equality Network.

Both can be found here:
www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-...

The reading by GLP is egregiously false. Scottish Trans should not be encouraging followers to potentially fall foul of the law. This is irresponsible and dangerous.
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How to lose well ….. and how not to. - No-one likes losing a court case. But it happens - even to the very best lawyers. How to respond in public (assuming your case is one the public is interested in)? Until a judgment has been properly a...

From Legal Feminists: How to lose well and how not to

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Unison is right. Women *are* more than our appearance. Why then does Unison argue that trans identifying men become women simply by changing their appearance?!! Sadly, it's time for working class women to leave any trade union that still peddles this nonsense. www.unison.org.uk/news/article...

'Gender ideology’s pernicious effect on gay communities – men claiming to be lesbians and women claiming to be homosexual men – was one of the reasons Roberts set up HumanGayMale.'
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The concentration camps will not only be for immigrants, documented or otherwise. They already aren't.

They won't only be for brown and Black people.

The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.

The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.

Good Law Project ‘sells hope on trans rights despite court defeats’ More than 30 barristers and academics have accused the campaign group of making ‘egregiously false’ claims about a High Court ruling on single-sex spaces

It's so irresponsible and unethical to misrepresent the law like this. And eminent lawyers are quite rightly calling the Good Law Project out on it.

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Report sets out shocking extent of failed mass terror plot against Jews Between December 2023 and May 2024, Walid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein plotted to attack Jews in Manchester and kill as many as possible with automatic weapons

They wanted to kill hundreds of people, to poison the water, to kill the children in the local Jewish school... Not in a comical 'Four Lions' way but in deadly earnest & with practical plans. And we as a minority in this country are expected to just live with this knowledge.