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Labour’s Section 28 is here – act now In May 1988, the Conservative government introduced Section 28. This legal measure outlawed support for “homosexuality as a pretended family relationship” across Britain, especially in …

New post: LABOUR'S SECTION 28 IS HERE - ACT NOW.

I explain how the Labour government's proposed revisions to the guidance on "keeping children in education" are designed to erase trans children in England. But it's not a done deal - there is plenty we can do to oppose this.

I haven't, but I'm waiting for the Easter eggs - and I'm expecting many others are also!

A large Regency house. Two sisters named Emilia and Charlotte talk on an upper floor. "Mister Blackwell has come to call again." says Emilia as she looks out of the window "Oh, how I despise his uncouth manners and electric bicycle!" Charlotte says "Sister, you will end up a spinster if you insist on a historically accurate suitor." and continues "The romance novel has changed, Emilia, and so must we." Emilia replies "Easy for you to say. You are engaged to the richest werewolf in the county!" They are walking through the house. Charlotte says "Look at Cousin Lucy: She is quite plain, yet made a most advantageous match with the dragon queen of nalthrax." "True." says Emilia opening the door. The tall, solid figure of Miuster Blackwell stands at the door wearing a top hat and tailcoat: "Ladies, I triumphed In my ice hockey match and won ten thousand a year in sponsorship! Miss Emilia, will you be my bride?" he is holding a hockey stick. Emilia swoons into Charlotte's arms.

A romance cartoon for the @theguardian.com

Heart Art Wrong Hands is a cartoon created by Canadian artist John Atkinson.

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I guess it's more that you've experienced it now - one to tick off the list.

Theatre night tonight - we just watched The Bacchae on National Theatre at Home. I'd wanted to see it when I saw the amazing reviews, and it didn't disappoint. Don't know that the purists would care for it - it's a bit of a modern take - but we loved it!

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic Farage’s latest video has racked up 2 million views - AND ITS COMPLETELY UNTRUE

🚨Reform leader Nigel Farage has posted on X

“1 million people living in this country don’t speak any English at all. 4 million people living in this country barely speak passable English”

It’s racked up 2 million views

AND IT’S COMPLETELY UNTRUE
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Looked up what one was. Sounds potentially good - did you enjoy it?

Title: A Valentine’s Day experiment In an effort to test the efficacy of cupids arrows of desire. A placebo group is shot with regular arrows. Their injuries range from moderate to sever. Unexpectedly, romances struck up in hospital and lawyers’ waiting rooms create a "romance ratio" similar to that of magic arrows. However, once the cost of compensation claims is factored in, it is decided to discontinue.

A Valentine’s Day cartoon for @newscientist.com

This morning I assembled and printed out everything I need for the next assignment.

There is no studying from now on until the end of the course - just research and writing. We have been set free to pretend we're proper grown-ups, capable of maintaining our own schedules. So no pressure, then 😆g

Letters of love to the trans community #ValentinesYay

t has been a hard week. In truth, it has been a hard few years. For many trans+ people, the noise, the headlines, the debates and the hostility can feel relentless.

So this Valentine’s, we wanted to do something simple.

So we've launched our 'Letters of love to the trans community'...

Post by The Guardian @theguardia... • 32m • Enbyphobia • Transmisogyny • Transphobia (General) 'Carnage of concern and upset': Women's Institute groups close after transgender ban Picture of a protest with a flag saying “THE W/I WELCOMES ALL WOMEN” "Carnage of concern and upset: Women's Institute groups close after transgender ban Members warn NFWI decision has opened up toxic culture that deters... www.theguardian.com

I said when this was announced that the only ethical response was everyone leaving and joining trans inclusive groups in protest.

I’m impressed by the hundreds of women who have:

The Caveman’s Lament   me think about her when sun rises me think about her when sun sets me say to her how much me love her she tell me love invent not yet   me make cave all warm and cosy me lie bearskin on cave floor me play song of love on bone flute she choose cave of Tim next door   me no more go out hunt mammoth me throw spear too short or long me sit in cave me paint her picture  she say me got perspective wrong   me cook meal to show me love her — diplodocus with fried beans — she say food anachronistic me not know what this means   stone age mighty hard for lovers yet rub two flints look what you get small sparks lead to big inferno but she say love invent not yet homo unrequitus

To mark Valentine’s Day, here is what is believed to be the world’s oldest surviving love poem, written 1.5 million years ago by one of our earliest ancestors, homo unrequitus.

Help us appeal the High Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project

We always knew this would be a long and hard fight. We are going nowhere.

We will fight until the battle is won:
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Exactly! I was laughing to myself yesterday when I saw men carrying flowers home, especially as many looked like it was a weird chore they were unfamiliar with.

Ever since we had a wedding anniversary to celebrate, we've never celebrated Valentine's, either. I get grumpy and cynical about card manufacturers 😆

Tell MPs: the EHRC’s guidance is wrong – it’s time to send it back The High Court has confirmed what we already knew was true: it is entirely lawful for service providers to allow trans women to use the women’s toilets – without having to admit cis men. Put simply, t...

The High Court’s ruling confirms what we already knew: the EHRC’s code of practice is wrong.

Write to your MP and tell them it’s time to send it back 🏳️‍⚧️✉️
goodlaw.social/5e045f

Stop Palantir taking over our public services! Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

This morning I posted our petition to get Palantir out of our NHS and our public services.

Over 40,000 people have now signed it - thank you.

Please do keep sharing!

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Farage has also been railing against WFH, which benefits many working parents.

They are trying to take us back to the 1950s where women got married at 18 & looked after (no more than two) children whilst men were employed. Whilst making no provision to allow families to survive on 1 income.

European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women" The resolution, though nonbinding, is a significant shot at those who seek to erode transgender rights on the continent.

In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women."

Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.

It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

Our latest.

😆😆😆 oh I see! This was a code to say, 'You'd look prettier if you smiled!'

Today's ruling on the EHRC's interim guidance is a disappointing, confusing and mixed picture.

A trans woman who is a customer in a café can use the women's toilets, but if she works there she might not be able to.

Once again everyday life is being made a legal labyrinth for trans people.

We've written to Bridget Phillipson to point out she's legally obliged to reject the EHRC's draft guidance

The Government committed in its manifesto to “remove indignities for trans people”. We're asking that they take steps to protect the trans community & correct what the Supreme Court got wrong

Thanks - I'm starting to nod again, as I'm trying to stay focused when the article I'm reading uses big words that I've never heard of...

Tea for one today - frantically trying to get a week's worth of studying into a few days.

Tell MPs: the EHRC’s guidance is wrong – it’s time to send it back The High Court has confirmed what we already knew was true: it is entirely lawful for service providers to allow trans women to use the women’s toilets – without having to admit cis men. Put simply, t...

The High Court’s ruling confirms what we already knew: the EHRC’s draft code of practice is wrong.

And we all know that the media is going to lie about the judgment, so please, write to your MP and explain why Bridget Phillipson needs to send it back. 🏳️‍⚧️✉️

Tuning the Dial We’re lost in music, caught …………… at second slip, low down, by the outstretched hand of ……………….. the US vice president, JD Vance, who was spotted ... …………..….…. working as a waitress in a cocktail bar when …………………. Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 was premiered in the …………………..… Forties. South or southwest 5 to 7, occasionally gale ………..………… from Croydon is on the line, who wants to talk to us about ……………………….… why Aviva life insurance is right for you and …………………………………... offers me protection, a lot of love and affection whether I’m right or ………….…….….. left wing but there’s nobody in the centre and the ball gets cleared to ………..…….. ….......….…..... Oscar Wilde, who famously announced ‘I have nothing to declare except …………….…………… .……….….. I can boogie, boogie woogie all night long. Brian Bilston

Happy Radio Day to all those who celebrate.

The new, poisonous “guidance” for trans kids in schools has no foundation in science or medicine. It forces trans and non-binary kids back into the closet purely for the comfort of a loud, radicalized minority. And that’s gone so well, historically.