JFC
03.02.2026 10:33 โ ๐ 304 ๐ 94 ๐ฌ 24 ๐ 6@tsmanning.bsky.social
๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ LGBTQI+ rights are important and remain fragile. Broadcaster & Journalist in a former life. Lives in rural Deutschland. Art, contemporary culture and media, design, LGBTQI+ & mainstream politics, food, social media etc. Let's talk!
JFC
03.02.2026 10:33 โ ๐ 304 ๐ 94 ๐ฌ 24 ๐ 6Amid these dark moments, something important is beginning to shift.
It's clearly the result of healthy political pressure - which we must sustain, and build.
Using the common painkiller acetaminophen during pregnancy is not linked to neurodevelopmental disorders in children, according to a study published in the Lancet on Friday
17.01.2026 06:30 โ ๐ 152 ๐ 46 ๐ฌ 11 ๐ 9Make it viral.
08.01.2026 03:22 โ ๐ 47662 ๐ 21413 ๐ฌ 361 ๐ 529๐๐๐๐
07.01.2026 15:26 โ ๐ 16488 ๐ 5923 ๐ฌ 1107 ๐ 573A screenshot of a social media post from a parody account styled as a governorโs press office. The post uses all caps and mocks a political figure by describing a fake award in exaggerated, insulting language. Below it is another post sharing a short video clip from a televised event at the Kennedy Center. In the video still a man in a suit is being given a large decorative medal by another man while cameras and a news chyron run along the bottom. The scene takes place on a stage with a blurred backdrop.
๐ฅ๐ฅ
07.12.2025 06:23 โ ๐ 25359 ๐ 6987 ๐ฌ 876 ๐ 437It's shameful that the nation which sacrificed so many lives to defeat fascism in Europe should now be rushing to support modern-day Nazis and championing Far Right conspiracy theories. #europe #trump #nazis
06.12.2025 21:52 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0It's quite shocking to read that the US is now going to actively and officially support the Extreme Right/Nazi parties in Germany. Marc Brost is the Foreign Affairs Editor of Focus, a German current affairs magazine. He describes the new US Security Strategy as divorce papers for Europe.
06.12.2025 19:33 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Worth watching.
24.05.2025 12:58 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Wow
This is the Secretary of Homeland Security, who has the huge responsibility of keeping the USA safe. DHS is the third largest cabinet dept
She is also a former governor of a state
How is it possible to fail so well upwards?
So many of the New Gilead team seem to have very little knowledge and even less understanding of the systems and institutions they are vandalising.
12.05.2025 14:27 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0As those who have studied history understand, an autism registry is a five alarm fireโฆ
Are you paying ATTENTION, yet?!
A good summary of what Ukraine us being asked to accept - and it's the Ukrainian parliament, not "Zelensky" that would decide. US much more interested in normalising trade etc. with Russia. NATO June summit likely to be bad for Europe.
24.04.2025 07:33 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Who else AGREES with Pedro?! ๐ค
23.04.2025 10:02 โ ๐ 15563 ๐ 3735 ๐ฌ 370 ๐ 179"Trans women should use toilets according to their biological sex, the equalities minister has said." That's going to be fun, then. "Biological sex" as per the UK Supreme Court, that is. Applies to trans* men too...of course. What could possibly go wrong? #transphobia #lgbtqia+
22.04.2025 14:30 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Ethel Cain is the first openly-trans artist to have a US Top Ten album
21.04.2025 09:29 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Happening more and more, it seems; it's cruel and unjust. "Kristen Browde, a 74-year-old trans woman, says that her insurance provider abruptly denied coverage for her estrogen after questioning why she would need it. Browde has been taking her medication, she notes, for a decade" #lgbtqia+
21.04.2025 08:42 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0โThe fact that I was not prepared to resist, in 1935, meant thatโฆhundreds of thousands, like me in Germany were also unprepared, and each one of these hundreds of thousands was, like me, a manโฆof great potential influence.
Thus the world was lost.โ
They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933โ45
Nicola Coughlan has raised over ยฃ90k for a trans charity post-Supreme Court ruling. How can we further support equality? #TransRights
https://www.nme.com/news/tv/nicola-coughlan-raises-over-90000-for-trans-charity-after-supreme-court-ruling-3856183
Healthcare for trans* people in the UK seems ever more precarious as family doctors step back from prescribing hormones. Some trans* people say they're suddenly without hormones after as long as 9 years of continuous treatment. This is cruel and wrong. #lgbtqia #transgender
19.04.2025 10:12 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0And now, a song from the rather wonderful Carsie Blanton...
18.04.2025 19:31 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Every dictator in history has claimed that theyโll only use their powers to go after the worst of the worst.
Every dictator in history has lied.
Donald Trump is no different.
I've put on my hob nailed boots and given the Supreme Court decision the kicking it deserves. goodlaw.social/vd3a
16.04.2025 17:20 โ ๐ 944 ๐ 357 ๐ฌ 22 ๐ 32Seems like it's everyone's patriotic duty to report men getting hair plugs and erectile dysfunction meds, as those are both gender-affirming care
16.04.2025 19:18 โ ๐ 765 ๐ 248 ๐ฌ 20 ๐ 6So presumably Vance wants to see British people able to write allegedly 'transphobic' tweets on X and be protected by free speech laws?
Well we have that already. The case was Miller vs College of Policing where Mr Miller successfully relied on Article 10 of the ECHR which applies here.
Happy now?
This is evil and awful and trans people everywhere deserve better than what's happening right now.
And I think it's impossible to overtstate the pivotal role that JK Rowling played in mainstreaming hateful and false ideas about trans people. Every dollar you give her goes toward efforts like this.