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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2d

Same thing as "sex-based rights." There's no such thing in the same way we don't have "race-based rights."

All of this are just terms and concepts invented to discriminate against trans people.

A Google Trends chart shows worldwide search interest for the term “Sex-based rights” from 2004 to the present. The graph remains near zero until around 2010, when it begins to rise slightly with small fluctuations over the next decade. After 2020, the line climbs sharply upward, reaching its highest levels around 2024–2025, with a dotted line extending slightly beyond the latest data point to indicate projected continuation.

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🦇 Killy Witches 🎃👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 11d

right wing bigots have admitted

- the “trans women in bathrooms” issue

- the “trans women in sports” issue and

- the “trans kids getting surgery” issue

were all MADE UP TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY

are you paying attention?

Anti-trans group admits bathroom predator myth is made up
Dec 07 2018 • Written by Sofia Lotto Persio

Swimmer Riley Gaines Admits She's Just Using Sports to Make Trans Rights
"Crumble"

Helen Joyce reveals plans to use fears around trans kids as stepping stone to eliminate
"trans" in public life by Mallory Moore
& transsafety.network

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 9d

whomst amongst us

2 panel comic

Panel 1: Smug Orange Man says “Let he who has NOT had a Nazi phase cast the first stone”

Panel 2: Orange man shits his pants as he is simultaneously pelted with a shitload of stones

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Amanda B @belowzero4.bsky.social · 9d

Just heartbreaking.

Amanda B @belowzero4.bsky.social · 11d

Some say he doubled the Green party membership in a month, and that he makes right-wing mouthpieces disappear in a cloud of their own nonsense...

All we know is he's called Zack.

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Amanda B @belowzero4.bsky.social · 11d

Showing my age. 😄

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Amanda B @belowzero4.bsky.social · 12d

Better list 😅

trasgernder @gemma.transwrites.world · 12d

fantastic. here's the blocklist for anyone who wants an easy one button solution.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 13d

Don't engage. Just block. They want to push their rage bait on here. Don't give them the satisfaction.

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Amanda B @belowzero4.bsky.social · 12d

Useful list.

Kaylan_TX @kaylan.bsky.social · 13d

Master list link to block all

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Gendered Intelligence @genderedintelligence.co.uk · 14d

Over 50,000 cis women have signed the @nionwomen.bsky.social open letter rejecting the narrative that trans women are a danger to women.

The real threat to women has never been trans women. The real threat to women is male violence.

Add your name today: notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...

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Over fifty thousand cis women have signed an open letter rejecting the false narrative that trans women are a danger to women.

Add your name"

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Amanda B @belowzero4.bsky.social · 14d

Ours says "quack" quite a bit. It's very odd 😺

Amanda B @belowzero4.bsky.social · 14d

Republicans are working overtime to find a way to blame trans people for this.

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 15d

For years, outlets like Newsnight gave transphobes uncritical platforms, turning prejudice into “debate”

Those same journalists now act shocked the ADF is talking to Nigel Farage.

They, and their 'gender critical' transphobic mates were the entry point normalising restriction on bodily autonomy.

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 15d

It's really telling that mainstream journalists are doing stuff about the *possibility* of the ADF or the Heritage Foundation starting to influence UK politics, when the reality is that they have been here for years, spending huge quantities of cash and succeeding in areas like trans rights.

The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 15d

"The ADF has chosen Nigel Farage to focus on, building up this ally who has the potential to be a JD Vance-like figure in the future."

Can the Christian group that influenced the overturning of Roe v. Wade bring its extreme views to the UK?

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/is-n...

Is Nigel Farage being used as a pawn by US Christian extremists? | The News Agents

A New York Times report suggests Nigel Farage is being backed by Alliance Defending Freedom – a conservative Christian group dedicated to rolling back rights of many groups in the US. What does this…

www.thenewsagents.co.uk

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Amanda B @belowzero4.bsky.social · 15d

That is an incredibly disappointing reaction.

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · 16d

ANNOUNCEMENT
This evening, 14/10/25 the Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective and the Trans Exile Network have taken the next step in the struggle to restore the human rights, dignity & safety of UK trans people.

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Amanda B @belowzero4.bsky.social · 15d

Pretty 🏳️‍⚧️

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Commissioner for Human Rights @commissionerhr.coe.int · 17d

Read my two letters to the #UK:
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

United Kingdom: Commissioner addresses human rights issues in policing of protests and the situation of trans people - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int

Strasbourg 14/10/2025

www.coe.int

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Amanda B @belowzero4.bsky.social · 17d

I think my watch is broken.

Response date 13/10/2025

Dear Ms -

I’m sorry it’s taken us longer to reach a finding on your complaint than we led you to expect. We’re currently in discussion with the management of BBC News about the issues raised by your complaint and others on the same subject, and hope to be in a position to finalise our finding soon.

In the meantime I can only ask for your patience and apologise for the delay.

Kind regards

Alison Wilson

Executive Complaints Unit

Complaint date 23/07/2025

Dear Amanda

The ECU will investigate your complaint and aim to reply within 20 working days of receiving it, though some complaints take longer than others to investigate. A target of 35 working days applies to those complaints that require longer or more complex investigation.

Amanda B @belowzero4.bsky.social · 17d

Sorry (not sorry). I did send a letter too! 😘

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Trans Greens 🏳️‍⚧️💚 @transgreens.bsky.social · 23d

Green Party Conference recently passed some amazing healthcare policy for the trans community. It commits us to an informed consent model of trans healthcare, a trans-led public inquiry into NHS care, a trans-inclusive ban on conversion therapy, and so much more.

The Green Party just voted to reform trans healthcare.

What does this bold new policy look like?

Promoted by LGBTIQA+ Greens (Green Party), c/o PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

What we're calling for:
- The end of segregation in trans healthcare.
- Ending the torture of conversion therapy.
- Moving the NHS to an informed consent model.
- Expanding the range of funded transition care.
- Access to affirming healthcare for trans youth.
- NHS support for people who seld-medicate or use private care.
- Real support for detransitioning people.

Promoted by LGBTIQA+ Greens (Green Party), c/o PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

How we get there:
- Closing the existing Gender Identity Clinics and supporting GPs with training and funding to care for trans people.
- Lifting the politically motivated ban on 'puberty blockers'.
- Starting a government funded, trans-led, inquiry into past NHS treatment of trans people.
- Including & prioritising trans expertise in independent care reviews.
- Passing a trans-inclusive ban on 'conversion therapy'.

Promoted by LGBTIQA+ Greens (Green Party), c/o PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

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Amanda B @belowzero4.bsky.social · 21d

They got the idea from covid testing.

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Amanda B @belowzero4.bsky.social · 21d

Indeed. You can't possibly be *two* things! 😒

Amanda B @belowzero4.bsky.social · 21d

This is a weird feeling - I have no idea what you're doing, and yet I am very glad you are doing it. 🙂

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 23d

Shameless bullying by odious little tin soldier Jenrick of people who just want to serve the public.

This shouldn’t be worth taking seriously ofc, bar the manifest risk that our politics will now dissolve into an auction over how many judges each party promises to sack.

A few points & a warning 1/

Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 23d

Top Tory names judges he would sack for bias bit.ly/3KE7cBY some have allowed immigrants to stay in the UK for reasons Robert Jenrick disapproves of. He wants Ministers to appoint (and sack) judges. But top judge Sumption warns this could lead to an authoritarian state

Robert Jenrick names judges he would sack for ‘pro-migrant bias’

The shadow justice secretary has accused ‘activists’ within the judiciary of having links to political causes that compromise their independence

bit.ly

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Amanda B @belowzero4.bsky.social · 22d

I guess there's no way to confirm that number as they're a private company? It sounds like depressingly large support for right-wing bigots and racists.