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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 1d

Come and join us, have a great night, and raise some money for trans+ youth!

Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 5d

It's spooky season 🎃👻 Want to have some fun this Halloween? Come along to our Cabaret, raising funds for Trans Secret Santa - bringing festive joy to trans youth.

Get your tickets now 👇

www.outsavvy.com/event/29336/...

Witch, Please! Tickets - London - OutSavvy

Witch, Please. – A Halloween Spook-tacular Cabaret Hosted by the spellbinding Count Addiction 🦇Grab your broomsticks and glitter – it’s time for a night of frightful fun, killer performances, and dev...

www.outsavvy.com

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 15h

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 1d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 1d

Come and join us, have a great night, and raise some money for trans+ youth!

Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 5d

It's spooky season 🎃👻 Want to have some fun this Halloween? Come along to our Cabaret, raising funds for Trans Secret Santa - bringing festive joy to trans youth.

Get your tickets now 👇

www.outsavvy.com/event/29336/...

Witch, Please! Tickets - London - OutSavvy

Witch, Please. – A Halloween Spook-tacular Cabaret Hosted by the spellbinding Count Addiction 🦇Grab your broomsticks and glitter – it’s time for a night of frightful fun, killer performances, and dev...

www.outsavvy.com

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 2d

Because of the unforgivably appalling decisions of the Charity Commission, these hate groups, Sex Matters and LGB Alliance, are funded from your taxes.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 2d

A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – it's time to fight back.

Keep Hampstead women’s pond inclusive - add your name 👇
https://goodlawproject.org/petition/keep-hampstead-womens-pond-inclusive

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 4d

We're pleased that the loathsome comments carried by GB News, which equated being LGBT+ with being a paedophile, have been found in breach of the Ofcom code, following 71,000 complaints collected by @goodlawproject.bsky.social. pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/new...

GB News comment about LGBTQ+ including 'paedos' in breach of Ofcom code

A GB News presenter saying “full inclusion of LGBTQ+ persons” at a church would “include paedos” breached the Broadcasting Code, Ofcom said.

pressgazette.co.uk

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 4d

A wonderful piece from the late Conor Gearty, on the current judicial erasure of the Human Right Act – including by the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Conor Gearty · Unwelcome Remnant: Erasing the Human Rights Act

The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. In cases where human rights cannot be...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 4d

A wonderful piece from the late Conor Gearty, on the current judicial erasure of the Human Right Act – including by the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Conor Gearty · Unwelcome Remnant: Erasing the Human Rights Act

The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. In cases where human rights cannot be...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 4d

Just got wolf whistled at *three* separate times on the walk to the tube station. People don't talk about these things most of the time they happen. I know I don't. But maybe we should. Just if anyone wants a small insight into the volume of daily misogyny some of us endure.

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 5d

Freedom is just another name for “a gap in the law”.

Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 5d

Home Secretary tells Sky News that “there is a gap in the law” when it comes to frequent, repeated protests on the same issue. Hence she will be giving police greater powers to move them to another location or time.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 5d

If you're interested in some first hand reporting from me about these fascists attacking me as a journalist in 2023 at a drag event. This has been their modus for a while:

Exclusive: The Truth About the Far Right Attack on Honor Oak | Trans Safety Network share.google/ANhu03dXA90y...

Exclusive: The Truth About the Far Right Attack on Honor Oak

Our reporter outlines how the far right violently attacked members of the Lewisham community who had gathered to protect children attending a Drag Queen Story Hour event in Honor Oak Pub.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 5d

The instinct of this government is ever further restrictions on civil liberties. It is authoritarian at its core, and at this stage needs to be opposed by anyone who at all considers themselves a progressive.

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: Home Office announces planned new anti-protest powers, mainly aimed at pro-Gaza protests like those for Palestine Action. Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of repeated protests and potentially order that they be relocated.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 6d

Over 4,400 people have written to Virgin Active telling them to stop following transphobes and stick to the law

Help us reach 5,000 🎯👇
https://goodlaw.social/d922

Virgin Active: Stop following transphobes, follow the law | Good Law Project

Virgin Active is giving in to transphobes – let them know they're wrong

goodlaw.social

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 6d

This is fucking outstanding from Zack, I was punching the air at practically every sentence

Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski

Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski

www.theguardian.com

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 6d

Tommy Robinson posted a neo-Nazi blog that accused me and my fellow Jews Jack Straw and Barbara Roche of conspiring to flood the UK with immigrants.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 6d

Tommy Robinson invited to Israel by Amichai Chikli the Minister of Diaspora Affairs.

In the wake of the horrific Manchester terrorist
attack, Israel and the Jewish people stand firmly
with our allies in the United Kingdom.

On behalf of the State of Israel, I am proud to
host British patriot @TRobinsonNewEra who will
visit Israel in mid-October.

Tommy is a courageous leader on the front line
against radical Islam.

At a time when Jews across Europe face rising
antisemitism, it is vital to strengthen bonds with
allies who refuse to be silent.

He has proven himself a true friend of Israel and
the Jewish people, unafraid to speak the truth
and confront hate.

Israel will always stand with the Jewish
community and our allies worldwide. Together
with friends like Tommy Robinson, we will build
stronger bridges of solidarity, fight terror,

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 6d

"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that

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