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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 2h

It might be improbable, but the Greens have no less realistic a possibility of forming a majority government than Reform do. Going from 5 to 325 seats is absolutely doable if the main parties collapse and the votes go the right way.

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 2h

Harry Kim and Tuvok from Star Trek Voyager in the 'are you two friends?' meme

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 2h

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Jenn de Jeune @jennay.bsky.social · 15h

Interesting how Ministers think minorities with a protected characteristic should be protected & from what.
It’s unacceptable that Jewish students feel they need to conceal their identity on campus.
Yet this doesn’t apply to Trans students & Gender Critical people who attack their right to exist 🤔

Phillipson: Universities must tackle antisemitism
Bridget Phillipson says it's unacceptable that Jewish students feel they need to conceal their identity on campus

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 16h

Welcome to the party!

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 16h

The cutest femboy in all the land.

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 2d

New TKDB protest for the 1st Nov

transkids deserve better!!

TRANSPHOBIA

ALL OUT AGAINST !!

All out against transphobia! On Saturday, November 1, TERFS intend to march in London, demanding trans exclusionary, discriminatory legislation, and threatening trans people on our streets.

We cannot let this happen unchallenged- they may have been emboldened by the Supreme Court Ruling, but so have we. Just a few days after ruling, we marched through Westminster to express our rage, be with community, and make it clear that we would continue to fight for trans liberation. That march was only the start.

We need as many people possible out again on the first of November, to show up for collective liberation and show the TERFS that they will never divide us. less

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 1d

Reinstate Jessie. Also, I am coming to the UK this week to talk about my book, which shares the history of trans people and also the way they were targeted by Nazis (something #JK denies.) If Rowling wants to pick on someone, I’m here for it and I’ll be in London… I have the receipts and I am ready.

BRANDY SCHILLACE
THE INTERMEDIARIES
UK BOOK TOUR
All event are listed in local time.
OCT. 16 - 6:30pm
LONDON, ENGLAND WATERSTONES - GOWER ST in conversation with C.N. Lester
OCT. 21 - 5:00pm
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
OCT. 22 - 7:00pm
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND LIGHTHOUSE BOOKS
OC. 23 - 7:00pm
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND WATERSTONES - ARGYLE ST
OCT. 20 - 6:30pm
LONDON, ENGLAND KING'S COLLEGE LONDON
OCT. 21 - 7:00pm
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND QUEER LIT
OCT. 23 - 2:00pm
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 1d

I try to avoid open praise for individual politicians, but this is an extraordinary advert. The history is spot on and the message, both historical and electoral, is unambiguous.

Compared to the flaccid quisling statements sharted out by mainstream Dems and Labour, this is staggering.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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jane fae @janefae.bsky.social · 1d

Here is a line i hope some folks will take if called to speak on radio or TV about it.

If you have the spoons for it, your very first remark (irrespective of the opening question) is: "i am glad you invited me here today to talk about the wholly avoidable death..." (reference coroner's report)

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 1d

That's reassuring to hear. However, I think you may encounter resistance - or an effort to cleave transphobia away from such an intervention - from the incoming EHRC head and much of the rest of the government.

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 1d

This is admirable, but I'd be remiss if I didn't point out the absolute avalanche of transphobic abuse on X that the platform has just outright endorsed.

If your coalition is going to be worth anything, it must address the full spectrum of abusive behaviour online.

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EmiB71 @emiliab.bsky.social · 1d

#UK #TransRights #Suicides Just in case anyone had any doubt, this happened under the "new service specification". Endless waiting lists which aren't addressed and being denied healthcare, all based on an ideologically driven report riddled in bias and basic methodological research errors.

Redacted extract of a coroners report from prevention of future death. DOD Nov. 2024.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 1d

This is such a crucial contribution.

Cass' zeal to deny trans healthcare to kids is a threat to trans healthcare to all, especially those 18-25. The conspiracy theories of 'rapid onset gender dysphoria' and 'social contagion' that Cass' work is premised on taints its approach to all trans people.

Claire's Trans Talks @clairestranstalks.bsky.social · 1d

Part 2 of the Gender Clinic Files is out, looking at the impact if Cass recommendations for adult services were introduced, affecting more than 32k young trans adults just from the current waiting list.

Huge thanks to @wearequeeraf.com & @whatthetrans.com for their work on this series.

Majority of adults waiting for Trans+ healthcare are under 25

Two-thirds of Trans+ people would lose care if all Cass Review recommendations implemented

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Tomás Ojeda G. @tiojeda.bsky.social · 2d

“As the borders between science and advocacy blur, fringe ideas with no evidentiary basis or mainstream medical support increasingly carry the potential to drive policy” - Excellent piece by @evanurquhart.bsky.social on Genspect’s recent campaign to repathologise “transgender identification”.

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 3d

A fringe group wants the field of psychiatry to regress back to the days when stereotypes and prejudices resulted in mental illness diagnoses for marginalized populations.

In a new reported piece, @evanurquhart.bsky.social examines Genspect's call for the re-psychopathologization of trans identity.

Hate Group Calls for Re-Labeling Transness as Mental Illness — Assigned

A fringe group with no expertise pushes the field of psychiatry to regress to a pre-scientific, prejudice-soaked view of trans people. It coincides with the far-right political agenda.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 2d

Ooh, I teach a whole course on this! 😆🤓

One of the biggest shocks students get is how much culpability Jimmy Carter and James Callahan have for the institutionalization of neoliberalism. Quinn Slobodian does great work on this generally. Some of Adam Tooze's stuff touches on it, too.

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Phil Ollenberg @philollenberg.ca · 2d

In Alberta the only acceptable pronouns are (oil/gas).

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 3d

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 3d

Excellent research here. Though it isn't the focus, what Dr Pagel warns of has occured with frightful efficacy in DSIT, EHRC, and DSHC over trans rights. All three have been targeted by malicious actors seeking trans people's marginalization.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 3d

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 3d

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Effective Transsexualism @effecttrans.com · 3d

Electrolysis for facial hair removal/ SRS is vital to many transfeminine transitions. It is the only permanent method, and the only method suited for pale hair.

It is however difficult to access, as a full course can be lengthy (100~200 sessions) and costly (£10~20k).

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SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 4d

This will be funny until approximately summer of 2027.

COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/beyond
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/c/ZachWeiner...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com

1-panel SMBC comic update where two people are walking down a purple street. One of them narrates his perceived timeline of social media - first they were build for human connection, then human performance, and now with AI, just for performance. He doesn't understand how this could go this way. The caption reads : Later, it turns out God Is Dead.

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 3d

I know those seat projections are basically horoscopes for polprofs, but the fact that another point's gain for the Greens and they'd be ahead of Labour on seats is making me verclempt

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 3d

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

Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 7d

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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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 3d

Morgan McSweeney:

"I wish for voters to have no option but to choose between a progressive party and Reform"

*Finger curls on monkey's paw*

Lamentably Undead @lamentablyawake.bsky.social · 3d

It will be incredibly funny if Labour's entire strategy, that you have to vote for them because they're the only viable laternative to reform, falls apart because they're behind the Greens.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

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