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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 10h

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

Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 10h

Transphobes response to this is just... all telling honestly. They act like there is anything more for us to lose, and they showed us some form for "grace" or "civility" so far.

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Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 12h

She really hates the idea of not being a party leader, despite not having the capital needed for it.

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Aliza Adi (she/her) @alizaadi.bsky.social · 19h

To me, the whole “transition from…to…” narrative has always felt rooted in cisgender cope and ignorance

Trans+ people access Trans Healthcare to be themselves - that’s it - it's that simple

For true gender liberation, the “transition” framing needs to go

LouLou (Louise) @itsloulou43.bsky.social · 21h

I don't identity as a woman
I AM A WOMAN !!!
I didn't transtion to be different
I TRANSTIONED TO BE MYSELF !!!
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Just saying !!!

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Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 19h

Remember that whether you agree with direct action activism like @bashback.bsky.social the indirect and direct branches must not criticise one another.

We are all working towards the same goals.

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 21h

Bash back have sent us this statement

TRANS ACTIONISTS TARGET ANTI-TRANS CONFERENCE

Trans direct action group "BASH BACK" accuses FiLiA of having "blood on their hands"

Last night - October 9th - actionists representing trans direct action group BASH BACK took action against the Brighton Centre, host of this year's FILIA conference, which begins its 10th annual event today.

Actionists from BASH BACK - which took action against Health Secretary Wes Streeting in August smashed windows and sprayed pink paint on the Brighton Centre building in protest at the anti-trans views expressed by FiLiA attendees. The group's objective was to prove trans people will not be intimidated, saying that FiLiA should "expect retaliation" if they continue.

A spokesperson for BASH BACK said:

"Despite presenting itself as a feminist conference with 'zero tolerance [...] for transphobia', FiLiA plays host to some of the most vicious transphobia in modern pop-politics.

"The conference's notable alumni include JK Rowling and Maya Forstater, and this year feature bigot-provocateurs such as Julie Bindel, LGBAlliance and

Transgender Trend, as well as Jenny Wilmott, director of Scottish Lesbians - one of the groups responsible for this year's segregationist and transphobic Supreme Court ruling.

"Speakers at FiLiA claim to advocate for 'protecting women's spaces' and 'sex based rights' but routinely advocate for the erasure of women's bodily autonomy and self determination. Their vile and hateful rhetoric that seeks to exclude and erase us leads to the same kind of discriminatory violence that kills hundreds of trans people every year. Far from outsider radicals, the bigots at FiLiA are backed by billionaires like J.K. Rowling, fundamentalist Christian groups, and the Labour government itself. This is the norm, and we will rise against it. To save ourselves, to save our community. To fight for our right to exist.

"Bindel, Wilmott and FiLiA itself have our blood on their hands, and for years they have sought a stage to gloat about it. This year, we will not allow them the privilege.

"BASH BACK recognises the speakers at FiLiA as neither radical nor feminist, and, like the suffragettes and radical queers before us, that the only path toward liberation is through action."

The BASH BACK spokesperson added:

The BASH BACK spokesperson added:

"To the organisers of FiLiA we say this: If you expect to continue in your trade of transphobic hate, if you expect to continue in your queerbashing and transmisogyny and call it 'feminism', then expect resistance, expect retaliation, expect us. Paint washes off, but blood never does."

Notes to editors

BASH BACK is a trans-led direct action project focused on "total transgender liberation", and has previously taken action against Health Secretary Wes Streeting and private prison firm Sodexo.

Formatting should be BASH BACK in full caps

More information about the group can be found here: https://www.transbashback.com

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BASH BACK @bashback.bsky.social · 21h

OUR STATEMENT ON THE ACTION AGAINST FILIA

TERFS GATHER EVERY YEAR TO GLOAT ABOUT ATTACKS ON BODILY AUTONOMY AND TRANS PEOPLE'S SAFETY

THIS YEAR, WHEN WE FACE THE GREATEST ATTACKS ON OUR FREEDOMS, WE WILL NOT ALLOW THEM THE PRIVILEGE

STATEMENT ON BASH BACK ACTION AGAINST FILIA (9/10/25)

LAST NIGHT, ACTIONISTS FROM BASH BACK TOOK ACTION AGAINST THE BRIGHTON CENTRE, VENUE OF THE FILIA CONFERENCE, WHICH PLAYS HOST TO SOME OF THE MOST VICIOUS TRANSPHOBIA IN POP POLITICS.

FILIA'S SPEAKERS THIS YEAR INCLUDE BIGOT-PROVOCATEURS JULIE BINDEL, LGB ALLIANCE AND "SCOTTISH LESBIANS" - A GROUP BEHIND THE SEGREGATIONIST 2025 SUPREME COURT RULING.
THEIR VILE AND HATEFUL RHETORIC LEADS TO THE SAME KIND OF DISCRIMINATORY VIOLENCE THAT KILLS HUNDREDS OF TRANS PEOPLE EVERY
YEAR.
THESE BIGOTS HAVE OUR BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS. THEY USE THIS CONFERENCE TO GLOAT. THIS YEAR, WE WILL NOT LET THEM.

STATEMENT ON BASH BACK ACTION AGAINST FILIA (CONT.)

BASH BACK SEES FILIA AS NEITHER RADICAL NOR FEMINIST, SPREADING MISOGYNIST HATRED BACKED BY BOTH BILLIONAIRES AND THE STATE.

LIKE THE SUFFRAGETTES AND RADICAL QUEERS BEFORE US, THAT THE ONLY PATH TOWARD LIBERATION IS THROUGH ACTION.

TO THE ORGANISERS OF FILIA WE SAY THIS:

IF YOU EXPECT TO CONTINUE IN YOUR TRADE OF TRANSPHOBIC HATE, IF YOU EXPECT TO CONTINUE IN YOUR QUEERBASHING AND TRANSMISOGYNY AND CALL IT "FEMINISM" THEN EXPECT RESISTANCE, EXPECT RETALIATION, EXPECT US.

PAINT WASHES OFF. BLOOD NEVER DOES.

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Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 22h

That's also, part, why transphobes have such visceral reaction to drive trans kids to suicide, because in their screwed up brain, fine, maybe adults are "too far gone", but with kids you can definitely just "pray the gay/trans away".

Despite all the insane evidence available that you cannot.

Q. McLamore @ghawinriver.bsky.social · 2d

Cishet liberals only actually tolerate gay people and trans people because they think we can't change. If they thought we could be "normal," they'd endorse conversion therapy in a millisecond. That's why they were swallowing Zucker's bullshit for decades. It told them what they wanted to hear.

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Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 22h

That's also, part, why transphobes have such visceral reaction to drive trans kids to suicide, because in their screwed up brain, fine, maybe adults are "too far gone", but with kids you can definitely just "pray the gay/trans away".

Despite all the insane evidence available that you cannot.

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Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 22h

I did not expect to wake up to this type of positivity today, I am positively surprised

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Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 22h

Good, thank you for this.

If a venue wants to host hate groups instead of doing the right thing, and use pretenses while counting the money, this is what they should expect.

BASH BACK @bashback.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING: BASH BACK TARGET FiLiA ANTI-TRANS CONFERENCE

The conference, whose alumni include J.K. Rowling, this year hosts hate groups LGBAlliance and Transgender Trend, along with the director of Scottish Lesbians, one of the groups responsible for April's segregationist Supreme Court ruling.

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Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 1d

People who "win" in those almost certainly just used it to fill in the boilerplate, not make legal arguments. It's a veeery important distinction between those two.

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Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 1d

Reading the coroner report was harrowing, especially with how much to some of the causes I can relate which... And unlike most I am in position to alleviate the issues; get private care, leave the country.

Leia did not have such luck 😢

Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 1d

www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/09/n...

17-year-old trans girl's suicide over NHS wait times was preventable says coroner

A 17-year-old trans girl's death by suicide over NHS wait times could have been prevented with swift intervention, a coroner has ruled.

www.thepinknews.com

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 1d

"Arguments over issues such as immigration, transgender rights, climate activism and cancel culture contributed to 58 per cent of marriages ending for 18 to 24-year-olds." [Mail]

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sasha ↙︎↙︎↙︎ 🌹🏴 @2damntrans.bsky.social · 1d

"Do much more to get long-term sick and disabled people into work"

Does he really not see the problem with this?

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Specialist employment advisers will be based in GP surgeries and mental health services as part of government plans to get people back to work.

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden speaks to #BBCBreakfast about the government’s plan to tackle long-term sickness

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PoggleRebecca @pogglerebecca.bsky.social · 2d

Ever wondered how you would've reacted to the rising tide of fascism back in 1930s?

I believe you now have your answer, and I'm willing to bet it isn't nearly as heroic as you once thought.

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Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 2d

On entirely different note I managed to capture this portrait of milo this morning.

I think it came out surprisingly well, he sat like this long enough for me to set the focus and adjust lights to a pretty darn good photo, I think.

A gray and white cat with bright eyes sits on a bed, looking toward the camera. The background shows a softly lit room with pink and purple tones.

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Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 2d

Happy international lesbian day!

And yes, I am getting very extended mileage of this photo, taken by our daughter actually hah ❤️

Aida @aidap.bsky.social · Jun 6

Palette cleanser time, a romantic moment of two happily in love lesbians kissing.

Two women kissing with london eye in the background

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 3d

manosphere: modern women will submit to a boss, but not a husband

me: agree actually, employers do have too much power

manosphere: that's not what i meant

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Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 3d

Therapy Tuesday Today Together To Totally Tumultuous Temperature

The same woman in a similar selfie, now showing her gray t-shirt features a large '12' graphic design. She's wearing the same olive green jacket and earbuds, standing on a residential street with brick houses with tiled roofs and a black car visible behind her."
Much better! Thanks for pushing back on that.

A woman with reddish-brown hair pulled back, wearing wireless earbuds, a gray t-shirt, and an olive green jacket. She's smiling at the camera on an overcast day on a residential street with trees, a wooden fence, and a white van visible in the background.

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Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 4d

The problem is not possibility, as it's doable just fine, but then majority of the population won't have access to it either.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 4d

Just wow!

@zackpolanski.bsky.social absolutely kills it in the @greenparty.org.uk party political broadcast.

"Let's make hope normal again"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxt4...

Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales

www.youtube.com

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Shaker @shakerpainter.bsky.social · 4d

Let’s make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party.

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 4d

Sadly, Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds is turning into a horrible battle against GCs to preserve trans inclusion 🏊‍♀️🏳️‍⚧️🏊‍♂️
@translucent.org.uk are stepping up (with @goodlawproject.bsky.social) for the legal fight
Please support if you possibly can via this fundraiser: translucent.org.uk/keep-hampste...
TY🙏

Keep Hampstead Heath's Ladies' Pond Inclusive: Fund Trans Rights and Defend Our Community! - TransLucent

Keep Hampstead Heath's Ladies' Pond Inclusive: Fund Trans Rights campaign defends inclusivity.

translucent.org.uk

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Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 4d

Leave the nazis party.

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