Ashleigh Talbot 🏳️⚧️
@ashleigh.whatthetrans.com
Trans, femme, co-founder of @whatthetrans.com, fighter of MS, wheelchair user, player of TTRPG's, Lego enthusiast, solarpunk devotee, bassist and theremin player. she/her. And now as of June 2025, member of the Green Party! 🟩♻️💚
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A life on the progressive side
This candid three-part podcast series is hosted by Ashleigh Talbot, a musician from Manchester diagnosed with primary progressive MS in 2022.
www.mssociety.org.uk
All three episodes of my mini podcast with the MS Society are available here, for your perusal :) www.mssociety.org.uk/support-and-...
These are apparently actual suggestions for The Party Currently known as Your Party. If they end up with For the Many the acronym will be FtM, which should amuse any trans men in the room.
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
These are apparently actual suggestions for The Party Currently known as Your Party. If they end up with For the Many the acronym will be FtM, which should amuse any trans men in the room.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Okay Nicole is right here but I initially read 'cia' as 'cis' and it still made sense and had me nodding along? 'Yep absolutely no more cis death squads. Fuck those guys'
just spitballing here so like im sooo sorry if this is totally crazy but i was thinking what if we like didnt let the cia make murder squads everywhere they go
November 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Okay Nicole is right here but I initially read 'cia' as 'cis' and it still made sense and had me nodding along? 'Yep absolutely no more cis death squads. Fuck those guys'
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I can not emphasise how rigged against trans people the application of law is within the UK.
There are clear evidence of sympathies throughout the police and judiciary with what are essentially far-right vehicles for civil unrest and division.
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There are clear evidence of sympathies throughout the police and judiciary with what are essentially far-right vehicles for civil unrest and division.
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It feels worth mentioning that Graham Linehan’s harassment literally continued in the courtroom, as he repeatedly misgendered Sophia, and referred to her as “Tarquin”, a fictional deadname he made up for her as part of his harassment campaign. The judge was complicit in this harassment happening.
I wonder if I spent all day, every day, for years, calling Graham Linehan - or the judge - a nonce and then, when I saw him in the street screamed it in his face and smashed his phone, would a judge find I had done no harassing?
And that's not even factoring in the age of his victim
And that's not even factoring in the age of his victim
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I can not emphasise how rigged against trans people the application of law is within the UK.
There are clear evidence of sympathies throughout the police and judiciary with what are essentially far-right vehicles for civil unrest and division.
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There are clear evidence of sympathies throughout the police and judiciary with what are essentially far-right vehicles for civil unrest and division.
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Trans Safety Network are extremely concerned that DHSC are continuing to solicit input on trans healthcare from Bayswater and other anti trans groups after a reply to our previous concerns stated they would not work with groups who promote harmful practices or discriminatory views
Wes Streeting continues to ignore safeguarding concerns about parents group linked to abusive practices
Trans Safety Network has seen evidence Wes Streeting and the DHSC solicited feedback on a “puberty blocker risk form” from Bayswater Support Group and other anti-trans groups in September 2025, 6 mont...
transsafety.network
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Trans Safety Network are extremely concerned that DHSC are continuing to solicit input on trans healthcare from Bayswater and other anti trans groups after a reply to our previous concerns stated they would not work with groups who promote harmful practices or discriminatory views
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Did you know that big studios monitor piracy? Don't you fucking dare pirate this shit. Do not hate watch through piracy. JK Rowling is a disgusting human being that funds and encourages the hurt, pain and death of my fellow trans peers.
Support media that actually deserves our time and money.
Support media that actually deserves our time and money.
HBO CEO Casey Bloys says 'HARRY POTTER' Season 2 is already being written
"We’re going to do whatever we can to not have a huge gap, for the kids, obviously, but also for viewers"
"We’re going to do whatever we can to not have a huge gap, for the kids, obviously, but also for viewers"
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Did you know that big studios monitor piracy? Don't you fucking dare pirate this shit. Do not hate watch through piracy. JK Rowling is a disgusting human being that funds and encourages the hurt, pain and death of my fellow trans peers.
Support media that actually deserves our time and money.
Support media that actually deserves our time and money.
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A great investigative piece by @translucent.org.uk brilliant work.
translucent.org.uk/how-many-com...
translucent.org.uk/how-many-com...
How Many Complaints About Trans Women Using Toilets? - TransLucent
Data from local authorities representing over 16.5 million people reveals that complaints about trans women using toilets are virtually non-existent
translucent.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A great investigative piece by @translucent.org.uk brilliant work.
translucent.org.uk/how-many-com...
translucent.org.uk/how-many-com...
Kathleen Stock, "feminist."
Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
November 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Kathleen Stock, "feminist."
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Elon Musk is very explicitly altering the X algorithm to show people content that aligns with his far-right worldview.
If you're still posting there and think you can win hearts and minds or something, this is what you're up against. You're never going to win a rigged game.
If you're still posting there and think you can win hearts and minds or something, this is what you're up against. You're never going to win a rigged game.
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Elon Musk is very explicitly altering the X algorithm to show people content that aligns with his far-right worldview.
If you're still posting there and think you can win hearts and minds or something, this is what you're up against. You're never going to win a rigged game.
If you're still posting there and think you can win hearts and minds or something, this is what you're up against. You're never going to win a rigged game.
Just woke up from a dream where Richard Attenborough had done a Christopher Lee and released a metal album. It was more like folk metal though, singing about folk heroes and highwaymen. It was *awesome*. I'll be singing one of them for days.
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Just woke up from a dream where Richard Attenborough had done a Christopher Lee and released a metal album. It was more like folk metal though, singing about folk heroes and highwaymen. It was *awesome*. I'll be singing one of them for days.
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Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
*** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
*** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
*** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
*** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *
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"Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look. The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash" [Times]
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look
The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash
www.thetimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look. The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash" [Times]
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
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Parents cry out in despair for their children at the NHS Sussex investigation into WellBN's prescription of gender dysphoria medication | Sophie Molly
Parents say: “They are killing our children”
Parents cry out in despair for their children at the NHS Sussex investigation into WellBN's prescription of gender dysphoria medication
northwestbylines.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Parents cry out in despair for their children at the NHS Sussex investigation into WellBN's prescription of gender dysphoria medication | Sophie Molly
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Exclusive: ‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
w/ Dan Boffey and @drblacklock.bsky.social
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
w/ Dan Boffey and @drblacklock.bsky.social
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Exclusive: ‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
w/ Dan Boffey and @drblacklock.bsky.social
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
w/ Dan Boffey and @drblacklock.bsky.social
Quote post with your own dramatic black and white selfie
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Quote post with your own dramatic black and white selfie
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"One irony of this situation is that while those on the British left tend to defend the BBC on principle, they are often exasperated by its deference to the right-wing press..."
Exactly.
"The Plan to Bring Down a Giant." www.cjr.org/the_media_to... in Columbia Journalism Review.
Recommended.
Exactly.
"The Plan to Bring Down a Giant." www.cjr.org/the_media_to... in Columbia Journalism Review.
Recommended.
The Plan to Bring Down a Giant: How right-wing forces struck a coordinated blow to the BBC.
How right-wing forces struck a coordinated blow to the BBC.
www.cjr.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"One irony of this situation is that while those on the British left tend to defend the BBC on principle, they are often exasperated by its deference to the right-wing press..."
Exactly.
"The Plan to Bring Down a Giant." www.cjr.org/the_media_to... in Columbia Journalism Review.
Recommended.
Exactly.
"The Plan to Bring Down a Giant." www.cjr.org/the_media_to... in Columbia Journalism Review.
Recommended.
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“With its hateful rhetoric, the right seeks to cast gender identity not as something you are, but as something dangerous that you believe… the end goal is the same: to wipe out transness itself.”
We need to disrupt anti-trans genocidal politics and work towards politics that nurture trans people.
We need to disrupt anti-trans genocidal politics and work towards politics that nurture trans people.
How the right uses "gender ideology" to blame trans people for everything
MAGA learned from global autocrats the language needed to push fear.
www.motherjones.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“With its hateful rhetoric, the right seeks to cast gender identity not as something you are, but as something dangerous that you believe… the end goal is the same: to wipe out transness itself.”
We need to disrupt anti-trans genocidal politics and work towards politics that nurture trans people.
We need to disrupt anti-trans genocidal politics and work towards politics that nurture trans people.
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Once again, I have to point out how obviously inorganic the entire anti-trans backlash is. A handful of billionaires are astroturfing the whole thing with enormous amounts of cash.
November 16, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Once again, I have to point out how obviously inorganic the entire anti-trans backlash is. A handful of billionaires are astroturfing the whole thing with enormous amounts of cash.
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Iqbal Mohamed, a Your Party organising MP, has publically called Trans women "men" and called for their segregation in public spaces
Anti-Trans+ ideology rots political parties from the inside out
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
@thecanaryuk.bsky.social
Anti-Trans+ ideology rots political parties from the inside out
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
@thecanaryuk.bsky.social
Another Your Party MP is accused of 'explicit transphobia'
Potential Your Party supporters have criticised MPs for promoting 'third spaces', accusing them of condoning trans segregation
www.thecanary.co
November 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Iqbal Mohamed, a Your Party organising MP, has publically called Trans women "men" and called for their segregation in public spaces
Anti-Trans+ ideology rots political parties from the inside out
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
@thecanaryuk.bsky.social
Anti-Trans+ ideology rots political parties from the inside out
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
@thecanaryuk.bsky.social
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It has come to my attention that many of you have been sharing this photo of Streeting and Mandelson widely.
Please remember that Wes Streeting does not like it being shared widely. So please do not share it widely and on every possible occasion. We wouldn’t want to upset him would we?
Please remember that Wes Streeting does not like it being shared widely. So please do not share it widely and on every possible occasion. We wouldn’t want to upset him would we?
September 15, 2025 at 6:35 AM
It has come to my attention that many of you have been sharing this photo of Streeting and Mandelson widely.
Please remember that Wes Streeting does not like it being shared widely. So please do not share it widely and on every possible occasion. We wouldn’t want to upset him would we?
Please remember that Wes Streeting does not like it being shared widely. So please do not share it widely and on every possible occasion. We wouldn’t want to upset him would we?
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Whodathunk that a science denying, in hock to private interests ideologue whose first action on gaining power was to try and kill more trans kids would be useless as a health minister?
November 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Whodathunk that a science denying, in hock to private interests ideologue whose first action on gaining power was to try and kill more trans kids would be useless as a health minister?
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1/🧵 Here’s the separate thread for Sex Matters’s submission in GLP v EHRC.
[Content warning: transphobia]
Rupert Paines, who represents the hate group, is speaking from the second row of tables.
[Content warning: transphobia]
Rupert Paines, who represents the hate group, is speaking from the second row of tables.
November 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
1/🧵 Here’s the separate thread for Sex Matters’s submission in GLP v EHRC.
[Content warning: transphobia]
Rupert Paines, who represents the hate group, is speaking from the second row of tables.
[Content warning: transphobia]
Rupert Paines, who represents the hate group, is speaking from the second row of tables.
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Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
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It was always inevitable that the loudest and best-funded (by people in Epstein's emails) anti-trans freaks who spent years trying to brand trans people as sexual predators, would instantly start defending Epstein.
It's not hypocrisy, it's them reinforcing their hierarchy.
It's not hypocrisy, it's them reinforcing their hierarchy.
November 14, 2025 at 5:49 AM
It was always inevitable that the loudest and best-funded (by people in Epstein's emails) anti-trans freaks who spent years trying to brand trans people as sexual predators, would instantly start defending Epstein.
It's not hypocrisy, it's them reinforcing their hierarchy.
It's not hypocrisy, it's them reinforcing their hierarchy.
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Yknow thinking more about MPs championing the no phones in schools thing in Brianna Ghey’s name just how arrogant you gotta be as a cis person not to wonder where all the trans people endorsing your project are at named after a girl murdered for being trans
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Yknow thinking more about MPs championing the no phones in schools thing in Brianna Ghey’s name just how arrogant you gotta be as a cis person not to wonder where all the trans people endorsing your project are at named after a girl murdered for being trans