Ashleigh Loeb (She/Her)
@ashleighloeb.bsky.social
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🗣️ Actor, voice artist and vocal coach/performing arts teacher/facilitator. 🐾Owned by an elderly Korat cat called Sushi and a middle-aged Pug/Beagle dog called Sybil. ❤️ Was on S22 E7 First Dates (UK) 🏳️‍🌈✡️
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ashleighloeb.bsky.social
Today was being turned to stone!
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pennicat.bsky.social
I love this.

‘When Polanski countered that defining gender is "not the Supreme Court’s job," Morgan interrupted: "To lay down the law of the land. So you know more than the Supreme Court?"
Standing his ground, Polanski claimed: "Yes actually, in this case yes I do.”’
natacha.bsky.social
This is an amazing defence of trans people against one of the country’s worst transphobic bigots by @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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ashleighloeb.bsky.social
I dont think I could pick one. Things like Thriller - Michael Jackson is a great video (I know he’s a paedo), niche but The Birthday Massacre - Blue is great. Recently Chappell Roan - The Subway music video is great: m.youtube.com/watch?v=woLf...
Chappell Roan - The Subway (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by ChappellRoanVEVO
m.youtube.com
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pola.myatproto.social
There’s no defending a law which functions in this way. Its only purpose is to criminalise transitude and gender non-conformity.

If you refuse to see this, you’re simply an enemy.
pola.myatproto.social
Another curious fact: under English law not disclosing your birth sex is rape by deceit, but if you’re a cop during an undercover operation and get people to sleep with you under a false pretence this way, the law see this as perfectly consensual and legal.
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madscientist212.bsky.social
And assuming the BBC's quotes from the judge are accurate, he believes a trans woman who has sex with a straight man is by definition a rapist, as he does not believe it possible for straight men to be attracted to trans women without being deceived (which is rape now, but only for trans people).
hleehurley.com
If she'd been married and lied about being single or if she'd been a convicted abuser and lied about that she would not be going to jail.

People lie all the time before sex, during sex and after sex.

If you're trans, that's a crime.
unicornsrockuk.bsky.social
She's been jailed - to be raped every night.

She's in a male jail. Despite living as female since she was 13.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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esqueer.net
This is horrifying. Now she'll be placed with men in prison where she is at extreme risk of being raped and sexually assaulted. And then she has to register as a sex offender.

This is all because a man was ashamed he was attracted to a trans woman.
Screenshot of a BBC News article. The text describes court proceedings involving a person named Watkin, who will serve a prison sentence in a men’s facility with measures to minimize risk and maximize support. It states that Watkin must register as a sex offender for 10 years and is under a lifelong restraining order from contacting the victim. A police detective is quoted saying Watkin concealed her sex, and the victim would not have consented had they known. The article ends with the detective expressing hope that the case’s conclusion allows the victim to move forward.
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hleehurley.com
If she'd been married and lied about being single or if she'd been a convicted abuser and lied about that she would not be going to jail.

People lie all the time before sex, during sex and after sex.

If you're trans, that's a crime.
ashleighloeb.bsky.social
One day we will look at this case the way we do about the criminalisation of male homosexual sex or the April Ashley marriage annulment case - with absolute shame in the legal system.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thornaby transgender woman jailed for deception sex assault
Ciara Watkin's victim says he would not have agreed to sex had he known she was biologically male.
www.bbc.co.uk
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ioe.bsky.social
"It is a time to engage with literature written by scholars of colour–voices that are too often marginalised in mainstream academic discourse. It is also a time to challenge the dominant narratives that shape our curricula, our research frameworks, and our institutional cultures" uclioe.info/bhm2025
Monochrome photo of Victoria with a wide smile, with the words: "Black History Month is a vital time for reflection, recognition, and renewal. To truly honour Black history and Black futures, we must embrace culturally responsive pedagogy in our teaching - Professor Victoria Showunmi Vice Dean for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), Chair of Athena Swan IOExBHM2025". Monochrome photo of Victoria with a wide smile, with the words: "Decolonising research is not simply about inclusion; it is about transformation. Black History Month is not just about the past - it is about our future. Professor Victoria Showunmi Vice Dean for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), Chair of Athena Swan IOExBHM2025".
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jkass99.bsky.social
Because when you burn down a house and nobody ever rebuilds it, someone is still forced to live in the ashes
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hencarnell.bsky.social
"What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid."
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mrjamesob.bsky.social
We seem to have reached the ‘portraying the KKK in a negative light is controversial’ stage already.
discussingfilm.net
Ubisoft canceled an ‘ASSASSINS CREED’ game set in the post-Civil War era

• Featured a Black Assassin who was formerly a slave

• Players would fight the emerging KKK

• Leadership canceled it after concerns with U.S. political climate & Yasuke backlash

(Source: www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...)
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mancalledhorse.bsky.social
The thing that everyone needs to remember about anti-trans activists is that they lie, all the time, about everything. They are not credible journalistic sources, they are not reliable expert witnesses in court, they are not good-faith participants in debates. They are ideologically motivated liars.
samtlevin.bsky.social
NEW: Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom "deceived" the Supreme Court + "profoundly misrepresented" LGBTQ+ research, according to scholars cited by ADF.

Quoted experts speak out about ADF's "distortions" + "false evidence" in major case, on deck tomorrow, to revive "conversion therapy"
Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say
Exclusive: Experts say Alliance Defending Freedom, arguing to revive conversion therapy, ‘profoundly misrepresented’ their work in case threatening trans and queer youth
www.theguardian.com
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saulstaniforth.bsky.social
The regulator Ofwat has ruled that 5 private water companies can raise bills by even more than previously agreed

A reminder that despite promising to nationalise the water industry Starmer dumped that pledge &decided to side with the private companies instead. This is the result
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mollyknight.bsky.social
One of the men who raped Giséle Pelicot decided to appeal his conviction and nine-year sentence.

Upon reviewing the facts and the graphic video showing the assault, the court decided to add another year on to his sentence. Excellent:
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term
A French court increases by a year the jail term of the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot.
www.bbc.com
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yairwallach.bsky.social
Israel killed 21 people in Gaza TODAY
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resistrebelrevolt.net
The smartest response to fear of immigration you'll ever see.

"The elite need to inflame tension on immigration cause they need someone to blame for the problems THEY'RE causing our socities."
ashleighloeb.bsky.social
I know I have a big birthday coming up but COME ON! How did I get on this junk mail list?!?!
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mimmymum.bsky.social
See how the UK rightwing media is boosting newly minted European TERF groups to give them credibility. Using well worn transphobic rhetoric! 😣

article 👉 archive.ph/9YSF5

This is the next step in their “I want to speak to your manager” strategy!

@iesogi.bsky.social @ilgaeurope.bsky.social
Athena Forum @AthenaForumEU •10h
Our founder @el_nagashi in@Telegraph: "The European Commission is effectively following the wish list of transactivist lobby groups in Brussels, groups that are extremely well funded by the Commission itself and highly influential within EU institutions."
The Telegraph
ashleighloeb.bsky.social
Best deal in London: 49p filter coffee from Pret when I bro my own reusable cup! 🤑