Carrie plays guitar 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@carriem.co.uk
Writer, parent and guitar wrangler from Glasgow. Author of Small Town Joy and Carrie Kills A Man, singer in Unquiet Mind. Trans, she/her. https://linktr.ee/carrieplaysguitar. Pic: Omar Salam
Pinned
Closer To The End Than The Beginning, by Unquiet Mind
from the album The Nest That You Have Flown EP
unquietmind.bandcamp.com
I'd like to play you some music that my band and I have taken far too long to finish. We gigged this one over a year ago; it's about the retreat of corporate pride, and it's given me an opportunity to indulge my Talk Talk obsession a little bit.
unquietmind.bandcamp.com/track/closer...
unquietmind.bandcamp.com/track/closer...
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The current ed regularly linked to transphobic accounts in his daily newsletter he ran for the Morningside dinner party set before taking the job - when you’re pointing to the fake reverend of Bath as a ‘just asking questions’ source, you’re not doing a good job of hiding behind a mask any more.
January 18, 2026 at 8:50 AM
The current ed regularly linked to transphobic accounts in his daily newsletter he ran for the Morningside dinner party set before taking the job - when you’re pointing to the fake reverend of Bath as a ‘just asking questions’ source, you’re not doing a good job of hiding behind a mask any more.
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In 1999 @dailyrecord.co.uk gleefully published the homophobic smears and lies of the Keep The Clause campaign. In the years since it gradually rebuilt its reputation with the LGBT community. Today it is back down in the gutter, deploying transphobia daily to drive clicks and sell copies. We see you.
January 18, 2026 at 8:01 AM
In 1999 @dailyrecord.co.uk gleefully published the homophobic smears and lies of the Keep The Clause campaign. In the years since it gradually rebuilt its reputation with the LGBT community. Today it is back down in the gutter, deploying transphobia daily to drive clicks and sell copies. We see you.
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Yeah this was predictable just cos they were talking to McKenna -
McGill's buses guys are paying Labour to be even more transphobic than they already are.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2577380...
McGill's buses guys are paying Labour to be even more transphobic than they already are.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2577380...
'SNP gender ideology has stopped them fixing real issues like economy and transport'
Billionaire Scottish bus firm brothers the Easdales explain why they've donated a six-figure sum to Scottish Labour
www.heraldscotland.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Yeah this was predictable just cos they were talking to McKenna -
McGill's buses guys are paying Labour to be even more transphobic than they already are.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2577380...
McGill's buses guys are paying Labour to be even more transphobic than they already are.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2577380...
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I’m in awe of his work. His books are like the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey and I’m a monkey throwing bones in its shadow :-D
January 18, 2026 at 12:02 AM
I’m in awe of his work. His books are like the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey and I’m a monkey throwing bones in its shadow :-D
It’s a real doorstop :) superb though.
January 17, 2026 at 11:31 PM
It’s a real doorstop :) superb though.
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Come watch me ruin one of martin henry’s songs tonight live at the glad cafe (for Celtic Connections.
I have fairly genuine nobel peace prizes to give out for paid customers.
We’re on at 9.
I have fairly genuine nobel peace prizes to give out for paid customers.
We’re on at 9.
January 17, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Come watch me ruin one of martin henry’s songs tonight live at the glad cafe (for Celtic Connections.
I have fairly genuine nobel peace prizes to give out for paid customers.
We’re on at 9.
I have fairly genuine nobel peace prizes to give out for paid customers.
We’re on at 9.
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It is absolutely a never-fail marker of generalised fuckery.
(And even if someone was "only" anti-trans, that's still unacceptable.)
(And even if someone was "only" anti-trans, that's still unacceptable.)
I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
January 17, 2026 at 11:57 AM
It is absolutely a never-fail marker of generalised fuckery.
(And even if someone was "only" anti-trans, that's still unacceptable.)
(And even if someone was "only" anti-trans, that's still unacceptable.)
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man I thought starmer was a fucking genius for agreeing to pay more for US drugs to avoid tariffs. Who could've predicted President Deals might come back with more tariffs? Nobody!
January 17, 2026 at 5:20 PM
man I thought starmer was a fucking genius for agreeing to pay more for US drugs to avoid tariffs. Who could've predicted President Deals might come back with more tariffs? Nobody!
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Politicians & Journalists: "From the feedback we're getting, there would be a lot of opposition from the general public if we left X."
"Where are you hearing this?"
Politicians & Journalists: "Well, funny coincidence..."
"Where are you hearing this?"
Politicians & Journalists: "Well, funny coincidence..."
January 17, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Politicians & Journalists: "From the feedback we're getting, there would be a lot of opposition from the general public if we left X."
"Where are you hearing this?"
Politicians & Journalists: "Well, funny coincidence..."
"Where are you hearing this?"
Politicians & Journalists: "Well, funny coincidence..."
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To be blunt, we’re your canary. And we’re sick and tired of it. We warn you and you ignore us. Politicians use us to score “good Christian” points. Then y’all act surprised when your rights get stripped away. If you even hint at being anti-trans, you’re an asshole & trash.
It exposes directional alignment; you still seek to limit, not expand, who is allowed to be human. Yes, you have set your limitation more inclusively than our fascist gang of white supremacists; it doesn't mean you're not also setting limitations & they'll use your limit as long as it serves them.
I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
January 17, 2026 at 1:22 PM
To be blunt, we’re your canary. And we’re sick and tired of it. We warn you and you ignore us. Politicians use us to score “good Christian” points. Then y’all act surprised when your rights get stripped away. If you even hint at being anti-trans, you’re an asshole & trash.
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"What are the red flags of enemy feminism? For starters, fear: an emphasis on danger over pleasure; a preoccupation with purity; technophobia; congealed opinion; resistance to surprise or novelty; and the desire for strong borders.... But by far the most common feature of enemy feminism is racism."
I wrote about @reproutopia.bsky.social's excellent book "Enemy Feminisms: Terfs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses Against Liberation" for the new @nplusonemag.com
“Given the history of intrafeminist conflict, Lewis suggests, it’s time we gave up the comforting myth that feminism is always and everywhere a force for good.”
In n+1’s Winter 2026 issue: coeditor @dtortorici.bsky.social on Sophie Lewis’s ENEMY FEMINISMS. www.nplusonemag.com/issue-52/rev...
In n+1’s Winter 2026 issue: coeditor @dtortorici.bsky.social on Sophie Lewis’s ENEMY FEMINISMS. www.nplusonemag.com/issue-52/rev...
January 17, 2026 at 3:08 PM
"What are the red flags of enemy feminism? For starters, fear: an emphasis on danger over pleasure; a preoccupation with purity; technophobia; congealed opinion; resistance to surprise or novelty; and the desire for strong borders.... But by far the most common feature of enemy feminism is racism."
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"Who was right about Trump’s fascism a decade ago matters now because of the desperate need to listen to those who are right *today*"
nobody-wants-this.ghost.io/we-were-righ...
nobody-wants-this.ghost.io/we-were-righ...
We Were Right About Trump and It Doesn’t Feel Good
It feels abysmal in part because some still aren't listening
nobody-wants-this.ghost.io
January 17, 2026 at 3:10 PM
"Who was right about Trump’s fascism a decade ago matters now because of the desperate need to listen to those who are right *today*"
nobody-wants-this.ghost.io/we-were-righ...
nobody-wants-this.ghost.io/we-were-righ...
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Maybe not coincidence the press filled up with screaming terror about ethnic minority sex offenders and transgender people, in the same decade that multiple appalling scandals broke revealing politics and business - the most powerful people in the world - are knee-deep in coercive sexual abuse.
The obsession with trans women in women’s changing rooms seems to take up a lot of the media space that could be used to highlight cis male sexual abusers - but the concerns over them are usually only of interest when they are dead after a lifetime of praise
January 17, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Maybe not coincidence the press filled up with screaming terror about ethnic minority sex offenders and transgender people, in the same decade that multiple appalling scandals broke revealing politics and business - the most powerful people in the world - are knee-deep in coercive sexual abuse.
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Weirdly this wasn't mentioned in the article?
Sandy and James Easdale, say they want to help Sarwar “remove the SNP from power”😂
In 1997, Sandy Easdale was jailed for a year for VAT fraud
HMRC found £45,000 in cash at his home, linked to inflated VAT on invoices from his scrap metal business x.com/pjwoodside/s...
#RedTories #VoteSNP
In 1997, Sandy Easdale was jailed for a year for VAT fraud
HMRC found £45,000 in cash at his home, linked to inflated VAT on invoices from his scrap metal business x.com/pjwoodside/s...
#RedTories #VoteSNP
January 17, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Weirdly this wasn't mentioned in the article?
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It exposes directional alignment; you still seek to limit, not expand, who is allowed to be human. Yes, you have set your limitation more inclusively than our fascist gang of white supremacists; it doesn't mean you're not also setting limitations & they'll use your limit as long as it serves them.
I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
January 17, 2026 at 12:57 PM
It exposes directional alignment; you still seek to limit, not expand, who is allowed to be human. Yes, you have set your limitation more inclusively than our fascist gang of white supremacists; it doesn't mean you're not also setting limitations & they'll use your limit as long as it serves them.
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I'm somewhat tired of pretending that trans women using women's changing rooms and bathrooms has ever been a problem, as entire legal systems contradict their own precedent specifically to deny trans women dignity and serve up sacrifices to gender-conservatives and bigoted religious groups.
The court ruled the NHS trust did indirectly discriminate against and harass the nurses by allowing Trans+ people to use single sex spaces
www.wearequeeraf.com/darlington-n...
www.wearequeeraf.com/darlington-n...
Darlington Nurses not harassed by trans colleague but trans women in single-sex spaces "violates dignity", court rules
The court ruled the NHS trust did indirectly discriminate against and harass the nurses by allowing Trans+ people to use single sex spaces
www.wearequeeraf.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:50 AM
I'm somewhat tired of pretending that trans women using women's changing rooms and bathrooms has ever been a problem, as entire legal systems contradict their own precedent specifically to deny trans women dignity and serve up sacrifices to gender-conservatives and bigoted religious groups.
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makes me wonder just how much of @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social's prejudice and bigotry toward us is based on fetish porn.
transphobes do this a lot. labour mp kate osbourne has spoken about how she gets flooded with it.
terfs are no different from incels who get their view of cis women from porn.
transphobes do this a lot. labour mp kate osbourne has spoken about how she gets flooded with it.
terfs are no different from incels who get their view of cis women from porn.
I’ve told this story before, but one of my turning points as a cis person, having originally followed glinner way back for his comedy credentials, was asking his followers for any actual evidence of a problem in public toilets - and I just got deluged with fetish porn.
January 17, 2026 at 11:07 AM
makes me wonder just how much of @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social's prejudice and bigotry toward us is based on fetish porn.
transphobes do this a lot. labour mp kate osbourne has spoken about how she gets flooded with it.
terfs are no different from incels who get their view of cis women from porn.
transphobes do this a lot. labour mp kate osbourne has spoken about how she gets flooded with it.
terfs are no different from incels who get their view of cis women from porn.
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This. Scratch a transphobe and you'll find under that paint will always be racism, homophobia, ableism, sexism, & authoritarianism.
All transphobes are patriarchists, conservatives, anti-progressives.
All.
All transphobes are patriarchists, conservatives, anti-progressives.
All.
I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
January 17, 2026 at 10:17 AM
This. Scratch a transphobe and you'll find under that paint will always be racism, homophobia, ableism, sexism, & authoritarianism.
All transphobes are patriarchists, conservatives, anti-progressives.
All.
All transphobes are patriarchists, conservatives, anti-progressives.
All.
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the fact that i, a disabled trans woman, feel absolutely nothing about reform stomping labour says a fuckload about how horrific this government is.
January 17, 2026 at 10:24 AM
the fact that i, a disabled trans woman, feel absolutely nothing about reform stomping labour says a fuckload about how horrific this government is.
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The parallels with transphobia today are extraordinary, even if the good ol' Guardian can't bring itself to say so.
‘Naked homophobia’: play revisits BBC’s first programme on gay men in 1950s
Original script from 1954 referring to ‘troubles of this kind’ to be brought to life on stage for LGBT+ History Month
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:31 AM
The parallels with transphobia today are extraordinary, even if the good ol' Guardian can't bring itself to say so.
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So Emma Hilton is now the interim chair of Sex Matters.
Let’s check out some of the Sex Science that she’s famous for
Let’s check out some of the Sex Science that she’s famous for
FOI reveals that within the first week in office, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson requested a meeting with Sex Matters to discuss "mutual priorities and ways to work together going forward"
January 17, 2026 at 8:40 AM
So Emma Hilton is now the interim chair of Sex Matters.
Let’s check out some of the Sex Science that she’s famous for
Let’s check out some of the Sex Science that she’s famous for
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It's time for my Alexander O'Neal joke again, gang!
*clears throat*
Alexander O'Neal once had to finish with his girlfriend because she was utterly obsessed with measuring and recording the details of various rodents.
ALL SHE DID WAS CRITTER-SIZE.
#TotP
*clears throat*
Alexander O'Neal once had to finish with his girlfriend because she was utterly obsessed with measuring and recording the details of various rodents.
ALL SHE DID WAS CRITTER-SIZE.
#TotP
May 24, 2024 at 7:11 PM
It's time for my Alexander O'Neal joke again, gang!
*clears throat*
Alexander O'Neal once had to finish with his girlfriend because she was utterly obsessed with measuring and recording the details of various rodents.
ALL SHE DID WAS CRITTER-SIZE.
#TotP
*clears throat*
Alexander O'Neal once had to finish with his girlfriend because she was utterly obsessed with measuring and recording the details of various rodents.
ALL SHE DID WAS CRITTER-SIZE.
#TotP
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If you want to avoid transphobes I can strongly recommend the 'A Very British Bigotry' blocklist compiled by @hedgehogsafety.bsky.social. All those added to the list deserve to be on it. It was discovering that the @bskybeer account was included that led me to make the initial post.
January 16, 2026 at 10:24 PM
If you want to avoid transphobes I can strongly recommend the 'A Very British Bigotry' blocklist compiled by @hedgehogsafety.bsky.social. All those added to the list deserve to be on it. It was discovering that the @bskybeer account was included that led me to make the initial post.