Erin, a bee 🐝 🏳️⚧️ 🎄(Ms Fidget era with lights on)
@erinlisagayle.bsky.social
Atheist; 1969 vintage; UK; MtF; egg cracked Jan 2023; started HRT Feb 2024.
Walking the long, hard road between.
Smol account. Don't follow me unless you don't know where you're going either.
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Walking the long, hard road between.
Smol account. Don't follow me unless you don't know where you're going either.
Orig Acct Created 10/06/2023
New Acct Rebuilt 17/06/2024
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Field of Dreams Original Soundtrack - The Cornfield
YouTube video by blaaze6
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Get to know my music taste (personal version, not based on likes)
This is mostly going to be film soundtrack stuff, but there will be occasional rock / pop in it.
So, I couldn't start this thread without a track from the one album I'd rescue from the proverbial fire:
This is mostly going to be film soundtrack stuff, but there will be occasional rock / pop in it.
So, I couldn't start this thread without a track from the one album I'd rescue from the proverbial fire:
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I'm privileged to call Robin a friend, and as such, have seen behind the curtains with what went on with Monkey Cage. When BBC bosses say they don't recognise his version of events, I was being told of them by Robin in real time. This stuff has been going on for YEARS.
I'm heartbroken for him.
I'm heartbroken for him.
December 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I'm privileged to call Robin a friend, and as such, have seen behind the curtains with what went on with Monkey Cage. When BBC bosses say they don't recognise his version of events, I was being told of them by Robin in real time. This stuff has been going on for YEARS.
I'm heartbroken for him.
I'm heartbroken for him.
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For the record, Robin Ince is a superb comedian, an absolute mensch, a remarkable thinker and the kindest human you’ll ever meet. And the BBC is a genuinely great and globally unique institution that needs to stop being afraid. I think that’s where most of its faults and issues stem from.
December 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
For the record, Robin Ince is a superb comedian, an absolute mensch, a remarkable thinker and the kindest human you’ll ever meet. And the BBC is a genuinely great and globally unique institution that needs to stop being afraid. I think that’s where most of its faults and issues stem from.
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Streeting is asking for a “consensus” with another cis politician but not with trans people.
A bit like a “consensus” about women’s bodily autonomy in the Vatican, or about LGB rights in the Westboro Baptist Church.
To call it a “consensus” at all is very revealing and demonstrates…
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A bit like a “consensus” about women’s bodily autonomy in the Vatican, or about LGB rights in the Westboro Baptist Church.
To call it a “consensus” at all is very revealing and demonstrates…
1/2
December 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Streeting is asking for a “consensus” with another cis politician but not with trans people.
A bit like a “consensus” about women’s bodily autonomy in the Vatican, or about LGB rights in the Westboro Baptist Church.
To call it a “consensus” at all is very revealing and demonstrates…
1/2
A bit like a “consensus” about women’s bodily autonomy in the Vatican, or about LGB rights in the Westboro Baptist Church.
To call it a “consensus” at all is very revealing and demonstrates…
1/2
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If you love science and comedy and @robinince.bsky.social, now is a great time to discover @cosmicshambles.com and everything they have to offer.
And if you're in the vicinity of London, UK, check out their amazing holiday event, "Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People"
And if you're in the vicinity of London, UK, check out their amazing holiday event, "Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People"
Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People | The Cosmic Shambles Network
cosmicshambles.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If you love science and comedy and @robinince.bsky.social, now is a great time to discover @cosmicshambles.com and everything they have to offer.
And if you're in the vicinity of London, UK, check out their amazing holiday event, "Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People"
And if you're in the vicinity of London, UK, check out their amazing holiday event, "Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People"
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Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night
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The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
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The Boomers will mostly be remembered for burning the ladder they climbed and then telling the people down below to be grateful about it.
December 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The Boomers will mostly be remembered for burning the ladder they climbed and then telling the people down below to be grateful about it.
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Are you all on crack? Have you not spotted how you have made my and the rest of the Trans community's lives a misery for the last 10 years? Fucking ghouls.
Final call ...
Our telethon will finish in the next two hours. Don't miss the chance to chat to your favourite journalist and support the 2025 charity appeal.
Phone us on 0203 353 4368 or donate at theguardian.com/charityappeal25bsk
Our telethon will finish in the next two hours. Don't miss the chance to chat to your favourite journalist and support the 2025 charity appeal.
Phone us on 0203 353 4368 or donate at theguardian.com/charityappeal25bsk
December 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Are you all on crack? Have you not spotted how you have made my and the rest of the Trans community's lives a misery for the last 10 years? Fucking ghouls.
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Demonstrators have brought along homemade stickers and Pride badges to showcase their support for trans inclusion
December 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Demonstrators have brought along homemade stickers and Pride badges to showcase their support for trans inclusion
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I'm observing a voice coaching lesson this evening, with a view to being able to offer subsidised voice training to trans women through @essehouse.bsky.social
If any other voice coaches/voice therapists are interested in donating an hour a week - please get in touch!
If any other voice coaches/voice therapists are interested in donating an hour a week - please get in touch!
December 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I'm observing a voice coaching lesson this evening, with a view to being able to offer subsidised voice training to trans women through @essehouse.bsky.social
If any other voice coaches/voice therapists are interested in donating an hour a week - please get in touch!
If any other voice coaches/voice therapists are interested in donating an hour a week - please get in touch!
Pre Christmas deep cleaning done, a bit early too, so I'm feeling like I've accomplished something today 🙂
December 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Pre Christmas deep cleaning done, a bit early too, so I'm feeling like I've accomplished something today 🙂
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Just one final thing - someone filmed some of my departure speech after Monkey Cage last night (I should make it clear no one knew I was going to do it) and it has been put up here - i cannot deny i was very emotional #science #comedy
www.chortle.co.uk/news/2025/12...
www.chortle.co.uk/news/2025/12...
Robin Ince forced to quit Radio 4 over pro-trans views : News 2025 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide
Robin Ince forced to quit Radio 4 over pro-trans views - Comic leaves Infinite Monkey Cage after pressure from bosses
www.chortle.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Just one final thing - someone filmed some of my departure speech after Monkey Cage last night (I should make it clear no one knew I was going to do it) and it has been put up here - i cannot deny i was very emotional #science #comedy
www.chortle.co.uk/news/2025/12...
www.chortle.co.uk/news/2025/12...
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Word of the day, should you be feeling a little huffish, is ‘apanthropy’ (18th century): a love of solitude and the desire to be away from other people.
December 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Word of the day, should you be feeling a little huffish, is ‘apanthropy’ (18th century): a love of solitude and the desire to be away from other people.
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Thank you to everyone who has transitioned later in life for showing the world that the pursuit of happiness and self-respect is a worthy, lifelong endeavor.
December 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Thank you to everyone who has transitioned later in life for showing the world that the pursuit of happiness and self-respect is a worthy, lifelong endeavor.
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Today my standing-up-for-trans-people heroes are (in no particular order):
- Rosie Wilson of Lunar Cycles, for declining her @cyclinguk.bsky.social award
- @robinince.bsky.social, for his outspoken allyship even at the cost of his broadcast career
- all the Girl Guides protesting today
🫶🏻🏳️⚧️🙏🏻
- Rosie Wilson of Lunar Cycles, for declining her @cyclinguk.bsky.social award
- @robinince.bsky.social, for his outspoken allyship even at the cost of his broadcast career
- all the Girl Guides protesting today
🫶🏻🏳️⚧️🙏🏻
December 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Today my standing-up-for-trans-people heroes are (in no particular order):
- Rosie Wilson of Lunar Cycles, for declining her @cyclinguk.bsky.social award
- @robinince.bsky.social, for his outspoken allyship even at the cost of his broadcast career
- all the Girl Guides protesting today
🫶🏻🏳️⚧️🙏🏻
- Rosie Wilson of Lunar Cycles, for declining her @cyclinguk.bsky.social award
- @robinince.bsky.social, for his outspoken allyship even at the cost of his broadcast career
- all the Girl Guides protesting today
🫶🏻🏳️⚧️🙏🏻
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One if my favourite shows. It’s appalling that Robin was being forced into silence & I hope he will find new voice and prove that the BBC is wrong in this
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
One if my favourite shows. It’s appalling that Robin was being forced into silence & I hope he will find new voice and prove that the BBC is wrong in this
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There are more cis people aware of the BBCs transphobia today thanks to @robinince.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
There are more cis people aware of the BBCs transphobia today thanks to @robinince.bsky.social
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I've cancelled my licence fee direct debit - the law requires I pay it and I expect eventually I shall. But I'll make it as expensive as I can for them to collect. Let me contribute as little as possible to what it costs the BBC to spread its transphobic poison.
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I've cancelled my licence fee direct debit - the law requires I pay it and I expect eventually I shall. But I'll make it as expensive as I can for them to collect. Let me contribute as little as possible to what it costs the BBC to spread its transphobic poison.
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If you don't know any trans people you may be completely unaware of how the rising tide of transphobia has led to the BBC actually editing pieces, not to update the story but to insert slurs to make a story more transphobic
There are more cis people aware of the BBCs transphobia today thanks to @robinince.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
If you don't know any trans people you may be completely unaware of how the rising tide of transphobia has led to the BBC actually editing pieces, not to update the story but to insert slurs to make a story more transphobic
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If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
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We will be reporting on this protest today.
Watch this thread at 12 as that will be when the protest is scheduled to start.
Watch this thread at 12 as that will be when the protest is scheduled to start.
Gonna be going to the girl guiding protest in London to do some live reporting.
Should be interesting to see.
One thing I learnt from my scout leader parents is that guide leaders and scout leaders can organise really bloody well.
Should be interesting to see.
One thing I learnt from my scout leader parents is that guide leaders and scout leaders can organise really bloody well.
December 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
We will be reporting on this protest today.
Watch this thread at 12 as that will be when the protest is scheduled to start.
Watch this thread at 12 as that will be when the protest is scheduled to start.
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Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
Being trans isn't a choice. It's who I am, and frequently something I struggle with.
But I am immeasurably happier transitioning than I was before my egg cracked.
But I am immeasurably happier transitioning than I was before my egg cracked.
December 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Being trans isn't a choice. It's who I am, and frequently something I struggle with.
But I am immeasurably happier transitioning than I was before my egg cracked.
But I am immeasurably happier transitioning than I was before my egg cracked.
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Nigel Farage is probably delighted today that Reform have the most members of a political party.
It doesn't have to be this way.
180,000 and rising. Hope ready to overtake hate.
Stand and be counted.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
It doesn't have to be this way.
180,000 and rising. Hope ready to overtake hate.
Stand and be counted.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Nigel Farage is probably delighted today that Reform have the most members of a political party.
It doesn't have to be this way.
180,000 and rising. Hope ready to overtake hate.
Stand and be counted.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
It doesn't have to be this way.
180,000 and rising. Hope ready to overtake hate.
Stand and be counted.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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If you think there is a giant conspiracy between the UK government, corporate media, and a handful of well-funded genitally-obsessed bigots to segregate and eliminate trans people from society, that's because there is.
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
If you think there is a giant conspiracy between the UK government, corporate media, and a handful of well-funded genitally-obsessed bigots to segregate and eliminate trans people from society, that's because there is.