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The official Essence of Thought Bluesky account, producing fully referenced human rights resources with a particular focus on trans rights.

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Essence of Thought @essenceofthought.bsky.social · 2d
NEW VIDEO! One of the cruelest pranks pulled by general society is convincing survivors of abuse that Vladimir Nabokov's 'Lolita' is a subversive critique of child predators, when that simply doesn't line up with the evidence, including the author's own declared intent.
Everyone is WRONG About Lolita
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thecutestcommie.bsky.social
From r/TransgenderUK: The BBC is putting together a hit piece against GenderGP.
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
essenceofthought.bsky.social
NEW VIDEO! One of the cruelest pranks pulled by general society is convincing survivors of abuse that Vladimir Nabokov's 'Lolita' is a subversive critique of child predators, when that simply doesn't line up with the evidence, including the author's own declared intent.
Everyone is WRONG About Lolita
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November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
essenceofthought.bsky.social
Gonna make a personal request for everyone who follows the channel: Click this video, watch it (even if you can't listen to it right now, turn the audio down and leave it running in the background), and comment on it with something, anything, even 'more people need to know this'.
brigitteempire.bsky.social Brigitte Empire @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 3d
One of the first victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s horrific child sex trafficking operation was a trans woman. The US media painted her as a deceitful monster predating on the late paedophile. Let’s talk about this sordid saga and what it says about attitudes to trans people, and victims of assault
The Forgotten Transgender Victim of Jeffrey Epstein
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November 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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One of the first victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s horrific child sex trafficking operation was a trans woman. The US media painted her as a deceitful monster predating on the late paedophile. Let’s talk about this sordid saga and what it says about attitudes to trans people, and victims of assault
The Forgotten Transgender Victim of Jeffrey Epstein
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November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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brigitteempire.bsky.social
putting in so much work constantly and getting completely buried is really demoralising, and it's not like I can easily get another job either
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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brigitteempire.bsky.social
Okay genuinely what the hell is happening with YouTube? Are all video essay channels getting crushed now? How is this not bad for their business? Is there anything we can do about it?
November 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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mrspowersdayjob.bsky.social
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
A large (maybe 3 feet wide by 5 feet tall) sign on the end of a row of bookshelves that tells the “address” of books that have sensitive content.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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bashback.bsky.social
On #TransDayOfRemembrance, we remember Toni Asik, murdered by Yasmin Cooper and Sodexo in HMP Bronzefield on 28/07/25.

Today we remember all trans people who have been made victims of colonialism and state violence

Mourn the dead, fight like hell for the living

xoxo BASH BACK
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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BASH BACK statement on our collaboration with Prisoners for Palestine:
We are proud to be collaborating with @Prisoners4Palestine, the prisoner-led collective that represents those who have been detained by the British state in their struggle for Palestinian liberation. We have signed their open letter in support of the ongoing hunger strike, and share their stated goals: • Shut down Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems, with which the UK closely collaborates; • End the proscription of Palestine Action; • End censorship in prisons; • Release illegal detainees on immediate bail; • The right to a fair trial, by releasing all documents relevant to their cases, including those documenting meetings between British and Israeli state officials, the British police, the attorney general, and Elbit Systems representatives. The struggle for Palestinian liberation and political prisoners is one we share as trans people. As state repression of political dissent against genocide and collaboration escalates, the tools of the state come down ever harder on all those who are criminalised, vilified, and marginalised. We remember Toni Asik, a victim of the transphobic abuses of Sodexo staff in HMP Bronzefield, where the first hunger strikers are incarcerated. When we took action against Sodexo in Leeds, we did so to remember him, and impose his memory on the system that killed him. Today (20th November) marks Trans Day of Remembrance, but it is also a day, as every day, of resistance. As the ever more authoritarian British state abuses and kills its captives with impunity, we ask: what would you do? We do as we must: we fight. As direct actionists ourselves, we share a kinship with the Prisoners for Palestine, brave opponents to the authoritarian wave that has captured the UK, now putting their bodies on the line to demand the freedom they always deserved. We recognise the twin threat posed by genocidal collaboration and prisoner abuse, which a threat to everyone’s liberation. BASH BACK will continue to fight, in solidarity and rage, against the state and private companies that exclude us, torture us, imprison us, and abuse us. For true liberation. For all of us. From the streets and to the cells. From the river to the sea. Solidarity with Prisoners For Palestine. Shut Down Elbit Systems Justice for Our Prisoners Justice for Palestine UNTIL ALL ARE FREE xoxo BASH BACK
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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BASH BACK’s statement outside of HMP Bronzefield on 15th November, which was read by a wonderful comrade. While for our own anonymity we couldn’t be there in person, it was an honour to deliver this statement and have it heard by our prisoners.

UNTIL ALL ARE FREE

xoxo BASH BACK
On 28th July, Toni Asik - a trans man - died behind these walls after months of abuse, harassment, and discrimination from staff representing HMP Bronzefield and Sodexo. He was segregated, refused healthcare checkups despite clear suicidal thoughts and mental ill health, and routinely abused by guards for his gender identity- this along with the subtler, nascent abuse that results from the bondage and incarceration of trans people, from egregious deadnaming and misgendering, to the medical neglect that we come to expect in society. That same week, another trans prisoner in Bronzefield attempted suicide by throwing himself off of a catwalk. We are BASH BACK, a trans-led direct-action group fighting for total transgender liberation, and on the 30th August we took action against Sodexo’s office in Leeds, smashing their windows and spraying their walls. In black paint across their brickwork a simple message: “SODEXO KILLED TONI ASIK”. Four simple words that hammer home the thing everyone knew. No death in prison is voluntary, all have been carried out, systemically, by the state and the private companies they get to do the dirty work. Every death behind those walls is a murder, the perpetrators of which will likely never be held to account. We took action against Sodexo so that just for the moment they would know what they did, and that for once Toni’s name, a name they often refused to speak, would be on display for all to see.

Many of the Prisoners for Palestine - our prisoners (though they are all our prisoners so long as we continue the abolitionist struggle) - knew Toni, they knew his light and his joy, they shared time with him in the gym, spoke with him, felt his presence. We did not, cannot have. We just knew he lived, and that was enough for us. It was not enough for Sodexo.  But not much has been, in truth. Many of the prisoners are 15 days into an open-ended hunger strike, and it took 10 days of starvation for Sodexo to even recognise it as active. It took 27 days of starvation and thousands of phonecalls from activists like yourselves before T. Hoxha’s basic demands were met. But then what should we expect from a state which would rather imprison activists than end a genocide? What still should we expect from a state which goes out of its way to criminalise transness through puberty blockers bans? Many of our prisoners are trans themselves, subject to similar abuses and discrimination to that which Toni experienced - nearly always from staff, rarely ever from their fellow prisoners - and with the UK’s human rights advisor, the EHRC, pushing for further segregation of trans people, those conditions only threaten to get worse. For our part, we have already taken action against the EHRC, but the fight for liberation comes through more than just action, it is in resilience, refusal, and protest at the level of your body. Just as our hunger strikers are doing. Just as every trans prisoner does when they refuse to closet, refuse to hear any other name but their own, when we refuse to be anything other than ourselves. Because our bodies are the one things they cannot take away. And so we are immensely proud to be here today - if only in voice - with Prisoners for Palestine, our comrades both in and outside prison walls, to demand freedom, a fair trial, and justice - REAL JUSTICE - for those brave enough to take on the war machine that has killed so many, and imprisoned so many more. So proud to be with those putting their bodies on the line for liberation. Our struggles are linked by the shared enemy of state and colonialism, both here and in so-called Israel, which has made us all subjects As direct actionists ourselves we are so proud to have comrades in the P4P prisoners, to stand defiant against Sodexo, and the draconian weaponisation of anti-terror legislation designed to deter resistance. To Yasmin Cooper Security Manager for Sodexo Justice Services, responsible for the use of anti-terror powers against P4P prisoners, and ultimately responsible for the conditions that killed Toni, we will say this as bluntly as possible: you are an enemy of humanity, you are an enemy of justice, you are a murderer and a kidnapper, doing the dirty work for a genocidal state, and we will not rest until you face justice for what you have done to our prisoners, to Toni, to the absurd number of captives in your overcrowded jails. I hope you sleep well at night, because we will not rest until justice is felt, our trans community is liberated, our prisoners are freed, and a sun rises over a free Palestine.

In solidarity and rage, forever

UNTIL ALL ARE FREE
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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drubie.bsky.social
She sees your fandom as affirmation, your money as funding for the harm she causes to trans people.

It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
raynegrimm.bsky.social Rayne Grimm Vulpes Zer-Duh @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 5d
Hey yall not what I wanted to do on my birthday but let it be clear

"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!

Let it Go!
'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling says 'a ton' of fans are 'still with me' after trans remarks
J.K. Rowling addressed her controversial comments about transgender women on 'The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling' podcast, saying many 'Harry Potter' fans were 'grateful that I'd said what I said,' and ...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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A great investigative piece by @translucent.org.uk brilliant work.

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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
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November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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clarebyrnes.bsky.social
A population coverage of over 16 million people in the review - and just two complaints for the entirety of 2024!

One complaint was about the 'guidelines' for transgender access to bathrooms.

The second complaint was based on the 'perceived' gender of a person. Not confirmed as a trans person.
November 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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This lil drawing I made for the first TDOR I was out for. So many complicated feelings with today. Hoping you are alive and well today.
A woman in a trans flag holds a small candle
November 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Patron Saint of Hating ChatGPT
An anthropomorphic coyote in peasant’s garb stabs a massive pencil into a shattered, sparking ChatGPT logo. The coyote is grinning, with patchwork wings splayed behind them, and their pose is reminiscent of St Michael Slaying the Devil. Behind them is a marble archway, bursting with pencils, paints, and creative implements. Same image but with a black background behind the marble arch. An anthropomorphic coyote in peasant’s garb stabs a massive pencil into a shattered, sparking ChatGPT logo. The coyote is grinning, with patchwork wings splayed behind them, and their pose is reminiscent of St Michael Slaying the Devil. Behind them is a marble archway, bursting with pencils, paints, and creative implements.
November 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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ashlikeadragon.bsky.social
happy transgender day of remembrance

thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly

please live 💜
A screenshot from Celeste. Madeline stands by a memorial dedicated to those who perished on the climb up Celeste Mountain.
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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cyber rape
josephcox.bsky.social Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 9d
This is a nuts story. An AI chatbot and image platform left millions of images exposed. They show what people are actually using the AI for: taking random women's yearbook, graduation, and social media photos and making super realistic hardcore porn with them
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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bashback.bsky.social
We have just two words for them:

Good luck :)

xoxo BASH BACK
whatthetrans.com What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 28d
We have now got a statement from the EHRC

"We are aware of an incident that took place at the building housing our London office last night and are taking necessary action. We have reported it to the police"
whatthetrans.com What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 28d
Breaking:

Bash Back targets the EHRC.

We have sent a reporter over this morning for more photos
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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bashback.bsky.social
The options for trans healthcare are:
- Wait 3 lifetimes
- Pay tens of thousands of pounds
- Find and pay for increasingly hard-to-access DIY
- Never get it at all

Do they expect gratitude? Or just for us to suffer in silence?

We will respond in turn, with nothing but rage.

xoxo BASH BACK
November 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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We cannot continue to allow the NHS to get away with this. They want to ruin us. Erase us.

We must show them we cannot be ignored.

xoxo BASH BACK
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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bashback.bsky.social
In a word: bullshit.

In a few more: the BBC has opposed or ignored almost every part of the trans liberation struggle in the UK, in part because one of their millionaire reporters is a hateful little transphobe.
And even she doesn't think they've gone far enough.

Fuck the Beeb.

xoxo BASH BACK
nojusticemtg.bsky.social NJ @nojusticemtg.bsky.social · 18d
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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bashback.bsky.social
Oh Maya, you don't need the toilet sign. We all know you're full of shit.

xoxo BASH BACK
November 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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bashback.bsky.social
Eager to support our work and get involved in trans liberation yourself?
Send us an email at [email protected]
November 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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bashback.bsky.social
It's ##TransVisibilityWeek !

Do you see us now?

xoxo BASH BACK
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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bashback.bsky.social
When we labelled Wes Streeting a "CHILD KILLER" we weren't exaggerating.

Parents agree: since Streeting's blockers ban, NHS Sussex has been abusing and killing children.

Thank you to @sophiemolly.co.uk for this harrowing report.

xoxo BASH BACK
sophiemolly.co.uk Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 9d
"Some parents shared deeply distressing accounts of what they have heard about the services, including stories of patients as young as 11 being continually asked about their genitals and sex life."

Parents say: “They are killing our children” share.google/zAlvx2QNLX1a...
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
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November 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM