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Theresa Davis

@helresa.bsky.social

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Purple fedora adorned, globe-trotting tech CEO and AWS Cloud Architect. Author. LGBTI+ activist, Director @networkgender. Fond of Milkshakes. Bi. Pronouns: she/her.

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Theresa Davis @helresa.bsky.social · Mar 5

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 1d

TW: child suicide.

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The NHS continues to fail trans kids.

This child’s suicide was preventable, the coroner said, but not by the NHS as it is currently operating.

17-year-old trans girl's suicide over NHS wait times was preventable says coroner

A 17-year-old trans girl's death by suicide over NHS wait times could have been prevented with swift intervention, a coroner has ruled.

www.thepinknews.com

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Sarah has a suggestion @goatsarah.org · 1d

A young girl died because of the British government’s assault on trans people. They murdered her. Streeting, Starmer, Cass and the rest, they murdered this girl. Her blood is on their hands.

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 4d

It's just the same story over and over. Anytime a group of doctors take an honest look at the Cass Review they realize it's bunk.

The irony is that Cass and her confederates were convinced they were blowing the lid off a major medical conspiracy to trans kids.

Transphobe physicians heal thyselves.

Madeleine Moore @matheleine.bsky.social · 4d

“Evidence‐based medicine has three pillars: (i) appraisal of research evidence, (ii) real‐world clinical expertise, and (iii) individual patient values and preferences. The Review's failures across all three are evident.”

Oh dear, Cass.

www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...

Cass Review does not guide care for trans young people

Good medicine is guided by the values of the patient, not those of a clinician, politician or commentator. The Cass Review, lacking expertise and compromised by implicit stigma and misinformation, doe...

www.mja.com.au

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Theresa Davis @helresa.bsky.social · 5d

Helen always reminds me that the conservatives ran repeated reviews into UK astronomy until they got one that gave them the answer they wanted.

Theresa Davis @helresa.bsky.social · 8d

Too much Uncle Roger

a man in an orange shirt holds a black bowl in his hand

Alt: a man in an orange shirt holds a black bowl in his hand

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Theresa Davis @helresa.bsky.social · 8d

Khaaaaannnnnn

a man is sitting in a chair with his hands on his chin

ALT: a man is sitting in a chair with his hands on his chin

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Theresa Davis @helresa.bsky.social · 10d

There’s quite a lot of families in the canaries who have links with Cuba and Venezuela. When the tabaco blight hit La Palma a lot of people went to Cuba taking the cigar making skills with them. There has been a cultural back and forth for a long time

Theresa Davis @helresa.bsky.social · 12d

If you see this skeet, skeet a pic from your device with no explanation

Theresa Davis @helresa.bsky.social · 14d

Ms. & Ms.

Theresa Davis @helresa.bsky.social · 15d

I’m joining the rebellion

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Theresa Davis @helresa.bsky.social · 19d

That’s one thing I like about my EV no gearbox…

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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 19d

"The British Psychological Society has warned that recent changes to equality law guidance risk causing confusion and damaging the wellbeing of trans people."

www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Equality and Human Rights Commission response | BPS

The BPS response urged the Equality and Human Rights Commission to adopt a clearer and more coherent approach that protects the dignity, privacy, and rights of trans people, while supporting service p...

www.bps.org.uk

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Theresa Davis @helresa.bsky.social · 19d

It can be under the misuse of computers act, which makes unauthorised access a criminal offence...

Theresa Davis @helresa.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks for the email

Theresa Davis @helresa.bsky.social · 19d

Anyone got an archive link to this story in the Telegraph...
Women-only Cambridge college risks breaching equality laws with unisex lavatories... want to read as it mentions FGEN

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Theresa Davis @helresa.bsky.social · 20d

Hmmm just a simple google brings up some interesting facts… I’ll do some more digging when I get home.

www.thenational.scot/news/2460143...

Labour minister admits £14,000 gift for birthday party with journalists and lobbyists

A LABOUR minister has admitted taking a five-figure sum from a Labour donor to fund a party with journalists and lobbyists for her birthday.

www.thenational.scot

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Theresa Davis @helresa.bsky.social · 20d

We were only discussing this very thing the other day… I wonder if any cash was used to grease the wheels to get them in there…

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Theresa Davis @helresa.bsky.social · 21d

Plus I can just whip out my Spanish government ID and really confuse them…

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Theresa Davis @helresa.bsky.social · 21d

Which was overturned on appeal

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Theresa Davis @helresa.bsky.social · 21d

You can have GC beliefs but the minute you start to push those onto others or use them as a basis of discrimination then you cross the line

Theresa Davis @helresa.bsky.social · 21d

What is the betting that she over stepped the mark and began expressing those beliefs and biases in an official capacity which is not covered under the Forster ruling

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Theresa Davis @helresa.bsky.social · 22d

Probably because they know he won’t listen and / or they don’t want to get fired

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 23d

This essay is a tour de force. To trans people, it reads as a grim reminder of the litany of indignities and travesties visited upon us by the UK government. To cis people, I hope, it is a bracing and sobering wake up call to how illiberal the UK and Labour have become. 1/

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 23d

the UK's new anti-trans rules are indefensible & will make global fascism stronger

my latest with @liberalcurrents.com

www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...

Britain’s Bathroom Ban

The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing one without a vote

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 23d

Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth

You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people

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Theresa Davis @helresa.bsky.social · 23d

And what if there were two
side by side in orbit
around the fairest sun

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