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Ilya
@ilyarabbit.bsky.social
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artist, researcher. originally from the UK, currently living in Narrm
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Ilya @ilyarabbit.bsky.social · May 29
I started making this a few weeks after the supreme court judgement
A comic, drawn in coloured pencil. An image of a plane flying overhead, and some flowers. Speechbubble 1: 'There's no amount of bad life can get that will suddenly make things better.' Speechbubble 2: 'Ole Ivar Lovaas was a behaviourist, and the father of ABA. In 1974, he co-founded the UCLA feminine boy project. His goal was to prevent children from growing up to be trans women. His first subject was four. She died by suicide at thirty-three.' Speechbubble 3: 'These flowers are for her'. A colour-pencil comic. A hand holds out a plane ticket. Speechbubble 1: 'I left the UK in late 2024'. Speechbubble 2: 'Lovaas noticed that it can be very difficult to stop autistic children self-harming, but that threats of murder, and agonising electric shocks did the trick.' Speechbubble 3: 'They would freeze'. Speechbubble 4: 'I knew things were going to get worse'. Speechbubble 5: 'I had been researching the recent history of NHS conversion therapy'. Speechbubble 6: 'I hadn't noticed myself go numb.' A colour-pencil comic. At the top, an image of the building that hosts the UK supreme court, which shades into an image of someone's feet, in socks and slippers, clearly seated. Speechbubble 1: 'I wasn't prepared for the future I had seen coming'. Speechbubble 2: 'I want to go home'. Speechbubble 3: 'All these small battles I've been fighting.' Speechbubble 4: 'These tiny pockets of safety.' Speechbubble 5: 'wiped away'. Speechbubble 6: 'I go snorkelling'. A colour pencil comic. The sea from underwater. A fiddler ray, swimming. The author's head breaching the waves. Speechbubble 1: 'Can I go home?' Speechbubble 2: 'Is it survivors guilt?' Speechbubble 3: 'I haven't survived yet'. Speechbubble 4: 'underwater, I stop'. Speechbubble 5: 'There's nothing realer than a fiddler ray'. Speechbubble 6: 'The swim back in is slow and tiring. Scary'. Speechbubble 7: 'At least I'm not thinking about Wes Streeting, I think.'
ilyarabbit.bsky.social
draft schools guidance uses the cass review phrase 'living in stealth' - did we ever find an origin of this that wasn't just a portmanteau of 'stealth' and 'living in sin'?
February 13, 2026 at 4:03 AM
ilyarabbit.bsky.social
the draft schools guidance leaves a lot of space for the ROGD/social contagion model. Thinking especially of this line: "the first step when considering a child’s request for support with social transition will be to consider what is in the best interests of the child and other children'
February 13, 2026 at 3:57 AM
ilyarabbit.bsky.social
medieval and early modern recipe books abound with references to almond milk (and other non-dairy milks!)
politicsuk.com Politics UK @politicsuk.com · 2d
🚨 NEW: The Supreme Court has ruled that oat milk can no longer be called milk
February 12, 2026 at 3:04 AM
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scumbelievable.bsky.social
I've said this before, but it makes me insane that in an age of human civilization when the ultra-rich have hoarded over half of all wealth, the go-to visual shorthand for depictions of gluttony is still "fat"
February 12, 2026 at 2:55 AM
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badambulist.bsky.social
Don’t ever let people forget this.
danifroom.bsky.social Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · Nov 13
And one of the first survivors to step forward to try to stop Epstein? A trans woman, who was promptly mocked and villified by the New York Post, New York Magazine, the courts and law enforcement.
Ava Cordero attacked by the US media for trying to sue and stop Jeffrey Epstein. 'GENDER-BEND SHOCKER - Kinky-sex suit gal is a man' 'S(HE) HAS A HISTORY - Bogus sex suit'
January 31, 2026 at 6:48 AM
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spavel.bsky.social
It's mucus all the way down.
genderfluid-druid hurr hurr I'm a human body hurr hurr I'm gonna solve all my problems using mucus "i require more fluids" well what did you do with the fluids I already gave you. hmm? did you make more mucus with them? you made more mucus with them.
January 30, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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maximumhorkheimer.bsky.social
serious inquiries only
Personal Ad I’d like to get divorced! Perhaps from you? I’m down on my knee, proposing because it’s very chic to be divorced these days, at least for women. (Not men so much). But I’ll divorce whomever. Even you, who would become a more impressive party guest if you were divorced from me: you could astound when you announce that I am your ex-wife. “To her?” they’ll say. “You were?” they’ll say. “Well, no offense, but wow.” Divorce is not without its downsides, though. We’d have to get married. That’s a lot. And maybe you would want to stay married to me. I don’t know.
January 27, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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achewoodnc.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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ayoub.bsky.social
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.

It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
The Legislation Upon winning a general election, a Reform government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage will: 1) Leave the ECHR 2.) Repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. 3.) Pass The Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill: This Bill will: Create a legal duty to remove illegal migrants for the Home Secretary The Bill opens with a blunt obligation for the Home Secretary: "The Secretary of State shall ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of each person who does not have extant leave to remain and is not an Irish citizen or otherwise protected by regulations made under this Act." The following parts of the legislation are introduced on an emergency basis, with an in-built sunset clause after 5 years: Disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention (ECAT) Derogation is justified under the Vienna Convention doctrine of state of necessity: Britain faces a national emergency in which uncontrolled illegal migration undermines public order. These treaties will otherwise be used by activist judges to frustrate deportations, even after the repeals of the HRA and ECHR. Create Detention Power Without Hardial Singh Constraints This means illegal migrants can be detained until they are deported. Activist lawyers routinely use Hardial Singh to secure their client's bail, after which the client absconds. If you came to the UK illegally, you are ineligible for asylum. End of story All asylum claims will become inadmissible if made by a person within the Act's scope. If you came to the country illegally, you are ineligible for asylum in the UK. This strips the Home Office, the immigration tribunals and the higher courts of jurisdiction to even consider claims. A claim that cannot be considered cannot suspend removal and therefore, cannot delay a flight. Re-entering after deportation and destroying ID becomes a serious criminal offence Re-entry after deportation will be… The Operational Plan We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will power bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power addresses a failure mode observed over the past decade - for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property. Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000 Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes. This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month. Initial Voluntary Return Window A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids. Illegal migrants will be offered a financial incentive to self-deport. An app will be launched to facilitate this. The Deportation Flights The Home Office will scale up charters to 5 flights per day. To guard against last-minute aircraft unserviceability, the RAF will keep one Voyager aircraft on six-hour 'hot-spare' readiness. If a commercial charter breaks down, detainees can still be flown out that night, preserving operational integrity. The legal reset will mean activist lawyers will no longer be able preven…
January 26, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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persephiroth.bsky.social
I just really fucking hate fascists, man.
January 26, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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leahtigers.bsky.social
remember that when Israel bombed the first hospital in Gaza, they dissimulated, lied, and argued, expending tremendous resources to "complicate" the "narrative." a month later, it was the new normal
January 24, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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notrightruth.bsky.social
Incredibly important new study from Cal Horton @fiercemum.bsky.social - the first to look at England's post-Cass child/adolescent gender clinics. Dr Horton found patients and families are being actively harmed, with one young person describing appointments as "the worst thing I’ve ever experienced”.
“The worst thing I’ve ever experienced” – comparing experiences of affirmative and non-affirmative healthcare provision for trans adolescents in the UK
Within trans youth healthcare two fundamentally different models of care persist, with a significant difference between affirmative and non-affirmative healthcare services. To date there has been l...
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January 8, 2026 at 10:25 AM
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leahtigers.bsky.social
While it is important to understand oil is an important motivator in the Trump administration's unilateral and flagrantly illegal decision to airstrike Venezuela, we must not ignore the centrality of their incompetence and racism
January 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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scumbelievable.bsky.social
No I'm not autistic, I'm just listing minor Sopranos characters to calm down like any normal person does, I assume.
January 4, 2026 at 3:48 AM
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transsafety.network
@ilyarabbit.bsky.social and Chloe F outline how the policies of NHS integrated Care Boards and inadequate equality impact assessments are leaving trans patients at risk of serious medical harm.
transsafety.network/posts/defini...
Defining the Boundaries: Local NHS policies put trans patient safety at risk
Trans patients in certain regions are having their repeat prescriptions withdrawn and being left at risk of serious medical harm, following slipshod new policies rolled out by local NHS England author...
transsafety.network
December 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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taliabhatt.itch.io
Please help out a Pakistani trans woman if you're able <3
katrafiy.bsky.social Katra Ariello, Golden Apple Audio Narrator 🏳️‍⚧️ @katrafiy.bsky.social · Dec 27
Hey everyone, my friend @bubbleskhanum.bsky.social is a transgender artist from Karachi Pakistan and she's trying to raise money for transition related care and surgeries. She's been a friend for years and it would mean the world to me if you could help support her

gofund.me/29b41d763
Donate to Transition Care for Karachi Based Artist, organized by Saira Kanwal
Hello, my name is Bubbles, I am a visual artist and a trans rights activist situ… Saira Kanwal needs your support for Transition Care for Karachi Based Artist
gofund.me
December 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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damselindystopia.bsky.social
[CN: Account of child abuse, conversion therapy]

This is a really excellent and very necessary intervention from a survivor of gender identity conversion efforts who did actually go on to detransition, worth reading to understand the fundamental abusiveness of these practices if you don't already.
Such is the result of conversion therapy. Not a cis adult nor a trans one, but rather someone without a whole sense of self at all. Not man, not woman, but a pliable nil. It’s called success when the nil complies and a failure when they don’t. That is all. Any conversion therapy, or any lesser act of external gender repression, is effectively an effort to push the victim’s gender out of reality. To make it hypothetical and immaterial—in contrast to the gender they’re forced to perform, which is made forcibly real. The goal is to create a puppet-self, and to drown whatever hides beneath it. So what difference does it make whether the gender in question is a ‘phase’ or not? That’s why queerness is always obscene, but child sexual abuse is only wrong when the person who doesn’t own the child does it. Trans and gay people are always groomers—but father and mother simply know best. Efforts to control children’s (and adult’s) gender should be understood as nothing less than that: an attempt to assert the reproductive and sexual order, completely and utterly agnostic of any supposed psychological benefits. To call it a ‘therapy’ is a masquerade in benevolent individualism. So are any pretenses that the conversion’s goal is to prevent potentially unwanted physical changes. The child’s desires have never mattered. The GC rulebook for child-rearing explicitly states children cannot know what they want and need to be fucked before they do; this same sentiment is repeated across languages, across time, across cultures.
December 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
I'm on my way to a Chanukah event. It should be a celebration but instead our community is once again mourning.

I will be thinking of everyone in Australia and those around the world in the Jewish Community who know this fear and loss.

We stand with you.
December 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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gemma.transwrites.world
when I tell you not to read and share the guardian I'm not doing it because I'm an asshole who doesn't want you to have anywhere to get news or pitch things to.

I'm doing it because they're rancid bigots who are 110% against you and will absolutely fuck you over if they get half a chance.
December 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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goodlawproject.org
Eight people are on hunger strike, several apparently at imminent risk of dying, because our law punishes more harshly those opposing genocide than those supporting it. (And under a so-called Labour Government.)

How on earth did we get here? www.vashtimedia.com/hunger-strik...
The hunger strikers are in mortal danger. But the conditions they’re being kept in are already critical.
How the government and its prisons ignore strikers' basic rights and demands.
www.vashtimedia.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
ilyarabbit.bsky.social
low res wikihow phone call meme template, with 'donna haraway' clumsily edited in as the name being called
December 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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sazeracla.bsky.social
ICE and DHS must be eliminated. Fuck these people.
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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damselindystopia.bsky.social
To be absolutely clear on this, one of our volunteers received a letter from a cabinet minister acknowledging the contents of the Discord leaks, including comments talking about serious abuse. The government knows exactly who they are including in these consultations.
transsafety.network Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · Nov 24
Trans Safety Network are extremely concerned that DHSC are continuing to solicit input on trans healthcare from Bayswater and other anti trans groups after a reply to our previous concerns stated they would not work with groups who promote harmful practices or discriminatory views
Wes Streeting continues to ignore safeguarding concerns about parents group linked to abusive practices
Trans Safety Network has seen evidence Wes Streeting and the DHSC solicited feedback on a “puberty blocker risk form” from Bayswater Support Group and other anti-trans groups in September 2025, 6 mont...
transsafety.network
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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sexabolition.blog
I keep seeing these videos by trans guys about how trans women are dominating trans advocacy because of socialisation and honestly it's a discredit to the numerous trans men who are involved daily in pragmatic community rooted activism every day without getting involved in promoting transmisogyny.
November 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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quail.bsky.social
Having a lot of trouble coming to terms with the sheer cruelty of this, all my love to trans kids in Queensland, please stay with us, you are loved and you deserve healthcare.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Queensland puberty blocker ban reinstated by health minister hours after supreme court overturned it
Move comes after parent successfully challenged LNP’s previous ban on new patients under 18 accessing hormone treatments for gender dysphoria
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM