Natacha
@natacha.bsky.social
Trans woman 🏳️⚧️ Sociologist & Agnotologist, anti-Brexit. She/her. All opinions expressed here are my own. 🇵🇸
Link to academic publications: https://goldsmiths.academia.edu/NatachaKennedy
“Thomas Mann:
“Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.”
Link to academic publications: https://goldsmiths.academia.edu/NatachaKennedy
“Thomas Mann:
“Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.”
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The EU delivered prosperity and influence for forty-seven years.
Brexit hasn't done that for ONE !
Having lied and conned to a win... These pieces of shit discarded the referendum result on EU membership and invented the "Red Lines"
Now adopted by Starmer.
Brexit hasn't done that for ONE !
Having lied and conned to a win... These pieces of shit discarded the referendum result on EU membership and invented the "Red Lines"
Now adopted by Starmer.
February 18, 2026 at 10:45 AM
The EU delivered prosperity and influence for forty-seven years.
Brexit hasn't done that for ONE !
Having lied and conned to a win... These pieces of shit discarded the referendum result on EU membership and invented the "Red Lines"
Now adopted by Starmer.
Brexit hasn't done that for ONE !
Having lied and conned to a win... These pieces of shit discarded the referendum result on EU membership and invented the "Red Lines"
Now adopted by Starmer.
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The exact same flawed research was relied on by @BritishCycling in their blanket ban policy of trans women and girls.
I would be taking the @BritishCycling boys to court.
I would be taking the @BritishCycling boys to court.
Recently a court in Brussels ruled the Exclusion of a trans woman cyclist from the @UCI_cycling constitutes discrimination'.
www.google.com/url?q=https:...
www.google.com/url?q=https:...
Transgender cyclist wins discrimination case against UCI
Sport Resolutions is a global independent, not-for-profit, dispute resolution service for sports, offering arbitration, mediation, tribunal and expert opinion.
www.google.com
February 18, 2026 at 10:33 AM
The exact same flawed research was relied on by @BritishCycling in their blanket ban policy of trans women and girls.
I would be taking the @BritishCycling boys to court.
I would be taking the @BritishCycling boys to court.
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For those interested in our actual record - rather than the lies The Times routinely publishes - here is our recent record of trans cases prior to last Friday's. bsky.app/profile/good...
We have some more good news for the trans community.
Following this decision (www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...) in June in which we stopped the EHRC's landlord's attempt to injunct trans people from protesting against the transphobic policies of the EHRC... goodlawproject.org/the-ehrc-is-...
Following this decision (www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...) in June in which we stopped the EHRC's landlord's attempt to injunct trans people from protesting against the transphobic policies of the EHRC... goodlawproject.org/the-ehrc-is-...
The EHRC is silencing trans rights activists
The EHRC was created to protect our rights. Now it's trying to quash peaceful demonstrations
goodlawproject.org
February 17, 2026 at 8:48 PM
For those interested in our actual record - rather than the lies The Times routinely publishes - here is our recent record of trans cases prior to last Friday's. bsky.app/profile/good...
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The world's richest man bought Twitter, banned the word cis, started paying the worst anti-trans accounts directly, and removed protections from harassment for trans folks to push them off the site. He's using his companies to push anti-trans litigation and spent millions on anti-trans ads.
February 17, 2026 at 4:51 PM
The world's richest man bought Twitter, banned the word cis, started paying the worst anti-trans accounts directly, and removed protections from harassment for trans folks to push them off the site. He's using his companies to push anti-trans litigation and spent millions on anti-trans ads.
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No amount of "debate" can win when the deck is stacked like that by the wealthy and powerful. And that's just one billionaire. JK Rowling has spent millions to fund lawfare and anti-trans orgs in the UK. Joseph Edelman has spent millions bankrolling Do No Harm to push anti-trans policies.
February 17, 2026 at 4:51 PM
No amount of "debate" can win when the deck is stacked like that by the wealthy and powerful. And that's just one billionaire. JK Rowling has spent millions to fund lawfare and anti-trans orgs in the UK. Joseph Edelman has spent millions bankrolling Do No Harm to push anti-trans policies.
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I don't know how you can honestly look at the last 7 years of thousands of anti-trans bills, a billion in anti-trans spending, laser focus by right wing think tanks, and billionaires personally engaged in the effort and think that all of this is a backlash to some trans people being mean online.
February 17, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I don't know how you can honestly look at the last 7 years of thousands of anti-trans bills, a billion in anti-trans spending, laser focus by right wing think tanks, and billionaires personally engaged in the effort and think that all of this is a backlash to some trans people being mean online.
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Crucial - and generally totally overlooked part of this story - is *what* the journalists that Labour Together smeared were reporting on
How Labour Together used £730k in illegal political donations to boot strap Keir Starmer’s political rise
That’s why they were targeted
How Labour Together used £730k in illegal political donations to boot strap Keir Starmer’s political rise
That’s why they were targeted
Starmer needs to commission an independent inquiry into Labour Together- or he too becomes implicated in an increasingly unsustainable cover-up
New by me in @theguardian.com on why PM needs to act on Labour Together hiring a PR firm to smear journalists
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
New by me in @theguardian.com on why PM needs to act on Labour Together hiring a PR firm to smear journalists
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Labour Together scandal goes right to the heart of No 10 – Starmer has nowhere to hide | Peter Geoghegan
He can sack who he wants to protect himself, but all roads currently lead back to the prime minister, says Peter Geoghegan of Democracy for Sale
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Crucial - and generally totally overlooked part of this story - is *what* the journalists that Labour Together smeared were reporting on
How Labour Together used £730k in illegal political donations to boot strap Keir Starmer’s political rise
That’s why they were targeted
How Labour Together used £730k in illegal political donations to boot strap Keir Starmer’s political rise
That’s why they were targeted
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This is well worth watching. It's perfect takedown of Christian Nationalism and the fact that MAGA had it banned tells you everything you need to know.
#MAGAmerica
#MAGAmerica
Here’s the interview CBS refused to air as it continues to kowtow to Shitler. Stephen Colbert had to interview Senate candidate James Talerico (D-Texas) on YouTube. Let’s make sure as many people as possible see it!
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
February 18, 2026 at 10:36 AM
This is well worth watching. It's perfect takedown of Christian Nationalism and the fact that MAGA had it banned tells you everything you need to know.
#MAGAmerica
#MAGAmerica
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Shameful that the EHRC has no written records of any meetings with trans-led organisations over the last five years when trans rights have been under such assault.
Human rights apply to everyone and the EHRC should know full well that its job is to stand up for everyone’s rights. 🏳️⚧️
Human rights apply to everyone and the EHRC should know full well that its job is to stand up for everyone’s rights. 🏳️⚧️
FOI reveals the EHRC holds zero minutes of meetings with trans-led organisations in the past 5 years.
This is the UK’s 'equality' regulator.
Trans voices are not important enough for the EHRC to keep a record of what was said. This should be a headline in all the papers.
This is the UK’s 'equality' regulator.
Trans voices are not important enough for the EHRC to keep a record of what was said. This should be a headline in all the papers.
February 18, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Shameful that the EHRC has no written records of any meetings with trans-led organisations over the last five years when trans rights have been under such assault.
Human rights apply to everyone and the EHRC should know full well that its job is to stand up for everyone’s rights. 🏳️⚧️
Human rights apply to everyone and the EHRC should know full well that its job is to stand up for everyone’s rights. 🏳️⚧️
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All checks at the crossing point between Gibraltar & Spain will be scrapped for estimated 15,000 people who across in both directions every day.
It also removes all physical barriers, checks & controls on goods between Spain & Gibraltar meaning Gibraltar, becomes part of the EU’s single market
It also removes all physical barriers, checks & controls on goods between Spain & Gibraltar meaning Gibraltar, becomes part of the EU’s single market
Gibraltar to regain freedom of movement within days, in post-Brexit legal tidy-up
The EU Commission has tabled the law on Gibraltar's legal status, giving the Rock's citizens free movement.
euobserver.com
February 18, 2026 at 10:41 AM
All checks at the crossing point between Gibraltar & Spain will be scrapped for estimated 15,000 people who across in both directions every day.
It also removes all physical barriers, checks & controls on goods between Spain & Gibraltar meaning Gibraltar, becomes part of the EU’s single market
It also removes all physical barriers, checks & controls on goods between Spain & Gibraltar meaning Gibraltar, becomes part of the EU’s single market
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That Goodwin would attract like-minded racists, bigots and neo-Nazi adjacent lowlifes was predictable.
That the BBC, Times, etc would entirely ignore this...was also predictable.
That the BBC, Times, etc would entirely ignore this...was also predictable.
February 17, 2026 at 9:03 PM
That Goodwin would attract like-minded racists, bigots and neo-Nazi adjacent lowlifes was predictable.
That the BBC, Times, etc would entirely ignore this...was also predictable.
That the BBC, Times, etc would entirely ignore this...was also predictable.
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A split in The ‘Heterodox Academy’ as ‘Evolutionary Behaviour Scientist’ with 1m+ followers comes out for the party to the right of Reform. Last year Pinker, Saad, and Goodwin were all speakers at the HA conference. Sort of thing Epstein would’ve funded.
February 17, 2026 at 12:23 PM
A split in The ‘Heterodox Academy’ as ‘Evolutionary Behaviour Scientist’ with 1m+ followers comes out for the party to the right of Reform. Last year Pinker, Saad, and Goodwin were all speakers at the HA conference. Sort of thing Epstein would’ve funded.
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Mark Zuckerberg is set to take the stand Wednesday to testify for the first time before a jury about claims that his social media platforms harmed children and teens.
Mark Zuckerberg to testify in social media addiction trial | CNN Business
Mark Zuckerberg is set to take the stand Wednesday to testify for the first time before a jury about claims that his social media platforms harmed children and teens.
www.cnn.com
February 18, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Mark Zuckerberg is set to take the stand Wednesday to testify for the first time before a jury about claims that his social media platforms harmed children and teens.
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Atlantic EIC Jeffrey Goldberg was definitely rejected by a trans woman and he's made it his mission to destroy all trans people because of it.
February 18, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Atlantic EIC Jeffrey Goldberg was definitely rejected by a trans woman and he's made it his mission to destroy all trans people because of it.
Has @pollytoynbee.bsky.social been on a journey or is it just the Labour extreme right...?
February 18, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Has @pollytoynbee.bsky.social been on a journey or is it just the Labour extreme right...?
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Worth noting that this risk of outing was one of the features that won Goodwin v UK in the European court of human rights. It's treatment institutionally that can cause outing that resulted in the UK losing against Christine Goodwin and being forced to implement the gender recognition act.
High Court dismisses fears Trans+ people would be outed as “gossip at work” in rejection to challenge to EHRC single-sex guidance.
Understand the judgement: www.wearequeeraf.com/grim-decisio...
Understand the judgement: www.wearequeeraf.com/grim-decisio...
February 18, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Worth noting that this risk of outing was one of the features that won Goodwin v UK in the European court of human rights. It's treatment institutionally that can cause outing that resulted in the UK losing against Christine Goodwin and being forced to implement the gender recognition act.
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It's doubly ahistorical as it ignores how gay rights in the 1970s-00s followed a near-identical trajectory: initial acceptance, violent backlash, regression of rights, slow rebuilding/expansion.
And, yes, mealymouthed centrists told us we were asking too much then, too.
And, yes, mealymouthed centrists told us we were asking too much then, too.
They just talk as though the public spontaneously lurched to the right on a few specific issues -- sports, restrooms. And now they just take that as a given, a fact that trans supporters must work around.
But how did that happen? Anyone? It's fucking *bizarre* they never even raise the question.
But how did that happen? Anyone? It's fucking *bizarre* they never even raise the question.
February 18, 2026 at 8:52 AM
It's doubly ahistorical as it ignores how gay rights in the 1970s-00s followed a near-identical trajectory: initial acceptance, violent backlash, regression of rights, slow rebuilding/expansion.
And, yes, mealymouthed centrists told us we were asking too much then, too.
And, yes, mealymouthed centrists told us we were asking too much then, too.
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Recently a court in Brussels ruled the Exclusion of a trans woman cyclist from the @UCI_cycling constitutes discrimination'.
www.google.com/url?q=https:...
www.google.com/url?q=https:...
Transgender cyclist wins discrimination case against UCI
Sport Resolutions is a global independent, not-for-profit, dispute resolution service for sports, offering arbitration, mediation, tribunal and expert opinion.
www.google.com
February 18, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Recently a court in Brussels ruled the Exclusion of a trans woman cyclist from the @UCI_cycling constitutes discrimination'.
www.google.com/url?q=https:...
www.google.com/url?q=https:...
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Please note, political parties; people WANT to vote to keep Reform out. You just have to let them.
🧵/ With tactical voting ever more common, who do voters back when only two parties have a chance in their seat?
Con 31% v Ref 24%
Lab 35% v Ref 31%
Lab 29% v Con 28%
LD 41% v Ref 29%
LD 34% v Con 26%
LD 29% v Lab 21%
LD 26% v Grn 25%
Grn 42% v Ref 27%
Grn 37% v Con 29%
Grn 30% v Lab 20%
Con 31% v Ref 24%
Lab 35% v Ref 31%
Lab 29% v Con 28%
LD 41% v Ref 29%
LD 34% v Con 26%
LD 29% v Lab 21%
LD 26% v Grn 25%
Grn 42% v Ref 27%
Grn 37% v Con 29%
Grn 30% v Lab 20%
February 18, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Please note, political parties; people WANT to vote to keep Reform out. You just have to let them.
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I would like for all the fascists to put their fucking shirts back on 🤮
February 18, 2026 at 9:50 AM
I would like for all the fascists to put their fucking shirts back on 🤮
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Anybody conned into thinking we have to choose between Labour and Reform is basically bending over for the establishment. Don’t do it.
February 18, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Anybody conned into thinking we have to choose between Labour and Reform is basically bending over for the establishment. Don’t do it.
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Europeans may think that this is the US and it won’t happen in Europe. But e.g. the German CDU is regularly meeting with the Heritage Foundation and the organization is paying millions of dollars every year for lobbying in Europe. And it will start with the UK…
1. The President of the Heritage Foundation took to the influential PBD podcast today to announce his intent when it comes to transgender ADULT care: "You outlaw it."
He stated that the foundation is working precisely on a plan to ban all trans adult care.
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He stated that the foundation is working precisely on a plan to ban all trans adult care.
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"You Outlaw It": Heritage Foundation President Announces Intent To Outlaw All Trans Adult Care
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts indicated his organization's position on the PBD podcast.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Europeans may think that this is the US and it won’t happen in Europe. But e.g. the German CDU is regularly meeting with the Heritage Foundation and the organization is paying millions of dollars every year for lobbying in Europe. And it will start with the UK…
Very important THREAD. This is why the Starmer regime is failing to implement its promised Bannon conversion therapy; the “new” GIDS and the transphobic school “guidance” produced by Bridget Phillipson, together constitutes state-mandated trans conversion therapy.
Content warning for conversion therapy, suicide.
One thing I'd like to add to this is that not only does conversion therapy not work, the academic work that launched an industry of abuse was based on fraud; Rekers and Lovaas' "Sissy Boy" experiment, the child subjected to it later took his own life
One thing I'd like to add to this is that not only does conversion therapy not work, the academic work that launched an industry of abuse was based on fraud; Rekers and Lovaas' "Sissy Boy" experiment, the child subjected to it later took his own life
The problem of conversion therapy is, as ever, not that conversion therapy doesn't work (although that's true) but that it constitutes an act of violence to suppress almost exclusively vulnerable people's core psychological development and that is devastating.
February 18, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Very important THREAD. This is why the Starmer regime is failing to implement its promised Bannon conversion therapy; the “new” GIDS and the transphobic school “guidance” produced by Bridget Phillipson, together constitutes state-mandated trans conversion therapy.
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I think you’d be better served telling your friends. Democrats are going to line up behind whoever the party wants, that has been made clear for decades now. Get your friends to start liking AOC. She is the Dem coalition compromise candidate. Not perfect for everyone but will win resoundingly.
February 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I think you’d be better served telling your friends. Democrats are going to line up behind whoever the party wants, that has been made clear for decades now. Get your friends to start liking AOC. She is the Dem coalition compromise candidate. Not perfect for everyone but will win resoundingly.