Rachel Mann
@revrachelmann.bsky.social
Priest. Poet. Writer. Broadcaster. Trans. Tired. Disabled. Autistic. (Private Passions: Military History, Austen, Golden Age Detective Fiction) T.S. Eliot Prize Shortlisted 2024
Archdeacon of Salford & Bolton
16 books. www.rachelmann.co.uk
Archdeacon of Salford & Bolton
16 books. www.rachelmann.co.uk
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Well worth 60 seconds of your time! 😂😂
February 12, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Well worth 60 seconds of your time! 😂😂
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It’s over for this country
February 13, 2026 at 4:10 PM
It’s over for this country
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Today's ruling on the EHRC's interim guidance is a disappointing, confusing and mixed picture.
A trans woman who is a customer in a café can use the women's toilets, but if she works there she might not be able to.
Once again everyday life is being made a legal labyrinth for trans people.
A trans woman who is a customer in a café can use the women's toilets, but if she works there she might not be able to.
Once again everyday life is being made a legal labyrinth for trans people.
The High Court has ruled on our challenge to the EHRC’s interim guidance.
The judgment contains some good news for trans rights – but plenty of bad.
Read our analysis
goodlawproject.org/update/high-...
The judgment contains some good news for trans rights – but plenty of bad.
Read our analysis
goodlawproject.org/update/high-...
High Court rules on lawfulness of the EHRC’s interim guidance
High Court decides services may lawfully allow trans women to use women’s facilities – but the fight for trans rights continues
goodlawproject.org
February 13, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Today's ruling on the EHRC's interim guidance is a disappointing, confusing and mixed picture.
A trans woman who is a customer in a café can use the women's toilets, but if she works there she might not be able to.
Once again everyday life is being made a legal labyrinth for trans people.
A trans woman who is a customer in a café can use the women's toilets, but if she works there she might not be able to.
Once again everyday life is being made a legal labyrinth for trans people.
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More evil dystopian bullshit from Meta
The feature, internally known as “Name Tag,” would allow smart glasses wearers to identify people and get information about them via Meta's AI assistant.
Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses, report claims | TechCrunch
The feature, internally known as “Name Tag,” would allow smart glasses wearers to identify people and get information about them via Meta's AI assistant.
techcrunch.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:10 PM
More evil dystopian bullshit from Meta
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The unedited version has now been posted on their website. www.premierchristianity.com/reviews/wick...
Wicked for Lent? Gravity Defied explores faith through film
A new Lent course uses Wicked to explore discrimination, scapegoating and complicity, while continually drawing readers back to Jesus' ministry and sacrifice, says our reviewer
www.premierchristianity.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:38 PM
The unedited version has now been posted on their website. www.premierchristianity.com/reviews/wick...
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The unedited version has now been posted on their website. www.premierchristianity.com/reviews/wick...
Wicked for Lent? Gravity Defied explores faith through film
A new Lent course uses Wicked to explore discrimination, scapegoating and complicity, while continually drawing readers back to Jesus' ministry and sacrifice, says our reviewer
www.premierchristianity.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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You can now listen to my Thought For The Day at your leisure … on the new Wuthering Heights movie, love, and Jane Austen’s Persuasion …
#TFTD
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#TFTD
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Thought for the Day - Dr Rachel Mann - BBC Sounds
13 FEB 26
www.bbc.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 11:54 AM
You can now listen to my Thought For The Day at your leisure … on the new Wuthering Heights movie, love, and Jane Austen’s Persuasion …
#TFTD
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#TFTD
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Please add your voice to this consultation, challenging the new Section 28 on steroids which will have yet another horrible impact on young trans people (based, as ever, on flawed evidence)
February 13, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Please add your voice to this consultation, challenging the new Section 28 on steroids which will have yet another horrible impact on young trans people (based, as ever, on flawed evidence)
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There is a consultation further down this thread which we can respond to. And we should.
New School Guidance announces:
Full bathroom ban.
Full PE ban.
Full school trip accommodation ban.
Trans kids will not go to the bathroom, do PE or go on any school trips. 1/
Full bathroom ban.
Full PE ban.
Full school trip accommodation ban.
Trans kids will not go to the bathroom, do PE or go on any school trips. 1/
February 13, 2026 at 9:41 AM
There is a consultation further down this thread which we can respond to. And we should.
Back in the ‘Box of Doom’ to share my Thought For The Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme at about 7.45am
February 13, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Back in the ‘Box of Doom’ to share my Thought For The Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme at about 7.45am
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Welcome to the Connecting Wall. 4 groups of 4 words are hidden in the grid. Each day a new wall. Send me your 4 groups plus a connection for each group. This is just for fun!
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.107.
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.107.
February 13, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Welcome to the Connecting Wall. 4 groups of 4 words are hidden in the grid. Each day a new wall. Send me your 4 groups plus a connection for each group. This is just for fun!
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.107.
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.107.
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There is no LGB without the T. We rise together and we fall together.
Part of my speech in Parliament for LGBTQ+ History Month:
Part of my speech in Parliament for LGBTQ+ History Month:
February 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
There is no LGB without the T. We rise together and we fall together.
Part of my speech in Parliament for LGBTQ+ History Month:
Part of my speech in Parliament for LGBTQ+ History Month:
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I am one of the most published academics on the childhood social transition, with 5 peer reviewed articles that relate to the topic.
There is so much evidence of benefit of social transition.
There is no evidence of harm. Not one jot.
This will literally kill trans kids. No exaggeration.
There is so much evidence of benefit of social transition.
There is no evidence of harm. Not one jot.
This will literally kill trans kids. No exaggeration.
February 12, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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I am one of the most published academics on the childhood social transition, with 5 peer reviewed articles that relate to the topic.
There is so much evidence of benefit of social transition.
There is no evidence of harm. Not one jot.
This will literally kill trans kids. No exaggeration.
There is so much evidence of benefit of social transition.
There is no evidence of harm. Not one jot.
This will literally kill trans kids. No exaggeration.
February 12, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I am one of the most published academics on the childhood social transition, with 5 peer reviewed articles that relate to the topic.
There is so much evidence of benefit of social transition.
There is no evidence of harm. Not one jot.
This will literally kill trans kids. No exaggeration.
There is so much evidence of benefit of social transition.
There is no evidence of harm. Not one jot.
This will literally kill trans kids. No exaggeration.
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The first episode of Bagpuss was originally broadcast on this day in 1974. Created by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate, the series ran for just 13 episodes (with voices provided by Postgate, Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner).
February 12, 2026 at 4:07 PM
The first episode of Bagpuss was originally broadcast on this day in 1974. Created by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate, the series ran for just 13 episodes (with voices provided by Postgate, Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner).
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Labour's Manifesto promised to ban conversion therapy. But I defy anyone to explain how, looking at the totality of its policy platform, Labour's real policy is anything other than promoting desistance.
Labour continues to troll the trans community - and to prioritise pleasing the right wing press. We know Hilary Cass was selected for her transphobic views: Kemi Badenoch told us exactly that.
So why is she running trans policy for Labour?
So why is she running trans policy for Labour?
February 12, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Labour's Manifesto promised to ban conversion therapy. But I defy anyone to explain how, looking at the totality of its policy platform, Labour's real policy is anything other than promoting desistance.
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“We would expect support for full social transition to be agreed very rarely”
There you have it, the gov wants trans kids to rot in the closet
There you have it, the gov wants trans kids to rot in the closet
This explicit transphobia is spelled out in excruciating detail. Direct from Cass again.
February 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM
“We would expect support for full social transition to be agreed very rarely”
There you have it, the gov wants trans kids to rot in the closet
There you have it, the gov wants trans kids to rot in the closet
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It must be great to live in a society where you’re not hated and targeted by your government.
#BREAKING EU Parliament votes to accept a report, that calls for "the full recognition of trans women as women" as part of the EU priorities for the UN CSW on "women’s rights and gender equality."
#Eurovision #EU
#Eurovision #EU
February 12, 2026 at 4:38 PM
It must be great to live in a society where you’re not hated and targeted by your government.
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You're about to see reports that Jim Ratcliffe has apologised. He hasn't. He said he was sorry if his language offended anyone.
February 12, 2026 at 12:03 PM
You're about to see reports that Jim Ratcliffe has apologised. He hasn't. He said he was sorry if his language offended anyone.
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In a functional country, this would be a scandal. A service suffering only from chronic underfunding was ripped apart because the media created a myth of 1000s of complaints of malpractice. The truth - as in my family’s experience - was very different.
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight
An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.
www.thepinknews.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:19 PM
In a functional country, this would be a scandal. A service suffering only from chronic underfunding was ripped apart because the media created a myth of 1000s of complaints of malpractice. The truth - as in my family’s experience - was very different.
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
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It's worth noting that this was also a pretext to open up new services designed and run by people who push an unproven pseudoscientific "Gender Exploratory Therapy" model that has been likened to conversion therapy by international experts.
In a functional country, this would be a scandal. A service suffering only from chronic underfunding was ripped apart because the media created a myth of 1000s of complaints of malpractice. The truth - as in my family’s experience - was very different.
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight
An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.
www.thepinknews.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:17 PM
It's worth noting that this was also a pretext to open up new services designed and run by people who push an unproven pseudoscientific "Gender Exploratory Therapy" model that has been likened to conversion therapy by international experts.
Terrific stuff from Andy Burnham
February 12, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Terrific stuff from Andy Burnham
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Furious. It's all built on lies. All this suffering and pain these poor kids have to go through.
February 12, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Furious. It's all built on lies. All this suffering and pain these poor kids have to go through.
