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Rubie @rubierubie.bsky.social · 12d

it took me finding real life trans community as an adult to stop basically living my entire life in an internet dissociation dopamine spiral but i guess that was the fault of the forums n had nothing at all to do with feeing profoundly alienated from my body n people around me

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Rubie @rubierubie.bsky.social · 12d

almost wonder if it was partially motivated by fear of the press n exposure that would have come with the election which tbh is kind of fair

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Rubie @rubierubie.bsky.social · 12d

totally perplexed by this decision. apart from it just feeling tactically and politically bizarre I was just so excited to have a historic shot at getting a trans woman into holyrood. classic perfect enemy of the good nonsense

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Carrie plays guitar 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @carriem.co.uk · 22d

Going to get my NHS HRT renewal today. To do that I'll walk past my GP surgery, get on a train to glasgow, walk through the city centre, meet a pharmacist, get a train back, walk past my GP again, wait for the prescription to come by post, then take it to the pharmacy next to my GP.

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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · Sep 25

New essay: REJECT TRANS DOOM-POSTING.

It's about grief, loss, institutional failures, and the horror of the current moment.

It's also a love letter to trans community, and the things we do with and for one another.

Reject Trans Doom-Posting

This week I took the long train down to the south of England for my friend Robyn’s funeral. She died very suddenly three weeks ago, aged just 32. Robyn gave so much love to the world, and was so lo…

ruthpearce.net

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Rubie @rubierubie.bsky.social · Jul 26

do it! i always also worry about the overwhelm but when you get there nothing beats the magic of seeing ur trans siblings in their thousands

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · Jun 18

Every trans person I know supported the decriminalisation of abortion.

In contrast plenty of
“feminist”
“protecting women”
“women’s concerns”
“gender critical”
transphobic bigots opposed it.

Transphobes use “women’s rights” as a cover for transphobia. They don’t care about women’s rights.

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Leona @editor.scot · Jun 17

People who abstained from voting to decriminalise abortion:
-Wes Streeting (health secretary)
-Bridget Phillipson (women and equalities minister)
-Rosie Duffield (top feminist and woman defender)

Leona @editor.scot · Jun 17

I want to know the name of every single MP who voted against this

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Rubie @rubierubie.bsky.social · Jun 16

my cursed brain wants a t shirt with that hardcore certified unsafe for women logo on it

LGB With The T @lgbwiththet.bsky.social · Jun 16

🚨Charity Oxfam windows defaced by Genital Critical Ideological Movement (GCIM) activist Kellie-Jay Keen 🚨

Pride display windows have been vandalised by homophobic cult preacher, in an attempt to bring further harm towards the LGBTQ+ community during Pride month.

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Ben Miller @benwritesthings.bsky.social · May 11

The Cass Review is fraud science

Dr Chris Noone @chris-noone.bsky.social · May 10

Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Get In Her Ears @getinherears.bsky.social · Apr 30

☀️Just in time! Our April playlist is full of some of our fave tunes from women, non-binary folk & the queer community ☀️

➡️ Listen / read here: getinherears.com/2025/04/30/p...

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Get In Her Ears @getinherears.bsky.social · Apr 30

Including tunes from @rubierubie.bsky.social @jasmine4t.bsky.social @penelopetrappes.bsky.social @ezrafurman.bsky.social @katfive.bsky.social @leinsangster.bsky.social @kaputband.bsky.social & more!

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Rubie @rubierubie.bsky.social · Apr 2

wake up babe we're playing end of the road 🚧

End Of The Road @endoftheroadfestival.com · Apr 2

We’re also delighted to announce our Next Wave winners this year: Belfast rising stars Makeshift Art Bar, hypnotic Saharan Blues band Daraa Tribes, multi-instrumentalist alt-pop songstress Rubie and spellbinding Bristol folk singer Eva May

Explore the lineup here:
endoftheroadfestival.com/line-up/

End of The Road 2025 Music Lineup

Caribou, Father John Misty, Self Esteem, Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory, Black Country, New Road, Emma-Jean Thackray, Geordie Greep and more.

endoftheroadfestival.com

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End Of The Road @endoftheroadfestival.com · Apr 2

Even more bands announced for #EOTR2025 🐙⚡️
Art-rock chaos from Squid, heartfelt spoken word electronica via For Those I Love, new music from LA in the shape of Cryogeyser and new kids on the block The Sophs and comedian Rob Auton joins forces with JFAbraham of Public Service Broadcasting once again

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · Mar 5

It’s so exhausting. The amazing @hleehurley.substack.com tracks media reporting on trans issues the UK. His data really highlight how the mainstream press are constantly banging on about trans folk. For example, in February there were NINETY-NINE articles about trans people—an average of 3.5 a day.

THE PAPERS

February stats

There were 79 different bylines on articles about trans people in the month of February. Between them, they wrote 99 articles, only nine of which you could reasonably argue were ‘neutral’, even though they aren’t really. That’s an average of 3.5 a day.

Between them, Daniel Sanderson, Hayley Dixon and Sanchez Manning wrote 11 articles.

There was not one single day in February without an article about trans people.

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Ben Miller @benwritesthings.bsky.social · Mar 31

I don't want to hear any more mumbling queers performatively distancing themselves from the thing they are demanding my attention for, while taking yet more of my time to do the performative distancing!

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Rubie @rubierubie.bsky.social · Mar 31

yes hate this. its very 2000s I think. straight people recently realised trying is cool and they're right

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Rubie @rubierubie.bsky.social · Mar 29

may tour's happening!
opening for Jasmine.4.t in Glasgow and Cardiff!
tickets at links.rubie.live!

Poster with a photo of a trans woman with a microphone and handwritten green text:
Rubie Seek Sisters Spring Tour
May 2025
14th - London at Piehouse coop
17th - Brighton at Great Escape on the beach
21st - Glasgow at King Tuts and 29th - Cardiff at Clwb Ifor Bach, opening for Jasmine.4.t

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Rubie @rubierubie.bsky.social · Mar 9

something very funny to me about the bajillion "Happy International Women's Day to the one woman in my otherwise all male 8 piece band" posts

Rubie @rubierubie.bsky.social · Mar 4

great escape is go
more may dates soon x

poster of me, a white trans woman in a neon orange jumpsuit holding my hair. a frame announces I'm playing Great Escape Festival in May 2025

Rubie @rubierubie.bsky.social · Feb 25

i'm on the hunt for a horn/trumpet/sax player in glasgow for a day or two of recording, women n queers to the front, DM me #glasgowmusicians #glasgowmusic #queermusicians

Rubie @rubierubie.bsky.social · Feb 24

love these!

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Rubie @rubierubie.bsky.social · Feb 23

bigtime. we also really need better chants

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Rubie @rubierubie.bsky.social · Feb 23

coming out as a train transexual
(t-shirt by the wonderful @garethdennis.bsky.social)

mirror selfie of white trans woman wearing a pink t-shirt with the words "Build HS2 Now"

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NASUWT Scotland @nasuwtscotland.bsky.social · Feb 22

Speaking at #ScotLab25 today, our National Official @mikecorbett1.bsky.social made a number of clear asks to Labour.

NASUWT stands in support and solidarity with Scotland's trans community.

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