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Stéphanie says… 🏴‍☠️☕️🍰 @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 5h

Hey @teamlabouruk.bsky.social !!!
This is what you were supposed to do when you said you wanted trans people to have ‘dignity and respect’ in your manifesto.

Instead, you LIED to us.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 6h

If you can't come out right now, please don't hate yourself.
One day, the meaning of labels will disappear.

Please love yourself as you are.
The one who can cherish yourself the most is yourself.
Because that is your strength and beauty.
Chiitan loves you

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Serena @serenadtyl.bsky.social · 7h

I assume Lib Dem, I can't see any Tory replying with even an appearance of concern or help for a trans child.

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Serena @serenadtyl.bsky.social · 7h

And then you compare this to the tragic stories from the UK this week of Leia and your own reporting on Olive and it leaves me equal parts heartbroken and furious

It's so easy for trans kids to have normal, productive, healthy lives. Yet our Gov would rather they suffer for political points scoring

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Stéphanie says… 🏴‍☠️☕️🍰 @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 12h

“They are threatening social service referrals and taking our legal NHS repeat meds off us. The ICB must have broken every data protection law. They asked to look at what meds our children are on. We refused access to our NHS data, they broke it anyway.”👇

Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 14h

"Laura found an NHS Dr in Brighton who helped support her daughter for 6 months.

Laura described it as ‘six months of support bliss’ before NHS ICB Sussex (Integrated Care Board) began investigating them."

northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...

MP fails to support suicidal constituent

A mother pleaded with her MP to help her suicidal15-year-old daughter who said she ‘wanted to take her own life’

northwestbylines.co.uk

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Nicky @nickycdr.bsky.social · 13h

got the right help they needed are being harmed by this government who care more about power and control and pandering to the far right than the safety and lives of our children. This is a political investigation, not based on evidence or fact. Cruelty is the aim not safety.

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Nicky @nickycdr.bsky.social · 13h

My child was a patient there also and the ICB have put us through hell in the last few months. They released a public statement at the exact moment they knew we were being told about the investigation, stating that our children would be having their medication "safely withdrawn"....

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EmiB71 @emiliab.bsky.social · 14h

#UK #TransRights #Suicides Just in case anyone had any doubt, this happened under the "new service specification". Endless waiting lists which aren't addressed and being denied healthcare, all based on an ideologically driven report riddled in bias and basic methodological research errors.

Redacted extract of a coroners report from prevention of future death. DOD Nov. 2024.

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Serena @serenadtyl.bsky.social · 14h

Actually, scratch that. All 3 are because of him and his party. There wouldn't be a need for the mildest of action if Labour weren't overseeing a genocide of trans people (and trans youth in particular).

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Serena @serenadtyl.bsky.social · 14h

Given he's directly responsible and culpable for 2 of them.....

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Heather Herbert @heatherherbert.uk · 14h

In the last three days we've seen three trans related stories.

1) the preventability suicide of a trans girl
2) @bashback.bsky.social 's action
3) this story about an MP ignoring a suicide trans girl.

Which do you think the health sec. Condemned?

North West Bylines @northwestbylines.co.uk · 15h

A mother pleaded with her MP to help her 15-year-old suicidal daughter who said she ‘wanted to take her own life’
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...

MP fails to support suicidal constituent

A mother pleaded with her MP to help her suicidal15-year-old daughter who said she ‘wanted to take her own life’

northwestbylines.co.uk

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North West Bylines @northwestbylines.co.uk · 15h

A mother pleaded with her MP to help her 15-year-old suicidal daughter who said she ‘wanted to take her own life’
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...

MP fails to support suicidal constituent

A mother pleaded with her MP to help her suicidal15-year-old daughter who said she ‘wanted to take her own life’

northwestbylines.co.uk

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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 14h

"Laura found an NHS Dr in Brighton who helped support her daughter for 6 months.

Laura described it as ‘six months of support bliss’ before NHS ICB Sussex (Integrated Care Board) began investigating them."

northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...

MP fails to support suicidal constituent

A mother pleaded with her MP to help her suicidal15-year-old daughter who said she ‘wanted to take her own life’

northwestbylines.co.uk

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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 1d

sherman, for the love of god!

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Claire's Trans Talks @clairestranstalks.bsky.social · 16h

Part 2 of the Gender Clinic Files is out, looking at the impact if Cass recommendations for adult services were introduced, affecting more than 32k young trans adults just from the current waiting list.

Huge thanks to @wearequeeraf.com & @whatthetrans.com for their work on this series.

Majority of adults waiting for Trans+ healthcare are under 25

Two-thirds of Trans+ people would lose care if all Cass Review recommendations implemented

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Nina @zeitgeistmistress.bsky.social · 15h

If Baldur's Gate 3 made Withers look like this, the game would've sold a million copies by now smh

On the left side of the image, the text says "designed with gamers in mind"

Below is the screenshot of Withers with a pair of boobs from the "Withers Big Naturals" mod.

On the right side the text says "Designed with Activists in Mind"

Below is the screenshot of just normal Witchers from Baldur's Gate 3.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 1d

This is an amazing defence of trans people against one of the country’s worst transphobic bigots by @zackpolanski.bsky.social

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Serena @serenadtyl.bsky.social · 23h

Don't forget, this is the Government that declared a group as terrorists for putting some paint on a plane. To them, inanimate objects deserve more rights than trans people.

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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 1d

People surprised that some formerly sensible left-leaning or liberal women are now apparently full of admiration for white supremacists, rapists and genocide might note that their entry point for far right radicalisation was invariably a belief that transphobia is ‘feminist’. Just saying.

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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.bsky.social · 23h

1/🧵 As a trans lawyer, I say that @zackpolanski.bsky.social gave the legally and politically perfect answer.

“Of course they’re wrong. Their job is to look at what has been legislated for. The legislation is wrong and we should get back to parliamentarians who actually stand by trans people.”

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Serena @serenadtyl.bsky.social · 1d

omg, it gets better. Just seen a zoomed out shot of Tequila Gundam and its wearing a cactus. I so need to watch this.

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Serena @serenadtyl.bsky.social · 1d

This. The guidelines my endo sent to the GP barely covered 4 lines, yet they want people to believe that the thing that 1000's of non-medically trained trans people easily do through DIY is simply too much for them as a trained doctor.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 1d

From a presentation by Dr Hamnvik at the Oslo Trans Health Conference.

The column on the left is the diagnostic guidelines for gender incongruence.

The middle & right columns are the diagnostic criteria for depression.

If a GP can diagnose depression they can diagnose gender incongruence.

Text too small to see. Small amount in left column, huge amount of text in the other columns

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Serena @serenadtyl.bsky.social · 1d

Why do I get a feeling Labour are about to prescribe them terrorists...