Sophie Perry 🌈
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Senior reporter at PinkNews | Doctoral Researcher at City St George's, University of London | Founder of the LGBTQ+ Journalism Network | Top 100 Future Leaders 2023 | Big fan of dinosaurs | she/her
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Not one but TWO bits of positive trans news in the UK today??? What a lovely change for once
January 29, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Not one but TWO bits of positive trans news in the UK today??? What a lovely change for once
Of the more than 38,000 people who took part in the consultation, 86 per cent agreed the ponds should remain trans-inclusive
Hampstead Heath ponds should stay trans-inclusive, say 86 per cent of swimmers
Nearly 90 per cent of people have backed keeping access to Hampstead Heath bathing ponds trans-inclusive, a consultation has found.
www.thepinknews.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Of the more than 38,000 people who took part in the consultation, 86 per cent agreed the ponds should remain trans-inclusive
The horrors of Grok never cease 🤢
People can now generate videos up to 10 seconds in length using Grok. Given the fact people were using it just a few weeks ago to generate child sexual abuse material such a feature is no doubt a harmful addition to an already actively dangerous tool.
People can now generate videos up to 10 seconds in length using Grok. Given the fact people were using it just a few weeks ago to generate child sexual abuse material such a feature is no doubt a harmful addition to an already actively dangerous tool.
Elon Musk announces new Grok horrors amid child sexual images scandal
Elon Musk announced X's chatbot Grok can now generate AI videos up to 10 seconds in length, and shared a video of Sydney Sweeney's likeness
www.thepinknews.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:51 AM
The horrors of Grok never cease 🤢
People can now generate videos up to 10 seconds in length using Grok. Given the fact people were using it just a few weeks ago to generate child sexual abuse material such a feature is no doubt a harmful addition to an already actively dangerous tool.
People can now generate videos up to 10 seconds in length using Grok. Given the fact people were using it just a few weeks ago to generate child sexual abuse material such a feature is no doubt a harmful addition to an already actively dangerous tool.
Today (29 Jan) is the very first Rebel Dykes Day ⛓️
💬 "This is an opportunity for DIY Dyke community to come together to create memories, joy, and make space together"
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of speaking with Siobhan Fahey about why it matters 👇
💬 "This is an opportunity for DIY Dyke community to come together to create memories, joy, and make space together"
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of speaking with Siobhan Fahey about why it matters 👇
International Rebel Dykes Day is for lesbians who ‘feel like outsiders’
A new international day celebrating dyke culture for everyone who has ever felt like an outsider in the lesbian community is launching.
www.thepinknews.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Today (29 Jan) is the very first Rebel Dykes Day ⛓️
💬 "This is an opportunity for DIY Dyke community to come together to create memories, joy, and make space together"
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of speaking with Siobhan Fahey about why it matters 👇
💬 "This is an opportunity for DIY Dyke community to come together to create memories, joy, and make space together"
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of speaking with Siobhan Fahey about why it matters 👇
So ready for my regency era sapphic crumbs, Franchaela's full season can't come soon enough
January 29, 2026 at 9:15 AM
So ready for my regency era sapphic crumbs, Franchaela's full season can't come soon enough
Reposted by Sophie Perry 🌈
EXCLUSIVE - Non-binary veteran Lindsay Church is fighting for democracy in Illinois: 'If not us, then who?'
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/01/27/lindsay-church-illinoiss-4th-congressional-district-non-binary-lgbtq/?utm_content=1769671200&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/01/27/lindsay-church-illinoiss-4th-congressional-district-non-binary-lgbtq/?utm_content=1769671200&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Non-binary veteran fighting for democracy in Illinois: 'If not us, then who?'
Lindsay Church never saw themself as a politician but amid anti-trans rhetoric, ICE and voters being silenced, stranger things have happened.
www.thepinknews.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:20 AM
EXCLUSIVE - Non-binary veteran Lindsay Church is fighting for democracy in Illinois: 'If not us, then who?'
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/01/27/lindsay-church-illinoiss-4th-congressional-district-non-binary-lgbtq/?utm_content=1769671200&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/01/27/lindsay-church-illinoiss-4th-congressional-district-non-binary-lgbtq/?utm_content=1769671200&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
🚨 EXCLUSIVE 🚨
It was so inspiring to speak with Lindsay Church, a non-binary veteran, about their campaign in Illinois.
They never saw themself as a politician but felt compelled to fight for democracy after the sitting Democrat representative pulled a sneaky ploy to handpick his successor.
It was so inspiring to speak with Lindsay Church, a non-binary veteran, about their campaign in Illinois.
They never saw themself as a politician but felt compelled to fight for democracy after the sitting Democrat representative pulled a sneaky ploy to handpick his successor.
Non-binary veteran fighting for democracy in Illinois: 'If not us, then who?'
Lindsay Church never saw themself as a politician but amid anti-trans rhetoric, ICE and voters being silenced, stranger things have happened.
www.thepinknews.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:48 PM
🚨 EXCLUSIVE 🚨
It was so inspiring to speak with Lindsay Church, a non-binary veteran, about their campaign in Illinois.
They never saw themself as a politician but felt compelled to fight for democracy after the sitting Democrat representative pulled a sneaky ploy to handpick his successor.
It was so inspiring to speak with Lindsay Church, a non-binary veteran, about their campaign in Illinois.
They never saw themself as a politician but felt compelled to fight for democracy after the sitting Democrat representative pulled a sneaky ploy to handpick his successor.
🚨 EXCLUSIVE 🚨
County Durham and Darlington NHS Trust has confirmed to me that policies around facility use are being reviewed.
But, when I asked if trans staff can continue to safely use single-sex spaces during this review period, the answer I was given was hardly reassuring.
County Durham and Darlington NHS Trust has confirmed to me that policies around facility use are being reviewed.
But, when I asked if trans staff can continue to safely use single-sex spaces during this review period, the answer I was given was hardly reassuring.
One thing remains unclear for trans staff after NHS tribunal ruling
An NHS Trust is reviewing its policies after the outcome of a tribunal, but one thing remains unclear for trans staff
www.thepinknews.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:24 PM
🚨 EXCLUSIVE 🚨
County Durham and Darlington NHS Trust has confirmed to me that policies around facility use are being reviewed.
But, when I asked if trans staff can continue to safely use single-sex spaces during this review period, the answer I was given was hardly reassuring.
County Durham and Darlington NHS Trust has confirmed to me that policies around facility use are being reviewed.
But, when I asked if trans staff can continue to safely use single-sex spaces during this review period, the answer I was given was hardly reassuring.
Reposted by Sophie Perry 🌈
This applies to the UK media, also, especially the Telegraph, Times Daily Mail, Guardian, Express, Spectator, and BBC
We didn't make everything about us. They did. Compare the Advocate, the oldest and largest LGBTQ newspaper in the US, to Fox and the NYT. Both have been publishing more about us than our own newspapers for 3+ years.
January 28, 2026 at 12:32 PM
This applies to the UK media, also, especially the Telegraph, Times Daily Mail, Guardian, Express, Spectator, and BBC
I honestly think the most lesbian thing they ever did on The L Word – outside of all the sex, affairs, U-hauling etc etc – is have a literal funeral for Mr Piddles, Dana's cat
RIP Mr P.
RIP Mr P.
January 27, 2026 at 11:52 PM
I honestly think the most lesbian thing they ever did on The L Word – outside of all the sex, affairs, U-hauling etc etc – is have a literal funeral for Mr Piddles, Dana's cat
RIP Mr P.
RIP Mr P.
January 27, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Email sent!
🚨 48 hours left 🚨
Stop Sex Matters lobbying for conversion therapy.
8,000 people have already taken action. Join them 👇
action.goodlawproject.org/stop-sex-mat...
Stop Sex Matters lobbying for conversion therapy.
8,000 people have already taken action. Join them 👇
action.goodlawproject.org/stop-sex-mat...
Stop Sex Matters infiltrating the Council of Europe
In just one week, the Council of Europe will be voting to ban conversion therapy. This would be an incredibly important step to stop the rollback in the rights of LGBTQ+ people. But Sex Matters is inf...
action.goodlawproject.org
January 27, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Email sent!
I've just used Good Law Project's tool to email MPs on the Council of Europe and let them know they don’t have to bend down to Sex Matter’s transphobic threats.
The more they hear from us, the harder it’ll be for them to ignore us. goodlaw.social/9f10d1
The more they hear from us, the harder it’ll be for them to ignore us. goodlaw.social/9f10d1
Stop Sex Matters infiltrating the Council of Europe
In just one week, the Council of Europe will be voting to ban conversion therapy. This would be an incredibly important step to stop the rollback in the rights of LGBTQ+ people. But Sex Matters is inf...
goodlaw.social
January 27, 2026 at 10:44 AM
I've just used Good Law Project's tool to email MPs on the Council of Europe and let them know they don’t have to bend down to Sex Matter’s transphobic threats.
The more they hear from us, the harder it’ll be for them to ignore us. goodlaw.social/9f10d1
The more they hear from us, the harder it’ll be for them to ignore us. goodlaw.social/9f10d1
I have never met a transphobic LGB person in real life, across all the queer spaces I have frequented and the people I have spoken to in them.
Transphobic gays are an absolute minority and the loudest people are transphobic straights who claim to speak for LGB people.
LGB with the T, always 🏳️⚧️
Transphobic gays are an absolute minority and the loudest people are transphobic straights who claim to speak for LGB people.
LGB with the T, always 🏳️⚧️
There's been two Irish "gay" orgs against trans rights. One of them is a friend group of 3 people. The other was a lesbian couple who failed to get "LGB Alliance Ireland" up and running. There is no "enormous pushback" against trans rights from the gay community. There are some cranks. That's it.
January 26, 2026 at 1:10 PM
I have never met a transphobic LGB person in real life, across all the queer spaces I have frequented and the people I have spoken to in them.
Transphobic gays are an absolute minority and the loudest people are transphobic straights who claim to speak for LGB people.
LGB with the T, always 🏳️⚧️
Transphobic gays are an absolute minority and the loudest people are transphobic straights who claim to speak for LGB people.
LGB with the T, always 🏳️⚧️
Being in a lesbian relationship is like a kind of hive mind; it is not your jacket, or my jacket, it is OUR jacket
January 25, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Being in a lesbian relationship is like a kind of hive mind; it is not your jacket, or my jacket, it is OUR jacket
January 23, 2026 at 9:47 PM
This is absolutely 10/10, incredible stuff
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 11:23 PM
This is absolutely 10/10, incredible stuff
Carla Denyer was heckled in parliament by another MP when discussing inclusive sex ed
Green Party MP 'heckled' in parliament when discussing LGBTQ+ inclusive sex ed
Carla Denyer was "heckled" in parliament when asking a question about LGBTQ+ inclusive relationships and sex education in primary schools.
www.thepinknews.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Carla Denyer was heckled in parliament by another MP when discussing inclusive sex ed
Last week Nigel Farage wrote in The Telegraph that Reform was "not a rescue charity for every panicky Tory MP", and yet they happily welcome another and have described him as "a great patriot" who "will be a great addition to our team" 🤨
Andrew Rosindell quits Tories and defects to Reform UK
His defection comes days after former shadow justice minister Robert Jenrick joined Reform.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Last week Nigel Farage wrote in The Telegraph that Reform was "not a rescue charity for every panicky Tory MP", and yet they happily welcome another and have described him as "a great patriot" who "will be a great addition to our team" 🤨
Really interesting and inspiring segment on the latest episode of The Media Show about @prisonradiouk.bsky.social, what an incredible initiative that deserves a lot more attention!
January 17, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Really interesting and inspiring segment on the latest episode of The Media Show about @prisonradiouk.bsky.social, what an incredible initiative that deserves a lot more attention!
Looking back on 2016 is making me appreciate how good the tropical house was that year
January 17, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Looking back on 2016 is making me appreciate how good the tropical house was that year
The L Word is available on Prime again, oh we are SO back
January 16, 2026 at 4:53 PM
The L Word is available on Prime again, oh we are SO back
It really is insidious that NHS nurses, who are meant to care for everyone equally in that role, were supported in their legal case by an org that describes homosexuality as a “harmful sexual practice”, civil unions and co-habiting as "parodies of marriage" and transition as "causing lasting damage"
January 16, 2026 at 1:11 PM
It really is insidious that NHS nurses, who are meant to care for everyone equally in that role, were supported in their legal case by an org that describes homosexuality as a “harmful sexual practice”, civil unions and co-habiting as "parodies of marriage" and transition as "causing lasting damage"
The Natural History Museum doing a collab with Pokemon AND Lucy and Yak in the space of three months is the light I need in this darkness
January 13, 2026 at 7:59 PM
The Natural History Museum doing a collab with Pokemon AND Lucy and Yak in the space of three months is the light I need in this darkness
"AI fatigue may strengthen trust in news media, but it won’t stop harm against minorities"
I had lots of thoughts about the latest Journalism and Technology Trends and Predictions report from the @reutersinstitute.bsky.social, particularly about AI & misinformation
Read below! 👇
I had lots of thoughts about the latest Journalism and Technology Trends and Predictions report from the @reutersinstitute.bsky.social, particularly about AI & misinformation
Read below! 👇
AI fatigue may strengthen trust in news media
The majority of news editors think the huge expansion in misinformation and AI-generated content will actually increase support amongst audiences for the
www.thepinknews.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:22 PM
"AI fatigue may strengthen trust in news media, but it won’t stop harm against minorities"
I had lots of thoughts about the latest Journalism and Technology Trends and Predictions report from the @reutersinstitute.bsky.social, particularly about AI & misinformation
Read below! 👇
I had lots of thoughts about the latest Journalism and Technology Trends and Predictions report from the @reutersinstitute.bsky.social, particularly about AI & misinformation
Read below! 👇