ClaireHam
@claireham.bsky.social
A trans woman with a PhD who just wants the government to let her live her life in peace
I was so lucky - when I approached my GP 25 years ago he already had a trans patient and knew what to do. He made me an appointment with the practice psychologist who chatted to me for 30 minutes and concluded there could be no doubt I was trans. Obviously CXH under Richard Green was another matter…
I really think the people who say "anyone can call themselves trans these days" imagine some kind of past where you'd go to the doctor feeling poorly, men in white coats run a battery of tests and then, eventually, the doctor says solemnly "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I have to diagnose you with trans"
"Letting trans folks Self-ID is a problem!"
How the fuck else do we determine we're trans if not through self-identifying? You have to figure out you're trans (or might be) before you can even begin the process of fighting through the system to transition. This is fucking stupid.
How the fuck else do we determine we're trans if not through self-identifying? You have to figure out you're trans (or might be) before you can even begin the process of fighting through the system to transition. This is fucking stupid.
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I was so lucky - when I approached my GP 25 years ago he already had a trans patient and knew what to do. He made me an appointment with the practice psychologist who chatted to me for 30 minutes and concluded there could be no doubt I was trans. Obviously CXH under Richard Green was another matter…
I really think a meeting between @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the WellBN parents and their trans children would be so powerful. As a member of the Greens I’d love to see it happen. 💚
. @zackpolanski.bsky.social please meet with the parents of the WellBN patients.
NHS Sussex is forcing dehumanising and abusive conversion practices on them.
NHS Sussex is forcing dehumanising and abusive conversion practices on them.
November 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I really think a meeting between @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the WellBN parents and their trans children would be so powerful. As a member of the Greens I’d love to see it happen. 💚
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Amusing conversation with a lawyer advising civil society organizations about how to deal with the chaos created by For Some Women, Scotland: "I tell them 'either you can be sued by JK Rowling or you can be sued by Jolyon Maugham.'"
November 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Amusing conversation with a lawyer advising civil society organizations about how to deal with the chaos created by For Some Women, Scotland: "I tell them 'either you can be sued by JK Rowling or you can be sued by Jolyon Maugham.'"
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💥 TAKE ACTION 💥
Join over 3,500 and tell the BBC: stop attacking trans people 👇
https://action.goodlawproject.org/tell-the-BBC-to-stop-attacking-trans-people?_gl=1*1ei9wp0*_ga*MTE5MDA4MDYwOS4xNzU5OTI5Njg1*_ga_QRHW2QLY4H*czE3NjMxMjczODYkbzc3JGcwJHQxNzYzMTI3Mzg4JGo1OCRsMCRoMA..
Join over 3,500 and tell the BBC: stop attacking trans people 👇
https://action.goodlawproject.org/tell-the-BBC-to-stop-attacking-trans-people?_gl=1*1ei9wp0*_ga*MTE5MDA4MDYwOS4xNzU5OTI5Njg1*_ga_QRHW2QLY4H*czE3NjMxMjczODYkbzc3JGcwJHQxNzYzMTI3Mzg4JGo1OCRsMCRoMA..
Tell the BBC to stop attacking trans people
The BBC is in shock after rightwing groups have claimed the broadcaster is against Donald Trump and “pro-trans”. But the reality is very different. A recent YouGov survey found that 70% of trans peopl...
action.goodlawproject.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
💥 TAKE ACTION 💥
Join over 3,500 and tell the BBC: stop attacking trans people 👇
https://action.goodlawproject.org/tell-the-BBC-to-stop-attacking-trans-people?_gl=1*1ei9wp0*_ga*MTE5MDA4MDYwOS4xNzU5OTI5Njg1*_ga_QRHW2QLY4H*czE3NjMxMjczODYkbzc3JGcwJHQxNzYzMTI3Mzg4JGo1OCRsMCRoMA..
Join over 3,500 and tell the BBC: stop attacking trans people 👇
https://action.goodlawproject.org/tell-the-BBC-to-stop-attacking-trans-people?_gl=1*1ei9wp0*_ga*MTE5MDA4MDYwOS4xNzU5OTI5Njg1*_ga_QRHW2QLY4H*czE3NjMxMjczODYkbzc3JGcwJHQxNzYzMTI3Mzg4JGo1OCRsMCRoMA..
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My in depth interview with Dr Sam Hall of WellBN.
Please share.
"We believe that the wider NHS provision for trans youth is harmful and have witnessed first hand the impact of this."
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
Please share.
"We believe that the wider NHS provision for trans youth is harmful and have witnessed first hand the impact of this."
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
Interview with Dr Sam Hall
Dr Sam Hall tells us how WellBn helped trans people over the past five years, and that it is okay to be trans
northwestbylines.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
My in depth interview with Dr Sam Hall of WellBN.
Please share.
"We believe that the wider NHS provision for trans youth is harmful and have witnessed first hand the impact of this."
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
Please share.
"We believe that the wider NHS provision for trans youth is harmful and have witnessed first hand the impact of this."
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
I took up playing piano 18 months - 2 years ago. I’m not doing the exams, but at my lesson today my teacher told me I’ve been playing Grade 1 pieces well and she’s given me some Grade 2 pieces to work on. I‘m so happy because finding the energy to practice has been difficult over the last few months
Since Trans Joy Tuesday got such a great response last week, let’s do it again.
For the trans people out there, let’s offset all the bad news and share something happy going on with you.
Whether it’s big or small, please share your joy!
For the trans people out there, let’s offset all the bad news and share something happy going on with you.
Whether it’s big or small, please share your joy!
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I took up playing piano 18 months - 2 years ago. I’m not doing the exams, but at my lesson today my teacher told me I’ve been playing Grade 1 pieces well and she’s given me some Grade 2 pieces to work on. I‘m so happy because finding the energy to practice has been difficult over the last few months
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My community isn’t the target of Labour’s latest racist scheme, which only highlights how blatantly racist it is, and I want no part in it. Solidarity, always.
We’ve caused so much harm to many of the refugees being targeted, and that it all ties back to oil and gas exploitations. It’s disgusting.
We’ve caused so much harm to many of the refugees being targeted, and that it all ties back to oil and gas exploitations. It’s disgusting.
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
My community isn’t the target of Labour’s latest racist scheme, which only highlights how blatantly racist it is, and I want no part in it. Solidarity, always.
We’ve caused so much harm to many of the refugees being targeted, and that it all ties back to oil and gas exploitations. It’s disgusting.
We’ve caused so much harm to many of the refugees being targeted, and that it all ties back to oil and gas exploitations. It’s disgusting.
I was at my hairdressers yesterday and “That” Christmas song was on the radio. Luckily it was the edited version, but it’s way too early to have to put up with that again!
November 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I was at my hairdressers yesterday and “That” Christmas song was on the radio. Luckily it was the edited version, but it’s way too early to have to put up with that again!
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🤭 My favourite argument, the idea of a third space for the...
113/ Stilitz says that even if, contrary to his primary case, the 1992 Regulations are interpreted as referring to “biological sex”, an employer who provides sufficient lockable rooms would have discharged the duty.
The remaining gendered facilities could then be made trans-inclusive.
The remaining gendered facilities could then be made trans-inclusive.
November 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
🤭 My favourite argument, the idea of a third space for the...
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trans women are not 'biological men'. anyone claiming that we are is engaging in science denialism.
it is transphobic to describe us that way. we have changed our physiology using medical science.
it is an attempt by transphobic columnists, pundits, and politicians to erase our existence.
it is transphobic to describe us that way. we have changed our physiology using medical science.
it is an attempt by transphobic columnists, pundits, and politicians to erase our existence.
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
trans women are not 'biological men'. anyone claiming that we are is engaging in science denialism.
it is transphobic to describe us that way. we have changed our physiology using medical science.
it is an attempt by transphobic columnists, pundits, and politicians to erase our existence.
it is transphobic to describe us that way. we have changed our physiology using medical science.
it is an attempt by transphobic columnists, pundits, and politicians to erase our existence.
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I was warning people not to share this post TWO MONTHS ago and people are STILL sharing it!
Come on now people, you KNOW Streeting REALLY doesn’t want you to keep sharing it widely and at every possible opportunity.
Come on now people, you KNOW Streeting REALLY doesn’t want you to keep sharing it widely and at every possible opportunity.
It has come to my attention that many of you have been sharing this photo of Streeting and Mandelson widely.
Please remember that Wes Streeting does not like it being shared widely. So please do not share it widely and on every possible occasion. We wouldn’t want to upset him would we?
Please remember that Wes Streeting does not like it being shared widely. So please do not share it widely and on every possible occasion. We wouldn’t want to upset him would we?
November 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I was warning people not to share this post TWO MONTHS ago and people are STILL sharing it!
Come on now people, you KNOW Streeting REALLY doesn’t want you to keep sharing it widely and at every possible opportunity.
Come on now people, you KNOW Streeting REALLY doesn’t want you to keep sharing it widely and at every possible opportunity.
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The email wasn’t wrong!
It 💯 WAS an anti-trans group! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
It 💯 WAS an anti-trans group! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The email wasn’t wrong!
It 💯 WAS an anti-trans group! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
It 💯 WAS an anti-trans group! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
A 40-fold surge in cases and the litigation infrastructure behind it
ajustsociety.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
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Genuinely believe with my whole heart that the stances on trans rights taken by @zackpolanski.bsky.social are contributing massively to a load of emotionally burn-out and mentally exhausted trans people having hope for the first time in bloody ages.
November 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Genuinely believe with my whole heart that the stances on trans rights taken by @zackpolanski.bsky.social are contributing massively to a load of emotionally burn-out and mentally exhausted trans people having hope for the first time in bloody ages.
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Nadia Whittome continuing to be an amazing ally.
I imagine @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social will be getting the usual abuse for speaking out - solidarity with her and all those fighting against hate manipulated by the wealthy right gleefully creating a distracting wedge issue
November 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Nadia Whittome continuing to be an amazing ally.
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So a transphobe is threatening @northwestbylines.co.uk with defamation over this 100% accurate and factual piece of Journalism.
Support us by sharing it far and wide 🏳️⚧️
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/equalit...
Support us by sharing it far and wide 🏳️⚧️
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/equalit...
A demonstration of compassion and unity by the trans and cis community
Trans and cis people united in a heartwarming display of kindness outside the Scottish (Holyrood) Parliament on 1 November
northwestbylines.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
So a transphobe is threatening @northwestbylines.co.uk with defamation over this 100% accurate and factual piece of Journalism.
Support us by sharing it far and wide 🏳️⚧️
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/equalit...
Support us by sharing it far and wide 🏳️⚧️
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/equalit...
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The EHRC are an incompetent national embarassment, fully reflective of the out of touch, corrupt and amoral political and media classes, but representative of noone else in the country.
It needs completely gutting and rebuilding from first principles.
It needs completely gutting and rebuilding from first principles.
Correcting the statement put out today by the EHRC, TACC has published the following statement.
tacc.org.uk/2025/11/07/s...
tacc.org.uk/2025/11/07/s...
Statement regards “EHRC Statement, Special review of the EHRC’s accreditation not warranted” - tacc.org.uk
Earlier today, the Equality & Human Rights Commission (EHRC) released a statement: https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre/news/special-review-ehrcs-accreditation-not-warranted In the stateme...
tacc.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The EHRC are an incompetent national embarassment, fully reflective of the out of touch, corrupt and amoral political and media classes, but representative of noone else in the country.
It needs completely gutting and rebuilding from first principles.
It needs completely gutting and rebuilding from first principles.
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I remained super calm and collected despite the abuse being hurled at my partner and I 😎
November 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I remained super calm and collected despite the abuse being hurled at my partner and I 😎
1/ I’ve been having a wobbly couple of days. The general background pressures of being trans in the UK, work, my very old car being in for an MOT earlier this week and my freeholder trying to stop me having my hot water tank replaced all took their a toll. I started acting irrationally on Thursday.
November 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
1/ I’ve been having a wobbly couple of days. The general background pressures of being trans in the UK, work, my very old car being in for an MOT earlier this week and my freeholder trying to stop me having my hot water tank replaced all took their a toll. I started acting irrationally on Thursday.
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Repost for accuracy and succinctness.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"As a regulator, we do not make the law."
Right. You just repeatedly use expert intervener status to advocate for one-sided legal strategy targeting a protected group, then write the most hate-inciting interpretation of the law you advocated for.
Fucking Clown.
"As a regulator, we do not make the law."
Right. You just repeatedly use expert intervener status to advocate for one-sided legal strategy targeting a protected group, then write the most hate-inciting interpretation of the law you advocated for.
Fucking Clown.
EHRC guidance will help businesses comply with the law on sex and gender | Letter
Letter: Kishwer Falkner, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, says its updated code of practice will balance the rights of service users and protect all from discrimination
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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I’m seeing a lot of Labour supporters on here badgering trans folk to vote for their party again because Reform might be even worse than they are. Give it a rest - Labour represent nothing but cruelty, segregation and oppression to me. I will never vote for a party that means me harm.
October 29, 2025 at 7:49 AM
I’m seeing a lot of Labour supporters on here badgering trans folk to vote for their party again because Reform might be even worse than they are. Give it a rest - Labour represent nothing but cruelty, segregation and oppression to me. I will never vote for a party that means me harm.
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hey - I just took action to write to my MP to scrap the bathroom ban. It's really important that this Government rejects any plans to segregate and exclude trans people just for wanting to go to the loo. You can use TransActual's tool here: actionnetwork.org/letters/bloc...
actionnetwork.org
October 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
hey - I just took action to write to my MP to scrap the bathroom ban. It's really important that this Government rejects any plans to segregate and exclude trans people just for wanting to go to the loo. You can use TransActual's tool here: actionnetwork.org/letters/bloc...