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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 1d

Wes Streeting extended the puberty-blocker ban on 6 November 2024.

Leia died by suicide on 11 November 2024.

17-year-old trans girl's suicide over NHS wait times was preventable says coroner

A 17-year-old trans girl's death by suicide over NHS wait times could have been prevented with swift intervention, a coroner has ruled.

www.thepinknews.com

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'Living Detestable Dangerous Presence' @culturalfatwa.bsky.social · 15h

Yea

Very much in camp Donakd

Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 19h

Love it

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This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!
8:34 AM • 10/10/25 • 30K Views

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 19h

Gavin Newsom continues to be a disappointment to trans Californians. TWIBS brought to you by @alyssaur.bsky.social

TWIBS: Governor Newsom May Be a Threat to Trans Americans — Assigned

Gavin Newsom has spent a lot of time declaring himself the greatest hero of the queer community to ever live, but his words and actions rarely seem to align these days.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 20h

If she'd been married and lied about being single or if she'd been a convicted abuser and lied about that she would not be going to jail.

People lie all the time before sex, during sex and after sex.

If you're trans, that's a crime.

UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.bsky.social · 21h

She's been jailed - to be raped every night.

She's in a male jail. Despite living as female since she was 13.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Trans woman jailed after hiding male genitalia during sex with man

Ciara Watkin, 21, concealed she had male genitalia and performed sex acts on a man she had been on a date with - before later texting him 'I'm trans, I'm sorry I didn't tell you'

www.mirror.co.uk

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 1d

#OtD 10 Oct 1937 fascist leader Oswald Mosley was knocked unconscious and hospitalised in Liverpool by a stone thrown by anti-fascists who attacked a Nazi meeting at which he had attempted to address the crowd stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8245...

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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BASH BACK @bashback.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: BASH BACK TARGET FiLiA ANTI-TRANS CONFERENCE

The conference, whose alumni include J.K. Rowling, this year hosts hate groups LGBAlliance and Transgender Trend, along with the director of Scottish Lesbians, one of the groups responsible for April's segregationist Supreme Court ruling.

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 1d

The group is Genspect, the designated hate group co-founded by Irish media fave Stella O’Malley

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

A fringe group wants the field of psychiatry to regress back to the days when stereotypes and prejudices resulted in mental illness diagnoses for marginalized populations.

In a new reported piece, @evanurquhart.bsky.social examines Genspect's call for the re-psychopathologization of trans identity.

Hate Group Calls for Re-Labeling Transness as Mental Illness — Assigned

A fringe group with no expertise pushes the field of psychiatry to regress to a pre-scientific, prejudice-soaked view of trans people. It coincides with the far-right political agenda.

www.assignedmedia.org

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You Call Yourself a Film Critic @filmcriticmaybe.bsky.social · 1d

I mean if transphobes couldn't use SLAPP suits they couldn't win arguments so

Izzy Kamikaze @izzykamikaze.bsky.social · 1d

Stella O'Malley (7 years experience of well-funded anti-trans rhetoric) & Genspect (4 years of well-funded anti-trans advocacy) have taken legal action against 70-year-old Leonie O'Dowd (40+ years experience of counselling & supporting trans people) to shut her up. www.the-case.eu/latest/slapp...

It’s a SLAPP: Stella O’Malley Targets Psychotherapist and Rights Advocate Leonie O’Dowd – CASE

www.the-case.eu

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 5d

Donald Trump is trying to criminalize opposition to fascism. What are the real threats—and how can people prepare for them?

We've prepared a zine version of "Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression."

Please print these out and distribute them widely!

crimethinc.com/MakeReadyZine

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Slava Greenberg 🩼🏳️‍⚧️✡️🇺🇦 in 🇳🇱 for 🍉 @slavagreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

“Genspect is a group whose primary policy goal is to end access to medical transition, though they have also advocated against the acceptance & inclusion of trans ppl in society, particularly in school settings. In 2024 the Southern Poverty Law Center officially designated it as a hate group”

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

A fringe group wants the field of psychiatry to regress back to the days when stereotypes and prejudices resulted in mental illness diagnoses for marginalized populations.

In a new reported piece, @evanurquhart.bsky.social examines Genspect's call for the re-psychopathologization of trans identity.

Hate Group Calls for Re-Labeling Transness as Mental Illness — Assigned

A fringe group with no expertise pushes the field of psychiatry to regress to a pre-scientific, prejudice-soaked view of trans people. It coincides with the far-right political agenda.

www.assignedmedia.org

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elle 🐱 @ellebae.bsky.social · 1d

I am the furthest thing from a lawyer but ChatGPT is legally NOT a lawyer, thus not having lawyer-client confidentiality, which means your legal advice convos or whatever can be subpoenaed. Have fun!

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

I beg you. I implore you.

DO. NOT. USE. CHATGPT. OR. AI. AS. YOUR. LAWYER. @nbcnews.com, this is unbelievably dangerous and you're going to get people seriously hurt or worse.

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

People are using ChatGPT as a lawyer in court. Some are winning.

From pickleball disputes to eviction cases, litigants are using ChatGPT to fight their court battles — and they’re starting to win.

www.nbcnews.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

Remember all of the ghouls who denied this was happening and did everything they could to make the problem worse from JK Rowling to Wes Streeting. The NHS who did a stitch up report to hide the growing number of suicides from trans youth on the waitlists. They should never be forgiven.

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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · Jun 30

NEW: Democrats have used SCOTUS rulings to galvanize their base — but they won’t do that with Skrmetti, which green lit gender-affirming care bans

One Dem said it’s now a states issue

Another said trans issues don’t poll well

A third pointed me to the Cass report
www.notus.org/democrats/tr...

Democrats Have Basically Given Up Trying to Message on Transgender Rights

“The Supreme Court has ruled,” said one House Democrat. “We’re either a party that supports the rule of law or not.”

www.notus.org

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FreeLinkophant sHELLey B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · Jun 30

once more, with feeling
"I will not put up with this shit. I have been beaten. I have had my nose broken. I have been thrown in jail. I have lost my job. I have lost my apartment for gay liberation and you all treat me this way? What the fuck's wrong with you all? Think about that!" - Sylvia Rivera

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Conejo Valley Antifascists @cvantifascists.bsky.social · 1d

Something to consider if attending w demonstration on the 18th. Normalizing messages that oppose fascism is an extremely powerful tactic. Don’t let organizers or liberals pressure you to water down your message.
MAGA Fascists, Fuck Off! crimethinc.com/2025/10/09/n...

No Kings, No Masters

A call for anti-authoritarian blocs at the October 18 "No Kings" demonstrations.

crimethinc.com

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Izzy Kamikaze @izzykamikaze.bsky.social · 1d

Significant blow today for Stella O'Malley & her anti-trans advocacy organisation Genspect, as their spurious defamation action against Irish therapist, Leonie O'Dowd, is added to "The Gallery of Shame" by CASE (Campaign Against SLAPPs in Europe.) www.the-case.eu/gallery-of-s...

Gallery of Shame – CASE

www.the-case.eu

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 2d

We’re supporting @nionwomen.bsky.social, a collective of women refusing to let their identity be weaponised to justify discrimination against trans people.

They’re calling on women everywhere to join them:
https://goodlaw.social/xmgc

goodlaw.social

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 1d

The "somebody showed me a TikTok" era of American government is going pretty much exactly how you'd expect.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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RiotDad @riotdad.bsky.social · 13d

PNW friends this is an URGENT REMINDER to leave block & delete any chats u r no longer active in, set disappearing messages to a very short amount of time, make sure ur phone is password protected & that any comrades name in signal only shows as their signal name NOT THE 1 SAVED IN UR CONTACTS. WKUS

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RiotDad @riotdad.bsky.social · 10d

↙️↙️↙️ now’s a good time to abandon liberal ideas of a democracy under capitalism & get to fucking work building a society based upon mutual aid w/o a ruling class shaped under guidance of those who have suffered the most & prioritize marginalized voices in honor of those we’ve lost along the way. ↙️↙️↙️

Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 10d

Now might be a good time for Democrats to remind people that when they return to power they will not hesitate to prosecute people who murder civilians.

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RiotDad @riotdad.bsky.social · Nov 6

if you think cops are going to protect marginalized peoples from armed fascists, then boy howdy, do i have some news for you about the history of cops and marginalized peoples

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RiotDad @riotdad.bsky.social · 1d

having to explain to your children that the man who shared your home address/name to tens of millions of people is now telling the President of the United States, who just named you a terrorist, a bunch of lies about who you are/what you do in your community was not on my bingo card for today.

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Eilís 'pidge' Ní Fhlannagáin @dirtycitybird.trann.ie · 1d

I'd imagine he was having a go at the human thumb who got in a fight with the holocaust museum and keeps begging on his hands and knees for JKR to give him a pat on his shiny bald head.

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