Laurie May
@lauriemay.bsky.social
GSRD Psychotherapist
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I think the funniest thing to me is that the people who are working to create an Artificial General Intelligence is that it’s a bunch of libertarians who have never realised that what makes us smart as humans is community, society, empathy. The things they find an anathema.
December 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I think the funniest thing to me is that the people who are working to create an Artificial General Intelligence is that it’s a bunch of libertarians who have never realised that what makes us smart as humans is community, society, empathy. The things they find an anathema.
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Imagine what that money could have actually been used for instead over the last 6 years. In a time of funding crisis where charities are having to cut programmes that help women and girls that much spent trying to drag stonewall into an employment dispute seems so wasteful.
With £1,000,000 now spent Allison Bailey loses again.
December 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Imagine what that money could have actually been used for instead over the last 6 years. In a time of funding crisis where charities are having to cut programmes that help women and girls that much spent trying to drag stonewall into an employment dispute seems so wasteful.
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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If you don't know any trans people you may be completely unaware of how the rising tide of transphobia has led to the BBC actually editing pieces, not to update the story but to insert slurs to make a story more transphobic
There are more cis people aware of the BBCs transphobia today thanks to @robinince.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
If you don't know any trans people you may be completely unaware of how the rising tide of transphobia has led to the BBC actually editing pieces, not to update the story but to insert slurs to make a story more transphobic
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Interesting thing to take away here.
BBC asked 5000 doctors to take part in a survey about overdiagnosis of mental health conditions. Only 15% of them responded.
And what do you think the belief will be of that 15% who specifically wanted to respond to a study into overdiagnosis? 🤔
BBC asked 5000 doctors to take part in a survey about overdiagnosis of mental health conditions. Only 15% of them responded.
And what do you think the belief will be of that 15% who specifically wanted to respond to a study into overdiagnosis? 🤔
December 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Interesting thing to take away here.
BBC asked 5000 doctors to take part in a survey about overdiagnosis of mental health conditions. Only 15% of them responded.
And what do you think the belief will be of that 15% who specifically wanted to respond to a study into overdiagnosis? 🤔
BBC asked 5000 doctors to take part in a survey about overdiagnosis of mental health conditions. Only 15% of them responded.
And what do you think the belief will be of that 15% who specifically wanted to respond to a study into overdiagnosis? 🤔
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Parker nails it, as always.
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Parker nails it, as always.
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There's not a single anti-trans campaigner or group with a major platform on twitter who haven't posted *horrifying* things and it's a stain on our entire media ecosystem that not a single major outlet has done even basic reporting of it.
I thought I could not be shocked by what prominent transphobes feel able to say about me. Turns out I was wrong.
Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
December 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
There's not a single anti-trans campaigner or group with a major platform on twitter who haven't posted *horrifying* things and it's a stain on our entire media ecosystem that not a single major outlet has done even basic reporting of it.
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CW: Sexual Abuse
Just Richard Dunstan, “good friend” of the anti-trans lobby outfit Sex Matters, casually dehumanising a childhood sexual abuse survivor by suggesting the victim might have “secretly enjoyed” the abuse they endured
Transphobia rots the brain, and corrodes any sense of empathy
Just Richard Dunstan, “good friend” of the anti-trans lobby outfit Sex Matters, casually dehumanising a childhood sexual abuse survivor by suggesting the victim might have “secretly enjoyed” the abuse they endured
Transphobia rots the brain, and corrodes any sense of empathy
I thought I could not be shocked by what prominent transphobes feel able to say about me. Turns out I was wrong.
Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
December 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
CW: Sexual Abuse
Just Richard Dunstan, “good friend” of the anti-trans lobby outfit Sex Matters, casually dehumanising a childhood sexual abuse survivor by suggesting the victim might have “secretly enjoyed” the abuse they endured
Transphobia rots the brain, and corrodes any sense of empathy
Just Richard Dunstan, “good friend” of the anti-trans lobby outfit Sex Matters, casually dehumanising a childhood sexual abuse survivor by suggesting the victim might have “secretly enjoyed” the abuse they endured
Transphobia rots the brain, and corrodes any sense of empathy
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“Are trans people human?” is basically what they’re discussing, because the question is whether we deserve human rights or not.
November 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“Are trans people human?” is basically what they’re discussing, because the question is whether we deserve human rights or not.
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Nothing to see here, just @thetimes.com having to apologise for calling an anti-trans group anti-trans.
The British media's complicity in instigating and prolonging moral panics targeting vulnerable minorities will be studied for years to come.
The British media's complicity in instigating and prolonging moral panics targeting vulnerable minorities will be studied for years to come.
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Transgender Trend is an anti-trans[2][3][4][5] British pressure group, which describes itself as a group of parents, professionals and academics who are concerned about the number of children diagnosed with gender dysphoria. [6] [7] It was founded in 2015 by Stephanie Davies-Arai.[1]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t6ndneremtkumxvhxpwwmax5/bafkreidtijkk72ofrpxz3wq7n5nkhmfsiwnpnp7stkyv67bpxlwphkfxx4@jpeg)
November 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Nothing to see here, just @thetimes.com having to apologise for calling an anti-trans group anti-trans.
The British media's complicity in instigating and prolonging moral panics targeting vulnerable minorities will be studied for years to come.
The British media's complicity in instigating and prolonging moral panics targeting vulnerable minorities will be studied for years to come.
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The “Pathways” trial is, IMO on more than one level, a thoroughly unethical piece of “research” to be carrying out on children, especially children who are part of a marginalised minority.
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The “Pathways” trial is, IMO on more than one level, a thoroughly unethical piece of “research” to be carrying out on children, especially children who are part of a marginalised minority.
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1/🧵 The good people of the Cabinet Office has found a copy of the Department for Education and Employment’s drafting instructions* for the Sex Discrimination (Gender Reassignment) Regulations 1999.
* the Parly Counsel does vetting only in this case, so the instructions is to DfEE’s in-house lawyers
* the Parly Counsel does vetting only in this case, so the instructions is to DfEE’s in-house lawyers
Sex Discrimination Gender Reassignment Regulations 1999 Drafting Instructions - a Freedom of Information request to Government Equalities Office
Please send me copies of the Sex Discrimination Gender Reassignment Regulations 1999’s Drafting Instructions given to the Parliamentary Counsel. If you can’t locate all versions, send me any one of th...
www.whatdotheyknow.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
1/🧵 The good people of the Cabinet Office has found a copy of the Department for Education and Employment’s drafting instructions* for the Sex Discrimination (Gender Reassignment) Regulations 1999.
* the Parly Counsel does vetting only in this case, so the instructions is to DfEE’s in-house lawyers
* the Parly Counsel does vetting only in this case, so the instructions is to DfEE’s in-house lawyers
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1993: Stephen Lawrence is murdered by racists.
1999: The MacPherson Inquiry recommends recording of non-crime hate incidents.
2005: After the Discrimination Law Review, non-crime hate incidents begin being recorded by UK police.
2025: Mainstream transphobia ends a harm reduction policy that worked.
1999: The MacPherson Inquiry recommends recording of non-crime hate incidents.
2005: After the Discrimination Law Review, non-crime hate incidents begin being recorded by UK police.
2025: Mainstream transphobia ends a harm reduction policy that worked.
Met Police says it will no longer investigate non-crime hate incidents
The move comes as an investigation into Father Ted creator Graham Linehan is dropped, after his arrest over a post on X.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
1993: Stephen Lawrence is murdered by racists.
1999: The MacPherson Inquiry recommends recording of non-crime hate incidents.
2005: After the Discrimination Law Review, non-crime hate incidents begin being recorded by UK police.
2025: Mainstream transphobia ends a harm reduction policy that worked.
1999: The MacPherson Inquiry recommends recording of non-crime hate incidents.
2005: After the Discrimination Law Review, non-crime hate incidents begin being recorded by UK police.
2025: Mainstream transphobia ends a harm reduction policy that worked.
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Trans Safety Network have written to Healthwatch regarding their concerning recommendations in their trans health report. We fear if this report is not withdrawn, it will lead to significant deterioration in trans people's ability to access NHS care. transsafety.network/posts/danger...
'Dangerous Recommendations': Trans Safety Network write to Healthwatch
Trans Safety Network was shocked by the dangerous recommendations of Healthwatch's recent trans healthcare report. We find it hard to believe that any trans organisations or persons were involved sign...
transsafety.network
October 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Trans Safety Network have written to Healthwatch regarding their concerning recommendations in their trans health report. We fear if this report is not withdrawn, it will lead to significant deterioration in trans people's ability to access NHS care. transsafety.network/posts/danger...
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Marie McGowan, 89, has died 3 years after a brutal assault during which she was put headfirst into a rubbish bin. Her attacker, Alex Bailey, believed she was "a man dressed as a woman."
This is the world the transphobes are creating "to protect women."
RIP Marie. share.google/PFaI5YTh9tBw...
This is the world the transphobes are creating "to protect women."
RIP Marie. share.google/PFaI5YTh9tBw...
Woman, 80s, dies three years after Dublin attack
A woman in her 80s who was attacked in south Dublin just over three years ago has passed away.
share.google
October 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Marie McGowan, 89, has died 3 years after a brutal assault during which she was put headfirst into a rubbish bin. Her attacker, Alex Bailey, believed she was "a man dressed as a woman."
This is the world the transphobes are creating "to protect women."
RIP Marie. share.google/PFaI5YTh9tBw...
This is the world the transphobes are creating "to protect women."
RIP Marie. share.google/PFaI5YTh9tBw...
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"91% of respondents did not report their most serious incident of anti-LGBT+ hate crime to the police"
I'd say that renders the official stats pretty much meaningless
I'd say that renders the official stats pretty much meaningless
The newly released Official Statistics for Hate Crime in 2024-2025 do not accurately reflect the true prevalence of anti-LGBT+ hate in England and Wales. This misrepresentation matters.
Read our full statement ⬇️
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Read our full statement ⬇️
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October 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"91% of respondents did not report their most serious incident of anti-LGBT+ hate crime to the police"
I'd say that renders the official stats pretty much meaningless
I'd say that renders the official stats pretty much meaningless
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Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.
October 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.
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The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has adopted a groundbreaking recommendation to the organisation’s 46 member states on equal rights for intersex persons👇
🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
@coe.int #Consent #Equality #NoDiscrimination
🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
@coe.int #Consent #Equality #NoDiscrimination
Council of Europe adopts landmark Recommendation on equal rights for intersex persons
<p>Historic milestone calls for prohibition of non-consensual medical interventions and for full equality and non-discrimination against intersex persons across all areas of life</p>
www.coe.int
October 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has adopted a groundbreaking recommendation to the organisation’s 46 member states on equal rights for intersex persons👇
🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
@coe.int #Consent #Equality #NoDiscrimination
🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
@coe.int #Consent #Equality #NoDiscrimination
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New Report Says Cass Review Should Not Be Benchmark For Trans Healthcare in Australia
New Report Says Cass Review Should Not Be Benchmark For Trans Healthcare in Australia - Star Observer
A major new peer-reviewed report warns that the Cass Review is fundamentally ill-suited to guide Australia's care for trans young people.
www.starobserver.com.au
October 6, 2025 at 7:41 AM
New Report Says Cass Review Should Not Be Benchmark For Trans Healthcare in Australia
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Wellness culture feeds directly into eugenics.
Eugenics feeds directly into fascism.
This is nothing new, and it’s why disabled people have been screaming for solidarity for years.
We saw this coming. We know it’s going to get worse.
Refuse to leave vulnerable people by the wayside.
Eugenics feeds directly into fascism.
This is nothing new, and it’s why disabled people have been screaming for solidarity for years.
We saw this coming. We know it’s going to get worse.
Refuse to leave vulnerable people by the wayside.
October 4, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Wellness culture feeds directly into eugenics.
Eugenics feeds directly into fascism.
This is nothing new, and it’s why disabled people have been screaming for solidarity for years.
We saw this coming. We know it’s going to get worse.
Refuse to leave vulnerable people by the wayside.
Eugenics feeds directly into fascism.
This is nothing new, and it’s why disabled people have been screaming for solidarity for years.
We saw this coming. We know it’s going to get worse.
Refuse to leave vulnerable people by the wayside.
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Trans Safety Network are very concerned to see that the review into supposed over diagnosis of mental ill heath and neurodivegence ordered by Wes Streeting is to be chaired by Peter Fonagy with Simon Wessely as Vice chair.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controv...
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controv...
October 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Trans Safety Network are very concerned to see that the review into supposed over diagnosis of mental ill heath and neurodivegence ordered by Wes Streeting is to be chaired by Peter Fonagy with Simon Wessely as Vice chair.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controv...
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controv...
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One of the reasons why the Right oppress trans people while also consuming vast amounts of porn about us is that they want to keep us poor, marginalised and available for low paid sex work. They hate the idea of our having other options.
September 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
One of the reasons why the Right oppress trans people while also consuming vast amounts of porn about us is that they want to keep us poor, marginalised and available for low paid sex work. They hate the idea of our having other options.