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Michelle K. Smith
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Just an ordinary soul surviving in extraordinary times. 🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 💜 ♕ 🎹 ⚛️ 🗝️ She/Her.


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Michelle K. Smith @michelleksmith.bsky.social · Nov 10
Open Letter: TERFs Don't Speak for Us: An Open Letter from Lesbians, Queer Women, Trans Women, Gender Diverse People, and our allies. Hate has no place in our community. ⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♀️ ✊👸 #LGBTQIA #TransWomenAreWomen #TransRightsAreHumanRights #ProtectTheDolls actionnetwork.org/forms/terfs-...
TERFs Don’t Speak for Us: An Open Letter from Lesbians, Queer Women, Trans Women and Gender Diverse People
Lesbians are being pressured to have sex with trans women. That’s the claim now being pushed in Australia’s Federal Court by the so-called “Lesbian Action Group”, in support of Giggle app founder Sal...
actionnetwork.org
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boneyardz.bsky.social
From President Zelensky's official telegram account.
December 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
michelleksmith.bsky.social
I'm surprised the Aerosmith ride lasted this long, given that in 1975 Steven Tyler convinced the parents of 14 year old groupie Julia Holcomb to sign over guardianship to him so that she could live with him in Boston, and then forced her to have an abortion against her will. Not cool. #Aerosmith
ashleycarter.bsky.social Ashley Carter @ashleycarter.bsky.social · 2d
Disney has revealed the closing date for Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith. The coaster's last day of operation will be March 1, 2026. The ride will be rethemed and reopen as Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets in summer 2026.
December 13, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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nionwomen.bsky.social
💥 Seventy thousand women have now signed our letter. Seventy thousand women saying clearly that exclusion is not in our name and that trans people deserve dignity, safety and belonging.

🙏 Sign and share: notinourname.org.uk

#NotInOurName #Love #Inclusion #WomenUnite
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
michelleksmith.bsky.social
I think you've missed the point though. What the new signage is claiming is that there are only two genders, and anything else is disabled. It's insulting to non-binary people.
parkermolloy.com Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 4d
There's a post over on Twitter that I've been laughing to myself about. Some right-wing guy is celebrating that a school took down "All-Gender" bathroom signs and replaced them with "Single Occupancy Restroom" signs. And like... it's the same thing, man. You're celebrating a pointless relabeling.
Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol · Dec 8 🚨#BREAKING: The University of North Carolina Asheville has completely REMOVED all of its "ALL-GENDER" bathroom signs. It has replaced them with "SINGLE OCCUPANCY RESTROOM" signs.
December 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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mimmymum.bsky.social
Remember when Helen Joyce was called out as "not an expert" by Australian courts - Now Maya Forstater has been told the same in the Peggie judgment! 👏👏👏

The judgement states outright that the evidence submitted by her & Sex Matters was “not skilled evidence.”

This is the Tribunal’s exact wording!
Highlighted paragraph: Evidence from Ms Forstater and Mx Valentine 1038. We turn to address the evidence from Ms Forstater and Mx Valentine, which the parties had described as “research evidence”. That is not, so far as we are aware, a term of law. Nothing was cited to support the use of that term. It is not skilled evidence as explained below, and the parties did not suggest that either witness was skilled or expert in that sense. It was not necessarily inadmissible, given the terms of Rule 41, and until read and considered the extent to which it might be relevant could not be assessed, but the weight to attach to it was a different consideration Highlighted sections: 1040. In many respects the evidence in the statements was more in the nature of material for the public debate on wider issues as to what the law should be, and on occasion it appeared to us to be polemic, rather than evidence relevant to the issues at an Employment Tribunal. 1041. Opinion evidence was addressed in Walker and Walker on Evidence, Fifth Edition (“Walker”), which explained the distinction between evidence of fact, and of belief or opinion. Opinion evidence may be led from what Walker describes as an ordinary witness (the classification of witnesses is between ordinary and skilled), and examples of that are given. Ms Forstater 1042. The statement from Ms Forstater was not presented as impartial evidence, but specifically as one given in support of the claimant. It had at paragraph 10 an argument as to facts, of which Ms Forstater said that she was certain. They are however we consider not facts, but expressions of her opinion. The assertion at 10 (b) for example was “Sex is in general readily perceptible and is salient to other people.” That we consider cannot be other than her opinion, for which no support from any document in the Supplementary Bundle appeared to be referred to in her written witness statement. It was contradicted by other evidence, and the terms of a Note issued by EJ Tinnion on 5 January 2025 in relation to the second respondent. It did not appear to be an assertion related to the second respondent in particular, but as a more general proposition. 1043. The assertion at (d) had a further series of propositions which were opinions although presented as facts. If the 1992 Regulations, then as discussed they are not within this Tribunal’s jurisdiction, and the comment appears to be an argument over the policy of the law, or how the law should be interpreted, neither of which are relevant evidence before us. 1044. The sub-paragraphs include, by way of example, (ii) “women are in general more fearful of men than men … Highlighted sections: That is again an expression of opinion without cross reference to any document in the Supplementary Bundle. Sub-paragraph (v) was “unless rules about single-sex spaces are clearly stated and enforced it leaves women open to risk of sexual harassment and assault, and makes these spaces feel unsafe.” That again is an expression of opinion. The witness statement purports to expand on the comments at paragraph 10 stating that the facts stated are true. In our view they are not reliable as evidence from a person not a skilled witness on the propositions that are advanced. 1045. Where there was reference to documentation it is in our view both partial and incomplete. Part of it is based on research undertaken by Sex Matters, an organisation of which she is the Chief Executive Officer. It is a campaigning organisation, as set out in paragraph 4. There is an obvious risk that that research is impacted by the nature of it, which is not suggested to be an independent academic study .... In our view it would not be dealing with a case fairly or justly to rely on expressions of opinion from a person campaigning on one side of the argument on such an issue. We did not consider that the case of Connor on which the claimant founded, cited above and which indicated that in some situations evidence which was not expert in nature could be sufficient, was applicable to such a matter. 1047. Our review of the literature referred to by Ms Forstater reveals that the broad generalisations she seeks to take from it are not sufficiently supported by the document or document founded on, both from the terms of the document and the other documents in relation to the same broad issue, to be treated as reliable evidence.
December 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
michelleksmith.bsky.social
Anyone else in Australia just get an age verification notification from Bluesky's KWS? #Bluesky #AgeVerification #Australia
December 9, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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goodlawproject.org
Decision in the Sandie Peggie case.

She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
Sandie Peggie -v- Fife Health Board and another (judgment and summary) - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Case number: 4104864/2024 Employment Tribunal, Scotland 8 December 2025 Before: Employment Judge A KempTribunal Member L BrownTribunal Member C Russell Between: Mrs Sandie Peggie -v- Fife Health Board...
www.judiciary.uk
December 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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mimmymum.bsky.social
Trans ban: Good Law Project fights back with legal action against bullies

The Good Law Project is warning that organisations’ decisions to exclude trans women could actually be unlawful (ahem, Girlguiding and Women’s Institute). It has now decided to challenge the trans ban. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Trans ban: Good Law Project fights back with legal action against bullies
The Good Law Project launches legal action against the UK’s growing trans ban—because the only way to stop bullies is to stand up to them
www.thecanary.co
December 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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pinknews.bsky.social
Girlguiding leaders refuse to enforce ‘horrific’ trans ban
Girlguiding leaders refuse to enforce 'horrific' trans ban
Girlguiding leaders have told PinkNews they refuse to enforce a new policy banning trans girls from their groups.
www.thepinknews.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
michelleksmith.bsky.social
Really? How about a more accurate temperature chart that doesn't look like it was drawn by a child and shows the whole story. Planet Earth is in a continuos state of fluctuating temperatures.The Sun will eventually become a red giant in about 5 billion years - nothing will stop that.
Global average temperature graph for the last 540 Million years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:All_palaeotemps.png#Summary
December 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
michelleksmith.bsky.social
Vladimir Putin bears moral responsibility for 2018 fatal poisoning of UK woman Dawn Sturgess, inquiry finds. #VladimirPutin #DawnSturgess #Novichok www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Putin bears 'moral responsibility' for 2018 poisoning of UK woman, inquiry finds
A UK public inquiry concludes that Russian President Vladimir Putin "must have" ordered the Novichok nerve agent attack on Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in 2018.
www.abc.net.au
December 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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mimmymum.bsky.social
If you’re a Guide Leader you can join this public Facebook group, created to push back against the trans-exclusionary policy they’ve just adopted…

👉 www.facebook.com/share/g/16i8...
Guiders for Every Girl › @ Public group • 473 members Join Group
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
michelleksmith.bsky.social
The Foo Fighters' AIDS denialism should be on the record. 🎗️ #HIV #AIDS #Denialism #FooFighters #DaveGrohl #NateMendel medium.com/the-monthly/...
The Foo Fighters’ AIDS denialism should be on the record
By Martin McKenzie-Murray in The Monthly
medium.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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mimmymum.bsky.social
Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK

Transgender girls deserve a safe, nurturing space where they can learn, grow, and contribute to the community, just like anyone else.

Sign the petition... 👇
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK
c.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
michelleksmith.bsky.social
In a way I'm glad we don't have Thanksgiving in Australia. Being an atheist vegetarian, and watching my weight, that's certainly limiting, but seeing lots of images on social media critiquing dinners, I thought worrying over Christmas meals with the family and in-laws was bad enough. 🙃
November 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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goodlawproject.org
An extraordinary thing, this.

A line up of stars performing at Wembley Arena to show their love and solidarity with the trans community and in aid of Good Law Project and Not A Phase.

Register now for tickets.
www.transmissionlive.uk
Trans Mission - Wednesday 11th March
Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander team up for a Trans Mission: an all-star solidarity concert for the trans community at OVO Arena Wembley
www.transmissionlive.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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wearequeeraf.com
🏳️‍⚧️ We’re back with paid opportunities for Trans+ creatives!

Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you.

With @transhistoryweek.com we’re investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026.

Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🗓️
🧵 Details 👇
Graphic on light grey and pastel purple background featuring six Trans+ creatives. Text that reads: Trans+ History Week 04-10 May 2026. Paid opportunities for Trans+ Creatives.
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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pinknews.bsky.social
LGB Alliance claims trans toilet ban won't affect cis people – but it already has https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/24/lgb-alliance-trans-toilet-ban-cis-people/?utm_content=1764140403&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
LGB Alliance claims trans toilet ban won't affect cis people – it already has
LGB Alliance is insisting a potential trans toilet ban wouldn't affect gender non-conforming cis people, except it already has.
www.thepinknews.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
michelleksmith.bsky.social
25 November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. That means ALL women. It is a collective responsibility requiring action from individuals, governments, tech companies, and businesses to ensure violence against women and girls has no place, anywhere. #EndGBV #EVAW
25 November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. That means ALL women. It is a collective responsibility requiring action from individuals, governments, tech companies, and businesses to ensure violence against women and girls has no place, anywhere. #EndGBV #EVAW
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
michelleksmith.bsky.social
Only Fans, 1957.
GE fans US catalogue, 1957.
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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emilyherring.bsky.social
This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.

Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right

open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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sophiemolly.co.uk
Gender Critical have reversed women's rights back decades. A woman who dresses "too masculine" may face being barred from single-sex female spaces.

We warned you.
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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pinknews.bsky.social
UK Trans Day of Remembrance vigils you can attend in person or online
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/20/uk-trans-day-of-remembrance-vigils-you-can-attend-in-person-or-online/?utm_content=1763638250&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
UK Trans Day of Remembrance vigils you can attend in person or online
Trans Day of Remembrance, which takes place today (Thursday 20 November), honours the memory of the victims of transphobic violence, with vigils across the UK.
www.thepinknews.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
michelleksmith.bsky.social
"Trans women are Wonder Women. End of story" - Lynda Carter. #TransWomenAreWonderWomen #WonderWoman #LyndaCarter
Trans women are Wonder Women. End of story - Lynda Carter.
November 20, 2025 at 3:53 AM
michelleksmith.bsky.social
Thursday 20th of November is the international date of Transgender Day of Remembrance. Remembering all of my friends, trans sisters and trans brothers, who are sadly no longer with us. ⚧️ 🏳️‍⚧️ 💜 🙏 #TDOR #TDR #TransgenderDayOfRemembrance #TransLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Transgender #TG
Thursday 20th of November is the international date of Transgender Day of Remembrance. Remembering all of my friends, trans sisters and trans brothers, who are sadly no longer with us.
November 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM