Nicola 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@nicclesb.bsky.social
If someone tries to rain on your parade, poke them in the eye with your umbrella.
Trans Rights Are Human Rights
Trans Rights Are Human Rights
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Gay MP perfectly explains why EHRC’s ‘shocking’ guidance on single-sex spaces is ‘unworkable’
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/ehrc-guidance-trans-josh-babarinde-lib-dem/?utm_content=1764164402&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/ehrc-guidance-trans-josh-babarinde-lib-dem/?utm_content=1764164402&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
November 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Gay MP perfectly explains why EHRC’s ‘shocking’ guidance on single-sex spaces is ‘unworkable’
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/ehrc-guidance-trans-josh-babarinde-lib-dem/?utm_content=1764164402&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/ehrc-guidance-trans-josh-babarinde-lib-dem/?utm_content=1764164402&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Tory MPs now protesting about anti-protest laws which they themselves brought in..
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Tory MPs now protesting about anti-protest laws which they themselves brought in..
BBC News - Lost Boys and Fairies wins International Emmy Award
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Welsh drama Lost Boys and Fairies wins International Emmy Award
The three-part series, inspired by the writer's own experience, follows a gay couple's adoption story.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
BBC News - Lost Boys and Fairies wins International Emmy Award
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Great summary! 👍🏻
November 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Great summary! 👍🏻
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Freezing tax on petrol and diesel for ICE cars, but implementing a new per mile tax on battery electric cars?
That's really going to fuck over the transition.
Well done, Labour. You useless flaccid gonads.
That's really going to fuck over the transition.
Well done, Labour. You useless flaccid gonads.
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Freezing tax on petrol and diesel for ICE cars, but implementing a new per mile tax on battery electric cars?
That's really going to fuck over the transition.
Well done, Labour. You useless flaccid gonads.
That's really going to fuck over the transition.
Well done, Labour. You useless flaccid gonads.
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OF COURSE the bigots at Sex Matters have their own version of a style guide, and it's just as fucked up as you'd think. It's a PDF and I'm linking it for your research purposes, so click at your own judgement
sex-matters.org/wp-content/u...
sex-matters.org/wp-content/u...
June 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
OF COURSE the bigots at Sex Matters have their own version of a style guide, and it's just as fucked up as you'd think. It's a PDF and I'm linking it for your research purposes, so click at your own judgement
sex-matters.org/wp-content/u...
sex-matters.org/wp-content/u...
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the bbc changed their article from saying 'trans woman' to saying 'biological male who identifies as a woman'.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
November 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
the bbc changed their article from saying 'trans woman' to saying 'biological male who identifies as a woman'.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
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Press: "What kind of concessions are the Russians going to have to make?"
Trump "Their big concession is they stop fighting and they don't take any more land."
Yeah. That's basically how surrendering works.
Trump "Their big concession is they stop fighting and they don't take any more land."
Yeah. That's basically how surrendering works.
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Press: "What kind of concessions are the Russians going to have to make?"
Trump "Their big concession is they stop fighting and they don't take any more land."
Yeah. That's basically how surrendering works.
Trump "Their big concession is they stop fighting and they don't take any more land."
Yeah. That's basically how surrendering works.
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The very first thing the Prime Minister does is use the household budget metaphor.
A metaphor - this report into BBC coverage - said could be "easily misleading."
Why is the government trying to mislead the country?
A metaphor - this report into BBC coverage - said could be "easily misleading."
Why is the government trying to mislead the country?
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The very first thing the Prime Minister does is use the household budget metaphor.
A metaphor - this report into BBC coverage - said could be "easily misleading."
Why is the government trying to mislead the country?
A metaphor - this report into BBC coverage - said could be "easily misleading."
Why is the government trying to mislead the country?
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🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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As for Farage’s use of racist slurs being confined to his childhood - well, that's not what Alan Sked, the founder of UKIP, claimed in this 2014 interview.
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
Ukip founder Alan Sked: 'The party has become a Frankenstein's monster'
He may have founded Ukip, but Alan Sked's moderate, Brussels-boycotting party has gone rogue. Stuart Jeffries meets the academic who's desperate to stop the bandwagon he first set rolling
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
As for Farage’s use of racist slurs being confined to his childhood - well, that's not what Alan Sked, the founder of UKIP, claimed in this 2014 interview.
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
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Every single person in Britain: "the chippy" or, if we're being fancy, "the chip shop"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Every single person in Britain: "the chippy" or, if we're being fancy, "the chip shop"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
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Sex Matters and Falkner having major strop at Phillipson’s refusal to rubber stamp their joint ‘guidance’.
What’s laughable is SM’s 7,893 signatures. I’ve just checked the Not In Our Name website and they’re already up to 65,208!
If you haven’t signed their letter, it’s here👇
notinourname.org.uk
What’s laughable is SM’s 7,893 signatures. I’ve just checked the Not In Our Name website and they’re already up to 65,208!
If you haven’t signed their letter, it’s here👇
notinourname.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Sex Matters and Falkner having major strop at Phillipson’s refusal to rubber stamp their joint ‘guidance’.
What’s laughable is SM’s 7,893 signatures. I’ve just checked the Not In Our Name website and they’re already up to 65,208!
If you haven’t signed their letter, it’s here👇
notinourname.org.uk
What’s laughable is SM’s 7,893 signatures. I’ve just checked the Not In Our Name website and they’re already up to 65,208!
If you haven’t signed their letter, it’s here👇
notinourname.org.uk
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Anti-trans activist Graham Linehan guilty of criminal damage
I like how The National calls Glinner exactly what he is up front! 👏🏻
www.thenational.scot/news/2564846...
I like how The National calls Glinner exactly what he is up front! 👏🏻
www.thenational.scot/news/2564846...
Anti-trans writer Graham Linehan guilty of criminal damage but cleared of harassment
FATHER Ted co-creator and anti-trans campaigner Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage after clash outside a conference last year…
www.thenational.scot
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Anti-trans activist Graham Linehan guilty of criminal damage
I like how The National calls Glinner exactly what he is up front! 👏🏻
www.thenational.scot/news/2564846...
I like how The National calls Glinner exactly what he is up front! 👏🏻
www.thenational.scot/news/2564846...
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New research shows trans kids on hormone treatment have less suicide ideation
A new report has shown that transgender youth who are on hormone treatment have a reduced level of suicide ideation.
The research builds upon earlier work, but this time examined a much larger cohort.
A new report has shown that transgender youth who are on hormone treatment have a reduced level of suicide ideation.
The research builds upon earlier work, but this time examined a much larger cohort.
New research shows trans kids on hormone treatment have less suicide ideation
A new report has shown that transgender youth who are on hormone treatment have a reduced level of suicide ideation.
www.outinperth.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
New research shows trans kids on hormone treatment have less suicide ideation
A new report has shown that transgender youth who are on hormone treatment have a reduced level of suicide ideation.
The research builds upon earlier work, but this time examined a much larger cohort.
A new report has shown that transgender youth who are on hormone treatment have a reduced level of suicide ideation.
The research builds upon earlier work, but this time examined a much larger cohort.
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Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
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They keep fucking editing the article, but it's not any better. And this addition about why the judge referred to her as "them" is like a parody of impartiality
![An excerpt from the linked article that reads:
[The judge] explained that the prosecution used female pronouns to refer to the complainant during the trial, while Linehan's defence used male pronouns. The judge said she had chosen to refer to Brooks using "gender neutral pronouns and as 'the complainant'" in her ruling.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:umokacyt44veykd6qw5zokyi/bafkreifcuteahuy7btte3q77evxfatrh7ddbi676sw4squ6hrpshakcszm@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
They keep fucking editing the article, but it's not any better. And this addition about why the judge referred to her as "them" is like a parody of impartiality
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Fun fact I couldn't mention until now: At the time Graham Linehan was harassing Sophia Brooks online, I was contacted by her former teachers and School Safeguarding Team to get her latest contact details, as they were worried sick about her being publicly stalked by an abusive alcoholic celebrity.
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Fun fact I couldn't mention until now: At the time Graham Linehan was harassing Sophia Brooks online, I was contacted by her former teachers and School Safeguarding Team to get her latest contact details, as they were worried sick about her being publicly stalked by an abusive alcoholic celebrity.
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Here's a thread from Twitter shared with Sophia's permission in which she finally is able to talk about Graham using the police as HIS personal goon squad and getting Sophia arrested at home by EIGHT armed police officers, somewhat putting the standard Heathrow armed cops in perspective.
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Here's a thread from Twitter shared with Sophia's permission in which she finally is able to talk about Graham using the police as HIS personal goon squad and getting Sophia arrested at home by EIGHT armed police officers, somewhat putting the standard Heathrow armed cops in perspective.
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I was once sceptical about the value of juries but I've learned through the trans work how shabbily our institutions treat those without privilege and fear their passing.
Like the Supreme Court's judicial roll back of human rights, this change to our justice system will hit the weakest hardest.
Like the Supreme Court's judicial roll back of human rights, this change to our justice system will hit the weakest hardest.
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I was once sceptical about the value of juries but I've learned through the trans work how shabbily our institutions treat those without privilege and fear their passing.
Like the Supreme Court's judicial roll back of human rights, this change to our justice system will hit the weakest hardest.
Like the Supreme Court's judicial roll back of human rights, this change to our justice system will hit the weakest hardest.
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Thou shalt not wear a cross around your neck if you always do the opposite of what Jesus would do.
November 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Thou shalt not wear a cross around your neck if you always do the opposite of what Jesus would do.
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It didn't seem possible that Fifa could be more corrupt. And then Donald Trump became President again...
Cristiano Ronaldo has magically had his ban reduced so he can start the World Cup. There is no precedent...but then he met the President. How depressing...
Column:
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Column:
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup reprieve stinks
Portugal star’s magic non-ban is depressingly inevitable
inews.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It didn't seem possible that Fifa could be more corrupt. And then Donald Trump became President again...
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big butch guy on this train who is inexplicably wearing shorts has a tattoo of mary poppins (flying with brolley) on one leg and morecambe and wise (dancing) on the other leg.
now there’s a culture lover!
now there’s a culture lover!
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
big butch guy on this train who is inexplicably wearing shorts has a tattoo of mary poppins (flying with brolley) on one leg and morecambe and wise (dancing) on the other leg.
now there’s a culture lover!
now there’s a culture lover!
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This post, with 34,000 views, was the one that had the Schools Safeguarding Team worried and prompted them to get in touch.
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This post, with 34,000 views, was the one that had the Schools Safeguarding Team worried and prompted them to get in touch.