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stevekenson.com
Gender affirming care for trans people is safe, effective, and has a lower regret rate (4%) than almost any major medical procedure. It saves lives. These are facts. The right's talking-points are recycled "they are coming for your children!" scare tactics well over fifty years old at this point.
New research finds trans teens have high satisfaction with gender care
The survey published in JAMA Pediatrics showed that trans teens taking puberty blockers or hormones had very low rates of regret.
www.npr.org
December 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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dan.nerdcubed.co.uk
My debut novel, The Paradox Paradox, IS FINALLY AVALIABLE! Get the eBook here RIGHT NOW for just £5!

www.patreon.com/nerdcubed/shop
The cover of The Paradox Paradox. A minimilist style cover with 8 multicoloured threads decending down the page. At the mid point they begin to break apart and fade away.
December 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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badambulist.bsky.social
hey remember when the women & equalities committee and the joint committee on human rights took one took at this woman and went NOPE and labour put her in post anyway
December 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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jessothomson.co.uk
Which views the BBC considers unacceptably political in its presenters is particularly telling, isn't it?
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · Dec 13
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.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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ciara2001.bsky.social
Well this news puts this older story into a completely different light, no wonder she was worried about a potential conversion therapy ban
Gender This article is more than 1 year old Hilary Cass warns Kemi Badenoch over risks of conversion practices ban This article is more than 1 year old Paediatrician who led review of gender identity services says any new law must not create problems for professionals
December 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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reclaimingtrans.bsky.social
You know who I haven't seen face problems being platformed on Meta's sites? GC/TERFs. Hate groups like WDI & WoLF are safe spreading their bullshit on sites like Facebook while Meta censors feminist & queer groups that actually help people. Really shows who's the real threat to patriarchy/tech bros.
brunojnavarro.bsky.social Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · Dec 11
Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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julesprom.bsky.social
Tidal is pretty good!! i encourage everyone to make the switch
December 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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abeba.bsky.social
this is how you do investigative journalism
November 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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robertbohan.bsky.social
Anyone who admires Emily Maitlis needs to read this. Closing the Tavistock clinic & subsequent removal of accessible trans healthcare support for kids is one of the biggest scandals in modern Britain.

Emily Maitlis claims her investigation led to shutdown of England’s only under-16 gender clinic
Emily Maitlis claims her BBC investigation led to shutdown of England’s only under-16 gender clinic
The Tavistock Clinic, which treated under-16s experiencing gender dysphoria, was closed last year following the Cass Review.
www.attitude.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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mattophobia.ie
Hello! I’m still really struggling for money and I’m desperate to sell my LEGO!
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November 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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transsomething.bsky.social
They've changed it back again now, but changing a quote is a huge red flag. The BBC are repeatedly demonstrating that there are ideologues directly interfering with the meaning of stories they report relating to trans people, and this should be a far bigger deal than it is
jessothomson.co.uk Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · Nov 6
In this piece, admitting the BBC has broken its impartiality rules re. trans people, the BBC further breaks its impartiality rules by changing a quote saying "trans identity" to "trans ideology".
Martine Croxall broke rules over 'pregnant people' facial expression, BBC says
The BBC newsreader was reading out a news bulletin about research on groups most at risk in UK heatwaves.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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jessothomson.co.uk
In this piece, admitting the BBC has broken its impartiality rules re. trans people, the BBC further breaks its impartiality rules by changing a quote saying "trans identity" to "trans ideology".
Martine Croxall broke rules over 'pregnant people' facial expression, BBC says
The BBC newsreader was reading out a news bulletin about research on groups most at risk in UK heatwaves.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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ameresolicitor.bsky.social
Tommy Robinson / Stephen Yaxley-Lennon using the same argument as Maya Forstater?

How closely intertwined are transphobia and the far right going to get?
snig.bsky.social Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · Nov 4
A District Judge has cleared Tommy Robinson on a terror charge because he found Robinson had a protected belief. How does that pass the 5th limb of the Grainger test?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Grainger criteria To qualify as a 'philosophical belief' under the Equality Act, the belief must satisfy the five criteria set out at para 24 in Grainger plc v Nicholson [2010] and mirrored in the Equality and Human Rights Commission Code of Practice 2011. These are that: The belief must be genuinely held The belief must not simply be an opinion or viewpoint based on the present state of information available The belief must concern a weighty and substantial aspect of human life and behaviour The belief must attain a certain level of cogency, seriousness, cohesion and importance The belief must be worthy of respect in a democratic society, not be incompatible with human dignity and not be in conflict with the fundamental rights of others.
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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nickycdr.bsky.social
My son is caught up in this. They are forcibly detransitioning children who started blockers before the ban. No GP in the UK is allowed to continue prescribing for any under 16 year olds. We are being threatened with social services if we get...
November 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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nickycdr.bsky.social
them privately or if we refuse to take him to the gender clinic for "safe withdrawal" of meds. The head of the investigation admits the outcome for these children is "stark" but is going to do it anyway. They know that children are going to die and they are doing it anyway.
November 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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alixwzl.bsky.social
Honestly think saying Starmer acts because he hates trans people gives him too much credit. He's repeatedly showed himself to be weak and steered entirely by others. He acts against trans people as he's been told it will play well politically and he doesn't care.

Still fucking sucks for us, though.
natacha.bsky.social Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · Oct 21
Starmer has just ended, by dictatorial fiat, a harm-reduction policy that protected minority groups dating back to the murder of Stephen Lawrence, because he hates trans people.
dhothersall.bsky.social Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · Oct 21
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.
October 21, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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hleehurley.com
I don't think you're 'testing' a ceasefire by not ceasing fire.
October 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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patrickharvie.bsky.social
The whole point of human rights law is that the Government can be held to account when they breach people's rights.

If the Home Secretary doesn't like it, that's why she needs to hear it.
goodlawproject.org Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · Oct 14
Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.
October 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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adamf23.bsky.social
Absolutely disgusting. The ECHR was created to deal with governments that think like this
goodlawproject.org Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · Oct 14
Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.
October 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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hleehurley.com
People had to complain to get Polanski an interview.

Weird nobody has to beg the BBC to give Farage airtime.

I mean, it's not actually weird. We all know what it is and why it happens.
October 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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jessothomson.co.uk
European human rights chief warns against trans exclusion in the UK

The European commissioner for human rights is in step with GLP’s ongoing legal challenge to the EHRC’s interim guidance, where we argue that the regulator’s approach would be incompatible with trans people’s human rights 👇
European human rights chief warns against trans exclusion in the UK
Human rights commissioner calls on parliament to make sure guidance following the Supreme Court’s decision in April promotes inclusion.
goodlawproject.org
October 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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nkalamb.bsky.social
Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
How Genocide Happened
October 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
the only appropriate response will be to triple down on supporting the targeted groups rather than to do what so many people usually do which is to run away from them.
bradheath.bsky.social Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · Oct 9
President Donald Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda is a multi-agency effort with top White House aide Stephen Miller playing a central role, according to officials.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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ciricegray.itch.io
Stop buying his fucking books
September 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM