Rachael Padman (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 🇬🇧 🇦🇺
@rachael-p.bsky.social
Suffolk-based retired Cambridge physicist. Trans woman.
Catless mad catlady
I look forward to reasoned discussion, but will block people who insist there is only one way to be trans, or that my way is transphobic.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rachael_p
Catless mad catlady
I look forward to reasoned discussion, but will block people who insist there is only one way to be trans, or that my way is transphobic.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rachael_p
Given the optics, it's a sort of pop-art Arnolfini Wedding
December 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Given the optics, it's a sort of pop-art Arnolfini Wedding
If it just trickled down it would be fine... but it will all have ended up with Nvidea shareholders...
December 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
If it just trickled down it would be fine... but it will all have ended up with Nvidea shareholders...
No, a new law does not have to reflect the SC ruling. It just has not to leave the same loophole(s).
Governments make laws. Courts interpret them.
Governments make laws. Courts interpret them.
December 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
No, a new law does not have to reflect the SC ruling. It just has not to leave the same loophole(s).
Governments make laws. Courts interpret them.
Governments make laws. Courts interpret them.
Which is why I am so conflicted over Tuck (and to a much lesser extent Gaby, Nena and Daring Diane's various sagas.)
Doesn't help when the author does her own fanfic alternative timeline. I Can't Cope!
Doesn't help when the author does her own fanfic alternative timeline. I Can't Cope!
December 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Which is why I am so conflicted over Tuck (and to a much lesser extent Gaby, Nena and Daring Diane's various sagas.)
Doesn't help when the author does her own fanfic alternative timeline. I Can't Cope!
Doesn't help when the author does her own fanfic alternative timeline. I Can't Cope!
She's clever in that she is *only* funding -- not doing -- and as for expensive? the odd million here or there is never going to bother her. If one in ten cases pay off, she will probably think it money well spent.
December 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
She's clever in that she is *only* funding -- not doing -- and as for expensive? the odd million here or there is never going to bother her. If one in ten cases pay off, she will probably think it money well spent.
So they are asking for original Birth Certificates, and have permission to search the GRC database? If they do, that is litigable.
Or maybe self-declaration from the days when it was *good* to wear being Trans.
And if not, it's all performative. "You look trans to me -- stay out"
Or maybe self-declaration from the days when it was *good* to wear being Trans.
And if not, it's all performative. "You look trans to me -- stay out"
December 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
So they are asking for original Birth Certificates, and have permission to search the GRC database? If they do, that is litigable.
Or maybe self-declaration from the days when it was *good* to wear being Trans.
And if not, it's all performative. "You look trans to me -- stay out"
Or maybe self-declaration from the days when it was *good* to wear being Trans.
And if not, it's all performative. "You look trans to me -- stay out"
A bit OT, but at least the DT can use the phrase "trans woman" without biologicalising it, a la the Beeb.
December 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
A bit OT, but at least the DT can use the phrase "trans woman" without biologicalising it, a la the Beeb.
Done. Thank you.
As an aside. I have been burnt by so many half-finished books. I now want the certainty that they will get somewhere, *before* I buy.
If I were a better reader, I suppose I could finish the others in my mind, but I crave canon. What *really* (???) happened? Only the author knows. 😊
As an aside. I have been burnt by so many half-finished books. I now want the certainty that they will get somewhere, *before* I buy.
If I were a better reader, I suppose I could finish the others in my mind, but I crave canon. What *really* (???) happened? Only the author knows. 😊
December 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Done. Thank you.
As an aside. I have been burnt by so many half-finished books. I now want the certainty that they will get somewhere, *before* I buy.
If I were a better reader, I suppose I could finish the others in my mind, but I crave canon. What *really* (???) happened? Only the author knows. 😊
As an aside. I have been burnt by so many half-finished books. I now want the certainty that they will get somewhere, *before* I buy.
If I were a better reader, I suppose I could finish the others in my mind, but I crave canon. What *really* (???) happened? Only the author knows. 😊
See all the posts yesterday re the limitations on Trustees's ability even to *engage* in such litigation. It turns out that the only way to fight that is essentially for pro-trans orgs to litigate *against* the Guides for caving...
December 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
See all the posts yesterday re the limitations on Trustees's ability even to *engage* in such litigation. It turns out that the only way to fight that is essentially for pro-trans orgs to litigate *against* the Guides for caving...
Not suggesting there is. But she can easily spend £1m on 500 cases. We really struggle to raise £1m for even big cases like @goodlawproject.bsky.social's Judicial Review. We contribute next to nothing to say the Fife or Darlington ETs.
They *are* bleeding trans orgs and donors dry, by 1000 cuts.
They *are* bleeding trans orgs and donors dry, by 1000 cuts.
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Not suggesting there is. But she can easily spend £1m on 500 cases. We really struggle to raise £1m for even big cases like @goodlawproject.bsky.social's Judicial Review. We contribute next to nothing to say the Fife or Darlington ETs.
They *are* bleeding trans orgs and donors dry, by 1000 cuts.
They *are* bleeding trans orgs and donors dry, by 1000 cuts.
Opponents like Leonardo (v Kelly) have lots of money, and may well win. Guides, WI etc being charities are mostly so hog-tied by Charity law that they can't even enter the fight.
But she wins by suppressing our ability to live authentically. Big business has almost no role in that.
But she wins by suppressing our ability to live authentically. Big business has almost no role in that.
December 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Opponents like Leonardo (v Kelly) have lots of money, and may well win. Guides, WI etc being charities are mostly so hog-tied by Charity law that they can't even enter the fight.
But she wins by suppressing our ability to live authentically. Big business has almost no role in that.
But she wins by suppressing our ability to live authentically. Big business has almost no role in that.
But not going to hurt her at all to sink £500m of £1b is it? And it does seem that she now regards this as her life's work...
December 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
But not going to hurt her at all to sink £500m of £1b is it? And it does seem that she now regards this as her life's work...
Pleased to see NION there, but deeply disappointed by the Government's continued unwillingness to engage - "Associations need to follow the law", which is both correct and entirely meaningless as a response.
December 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Pleased to see NION there, but deeply disappointed by the Government's continued unwillingness to engage - "Associations need to follow the law", which is both correct and entirely meaningless as a response.
*punchy
December 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
*punchy
My inference: JKR is now funding anyone's legal cases, even if they have even at best a snowball's chance in hell. A sort of "flood the zone" approach.
Seems the only critical faculty the GCs now have relates to other people's gender. The rest has completely atrophied.
Seems the only critical faculty the GCs now have relates to other people's gender. The rest has completely atrophied.
December 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
My inference: JKR is now funding anyone's legal cases, even if they have even at best a snowball's chance in hell. A sort of "flood the zone" approach.
Seems the only critical faculty the GCs now have relates to other people's gender. The rest has completely atrophied.
Seems the only critical faculty the GCs now have relates to other people's gender. The rest has completely atrophied.
You're in luck then: chocolate brown is so back....
Just waiting for the purple flares and orange sweaters.
And avocado bathroom suites.
Just waiting for the purple flares and orange sweaters.
And avocado bathroom suites.
December 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
You're in luck then: chocolate brown is so back....
Just waiting for the purple flares and orange sweaters.
And avocado bathroom suites.
Just waiting for the purple flares and orange sweaters.
And avocado bathroom suites.
At least now he is getting invited onto QT -- it's not just what he says, but that he is being heard.
If I were a GPEW member, I'd be arguing very strongly for getting others up to the same punch standard -- starting w the deputy leaders -- and pushing them at any media opportunities.
If I were a GPEW member, I'd be arguing very strongly for getting others up to the same punch standard -- starting w the deputy leaders -- and pushing them at any media opportunities.
December 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
At least now he is getting invited onto QT -- it's not just what he says, but that he is being heard.
If I were a GPEW member, I'd be arguing very strongly for getting others up to the same punch standard -- starting w the deputy leaders -- and pushing them at any media opportunities.
If I were a GPEW member, I'd be arguing very strongly for getting others up to the same punch standard -- starting w the deputy leaders -- and pushing them at any media opportunities.
Is the UK even *in* this race any more?
December 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Is the UK even *in* this race any more?
Seems to be (too much...)
Hang about here for a while, and you'll see a lot of people trying to answer your question. But laws come from governments, who have to *want* to change them. ATM, this one thinks its interests lie in not doing so.
Ergo, we need to convince them otherwise.
Hang about here for a while, and you'll see a lot of people trying to answer your question. But laws come from governments, who have to *want* to change them. ATM, this one thinks its interests lie in not doing so.
Ergo, we need to convince them otherwise.
December 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Seems to be (too much...)
Hang about here for a while, and you'll see a lot of people trying to answer your question. But laws come from governments, who have to *want* to change them. ATM, this one thinks its interests lie in not doing so.
Ergo, we need to convince them otherwise.
Hang about here for a while, and you'll see a lot of people trying to answer your question. But laws come from governments, who have to *want* to change them. ATM, this one thinks its interests lie in not doing so.
Ergo, we need to convince them otherwise.
Who of course were desperate to be members of an organisation for girls (sarcasm)
It does fit tho' with the suggestion from KJKeen etc that the scouts should revert to being single-sex. If your GNC girls can't go there, maybe you can keep them in the GG and persuade them they're really just lesbian
It does fit tho' with the suggestion from KJKeen etc that the scouts should revert to being single-sex. If your GNC girls can't go there, maybe you can keep them in the GG and persuade them they're really just lesbian
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Who of course were desperate to be members of an organisation for girls (sarcasm)
It does fit tho' with the suggestion from KJKeen etc that the scouts should revert to being single-sex. If your GNC girls can't go there, maybe you can keep them in the GG and persuade them they're really just lesbian
It does fit tho' with the suggestion from KJKeen etc that the scouts should revert to being single-sex. If your GNC girls can't go there, maybe you can keep them in the GG and persuade them they're really just lesbian
No, so he is entitled to claim that he is being discriminated against for *being* cis. If he were trans, he'd be a trans woman and would be acceptable. That's now the appropriate comparator after the Supreme Court judgment. It's perverse.
Check the "single characteristic exemption" in EqA 2010.
Check the "single characteristic exemption" in EqA 2010.
December 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM
No, so he is entitled to claim that he is being discriminated against for *being* cis. If he were trans, he'd be a trans woman and would be acceptable. That's now the appropriate comparator after the Supreme Court judgment. It's perverse.
Check the "single characteristic exemption" in EqA 2010.
Check the "single characteristic exemption" in EqA 2010.
I have no sisters...
Went to cubs, which was fine.
Went up to Scouts. Never felt comfortable. At my one and only scout camp, two (19yo?) assistant scout masters tried to get everyone in the tent to get an erection and compare lengths.
Didn't tell my parents. But gave up scouting. We moved anyway.
Went to cubs, which was fine.
Went up to Scouts. Never felt comfortable. At my one and only scout camp, two (19yo?) assistant scout masters tried to get everyone in the tent to get an erection and compare lengths.
Didn't tell my parents. But gave up scouting. We moved anyway.
December 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I have no sisters...
Went to cubs, which was fine.
Went up to Scouts. Never felt comfortable. At my one and only scout camp, two (19yo?) assistant scout masters tried to get everyone in the tent to get an erection and compare lengths.
Didn't tell my parents. But gave up scouting. We moved anyway.
Went to cubs, which was fine.
Went up to Scouts. Never felt comfortable. At my one and only scout camp, two (19yo?) assistant scout masters tried to get everyone in the tent to get an erection and compare lengths.
Didn't tell my parents. But gave up scouting. We moved anyway.