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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 12h

Council of Europe adopts landmark Recommendation on Equal Rights for Intersex Persons www.coe.int/en/web/sogi/...

Council of Europe adopts landmark Recommendation on Equal Rights for Intersex Persons

Strasbourg, 7 October – Today, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has adopted Recommendation CM/Rec(2025)7 to member States on Equal Rights for Intersex Persons, marking a historic...

www.coe.int

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Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir @uglastefania.bsky.social · 10h

metro.co.uk/2025/10/08/b...

Big Brother's Zelah handled Caroline's offensive remarks impeccably - he should

The interaction proved an awful reality for a lot of trans people.

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Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir @uglastefania.bsky.social · 10h

"It’s important to create space for people to make mistakes so they can grow and learn from it. But it only works if those people actually change.

Zelah has handled this situation impeccably and I couldn’t be more proud of him representing the trans community like he’s done."

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 13h

Please sign up to the Philosophy Tube Patreon if you can. The show depends on crowdfunding; it goes towards paying the crew who work so hard on making it awesome 🙌

www.patreon.com/c/Philosophy...

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Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir @uglastefania.bsky.social · 4d

já það getur verið munur á bekkjar- vs. áfangakerfi, fjölda námsleiða, og fleira.

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Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir @uglastefania.bsky.social · 5d

its october 3rd

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Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir @uglastefania.bsky.social · 6d

tengi ekki

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Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir @uglastefania.bsky.social · 8d

hvað var ég að lesa

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 9d

This is in the Times today

Trans people frightened to leave homes, says MP
Daisy Eastlake
Trans people are frightened to go out or use public toilets after the supreme court ruling that defined a woman in terms of biological sex, a Labour MP has said.

Rachel Taylor, who is a member of the women and equalities committee, described the interim guidance put forward by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) after the ruling as “dangerous” and “incorrect”.

The judgment in April ruled that sex was defined biologically in terms of the Equality Act. Numerous Labour MPs have defied the ruling, and criticised guidance issued to the government by the EHRC in light of it.

The Times previously revealed the guidance warns shops, gyms, the NHS and other public bodies that if they say a facility is single-sex, it would have to exclude transgender people who did not biologically match that sex. Taylor said: “I think the interim guidance ... was a totally disproportionate response to a judgement. What happened as a result was that trans people became very frightened — to go out, to use toilets.”

Taylor also said that the commission’s new guidance, which was set out following a public consultation, was likely “dangerous”. She added: “We have some very rushed, very incorrect guidance ... that wasn’t done in any way in consultation with the government.

They have now put forward guidance which ... I’m assuming is quite similar to the dangerous interim guidance.”

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Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir @uglastefania.bsky.social · 14d

www.justconsulting.nl/vinnustofa

Hvernig stend ég með mannréttindum?

Jafnrétti, fjölbreytileiki og inngilding!

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Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir @uglastefania.bsky.social · 14d

Samstaða á tímum bakslags í mannréttindabaráttu hefur aldrei verið mikilvægari. En hvernig sýnum við samstöðu? Og hvernig getum við snúið þróuninni við?

Ég og Sóley ætlum að bjóða upp á skemmtilega og gagnlega vinnustofu 20. október næstkomandi. Skráningarhlekkur fyrir neðan 👇

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Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir @uglastefania.bsky.social · 15d

vá en original

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Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir @uglastefania.bsky.social · 15d

Þetta er undir aðgerðaráætlun í málefnum hinsegin fólks.

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Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir @uglastefania.bsky.social · 20d

So yes, Brigitte Macron might win against Candace Owens – and I hope she does. But the smear has already done its work.

The war on women’s identities grinds on, fuelled by spite and dehumanisation. And in that war, nobody is the winner.”

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Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir @uglastefania.bsky.social · 16d

Það er eitthvað mjög lýsandi fyrir ástandið á Íslandi að einhverjir rugludallar séu farnir að nota samráðsgátt Alþingis eins og kommentakerfi í einhverjum álhattahóp á FB.

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Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir @uglastefania.bsky.social · 17d

a woman says it 's me hi and i 'm the late one it 's me

ALT: a woman says it 's me hi and i 'm the late one it 's me

media.tenor.com

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Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir @uglastefania.bsky.social · 20d

(ég er reyndar ekki kjötæta lengur, en það var uppáhalds sem barn)

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Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir @uglastefania.bsky.social · 20d

“Kjötfars er ekki matur”??? Hvaða árás á íslenska matarmenningu er þetta eiginlega!

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Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir @uglastefania.bsky.social · 20d

metro.co.uk/2025/09/18/b...

Brigitte Macron is having to prove her womanhood with pictures - it's dystopian

Brigitte Macron is preparing to present photographic and ‘scientific’ evidence that she’s a woman.

metro.co.uk

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Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir @uglastefania.bsky.social · 20d

So yes, Brigitte Macron might win against Candace Owens – and I hope she does. But the smear has already done its work.

The war on women’s identities grinds on, fuelled by spite and dehumanisation. And in that war, nobody is the winner.”

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Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir @uglastefania.bsky.social · 20d

Reform rearing up their homophobia for the next election, I see. Transphobia seems to work, so why not?

This would be comical if it wasn’t so dangerous, and clearly an attempt to undermine equal marriage and adoption rights.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 22d

A United Nations Commission of Inquiry concluded that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza and that top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, had incited these acts reut.rs/46nAyvo

UN inquiry finds top Israeli officials incited genocide in Gaza

A United Nations Commission of Inquiry concluded that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza and that top Israeli officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had incited these acts - accusations that Israel called scandalous.

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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 22d

The EHRC guidance is unworkable for business.

Signatories include Ben & Jerry's, Lush, Lucy & Yak and hundreds of large and small businesses across the country

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Hundreds of firms warn new draft guidance on single sex spaces is ‘unworkable’

Exclusive: More than 650 organisations have urged Bridget Phillipson to ‘take immediate action to prevent these proposals from moving forward’

www.independent.co.uk

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Trans Ísland @transisland.is · 25d

Í dag kom út þessi grein eftir Ölmu D. Möller heilbrigðisráðherra, þar sem hún fer yfir helstu staðreyndir um kynstaðfestandi heilbrigðisþjónustu á Íslandi og undirstrikar mikilvægi hennar. Við mælum eindregið með lestri hennar! Takk Alma 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵

Ég er eins og ég er – um heilbrigðisþjónustu við trans fólk - Vísir

Af opinberri umræðu um málefni og stöðu trans fólks á Íslandi má sjá að töluvert skortir á þekkingu fólks þegar kemur að því hvernig heilbrigðisþjónustu við trans fólk er háttað.

www.visir.is

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Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir @uglastefania.bsky.social · 25d

I wouldn't be surprised if this was the case, but I am just wary of the various information circulating online - and what is deliberate misinformation, and what isn't.