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Worked in Scottish healthcare. Trying to be a decent inclusive human being. Love the outdoors, hiking, biking, pondering life & trying to help save the natural world.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 08/10/2026
NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee apologises for "distress" caused by a withdrawal of care but admits its "urgent review" had still not begun nearly a month after hundreds were denied care www.wearequeeraf.com/nhs-wales-ap...
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NHS Wales apologises for withdrawal of trans healthcare, admits "urgent review" still hasn't begun
NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee apologises for "distress" caused by a withdrawal of care but admits its "urgent review" had still not begun nearly a month after hundreds were denied care
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Ben Dolphin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❄️⛰🌲 @countrysideben.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
For this month's @walkhighlands.co.uk article I'm turning the creepiness factor up 500% and taking a closer look at everyone's favourite creepy wriggler......the ked! 😬 I don't know about where you are, but here at Mar Lodge it's been a keddy autumn so far 😱 www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/weird-w...
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Weird, Wriggly and Robust: Meet the Ked
In my last article I wrote about clegs. And in the article before that, I wrote about ticks.  Given this latest article’s subject matter, some might accuse me (not unreasonably!) of being obsessed wit...
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
New blog: Leaving the UK with a heavy heart. growinguptransgender.com/2026/10/02/l...
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Leaving the UK with a heavy heart
Today, as a family, we have booked our flights and our one-way ticket out of the UK. This has not felt like a choice. This feels like fleeing to protect ourselves. For the past 7 years we have look…
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nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social @nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What does a GRC actually mean after For Women Scotland? A trans person can now be legally recognised as one sex for some purposes, while treated as another under the Equality Act. Has the law created an “intermediate zone” of legal recognition? #TransRights #EqualityAct
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Chris Townsend @christownsend.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Police Scotland appeals for information after Red Kite caught in illegal trap in Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
Appeal for information issued by Police Scotland, 15 September 2026: APPEAL AFTER RED KITE CAUGHT IN ILLEGAL TRAP – STRATHDON, ABERDEENSHIRE Officers are appealing for information after a bir…
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There are serious issues for Parliament to resolve, to make legal and practical gender recognition for trans people a reality again in the UK. My letter to the Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission: www.sianberry.org.uk/news/monitor...
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Monitoring the impact of new guidance From The Equality and Human Rights Commission - Sian Berry MP
I have once again written to the Equality and Human Rights Commission, asking questions of how they plan to monitor the impact of their new guidance, the Code of practice for services, public function...
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 08/09/2026
How Right Wing Politicians Invented Transphobia For Personal Profit www.youtube.com/watc... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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How Right Wing Politicians Invented Transphobia For Personal Profit
Book 1:1 coaching: http://bit.ly/3IaSe50 Group sessions and online mentoring: https://tinyurl.com/svvhwkh2 Buy my book “Fluid”: http://bit.ly/4nhhkiT For business enquiries: http://bit.ly/4lmdFOU Why do right-wing and far-right political parties so often target LGBT people? In this video, I explor
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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 07/09/2026
Because there's obviously no better use of their time and resources 🙄 "The equalities watchdog is investigating guidance to employers by a charity devoted to trans inclusion in business, after a feminist pressure group claimed they were “entirely counter to the law”."
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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
‘Protect our women and girls’. Only not if you’re a disabled British woman…. Or a trans British woman. Or an ethnic minority British woman. Or a British woman who needs an abortion. Or a British woman who is attacked by a man we like. Or a British woman who says something we don’t like.
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Heather Herbert is .... @heatherherbert.uk · 04/09/2026
Even if you don't think you'll ever be arrested or never plan to attend a protest. Familiarise yourself with this document. Hopefully you'll never need it, but if you do you'll be incredibly glad you did.
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Equality Network @lgbtiscotland.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Today the Scottish Government announced the Programme for Government (PfG) 2026 – 2031, which includes their legislative and policy plans for this session of the Scottish Parliament.
Graphic with a blue to purple gradient background. It says "Initial Statement on the Programme for Government". The Equality Network and Scottish Trans logos are at the bottom.
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nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social @nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
TRANS PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE CONFINED TO THE SHADOWS I’ve heard from people who are now scared to go out in public, or are avoiding drinking water because they’re worried about using a toilet. Whatever the legal debate around the EHRC guidance, we can’t ignore its human impact. #TransRights #EHRC
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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
These letters remind us that trans allyship isn't abstract, it's personal. It's choosing to stand with trans+ people through difficult times and making sure they know they're loved, respected and welcome. 💗 #WithTheT Add your voice ✍️ notinourname.org.uk
I'm so proud of you.

I can hardly imagine the journey you've taken to discover who you are and tell the people you love.
But I suppose it's been a difficult path, and you've came so far.

Please never forget that you are worthy and that you deserve to be loved. You are beautiful in so many ways. 

Sincerely, TinaYou are loved by meJust to say - my family and I love you, we see you, we accept you and we stand with you.

 Stay strong and know that you have allies who truly care x x x I have so much respect for you and really appreciate the difficulties that many are experiencing because of ignorance and an unwillingness to learn about the realities for trans people. 

Sending you my support and every hope that things change for the better.
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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.cat · 29/08/2026
They should all lose their job.
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Ethel Weapon @lousadzak.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The last time the NHS ran a review of trans healthcare it was the shoddiest pseudoscientific hit job imaginable, so how can we trust one instigated with respect to the Welsh Gender Service due to it being too efficient in comparison with services that have *literally* century-long waiting lists
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A Medical Mess: An Analysis Of The NHS’s Proposal To Ban Hormone Therapy For Trans Youth
Introduction and Background
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 28/08/2026
🚨🆕 @wearequeeraf.com and @whatthetrans.com can reveal that the NHS has cancelled all gender-affirming surgeries for adult patients of the Welsh Gender Service Some trans patients received the news just days or even hours before they were due to take place 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/nhs-cancels-...
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NHS cancels all gender-affirming surgeries for adult patients of Welsh Gender Service with immediate effect
Some trans patients received news their surgeries had been cancelled just days or even hours before they were due to take place
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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.cat · 27/08/2026
I’m scared of spiders but a dancing peacock spider? 😯 waow based based based.
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She Guevara @sheg7.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Maya Forstater casually using the arguments and processes used to target trans people with legalised harassment, and applying it to eugenics-led racists. We told you all this would happen, didnt we? 👀
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Chris Townsend @christownsend.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
August 24 on Sgor Gaoith in the Cairngorms. A grand day! #Cairngorms #hiking
A tent in grassy mountains under a blue skyA stream rushing down steep slopes between red and green vegetationA steep rocky mountain with hikers near the topView down steep slopes to a blue lake.
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Andy Wightman @andywightman.scot · 24/08/2026
UPDATE - Scottish Ministers confirm that they intend to lay regulations to reduce the number of Scottish Land Commissioners from 5 to 4. For further details see my latest blog andywightman.scot/2026/08/mini...
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MINISTERS CONFIRM SCOTTISH LAND COMMISSION MEMBER REDUCTION - Land Matters
This is the first blog published since I installed new software to handle email notifications to subscribers. I hope it all works properly. If not, please let me know. I have also added a donate butto...
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 21/08/2026
There’s a rich and rather horrible irony in the fact of a newspaper, suggesting that being dishonest is inherent in Blackness, itself being caught out in dishonesty, says Jo Maugham goodlaw.social/96dx
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The Sunday Times is rewriting history | Good Law Project
There's a rich and rather horrible irony in the fact of a newspaper, suggesting that being dishonest is inherent in Blackness, itself being caught out in dishonesty, says Jo Maugham
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Shellraiser B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
burn it all down
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Helen Belcher @helenbelcherobe.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 requires local government to comply with the European Convention of Human Rights.
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GIRES UK @giresuk.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
GIRES is sharing TransActual’s Trans Lives Survey, launching today. If you’re trans and live in the UK, make your voice heard in this anonymous survey. It takes under 10 minutes and will help shape future campaigns. Take part and share: form.typeform.com/to/BRppksJ3
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 12/08/2026
Very moral military! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Israel deliberately starting wildfires in southern Lebanon, firefighters say
First responders, residents and environmental groups say military dropping flares to destroy forests and crops
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nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social @nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Can people (edit: service providers) ask your sex while you’re using a service? #ehrccode #TransRightsAreHumanRights #EqualityAct2010 #LGBTQRights #HumanRights
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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I'm seeing a lot of people invoke the figure of the intersex person in current discourse on sex and gender, especially in relation to the UK government's anti-trans segregation regime. But the actual voices of actual people are getting lost. This buried report offers vital evidence to counter that.
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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 10/08/2026
HOW TO RECOGNIZE PROPAGANDA
fear-mongering: If you don't comply, you'll be in danger scapegoating: THEY [insert anyone other than themsleves] are the problem, not the system
repetition: If we say it enough, it becomes the truth
bandwagon effect: Everyone else agrees, so you should too
censorship: Only OUR version of reality is allowed @TRAUMATIZED_THRIVING TRAUMATIZEDANDTHRIVING.COM
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TransLucent @translucent.org.uk · 09/08/2026
Litigation Update: 1) The status of our JR application against the EHRC CoP. 2) An intervention application re the H H Ponds. 3) And possibly the Sandi Peggie EAT appeal. An article explaining TransLucent's strategy, standing, data and financial transparency. translucent.org.uk/latest-news/
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Latest News - TransLucent
Latest News
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
“When a white person makes mistakes, it’s just a story about them as an individual. When a Black person makes a mistake, it’s treated as collective – and used to undermine the very principle that Black people should be in these spaces.” We need to challenge institutionalised racism and hostilities.
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‘Old racist wine in a new bottle’: Black academics respond to Jason Arday affair
Figures in higher education feel double standards are being used to delegitimise work of minority groups
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
A guide for NHS staff based on the law rather than the EHRC (Extreme Hatred & Relentless Confusion) by @bgmcd.bsky.social
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A Guide for NHS Staff
The EHRC Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations became operational on 5 August 2026
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
If you think being trans is a choice walk a mile in my shoes. (Paywalled) article in the Independent, which seems to be breaking with the common editorial policy of all other mainstream media platforms and actually platforming a trans person. www.independent.co.uk/voices/trans...
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If you think being trans is a choice, walk a mile in my shoes
At barely 1 per cent of the population, we are a tiny minority attracting a wildly disproportionate amount of political attention, writes Chloe Kelly. Here is what life is like as a trans person – and...
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Why are non-medically-qualified rightwing busybodies talking about things they know nothing about?
KATHLEEN STOCK
Why are young women using walking sticks?
A disproportionate number of Gen Z females are affected by vague syndromes and may be victims of social contagion
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 06/08/2026
Rachel Taylor MP told Parliament that waiting times for gender-affirming healthcare were "nothing short of a national scandal" Months on, has any changed?
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Why are NHS gender clinic waiting times so long?
Our investigation found one clinic's wait was 224 years - a year on, we return to the Gender Clinic Files
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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
New Substack on why, if you’re a cis woman or LGB person and you think the targeting of trans people isn’t relevant to you, you need to understand that you’re next - tashthinks.substack.com/p/its-not-ju...
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It's Not Just About Trans Rights....
...If You're a Cis Woman, Gay or Bisexual You're Next
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
EHRC chair challenged on how to enforce single-sex toilet rules www.channel4.com/news/ehrc-ch...
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EHRC chair challenged on how to enforce single-sex toilet rules
We spoke to Mary Ann Stephenson, the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
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ᚔᚅᚄᚓᚏᚈ ᚄᚉᚐᚏᚍ ᚅᚐᚋᚓ @ciara2001.eurosky.social · 05/08/2026
Silly me, I thought the EHRC was there to defend Human Rights, not enforce removal of rights using threats
Kishwer Falkner and Akua Reindorf
Code of practice provides weapon to defend single-sex spaces
Organisations have long ignored the law on self-identity. The EHRC rules which take effect today will not end that but are nevertheless a victory
Kishwer Falkner and Akua Reindorf
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 05/08/2026
We have also written a detailed legal explainer about why we think the code of practice gets the law wrong.
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How the Code of Practice gets the law wrong | Good Law Project
We’re supporting a legal challenge against the government’s transphobic statutory guidance – here’s why
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allport.bsky.social @allport.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
BBC EHRC guidance article out in middle of night. Will be writing a complaint in the morning unless they change some of their wording.
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NevereverDave.bsky.social @nevereverdave.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The concept of Trans people being deliberately erased, here by state broadcaster and news vendor #BBC Dr #BethUpton remains a #Trans Woman entitled to respect. Innocent in all regards. She was treated so badly by media she elected to leave the country altogether. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Sandie Peggie's employment tribunal appeal to go ahead next year
The nurse was suspended by NHS Fife after she objected to sharing a female changing room with a transgender doctor.
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UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.northsky.social · 02/08/2026
To all the UK transes out there. The week ahead is going to be challenging week for us all, so I thought I'd ask you to watch/listen to this. 🏳️‍⚧️ We are champions 🏳️‍⚧️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP80...
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Queen - We Are The Champions (Live Aid 1985)
YouTube video by Live Aid
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Helen Belcher @helenbelcherobe.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
This is something I now hear regularly from almost all my trans friends. The tension between wanting to stay but not feeling safe. The tension between fleeing or fighting. The “what if where I go becomes just as bad?” It’s utterly shameful that law-abiding people feel they’re being forced out.
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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 01/08/2026
Today we will be reporting on Trans Pride Manchester. We are already early at Sackville Gardens. Tune in at 10:30 when the march officially starts!
Alyx with unbrushed hair and glasses wearing a fleece taking a selfie in front of some grass sat on a bench.
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UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.northsky.social · 31/07/2026
And those living in the UK can provide polite and civil feedback via this link; www.amnesty.org.uk/contact-us/
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We'd love to hear from you
If you would like to get in touch please fill our the form below and we will get back to you as soon as we can.
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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Lecturer loses appeal after calling trans student a ‘troublesome trans kid’ and using homophobic slur An Employment Appeal Tribunal has now upheld an earlier ruling that found his dismissal was fair, rejecting arguments that his rights to freedom of expression and academic freedom had been breached
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Lecturer loses appeal after calling trans student a ‘troublesome trans kid’ and using homophobic slur
A university lecturer who referred to a trans student as a “troublesome trans kid” and used a homophobic slur in class has lost his final attempt to challenge his dismissal. Russell Cherrington, a se...
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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 29/07/2026
Um... www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/b...
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Bluesky Says Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread Propaganda
The company said it was fighting Russian efforts to hijack real users’ accounts to post fake content, an apparently novel tactic.
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allport.bsky.social @allport.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Sad to hear of Bill Oddies passing. He was an advocate for wildlife and will be missed.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Terrifying to see wildfires raging through Scotland. The climate crisis isn't a distant threat - it's right here and right now. How many warning signs and alarm bells until Andy Burnham takes action to end oil and gas drilling?
Person trying to put out wildfires in Scotland
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allport.bsky.social @allport.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This by so called feminists is just sickening.
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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Tell us what trans rights resources to make! Take a quick survey and tell us what’s important to you. Your answers will help us decide what to create over the next 12 months. Fill in the survey here: form.typeform.com/to/sOjs0apa
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Take a quick survey and tell us what’s important to you. Your answers will help us decide what to create over the next 12 months. 
 
Our survey should only take you 5-10 minutes, and we’re running a prize draw for a £50 shopping voucher as a thank you for your time. The survey is open to anyone in the UK who is trans and over 18.
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