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Ashley Halstead

@ashhalstead.bsky.social
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Mildly political 🗳️ F1 fan (McLaren - Lando) 🏎️ Mental Health First Aider ⛑️ 🏳️‍🌈🦻

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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 14/05/2025
"Gender Critical" activist associated with "We Are Fair Cop" pleads guilty to homophobic harassment "This victory over hate, belongs to the entire LGBTQ community, I hope it inspires others to stand against hate in all its forms" www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast...
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Police officer speaks out as former cop convicted of homophobic harassment
'Gordon Downey subjected me to over two years of homophobic abuse'
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/05/2025
1. A landmark study has found major flaws in the Cass Review. Almost two dozen researchers have published their takedown of Cass in the BMC Medical Research Methodology journal. This review was cited over 100 times by the HHS report. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Landmark Report Finds Major Flaws in the Cass Review
“These issues significantly undermine the validity of the Cass Review’s recommendations, such that the Review fails to fulfil its aims as commissioned and should not be used as the basis for policy.”
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Dr Chris Noone @chris-noone.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Georgia Meadows @georgiameadows.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
The NHS GIC wanted a shared care agreement with my GP, but my GP declined on the basis of "NHS guidance." I have to self medicate, with my GP refusing to do blood tests. I'm not even a trans child, I'm Trans Officer for LGBT Labour. It's unsafe for trans kids and trans adults.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Mental health problems cost the UK economy at least £117.9bn annually according to the Mental Health Foundation. It warns that cutting the benefits of people with mental health conditions will not lead to savings for the government in the long term www.bigissue.com/opinion/ment...
bigissue.com
Poor mental health costs £118bn. Benefit cuts are not the answer
The Mental Health Foundation argues that the cost of cutting disability benefits will be greater than the savings.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Diagnosis isn't really relevant either way to this issue as neither PIP nor incapacity benefit follow from a diagnosis but an assessment of capability.
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 13/03/2025
Judge Reyes accused the administration of “cherry-picking” and “egregiously misquoting” scientific evidence. 🔗: www.advocate.com/news/judge-s...
Federal judge dismantles Trump’s trans military ban in explosive hearing — Judge Ana Reyes accused Department of Justice attorneys of being unprepared, highlighting contradictions and gaps in the government’s arguments.
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 11/02/2025
a year ago 16-year-old Oklahoman Nex Benedict died after a bathroom beating. in the time since, we've lost more trans kids, while losing federal trans rights. how a community is holding itself together after years of living under Trump's current anti-trans policies at the state level @teenvogue.com
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A Year Without Nex Benedict
"We are saying that the rhetoric is just as damaging as the bullet or the blow."
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Ashley Halstead @ashhalstead.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
As heard in a recent parliamentary committee meeting, there is no reason to continue the ban on puberty blockers - please sign below petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...
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Petition: Lift restrictions on prescribing puberty blockers to trans children.
We want the Government to reverse the restrictions it has introduced relating to the prescription of puberty blockers to children. The Government introduced legislation banning them from being prescri...
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josh milton @itsjoshmilton.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
hello hello. i'm the journalist for the metro newspaper who wrote the below ! i'm keen to chat with any other trans, non-binary folks whose gps have shockingly withdrawn their healthcare. please do drop me a dm or email me: josh.milton@metro.co.uk. can be 100% anonymous
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 22/01/2025
“Well, it appears that he just declared everyone a woman from conception based on the language of the executive order,” McBride noted.
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Trans Rep. Sarah McBride debunks Trump's gender policy with science
According to the Trump administration's new policy "everyone a woman" now.
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Georgia Meadows @georgiameadows.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Incidents like these are caused by repeated, intentional decisions to perpetuate the disgusting and dehumanising rhetoric surrounding trans people. In Thames Valley, crime against trans people has the single highest percentage increase of ANY crime. The Government must act.
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Teenager stabbed in transphobic attack by gang outside Harrow roller blades disco
The victim suffered nine knife wounds and was subjected to transphobic slurs
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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 10/01/2025
Another one
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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨 Nottingham patients 'terrified' after 'cruel' decision to withdraw hormone prescriptions
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Nottingham patients blast 'cruel' decision to stop HRT prescriptions
Patients at a Nottingham GP have recalled the 'cruel' moment they discovered their hormones had been withdrawn.
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Ashley Halstead @ashhalstead.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Arthur has long been a strong voice in Labour against transphobia and, unfortunately, the leadership didn't (and still don't) listen. I'm sorry Labour failed Arthur and the whole trans community.
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Georgia Meadows @georgiameadows.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
The UK is hurtling towards the bottom of the ILGA Rainbow Index due to hostility towards trans people across the House of Commons. We're only 6% above Estonia, a nation where same sex marriage hasn't yet been legal for a year; In a nation where we passed such a bill 12 years ago.
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Arthur Webber 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @bernietranders.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Please take 30 seconds of your time to sign and share this open letter to the FA from @fvhfeed.bsky.social to support trans women in women’s football.
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Ashley Halstead @ashhalstead.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Just seen Buy Now on Netflix! Really inspiring some environmental activism in me, a must watch!!!
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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 20/11/2024
🥳 10,000 Followers on Bluesky 🥳 To say thank you, I'll be giving away a 2024 General Election poster to one winner who reposts this (and is following) in the next 24 hours! Best of luck :)
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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Trans people feel increasingly unsafe in the UK, research reveals
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Trans people feel increasingly unsafe in the UK, research reveals
A report into trans safety in the UK has found that trans and non-binary people feel overwhelmingly unsafe in the UK.
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Ashley Halstead @ashhalstead.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
So proud the party is on the right side of history on this issue! It's important, especially at times like this, to stand with our trans siblings
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Ed Balls @officialedballs.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Ed Balls
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Ashley Halstead @ashhalstead.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
100 followers already 🥳
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Ben Twomey @bentwomeyuk.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Do nice people take drugs? Check out my latest Policing TV interview with co-production legend George Charlton. Hear about George's journey from grappling with mental health & addiction and then going on to train police forces and others that “drug users deserve love”. policing.tv/videos/georg...
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Co-production trainer George Charlton: Do nice people take drugs?
Ben Twomey talks to George Charlton about his journey from leaving school with no qualifications at 15, to grappling with mental health and addiction and then…
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Elon Musk’s AI turns on him, labels him ‘one of the most significant spreaders of misinformation on X’ fortune.com/2024/11/14/g...
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Elon Musk's AI turns on him, labels him 'one of the most significant spreaders of misinformation on X'
His posts, it added, “can have real-world consequences."
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Jim McMahon MP @jimmcmahon.co.uk · 16/11/2024
A short starter pack for UK Co-operators starting with the amazing 🐝 Co-op Party team go.bsky.app/Tv3wtAT
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Ashley Halstead @ashhalstead.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I won't! 😁
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