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.meow @dotmeow.org · 15/09/2026
You're never going to believe this but there's a spot in the sun by the windowsil
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Tabbie!!! 🦭🍥🏳️‍⚧️ @tabbiedearest.itch.io · 10/08/2026
RIDE HOME has reached 2000 downloads!!! That's insane!! My wife and I got the backgrounds for it by recording us driving through some lush Oregon roads in the dead of night, so I thought it'd be cute to offer a glimpse of that. I love that night so much, it was so scary. Thank you for your support!!
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 06/08/2026
This transphobic code of practice is going cause immense harm to trans people's everyday lives. And lots of women's and disabled people's. We think we can stop it. But not without your help 👇
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Fight back against the code of practice
The government’s transphobic code of practice is now up and running. But we’re not going to take it, we’re helping to fight back. Join us
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 05/08/2026
🚨 BREAKING We are supporting a legal challenge to the Code of Practice. And we need your help. Join us in fighting back 👇
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We’re supporting a legal challenge against the code of practice | Good Law Project
The government’s transphobic statutory guidance is now up and running – we’re fighting back
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 04/06/2026
To our dismay, the artist and author Marjane Satrapi has passed away. As she wrote, ordinary Americans and Iranians have more in common with each other than we do with either of our governments, which have far too much in common with each other. We honor her memory and oppose the war.

NO WAR WITH IRAN!
The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West.
You are American, I am Iranian, we don’t know each other, but we talk together
& we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you
& your government is much bigger than the difference
between you & me.
And the difference between me
& my government is much bigger
than the difference
between me & you.
And our governments are very much the same...
—Marjane Satrapi
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laura @beamofblossoms.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
sorry to ask for help again. i found a really good deal for a bipap (cpap but more complex). getting one through insurance is too hard so i'm buying one myself. regular cpap doesn't help me at all, so it's likely i'll find some relief w/ bipap instead. anything helps!! 🙏 ko-fi.com/sakurabeam/g...
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Support Laura
Support Laura
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ALTER @alterlnx.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
What a beautiful day to play a visual novel. How about trying this one: "as if through glass" is a "Butterfly Soup"-like for the cohort that sent death threats through Tumblr. Silicon Valley nihilism, anime, gay* girls** getting existential with it. 20k words ebicon.itch.io/as-if-throug...
"as if through glass" visual novel screenshot about Jeanne's dog"as if through glass" visual novel screenshot about college admissions"as if through glass" visual novel screenshot with Emi and queer stuff"as if through glass" visual novel screenshot
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princess online @nadianova.fi · 07/04/2026
waow. toxic yuri vn jam TWO. this time with a combined of $6000 in prices, were strapping a bomb collar on every participant that only unlocks once you release a yummy toxic yuri visual novel. this is a beginner friendly jam. come make your first vn now! itch.io/jam/toxic-yu... #TOXICYURIVNJAM
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Fisher @fisheranimal.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I recently made it known that I founded The Tide Pool - a collection of freaks making all sorts of things. And something that I'm very excited to announce is The High Tide - a monthly review zine. Check it out! thetidepool.itch.io/high-tide-vo...
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High Tide - Volume 1 by TheTidePool
Indie VN Review Zine
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iby @burgeroise.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Hello~ Me and @wolfieworld.bsky.social have been living together for almost a year now (and got married!) and need to raise some money to cover fees required for a partner visa so we can keep living together. Coquette Dragoon is 25% off for the next few months <3 itch.io/s/178665/bb-...
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Coquette Dragoon: Volume One (Early Access) | BB Ivy Moving Fund !!!!!!!!!!!! by Ivy May
A sale by Ivy May, 25% off Coquette Dragoon: Volume One (Early Access)
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Christine Love @christinelove.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
making art on the computer is healing. using tools you made to make art is extra healing. but making tools on the computer... that's just software and software is suffering
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apache/ @apache.be · 03/01/2026
De snelheid waarmee “halfnieuws” gemaakt en verspreid wordt en de roekeloosheid waarmee goed klinkende idées reçus als evidente waarheden worden geponeerd, zijn ongetwijfeld toegenomen. Kent u Jacqueline nog? Ja? Echt? apache.be/2026/01/03/u...
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De ultieme hallucinatie van 2025: de publieke executie van Jacqueline
Kent u Jacqueline uit Verviers nog?
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Stained Glass Woman | Doc Impossible | Substack [Unofficial] @stainedglasswoman.substack.com.web.brid.gy · 09/10/2025
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Substack Recommends Nazis
A brief history of publishing and how Neo-Nazis—and queer people—went mainstream
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 20/09/2025
I think fundamentally, the ability to care about the rights of a small and vulnerable minority (of whom you might know no members) is an important sign of whether you are committed to human rights out of principle, or out of mere convenience.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
A Congresswoman calls for everyone like me to be locked up. The world's richest man proposes I be subject to a Nazi medical experiment. I no longer flinch at the sight of the soldiers with assault rifles on my commute. A billboard for AI tells me "keep thinking." One cold brew with oat milk, please
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
I think, in light of all the rotten people out there spreading terf nonsense, today would be a good day to support trans creators. Trans folk, please add your links to this thread for books or crafts or whatever you do!
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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Do others routinely check each account that follows them? I don’t tend to but today a UK based French revolution reenactment group with no posts followed me. Their follow list is full of historians, naturally enough. Down a rabbit hole I went. In the 1930s tea would destroy society. Now it’s t&e.
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
This from Riley Gaines is why trans people freak out when Democrats try to carve out some compromise over sports. The politicians and activists attacking trans people are not interested in compromise! They're interested in our eradication from public life and are exploiting sports to that end
This is Ms. Gaines’s intuition as an activist, too: If people accept the premise that transgender women do not belong in women’s sports, then they have conceded that transgender women are not fully, truly women.

As she sees it, more sweeping restrictions of transgender people flow from there, including the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that states can ban gender-affirming care for minors and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee’s change of its eligibility rules to bar transgender women from competing in Olympic women’s sports.

“The gender ideology movement is a house of cards, and I believe it’s lying on that sports issue,” she said. “This will be the card that makes all of it crumble.”
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Allison Raine Chapman @alli.gay · 19/08/2025
As both a trans person and an advocate, I often want to know what the ACTUAL law is right NOW. This used to be a difficult thing to answer, now it's crystal clear. I'm so incredibly proud to have the opportunity to be a part of this project and the incredible team at L4GG. It's truly an honor!
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Jacob Wren @jacobwren.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
“I am aware that, every time I have a conversation with a book, I benefit from someone’s decision against silence.” - Yiyun Li
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Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · 22/07/2025
transsafety.network/posts/my-par... @sasha98.bsky.social and Valeria Rocca spoke to several children of Bayswater members who highlighted the harm the group do to young trans people and the gateway into broader far-right politics that they provide. Content warning: discusses conversion abuse
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“My parents very clearly do not love me”: Children of Bayswater Speak Out
We speak to several children of Bayswater Support Group members. Their experiences highlight the harm groups like Bayswater do to young trans people, and the gateway they provide to broader far-right ...
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 22/07/2025
We have 5 days left to push Ofcom to act. Join us, it only takes 2 minutes👇 goodlaw.social/66f6a3
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Get your cis friends to read this. It reveals how the anti-trans hate groups are really part of a web of extremist right-wing hate groups…
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Behind the ruling: how ‘Sex Matters’ is shaping UK policy on trans rights
The UK Supreme Court ruling redefined ‘sex’ – but for trans people, it’s the start of something far more sweeping and exclusionary
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
You guys they're just really concerned about women's sports
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 01/06/2025
Remembering Dr. Alan Hart for Pride, trans man from the early 1900s. He revolutionized the detection of tuberculosis, saved thousands of lives, and died using his name, as the man he always was meant to be. We have always been here.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Xanthra Philippa: "Theory mutilates; surgery liberates"
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Bruno de Figueiredo @dieubussy.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Japanese game cover design is widely admired by players, a true craft they have perfected over the years. In an effort to make their product stand out, many studios explored a more tactile range of materials. The resulting effect is as amusing today as it is instantly nostalgic.🧵
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Brandon Wolf @brandonwolf.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
🧵 For a couple years, I have proudly served on the advisory board for the National Organization for Victim Advocacy -- the oldest org of its kind in the country. During my time, I've supported a game changing pilot program: the training and deployment of youth victim advocates to college campuses.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 27/04/2025
We believe the UK is now in breach of its obligations under the Human Rights Act and the European Convention of Human Rights and we plan to ask the High Court for a declaration of incompatibility. We would be grateful for your help:
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Help us challenge the Supreme Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project
We use cookies where necessary to allow us to understand how people interact with our website and content, so that we can continue to improve our service.
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 23/04/2025
This is an excellent article - I have some additional thoughts from a feminist perspective on the consequences of this Supreme Court judgment, rather than just my legal ones: Thread 🧵
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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Trans Women in Sport: What Does the Science Say? “Gender-affirming hormones have a rapid and dramatic impact on physical performance” www.transresearch.org.au/post/trans-w...
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Trans Women in Sport: What Does the Science Say?
Research suggests trans women have minimal to no performance advantage over cisgender women.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 20/04/2025
See what else they are going after to 'protect women' - 79 articles in just 4 papers this week, all here - hleehurley.substack.com/p/the-trans-...
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The Trans Agenda: Supreme Court ruling sends papers into a frenzy
News you need, the perspective you won't find anywhere else. The trans community's guide to UK news, media and politics and our place in it.
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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
A fantastic thread.
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sasha @2damntrans.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
There’s this huge attitude of paternalism re: cis lesbians. They don’t know what’s best for them, so they need cis heterosexuals to jump in to “defend” them from an imaginary trans threat.
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dolphin diaries ⚢ @dolphindiaries.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
A case of competing needs (or are they?) and a synthesis of dominance transfeminism and disability justice. (FYI I finished this before the fucking court case, I hate to be relevant 😭) tinyurl.com/35t37utt
A stark, almost black-and-white image of a gavel rested atop a table. Over it there is a title and a subtitle of an essay from dolphindiaries.substack.com. Title: "Detrans Women v. Trans Men, Or: The Sanity Of Sex Change." Subtitle: "What madness lies at the heart of patriarchy?"
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moif @moif-velocita.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
I'm #intersex. Born with 2 DSDs & ambiguous genitalia. I was treated as a girl by my mother for my first three years until doctors intervened and told her that I was a boy. My parents accepted their authority and agreed to have me surgically 'repaired'. I've known doctors like this all my life 🧵
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⚡⚡MAD DOCTOR IMPOSSIBLE⚡⚡ @impossiblephd.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Today, I've got a special edition of Stained Glass Woman: my presentation on Stained Glass Woman itself, how it's rhetoric works, and how I'm trying to use it to fight back against transphobic hate! Have a peek behind the scenes this week: stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/stained-gl...
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Stained Glass Woman
Remixing Research as a Technical Writer-Advocate for Trans Liberation
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dolphin diaries ⚢ @dolphindiaries.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
See you all misunderstood. When I said I'm trans, I just meant I'm Ukrainian
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 10/04/2025
You can help people learn about trans participation in sports. Its a nuanced topic that has lots of room for growth for a lot of people. I've had this conversation with probably over a hundred people at this point and unless they are diehard transphobes, this is usually how you teach them.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 31/03/2025
1. Six years ago, during the hardest winter of my life, I found myself again. A month later, I found myself again, under a cherry blossom tree. On Trans Day of Visibility this year, we travel through our toughest winter. But we know the promise of spring. Subscribe to support my journalism.
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Finding Hope And Spring On Transgender Day Of Visibility
The past three months have been brutal for transgender people—but if there’s one thing our community knows, it’s how to travel through darkness to find spring.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
If you haven’t read and shared this solid take-down of the Telegraph puff-piece about Sullivan you should. No wonder trans people and our allies, like @mimmymum.bsky.social are banned from writing in mainstream media, transphobic “journalists” would be exposed and embarrassed all the time.
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The Sunday Telegraph’s PR Puff Piece for Transphobia: A Critical Analysis of Judith Woods’ Profile…
In yet another example of the UK media’s aggressive campaign to platform transphobia under the guise of “debate,” Judith Woods’ latest…
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 10/03/2025
Anyone find it funny how when the UK releases the Cass review to ban trans care, we get everything ranging from New York Times push notifs to op-eds in every major US paper... But when Germany, Switzerland, and Austria release pro-trans youth care guidelines, not a single article anywhere but mine?
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apache/ @apache.be · 10/03/2025
Waauw! Een vliegende start voor onze crowdfunding. Dank aan iedereen die al doneerde, maar ... we hebben ons doel van 50.000 euro nog niet bereikt. Maak mee de opleiding van twee jonge onderzoeksjournalisten mogelijk en doneer via www.apache.be/FGT
Fellowship Georges Timmerman
Al 14.000 euro gedoneerd ... 
Nog 36.000 te gaan

Doneer ook via
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 09/03/2025
1. Major news in transgender care. Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines. They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the Cass Review in England. Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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New German, Swiss, And Austrian Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Slam Cass Review
The recommendations, released by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, come at a time when US politicians erroneously claim that Europe is "pulling back" on transgender care.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 27/02/2025
I have to say it is a special kind of hell to have watched all of this anti-trans rhetoric and legislation build up for the last 5 years in states and to report on it today. It feels like a nonstop hose of the worst things imaginable. There are dozens of stories I still haven’t gotten to.
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