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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Vote Green on October 8th in Holborn & St Pancras 💚
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 28/08/2026
The government must put the brakes on. Data centres should not be given priority for water and electricity over communities.
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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Statement on NHS Wales pausing gender surgeries: TransActual is deeply concerned by the decision to pause gender affirming surgeries for people referred via the Welsh Gender Service (WGS). Trans people using their service are now left without any NHS pathway to receiving the surgical care they need.
Statement on NHS Wales pausing gender surgeries. TransActual is deeply concerned by the decision to pause gender affirming surgeries for people referred via the Welsh Gender Service (WGS). Trans people using their service are now left without any NHS pathway to receiving the surgical care they need, in an extraordinary violation of NHS Wales’ duties as a provider of care.
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
“We do not want to wait until a trans woman dies before everyone takes this seriously.” Politicians caricaturing trans and queer lives as an “ideology” only fuels stigma and violence. We’re not “agendas” or “issues” to police — we’re people.
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Men attack trans women in Indonesia after regulation deems them a 'threat'
A series of attacks perpetrated by men on trans women in Indonesia has left the community feeling anxious and scared. Activists and experts say the violence did not suddenly emerge.
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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 15/07/2026
Make the person most despised by the voters you have lost the second most powerful person in the country, on the back of her leading a campaign of hatred and hostility against immigrants and refugees. The new Labour Government, everyone.
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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 13/07/2026
Sex Matters says gender-critical voices are being silenced. Yet when Amnesty International UK published research critical of them, they didn't publish a rebuttal; they threatened legal action. Freedom of expression isn't a one-way street. We have responded to Sex Matters' email:
For years, Sex Matters has portrayed itself as a victim of censorship. According to its public messaging,
gender-critical voices are supposedly excluded from civil society, silenced by institutions, shut out of
debate and denied freedom of expression. Every disagreement is framed as an existential attack on free
speech.
Yet the moment a major human rights ('non-anti-rights') organisation publishes research that is critical of
them, their response is not to publish a rebuttal, commission alternative research, or engage with
Amnesty's arguments. Instead, they boast that they were prepared to sue Amnesty International for
defamation.
The irony is difficult to ignore.
This letter repeatedly invokes freedom of expression, dialogue and human rights. It speaks of "constructive
dialogue", complains that Amnesty failed to engage with them, and insists that differing views should be
respected. Yet the same letter proudly declares that had Amnesty not withdrawn its report, Sex Matters
intended to drag one of the world's best-known human rights organisations into court.
Apparently, freedom of expression is a universal principle right up until somebody expresses an opinion
they don't like.
This has become a familiar pattern. When gender-critical organisations are criticised, they frequently
respond by claiming persecution. They argue that disagreement amounts to censorship, that criticism
amounts to discrimination, and that being called out for their campaigning somehow infringes their human
rights. But criticism is not censorship. Being challenged is not being silenced. And having your views
scrutinised is not an attack on free speech.
Freedom of expression cuts both ways. If Sex Matters believes it has the right to publish reports, lobby
government, intervene in court cases, criticise public bodies and campaign against the rights of
transgender people, then Amnesty International has the same right to analyse those activities and reach
conclusions that Sex Matters dislikes[...]Perhaps the most revealing sentence in the entire letter is the opening reassurance:
"You may be relieved to learn that since you have taken the Growing Threat report down we are not
planning to sue Amnesty..."
It is an extraordinary thing to write. A charity dedicated, in its own words, to defending human rights is
effectively saying: remove your criticism of us, and we won't take legal action.
If Amnesty's report was wrong, Sex Matters had every opportunity to publish a detailed rebuttal. They
could have challenged the methodology, disputed the evidence or explained why they believed Amnesty's
conclusions were mistaken. Instead, their opening gambit was to announce that litigation had been on the
table.
For organisations that so often warn about a "chilling effect" on gender-critical speech, they appear
remarkably comfortable creating one for everyone else.
The right to freedom of expression is not a one-way street. It does not exist solely to protect the speech
that Sex Matters agrees with. It protects the ability of charities, academics, journalists, researchers and
human rights organisations to publish findings that powerful advocacy groups may find uncomfortable.
If your first instinct when criticised is to reach for defamation law while simultaneously presenting yourself
as a champion of free speech, don't be surprised when people question whether your commitment is to
freedom of expression at all, or simply to freedom from criticism.
Yours sincerely
Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026
Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.
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Screamliner Ontario @mostlyharmless.northsky.social · 10/07/2026
Just skimmed some info on the gov's new schools guidance on trans kids, and IMHO it's significantly worse than Section 28 was. What I find genuinely astonishing is that there are people who clearly believe that trans people can be bullied, conversion therapied and legislated out of existence. 1/
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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The scrutiny period for the EHRC's draft Code of Practice ends this week. This Code will enforce trans people's segregation, out them to others, and put them at increased risk of harassment, abuse and violence. 1/2
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DAVIEWoOOoO 👻 🎃🕸️ @daviemoo.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
No. Because the other option is conformance and we can't conform to cis and hetero standards because THEY DO NOT APPLY TO US. And they shouldn't. We deserve to celebrate our uniqueness alongside the things which we all share. Anything else is just lying about who we all are. Also fuck you.
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DAVIEWoOOoO 👻 🎃🕸️ @daviemoo.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Sent Rachel Reeves an email about this recently, with no doubt she would fail me but it's still important to do.
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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I’ve written to my Labour MP every week since April 2025 asking to meet him about their bathroom ban and segregation rules and I just now got a boilerplate reply that didn’t address anything I said. Feeling very Normal about this👌
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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 21/05/2026
Even violence, state or otherwise, will not stop me living my life. I will not change a single thing about how I've been living for over a decade regardless of what some new garbage "guidance" might say. If they made it illegal to breathe I'd still do it. Fuck you
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Chloe "Scare-Bot Scramble" Adams @addamschloe.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
the UK now has the least transphobic Health Secretary in years (nobody)
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Shellraiser B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Murderers run the UK government
Labour is killing trans people
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Half a million people standing against the far right. Half a million people who care about each other and our communities. Half a million people ready to make hope normal again.
Hannah and Zack on stage together
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Pointy Ears🔞 🏳️‍🌈 @pointyears.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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Kerodim @kerodimarts.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Penrose Tour 🚗 #Challenge #fanart #signalis #artfight #digitalart
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bbno$👶🚫💰 @bbnomula.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
I LOVE CHIBI ME 🎨beckettmikel
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Peter Mandelson represents a rotten political culture, where proximity to wealth and power are the end goal. This has to change.
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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 28/02/2026
BREAKING: “Politically Captured” EHRC Reported to Global Human Rights Authority YET AGAIN The Lemkin Institute, Dr. Victoria McCloud and TEN are calling for the EHRC to be demoted, read why ⬇️ whatthetrans.com/ehrc-poltica... #breaking #news #uk #transrights #ehrc @flintywrites.bsky.social
A photo from a Trans Rights Protest taken on film by Lily when live reporting for What The Trans. In a large group of people the centre of the picture is taken up by a sign saying "EHRC is Broken, Led by bigots, It enables hate, It silences Truth" the background of the sign is the trans flag colours of Pink Blue and White
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I'm not a third sex so I'm not going to use third sex spaces.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 13/02/2026
Hang on out of pure fucking spite.
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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Just in some brilliant news. The EU Parliament voted 340 to 141 to accept a report that calls for the full recognition of trans women as women. x.com/disclosetv/s...
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Disclose.tv on X: "NOW – EU Parliament votes to accept a report, that calls for "the full recognition of trans women as women" as part of the EU priorities for the UN CSW on "women’s rights and gender equality." https://t.co/mMLLLelfL8" / X
NOW – EU Parliament votes to accept a report, that calls for "the full recognition of trans women as women" as part of the EU priorities for the UN CSW on "women’s rights and gender equality." https://t.co/mMLLLelfL8
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
UK mainstream media censors news about the significant increase in suicides of trans kids following the introduction of restrictions on puberty blockers in Dec 2020. Interesting given that they are all responsible for causing these deaths.
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 06/02/2026
Over 200 million women globally. 600,000 of them in Europe. Female genital mutilation is a violation of human rights. On this International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, we reaffirm our commitment to work with partners to end this practice. Every girl should live free from gender-based violence.
The image contains the words "END FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION NOW" with the text arranged in a way that the word "NOW" is in red and larger font, positioned below the other text. To the right, there is a black silhouette of a young girl standing on the shadow of the words. At the bottom right corner, there is the EC logo.
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UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.northsky.social · 05/02/2026
It's roughly a couple of weeks until release of the @ilgaeurope.bsky.social annual review. (Different to the annual rankings due May) We all know the UK is going to be horrendous as 2025 was worse than 2024. The government will continue to totally ignore the findings as usual.
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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 30/01/2026
We want to ask anyone who comes across this study to avoid and not to participate in it. www.reddit.com/r/traaaaaaan...
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From the traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns2 community on Reddit: PSA: Ayagdos study
Explore this post and more from the traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns2 community
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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 23/01/2026
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
URGENT: Very important action by @goodlawproject.bsky.social Transphobes are trying to infiltrate the Council of Europe to roll back LGBTQ+ human rights by writing en masse to MPs on the CoE. Please use this tool to write to those MPs to counter this. Do it now. We have a week. Please share.
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Stop Sex Matters infiltrating the Council of Europe
In just one week, the Council of Europe will be voting to ban conversion therapy. This would be an incredibly important step to stop the rollback in the rights of LGBTQI+ people. But Sex Matters is in...
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 17/01/2026
"Within the first week"
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Conor O'Mahony @conorom.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Section 5(1)(f) of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 (as amended) makes it a criminal offence to knowingly facilitate the production or distribution of sexualised images of children. The problem here isn't the law - it's the political willingnesss to enforce it against X.
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robyn 🎃 @haykebyr.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
some #drifteris oldies... ah :'}
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Stéphanie says… 🏴‍☠️🦈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
“…belief and its manifestation should not be treated separately. Tribunals must assess whether the belief, and how it’s expressed, infringes others’ rights. Otherwise, beliefs that effectively strip trans people of dignity are too easily granted legal protection” chroniclelaw.co.uk/blogs/2025/0...
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Are UK Courts Getting Gender Critical Cases Wrong?
Oscar Davies critiques recent rulings on gender critical beliefs, warning they risk undermining trans rights.
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DAVIEWoOOoO 👻 🎃🕸️ @daviemoo.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
And that's why I keep saying if they swap out Starmer for this mug, it'll be the same disaster its been.
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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 (ᯟ︿ᯏ)” @reactiveashley.cat · 12/11/2025
74/ He invited Goodman to work out overnight how the language of the sections gives rise to a human rights issue. The court then discussed the time allocation and who would speak first tomorrow. Adjourn until 10.30am tomorrow. [End of thread]
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Autumn Ivy @autumnivy.net · 31/10/2025
I’m like one of the characters in Buffy. Halloween is my day off but I’m still gonna pick up heavy stuff. 💪❤️
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Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
🚨 BREAKING | Greens rocket to **2nd place** ➡️ REF – 32% (-) 🟢 GRN – 17% (+2) 🔴 LAB – 16% (-) 🔵 CON – 16% (-1) 🟠 LD – 12% (-) Via @findoutnowuk, 29 Oct (+/- vs 22 Oct)
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Yuri Stern | SIGNALIS @laststarfarer.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
SIGNALIS was released 3 years ago today. It still feels like a dream that people still play, discuss and create fanart of our game today ✨ Thank you for your support throughout the years!
3 years SIGNALIS!
Thank you from rose-engine
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