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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It was a pleasure to meet my Scottish MP, Lara Bird, today in Westminster as part of the Trans+ Solidarity Alliance mass lobby. I shared my concerns about the implications of the recently published EHRC Code for the lives of trans people (and others) in the UK.
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
What a joy to help carry the giant Trans Unity Quilt in London Trans Pride yesterday! It’s composed of ~300 patches made by trans people, loved ones and allies from across the UK, and is a tangible symbol of diversity, joy, love, hope and resilience. See it and the stories at www.transunityquilt.com
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The ADF are anti-abortion, anti-gay marriage, and anti-rights. Now, I understand, they are importing their campaign to the UK and going after parkrun over trans inclusion. Labour need to tell them to jog on. share.nwmd.social/s/q5C9IU02
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Keep the ADF out of parkrun
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Glad to have been one of the many Not in Our Name (NION) Women who were at today's Together Alliance march in London. @nionwomen.bsky.social
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Delighted to see other NION women at today's Together Alliance march in London.
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I'll be joining the Together Alliance march in London on 28 March as part of the NION women's group. @notinournameuk.bsky.social Hoping to see thousands of people standing up for unity and solidarity.
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
If you are a parent or family member of a trans person, please consider signing the Transparent Action pledge. 1772 signatures and growing..... Thanks to @alicemydaughter.bsky.social for mentioning this at the Transmission concert. actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
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Transparent Action
Transparent Action are parents of trans, non-binary and gender-diverse children and adults of all ages. They have come together to form a collective voice to take action in support of their children ...
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I’ve just written to my MP asking them to support the Together Alliance motion against hate and the rise of the far right. It only takes a minute — will you write to your MP too? actionnetwork.org/letters/invi...
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Our alliance of 100s of organisations and hundreds of individuals is coming together to say enough is enough. By joining us, you help us build an alliance for hope and unity.
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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
My original repost had an error. Queer AF has worked tirelessly to establish these facts. Trans ppl make up ~0.5% of the population but account for ~7% of U18 suicide. Clear evidence of the fatal consequences of the anti-trans efforts of successive governments, media and groups like Sex Matters
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Beautifully written article. Why the War on Trans Girls Is a War on Girlhood by ParentofaTransGirl medium.com/p/why-the-wa...
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
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Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
If, like me, you are appalled by Girlguiding's exclusion of trans people, please sign and share this petition. c.org/p4FKXfqYvG
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Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK
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Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
🚀Just announced! TOGETHER London Launch London: hope and unity is back. Together, we can stop the far right. But we need to get organised. Join us in Hackney on 10 Feb with @zackpolanski.bsky.social @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social and Choose Love. 🎟️ Book now: link.dice.fm/kd47ee7852b5
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Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Unity is stronger than division. That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right. #Together we show where this country really stands. Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Glad @helenmaguiremp.bsky.social has signed. Most folk are unaware that draft new EHRC Code has potential to muddy/erode human rights of trans and non-trans people in UK + create legal minefield for service providers. Write to MPs urgently to call for parliamentary debate and free vote on Code.
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Glad @helenmaguiremp.bsky.social has co-signed this. Most folk are unaware that draft new EHRC Code insidiously muddies/erodes human rights of both trans and non-trans folk in UK + creates legal minefield for service providers. Write to MPs and ask them to demand parliament debate and free vote.
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Trans people are anxiously waiting for the EHRC’s final guidance to be published, following its extreme and unworkable interim guidance. I know many are worried it will further the exclusion of trans people. I've written to govt to say that we MPs must be given time to debate it.
Green and yellow writing on a green and pink background, and an image of a letter.

The text reads: 
Carla Denyer MP writes to government to demand MPs get a chance to debate new EHRC code of practise

"This is something that is of huge concern to trans people in my constituency of Bristol Central, and to trans people up and down the country."Screenshot of a letter on parliamentary headed paper. The text of the letter can be read at the link in the subsequent post.
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
@stephengethins.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk Please call on government to allow parliamentary debate and free vote on the new draft EHRC Code of Practice.
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
A pleasure to meet Helen Maguire MP today. I shared concerns about the EHRC's draft Code of Practice which would marginalise trans people and undermine the human rights of us all. Disturbingly, the Code is going for government approval without scrutiny/debate by Parliament. Make your MP aware.
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
bsky.app/profile/caro... @helenmaguiremp.bsky.social @lisasmartmp.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @cajardinemp.bsky.social @stephengethins.bsky.social
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Harrowing TransActual report with accounts of trans folk and others facing abuse and humiliation following the misinterpreted SC judgment and flawed EHRC guidance. Please make MPs aware. transactual.org.uk/impacts-of-the-supreme-court-ruling-on-trans-people/trans-segregation-in-practice/
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Trans segregation in practice: – TransActual
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
This Open Letter to D of E urges revision of the 2026 RSHE guidance to schools. Please read + consider adding your name. The guidance puts trans and gender non-conforming pupils at risk. Schools must be spaces where all can see themselves reflected and supported. openletter.earth/the-urgent-n...
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The Urgent Need to Revise the RSHE 2026 Guidance and Centre Trans, Non-Binary, Intersex, Asexual and Gender Non-Conforming Voices
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
My alter ego, ‘Gilead Woman’, was out again yesterday! 😉😄 This time in grassroots Trans Pride Manchester; fighting for the lives of trans & non-binary folk. Seeing the insidious erosion of their basic rights, visible support from others for this beautiful but vulnerable community is vital.
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk @helenmaguiremp.bsky.social @lisasmartmp.bsky.social See MPs' letter to chair of EHRC calling out the EHRC's appalling treatment of trans folk. What are Liberal Democrats doing to defend trans people? Apart from @cajardinemp.bsky.social, seems to be deafening silence.
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Never thought I'd feel bound to march in London Pride! The attack on human rights of trans people in the UK is a shocking misdirection. If it is not stopped, I believe the hard-won rights of others - including women - will also be at risk.
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 02/07/2025
I have had death threats for my work on trans rights. I have been stalked. I have had people try and have me thrown out of my University. I am by no means alone, and lots of trans-inclusive academics have spoken publicly about the violence and harassment they face. But no mention of that here.
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Proud to join this mass lobby on 25 June, alongside friends and family. It has never felt more vital to stand up for trans people. Looking forward to meeting our MPs on the day. @helenmaguiremp.bsky.social @stephengethins.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk www.transsolidarityalliance.com/about-7
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MASS LOBBY | TSA
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
I'm hoping that hundreds of trans allies will be joining me at the Trans+ Solidarity Alliance mass lobby at Westminster on 25 June.
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
If you are able to join the mass lobby at Westminster on 25 June 2025, please register and write to your MP asking them to meet you. www.transsolidarityalliance.com/about-7
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MASS LOBBY | TSA
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
This petition signed by women expressing support for the trans community is growing fast. Please read it and if you agree with what is stated, please show support by signing. www.change.org/p/not-in-our...
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Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Deeply concerning report from TACC. If content of this report is correct, it surely raises serious questions to be answered by EHRC leadership. @cajardinemp.bsky.social @helenmaguiremp.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk
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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 23/05/2025
@translucent.org.uk are trying raise £100k to cover court & legal fees for action against the EHRC. Please show your support if you can, and share this far and wide. www.crowdjustice.com/case/bin-the...
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Bin the EHRC Single Sex Guidance
TransLucent.org.uk are a Trans led Advocacy & Human Rights Organisation. TransLucent are raising £100k to cover court & legal fees for action against the EHRC.
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abigail-meanswell.bsky.social @abigail-meanswell.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I went to the Charleston festival, and asked Lady Hale a question. I referred to human rights based on subjectivity, and her judgment in A v West Yorkshire Police: our "right to a sexual identity". I am delighted her reply is reported. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may...
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Court ruling on legal definition of a woman ‘misinterpreted’, Lady Hale says
Speaking at book festival in east Sussex, former supreme court president says reaction to judgment ‘very binary’
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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.cat · 22/05/2025
1/🧵 Today, I am suing the Information Commissioner (and potentially Wes Streeting’s Department of Health and Social Care, if they choose to participate) over the secrecy surrounding the Louis Appleby Report and the suicide statistics related to the Tavistock GIDS.
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
UN human rights experts express concern about discrimination against trans people in UK in wake of Supreme Court judgment. @cajardinemp.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk Righhchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/05/un-experts-warn-legal-uncertainty-and-rights-implications-following-ukts
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Alarming news: shows that the UK Court ruling restricting legal rights of trans people is not an isolated incident, but part of a trend of human rights being dismantled across Europe. We all need to write to our MPs calling for action to protect trans rights. www.ilga-europe.org/press-releas...
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Press release: UK joins Hungary and Georgia With the Biggest Drops on Annual LGBTI Rights Ranking | ILGA-Europe
The UK has dropped six places in ILGA-Europe’s Rainbow Map, as Hungary and Georgia also register steep falls following anti-LGBTI legislation.
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Reposting this useful article on how to write to MPs. "Governments will ignore the thousands who take to the streets, and Politicians will file away our emails ........ But there is one thing that our Members of Parliament cannot ‘file away ’….the constituent’s hard copy letter on paper."
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
this comment by TransLucent about a 'predetermined outcome' for that EHRC consultation is all too plausible. I'm getting the sense that this would be following a pattern we've already seen....
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 13/05/2025
🍎 "My transition as a teacher, already a complex process, has been politicised before I even started by these relentless efforts to stigmatise and marginalise queer identities." www.wearequeeraf.com/my-life-as-a-t…
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My life as a transgender teacher as we enter a new era of 'Section 28'
Sasha Greene, a transgender teacher writes under a pseudonym to protect them as they discuss the difficulties of being Trans+ in education in the UK
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Cersei Trannister 🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️🦋 @qadishtujessica.inanna.app · 09/05/2025
Japan is a nice country but struggles with the idea of trans people so this is amazing
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 13/05/2025
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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Please buy from Ben and Jerry's, and from any businesses which openly oppose the present oppressive situation in the UK. The vast majority of British people are now too scared to stand up and be counted lest the large anti-trans media machine goes to work, but once a few rise, many will follow.
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Good to see these Pride organisers' expression of solidarity with the trans+ community. Open support and solidarity with the tiny trans+ community - by individuals, companies and organisations - has never been more important. www.manchesterpride.com/a-united-fro...
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A Joint Statement on Political Party Participation in Pride Events – Manchester Pride
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
This Feb '25 article highlights how powerful forces are targeting trans people to distract from real issues because they think they can dehumanize this tiny minority without political pushback; and trans folk embody the liberty and gender equality they abhor. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump is unleashing anti-trans hysteria onto the world | Moira Donegan
The new administration are targeting trans people because they think they can be bullied without great political pushback
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
@helenmaguiremp.bsky.social Helen, thank you for signing the Trans+ History Week Early Day Motion 1181. Please will you and other Lib Dems also sign EDM 1251 calling for Support for the Trans Community? edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo... @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @cajardinemp.bsky.social
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Support for the trans community - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament
That this House celebrates the contribution that the trans community, binary and nonbinary, makes to the UK; recognises that transgender transition liberates trans people to be their true selves; note...
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
There seems to be an urgent need to educate MPs, Lords, judges and the wider population on what it actually is to be trans+. Most probably don't know a single trans+ person and so they fall for the falsehoods that are repeated in media and public discourse by those who seek to 'divide and rule'.
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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
FYI What this means going forward I don’t know. A bunch of predominantly white, heteronormative, privileged UNELECTED men, with an average age of 71, behave like a bunch of white, heteronormative, privileged men with an average age of 71. There’s a flaw in this system somewhere…
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** A bad news UK Human Rights crisis update thanks to kind poster on Bluesky
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Amendment to create a practically efficient UK Trans Register cross linked to other data for enforcement of bathroom
bans, strip searches, etc. was sadly PASSED in Parliament (Lords) today 12 May 2025.
The Lords passed an Amendment to the Data Use and Access Bill as follows, defeating Government. It echoes the proposed NC21 Sex Register
amendment which you'll recall did not succeed where this now has.
"(3) For the purposes of this section, sex data must be collected in
accordance with the following category terms and definitions—
(a) "sex" meaning male or female only
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carolinemcleod.bsky.social @carolinemcleod.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
@helenmaguiremp.bsky.social @cajardinemp.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk It seems there is to be a briefing in Parliament on 14 May from Trans+ legal experts. Please will you attend, and encourage attendance by others? There is a need for more MPs to be educated about being trans+.
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