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Colin Lawson @colindlawson.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Conversion Practices Bill started today. This Sex Matters briefing explains who is involved, what will happen, and what is at stake. sex-matters.org/posts/update...

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Scrutiny starts on the draft Conversion Practices Bill

The parliamentary committee that is scrutinising the draft Conversion Practices Bill started today. It is made up of MPs Olivia Bailey, Alex

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Colin Lawson @colindlawson.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Conversion Practices Bill started today. This Sex Matters briefing explains who is involved, what will happen, and what is at stake. sex-matters.org/posts/update...

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Scrutiny starts on the draft Conversion Practices Bill

The parliamentary committee that is scrutinising the draft Conversion Practices Bill started today. It is made up of MPs Olivia Bailey, Alex

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

It would be pretty damning if they found boxes of classified top secret documents in her bathroom

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 12/10/2026

Airbus has tested the U740-Valkyrie drone in Europe for the first time. It’s quite an effort in squaring the circle to build anUAV fast enough to accompany a fighter jet and yet disposable (aka cheap-ish)

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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

How is it a 'collapse in gender boundaries and stereotypes' to say that men performing gender stereotypes are women? It's exactly the opposite. It's a regressive & autocratic enforcement of gender boundaries and stereotypes to insist man = performing masculinity and woman = performing femininity.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 11/10/2026

This will kill people. It will kill *children*. RFK Jr has been told this multiple times, and he is doing this anyway.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 11/10/2026

This is a truly grotesque "trial" of a vaccine known to be safe and effective. It will in practice randomly withhold that treatment from a percentage of children to see what happens. It is absolutely the reverse of good practice.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

If Americans view, clip, share, and permanently enshrine an American public killing in a million ways on the internet, we will move towards fascist rituals of violence. snyder.substack.com/p/four-wrong...

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Four Wrongs of a Public Execution

Psychological, Historical, Political, and Ethical (Video and Text)

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Yosemite has been protected since 1890. A Trump donor bought the ranch next door for $4 million and wants a private road through the park. Tell Congress the answer is no: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite Giveaway

Contact Congress today!

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SJones @sjoneswastaken.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

"I could have been spared all of this if any of my therapists explored why I felt dysphoric...this Bill...will be used to silence therapists who could have helped me avoid the irreversible harms to my body and the loss of my sexual function.” genderblog.net/jonni-skinne...

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Jonni Skinner: Still Walking, Wounded.

“I was severely, severely misled.” Jonni Skinner today Jonni Skinner is a 23 year old detransitioner from Michigan. I met him at the Life Beyond Transition conference in Washington DC e…

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Colin Lawson @colindlawson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Every statement in the post above is untrue. For the truth about the draft Conversion Practices BilI I recommend people listen to this: bsky.app/profile/coli...

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Colin Lawson @colindlawson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The draft Conversion Practices Bill would intrude into family life, strip parental authority and criminalise conversations about reality. The bill is based on undefinable concepts and vague definitions, creating serious risks for mental health professionals.

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Colin Lawson @colindlawson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Watch/listen to this if you're not up to date on the draft Conversion Practices Bill. This is not about banning conversion practicies - it's about legalising a new one. It's a blatant attempt to cast a chill of criminalisation over any & all discussion of gender identity.

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Colin Lawson @colindlawson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This (from 1999) is an excellent (if long) read: The Professor of Parody -The hip defeatism of Judith Butler. By Martha C. Nussbaum.

In the United States, however, things have been changing. One observes a new, disquieting trend. It is not only that feminist theory pays relatively little attention to the struggles of women outside the United States. (This was always a dispiriting feature even of much of the best work of the earlier period.) Something more insidious than provincialism has come to prominence in the American academy. It is the virtually complete turning from the material side of life, toward a type of verbal and symbolic politics that makes only the flimsiest of connections with the real situation of real women.

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Nick Wallis @nickwallis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

NHS Sussex and NHS England were formally warned Brighton trans doctor was out of control in 2020, documents show. Whistleblower alleges unknown number of children harmed as eventual investigation (which began in 2025) had limited scope. genderblog.net/nhs-knew-of-...

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NHS knew of concerns about trans Dr in 2020

Whistleblower told NHS Sussex and NHS England of problems with Dr Sam Hall’s methods and was accused of transphobia. Dr Sam Hall, former clinical lead at WellBN Brighton An NHS Doctor raised …

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Colin Lawson @colindlawson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Being concerned about labelling children as 'trans' or telling them they may be 'born in the wrong body' because they don't conform to arbitrary and regressive gender stereotypes is not bigotry. Neither is empathising with confused youngsters and letting them know we love them just as they are.

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Particularly sad news I think because of the further shrinkage of academic influence over policy that this implies, and which can be seen elsewhere. @ukandeu.bsky.social brought a wide range of people together in a way that will be hard to replicate.

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Colin Lawson @colindlawson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This (from 1999) is an excellent (if long) read: The Professor of Parody -The hip defeatism of Judith Butler. By Martha C. Nussbaum.

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Colin Lawson @colindlawson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Fair enough; then you need to lobby for such laws if you think they are necessary. But the absence of those laws is not a reason to introduce a UK law that legalises a new conversion practice.

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🧵 Matt Goodwin demanded to be fact-checked live on air when he claimed the UK spent "£100 million PER YEAR on family planning and condoms in Pakistan". He then 'corrected' himself to £74.3 million, saying it was based on a "major news story from October 2025" He was, of course, still wrong... 1/30

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How much has the UK actually spent on condoms in Pakistan?

Henry Riley is sceptical about Matt Goodwin's numbers so the reform politician calls himself to be fact-checked live on air.

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Coming on top of the axing of The World Tonight it really seems as if #BBC are determined to wreck R4. Especially depressing that Thinking Allowed will go - SFAIK it's the only programme in UK media dedicated to (mainly academic) social science research. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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BBC to cut raft of Radio 4 programmes including You and Yours

The corporation said it would be investing in a new consumer programme, while announcing more cuts.

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Judy Webb @judyw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Just awful. This on top of all the TWAW stuff from the SNP and NHS Fife. 'BBC News - Forty five Scottish police officers suspended over alleged crimes against women - BBC News' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Forty five Scottish police officers suspended over alleged crimes against women

Chief Constable Jo Farrell says more officers are likely to face action as officers are re-vetted.

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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

NASA has released onboard video of Artemis II's reentry through Earth's atmosphere 🤩 Top speed: about 25,000 mph

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Colin Lawson @colindlawson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I was responding to your post by giving an example of transactivists trying to use social coercion, emotional blackmail, ostracism, public humiliation, and exclusion to shut down the reasonable opinions of one of their colleagues. It seems it's you who is incapable of serious thought, so cheerio.

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Colin Lawson @colindlawson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A must-listen episode of Double Jeopardy - The Law and Politics Podcast on the sweeping problems with the government's draft Conversion Practices Bill. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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The Conversion Practices Bill: Necessary or Dangerously Deluded? Plus the Jury Trial U-Turn

Podcast Episode · Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics · October 7 · 44m

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Women in Sport @womeninsportuk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

One year on from the Red Roses lifting the World Cup trophy at Twickenham, England Rugby is changing the game for women and girls... 💸 £14.55m of funding has gone to growing the women game ️☑️ Around 40,000 girls have been introduced to rugby 🎓Women’s participation at supported unis grew by 38%

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Colin Lawson @colindlawson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A must-listen episode of Double Jeopardy - The Law and Politics Podcast on the sweeping problems with the government's draft Conversion Practices Bill. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

podcasts.apple.com

The Conversion Practices Bill: Necessary or Dangerously Deluded? Plus the Jury Trial U-Turn

Podcast Episode · Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics · October 7 · 44m

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Colin Lawson @colindlawson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Read about Jo Phoenix v The Open University.

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Colin Lawson @colindlawson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Emotional manipulation, shame, and social isolation" are exactly the techniques used by trans activists to ensure compliance and NoDebate. So yes, it would be good if trans activists ceased using this technique, and yes, it is illegal when it becomes coercion or abuse.

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Colin Lawson @colindlawson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Electroshock therapy and corrective rape. These practices are thankfully (mostly?) historical, rare and illegal. Abuse, assault and coercive control are already criminal offences in England and Wales. Now your turn - what conversion practices are not illegal?

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Colin Lawson @colindlawson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Please give a concrete example of a conversion practice (according to your definition) that isn't already criminal. Sonia Sodha describes her political outlook as centre-left and a "rational liberal"; she is no Tory, and neither am I. I recommend reading the article.

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Colin Lawson @colindlawson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Govt has not been able to point to any concrete examples of conversion practices that should be - but aren't - already criminal. That's because the motivation of the bill is to force compliance with the controversial belief system that sex is a matter of subjective identity, not objective reality.

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Colin Lawson @colindlawson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"The conversion practices bill is one of the most dramatic, disproportionate & illiberal incursions into our fundamental democratic rights .... Whether Andy Burnham is smart enough to junk it will be a major test of his premiership" www.thetimes.com/article/a2fb...

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Conversion Practices Bill is a licence for trouble

Andy Burnham needs to ditch toxic legislation that threatens the rights of women and parents

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Conversion Practices Bill is a licence for trouble

Andy Burnham needs to ditch toxic legislation that threatens the rights of women and parents

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Women in Sport @womeninsportuk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Chelsea is now the first WSL team to offer all players funded fertility support👏 The support package includes egg freezing, IVF, smear tests and contraception, as well as counselling and workshops to give players the information they might need to make decisions.

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Colin Lawson @colindlawson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

An 'Adjusted Triple Lock' sounds like a useful name for getting your message across?

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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

All your Triple Lock questions answered: - what is the new policy - why it’s a ‘triple lock’ - why pensioner poverty is expected to fall in the 2030s torstenbell.substack.com/p/the-future...

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The Future of the Triple Lock

The questions I’ve been asked most after Andy Burnham’s speech - and what the answers are.

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Nick Wallis @nickwallis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Forgot to post my report on the final day of Peggie v RCN. Subscribers got this via email last night. There was so much I had to leave out (there was an entire day of submissions from both parties), but hopefully this gives you a flavour: genderblog.net/peggie-v-rcn...

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Peggie v RCN Day 7: Closing Submissions

Let’s go to work. Naomi Cunningham and David Hay KC. Pic Iain Masterton Today was the final day of the Peggie v RCN employmeny tribunal in which Nurse Sandie Peggie is making three claims aga…

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.

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Freya @saintdagny.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

No doubt about it.

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Colin Lawson @colindlawson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The draft Conversion Practices Bill would silence therapists, harm children and divide families. That is the warning of a new report, based on 30 in-depth interviews with mental health professionals. Read it here: sex-matters.org/posts/update...

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Criminalising conversations

By Matilda Gosling for Sex Matters

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