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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
PIP renewal arrived I've been assessed by surgeons, doctors, physios, psychologists numerous times since I was 12, all have said my condition is worsening and will not improve I was previously awarded lifetime DLA, before it was scrapped Why am I so completely terrified? 😫
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Who'd have thought it'd be the Labour Party that would reintroduce Section 28? 🤦‍♀️
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security has issued a red flag alert on recent judicial and governmental developments in the UK, which attempt to harm transgender and intersex people. www.lemkininstitute.com/red-flag-ale...
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Red Flag Alert on Anti-trans and intersex Rights in the UK | Lemkin Institute
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security has issued a red flag alert on recent judicial and governmental developments in the UK, which attempt to harm transgender and intersex people. www.lemkininstitute.com/red-flag-ale...
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Red Flag Alert on Anti-trans and intersex Rights in the UK | Lemkin Institute
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Apparently one of you lovely lot think I like cupcakes 🤭💖🎉
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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 23/06/2025
NEW: We’ve uncovered how the EHRC met behind closed doors twice with anti-trans group Sex Matters to discuss rolling back trans rights. What they said will alarm you. 1/6 tacc.org.uk/2025/06/23/h...
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How the EHRC Enabled an Anti-Trans Agenda - Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective
The meeting between the EHRC and Sex Matters shows a human rights body quietly aligning with those seeking to remove rights from a vulnerable minority.
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
The more I try to do, the more acutely aware I shouldn't be around people 😥
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Edinburgh Pride is without a doubt the most inclusive and friendly experience of all the prides I attended.
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Elon Musk, guaranteeing the future is only based on sources he agrees with. 🤦‍♀️
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Edinburgh Pride is without a doubt the most inclusive and friendly experience of all the prides I attended.
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Elon Musk, guaranteeing the future is only based on sources he agrees with. 🤦‍♀️
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
🎶 Not very long ago Just before your time Right before the towers fell, circa '99 This was catalogues, travel blogs, A chat room or two We set our sights and spent our nights Waiting for you 🎶 Hah, now long what you've done with it! 😣
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
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Pride in Labour 🌈🥀 @prideinlabour.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Our co-chair @jamiestrudwick.bsky.social says: "Today, #DoctorWho fans like me are excited for the finale. But outside of fiction, we are fighting our own 'Reality War' - one where our identities are under attack. Sign our open letter - TIME is running out." actionnetwork.org/petitions/an...
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An open letter to Keir Starmer
Signing this open letter is a powerful act of solidarity with the trans community at a critical moment. It sends a clear message to the Prime Minister that trans voices matter, that their rights must ...
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
What happened in Liverpool yesterday was devastating, but responsibly for it lies firmly with the police and the council. Every single piece of footage demonstrates clearly that it wasn't safe to reopen the roads and they did it anyway, safety of the fans be damned. 😡
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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
I'm watching the Parliamentary debate about the self-ID e-petition and my JAW IS ON THE FLOOR. The MPs speaking are hitting ALL the key pro-trans talking points: - transphobic bias in EHRC - nightmare of SC ruling - toilet bans are awful - must hear trans voices - IGLA rainbow map 1/
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Arthur Webber 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @bernietranders.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Political parties banned from Manchester, London, Birmingham and Brighton Prides this year. Statements in the images.
STANDING TOGETHER: A UNITED FRONT FOR TRANS RIGHTS
As the organisers of the UK's largest Pride events in Birmingham, Brighton, London and Manchester, we come together today in unequivocal solidarity with our trans community.
We are united not only in message, but in purpose.
At a time when trans rights in the UK are under growing attack, our resolve has never been stronger: we will not allow progress to be undone.
We will not stand by as the dignity, safety, and humanity of our trans siblings are debated, delayed, or denied.
What is happening here in the UK is not isolated. It is part of a disturbing global trend-from the banning of Pride events in Hungary to anti-trans legislation in the United States-where LGBTQ+ rights are being systematically rolled back.
The UK must not follow this path of regression. Instead, it must rise as a global leader in human rights and equality.
The recent ruling by the UK Supreme Court to exclude trans women from the definition of the term 'woman' underscores the urgent need for immediate action. In this moment, we choose to stand firmer, louder, and prouder in demanding change that protects and uplifts trans lives.
That is why this year, we are collectively suspending political party participation in our Pride events.
Know that this is not a symbolic gesture. It is a direct call for accountability and a refusal to platform those who have not protected our rights. We demand real commitments and measurable progress. The Pride movement was born from protest, and we must continue to embody that spirit with intention and urgency.To move forward, we need more than promises. We need every political party to stand unequivocally with every member of the LGBTQ+ community, and to centre the voices of trans people in policy, practice, and public life. Collectively, we call for:
• Full and enforceable protections under the Equality Act
• Timely and dignified access to NHS gender-affirming healthcare
• A reformed, accessible Gender Recognition Certificate process
• Sustainable funding for trans-led services and support organisations across the UK
This is the minimum. Anything less is not allyship, it is abandonment.
To those in power: when you demonstrate true solidarity and tangible commitment to trans rights, we will stand with you. Until then, we will continue to speak truth to power and fight for a future where every trans person can live safely, freely, and proudly.
As Pride events across the UK face mounting challenges, our resolve only grows stronger. We will not be silenced. We will not be divided. Together, we will build a national movement rooted in justice, unity, and unapologetic pride.
Now, more than ever, we need everyone to show up for trans lives and show up for Pride.
In solidarity,
Birmingham Pride
Brighton Pride Pride in London Manchester Pride
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
LCR Pride Foundation, the organisation that delivers Pride in Liverpool and the city’s annual March with Pride, has ended its partnership with Barclays.
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Sign: We're about 3 lines deep into the "first they came for" poem. It's not a very long folks.
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Nice evening 💖💖
Sunset from West Kirby beach looking out over Liverpool Bay with Hilbre Island silhouetted on the horizon.
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Biology is not binary: a letter from biologists, doctors, and other experts to Bridget Phillipson, Minister for Women and Equalities 🧵
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia 🧵
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Historians for Trans Rights - Open Letter to MPs 🧵
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Open Letter Response of the Royal Geographical Society to the April 2025 Supreme Court ruling and EHRC interim update
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Sign: We're about 3 lines deep into the "first they came for" poem. It's not a very long folks.
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
*takes a deep breath* Can I go to bed now?
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Open Letter Response of the Royal Geographical Society to the April 2025 Supreme Court ruling and EHRC interim update
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Historians for Trans Rights - Open Letter to MPs 🧵
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia 🧵
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Biology is not binary: a letter from biologists, doctors, and other experts to Bridget Phillipson, Minister for Women and Equalities 🧵
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Nice evening 💖💖
Sunset from West Kirby beach looking out over Liverpool Bay with Hilbre Island silhouetted on the horizon.
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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 07/05/2025
I wrote this letter to my Local Medical Committee I found out which email address to use here: www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/l... Please let them know how it would affect you. Please write something, anything TODAY I know it's exhausting, this is the key moment in which everything is happening <3
Hello,

I am a trans woman who lives in Bristol. I am writing to strongly oppose the motion to record birth sex as "biological sex" on patient records. I, along with the majority of trans people I've spoken with, oppose this for two main reasons. Firstly it is a violation of our privacy and dignity, and secondly it is factually false to conflate birth sex and current sex, which will lead to poor healthcare decisions.

There is no medical benefit to listing birth sex, and it is misleading to use birth sex as "biological sex". As a woman who has had normal female hormone levels for over a decade, and who has none of the organs typically associated with male bodies, recording me as male could cause practitioners to make healthcare decisions based on a body that I do not have. It could lead us to miss out on vital screenings such as breast cancer screenings, and it could lead to incorrect dosing or interpreting of symptoms.Trans and intersex people's bodies do not fit into the standard two category system that most others do, but if we are forced to fit into that system then our current sex - what our actual bodies are like today - is far more indicative and safe to use than birth sex, which only relates to what I was like over 30 years ago.

I have personally experienced prejudice in a medical setting when I revealed I was trans, for an unrelated condition, and I do not want to face that again. It put me off going to the doctor for years, which meant that I missed out on checkups and treatment for asthma. It has been a long, long time since anyone called me "Mr" or referred to me as a man, but I fear that incorrectly recording our "biological sex" on records will lead to this again. It feels invasive and unnecessary. I also believe it is a violation of our legal right to a private life guaranteed by the European Court of Human Rights. 

Please oppose this motion, it could be very harmful to trans people. We already struggle with fair access to both trans healthcare and
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
What sort of report won't say who wrote it, won't say who reviewed it?! "Trump administration releases 400-page review of gender dysphoria treatment for youths but won’t say who wrote it" edition.cnn.com/2025/05/01/h...
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Trump administration releases 400-page review of gender dysphoria treatment for youths but won’t say who wrote it | CNN
The US Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday released a 400-page review of treatment for gender dysphoria in children but did not disclose who authored or reviewed the report.
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
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Sunset from West Kirby beach, looking out over Liverpool Bay, with Hilbre Island on the horizon, the Sun glowing directly above it.
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
So basically the EHRC has issued guidance saying that trans people can be excluded from all male and female services and then adds a footnote saying they should still be allowed to use services.
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
I'll be there, will you!!
Liverpool Peaceful Protests 1pm Sat 26th April - Queen Victoria Monument
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
So basically the EHRC has issued guidance saying that trans people can be excluded from all male and female services and then adds a footnote saying they should still be allowed to use services.
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Take a moment to breathe 🧡
Sun setting from West Kirby beach over Liverpool Bay with Hilbre Island and Red Rocks on the horizon.
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Paul McO'Smith III @pavsmith.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
honestly. the world needs this kind of thing right now. step away from the precipice. breathe. it is beautiful out there.
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Take a moment to breathe 🧡
Sun setting from West Kirby beach over Liverpool Bay with Hilbre Island and Red Rocks on the horizon.
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
A peaceful, warm ending to what has been a hellish, demoralising, depressing but above all inspiring week. 😞🧡🥰
Looking out from West Kirby beach into Liverpool Bay, Hilbre Island on the horizon lit by sunset and a break in the cloud cover.
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
If you consume ANY of JK Rowling's work (yes including Harry Potter) you are funding the systematic and deliberate demonisation and attacks on your LGBTQ+ friends and family.
Tweet by JK Rowling stating her funding for anti-trans group For Women Scotland
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Kaylee 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 🔜 BLFC @littlemacha.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Megathread of pro-trans petitions on Parliament’s petition website. If Labour suddenly gets hit with debates for a bunch of pro-trans petitions, maybe they’ll realise this issue isn’t going away and they’ve fucked up. I’ll add more as I find them. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
If you consume ANY of JK Rowling's work (yes including Harry Potter) you are funding the systematic and deliberate demonisation and attacks on your LGBTQ+ friends and family.
Tweet by JK Rowling stating her funding for anti-trans group For Women Scotland
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
The supreme court didn’t rule on the definition of ‘a woman’ – this is what its judgement does mean... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The supreme court didn’t rule on the definition of ‘a woman’ – this is what its judgment does mean | Sam Fowles
The judges had to interpret the law as set down by parliament. But it must be remembered this is not an abstract debate; it concerns real people, says barrister Sam Fowles
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Good evening 💜 Hilbre got a break in the rain tonight just as the sun set.
Sunset at West Kirby beach, looking out over Liverpool Bay, the cloud dark in the sky, with Hilbre Island lit through a break in the clouds.
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
View from Everton Park, Liverpool just after sunset. 🧡
Skyline view looking out over Liverpool and Liverpool bay just after sunset.
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