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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 · 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

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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

had so many people commenting on just how clean it was during and after

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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

ooooh I've a photo we took last week about this that I forgot. ty for the alt, I struggle to do them when I'm out.

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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
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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

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

We therefore also ask that the Society publish its communication with EHRC and the UK Government, in addition to a public statement with regards to its ongoing commitment to the inclusion of its trans and gender diverse members.

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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

It is important at this moment that there is publicly accessible evidence of how organisations and individuals are refusing these increasingly bold and discriminatory attacks on trans and gender diverse people.

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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

* Make clear that members of the RGS and wider geographical community have expertise in relation to research and teaching relating to trans and gender diverse people – and noting that our research can inform policy and legislative change in related areas.

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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

* Publicly re-affirm the Society’s commitment to trans inclusion and equality. * Actively engage with higher education leaders to encourage the protection of trans staff and students’ rights and dignity in the workplace at this worrying time for trans communities.

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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

and its commitments to “communicate and promote the role geography and geographers have in promoting equality, diversity and inclusion” and “maximise our convening power across core networks to promote EDI objectives”, we also ask that you:

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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

In line with the Society’s principle of working “towards greater equality, diversity and inclusion within its practices and activities as well as across the wider geographical community”,

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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

* Request that trans and gender diverse people are involved in every stage of developing statutory guidance in light of the Supreme Court ruling.

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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

risking trans and gender diverse people’s segregation and removal from public life in the UK, noting that both ongoing and peer reviewed published geographical research shows that trans people are already extremely marginalised within UK society.

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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

* State that the EHRC’s interpretation of the Supreme Court ruling, evidenced via its interim update, if implemented, would have a devastating impact upon trans and gender diverse individuals and communities,

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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

The EHRC is moving at speed: its consultation will open in mid-May and last for only two weeks. We therefore ask that you write as soon as possible to the UK Government and EHRC to:

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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

if implemented – would prohibit trans and gender diverse members of the geographical community from being able to carry out and deliver their research, teaching, and wider everyday lives in dignity and with freedom.

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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️ @criticalcupcake.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Members of the geographical community, including RGS members, are undoubtedly experiencing significant concern about how their dignity and rights will be secured. Indeed, the EHRC’s interim update –

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