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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 10/08/2025

M&S have responded to our letter regarding the complaint about a supposedly trans employee. Yet more evidence that anti-trans obsessives lied about the incident to stoke hostility towards trans people. We all have a duty to tackle such mis(dis)information to protect our community.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 26/07/2025

We stand in full solidarity with #LondonTransPride today. While we can’t be there in person this year, please see our statement below in our absence. Protest safely, look out for each other, and show up as your full, authentic selves. #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransPride #TransRightsMatter 🏳️‍⚧️

Statement from Equality Amplified – London Trans+ Pride 2025

Today is London Trans+ Pride. While we’re not able to be there in person this year, our solidarity is unwavering. We were proud to stand with you last year, and we continue to stand with you now in spirit and in purpose.

This day matters. It exists because it has to. It’s a reminder that trans rights are human rights, and visibility, safety, and justice are still being fought for.

We’re sending love and strength to everyone marching, speaking, showing up, and supporting,especially those facing hostility, discrimination, or silence. We see you. You matter.

We hope to return in person next year and join you once again. Until then, be safe, be bold, and be proud.

— Equality Amplified

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 14/07/2025

Today is International Non-Binary People’s Day, a time to celebrate those whose identities exist beyond the binary. Non-binary people are real, valid, and deserve respect. Whether you’re out, questioning, or just learning, you belong. We see you. We support you. We stand with you. 💛🤍💜🖤

Image celebrating international non binary people’s day.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 01/07/2025

We’d love to say we’re surprised, but given the BBC’s ongoing habit of platforming trans and non-binary erasure, this feels sadly predictable.

During a sequence about heatwaves, Martine Croxall was reading a script that directly quoted a report from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. As the language wasn't clearly attributed, she used her editorial judgement to make a live adjustment.
We're happy that this was duly accurate and impartial in line with the BBC's Editorial guidelines.
We appreciate you may continue to feel differently but we're grateful for your feedback, which has been shared with senior members of the BBC News team.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 25/06/2025

We’re not there in person, but we’re with you in spirit. If you’re at the Mass Lobby today: stay safe, stay focused, and do not engage with anti-trans voices. They want reaction; don’t give it. All our love and solidarity. Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️‍⚧️

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 23/06/2025

JK Rowling’s words are reckless and put trans people at risk. Saying “decent men will stay out” and encouraging people to photograph and shame others in toilets invites random harassment. This isn’t about safety, it spreads fear and hate. Trans people deserve respect and protection.

JK Rowlings tweet about trying to police toilets

Quite easily, really. Decent men will stay out, as they always have, so we can assume all who don't are a threat, given their disregard for women's and girls' safety, privacy and dignity.
Photographing, reporting and disseminating such men's images online will be a piece of cake.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 12/06/2025

Take a minute today to be silent. 9 years ago today, 49 lives were stolen and 53 injured at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. A hate crime that targeted LGBTQ+ and Latinx people. We remember them. Pride is survival. Pride is protest. Pride is remembrance. We fight on. #Pulse #NeverForget

Image showing the faces of those involved in the Pulse nightclub shooting.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 06/06/2025

Third times the charm right? Nope. This is still saying the same thing it’s just being said in a different way! 🙄

EHRC commissioner calls for
'period of correction' after legal ruling

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 06/06/2025

EHRC Commissioner Akua Reindorf said trans people should accept reduced rights. The Guardian published that. Then quietly changed the headline to say “perceived” rights. That’s not reporting, it’s protecting bigotry. The truth didn’t fit their narrative, so they’re trying to bury it.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 03/06/2025

If you’re calling a flag that represents love, dignity, and human rights an “abomination,” then you’re not fighting for your community you’re fighting to drag it backwards. The real abomination is hate parading as politics.

Reform party representatives stating that the pride flag is an abomination

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 01/06/2025

Marks & Spencer flaunt Pride but keep paying GB News, a known homophobic, transphobic hate platform. Despite calls to stop, they ignore the damage. It’s not support. It’s pure pinkwashing. Stop funding hate. #NoPinkwash #PrideTruth #CallItOut

Marks and Spencer branding for pride month

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 01/06/2025

🌹 UK Labour Labour talks Pride but drops key trans rights pledges, sidelines LGBTQ+ voices, and lets transphobia thrive within their ranks. They claim solidarity but their actions hurt our community. Pride isn’t a brand to wear it’s a fight they keep losing. #READTHEROOM

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 01/06/2025

🏳️‍🌈 England Rugby is flying the Pride flag this month. 🚨But don’t forget in July 2022, the RFU banned trans women from playing female contact rugby, claiming it was about “fairness and safety.”🚨 You can’t claim inclusion while excluding us! Where’s the pride in that?

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 11/05/2025

I Kissed A Boy” tells young gay men that they might experience human connection beyond the LGB Alliance’s dusty rulebook. It’s a radical, dangerous concept: that attraction is personal, not policed by a Twitter account stuck in 1983. See our strongly worded eye-roll 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

I Kissed A Boy" tells young gay men watching the show that they must be attracted to women who are pretending to be male. It's a regressive, insulting and homophobic message to same-sex attracted young people. See our letter to the BBC's Tim Davie.

Yes we laughed at them and made it a parody.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 01/05/2025

This is a hateful, politically driven assault on trans youth disguised as concern. Weaponising a court ruling to deny puberty blockers is not about safety or ethics it’s about erasing trans lives. It’s state-sanctioned cruelty. These people aren’t protecting children. They’re harming them.

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Sir James,
We write to urge the immediate cancellation of the planned trial of puberty blockers. We believe the trial is now untenable following the Supreme Court judgment in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers.

The judgment confirms that the protected characteristic of sex in the Equality Act 2010 refers to biological sex, not legal sex acquired through a Gender Recognition Certificate. The EHRC, in its interim update of 25th April, affirmed that this means single-sex spaces, services, and associations are lawfully exclusive to biological sex, regardless of gender identity or legal documentation.

As a result, children under the care of gender services—whether NHS or private—must now be informed that they will never be entitled to access spaces or services designated for the opposite sex, regardless of any medical or legal interventions.

This undermines the fundamental rationale for prescribing puberty blockers: the aim of facilitating a gender-distressed child’s ability to “pass” as the opposite sex in adulthood. If the legal and social recognition of that identity is now curtailed, the justification for halting natural puberty collapses.

Continuing with this trial under these circumstances would be both unethical and misleading. We urge you to act swiftly and cancel it.

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Sex Matters
A human-rights charity promoting clarity about sex in law, policy and language
sex-matters.org | info@sex-matters.org

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 27/04/2025

Pushing autism checks on all trans kids is dangerous. It pathologises identity, delays vital care, and fuels stigma. It treats trans lives as problems to solve, not people to protect. This will hurt, isolate, and endanger vulnerable youth.

The NHS will test all children who believe they are transgender for autism under new plans seen by The Telegraph.
Every child referred to a gender clinic will be
"screened for neurodevelopmental conditions" such as autism and ADHD under new guidance, to be introduced in the wake of the Cass review.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 26/04/2025

📣 Letter to Bridget Phillipson MP Over 200 people — including broadcasters, priests, academics — have come together to sign our open letter demanding accountability, clarity, and respect for trans rights. The time to stand up for trans rights is now: www.equalityamplified.org.uk/lobbying-and...

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 22/04/2025

This Lesbian Visibility Week, we stand in solidarity with lesbians everywhere. Visibility isn’t just about being seen it’s about being heard, valued, and safe. At Equality Amplified, we celebrate every identity and fight for a world where no one lives in the margins #LesbianVisibilityWeek #LVW2025

Lesbian flag with text overlay that says :- celebrating lesbian visibility week

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 17/04/2025

Paragraph 2 of yesterday’s judgment: “It is not the role of the court to adjudicate on the arguments in the public domain on the meaning of gender or sex, nor is it to define the meaning of the word ‘woman’ other than when it is used in the provisions of the [Equality Act] 2010.

A poster saying "Now and always, trans women are women"

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 06/04/2025

JK Rowling’s latest post on X mocks real oppression by ridiculing trans and queer people who are simply asserting boundaries and visibility. This isn’t satire, it’s cruelty dressed as wit! Dehumanising others for engagement isn’t brave, it’s cowardice. We see you, and we won’t be silent.

JK Rowling said.

Happy International Fake Oppression Day to everyone who wants complete strangers to know they don't fancy a shag.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 28/02/2025

📣 Our Co-Executive Director, Thomas, had the pleasure of joining Freda on The Trans Lobby podcast where they discussed self empowerment, the echo chambers of activism & how to break out of them, the challenges of being heard. Take a look below

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 28/02/2025

🌈 Day 27 & 28 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we honour Janelle Monáe & Chella Man. Monáe, a non-binary pansexual artist, uses music to uplift queer voices. Chella Man, a Deaf trans artist and activist, advocates for disability and LGBTQ+ rights. Both are breaking barriers and inspiring change!

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 26/02/2025

🌈 Day 26 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today we honour Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead). A drag icon, actor, and singer, Divine redefined queer performance. Starring in Pink Flamingos and Hairspray, and topping charts with You Think You’re a Man, he shaped modern drag and queer culture.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 25/02/2025

🌈 Day 24 & 25 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today we honour Chevalier d’Éon & Angela Morley. d’Éon, a French diplomat, soldier, and spy, lived as both a man and a woman, defying gender norms in 18th-century Europe. Morley, a trans composer, was the first openly trans person nominated for an Academy Award

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 23/02/2025

🌈 Day 22 & 23 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we honour Ruth Ellis & Justin Fashanu. Ellis, the oldest known Black lesbian activist, created safe spaces for queer youth. Fashanu, the UK’s first openly gay pro footballer, faced intense homophobia. Their courage still inspires the fight for inclusion!

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 21/02/2025

🌈 It’s day 21 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we honour Audre Lorde, a Black lesbian poet and feminist whose works challenged racism, sexism, and homophobia. Through her poetry and activism, she empowered marginalised communities to embrace their identities and fight for justice.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 20/02/2025

🌈 It’s day 20 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we honour Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in California. A fearless advocate, he fought for LGBTQ+ rights before his tragic assassination in 1978. His message of hope and equality continues to inspire activists worldwide.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 19/02/2025

🌈 It’s day 19 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we honour Dustin Lance Black, an Oscar-winning gay screenwriter and activist. His film, Milk brought Harvey Milk's story to a new generation and his advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights continues, including his work in marriage equality campaigns.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 18/02/2025

🌈 Day 18 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we honour Billie Jean King, a lesbian tennis legend who fought for gender equality in sports. Outed in 1981, she became a strong advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and equal pay. Her courage helped change the game for women and queer athletes worldwide.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 16/02/2025

🌈 On day 16 of LGBTQ+ History Month, we honour Lili Elbe, a Danish trans woman and one of the first known recipients of gender-affirming surgery. Her story, later told in The Danish Girl, highlights both the risks and resilience of early trans pioneers in their fy for authenticity.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 15/02/2025

🌈 It’s day 15 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we honour James Baldwin, a Black gay writer whose works exposed racism and homophobia in America. His novels and essays, including Giovanni's Room, remain powerful explorations of identity, love, and justice. His words continue to inspire change.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 14/02/2025

🌈 It's day 14 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we honour Christine Jorgensen, the first American trans woman to gain media attention. Her visibility in the 1950s challenged societal norms and helped bring trans issues into public awareness. She paved the way for future trans representation.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 14/02/2025

🌈 On Day 13 of LGBTQ+ History Month, we honour José Sarria, the first openly gay person to run for office in the U.S. A drag performer and activist, he fought for LGBTQ+ rights in San Francisco, founding the Imperial Court System, one of the oldest queer organisations in the world.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 14/02/2025

🌈 On Day 12 of LGBTQ+ History Month, we honour Frida Kahlo, a bisexual Mexican artist known for her bold, surreal self-portraits. Through her art and life, she defied gender and sexuality norms, embracing her full identity. Her legacy remains a symbol of resilience and self-expression.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 11/02/2025

🌈 Day 11 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we celebrate Ricki Coughlan, one of Australia’s first openly trans athletes. A trailblazer in women’s sports, she fought for trans inclusion in the 1980s. Yet today, trans athletes face renewed attacks. The fight isn’t over, but her courage still inspires!

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 10/02/2025

🌈 Day 10 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we honour Magnus Hirschfeld, a German Jewish sexologist and early LGBTQ+ rights advocate. He founded the first institute for sexual research and fought against anti-gay laws. Nazis destroyed his work, but his legacy in queer history and science lives on!

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Day 10 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we honour Magnus Hirschfeld, a German Jewish sexologist and early LGBTQ+ rights advocate. He founded the first institute for sexual research and fought against anti-gay laws. Nazis destroyed his work, but his legacy in queer history and science lives on!

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 09/02/2025

🌈 Day 9 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we honour Alan Turing, the gay mathematician who cracked the Nazi Enigma code and helped end WWII. Despite his genius, he was persecuted for his sexuality and chemically castrated. Today, he is rightly celebrated as a computing pioneer and LGBTQ+ hero.

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🌈 Day 9 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we honour Alan Turing, the gay mathematician who cracked the Nazi Enigma code and helped end WWII. Despite his genius, he was persecuted for his sexuality and chemically castrated. Today, he is rightly celebrated as a computing pioneer and LGBTQ+ hero.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 08/02/2025

🌈 Day 8 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we celebrate Sylvia Rivera, a fearless Latina trans activist and Stonewall veteran. She co-founded STAR to support homeless trans youth and fought tirelessly for LGBTQ+ rights. Her passion and activism live on in today’s fight for trans liberation!

Sylvia Rivera in a black and white photo.

🌈 Day 8 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we celebrate Sylvia Rivera, a fearless Latina trans activist and Stonewall veteran. She co-founded STAR to support homeless trans youth and fought tirelessly for LGBTQ+ rights. Her passion and activism live on in today’s fight for trans liberation!

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 07/02/2025

🌈 Day 7 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we honour Bayard Rustin, a Black gay civil rights leader and key strategist behind the 1963 March on Washington. Despite facing discrimination, he fought for racial justice and LGBTQ+ rights. His legacy continues to inspire the fight for equality.

Bayard Rustin

🌈 Day 7 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we honour Bayard Rustin, a Black gay civil rights leader and key strategist behind the 1963 March on Washington. Despite facing discrimination, he fought for racial justice and LGBTQ+ rights. His legacy continues to inspire the fight for equality!

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 06/02/2025

🌈 Day 6 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we honour Leslie Feinberg, a transgender activist and author of Stone Butch Blues. Their work illuminated working-class queer struggles and the need for intersectional solidarity. A lifelong fighter for LGBTQ+ and workers’ rights, their legacy lives on.

Leslie Feinberg in a blue shirt.

🌈 Day 6 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we honour Leslie Feinberg, a transgender activist and author of Stone Butch Blues. Their work illuminated working-class queer struggles and the need for intersectional solidarity. A lifelong fighter for LGBTQ+ and workers’ rights, their legacy lives on.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 05/02/2025

🌈 Day 5 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we honour We’wha, a Two Spirit Zuni leader and cultural ambassador. Living as both male and female, We’wha challenged colonial gender norms and brought Indigenous perspectives to the national stage. Their story highlights the long history of gender diversity.

Black and white photo of We’wha

🌈 Day 5 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we honour We’wha, a Two Spirit Zuni leader and cultural ambassador. Living as both male and female, We’wha challenged colonial gender norms and brought Indigenous perspectives to the national stage. Their story highlights the long history of gender diversity.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 04/02/2025

🌈 Day 4 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we honour Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, a 19th-century German lawyer and one of the first to publicly campaign for LGBTQ+ rights. He argued that same-sex love was natural, laying the groundwork for future activism. His bravery helped shape the fight for equality.

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🌈 Day 4 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we honour Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, a 19th-century German lawyer and one of the first to publicly campaign for LGBTQ+ rights. He argued that same-sex love was natural, laying the groundwork for future activism. His bravery helped shape the fight for equality.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 03/02/2025

🌈 Day 3 of LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we honour Marsha P. Johnson, a Black transgender activist and fearless leader in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights. A key figure in Stonewall and co-founder of STAR, she dedicated her life to supporting homeless trans youth. Her legacy still inspires today.

Marsha P. Johnson. Wearing a black dress, white pearls and a small clutch bag with clear framed glasses and flowers in their hair. Photo is in black and white.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 02/02/2025

🌈 Next in our LGBTQ+ History Month series, we honour Stormé DeLarverie, a Black lesbian activist and drag king who played a key role in the Stonewall uprising. A fierce protector of the LGBTQ+ community, she spent her life fighting for equality, helping spark the modern movement for queer rights.

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🌈 Next in our LGBTQ+ History Month series, we honour Stormé DeLarverie, a Black lesbian activist and drag king who played a key role in the Stonewall uprising. A fierce protector of the LGBTQ+ community, she spent her life fighting for equality, helping spark the modern movement for queer rights.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 01/02/2025

🌈 First up in our LGBTQ+ History Month series, we honour Ivor Cummings, a Black British civil servant who helped welcome the Windrush Generation. A gay man in 20th century Britain, he navigated adversity with resilience, leaving a lasting mark on both Black British and LGBTQ+ history.

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🌈 First up in our LGBTQ+ History Month series, we honour Ivor Cummings—a Black British civil servant who helped welcome the Windrush Generation. A gay man in 20th-century Britain, he navigated adversity with resilience, leaving a lasting mark on both Black British and LGBTQ+ history. #LGBTQHistoryMonth

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 26/01/2025

📣A Call to Action: A United LGBTQ+ Coalition📣 Alt text is available in the thread below.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 17/01/2025

Just before Trump's inauguration, Meta rolled back protections for women, LGBTQ+ people, and other minorities. You can now call women "personal property," gay people "mentally ill," and immigrants "filthy." #WeSayNoWay we deserve safety on these platforms! share.weareultraviolet.org/s/VVitkArF

Just before Trump's inauguration, Meta majorly rolled back protections for women, LGBTQ+ people, and Black and Brown people. You can now call women "personal property," gay people "mentally ill," and immigrants "filthy." #WeSayNoWay -- we deserve safety on these platforms! https://share.weareultraviolet.org/s/VVitkArF

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 11/01/2025

Despite appealing the removal of our post, Meta have confirmed that they will not be restoring our letter condemning their Hateful Conduct policy change. This is a clear attempt to silence critics & communities who will be impacted by the anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric allowed by their new policy.

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Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · 10/01/2025

In response to our letter, Meta have removed our post on Facebook citing breaches of Cybersecurity. Changes to Hatful Conduct policies that they say are to foster free speech, but silence those who try to discuss the harmful impacts of such policies. Meta’s objectives are blatantly clear.

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