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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 09/08/2026

The Belfast you don't see or hear about

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Fiona MacCarthy 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪 @fiona-the-celt.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Taking a break for the remainder of August. If you know, you know. If you dont: am ok.

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 31/07/2026

Please DO NOT VISIT the website for the time being. We are trying to figure out the root cause of this and resolve it at present.

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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

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Elle @kindofnorthern.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Susan’s dad is a legend.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 22/07/2026

Sex Matters is a charity that loves to hate trans people. And your tax money is paying for it. The stuff they spin isn’t just false, it’s dangerous. So we reported them to the Charity Commission with a dossier of evidence on their staff & trustees. ✊Help us fight back: goodlaw.social/anrx

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Whaley Queen of the Woke @simonwhale.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Genius destruction of that wee twat Hegseth

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BASH BACK @bashback.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

This morning, Reform spokesperson Zia Yusuf made false and misleading accusations about BASH BACK. Read our statement setting the record straight. xoxo BASH BACK

Zia Yusuf of reform uk says BASH BACK is targeting MPs and threatening violence against them. This is not true and we strongly deny these claims.

BASH BACK is a non-violent direct action group. our Guide explicitly says: "we do not condone causing physical harm to any human being".

By contrast, Reform politicians have repeatedly threatened to unleash extreme violence against migrants, queers, Palestinians, people of colour and disabled people.

We will not take lectures from a bigoted fascist gang who incite far-right street violence, and we will not bend the knee to a party that is brutalising queer communities.

We fight for total trans liberation.

these smears will not stop us.

xoxo BASH BACK

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Esse House UK @essehouse.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

We dont write letters or lobby MPs. We focus on making a real-world difference to our communities' everyday lives, focusing on things that tangibly affect their day to day experiences and improve their quality of life. 🏳️‍⚧️ Find out more here: www.essehouse.co.uk

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Esse House UK

Esse House provides community support for trans individuals, offering emergency assistance, inclusive homes, and independent living options.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Reform UK Councillors Gone

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Svetovid @svetovid.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Cartoon: David Rowe

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 13/07/2026

We're outside Parliament today protesting the trade deal on drug imports, struck between US and UK which could result in a more lethal outcome for NHS patients than the COVID pandemic. Andy Burnham needs to show this deadly deal the red card. Sign the petition if you agree: vist.ly/5azc4

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 10/07/2026

Trans children and young people don’t need our sadness; they need our power and our solidarity www.wearequeeraf.com/trans-kids-a...

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Trans kids are being hit by waves of hostile policymaking - they need our help

Trans children and young people don’t need our sadness; they need our power and our solidarity

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Fiona MacCarthy 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪 @fiona-the-celt.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

so many hate filled organisations that do so little for women in reality

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TransLucent @translucent.org.uk · 09/07/2026

Thursday 1:57 PM. A huge "thank you" to the 398 people who have, in total, donated £17,515 towards the cost of bringing a Judicial Review against the EHRC Draft Code of Practice. We need £2485 to reach the £20k target. Please donate and then share. www.crowdjustice.com/case/challen...

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Challenging the EHRC Code of Practice: A Judicial Review

Challenging the EHRC Code of Practice: A Judicial Review.

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TransLucent @translucent.org.uk · 08/07/2026

A huge "thank you" to the 329 people who have, in total, donated £15,416 towards the cost of bringing a Judicial Review against the EHRC Draft Code of Practice, which, in our opinion, is unlawful. A further £4584 is required. Please share & donate. www.crowdjustice.com/case/challen...

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Challenging the EHRC Code of Practice: A Judicial Review

Challenging the EHRC Code of Practice: A Judicial Review.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 05/07/2026

Who’s filling Reform’s coffers?

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 05/07/2026

❗ LIVE THREAD - CAN-SG conference counterprotest There are 7 members of TKDB (Trans Kids Deserve Better) already here at present, with placards, speakers and lots of sound equipment.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 03/07/2026

🚨 WE NEED YOU 🚨 As a new Prime Minister comes into power, we want to show that an overwhelming number of people support trans people, and want the government to take serious action to protect their rights. Will you say you stand with trans people? And share with everyone you know?

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I stand with trans people | Good Law Project

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Peacock spiders are only 4mm long, but their courtship dance rivals any bird of paradise. Australia has over 90 species of these tiny, ultra-colorful performers.

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Fiona MacCarthy 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪 @fiona-the-celt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A little rule change here and there sure does add up to a lot of of human rights, shredded by a nasty government and here in UK too

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Elon Musk asked for a name of a person he has killed. He got a list.

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Fiona MacCarthy 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪 @fiona-the-celt.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Good examples and thread on the damage caused by usaid budget cuts

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 24/06/2026

Folks, there's a fundraiser for the families of the trans kids who were with WellBN but are being stripped of their healthcare and it urgently needs eyes and wallets on it. Full details on the fundraiser page. Please share. www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-...

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Donate to Emergency Support for WellBN Families, organized by Wellbn Families Fund

Families of trans children urgently need help before a 31 July 2026 NHS med… Wellbn Families Fund needs your support for Emergency Support for WellBN Families

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Fiona MacCarthy 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪 @fiona-the-celt.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

A well written but sad insight into the government's cruel thinking on T folk.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This is great. He's getting absolutely hammered on this and every answer he invents is worse than the one which preceded it

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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 21/06/2026

"This Code of Practice is emblematic of the increasingly hostile environment in the UK for the trans and intersex communities. In its attempt to erase trans and intersex people from public life, this document is genocidal in nature." www.lemkininstitute.com/lemkin-insti...

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The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention frequently releases short statements on current and past events in order to draw world attention to aspects of genocide prevention that we feel are being o...

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Fiona MacCarthy 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪 @fiona-the-celt.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

British sunday politics no problem? and ots also fathers day- surely most if not all should be elsewhere

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Fiona MacCarthy 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪 @fiona-the-celt.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Firm, clear and damming report from the Lemkin Institute on the cruel, illogical and evil code of practise by ehrc who have abandoned "equality"

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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

❓ I don’t know what to say to my MP, will you help? 🏳️‍⚧️ Yes! We will have materials on the day and some notes circulated ahead of time this week. There’ll also be a whole team of friendly policy experts around to chat with you. ❓ Do I have to be trans to go? 🏳️‍⚧️ No! The more allies the better

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Fiona MacCarthy 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪 @fiona-the-celt.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Excellent analysis of the absurdities and contradictions created from the latest Code of Practise by the EHRC, now before Parliament

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

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Nausicaä 💖 @thelastohmu.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I’ve read quite a few statements on the EHRC trans segregation guidance, some strong and some so very weak, but the Quakers—of all groups, although unsurprising given their track record on these types of matters—has released one of the strongest statements for how clear, direct and resolute it is

Quakers in Britain statement on the Equality and Human Rights
Commission's draft code of practice around the UK Supreme Court's ruling on the meaning of sex in the Equality Act, which is currently before
Parliament

Quakers recognise that our human differences are a blessing, that we are all "fearfully and wonderfully made" in the image of God, Psalm 139:14. We rejoice in recognising God's creation in one another, whatever our gender expression. We want to build communities where any Friend, whether cis, trans, intersex or non-binary, is welcomed and affirmed.

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The EHRC's draft code of practice makes this harder. Although non-statutory, it guides organisations towards exclusion in their service provision. An inclusive approach has been the norm in the UK for many years and remains so in other countries. Yet this guidance doesn't consider how an inclusive approach could be made to work here. It will cause great harm to trans people. A world in which gender-policing becomes the norm will harm others too.

Quakers in Britain, 11 June 2026

We say:
• Forcing trans people to make a choice between honesty, personal safety and legal compliance is harmful.
• Forcing trans people to out themselves by using services for their sex at birth is an affront to their dignity. This approach puts trans women at heightened risk, by forcing them to use male-focused services, and means that cis women will be confronted by the presence of trans men in their spaces.
• Everyone deserves dignity and privacy in their day-to-day lives. From many years of inclusive provision on our sites, we know that concerns about inclusive toilet provision are overwhelmingly overstated.

Quakers in Britain, 11 June 2026

Our community will continue to stand firm in its commitment to respect the truth of each person's identity, whether cis, trans, intersex or non-binary, and join the many individuals and organisations who speak with deep expertise on the harms that this non-statutory guidance will cause.
"Respect the wide diversity among us in our lives and relationships. Refrain from making prejudiced judgments about the life journeys of others. Do you foster the spirit of mutual understanding and forgiveness which our discipleship asks of us? Remember that each one of us is unique, precious, a child of God." Britain Yearly Meeting, Advices & Queries 22.

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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

NION Women are proud to support this essential video campaign #SomeoneIKnew, in which survivors speak up for trans+ inclusion and against the EHRC Code of Practice. Trigger Warning for the video: narratives of abuse and SA — please watch with care

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Danielle @danielle-stargazy.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Strong statement for Rachel Taylor after the WEC meeting today

My statement on the EHRC Code of Practice and why I have chosen to sign the Motion of Regret
I went into today's Women and Equalities Committee to listen carefully to what the Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) had to say about the recently tabled Code of Practice. After that session, I am deeply concerned that our national human rights body is worryingly complacent about a document that the government's own impact assessment says puts transgender people at increased risk of harassment, violence, and sexual abuse.
I am particularly concerned that the question I raised about a lack of provision for trans people fleeing domestic violence seemed to fall on deaf ears. Hollow words of concern are not a sufficient response from a body responsible for upholding all of our rights.
During the session, the Chair repeatedly struggled to answer questions about the glaring contradictions throughout the guidance. It is not good enough to simply defer to notions of
"common sense' at points where the guidance simply isn't fit for purpose. It is blatantly obvious that the code is completely unworkable. And it is not credible to deny that enacting the Code will entrench a policing of harmful gender norms that many of us have fought so hard to overturn for many decades.

The impact assessment for the code repeatedly states that it is likely to increase community tension and conflict across our society, in an age that already feels defined by the return of poisonous division and open bigotry. The EHRC was created to be the champion of equality and tolerance, not a passive bystander to the marginalisation of vulnerable people.
Despite a change of leadership, it remains my view that the EHRC does not seem interested in advocating for and standing up for the rights of LGBT - and particularly transgender - people. As a lifelong campaigner for equality, that is not something I can accept.
I fully expect this guidance to be adopted and know that lending my name to the Motion of Regret (EDM 240) will most likely be a symbolic act. I do not normally sign Early Day Motions, and 1 am frustrated that signing this one is the only avenue available for making my views clear in what is clearly a deeply flawed process.
But I cannot sit by and allow something so openly harmful to be adopted without making my voice heard. And I believe it is incumbent on me to stand in solidarity with transgender people across the country, and particularly my transgender constituents who have told me the real fear and distress they are feeling.
That is why I will be signing the Motion of Regret today and would encourage colleagues who share my concerns to do so too.

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MindSpikes @mindspikes.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Only 104! If you have or haven't done it yet. Write to your MP and let them know they are on the wrong side of history and how much they are going to regret not signing this in the future.

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TransLucent @translucent.org.uk · 06/06/2026

Protecting trans lives means restoring trans rights. 🏳️‍⚧️ UK trans rights have faced severe rollbacks. Join Translucent in demanding justice, equality, and safety for the community. Sign the petition now and spread the word: 👉 translucent.org.uk/petition-on-... #TransRights #UKPol

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Petition on restoring trans rights

Petition on restoring trans rights - calling the trans community and allies to mobilize against a new draft code that implements a flawed court ruling

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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Also, if you're complaining about the spread of disinformation and misinformation and your government still insists on having a presence on a platform that is pretty much designed to reward the spread of disinformation and misinformation, your solutions might not be terribly well thought out.

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 06/06/2026

Can MPs overturn the EHRC Code of Practice? Nearly 100 MPs sign a motion calling for it to be disapproved 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/can-mps-over...

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Can MPs overturn the EHRC Code of Practice? Nearly 100 MPs sign a motion calling for it to be disapproved

93 MPs have signed a motion calling for the EHRC Code of Practice to be disapproved - what could happen next to stop it from being approved?

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Helen Belcher @helenbelcherobe.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Simple question - why would trans women want to share a space with trans men? So it isn't just "third spaces", it is already "fourth spaces".

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 04/06/2026

86 Members of Parliament have now signed EDM 240. Let's keep up the pressure. If you haven't emailed your MP yet, there is further information on how to do so in the quoted thread. If your MP has already signed the EDM, please write and thank them for their support.

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