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Helen @helenm40.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

For all that both my parents were sexist, they were literally and classically informed.

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 23/07/2026

Bridget Phillipson confirmed she will implement the Code despite 166 MPs signing an Early Day Motion opposing it.

EHRC code to come into force on August 5th
Minister for Women and Equalities Bridget Phillipson made the order this week.
The UK equality and human rights watchdog's code of practice that recommends the segregation of Trans+ people in UK public life will come into force on August 5.

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Sacha Coward @sachacoward.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I'm so tired of people that were never bullied nerds at school suddenly pretending to care about Greek myths and historical accuracy because some random internet person has told them this is the end of society!!!

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.

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Wheels for Wellbeing @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk · 21/07/2026

A clear explanation of why some "legality" tests catch legal cycles, upon which many Disabled people rely. We're delighted to be working with forces and training providers to solve this problem while helping address the danger caused by illegal e-motorbikes shorturl.at/9roas

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Birmingham man's legal e-bike seized and destroyed by police in error

The BBC finds the bike was legal and supplied as part of a scheme to reduce pollution in the city.

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Helen @helenm40.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

So hey queer uk peeps. I'm a terrible person. But i'm good at career advice, CVs, cats, books and clothes. If you need help ask me.

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Helen @helenm40.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

It sucks but I am happy to provide advice. Got my dream job after a year of nothing.

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Helen @helenm40.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

One thing's that's funny and awful is that earlier this year, I booked to see queer pro trans comedian Sam Morrison - and I had to eat the cost of the ticket because hostels will no longer rent to women without photo ID.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This is an appalling lack of judgement and the surest sign yet that Britain will continue to be Trump's lackey. The war in Iran has cost countless lives, and breached international law - yet we continue to support it. Very, very concerning. Very, very continuity Starmer.

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Helen @helenm40.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Good news for Scottish mutuals

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Dr Phoenix CS Andrews @thatdocphoenix.com · 21/07/2026

White middle class ladies with no minoritised pals: “they really did Bridget dirty by taking away her SoS role and just leaving her with this one”

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 21/07/2026

9. And now the country that pioneered gender-affirming care for trans youth has reviewed the care and found yet again that it gives those youth the greatest chance to thrive.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 21/07/2026

1. In an incredible new landmark review, the Health Council of the Netherlands has declared that gender-affirming care for trans youth works, reducing wait times is "morally urgent," and regret is rare. It is the latest of many Euro countries to advance care. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Landmark Official Dutch Review Recommends Trans Youth Care, Call For Expanding Treatment

The review finds that wait times must be shortened, that few people detransition, and that trans youth care has enormous benefits.

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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Andy Burnham is bringing fresh blood into his cabinet. Wes Streeting prefers it to coffee, apparently.

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Them Fatale, @mxthemfatale.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

So 167 MPs signed the EDM disapproving the latest EHRC guidance. As of today, the EDM 603, the motion to condemn Amnesty International for calling transphobic groups 'anti-rights' is still stuck on 6 total. Yet this guidance will be forced into our lives without any vote or approval.

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Gregor/Fisher @grogipher.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This is what happened at our local women's festival (Dundee). GCs demanded an event, organisers said no. GCs threatened to sue, organisers caved. Lots of folks unhappy on both sides. Festival then closed down because volunteers couldn't be fucked with it. Well done "feminists"!

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Helen @helenm40.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Particularly via tribunal. I don't think GCs have grasped that even if they force compensation or keep their job, they can't force their boss & colleagues to like and respect them. You think you're getting the good projects? Getting promoted? Getting any payrise over COL? Dream on.

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Helen @helenm40.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This is so fucking stupid. Why does anyone - including @andyburnham.bsky.social - think this kafkaesque mess is better than just telling transphobes to fuck off and get over themselves?

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Helen @helenm40.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Also... I watched those films for Loki.

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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 21/07/2026

Every now and then, it’s worth saying what ought to be obvious: trans people have always existed, and will exist as long as humans do. They’ve not done anything wrong by wanting their existence recognised, supported, and celebrated. The transformation of their existence into “an issue” is evil.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Interesting list of Ministerial appointments by new UK PM. Starmerites recycled though some leading lights sidelined. Absence of anyone from the left. Cabinet may remain an echo chamber, as under Starmer, which led to many poor policy choices. Rebellions may be the only way of getting heard.

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Ministerial Appointments: July 2026

The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments.

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 21/07/2026

We spoke to doctors who were on the BMA's review team - including one who says they were "disgusted, but not surprised" by some media reports

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Reporting about British Medical Association critique of Cass Review was 'factually wrong'

The mainstream media's reporting of vital information about trans healthcare was wrong. Again.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

@socialistworker.bsky.social Trans Pride London are specifically asking all members of the SWP NOT to attend this year. Your attendance is not solidarity. You should keep away, we do not want you there.

Open Message to
The Socialist Workers Party
We, the team at London Trans+ Pride, are sharing this open statement as The Socialist Workers Party have failed to respond to our direct messages.
We have contacted them many times, over many months and in several ways, to communicate the following message, however we've had no response.
After many years of being on the receiving end of a very difficult and ostile organising style, we are asking The Socialist Workers Party to not attend London's Trans+ Pride 2026 or have any presence at our march.
Last year, the SWP interacted with our team members in a way that was disruptive, disrespectful and
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dehumanising.
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Open Message to
The Socialist Workers Party
The wellbeing of our Trans+ team nembers and our wider community Is our priority. Their safety is integral and we won't be bullied into complicity.
Additionally, as a team we are concerned by some of the practices of the SWP, as we believe organisations should be survivor-centred and committed to community accountability.
We are not willing to compromise on these values.
SWP, please do not attend our march.
Allyship towards the Trans+ community looks like active listening.
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We are asking to be heard.
TRANS+

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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

With ministers in place like Bridget Phillipson, who have lost the trust of those they are supposed to protect, a new direction that would restore equalities to a sound footing can only come from the very top of government. transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/07...

A photo of Bridget Phillipson above text that reads: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Andy Burnham had a chance to choose a different path from his predecessor...

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Helen @helenm40.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Nicole Lampert also likened disagreeing with transphobia to being anti-semitic.

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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I don’t know what to say about that whole era of the UK’s leading anti-trans philosopher rising from obscurity then routinely receiving invitations to headline major philosophy conferences after calling a transparently antisemitic conspiracy theory ‘brilliant pseudonymous investigative reporting’

Some brilliant pseudonymous investigative reporting on Medium, while progressive MSM looks the other way. Follow the money. Pots and pots and pots of money. This is not a grassroots movement.
Inauthentic Selves: The modern
LGBTQ+ Movement Is Run By Philanthropic Astroturf And Based

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Robert Peston, "Would you work with Andy Burnham, can he build consensus with the Greens for example?" Zack Polanski, "My problem is, some of these appointments today suggest a continuity Keir Starmer"

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Helen @helenm40.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This is a terrible idea. It doesn't freaking *work*. Earlier today I saw someone whose Google Health AI was encouraging them to keep drinking through a relapse.

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Jane 🏊‍♀️🚴🏻🏃‍♀️🌻 @halfironmum.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

With Philipson, Mahmood and McFaddon Burnham shows us who he is. Hope in every heart. Unless you're trans, an immigrant or disabled - no hope for you

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Leaving Philippson at “equalities” is a VERY DELIBERATE choice by Burnham. He has very clearly stated that he will be as actively transphobic as Starmer. Burnham is a bigot, a bully and a coward.

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Them Fatale, @mxthemfatale.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Monstrous bunch of bastards for a cabinet is it? Wishing every current Lab stan a very merry never being in government again post 2028.

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Kevin (Des) @jambodes.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Phillipson and Mahmood does you exactly where Burnham stands on the issue of minorities. It's firmly on their throat, just like Starmer.

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Helen @helenm40.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The rank arrogance of @andyburnham.bsky.social and his Blue Labour cabal.

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Helen @helenm40.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

@andyburnham.bsky.social Your decision to keep hard right figures like Mahmood, McFadden & Phillipson in place signals your utter contempt for British people, especially refugees, the disabled & the LGBTQ community. Why did you bother staging a coup to offer more of the same misery?

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Helen @helenm40.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Sky News think Bridget Phillipson is a 'radical'.

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Yrotitna @yrotitna.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Keeping @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social in this role is an insult to the entire LBGTQ+ community

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 20/07/2026

🚨 Bridget Phillipson remains as the Minister for Women and Equalities After FWS Phillipson publicly stated that trans women should use men's toilets. She recently signed into force harmful & discriminatory statutory guidance which will devastate trans lives. Suggests no change re. trans rights.

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Jim Caris @jimcaris.eurosky.social · 30/06/2026

You voted for change but got more of the same because government doesn't determine policy. They take what's handed down to them by the "bosses" and try and figure out a way to sell it to the public. That's why they see every issue as a comms issue. It's the only area where they actually have agency.

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Aidan Comerford @aidancomerford.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

You refer to this as a clash of rights, between trans rights and women's rights, then surely it is relevant for you to specifically address in a blog why three allies of JK Rowling (inc your friend Graham) have all shared platforms with domestic abusers?

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Jim Caris @jimcaris.eurosky.social · 21/07/2026

It's honestly kinda insulting that they thought this would be enough to stem the flood of progressive voters abandoning the Labour Party. They really thought that presenting the same reactionary shit with a northern accent would do the job.

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Helen @helenm40.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Keeping Bridget Phillipson as Equalities Secretary is a clear message from @andyburnham.bsky.social that he intends to keep pursuing Labour's disgusting anti-trans policies.

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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Snide comments about the “London mindset” ignores the fact that Labour are losing to the Greens in Birmingham, Manchester and other cities. Cities it can’t win an election without

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

"Shabana Mahmood staying as Home Secretary to presumably continue her appalling record of performative cruelty towards migrants and refugees is a warning sign that Burnham has not learnt the lessons from Starmer's failure," says Zack Polanski

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Burnham has already said he supports Mahmood's policies. He can't risk a resignation early days. He knows she wants to go even further on hostile anti-immigration/asylum policies. Exactly what point do the "oh give him time" people accept that keeping her as Home Sec isn't a move to "clip her wings"

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Helen @helenm40.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This is a great analogy, in that it's not actually socially or morally acceptable to shoot people for being annoying.

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Helen @helenm40.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

*shrug* I think that applies to private individuals. I wasn't particularly bothered when an MP quoted me - he wasn't particularly witty & mostly made himself look stupid. It was still poor form, due to the power differential.

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