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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️

@iam.dumbas.rocks
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Trains, tech, tinkering; list unordered. Leftie, though up to you how you'd like to define that.

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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 09/10/2026
To be fair I'd absolutely sign the memorial one
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 21/09/2026
In a way part of me is relieved it's not just us bigger (as in band) ladies who struggle 🙃
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 21/09/2026
Happy birthday Granny Hurley, from South West Wales 😊
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Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 21/09/2026
There is something almost nobody talks about when they discuss trans healthcare: what it actually feels like to sit in a room and debate your own existence. Let me tell you what that does to a person.
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 21/09/2026
This was exactly what I was told to do by my MP. 🙃
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 20/09/2026
Except of course where the Equality Act prevents you from participating in sport of every kind 🙃
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 14/09/2026
169.9 for petrol in Sains in South Wales 😬
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 07/09/2026
This is incredible stuff. I think the only thing which stands out for me as missing in any fashion is events around Jason Arday. Street fash, TERF fash - all excellent. But there's been a simultaneous and real rise in "race critical" fash, which feels like it'd fit here.
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Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk · 04/09/2026
Petition: Immediately unfreeze gender-affirming surgeries and protect NHS Welsh Gender Service patients. Please sign and share
petitions.senedd.wales
Petition: Immediately unfreeze gender-affirming surgeries and protect NHS Welsh Gender Service patients.
We call on the Senedd and Welsh Government to direct the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee (NWJCC) to: Immediately unfreeze scheduled and approved gender-affirming surgeries for patients who have already completed assessments. Ensure that any ongoing clinical review is conducted concurrently without disrupting active, established patient care. Publish clear, transparent Terms of Reference and a strict timeline for the independent review of the Welsh Gender Service.
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 01/09/2026
Obviously, it is even less safe for me to do that. I just can't face a repeat of that incident, and anticipate worse next time. So I'm amongst those just avoiding going out in public. Cancelling social events, making sure I know how I can get home in an emergency etc.
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 01/09/2026
I *feel* this. In the days following the SC judgment I was the victim of a hate crime, during which the ruling was explicitly stated by the offender as to why I shouldn't have used the facility I did. When bringing this up with my MP I was even told I should have used the opposite one. 😞
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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
What are trans people actually supposed to do here? Genuinely what should we be doing? Because this quite literally cannot continue.
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 26/08/2026
Those days are (usually but not exclusively) good days 😊
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 25/08/2026
Just an observation, but the Vatican isn't an EU member, and indeed isn't eligible to become a member. It's part of Schengen by virtue of having an open border with Italy, and uses the Euro as currency, but.
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 21/08/2026
Pfft. 28 Days Later!
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 20/08/2026
"I have a trans relative and a family rift" Quite amazing how these people will detach themselves from those around them, all for a small amount of internet validation.
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 16/08/2026
"Just let people enjoy Mein Kampf aaaah" 🤨
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 13/08/2026
Doesn't it get used for flexibility during Goose Fair? (certainly did probably 10 years ago, not sure these days)
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 06/08/2026
"the agent engaged in social engineering — creating fake online identities and using them to pressure the project's maintainer to approve the code" "our investigations have not evidenced any resulting real-world harm" Fairly sure harassment is exactly such a 'real world harm'...
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 06/08/2026
Can we just take a moment to thank you for this stunning effort? Three months straight!
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 05/08/2026
Did they at any point acknowledge the existence of trans men, and show any thought as to where they should go? (Rhetorical question, of course they didn't)
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 05/08/2026
Good morning @equalityhumanright.bsky.social, I'm one of those trans women you're scared of. Today I used the women's toilets, as I have for years. I understand you now consider this to be illegal. Please could you advise where I should report myself to?
The inside of the women's toilets. In the left and centre of the picture are stalls. On the right of the picture is a period products vending machine. In the background is a tall mirror.

I appear to have used this bathroom illegally, but on the other hand my local economy didn't collapse, no animals or humans were harmed in the making of this image, etc.
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 05/08/2026
My god. If AI was banned tomorrow I'd actually be able to DO my job. Instead of clients thinking that they can chuck their IT problems into the LLM, getting a list of stuff they don't understand back, and asking me to prove I've "checked these items" first. Most of them aren't even relevant...
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 03/08/2026
Hmmmmmmm, that send me down a rabbit hole. This is mentioned on Wikipedia; be curious to see if anyone can find a citation (or the law). Given the CoP §13.167 calls on service providers to erect signage to exclude trans people, could this be an avenue of relevance to legal people?
Screenshot of Wikipedia. The text reads:

Similar signage was used in South Africa during apartheid and in the United States during Jim Crow, where bus travel for example was racially segregated. Discriminating signage was also used informally in the UK, notably in signs in bed and breakfast accommodation barring Irish and blacks. Such signs are now illegal. [citation needed]

The phrase "Such signs are now illegal" is highlighted.
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 29/07/2026
And going by Aslef's response to the CoP 'consultation', as well as their more recent announcement re Labour, I'd suggest there are more than a tiny number of trans railway employees... www.attitude.co.uk/news/labour-...
attitude.co.uk
Labour Women’s Conference faces boycotts from major unions over trans exclusion
The annual Labour Party National Women's Conference is facing boycotts from major affiliated unions over the exclusion of trans women.
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 21/07/2026
From a legal perspective I'd sadly expect this to be a justifiable outcome. Or at least an outcome the ICO probably couldn't (wouldn't) push back hard against.
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 21/07/2026
Whilst I'm not their DPO (not anyone's, but used to be one) and can obviously not fully understand how they reached their conclusions, unfortunately the Right to Erasure/be Forgotten is a qualified right, not absolute. It will in part depend on the legal bases the data was collected originally.
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 20/07/2026
Said as someone in recovery, and having heard stories around the Rooms, it really wasn't a stretch to avoid this. Just plan life around using a different shop each day of the week. Supermarket self-service made it easier too. Granted this becomes harder if you aren't in a large(r) town/city.
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 15/07/2026
Thank you for this ❤️
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 06/07/2026
This TBH. Funding aside, how many goes did it take the GCs to get the decision they wanted?
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 03/07/2026
In any case, you're absolutely right. It is one of the hardest things I've ever done. I spent years worrying about going no-contact. Felt I needed to physically move, change my number, etc. Panicking every time I had reason to be in my birth city that they'd find me. Still the right thing to do.
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 03/07/2026
Whilst it doesn't necessarily go into some of the specifics I experienced, there are more parallels than chance in 'The Missing Missing Reasons', and really is worth a read on this particular topic. issendai.com/psychology/e...
issendai.com
The Missing Missing Reasons – Issendai
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 03/07/2026
"If this hit a nerve". Actually, it did. In particular, the very thing that hit a nerve was the concept of "rewrote the whole story". Been there, done that. My case was of narcissistic parents who truly couldn't (as in, literally were not able to) believe they were how I portrayed them.
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 03/07/2026
I wonder if there's at least some acknowledgement behind the scenes of Westminster of this possibly being the case. Met with mine today. He said he hadn't had anyone bring up Goodwin before, but he looked a bit concerned at the concept of the possibility when I mentioned 'intermediate zone'.
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 29/06/2026
This is excellent! I'm due to meet mine Friday too, although I already have a list of talking points I'm yoinking this...! 😇
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Jadey Character @lampjaded.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I think since being prime minister of the UK has such a high regret rate, we should: * Open Prime Minister Identity Clinics with 2-250 year wait lists * Ask candidates how they masturbate * Allow them to stand for the election only while they undergo talk therapy to convince them that they can't
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 18/06/2026
Pilning #pilning
A very blurry picture of Pilning railway station in South Gloucestershire. The train is running fast through this station; it does not stop here. No trains stop at Pilning on weekdays or Sundays.
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Lyra 💕 @lyra-scotland.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
"There’s no dignity and respect in the bin bag full of clothes she brings to the door." "There’s no ID either. Never had a passport. He took her driving license. She couldn’t guess where her birth certificate is. She’s got a library card from when she lived in Sutton, if that helps?"
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Public Service Workers raise concerns about the implications of the new single-sex spaces guidance.
Public Service Workers raise concerns about the implications of the new single-sex spaces guidance.
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 13/06/2026
This is such a beautiful thing to see. You're a good man, Lee. ❤️
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 06/06/2026
I can confirm this rule was not being enforced in 2009 😅
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 05/06/2026
😭
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 04/06/2026
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 03/06/2026
I take this back - all four of them have just signed 😊
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 03/06/2026
As a driver in a Welsh city, I completely and fully agree with the 20mph limit. It's sped up local journey times, it's reduced my fuel bill, and it's directly and indirectly saved lives.
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 03/06/2026
Considering their Senedd manifesto was (comparatively) pro-trans, depressing no Plaid MPs have signed this.
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Concerned Person @concerned-person.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Given that disabled people have today received the same treatment from the SC, this is especially well timed. We stand together or fall together. We need better disabled facilities and we do not need us trans people taking them, when we have been using the loos of our gender for a very long time.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Trans people already experience a very high level of physical assault. For Seema Malhotra to actively encourage vigilante action against trans people is one of the most disgusting things I have ever heard a Labour MP come out with - and it has a LOT of competition.
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 01/06/2026
Many others have eloquently made the case for why this is in poor taste. However, I think one crucial difference here is that Turing was given hormone therapy. Your government isn't letting me choose the same thing.
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 31/05/2026
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?t...
urbandictionary.com
Urban Dictionary: Troon
Troon: A derogatory term, usually applied to transgender women, that implies both that they are their assigned gender at birth and that they are...
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Becky 🏳️‍⚧️ @iam.dumbas.rocks · 30/05/2026
Can someone confirm that if the EHRC guidance goes into force, Transport for Wales becomes responsible for ensuring I am prevented from flagging down a train at request stops in Wales? Can anyone confirm if trans men are or aren't permitted to on this basis?
A bilingual sign for a request stop in Wales, screenshot taken from a Geoff Marshall YouTube video.

A blue circular pictogram shows an exclamation mark. To its right a second circular pictogram shows a picture of a person placing their arm out horizontally, to request the train to stop. The person appears as a typically feminine pictogram, beskirted and with one leg. It is visually similar to a picture often used on toilet entry doors to indicate the women's facilities.

The English text reads:
Request stop for timetabled services. Please indicate safely to the driver that you want to get on a train.

The Welsh text reads:
Gwneud cais am stop yn un o'n gwasanaethau sydd wedi'u hamserlennu. Tynnwch sylw'r gyrrwr yn ddiogel eich bod am fynd ar drên.
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