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Jane Bell

@janebella.bsky.social
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I'm mature, trans, feminine in most contexts, and I don't give in to age. I like disco, history, art, science, hiking. I was a long-time electronics/software maven, so I'm inclined to comment on tech. 🔞

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Kaz Self 🏳️‍⚧️ @kazself.com · 12h
The BBC have gleefully put up a news article on their website about trans people and the NHS. And of course they quote Forstater. No doubt when I die from breast cancer through lack of screening, the BBC, Forstater, Rowling et al will celebrate my passing. But I’m not dead yet. #TransWomenAreWomen
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Katerona @hohnmensontennis.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Not killing trans people is political but this is OK and on the BBC news website right now. The BBC want to kill trans people. That's the only conclusion. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 14/10/2026
The BBC doesn't want you to see this, but we do 🏳️‍⚧️ Our exclusive Christmas cards are available now, ready to fight hate and bring hope! 👇 goodlaw.social/ac3c35
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geekylou.bsky.social @geekylou.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I think everyone in Labour has responsibility for letting transphobia get this bad in the UK. You have a responsibility to push back within your party.
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 11/10/2026
Small island kingdom's state-owned propaganda arm censors woman's pro civil rights message
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Trans Londoners may want to consider attending this…
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Mike (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mxmike.co.uk · 11/10/2026
Bethany wore a “Protect The Dolls” t-shirt during rehearsals. The BBC posted it on their socials then quietly deleted and reposted it without showing her from the front. On TV last night they actually blurred the message #Strictly
Bethany Antonia rehearsing for Strictly Come Dancing in a Protect The Dolls t-shirt Bethany Antonia rehearsing for Strictly Come Dancing in a Protect The Dolls t-shirt that’s been edited to look like a plain white t shirt
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Most of the UK’s neighbours have conversion therapy bans France Spain Belgium The Netherlands Germany Norway Portugal & around 30 others incl; Vietnam Argentina Canada Samoa Conversion practices are psychological & physical torture most often targeting trans children. Sonia Sodha disgusts me.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Gaby Hinsliff, campaigning for a cut to the UK state pension, omits the important contextualisation of state pensions in neighbouring countries, a significant omission. The only country I could find with a lower state pension is Portugal. This information seriously undermines her argument.

Britain needs cash and everyone knows we should break the pensions triple lock. Where is the courage?
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The issue cannot be avoided any longer. Andy Burnham and his chancellor must face the fear of a pensioner backlash, and find a
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Anyone who has been following the build-up of establishment transphobia over the last 15 years or so will know that it is in part a wedge to homophobia, misogyny, ableism, racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia xenophobia etc. Transphobes are never just bigoted against trans people.
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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Boom. More pushback labourlist.org/2026/09/tuc-...
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TUC Congress backs motion opposing EHRC guidance and calls for gender self-ID - LabourList
Unions have backed calls to campaign for gender ‘self ID’ and for a change in “discriminatory and unworkable” guidance around transgender rights.
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 21/08/2026
Trade unions representing millions of workers are standing together against the erosion of trans rights. UCU is proud to be among the unions challenging the EHRC guidance and defending trans, non-binary and gender-diverse staff and students.
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Unions pledge to resist EHRC guidance on single-sex spaces
Eight unions representing millions of workers have vowed to fight new rules that restrict access to facilities based on biological sex
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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 17/07/2026
Excuse me Police Scotland. Please arrest Thomas.
Hate speech.
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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
NION Women is proud to stand alongside a coalition of UK women’s organisations in a joint statement on the EHRC’s updated Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations. Read here 👉 notinourname.org.uk/womens-organ...
Women's organisations speak up against the EHRC's updated Code of Practice

NION Women are proud to be a joint signatory
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 30/06/2026
I think Lord Collins should start his global mission championing LGBT+ rights by talking to the regressive government of this little known nation called the UK.
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New UK Envoy to champion LGBT+ rights globally
New UK envoy Lord Collins will champion LGBT+ rights globally, strengthening partnerships to tackle discrimination, violence and persecution.
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Thank you to the former Minister for Equalities @niagriffith.bsky.social for signing EDM 240 ❤️🏳️‍⚧️ edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
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Draft Code of Practice on Services, public functions and associations - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament
That the draft Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations, a copy of which was laid before this House on 21 May, be disapproved.
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 17/06/2026
I still find the Brianna Ghey stuff too upsetting to talk about, having actually sat through and reported on the case. I really wouldn't suggest looking up the details of what her killers said about her. But there is a reason the judge ruled it was in part a transphobic hate crime.
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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
NION women call time on discrimination! A few of our intrepid collective headed to Parliament last week, to meet with MPs keen to hear more about our work and find out how many of our 100,000+ signatories they have in their constituencies.
A group of women, standing and seated, gather on front of the Big Ben Clock tower in Parliament Square. People pass by under a cloudy blue sky.
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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
More than 100 MPs have now signed the motion I tabled alongside colleagues to disapprove the Equality Act 2010: Draft Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations. Please email your MP asking them to sign EDM 240 if they haven’t already.
More than 100 MPs have now signed the motion I tabled alongside colleagues to disapprove the Equality Act 2010: Draft Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations.
This motion is currently the only available mechanism by which MPs can reject the EHRC's Code of
Practice; if debated and passed within the 40-day scrutiny window, it would prevent the EHRC from issuing the Code and bringing it into force. This is unfortunately unlikely, but it is important that as many MPs as possible sign the motion.
Please email your MP asking them to sign EDM 240 if they haven't already.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Imagine having a megaphone that large and pretending you’re silenced.
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I'm middle class, Right-wing and furious. Does my lived experience' not count?
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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I’ve written to my Labour MP every week since April 2025 asking to meet him about their bathroom ban and segregation rules and I just now got a boilerplate reply that didn’t address anything I said. Feeling very Normal about this👌
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I stand with trans and non binary people. This is a difficult and scary time - and the Govenrment must reject the framework. It's vital that everyone is treated with dignity and care and far too often trans and non binary people aren't. Solidarity always 🏳️‍⚧️
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 30/05/2026
The new EHRC Code of Practice is not fit for purpose. It does not provide clear guidance or do enough to protect everyone from discrimination, and it is not compatible with longstanding British values. @EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk and @MarieCGoldman.bsky.social have written to Bridget Phillipson. ⬇️
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Report ‘phone hack’ to police or I will do it for you, Labour chair tells Farage Anna Turley gives Reform leader 24 hours to report Russian hacking claim in ‘public and national interest’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Report ‘phone hack’ to police or I will do it for you, Labour chair tells Farage
Anna Turley gives Reform leader 24 hours to report Russian hacking claim in ‘public and national interest’
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Reform took a £5m donation and they're trying to distract you. Farage is just another establishment stooge. Like in Gorton & Denton - the only way to stop Reform on Thursday - Vote Green. Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
So we're all just letting Farage get away with the £5 million "gift" huh.
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Kevin Thurston @del-boy.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Starmer got free glasses = media outrage Farage gets £5m = very little fuss Something terribly wrong with UK media.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I suspect this photo is going to be one of the most shared over the next few years if Labour is stupid enough to select Streeting to replace Starmer.
Streeting and Mandelson
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 20/03/2026
Princeton kicked a trans runner off of the track in a competition that had no qualification, prize, or trophy. An event where runners just race against the clock. Now, athletes are organizing a boycott of an upcoming meet. An Op-Ed from Max Freedman. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Op-Ed: Princeton Kicked a Trans Runner Off the Track. Now Athletes Are Organizing A Boycott
The alleged targeting of transgender runners at non-professional events marks an alarming escalation.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Whatever you do, do not take part in this study and do not allow any trans kids to take part.
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
You’d think in this era of “MPs face increasing danger” there would be more outrage at newly elected Green MP Hannah Spencer being assaulted by transphobes but it’s nowhere to be seen on BBC News app even if you search her name
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 08/03/2026
Look at these big brave cis men, harassing a woman in their fight to protect women.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 07/03/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Mar 7 Guardian Trans artists like Kae Tempest & Jasmine.4.T and cis allies like Beth Ditto & Adam Lambert come together with 10k ppl Wed for Wembley Area's Trans Mission, a Live Aid-style concert & worlds largest fundraiser ever for trans rights.
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‘It’s 10,000 people saying – we’re with you’: inside Trans Mission, a night of solidarity and joy for a community under stress
Olly Alexander and Glyn Fussell’s starry, Live Aid-inspired shindig – featuring Christine and the Queens, Kae Tempest and Munroe Bergdorf – is a show of unity in a dark time for trans people
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Politics UK @politicsuk.com · 22/02/2026
🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer’s allies are urging him to sack Wes Streeting as part of the No 10 reset One said: “Wes has no friends left in Cabinet. He’ll have to go at some point - the situation is clearly unsustainable” [@Telegraph]
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
The BBC love giving a huge platform to anti-LGBTQ regional employment tribunals due to the unique way we fund it!
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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Dr Beth Upton having to leave the NHS is a shame on the country.
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 15/02/2026
BBC celebrating having helped harass a woman out of her job.
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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 15/02/2026
Slow clap for FWS, so called "defenders of women and girls". Forcing Women’s Institute branches to close. Remind me again how that progresses women and girls rights? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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‘Carnage of concern and upset’: Women’s Institute groups close after transgender ban
Members warn NFWI decision has opened up toxic culture that deters younger women from joining
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 13/02/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 13: An earlier post incorrectly reported the European Parliament voted for women's equity resolutions which only had trans-inclusive language. EITM reports Item (y) specifically called for "full recognition of trans women as women" & passed overwhelming 340-141.
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European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women"
The resolution, though nonbinding, is a significant shot at those who seek to erode transgender rights on the continent.
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Richard Hull @richardhull54.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
OFCOM, Charities Commission, Equalities and Human Rights Commission, OFWAT, and God knows how many other supposedly independant regulatory bodies - these have all been stuffed with right-wingers during the last 14 years of Tory governments. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
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Ofcom under fire after refusing to investigate ‘misleading’ GB News Trump interview
US president not challenged over false claims climate change is ‘hoax’ and parts of London have sharia law
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
If McSweeney has gone Streeting should also be out the door… In fact he should have gone first.
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