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Yet another article that mentions us without us. Trans people boycotting labour's conference is mentioned here. It calls it a protest by "Trans Activists" and ignore that the majority of the companies biggest unions are boycotting & then pushes labour as too soft on trans people. archive.is/2JGrC

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I can explain it- it sounds cool and people who don't understand the technology thinks it sounds smart as things freeze in space... right. The whole AI bubble is just about convincing people that it can eventually work- its a confidence trick that is now the basis for the global economies growth

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I meant to put this in the thread- but I'll put this separate. While this looks like it is advising people to include trans kids (just separately) this reads like a defacto ban for trans kids from all boarding, schools can deny hosting a trans kid as their facilities cannot provide single occupancy.

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Thats all I noticed on a quick look through the document- I encourage people to look deeper I can guarantee the TERFs have already discussed this and got their responses in a long time ago to poison the well and make this doc even more bad for trans kids, if you can plz respond- it ends very soon

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This is where things (In my opinion) get more interesting. The small differences between the Scottish and English guidance and what they can recommend. There seems to be less legal backing to enforce transphobia in Scotland than there is in England and the EHRC deliberately avoids mentioning that.

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It pretty much says trans kids are not protected against harassment which is wild- same with gay and religious kids. Which is a shocking thing to see in a document I guess this is to how the equality act treats harassment but it seems to put a higher bar on queer or religious kids to prove harm

3.120 The prohibition of harassment does not protect individuals who have the protected characteristics of gender reassignment, sexual orientation or religion or belief in relation to schools. However, where unwanted conduct related to any of these protected characteristics results in a pupil suffering a detriment, that pupil may be able to bring a claim of direct discrimination (section 212, paragraph 5).
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3.121 A disabled pupil is mocked by her teacher because of her disability. The pupil can bring a court case alleging harassment. A gay pupil is mocked by his teacher because of his sexual orientation. This pupil can bring a court case alleging direct discrimination. In both cases, the schools face the same penalties.

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While it does say you should exclude trans people- it says you can bar trans boys who have had treatment from competing due to fairness- it does so without ruling out the opposite. I think the EHRC is trying very hard not to say that trans inclusion is broadly legal so they talk only of one part

10.44 Under the Act, any sex-based rules or arrangements relating to participation in a specifically gender-affected activity should be applied on the basis of the sex of a person at birth. Therefore, in a gender-affected activity, trans pupils should not be included in single-sex or separate-sex competitions for the sex with which they identify.
10.45 A school can have policies that restrict participation in single or separate-sex competitions for pupils who have undergone hormonal medical treatment that affects their muscle mass or strength, if this raises a legitimate concern and is justified. For example, this might be on the grounds of safety or fairness. In practice, it is unlikely that pupils will have undergone such treatment due to their age. Therefore, trans pupils should usually be able to participate in single or separate-sex competitions with pupils of their own sex.

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Schools in England technical guidance consultation | EHRC

Going through the Schools technical guidance for protected characteristics from the EHRC. Its not AS BAD as it could be but still have some very odd/dangerous parts relating to trans people and I think some telling differences between Scotland & England www.equalityhumanrights.com/guidance/tec...

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This is it- I'll use another term that is often misused but I find it very prudent here, Gaslighting We have every paper & institution ignore our needs & attack us constantly but turn around to watch dogs, global institutions & the press to say they are trying to help keep us safe. Its maddening

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This is in relation to the migration "protests" going on. I think this is a fundemental thing about this labour is they are so reactionary but without any action they do not look to long term consequence- just short term news optics. Its twitterbrained. They ignore the right and punch the left

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Um Lucy- there is a switch. Its right over there. Its pretty big, we have used it before- I'm surprised you can miss it 🤔 The gangs ONLY exist because we have closed ALL safe and legal routes We have people with cultural connections to the UK wanting a better life with no other options to cross

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Less that 1% of voters put LGBT issues as their top issue. It does not motivate voting- thats for and against. It does signal though that they are willing to throw people under the bus. Being anti-trans DOES NOT gain votes, it does lose support of activists who do groundwork- so can loose elections

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Lyra 💕 @lyra-scotland.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The amount of news time spent on this case and the subsequent follow ups is unreal, about 20 articles on the BBC alone last I checked. Dr Beth (A lovely & kind women) has had to leave the UK due to abuse. I met Beth at a trans pride, I was alone- her and her friends chatted with me, truly kind

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Am I being reductionist by saying this is downstream of allowing transphobia to run riot in the UK. By earmarking one bigotry as reasonable and a rational concern you open the door to saying the same for others and only leads to other escalation. Reductionist- likely yes. Feels true- also yes.

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I think it also made a case that trans people were more likely to be diagnosed with other mental health conditions and yes this is true but also easily explainable. Three reasons:

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OFC to TERFS it doesn't matter, they parrot the sweden study, the 80% desistance rate from the 90s and made up trans rape stats They even make there own to show to judges (hello fair play for women Scotland and sex matters) All of these sources are well and truly debunked but that does not matter

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This study is also famously and obviously bunk. It wanted to show trans people were more mentally ill by proving they had more contact with mental health professionals than non-trans people. Y'know trans kids- who are forced to interact with mental health services to get treatment.

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The narrative should always be trans kids should receive best quality healthcare- it should be between the child, the parent and the Dr. The government should be only involved to protect peoples access to healthcare not restrict it. In a world where republicans have scrapped Medicare access.

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Trans rights is a very easy issue optically, child's medicine should be set between a child and the Dr without gov interference while relying on best practice, this is easy. Stop fighting defensive so people actually know the argument for

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Dems won't push to restore trans or abortion rights or migrants rights and when they don't fight those issue loose political salience rapidly never fought war on drugs so a solution has never been politically popular When you rely on polling to see your position you give control to ppl who dont

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So are people right to be anti migrant and pro war on drugs as well? Were they right to be anti gay marriage pre obergofell. Because these are issues that poll well due to media saturation and only one side in power pushing. Giving your opponents and uncontested narrative sets opinions

Lyra 💕 @lyra-scotland.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is the same play book they used on Trans people- they have also talked about kids being ADHD in social contagen in previous articles. This is the playbook- you build consent against something to frame as fake This is how you dismiss someone's reality even despite evidence- you build consent

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The thing is Cis people who argue against trans rights do not see us as the gender/sex we are EVEN IF they say it as a platitude, they could understand their distress at being refused gendered services, spaces but not ours, the only reason that makes sense is if we are some halfway gender to them

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Lyra 💕 @lyra-scotland.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Btw this is because men typically measure their height with shoes on, women without- so many many men inflate their height by at least an inch even when measuring

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This is why we need more trans women in politics, dedication. Anyone who understands RuneScape can look at this and not see dedication and goal orientation. What a hero

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This is also why the far right & anti immigration BS is starting to take hold in Scotland too, they have stopped making the positive case so the negative case gets all the attention, the media has a right wing bias, political parties have some power to be heard through that bias, they should do it.

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In Scotland I can no longer report that I am the victim of a crime without revealing that im trans, Ive paid 10k in stuff NHS should cover. If I go to jail it will be men's & I will be subject to massively disproportionate abuse from prisoners and guards. The SNP gave up so now the bigots flourish.

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I had an SNP MSP lecture me for 2 hours about how I never had or never should have rights. She put out Harry potter pillows for my arrival to make me know I was unwelcome. She had 3 aides in room with her to agree with her on every point & to agree that "real women can always tell who is trans"

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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Except the SNP are also fucking up here. They are letting their transphobes capture them as well & have been running from every fight since they left the buke house agreement They won't fight trans rights issues as their transphobes & the media attack them Swinny gives terfs positions of power

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Sport should bring people together, not shut people out. This challenge is about keeping sport open to everyone who takes part at grassroots level for fitness, friendship, community and belonging. www.crowdjustice.com/case/protect...

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Lyra 💕 @lyra-scotland.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is honestly such a dangerous move- this is how you get the man baby in the white house going full in on supporting Russia and breaking NATO- how dare someone else get his toy. The defense in Ukraine has been hard fought and I stand with them, I just know america's support is on a knife edge

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Lyra 💕 @lyra-scotland.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The only evidence of harm is the the WGS was effective and the others were not. You compare one of the few functioning clinics in the country (that is only functioning because it is relatively new so now built a massive backlog yet) to one decades behind. So when it works its bad? I love the UK 😬

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If a pro-Palestine person chose to end a contest on Oct 7th it would be front page news for weeks. 😬

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AI Growth is a lie and it will hurt scotland I work in tech- I stress how much of this is a bubble propped up by capital equity firms that own & rent graphics cards based on their speculative value. Its all a big bubble ready to bust that boosts foreign business but does nothing for communities

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We had already compromised the position into the ground and we were underrepresented not just in sports access but also sports wins despite our access. Our ability to be included also should not be based on us loosing because again that cedes the arguement.

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The only way in which blanket bans can ever be justified is if trans women are not women This is what you accept, you demolish our whole lived experience & go anti science & a-historical We spent decades fighting to get to a reasonable place on sports and we still had ground to make on top of that

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And if you are gonna put in new standards do it to cis men too It fucking reeks of misogyny as this is never an issue in the men's category, that men are treated as perfect sporting bodies that are allowed to dominate due to natural advantages Either it's a problem or it's not. Be consistent

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To accept the framing of the sports question is to accept trans women can never be women. its accepting the framing of the argument. I would not support a democrat who said abortion is murder because the framing you accept by doing so is the argument. You cede the ground and lead to further harm

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