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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️

@nearchitecture.bsky.social
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Maker of strange electronic noises. Filmmaker and film photographer. Goes by the name of New English Architecture. She/her. newenglisharchitecture.bandcamp.com

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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Freakiest jam I've ever done in Ableton Chubby chorus style bass, noice
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
No One Likes A Terf #canona1 #colourplus200 #35mm #transpridelondon
A sign that says "no one likes a terf!", with a small trans flag in the corner
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Fuck your "respect & clarity" photo from trans pride London last Saturday #canona1 #35mm #transpridelondon
A hand with black fingernails hold a sign stating "fuck your respect & clarity" set against a trans flag.
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Temperatures up to 40° across the country, with nights being incredibly humid. Important to keep drinking water and stay out of the sun unless absolutely necessary. Shot on Harmon Redscale 35mm film with a Canon A1.
A picture of a tall, austere, looking building taken from a low angle. The picture has a reddish/orange hue to it.
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
This is what my (Tory) MP has written to me after asking him to sign EDM 240. He seems to be very critical of Nadia Whittome's wording of it. Also, about the leader of the opposition supporting "women's rights"... yeah, we all know what that code is for.
The Leader of the Opposition has long been clear about the importance of protecting women’s rights and maintaining appropriate single-sex spaces, and I share that view. I believe the Supreme Court’s judgment has provided long-needed legal clarity, and that the EHRC Code of Practice is a necessary step in ensuring that organisations can apply the law properly and consistently. At the same time, transgender people continue to have strong protections under equality law and should always be treated with dignity and respect.
 
Finally, thank you for highlighting EDM 240. As you may or may not know, Early Day Motions (EDMs) are motions that Members of Parliament can submit, but the problem is that no fixed date is set for when, or even if, they will be debated. In reality, very few EDMs actually get debated, and most are used simply to draw attention to a topic or express an opinion. This makes EDMs quite ineffective in terms of driving real action or change. It is with that sense that EDMs cannot ‘disapprove’ statutory guidance, and I worry that the wording of Nadia Whittome MP’s EDM in that sense is quite misguiding.

Another criticism of EDMs are the cost involved in printing and distributing them. On top of that, there are so many trivial EDMs that it often undermines the impact of more important ones. The sheer volume of these motions also means that those with genuine significance can easily get lost in the noise.

As a result, EDMs do not constitute a change in legislation and are entirely at the discretion of individual MPs. I hope that this information is helpful.
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Some experimental photography of flowers using prism filters from Cokin #canoneos3000 #35mm #agfa400 #cokin
A grainy photo of a blue flower with scattering red and blue colours
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Fleet Pond Nature Reserve Big light leak in the camera, but I think it looks cool #canona1 #kodakvision3500t #35mm
An image of plants among a pond, with a red light leak on the bottom of the image
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
My new album is out now on Bandcamp! Please consider listening and donating! newenglisharchitecture.bandcamp.com/album/new-en...
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Colour darkroom printing, this was the protest following the Supreme Court ruling
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
John Lewis, Kingston Shot on Zenza Bronica ETRSi 645. I miss that camera. #ZenzaBronicaETRSi #portra400 #120film #mediumformat
A shot of an escalator with many people in it
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
A beautiful shot taken on Cinestill 800t. This was a brasserie on Shaftesbury Avenue. #canona1 #cinestill800t #35mmfilm
A shop window with decorative cakes in London
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
A moody atmospheric shot of sunrays take on Fuji Provia 100f film a few years back. #fujiprovia100f #35mm #canonae1
A very moody shot of the sun beaming through the clouds
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Another rescanned old picture, not sure what tube station this was? The aesthetic is absolutely lovely though. #canonae1 #kodakultramax400 #35mm #londonunderground
A dark shot of a tube escalator with a lit roundel with the words "way out" on it, with two people on it
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Another old picture from the old archive a few years back. Taken in an ASDA in Sutton. Love the geometric shapes in this one. Shot this on Fuji X-TRA 400 film, which is now discontinued, annoyingly. #canonae1 #fujixtra400 #35mmfilm
A high angled shot of an ASDA supermarket with beams across the image
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
17/12/25 2/ Trans Kids Deserve Better outside the front of the Department of Health and Social Care in London, counter-protesting the LGB Alliance on the other side of the road. #canona1 #colorplus200 #transrightsarehumanrights #35mm
A colourful banner that says "Arm Trans Kids" Two trans protesters with two trans flags with a TERF agitator filming themA sign that says "Biological Sex is what I Had With Your Mother Last Night"Two trans protesters with a "Trans Kids Deserve Better" banner
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
17/12/25 1/ Trans Kids Deserve Better outside the front of the Department of Health and Social Care in London, counter-protesting the LGB Alliance on the other side of the road. #canona1 #colorplus200 #transrightsarehumanrights #35mm
A trans protestor outside the DHSC in London holding a carboard sign saying " Trans Kids Define Ourselves"Trans kids holding a sign saying "Trans Kids Deserve Better"Police on the left of the picture, with trans protestors with a banner on the rightTrans protestors outside the DHSC with a banner with "Hands off Trans Rights"
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Very old picture of a sunset a few years back that I shot on slide film. Can't remember if I shot this on Ektarchrome or Provia? I think it was Provia judging by the saturation. I just think it looks nice either way. #canonae1 #slidefilm #35mm
A beautiful blue evening sky, with fluffy white and pink clouds with a tree in the lower part of the picture
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Enjoy this (slightly wonky) rendition of Carol of the Bells I made with my Prophet 6 synth. Merry Christmas.
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Far right scum walking past the girl guide protest
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Of course, Gbeebies turn up at the girl guide protest
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
More from the girl guide protest in London with @whatthetrans.com
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
At the girl guide protest with @whatthetrans.com
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Same vibes
The album cover for The Strokes "This Is It".
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Went to an event last light in latex, and this was the only picture I took when I was there, lol. I think it kinda goes hard tbh.
A shot of my hand in a latex glove with a cigarette in my hand.
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
At the anti-police trans protest in Guildford, I've been told that this person in grey jacket, glasses, and short hair hair is a member of the LGB Alliance. Does anyone know this is? (Sorry for the awful quality pictures, my phone is dreadful at zooming in)
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Good day setting up my VHS player, and now i'm watching the Batman animated TV series :)
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
"How dare they celebrate when a man they simply disagreed with ended his life in a bunker in Berlin? Where is their empathy?"
A picture of Trafalgar Square during V.E day. Sign says "Victory over Germany"
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Fuck the BBC
Me giving the finger (out of focus) to the BBC at trans pride.
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Skate park, South Bank, London #canona1 #agfavista400 #35mm #skatepark
5 people in a skatepark. 4 of them are sitting whilst one of them is skateboarding.
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Just been to my local gym to enquire about if they have changed their rules around the changing rooms. This is what they got back to me with. I've since given them a follow up email asking if trans people are able to access the single sex spaces. I think they've tried to tailor their language here.
Email from my local gym regarding their changing room policy for trans people. It states:

Hi Lily, 

I've been sent your email from ---- who you were talking with the other day. 

After getting some advice on this, when you and the other students come in to use the centre you can use our gender-neutral changing rooms and toilets.  Our general neutral changing rooms are our westside changing rooms as we have individual changing cubicles and showers and our general neutral toilets are our accessible toilets. 

If you need a tour of the centre, then a member of the team will be willing to show you around. 

If you have any other questions on this, please email me.

Regards
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Same vibes
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
This is probably one the best portraits I've ever taken. Wished I got her contact details, she was such an angel. #canona1 #35mm #harmanphoenix2 #londontranspride #transrightsarehumanrights‍
A stunning smiling trans-femme with long beautiful dark brown hair, wearing a lace top, holding a rose in her right hand. The background is blurred.
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Lol, take this "supreme" court. Me at Trans Pride in London last week. #canona1 #35mm #harmanphoenix2 #londontranspride #transrightsarehumanrights‍
A picture of me outside the Supreme Court in London, giving the middle finger to the sign outside the door. I'm wearing a black hat with a jacket that has "be gay, do crime" on my upper right sleeve. I'm also wearing a dark pink dress.
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
FUCK THE EHRC
A held sign from London Trans Pride that says "FUCK THE EHRC". There is a trans flag to the right of the sign.
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
JK Rowling has nits! Pass it on! Seen at Trans Brighton Pride. #canona1 #kodakcolorplus200 #35mmfilm #filmphotography #transrightsarehumanrights🏳️
A sticker on a lampost with a picture of JK Rowling with crosshairs aimed at her. The caption on the sticker says " JK Rowling has nits, pass it on". There is also a picture of a jug of water with a cork in it just out of shot.
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
"There has never been a single moment in human history without the existence of trans people". Seen at Trans Brighton Pride. #canona1 #fuji200 #35mmfilm #filmphotography #transrightsarehumanrights🏳️‍
A cardboard sign hanging from a scaffold that says "There has never been a single moment in human history without the existence of trans people".
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Blessed are the clocky dolls! #canona1 #fuji200 #35mmfilm #filmphotography #transrightsarehumanrights🏳️‍
A sign in trans colours that says "Blessed are the clocky dolls, for they shall inherit the earth".
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Brighton Trans Pride 2025. #canona1 #fuji200 #35mmfilm #filmphotography #transrightsarehumanrights🏳️‍
A large crown of trans people and allies in Brighton, waving many trans flags.
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Funny sign from Trans Pride Brighton last Saturday #canona1 #fuji200 #35mmfilm #filmphotography #transrightsarehumanrights🏳️‍
A sign with a picture of JK Rowling with the words 
"Wanted! For crimes against the trans community. Reward 70 000 doubloons" on it.
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Being silly in the photography department Had no idea this 24mm wide angled lens would make so look so tiny, lol #canoneos3000 #ilfordhp5pushed1600 #transrights #35mmfilm
A black and white picture of a trans woman standing in a long corridor, giving the bird on both hands. She is wearing a jumpsuit, beanie, glasses and pump shoes.
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Silly girl outside Parliament
A trans woman holding a sign that says "my message to my MP...
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Mass trans lobby in Parliament right now
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
On my way to Parliament right now!
A trans woman on a train. She's wearing glasses, a hat, a red cardigan, and a polka dot blouse.
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
TW: transphobia This is the story they put on Instagram. Their name is Jesse Williams, and they have a film coming out called "Chaser." Check it out if you can, support trans artists!
Instagram story by Jesse Williams. It says: 
"The reality of living as a trans woman in the UK rn: IMPORTANT PLEASE READ
TW: hate crimes and transphobia
Sat in a park reading, minding my own business. Four teenagers cycle past me, dressed in all black, wearing balaclavas. They pelt eggs at me and yell tr4nny at me. Only one hit me, and it hit my leg. But that's besides the point. That is still an assault. I am thankful that it was eggs rather than a knife, acid, bleach, etc.
It is so scary right now to even leave the house. Every day, I am grateful to make to make it home safe. Brighton is not safe for queer people. Not anymore. There have been more and worse attacks than this in the last month, to my friends and trans siblings, I consider myself lucky. 
This is not a pity post. Its a fucking cry for help, this isn't okay, this has never been okay. If you aren't fighting for trans rights, vocally, loudly, proudly right now, you're contributing to this.
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
My Tory MP's rubbish response to the supreme court ruling. This is from Greg Stafford MP btw, who voted FOR the data amendment in parliament yesterday. He also says that the "Supreme Court’s Ruling is beyond the control of parliamentary legislation"
Thank you for taking the time to write to me about the Supreme Court’s ruling on For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers.

I strongly believe that everyone in the UK should be able to live with dignity and fulfil their potential, regardless of their sex or gender identity. I believe education plays a key role in creating a more inclusive society - one where people are treated with respect, and harmful misconceptions are challenged early on.

I appreciate you sharing your personal experience so honestly. I understand that, as a transgender woman, this ruling and the uncertainty it has created at your university and in wider society will be unsettling. I’m sorry to hear you and others have faced more open discrimination in recent days - no one should be made to feel unsafe or unwelcome. If this is the case, please do reach out to your University Wellbeing team.

The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex, concluding that the ‘concept of sex is binary.’ This comes after Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish Government had argued that transgender people with a gender recognition certificate should be afforded the same sex-based protections as biological women.

Intersex people are born with physical sex characteristics that do not fit typical definitions of male or female bodies. Estimates of how many people this affects vary considerably, depending on the definitions used. Some clinical studies suggest that intersex traits that are apparent at birth, such as atypical genitalia, occur in around 1 in 4,500 to 1 in 300 births. Broader estimates - which include variations that may not be externally visible or apparent until later in life - suggest that up to 1.7% of the population may be affected.

This wide range highlights the need for greater understanding about the nature and impact of intersex variations, both medically and socially. Greater awareness could indeed help reduce stigma, prevent harm, and support m…
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Take that Wes, you bastard. Trans Kids Deserve Better.
Several eggs in a row, with tons of smelly egg yolk dripping outside Wes Streeting's constituency
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Spotted near Westminster
The rear of a pedestrian crossing light. A sticker has been placed on it that says "FUCK JK ROWLING"
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Artsy black and white picture of me. Think I cooked here tbh :)
A black and white picture of a trans-femme person with a choker, hat and heart shaped earings, taken with a ring light, looking pretty :)
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Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ @nearchitecture.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
I think you're a hack fraud who is constantly whinging from the rooftops about being "silenced," platformed and propped up by right-wing outlets, all while Quakers are getting arrested at Quaker Hall meetings just for talking about Palestine. Piss off
Kathleen Stock: I'd love to know what those protesting against me think now
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