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Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Taking this opportunity to share an old story I wrote. There is a way back after suicidal ideation, with the right support. One of the first steps is often finding someone to talk to.

19thnews.org

LGBTQ+ people talk about hope and survival after suicidal ideation

Eight LGBTQ+ adults and two trans teens shared their experiences with The 19th.

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Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The 988 hotline’s LGBTQ+ youth service is back, over a year after the Trump admin shut it down. LGBTQ+ youth can once again press 3 after calling 988 to talk with specially trained counselors. This is what it looked like when the service stopped last year — partially in June, then fully in July.

This image shows an area chart demonstrating that calls, texts or chats to 988 by LGBTQ+ youth seeking specialized services through "option 3" rose continuously from September 2022 to July 2025 — then suddenly dropped down to zero, since the option was discontinued. The visualization looks like a cliff.

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Quinn Rhodes (he/him) @onqueerstreet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For a piece I’m writing, I’m looking for publications/ organisations/activists who used trans-inclusive language when talking about the decriminalisation of abortion in England & Wales earlier this year. If you have LITERALLY ANY EXAMPLES, please drop links below or email quinn@quinnrhodes.co.uk

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 29/09/2026

Oh bsky.app/profile/ecmc...

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Urvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026

There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which.

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For all that it's been barely reported in the UK press, it's still hard to understate the importance of the stance @labourunionsuk.bsky.social has taken on trans and non-binary rights this week. Every single trade union affiliated to the party of government has stood up and said we will not comply.

Joint statement from National TULO

Solidarity with the trans and non-binary community

Labour's 11 affiliated trade unions stand in total solidarity with the trans and non-binary community.

Trans rights are human rights, and trans rights are workers' rights.

We in the trade union movement will do all we can to stand up for our trans members and all our trans siblings, to protect them from persecution, harassment and attack.

The government must act now to protect all trans people, to make sure their rights are protected, expanded and upheld in our workplaces and communities.

Labour Unions

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Nick 🐙 @nickoctopus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

fun fact: one of the things that made me decide "no, I will get an actual diagnosis", rather than just assuming, was the subtitle of a thread about ADHD on the SomethingAwful forums because it hit so hard it hurt it was along the lines of "if you were lazy, you would be having fun"

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Our government thinks you're a terrorist if you protest this.

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If she was wearing a balaclava and called migrant men sex offenders she's probably be given an AAA pass

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 28/09/2026

"Banter" First line: A senior Northern Ireland nurse who humiliated a junior female colleague by pulling down her scrub trousers has been struck off. He was also convicted of sexual assault but that was quashed on appeal and he was convicted of common assault.

Senior nurse struck off for humiliating colleague in ‘a bit of banter’

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Quinn Rhodes (he/him) @onqueerstreet.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I haven’t sent a newsletter for months but I’m working on one this afternoon and would love to finish and send it. However, my brain is being a dick about my ability to actually finish anything, so support and encouragement would be very welcome rn.

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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Appalling that in 2026 our local queer spaces are getting their windows panned in. However I was so glad to be able to contribute to the massive outpouring of support from the community to help the shop fundraise for shutters. I love Category Is and recommend that you visit if you're in Glasgow

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Jojo she/her @jojofe24.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Who knew the abigail shrier who wrote this transphobic book was also a misogynist who blames women for no longer tolerating being treated badly and so men getting lonley Absolutely none of us 🫣

IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE book cover by abigail shrirer

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Goblin Purwin @goblinpurwin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Category Is Books had their windows smashed again. Donate to support them if you can www.gofundme.com/f/categoryis... #categoryisbooks #glasgow #queerbookshops

Four panel comic.
Panel 1. Image - a cartoon dog like character wearing a striped jumoer and blue trousers reads a purple book beneath a book opened like a pup tent. There is a flag that reads Category Is Books. There are five stickers: hope will never be silent, trans liberation nkw, queer queer queer books, fiercly independent and Daniel Quasar's Progress Pride Flag
Text - There is a steady rise in violence...
Panel 2. Image - the character stands looking forlornly at the book tent flattened on the ground, the stickers torn, the flag crumpled.
Text - against LGBTQ+ folk and their spaces. When it happens...
Panel 3. Image - a group of cartoon creatures help to put the book tent back up. One sits atop the spine of it holding the 'Category Is Books' flag aloft. Speech bubbles read "stronger!" "Queerer than ever!" "More Book!"
Text - our community rallies. And when it happens...
Panel 4. The book tent it restored. The cartokn creatures sit on top and inside it, reading and having lively conversations. The flag Category Is Books flies proudly again.
Text - i wish we didn't have to. I wish we were already safe.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

People were like no, using genAI doesn't deskill you. And then *all* the CEO's started announcing that not only is deskilling the explicit goal, but then they brag that they don't know how to toast a poptart

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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is because us transes can’t be trusted to report fairly on our own community, see, see how this works? The logic … it’s astounding. Transphobes committed to the bit however, they’re always welcome to comment related to trans lives, no matter how egregious the lies …

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 25/09/2026

this is 100% true AND this story has esp pissed me off w/ the gutting of "mainstream" LGBTQ media + journos. there is a version of this story we could giggle at without Ted Cruz seeing but the LGBTQ newsrooms left are either all owned by same company or self-funded and struggling so instead, this

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Lyra 💕 @lyra-scotland.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Its the personal responsibility of suicide prevention Rather than looking to the often systemic causes of suicide it takes veneer of "you could of tried better to reach your friends" its cruel People end up blaming themselves for not trying hard enough or not knowing but we are all being crushed rn

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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 24/09/2026

Peak “Where we’re at” is a story designed to be cruel to people already living on the margins being given so many resources that it breaks containment and lures in the crowd willing to financially support anyone being equally cruel to those they’ve deemed unworthy of any grace or kindness.

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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 23/09/2026

I’m actually insulted that any member of an editorial staff let this clause go unchallenged without either an expert source saying it or a linked source backing it up because it’s the entire lynchpin of the argument and theres no evidence of this claim

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Hierophant Shelley B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There's a decent paycheck waiting for any cis writer who wants to write chin-stroking articles about trans 'issues,' but a couple of quarters and a cigarette butt for the trans writers standing on the media corner with the sign reading "Will write about my people for food."

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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

i'm sorry but i find it deeply reprehensible that there is a concerted campaign to downplay the struggles trans people face.

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shelly jay shore (she/they) @shellyjayshore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

sliding bisexually onto your feed in the waning hours of bi visibility day to remind you that i'm bisexual and my books are bisexual and you (possibly also bisexual???) should definitely buy them! 🩷💜💙

Shelly, a white person in their mid-30s with curly brown hair, rainbow-framed glasses, smiles at the camera. They have a bisexual flag painted on their cheek.

A gradient background with pink, purple, and blue hearts in the corners and the cover of "Rules for Ghosting: A Novel" by Shelly Jay Shore in the center. Around the image are tropes and representation contained in the book, including: "bi trans MC / cis gay LI", "haunted funeral home! (haunted everything tbh)", "birth doula / death doula friends to lovers", "putting the 'fun' in 'dysfunctional family'", and "confronting 'assigned-eldest-daughter-at-birth' trauma."

A gradient background with pink, purple, and blue hearts in the corners and the cover of "Love Me Like a Rock Song: A Novel" by Shelly Jay Shore in the center. Around the image are tropes and representation contained in the book, including: "bi femme MC / genderfluid LI", "queer history and Jewish folklore", "epistolaries! (podcasts / journals / lists / notes / socials / texts / voicemails / etc etc etc!)", "road trip romance", and "strangers to friends to lovers."

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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Astounding how like, barely any queer press left at this point to even cover what’s happening ...

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Dems replaced action on trans rights with hollow statements, then dropped those statements, then embraced anti-trans rhetoric. Now supporting anti-trans laws and blocking pro-trans ones. At every step the "they're betraying us" radicals were correct and "be patient" liberals were completely wrong.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Burnham is concerned about foreign governments spreading, lies, disinformation, preying on people’s fears and amplifying far-right narratives in the UK. He needs to look first at what his own government has done however…

to spread lies and disinformation, and prey on people's fears.

Campaigners have accused a government minister of making "inflammatory and dangerous" remarks after comments in Parliament about single-sex spaces,
as international organisations warn new guidance could lead to increased exclusion of trans people in the UK.
Seema Malhotra, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities, told MPs that "most people have
the common sense to step in when necessary, for example when a person of the opposite biological sex enters a single sex facility in error - and when to alert a member of staff".

The Telegraph

Starmer vows to ban
'gender ideology' being taught in schools
Attempt to clarify position on matter but Labour can't define what the term means

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 21/09/2026

"We've gone from bomb threats to children's hospitals in 2022 to Democrats taking the same position as the guys who sent bomb threats to children's hospitals here in 2026. I think maybe we all need to take a step back and figure out how that happened." bsky.app/profile/kate...

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Basically people getting mad at trans people when we say we won’t vote for any politician opposing trans rights no matter the “worse“ alternative are revealing they actually never took trans rights seriously or see them as worthy of any defending. Just extra “being nice“ rights for decadent times

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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The fascists are bullying large trans healthcare providers in blue cities & states to comply—AND IT IS WORKING. Again: their *goal* is they’re going to just try to kill all the trans people. If anybody cis doesn’t get this still, wake up. Anybody helping the fascists win: congrats you’re a fascist.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 14/09/2026

This is what has happened with Labour in the UK. Most people don't believe that Labour could be transphobic - they aren't the Tories or Reform after all - and refuse to see it, and they are the most transphobic government of my life. So much harder to fight against, so much more damage done.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 18/09/2026

Cis folks really don't understand what it's like to have who you are made into a political scape goat for 5 years straight with legislation targeting every aspect of your life. And then, the only political party that pretends to care is slowly being pushed to abandon you as a political albatross.

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Kate Sloan (she/her) @katesloan.com · 18/09/2026

it's bonkers to me whenever I see someone posting an A.I.-generated sex toy review..... LLMs don't have genitals!!

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026

Trans rights is inherently a bodily autonomy issue. Just like abortion rights is. We can't have gender equity or reproductive freedom without trans rights. Full stop. You can yell at me and make up shit that you claim I've said if it makes you feel better. I don't care. I'm right. And you know it.

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Quinn Rhodes (he/him) @onqueerstreet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I’m running a @journoresources.org.uk workshop on how cisgender* journalists can cover the “trans debate”! Do you want to learn how to accurately report on trans people? Want to ask a trans journalist your questions without worrying about being rude? www.tickettailor.com/events/journ...

tickettailor.com

Buy tickets – How To Cover Trans Issues Through Journalism – Zoom

How To Cover Trans Issues Through Journalism – Zoom, Wed 7 Oct 2026 - Have you ever wanted to use your journalism to provide accurate coverage for the trans community, but felt unsure on how best to g...

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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 15/09/2026

trans people are by and large the working class. we get paid less than cis people overall (trans men make less than cis women, and trans women make less than everyone). we face housing and job discrimination. when will the conmentariat get this into their goddamned heads

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Scottish Trans @scottishtrans.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

As of May 2026, Police Scotland now ask every person who reports or witnesses a crime for data about their “sex” and their “trans status”. These questions are voluntary - you are not legally required to disclose your sex or your trans status to the police when reporting or witnessing a crime.

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Gods, I love being queer.

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tuck woodstock @tuck.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"be gay do crime" was coined to fundraise for incarcerated trans people and now it's for advertising that you can go to church to talk about heated rivalry with a straight priest(???)

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Read Settlers da Silva @cyberstalin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

SOME OF US ARE TRANS IMMIGRANTS. SOME OF US HAVE BEEN BEGGING YOU TO TALK ABOUT ICE HAS ***KILLED*** TRANS IMMIGRANTS IN DETENTION CENTERS SINCE 2002. I AM SICK OF BEING ERASED. I HAVE BEEN HERE. I DESERVE TO LIVE.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026

Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth

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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

two years ago, i was allowed to use the women's room at the airport no problem. now, the texas state government can fine the airport thousands of dollars if i use the women's bathroom.

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sasha @2damntrans.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This is exactly the outcome that the “gender-critical” movement, which is directing the EHRC, wanted. A situation in which trans people cannot exist in the workplace - or anywhere else in public - at all.

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Anine Hartmann @aninehartmann.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

«Most trans people aren’t trans, they are seriously mentally ill, and so are you» This is what my primary care doctor told me when I first came out, citing his wife, a PhD student at the national gender clinic. Now, having been found guilty of misconduct, all her work is being retracted ⬇️

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 12/09/2026

And as for 'life choices' I made the choice to transition in the same way a person with cancer 'chooses' to have chemo.

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