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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
metro.co.uk/2025/08/19/l...
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Lisa Nandy’s ‘protect the dolls’ T-shirt left a sour taste in my mouth
This isn’t allyship – it’s performative politics.
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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
www.lemonde.fr/en/global-is...
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California and other liberal states sue Trump over transgender care ban
LGBTQ+ rights have become a divisive subject in the United States, where Trump rode a wave of public support for his crusade against so-called 'woke ideology.' In his first days in office, Trump decla...
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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
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Paris Lees on her hit trans drama: ‘I have this compulsive desire to tell the truth’
The warm and darkly funny author and journalist has turned the pain of her upbringing into the BBC’s latest hit show, ‘What It Feels Like for a Girl’. She speaks to Hannah Ewens about attention seekin...
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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
www.thenational.scot/news/2525321...
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JK Rowling called our newspaper 'anti-woman'. Here's my response
THIS week JK Rowling launched an attack on The National, describing us as an "anti-woman newspaper" ...
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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
How the equality watchdog turned into a culture war campaign group iandunt.substack.com/p/judgement-...
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Judgement Day for the EHRC
How the equality watchdog turned into a culture war campaign group
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/06/2025
1. The US Transgender Survey has finally been released, and the results are stunning. - <1% of people are less satisfied after HRT. - The most common reason for detransition, pausing transition, or stopping transition is transphobia. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Largest Trans Survey Ever: Top Reason Trans People Stop Transitioning Is Transphobia
“In almost every single case, the reason was anti-trans discrimination in the form of pressure to ‘detransition’ from one’s family, friends, or community.”
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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Guess what .. all the evidence says gender affirming care is safe, effective and beneficial www.intomore.com/culture/utah...
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Utah Republicans just f-ed around and found out - INTO
They didn't get the bigoted results they'd planned on
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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
metro.co.uk/2025/05/27/h...
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'Humanising trans people is so important right now – our BBC series does that'
'Trans people will exist beyond this political moment that we’re in right now.'
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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
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What It Feels Like For A Girl's cast and creative team discuss the wild and anarchic drama series
The drama is a journey of love and danger, self-discovery and self-destruction. Because to find yourself sometimes you need to lose yourself...
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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Exactly this ... www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/21/l...
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'Keir Starmer's cowardice has made Labour a party for no one'
Amelia Hansford writes her belief that Labour's lack of commitment to any of its positions has made it a party for no one.
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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
www.them.us/story/cass-r...
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Researchers Say a Pivotal Anti-Trans Study Is Riddled With Flaws
The Cass Review, a major influence on anti-trans policy, reportedly contains “methodological flaws and unsupported claims.”
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 12/05/2025
You can say that again.
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Youth mobility scheme with EU will help to right the Brexit wrongs
The EU-UK youth mobility scheme promises the first freedom of movement since Brexit stole it all away from us.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
An anniversary worth marking. I'm sure we're going to see the very people who have trashed its legacy seek to appropriate WW2 today - so let's remember what was really fought for: peace, a more united Europe, a land fit for heroes (mark 2) and the defeat of fascism.
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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Transgender people’s lives at risk of being made ‘unliveable’, says Nicola Sturgeon www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Transgender people’s lives at risk of being made ‘unliveable’, says Nicola Sturgeon
Former Scottish first minister expresses concern about interim advice from EHRC
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
🚨🚨🚨 Action Alert 🚨🚨🚨 Parliament is reportedly questioning OFCOM *tomorrow* over its responsibilities: www.advanced-television.com/2025/05/02/m... You can help by contacting the committee & highlighting Ofcom's repeated failures with GB News: committees.parliament.uk/committee/37...
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MPs to question Ofcom chiefs
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons is to question Ofcom Chief Executive Melanie Dawes and Chair Lord Grade on the work of the com
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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
This is a man with very poor judgement ... news.sky.com/story/wes-st...
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Wes Streeting denies Labour has made 'mistakes' with 'unpopular' policies despite poor local election results
The health secretary defends policies such as the cut to winter fuel payment and the national insurance hike and says: "Change takes time."
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Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 03/05/2025
There are a lot of bad takes from the election results. Pushing to go further right is one of them. If some ppl want far right, why would they vote Labour? It’s not who we are and we shouldn’t try to be. We can be the hope over the fear. Bold, optimistic ideas don’t belong to the far right /1
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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
“Trans women have never felt like a risk or a threat or a problem .. I honestly cannot think of an example where our trans-inclusive policy has been a problem for a service user” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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‘Trans women have never felt like a threat’: women’s refuges grapple with supreme court ruling
UK gender decision ignites debate among professionals working in the domestic abuse and rape crisis spheres
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Could the two-party, Labour and Tory-dominated, political system be over? youtu.be/9mEZofx3Na4?... Labour's been knocked for six. The Tories face oblivion. And Reform are threatening politics as we know it. Did Thursday represent a political earthquake?
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Could the two-party, Labour and Tory-dominated, political system be over?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The absence of trans people from the British media is part of the problem. I'd like to offer mentoring to trans people trying to get into journalism, free of charge. Most of my experience is obviously in political commentary, but I might be passably useful in news and other areas.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
A six does it www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/05... Labour lost to Reform in Runcorn by six votes last night. But there is a much bigger story than that, which is that unless we get electoral reform now, last night made clear that fair elections in much of the UK might be over.
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A six does it
I am glad that I did not stay up all night waiting for the by-election result in Runcorn and Helsby, because it was only called at 6.00, after several recounts. Reform has overturned a Labour majorit...
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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
The EHRC’s’ guidance “provides one last chance for the government to step in and grasp the nettle to establish a more measured and humane status quo and prevent themselves from facing a much worse crisis in future” Read Ian Dunt’s excellent piece in full iandunt.substack.com/p/everything...
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Everything you need to know about the trans Supreme Court case
What it said, what it didn't, and what happens next.
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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
"It’s possible to make this unjust, unenforceable verdict into a tipping point: it might take years of fighting on every front, but if we want to stop fascism .. the struggle for trans rights and representation is one that should concern us all" novaramedia.com/2025/04/29/h...
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How the UK Establishment Crushed Trans Rights | Novara Media
From the Guardian to Westminster, why do the British media and political class consistently unite to manufacture consent for laws that make the lives of the working class, migrants and minorities wors...
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Steve Reed, "No return to Freedom of Movement, EU Single Market, or a Customs Union" Labour are the blockers to economic growth What an absolute disgraceful let down Labour have turned out to be
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Robin Moira White @robinmoirawhite.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
I’d ask my many cis-gender friends and followers to take a moment today to consider this scenario. You are so unhappy / uncomfortable with your birth sex that you choose to live as the opposite sex at the cost of family and other relationships.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Keir Starmer is the UK's prime minister without ever understanding what the role demands, or that he has none of the required skills to undertake the task. youtu.be/8DKWiFW-XaI?...
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Keir Starmer is the UK's prime minister without ever understanding what the role demands.
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Can there be anybody left who either likes or trusts Keir Starmer?
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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
www.declassifieduk.org/morgan-mcswe...
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Morgan McSweeney's ‘plot without precedent in Labour history’
A new book chronicles how Labour strategist Morgan McSweeney used ‘any means necessary’ to destroy Corbyn as leader and install Starmer.
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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Some of these people are not very nice ... www.planetrans.org/2025/04/anti...
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Anti-Trans Activist Nicola Murray Found Guilty of Child Abuse
Nicola Murray who benefited monetarily from Scotland's "Let Women Speak" was found guilty of child abuse and listed as a child predator.
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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
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Supreme Court Ruling Is Anything But Clear – And Endangers All Women's Rights, Trans Group Warns
TransActual wrote to Keir Starmer about the "widespread confusion and fear" caused by the judgement.
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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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You have no friends because you're a transphobic asshole | Katelyn Burns
Get more from Katelyn Burns on Patreon
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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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What the Labour Government Could Do Today to Protect Trans Rights: A Practical Roadmap
By Joanne Lockwood FIEDP FRSA | Inclusive Culture Expert | SEE Change Happen
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
If you know, you know
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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
‘One hell of a turnout’: trans activists rally in London against gender ruling www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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‘One hell of a turnout’: trans activists rally in London against gender ruling
Thousands gather in Parliament Square in a show of unity after supreme court judgment
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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Rolling back trans+ rights in the UK (again): medium.com/@nancymirand...
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Rolling back trans+ rights in the UK (again):
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Court ruling on ‘woman’ at odds with UK Equality Act aim, says ex-civil servant
‘Clear premise’ was to give trans and biological women same sex discrimination rights, says official who helped draft act
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sarahlnx.bsky.social @sarahlnx.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This government has one last chance to take a progressive path. Otherwise, we’re at the point of no return | John McDonnell
In her spring statement, I urge Rachel Reeves to look beyond short-term economic stability – and towards tackling long-term inequality, says former Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
It costs about £470 million a day to run the NHS, so if the £500m Streeting is promising by eliminating NHS England does materialise, it should keep the service going for one day.
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Your regular reminder 👇 🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS 🏫 78% want publicly owned schools 💧 73% want publicly owned water 🚂 70% want publicly owned rail ✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail 🚍 67% want publicly owned buses 💡 65% want publicly owned energy
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EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities
Privatisation has failed.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 10/03/2025
Anyone find it funny how when the UK releases the Cass review to ban trans care, we get everything ranging from New York Times push notifs to op-eds in every major US paper... But when Germany, Switzerland, and Austria release pro-trans youth care guidelines, not a single article anywhere but mine?
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CNN @cnn.com · 09/03/2025
A vital, US-run monitoring system focused on spotting food crises before they turn into famines has gone dark after the Trump administration slashed foreign aid: cnn.it/3Dno38X
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A US-run system alerts the world to famines. It’s gone dark after Trump slashed foreign aid | CNN
A vital, US-run monitoring system focused on spotting food crises before they turn into famines has gone dark after the Trump administration slashed foreign aid.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 09/03/2025
“I didn’t want a transgender child. I’m so ashamed of myself now” Nothing but love for @alicemydaughter.bsky.social for this interview with the Sunday Times magazine for her book, "Her name is Alice"
Double page Sunday Times magazine spread - “I didn’t want a transgender child. I’m so ashamed of myself now”
When Caroline Litman discovered that her 16-year-old wanted to become a girl, she was heartbroken. She explains how she learnt to accept Alice as her daughter — but couldn’t save her life
INTERVIEW BY LAURA PULLMAN, PORTRAIT BY ANNA BATCHELORThe shock set in the moment they found the GP’s letter, left open in the kitchen beside the kettle. It was an autumn morning in 2018 when Caroline Litman’s husband, Peter, rushed upstairs to confess to his wife that he’d glimpsed the letter to their 16-year-old. It raised the possibility that the anxiety their child had been suffering might stem from “gender dysphoria”. The couple were blindsided.
“It wasn’t a boy child that I longed for. It was a happy child. If transitioning could bring that happy child back out, I was all for it”

Shortly afterwards, there were moments of light. Alice asked if the family could get a new dog — their old dog had recently died — and within a week they had found Pippin, a one-eyed Romanian rescue dog who became a dependable friend. That summer Alice came downstairs from her bedroom wearing a dress for the first time — a floral item that seemed to make her giddy with happiness. “I was trying so hard to be loving and accepting,” Litman says, “but inside I was, like, ‘What’s she doing? She looks ridiculous.’ Oh God, bless her!” she says, laughing fondly. “I felt really uncomfortable.”In the UK, Litman argues, trans healthcare is not fit for purpose. In March 2020, after Alice had turned 18, she was discharged from CAMHS psychiatric services as she was now a legal adult. Aged 19 she moved out of home to live with a friend in Brighton. The hope was that she would find a job or complete a course that could lead to a university place, but by her mental health was too fragile. In April 2022, using an e-consult form, Alice told a new GP in Brighton of her fears that she wasn’t taking the right medication. “I often feel hopeless, and helpless and that life is not worth living,” she wrote. An appointment was made for July.

She didn’t make it. On May 26, 2022, around 8.30am, a policeman knocked on Litman’s front door. She assumed that something had happened to her 95-year-old mother, who’d spent the night in hospital after a gardening accident. “My brain was protecting me,” she says, quietly remembering that morning.

The offcer suggested that the couple sit down in their living room before breaking the news. A body had been found by a passer-by earlier that morning on the Undercliff Walk between Brighton and Rottingdean. The first devastating task was telling Kate, who was studying for a history master’s at Leeds University, and Harvey, who was travelling with his girlfriend in Guatemala, before they heard the news somehow elsewhere.

Litman doesn’t like gentle euphemisms for death. “I just find it so offensive because Alice’s death wasn’t peaceful and calm and a slipping away,” she says. “It was cruel and brutal, harsh and horrible.”
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 03/03/2025
My wife, Rep. Zooey Zephyr, is working her ass off in the Montana legislature, railing against bill after bill, day after day. This is just one of many speeches I've watched her give... but it's one of the most powerful. This on a bill that criminalizes us for being trans. Watch her speak.
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