Reposted by Steph PatonMark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 22hA fascinating editorial decision from the BBC, to make the headline a scaremongering “AUTISM AND ADHD ARE BEING OVERDIAGNOSED”, and then, four bullet points later, have the author of the report quoted as essentially saying “nah, that’s bullshit, actually”. 27918404
Steph Paton @stephpaton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Do Labour really believe they can draw a line under the support they gave to an outspokenly genocidal regime for years without addressing their role? www.thenational.scot/politics/266...thenational.scotLabour’s ‘reset’ on Palestine seems to be hollow at its very coreTHE scale of Israel’s atrocities will be forever burned into our collective consciousness; the past three years of destruction, murder and political cowardice pressing into history as a moment of such... 0152
Reposted by Steph PatonTransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026TransActual partnered with @scottishtrans.bsky.social and @transsolidarity.bsky.social to bring messages from this month’s Mass Lobby for Trans Equality to the Labour conference in Liverpool, and to ask the party: what now for our standing on LGBTQ+ rights? 010332
Steph Paton @stephpaton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Outside Labour conference in Liverpool this morning. Farewell to Britain's standing on LGBTQ+ rights. 🎈 110524
Reposted by Steph PatonQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 23/09/2026Unlike Section 28, these rules are spread across a myriad of documents, which will make it harder for LGBTQIA+ groups to fight to overturn their harmful impacts Read our full analysis 👇 24827
Steph Paton @stephpaton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026In a reasonable world, that last sentence should have been the end of the story. But when it comes to the campaign against trans people, apparently, you can take any unevidenced claim and still say that it 'raises questions' about us. 04912
Steph Paton @stephpaton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026'Remaining silent in the face of great injustice is a political choice. It is not “apolitical” to undermine the pro-Palestine movement by refusing to call a genocide a genocide. Nor is it apolitical to allow a billionaire to dictate who can tour with you.' www.thenational.scot/politics/265...thenational.scotEd Sheeran failed to realise world is now alert to the genocide in GazaED Sheeran is a man out of time. Three years ago, when the status quo was hanging by a fingernail, Macklemore’s forced exit from Sheeran’s North… 2154
Reposted by Steph PatonLaura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 16/09/2026🔴Tories, Reform, Scottish Government basically totally aligned here. All oppose a moratorium but are saying pleasantries about better planning guidance and community engagement 🔴 Labour want a pause on data centre decisions, none until there's new national planning guidance 2116
Steph Paton @stephpaton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It has everything to do with it. And even then, Macklemore's set wasn't an issue until rich stadium owners stepped in and demanded he be dropped. Sheeran had a choice, and chose censorship. 130
Steph Paton @stephpaton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Fucked him over how? By calling for an end to the slaughter of children? 120
Steph Paton @stephpaton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026And if Sheeran had a spine, he would have used his own status and wealth to protect his friend. Instead he chose to kiss the ring. 170
Steph Paton @stephpaton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It's only an 'impossible situation' if you think racist billionaires should be free to censor artists who oppose genocide... 2287
Reposted by Steph PatonTransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Mae pobl traws yng Nghymru wedi cael eu gadael mewn ansicrwydd yn dilyn penderfyniad gan GIG Cymru i atal mynediad at lawdriniaethau cadarnhau rhywedd heb rybudd. transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/09... 0217
Steph Paton @stephpaton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Write to the Chief Commissioner at NHS Wales and demand urgent action be taken to reinstate gender affirming surgery immediately. transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/09... 02211
Reposted by Steph PatonTransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Trans people in Wales have been left in limbo following a decision by NHS Wales to pause access to gender affirming surgeries without warning. Write to the Chief Commissioner at NHS Wales today, and demand that access to surgery is reinstated immediately. transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/09... 05028
Reposted by Steph PatonMark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Scotland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Huh? Wales: We want to leave the UK BBC: What? Northern Ireland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Lolz Some shithole in Oxfordshire: We want to leave the UK because racism BBC: REPORT THE HELL OUT OF THIS #Piddington 7233431000
Reposted by Steph PatonScottish Trans @scottishtrans.bsky.social · 15/09/2026As 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. 816581
Steph Paton @stephpaton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Small turnout for the nazi rally in Glasgow today. 010
Reposted by Steph Patonsasha @2damntrans.bsky.social · 12/09/2026This 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. 4392124
Reposted by Steph PatonMarlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...variety.comLilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk. 100115254262
Reposted by Steph PatonTrans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Thank you to everyone who took part in the lobby yesterday ❤️ Hundreds of participants, loads of MPs and staff, dozens of volunteers, so many meaningful conversations - and endless love and solidarity. If you can support our work, it makes a real difference: www.transsolidarityalliance.com/donate 113345
Steph Paton @stephpaton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It was embarrassing enough for the Proclaimers to have supported the Alba party... 2172
Steph Paton @stephpaton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"Whatever enduring image Reform UK had hoped to leave in the wake of their recent party conference in Birmingham, I doubt it looks much like the one they got." www.thenational.scot/politics/265...thenational.scotReform UK appear to condone violence against ‘enemies’WHATEVER enduring image Reform UK had hoped to leave in the wake of their recent party conference in Birmingham, I doubt it looks much like the one… 051
Reposted by Steph PatonRyan Vamps @ryanvance.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Re: last retweet. As a result of taking part in a creative freelancer development program, I've met many people I'd expect to hate AI have confessed to being open to using it, or are already using it. But it has materially ruined my life, probably theirs too. I can't see it as a tool, only a threat. 072
Reposted by Steph PatonQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 05/09/2026Questions are being raised over the evidence behind NHS Wales's decision to cancel surgeries for Welsh Gender Service patients, who tell QueerAF of their 'absolute devastation' www.wearequeeraf.com/devastated-u...wearequeeraf.com“Devastated”: Up to 800 Trans+ patients affected by Welsh Gender Service surgery cancellationsQuestions are being raised over the evidence behind NHS Wales's decision to cancel surgeries for Welsh Gender Service patients, who tell QueerAF of their 'absolute devastation' 410932
Reposted by Steph Patononlycans @onlycans.bsky.social · 05/09/2026just stop oil protesters got five years in jail for *planning* to do this to the M25. 3729781280
Steph Paton @stephpaton.bsky.social · 28/08/2026It's just Section 28's ban on 'promoting homosexuality' with a bit of fresh paint. 03415
Reposted by Steph PatonQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 28/08/2026PinkNews faced a choice: serve the community or chase mass-produced, uncontroversial content. Its decision to cave to the algorithm has left it in reputational and financial tatters. wearequeeraf.comMetric anxiety is fueling a dangerous decline in quality queer journalismWhy so many articles about queer people focus on celebs, rely on pics of hypermasculine guys and use rage-bait misinformation 017851
Reposted by Steph PatonJames Walker @jameslwalker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026EXCLUSIVE: Inside the huge AI data centre lobbying campaign sweeping through Holyrood. 8 companies, 2 industry bodies, over 30 meetings involving MSPs, ministers and the First Minister 👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2649139...thenational.scotInside the huge AI data centre lobbying campaign sweeping through HolyroodAI data centre developers and the wider industry have engaged in a sustained lobbying blitz of the Scottish Parliament, The National can reveal ... 01814
Reposted by Steph PatonTACC @tacc.org.uk · 18/08/2026"GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today warned that the UK’s revised Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations, in force as of 5 August, may place transgender and gender-diverse persons at heightened risk of discrimination and exclusion." www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...ohchr.orgUK: Revised Code of Practice risks institutionalising discrimination against transgender and gender-diverse persons, warn UN expertsGENEVA – UN human rights experts* today warned that the UK’s revised Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations, in force as of 5 August, may place transgender and gender-divers... 10277116
Steph Paton @stephpaton.bsky.social · 18/08/2026If ever there was proof that the Scottish press is fundamentally fucked, its that McKenna and the Herald will pick up press awards every year while publishing ignorant shit like this. 070
Reposted by Steph Patonjess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I cannot stress enough: the AI bubble has already popped it is just being kept on life support by corporations trying to squeeze even a dollar more out of their shit investment, and tech bros doing the same before abandoning their shit company startups. keep hating on AI, you're winning 22100824331
Reposted by Steph PatonRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 18/08/2026So often what are called “culture wars” are one set of people saying “please can we live without perpetual persecution” and another saying “no, f*** you” but the press considering the latter group have “legitimate concerns” and must be perpetually platformed 402855859
Reposted by Steph PatonQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 17/08/2026Darlington Nurses - the group whose legal case undermined Trans+ rights - met with EHRC chair in a meeting they described as focusing on "the treatment of professionals holding Christian and gender-critical beliefs" 41910
Reposted by Steph PatonRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This is part one of a blog post about gaslighting - in this case how the anti trans movement aims to break you , but it applies in many other situations and finding increasing number of people who have experienced some version of this www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po...patreon.comThe Gaslight Years - part one | Robin Ince“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to dea 43584227
Reposted by Steph PatonTransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Can you help us reach more people than ever before? Respond to our Trans Lives Survey today, and share on your social media, so we can get a full picture of the experiences and views of trans people in the UK. Take the survey here: form.typeform.com/to/BRppksJ3 #TransLives #TransSurvey #Trans 13529
Steph Paton @stephpaton.bsky.social · 13/08/2026And for this, he was rewarded with a seat in the House of Lords. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...dailyrecord.co.ukScottish Labour membership 'slumped by over 30%' when Anas Sarwar was leaderEXCLUSIVE: Leadership contender Michael Marra put a figure on Scottish Labour's membership total at a trade union hustings. 0111
Steph Paton @stephpaton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026After a rocky relationship with his predecessor Keir Starmer, it’s nice that the tango tyrant and Burnham have a shared interest to bond over – even if it is hastening the end of the world as we know it. www.thenational.scot/business/264...thenational.scotWhy is Andy Burnham playing silly games with our collective future?A WISE person on Twitter once said that the catastrophic effects of climate change would be something we watched on our phone screens, getting… 052
Steph Paton @stephpaton.bsky.social · 31/07/2026And the GCs have lost their second case today. High Court has rejected an attempt to stop the PATHWAYS puberty blocker trial going ahead. 0110
Steph Paton @stephpaton.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Sex Matters has lost a challenge today against the National Police Chief's Council and British Transport Police. With another High Court judgment expected at 2PM on whether or not the PATHWAYS puberty blocker trial should go ahead, let's hope GC activists go two for two on publicly failing. 1262
Reposted by Steph PatonFergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 29/07/2026Unison, Aslef, Usdaw, and the Musicians’ Union have now announced that they're boycotting the Labour Women's Conference over the party's anti-trans stance. Should they keep paying Labour money at all, though? 0186
Steph Paton @stephpaton.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Labour's conversion abuse ban is no good at all - so why would the SNP extend it to Scotland? www.thenational.scot/politics/264...thenational.scotSteph Paton: Adopting flawed Labour conversion ‘therapy’ bill isn't good enoughA KEY tenet of successive SNP-led governments has, since 2014, been the promise to mitigate, where it can, the worst of Westminster. 1153
Steph Paton @stephpaton.bsky.social · 21/07/2026It is the most noble of British traditions to give peerage or reward to those leaving their party in tatters behind them. 0100
Reposted by Steph PatonLiLBazula 👻 🎃 @lilbazza.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Nothing more broke lib brained than "social progress is when you also let the gays run the killing industrial complex" 34444103