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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I've talked about this before, but it is very hard when you see how moral red lines are drawn, and the complete gutting of trans people's civil rights is entirely within an accepted norm and barely remarked upon even by many progressives.

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Trans Pride Exeter @transprideexeter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thank you to everyone who came to the afterparty! We had a ball. Especially all the performers who gave came together to make it all happen! Belladonna Bontanical, Scamp, Hell Au Kitty, HellOWeenie and our amazing local queen of the night, Pandoramidnight

a collage of photos from the Trans Pride Exeter 2026 afterparty, with performers on a black stage decorated with placards from the protest and flags. The first two photos show @belladonnabotanical in lime green and black, the third shows @hell.au.kitty in her whte bunny suit and furry top hat, and the 4th in a bright pink corset underneath it.

A collage of photos showing drag king @scamp4u talking to their football, and then partially stripped, rummaging in their bag. The photos of @hell.o.weenie show her lipsyncing - and the last photo is with our host for the night,

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Trans Pride Exeter @transprideexeter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thank you all for coming! You all made Trans Pride Exeter 2026 an amazing day; we marched, we came together in protest, love and solidarity for all.

A collage of photos from the Trans Pride Exeter 2026 March.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"The new EHRC is discriminatory & excludes trans, non-binary & gender diverse people from swathes of public life, including their working lives. The law must be changed. The EHRC guidance is unworkable, is absurd & it is cruel" Maria from the @cwunews.bsky.social at #TUC26

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I’ve reached the point - well actually, I reached it a while ago - where I’m militantly anti-AI. Fine - use it in bioscience labs and radiology where it might help analyse data more effectively. Use it sparingly for systems engineering. Everywhere else, it can fuck off.

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Sophie Rebecca 🏳️‍⚧️🩰 @sophiedancer.co.uk · 29/08/2026

We’ve been saying for many years that once they’re done with trans kids it trans adults next, if you didn’t think it’d happen you were wrong. Stockpile your HRT, make plans to escape the UK if you can, if you can’t, join / build community connections like @essehouse.bsky.social

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UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.northsky.social · 29/08/2026

Wales is just the start. It'll be England and Scotland next, and likely quickly. We have to do what we have to do to survive this. It'll change back at some point and we need to be there to tell our stories and point the finger.

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Kristina the estrogen witch 💉 @nightkristina.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Today, my heart goes out to those who have had their surgeries cancelled due to unknown circumstances (likely transphobes in NHS England) in Wales. This is devastating and will kill people. www.reddit.com/r/transgende...

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From the transgenderUK community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the transgenderUK community

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

You can’t understand it unless you recognise: the people doing it *loved it*, they had an absolute blast, just as they always do kicking fuck out of some despised unperson, until suddenly all their fun was ruined and they were left babbling excuses.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

NEW: Last week, HHS released a new report alleging that gender-affirming care is a hotbed of fraud by predatory doctors. @billiejsweeney.bsky.social and I dug into it and found numerous problems. This piece was done in partnership between @accountabilityji.bsky.social and @assignedmedia.org.

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New HHS Report on Gender-Affirming Care Rife With False Information

“As soon as you politicize any sort of healthcare it's a really slippery slope.”

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/08/2026

In the summer of 2013, two esoteric, technical, incredibly important texts were published within weeks of one another: the first is the Snowden leaks, which revealed a system of global, pervasive digital surveillance. 1/

"Eugène Delacroix's painting 'La Liberté guidant le peuple' ('Liberty Leading the People'), depicting the French revolution as a ragtag group of peasants led by a flag-waving, bare-breasted incarnation of 'Liberty.' The painting has been altered: the scene is now being observed with a giant, smoke-shrouded CCTV dome, and the distant building have been replaced with a mainframe computer.

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 05/08/2026

Today the UK is putting into practice aggressive restrictions on trans people using toilets and changing rooms. This follows a complex legal/political mess over two years. The UK was among the best countries in Europe on LGBTQ rights; now it's among the worst. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-t...

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The End of Trans Rights in the UK Is the Start of Democratic Collapse

It's never just one minority.

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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 05/08/2026

Happy Secregation Day! Woop woop! Just kidding about the happy part, but it is segregation day. #SegrationIsDiscrimination #SegragationDay

Women marching with a sign that reads, segregation is discrimination.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 26/07/2026

150,000 marched yesterday in London for trans rights. Opened the Sky News app. Scrolled and scrolled. Nothing. BBC News app. Nothing. Guardian app. Nothing. This is what actual silencing looks like.

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Trans Pride Exeter @transprideexeter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

With TransPrideFalmouth, to TransPrideScotland! From North to South, Trams Pride Collective is here museumoftransology.com/trans-pride-...

Marches from Trans Pride Scotland and Falmouth.

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 25/07/2026

Many trans prides from across the country have come to this protest, including @transprideexeter.bsky.social

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 23/07/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ Are you an organisation that has been unable to provide third toilets or spaces? 🏳️‍⚧️Have you been unable to access spaces or services which you were previously accessing? Please tell us about your experiences here: goodlaw.social/946e3c

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Have you been impacted by the new Code of Practice?

If you are an individual or organisation who has been negatively impacted by this statutory guidance – please tell us about your experiences.

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I've signed and sent a letter - from authors, broadcasters, journalists, artists, scholars and performers - to express our deep concern at @exeter.ac.uk’s troubling plans to make mass redundancies within the Humanities Dept @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social. I would love it if you read and shared widely.

Dear Vice Chancellor, Provost, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean for the Faculty of Humanities,
Arts and Social Sciences and Chair of Council (cc Director of Human Resources and Chief Financial
Officer)
We write, as authors, broadcasters, journalists, artists, publishers, academics and performers in the public
sphere, to express our deep concern at the University of Exeter’s plans to make redundancies within the
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS). The cuts come at a point when Exeter is not in
deficit, and they are not distributed equally across the university. With 114 of the proposed 153 FTE
academic redundancies falling within HASS, the University is dismantling areas of established excellence
and international renown in a Russell Group University whose reputation is known to be outstanding in the
Humanities. Several of the disciplines subject to the proposed cuts, including Classics and Ancient History,
English and Creative Writing, History, and Theology and Religion are among the UK’s strongest according
to league tables, the Research Excellence Framework (REF), the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF),
and other recognised indicators, including QS World Rankings.
The extent of the proposed cuts is both shocking and misguided. Exeter is seeking to make up to 20
academics redundant in English and Creative Writing, out of a headcount of 62. In Languages and Visual
Culture upwards of 17 colleagues will be made redundant, decimating subjects including Art History and
Visual Culture, French, German, Italian, Hispanic Studies, Russian and Chinese. 5 posts will go or have
gone in Classics and Ancient History (2 academics have already left), out of a staff body of 20. In Theology
and Religion up to 5 academics will be made redundant out of a group of 13. In History over 17 colleagues
will be made redundant, out of a staff body of 53. In the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies staff are
facing a headcount reduction of almost a third (6FTE out …

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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

🧵Yesterday government published a new version of KSCIE - its safeguarding guidance for English schools and colleges. In broad terms, it is trying to make every school and college adopt the practices of the most unsupportive schools (the schools supportive parents avoid!) tinyurl.com/43rmtczm

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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

🚨 Parliament is back today. Join us in asking your MP to reject the EHRC’s harmful Code of Practice: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode

Reject the code

Our communities deserve better than this

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Trans Pride Exeter @transprideexeter.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

The new EHRC guidance breaks the Equality Act - Trans/non-binary and gender non-comforming people can be excluded from facilities and pushed out of daily life. It will be law in 40 days - without any manifesto commitments, or even a single vote unless our MPs demand one NOW. Join us in protest

Poster detailing upcoming protest against the new EHCR guidance. It reads:
"Protest Labour's Bathroom Ban. Say no to segregation of trans people. Sunday 31st of May 2026 1 PM to 3 PM. Bedford Square, Princesshay EX1 1GJ. Hosted by Trans Pride Exeter www.TPEX.uk."

The body of the poster is a drawing of protest placards in pastel colours with various phrases including "30 year waiting waiting lists", "spat on", "outed" "banned from toilets", "denied healthcare", "denied homes", "denied equal access", "denied employment", and "Segregated". Other placards show a circle with a cross through

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 24/05/2026

“In the space of a few years, the UK has moved from a broadly inclusive status-quo to being the most aggressively anti-trans developed democracy in the world.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-t...

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The End of Trans Rights In the UK Is the Start Of Democratic Collapse

It's never just one minority.

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Trans Pride Exeter @transprideexeter.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

At Exeter Pride @exeterpride.bsky.social we'll ask for your help. Here's some things you can do that will help right now. 1. Are you a cis woman fed up with anti-trans rhetoric in your name? Then please join 100,000+ other women and sign this open letter. notinourname.org.uk

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 14/10/2025

Today, we and the Trans Exile Network have made a joint submission to the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law regarding the UK Supreme Court's judgment in the For Women Scotland v. Scottish Ministers case of April 2025. tacc.org.uk/2025/10/14/p...

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Press Release – Submission to the CoE Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law regarding the UK’s non-compliance in Goodwin v. UK - tacc.org.uk

Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective and the Trans Exile Network seek urgent re-opening of enforcement of key human rights decision against UK. Today, the Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective ...

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Trans Pride Exeter @transprideexeter.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

We did a thing today!

Exeter high street full of protesters at the first Trans Pride Exeter.

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 04/10/2025

Good morning, Kristina (@nightkristina.bsky.social) here reporting on Exeter Trans Pride. We will shortly be heading over to England's worst GIC, The Laurels on Dixs Field, to gather - With a waiting list of 31 years for a first appointment.

The sign at the entrance of The Laurels GIC in Exeter.

Kristina at Exeter Central station earlier this morning.

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Melissa @storminaccup.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

I'm selling art at Teignmouth Pride for Trans Makers Market. The Mari Lloyd says Trans Rights.

A Mari Lwyd stands next to an easel with an abstract Trans Pride flag made with blown encaustic wax.

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Melissa @storminaccup.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Trans and non-binary community picnic? In Exeter on the 5th July - do come along and eat cake, or salad, with us.

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Trans Pride Exeter @transprideexeter.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Our online Consultation workshop is tomorrow - come along, and we can help each other get through this.

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Melissa @storminaccup.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

I'm at Exmouth Pride. running a stall for Exeter Trans group and @transprideexeter.bsky.social

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Trans Pride Exeter @transprideexeter.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

If you are looking at the EHRC's consultation and feeling overwhelmed or unsure what to write - then come along and we will help you fill in together. This mean you, and organisations you're a part of, can fight against the Supreme Court's attack on trans rights

poster for Trans Pride Exeter's EHRC consultation workshop
- with the Intercom Trust
Wednesday 18th June, 4-6pm. In person at the Intercom Office, Exeter
Monday 23rd June, 6-8pm, Online

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Trans Pride Exeter @transprideexeter.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Now Exeter Pride is over, we've got time to post some pics of our protest on the 3/5/25:

A crowd gather around a huge trans flag, while a speach is being made

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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 10/05/2025

One thing I've noticed is that as the unwillingness of authorities and institutions to actually listen to the masses becomes apparent, revealing modern "democratic norms" to have been a political fiction, people increasingly vent their frustrations and despair at their powerlessness on each other.

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Trans Pride Exeter @transprideexeter.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Thank you, everyone for coming today!

A crowd of people in Bedford Squere, Exeter, holding an enormous trans pride flag, while speaches are read out

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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

So many stories of immediate and direct and devastating impacts on trans children's lives since the Supreme Court and EHRC attacks on basic human rights. In the past few days there have been so many harms that have already caused trauma, fear, pain, hopelessness. How dare they. #ProtectTransKids

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Melissa @storminaccup.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

This sort of story comes as no surprise. I'm wondering if I might even have interacted with the, now adult, child in this story. 1/n

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phantasmAgaric 🍄 @lalonde.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

if there's one single message we need to get across to the public, it's that transitioning meaningfully alters your biological sex, and anti-trans attempts to deny that are word games that are so torturous and unserious that they can only be motivated by bigotry

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Weird Alex @jackalpants.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

THE CHAFF PROJECT Hi! Are you cis in the UK and you'd like to support trans rights? Great! How: buy a trans flag pin and wear it in public. Why: chaff is an overwhelming amount of false positives so that when a missile gets close to the plane, it hits the chaff and not the plane.

A very simple diagram showing radar, a chaff cloud, a confused missile and an airplane. The confused missile is aiking for the chaff cloud and not the airplane.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 25/04/2025

🏳️‍⚧️ NEW 🏳️‍⚧️ We believe the Supreme Court – which disgracefully refused to hear from trans people before its decision last week – has placed the UK in breach of its obligations under the Human Rights Act. So we’re readying a challenge – join us: goodlaw.social/xpme

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Help us challenge the Supreme Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 22/04/2025

I am being serious, cis people wearing these in toilets would do such a massive amount to help trans people right now.

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Trans Legal Project @translegalproject.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

URGENT: Following yesterday's public protests & our thread calling for everyone to contact their MP urgently here is some guidance on what you might say in an email. This is not a time for thinking someone else will fix this. Please read, share and ACT! www.translegalproject.org/post/urgent-...

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URGENT ACTION: Write to your MP to protest the Supreme Court ruling and the EHRC's proposals to impose draconian bans on trans people from single-sex spaces.

The trans community is facing a major crisis in the UK after the Supreme Court ruled last week that for the purposes of The Equality Act 2010 sex should be classified as biological (i.e. as recorded a...

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

🧵NOT BY ME, this is a post from someone who wants to remain anonymous but works extensively with trans people pre-transition. They were asked by someone “why do you think that’s so much [coverage of trans people] in the news at the moment?” This was their response:

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Jules she/her 🏳️‍🌈 @joolzk.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Great turn out at the Plymouth demo against the supreme court ruling today! #transwomenarewomen #transrightsarehumanrights

Hand made sign with trans flag background and 'No equality without trans women'

Hand made sign with 'Forcing trans women into male spaces is state sanctioned violence.'

Large crowd of people around a huge trans flag.

Large crowd of people in Plymouth city centre, many with signs and banners.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 16/04/2025

My analysis of today's UK Supreme Court judgment. The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010 www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...

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UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren’t Women under the Equality Act 2010

The legal definition of a woman in the UK now excludes trans people: This is what it means for Trans+ rights in the country

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