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Sunflower

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She/her. Politics, education, SEND, LGBTQ+. Parent to a trans kid. Cats, books and gaming.

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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 19h
The Forstater judgment kind of broke equalities law. What do you mean transgender people have to accept that some of their colleagues might not "believe in" them?
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Kent police said 'no arrests were made' of the people who blocked a port and roads. There's your two-tier policing, folks www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
bbc.co.uk
Port of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roads
Hundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port.
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Sunflower @sunflowerdreams.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
First we had "too many trans people continued medical transition after puberty blockers so we must ban them" and now it's "too many trans people are being given gender affirming surgeries in Wales so we must ban them". 😠
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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
NHS cancelling surgeries for adults even after they’ve already paid for travel + accommodation and waited years to get there. Some were about to be wheeled into theatre! Every manager responsible for this decision must be sacked and every patient paid compensation.
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Sunflower @sunflowerdreams.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
horribly*
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Sunflower @sunflowerdreams.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Definitely agree its good he got suspended. Equally its kinda depressing that our "good news" has got to the point where its still someone being horrible transphobic but they're just not getting away with it for once.
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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 (ᯟ︿ᯏ)” @reactiveashley.cat · 20/08/2026
Criminal. btw the reason no trans people were there to challenge these jerks is that we were excluded. There was a list of reserved seats, all of which went to the bigots. And the court was NOT packed. Despite empty seats, there, a trans woman and I were directed to the almost empty overflow room.
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Sunflower @sunflowerdreams.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Maybe I'm missing the point here, but Mike Nesbitt's decision to ban puberty blockers was nothing more or less than his own personal bigotry imo. It was his signature that passed the emergency puberty blockers ban on his first day on the job in May 2024, long before Burrows appeared on the scene.
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Jack @jackinpogform.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Just saying, the trans community told everyone that once The Guardian had successfully dragged trans rights into the mud they'd move on to the nuerodivergent. And they were right.
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Sunflower @sunflowerdreams.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Things like this are why I was that "weird" parent who declined permission for school to post my child on social media.
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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 07/08/2026
Good on them. But queer people shouldn't need to live in friendly enclaves.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Any cis women who are disgusted by the Burnham government's transphobic policy of segregation can sign the @nionwomen.bsky.social petition, which is now closing in on 110,000 signatures. notinourname.org.uk
notinourname.org.uk
Home - Not in our name
Not In our Name: Women in support of the trans+community
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Stéphanie says… 🏴‍☠️🦈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
If there are three things that trans people need to remember if they’re using toilets in pubs, restaurants etc., it is these:
Asking about sex
13.161 Personal data includes information about a person's sex which may also be protected under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights
(ECHR). In particular, it is important to be aware that some people, including some trans or gender non-conforming people, may wish to keep such information private as far as possible and may find it distressing to be asked about their sex.
13.162
To comply with Article 8 of the ECHR, a service provider must be able to objectively justify asking an individual about their sex. A request for information about sex should only be made where it is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim. Furthermore, a request for information about sex which is not a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim could also amount to unlawful indirect gender reassignment discrimination.13.170
3.170 It is unlikely to be either practical or appropriate to approach any particular dividual to make enquiries about their sex in relation to facilities, such as toilets, which are incidental to the primary service.
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Sunflower @sunflowerdreams.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Thank god. We're still in a terrible position when it comes to trans healthcare, but they've stopped us taking yet another step backwards.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 31/07/2026
Amnesty have issued an apology to JK Rowling and the rest. Adjust your expectations, and donations, accordingly www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...
amnesty.org.uk
An Apology for A Growing Threat briefing, published on 8 July 2026
Amnesty International UK has made a public apology for the publication of the briefing “A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK”. Click here to read it in full.
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Kate Barrett @thewaether.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
my blood boiled to read this. so I went and found this contact form www.amnesty.org.uk/contact-us/ and immediately told them what I think. recommend you do, too
amnesty.org.uk
We'd love to hear from you
If you would like to get in touch please fill our the form below and we will get back to you as soon as we can.
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Screamliner Ontario @mostlyharmless.northsky.social · 29/07/2026
The subtext running through the entirety of the campaign to remove trans people's rights is that trans women, in particular, pose a threat to cis women's safety (and/or dignity). There is no data to back up this insinuation. The hate groups know this perfectly well. But they persist.
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Ghoulothy @landbeforetim.myatproto.social · 29/07/2026
How I feel about these online age verification laws
“For the Better, Right?," also known as the Anakin and Padme 4-Panel and Clueless Padme, is an exploitable image macro format based on screenshots from the 2002 film Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. The meme format is arranged in a common four-panel layout, with the setup, response and punchline in the following panels. Differing from other four-panel memes, the punchline and setup are combined in the first panel, with the other panels being auxiliary.

Top left panel has Anakin saying “Minors are online too much.” 

Top right panel has Padme smiling and saying, “So you're going to provide offline third places and activities for minors, right?”

Bottom left panel has Anakin looking on knowingly

Bottom right panel has Padme staring seriously and soberly with the caption, “You’re going to provide offline third places and activities for minors, right?”
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 27/07/2026
"What Féile an Phobail row has shown is that women’s rights are at risk — just not from a tiny trans minority" great piece from Allison Morris in the Belfast Telegraph. Please support Allison as she will no doubt be targeted now. Archive link below. archive.ph/oQ2Cs
What Féile an Phobail row has shown is that women’s rights are at risk — just not from a tiny trans minority
Belfast Telegraph27 Jul 2026ALLISON MORRIS
I’ve thought long and hard about commenting on the controversy over the cancellation of the Women’s Rights Network (WRN) event at Féile an Phobail — not because I don’t have an opinion, but because it is a debate that attracts the most toxic elements.

WRN NI was not a group I was familiar with beforehand, so I did some research.

No speakers were listed in the Féile programme for the planned event, which in itself is odd as there are for almost every other of the 90-plus debates and discussions.

The group has since announced who its speakers were to be in a series of online posts.

My research took me down quite the rabbit hole — a who’s who of the anti-trans movement not just on this island but Europe-wide.

I don’t pretend to understand their motivation.

In fact, I remain baffled as to why in one of the most dangerous places for women to live in Europe, the group — which has spoken out about femicide before — is obsessing about a small minority instead of the actual dangers we face from domestic violence and femicide.

I have worked for decades covering violence against women and girls in all the distressing forms that takes.

I know the names of every woman and child murdered in Northern Ireland in the last 10 years without even having to look them up.

Not a single one was caused by a trans woman — I checked the list twice just to be sure.

None of them were murdered in a public toilet either, which having looked at the online posts of WRN and their many affiliates, is apparently the most dangerous place on earth for women, with trans predators lurking in every cubicle.

Apart from the absurdity of much of the group’s argument regarding the perceived dangers of trans women, the claim that women are being silenced by Féile is the most disingenuous of them all.
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Sunflower @sunflowerdreams.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Agreed. I really hate the idea that the messaging needs to be "Kids will die!" in order to push for change. Surely, for anyone with empathy, the fact trans kids are suffering should be enough?
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DAVIEWoOOoO 👻 🎃🕸️ @daviemoo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Little known to many, on the 10th June, the government released the interim report on ADHD and neurodiversity services in the UK. It came out to very little fanfare. Why? Because it doesn't match the government & the press narrative on "an epidemic of neurodiversity diagnoses".
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Brendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"Platform our campaign to end the public existence of trans people or we'll set the billionaire on you" If you contribute a single penny towards the revenue generated by the Potter franchise you're helping fund this shit.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The Dutch equivalent of Cass, (except it’s a proper scientific review not pseudoscientific drivel like Cass) has wholeheartedly endorsed puberty-blockers and full gender affirming care for young trans people.
erininthemorning.com
Landmark Official Dutch Review Recommends Trans Youth Care, Call For Expanding Treatment
The review finds that wait times must be shortened, that few people detransition, and that trans youth care has enormous benefits.
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Jo Yurcaba @joyurcaba.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Content warning: suicide After May Pollard died on a late-January morning, a detective asked her parents a question: Had anyone wanted to hurt her? “A lot of America,” her mother answered. 1/ www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
nbcnews.com
Idaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died.
The life and death of May Pollard, 16, provides a window into the tragic effect that legislation and political rhetoric have had on trans people in America.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 30/06/2026
My god, they aren't targeting trans people just to get at other people. They are targeting trans people to target trans people. And they are targeting other people. We don't just exist as a warning for the rest of you, fuck me.
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Sunflower @sunflowerdreams.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Citizen sleeper is sooooo good! Enjoy! :D
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SwampLizard @swamplizard.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Anytime someone says they’re not transphobic because “they’re not *scared* of trans people,” ask them to reflect on how transphobes are developing rapid genetic tests to deploy on children to make sure they’re using the government-approved pronouns.
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Alex Says Stuff @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Welcome to the UK, where soon 17-year-olds will be legally allowed to drive, join the army, work a full-time job, have sex and even vote but not watch YouTube past their bedtime.
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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 23/05/2026
"Cis folks: We need to do better" Taken at London Trans+ Pride 2024
A protest placard which reads "cis folks: we need to do better"
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Sunflower @sunflowerdreams.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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Sunflower @sunflowerdreams.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
We had to drive 2 hours to a family member's birthday meal recently. The whole way we couldn't help but be anxious about what the toilet situation would be when we got there. The relief was palpable when we learnt they had gender neutral toilets. Most places don't. It shouldn't be this way.
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 22/05/2026
This cartoon by Ella Baron from the Guardian today actually made me well up a little. We will keep fighting. Together.
Cartoon Separate But Equal from the Guardian. 
Link to access provided alt text: 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/may/22/ella-baron-on-the-ehrcs-transgender-guidance-cartoon
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Robert Dallas Gray @robertdallasgray.com · 21/05/2026
I’ve said this before but, do you know why the new EHRC guidance doesn’t make any sense? it’s because when you try to write clear laws or guidelines based on bigotry, they don’t make sense. they can’t. because they’re not coming from a place of reason, they’re coming from fear and hate
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Sunflower @sunflowerdreams.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Super appreciative of all your work. 🫶
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Sunflower @sunflowerdreams.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The whole thing needs scrapped, but this in particular is insane. It's literally saying you can exclude anyone you feel like if you think they look a bit too manly/girly for your liking! Oh but cis men can still go into the women's bathrooms if they are cleaners and put a wee sign up first.
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Sunflower @sunflowerdreams.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Wtaf, am I reading this wrong or are they actually just straight up saying calling trans women "men" in 13.139? They are at the very least heavily implying it based on context. This country is an actual disgrace.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 21/05/2026
The updated code of practice for services, public functions and associations has been laid before Parliament. The guidance tells organisations how they should approach trans inclusion. Here’s what that means.
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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
WE WON. Amnesty named me People’s Human Rights Champion for exposing a scandal in British healthcare. My team and I found abuse, neglect, conversion therapy, and deaths, all ignored by NHS managers. See the story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S5w... Support our work: www.patreon.com/c/Philosophy...
youtube.com
Britain Still Has Conversion Therapists. Here’s Why.
YouTube video by Philosophy Tube
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 06/05/2026
Thinking a lot about how the NYT helped push a moral panic about trans youth into the mainstream yet failed to include interviews with actual trans youth in their reporting. It's because if allowed to speak, they'd show how much gender affirming care has allowed them to not only survive but thrive.
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Nichole Hiltz 🧡 @nicholehiltz.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
It is good ☺️ ❤️ (Reposting w/ alt text)
Things Queer Culture Teaches That Straight Culture Doesn't:
• You don't have to get married if you don't want to.
• You don't have to have kids if you don't want to.
• It's nobody's job to flirt with you or be flirted with. If you're into someone, do the work and tell them.
• People will judge you and reject you without knowing you.
This isn't your fault. You're not the broken one.
• Your clothing and hair and other style choices are to make
YOU feel good first and foremost.
• Signaling to your people is the secondary job of hair and clothes. But don't dress for them. Be you, they'll see it.
• Anyone who judges you badly for your hair and clothes is not your people and can fuck off.
• Physical affection in public is an act of deliberate courage.
• Family is a matter of choice. Loyalty is a two-way street.
• Mental health is important and it's hard. Anxiety and depression are natural reactions to the world.
• Sensitivity isn't weakness. It just means you pay attention.
• People who think "sex" only means a penis in a vagina deserve pity. (They don't deserve better sex, just pity.)
• Everyone who's interesting reinvented themselves after their world fell apart. Just like you did.
• Community is a safety net from an unfair world. Let it catch you when you need it. Catch others when you can.
• Don't live your life for anyone else's happiness. Live for your own, and share it.
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Gemma ✨🏳️‍⚧️ @gemmasparkle.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
It is literally a run otherwise children may not take part www.parkrun.org.uk/maidstoneriv... watch the bigots kill another thing by accidentally excluding kids.
parkrun.org.uk
parkrun – a run not a race! | Maidstone River Park parkrunFacebookXInstagramYouTubeTikTokLinkedIn
Maidstone River Park parkrun is one of many worldwide free, fun, and friendly 5k community events that takes place every week
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Aidan Comerford @aidancomerford.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Probably a good time for a reminder than human rights are not won through compromising with bigots, or convincing them they are wrong, they are won by defeating them. Have a look around: all the same prominent, public people who were against marriage equality are still against it. They just lost.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Guardian readers might want to reflect on its manipulative dishonesty here. It omitted the most significant fact in this entire story; that the “report” commissioned by the DRA was produced by a board member of anti-trans group “Sex Matters”. This is the Guardian abusing its power.
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Sarah Viktoria 🇬🇧🏳️‍⚧️⚧️🦗 @sarahviktoria.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
"Gender questioning" is the new "confused."
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Streeting has something about “dignity & respect” re trans kids (in PN so not linked) FYI “dignity & respect” is the trans equivalent of “I’m not racist but…” In this context… DIGNITY = end blocker & hormone ban. RESPECT = listen to trans kids when they say “end blocker & hormone ban.” 1/14
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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
“A growing number of NHS staff are refusing to work on Palantir’s health data platform over ethical concerns about the controversial US tech company” Good www.ft.com/content/dbb6...
ft.com
NHS staff boycott Palantir’s data platform over ethical concerns
Controversial US tech group was awarded a £330mn contract in 2023 to collate hospital and patient information
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Adam Ellis @adamtots.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
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Sunflower @sunflowerdreams.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This rhetoric is wild. What "special adjustments"?! I know of children who got LESS access to support and services after their autism diagnosis. My own child had their IEP removed in school after got their ADHD diagnosis! The school system is failing SEN kids left right and center.
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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 24/03/2026
Approx 1,150 trans kids go to Girl Guides in the UK. Out of approx 300,000 Girl Guides in total. There's around 23,000 Girl Guide Units (groups) in the UK. That means the vast majority of units have zero trans kids. With the ones that do having around 1. medium.com/@mimmymum/th...
medium.com
The Tiny Numbers Behind the Girlguiding Trans Panic
Exposing the truth: The real children behind the headlines and the outrage
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