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Tal Frost

@talfrost.bsky.social
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He/him, trans gay writer of 🔞 queer supernatural fantasy with steam 🖤🩸😈 into myths, tea, dancing, coquettish eyebrows & velvet 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈#TransRightsAreHumanRights

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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Happy Pride all 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈❤️‍🔥 Trans people are often erased from Stonewall (I’ve been told flat out “our communities never mixed before now”!!) - and trans men & transmascs are erased from almost everything. This Pride, a reminder that we’ve always been here. All of us. Trans & cis, binary & nonbinary. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
UK predictably painting this as win for LGBTQ+ rights. The bill basically says conversion therapy is ok if for “health care” (mental or physical, registered practitioner or not). Feminist Gender Equality Network: “This bill is worse than not having a ban”: feministgenderequality.network/not-a-ban/
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Not a Ban. - Feminist Gender Equality Network
The newly-published conversion therapy “ban” published on the 25th June 2026 does two things. Firstly it is not a ban, the exemptions the document proposes are wide enough to allow most planets in our...
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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
“Following For Women Scotland, the EHRC was tasked with updating its guidance on sex discrimination to provide standards for everyone to follow. The EHRC was not required to make its guidance as trans exclusionary as possible, though that is what it did.” www.lemkininstitute.com/statements-n...
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Statement on the Anti-Trans and Anti-Intersex EHRC Code of Practice in the United Kingdom
June 20, 2026 The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security condemns the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) updated Code of Practice for services, public functions, and a...
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I have six novels and have never used AI for writing - I don't even use assistive AI. Generative AI is a scourge, not just on creativity but on truth, depth, and independent thought.
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
👻💫 SPOOKY SALE! 99p/c till 24TH OCT (from $/£4.99)💫👻 The Neverloving Dead is spicy ghost romance for fans of the unexpected! 🏆2nd in the 2024 Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewers Choice Awards for LGBT+ Paranormal (Vampires/Shifters/Ghosts) Get it here: mybook.to/TheNeverlovi... Shares appreciated! 🙏
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Wild that ITV prints this without a word abt the UK govt's attacks on trans healthcare, privacy, freedom of association & right to live as ourselves. The govt's IN THE PROCESS OF legislating for trans segregation & a trans S28. Yes, it's awful in the US too, but stop with this Look Over There shit.
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Alison Bechdel @alisonbechdel.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
"...so what this really suggests is that people power isn’t just about a huge number of people being in the streets but about the building of pressure and momentum." www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTck...
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Erica Chenoweth - Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know
YouTube video by The Brainwaves Video Anthology
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
The make-up artist - what an amazing human 💜 www.scenemag.co.uk/gay-venezuel...
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Gay Venezuelan asylum seeker Andry Hernández Romero breaks his silence following harrowing 125-day ordeal inside El Salvador’s CECOT supermax prison
In an interview with Tim Miller of The Bulwark, gay Venezuelan asylum seeker Andry Hernández Romero has broken his silence following a harrowing 125-day ordeal inside El Salvador’s CECOT supermax pris...
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Could anyone honestly watch the news of more than 500 arrests for peacefully protesting this weekend and conclude that the UK Government cares an iota about the rights and civil liberties of the people of these islands, writes Steph Paton✍️
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
This will wind up putting so much pressure on disabled loos. All for what? A bloody folk demon.
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Yeah, this. An AI 'response' scrapes internet content according to algorithms programmed by people. 60-70% of responses have been shown to be faulty in some way or outright wrong, yet more & more ppl choose AI answers over e.g. Wikipedia. I worry this will feed the spread of misinformation.
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GeekOnALeash 🏳️‍⚧️ @geekonaleash.co.uk · 11/08/2025
Final Regulatory Impact Assessment Gender Recognition Bill - Nov 2003. "This is the only way to rectify all human rights breaches...ensure full legal recognition in the acquired gender across the range of situations in which gender is significant in law."
Screenshot of text outlining options for rectifying breaches of international law. "Option 1: Do nothing. The Government is obliged to rectify breaches of international law. A declaration of incompatibility with the Convention can be made by a UK court and its effect is similar, i.e. if the Government does nothing, the pressure to legislate will continue to build and further challenges and claims for compensation will continue to be brought. Option 2: Remedial Order. Ministers may amend a provision in primary legislation if it is incompatible with a Convention obligation of the UK. Amending s.11(c) of the Matrimonial Cause Act 1973 in this way would enable transsexual people to marry in their acquired gender, i.e. one of the human rights breaches could be rectified. Option 3: Primary legislation. This is the only way to rectify all human rights breaches, establish a rigorous and credible process for gender recognition and ensure full legal recognition in the acquired gender across the range of situations in which gender is significant in law. These options were analysed in the Partial RIA, published at the same time as a draft Bill, and the third was shown to be the most appropriate. Primary legislation. A Draft Bill was published for pre-legislative scrutiny on 11th July. The Joint Committee on Human Rights is expected to publish its report shortly. Using primary legislation is the only way to rectify all human rights breaches and ensure full legal recognition in the acquired gender across the range of situations in which gender is significant in law. Business sectors affected. There are potential impacts on: Employers, Providers of insurance and private pensions, Sporting bodies, Charities that work with or represent transsexual people, Professional organisations, Religious organisations, Solicitors' firms, Other Government Departments, Not-for-profit legal services providers."
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
"Far too many suffered but "there were more people across society unwilling to believe the worst of others than otherwise".That is perhaps something to cling to, as it is clear the tendency for unprincipled leaders to stoke hatred of vulnerable groups is as strong in the C21st as it was at the time"
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
The EHRC gamed this in advance, phrasing EVERY question as "Is this statement clear" rather than "Is it fair?" or "Will it cause harm?" The result? They don't even plan to read the answers. They don't care how many support trans ppl. They only want to push their agenda to make our lives unliveable.
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
This was in the UK. And he's been so misgendered & deadnamed by the press that his identity as a trans man has been almost completely erased.
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Oh look, yet another one who thinks you can do a thing that will directly fund attempts to eradicate trans people, then follow it with a patronising claim that you support trans people. Thanks, but we've had enough of that from the govt. Truth is, you just sold trans people out for the money.
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Reported by the media, but he was so misgendered & deadnamed nobody would've known he was a trans man, not a woman (more was made of it being the prison Lucy Letby is in) They invisibilise trans men on purpose We mustn't let them theviewmag.org.uk/sodexo-limit... www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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Sodexo limited, in the business of killing people
25 year old Molly, (Toni Asik,) a trans man, tragically died while in the care of Sodexo Limited, the private company running HMP Bronzefield. Toni, who was born female but identified as male, was con...
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Gomez being an "ally" the same way the Labour government is: 1. Do something that will directly contribute to attempts to eradicate trans people. 2. Follow it with a patronising claim to support trans people to the hilt. With allies like these, who needs TERFs?
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Rowling's point seems to be: "Forbid trans women from working or appearing anywhere cis women & girls might be". I wonder if she still tells herself she's not a fascist transphobe before she goes to sleep at night.
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
weird how the guy born into obscene wealth, bailed out repeatedly, allowed to fail upwards forever until he fell ass-backwards into the presidency, and then was declared by the Supreme Court to be a Very Special Boy Who Can Crime Forever never stops whining about how everything is rigged against him
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
It's true - ppl often don't know what others are going thru. For me, long term (35yr) GAD & depression have been retriggered by recent events and growing fears about being in various places as a trans person. My hope lies in building communities of mutual support, so this post feels really fitting.
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Well said TEN, which joins TACC in withdrawing recognition of EHRC & will push for GANHRI accreditation to be revoked. Dr Stephenson's appt, the Lemkin Inst's Red Alert Flag & the FWS case (which they note solely targeted the 8500 trans ppl with GRCs who HAVE met the UK's strict tests) all feature.
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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 31/07/2025
Statement: Effective immediately, we will no longer cooperate with the EHRC. We no longer recognise the EHRC as a human rights body. It is no longer independent, and we will not engage with them. We urge other orgs to do the same.
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Statement: Withdrawal of Recognition of the EHRC as a Human Rights Institution
We no longer recognise the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) as either independent or credible in its statutory role. The UK Government’s decision to proceed with the appointment of Dr Mary-...
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Poor transphobe risks being called a transphobe "merely by writing this article." Well, yes, because it's full of transphobic statements, you plank.
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BearOfScots🎃🐾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @bearofscots.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
I’d say they are crazy even by Sorting Hat Sandra standards but they aren’t. They are just showing their true colours. They think it’s safe to do so now. Because bigotry has become normalised across the globe under the guise of free speech!
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Keith Decent @keithdecent.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
A candidate who is willing to throw transgender people under the bus is a candidate who will use anyone’s rights as a bargaining chip to win elections.
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Spot on. They've painted her as a Victim Of Woke: a caring, professional woman & cause celebre for the terfist agenda, bravely taking on trans Dr Beth Upton In reality she's a transphobic racist who mocked Pakistani flood victims, wanted to send bacon to a mosque, and called Dr Upton "freak" & "it"
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
What do we keep saying? Scratch a transphobe and you find a horrible fucking racist.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 28/07/2025
"If you’re pasting in contracts, asking legal questions, or asking [the chatbot] for strategy, you're not getting legal advice…You’re generating discoverable evidence. No attorney-client privilege. No confidentiality. No ethical duty. No one to protect you."
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If You've Asked ChatGPT a Legal Question, You May Have Accidentally Doomed Yourself in Court
Sam Altman has admitted that ChatGPT conversations can be used against you in court if they are subpoenaed.
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
“No guidance on how to include trans people...only how to exclude them" "Significant potential that human rights of trans people will be impacted" "Would require every person using toilets to be checked... based on subjective tests related largely to appearance” www.thenational.scot/news/2534402...
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Trans toilet rules 'may force Scottish museums to close'
A PUBLICLY-FUNDED body representing museums in Scotland criticised Equality and Human Rights Commission proposals and warned “an environment of…
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Starmer taking a leaf out of Trump's book and appointing right-wing media figures to oversee government departments. Never has a UK political party reneged so completely on its mandate to the British people. I mean, the mandate was pretty simple right? Don't be the Tories.
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
My new book 'Riftwitch' is out on Halloween! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🎃 Tough trans witch Hobbes hunts vampires & incubuses. Tweedy Stuart runs an innocent (sorry, incubus) B&B. Can their budding closeness survive not just vampires, but the truth? Preorder: mybook.to/Riftwitch #ownvoice #LGBTQbooks #GayRomance #GayWitches
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Shit, this means 100 days till my next book releases. I've got sooo much editing to do!!! On the plus side, it'll have witches, incubuses and vampires, and be queer as hell.
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David @davidbtn2.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Seeing as none of the mainstream media is covering the most well attended @transpridebrighton.bsky.social ever... Here's my contribution. We caught the very start of the march outside Brighton Dome, the weather held and the crowd watching and marching were full of love, defiance and resiliance.
The start of the march outside the Brighton Dome. People are holding trans and pride flags.People marching outside the Brighton Dome. People are holding trans flags.People marching outside the Brighton Dome. A sign reads 'Cis and trans women all together'People marching outside the Brighton Dome. Some people from the Brighton Gay Men's Chorus.
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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
It’s right here in the 2011 Code. Trans people have never needed a GRC to access single-sex services. It’s always been on the basis of “the gender role in which they present”. The ignorant SC had no idea how trans people pee, and got absolutely played. www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/defaul...
Gender reassignment discrimination and separate and single-sex services
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If a service provider provides single- or separate sex services for women
and men, or provides services differently to women and men, they should treat transsexual people according to the gender role in which they present. However, the Act does permit the service provider to provide a different service or exclude a person from the service who is proposing to undergo, is undergoing or who has undergone gender reassignment. This will only be lawful where the exclusion is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
The updated EHRC ruling will go thru without a single MP vote being cast unless MPs actively intervene to prevent it. This IS the usual procedure for updated guidance, BUT this is highly unusual & contentious guidance, which removes human rights. It MUST face scrutiny.
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IndiaWilloughby @indiawilloughby.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Wiping trans people out is the sole goal of the Gender Critical movement. Paper genocide - extermination by legislation. As this CNN report confirms, Trump obsessed with it. I believe wet lettuce Vichy PM @Keir_Starmer has agreed to do the same here as part of our trade deals.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 21/07/2025
Unless there are Nuremberg trials for everyone involved in this system, it will be a moral failure of historical proportions. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges
Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied of one succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
UK folks please sign & share the shit out of this if you haven't. It's currently on 79,687 - we have 20 days to get 20,000 votes. A lot of e-petitions don't amount to anything but this one is an actual opportunity - we *can* force a debate!
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Great idea for UK trans ppl to share good experiences of dining, shopping & travelling, and to encourage businesses to show support for us! Transpilot is trans-led & uses reviews from LGBTQIA+ ppl "to show you where kindness, respect, and inclusion are alive and well." transpilot.org/about/
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Transpilot | About Us
Where this all started We are deeply committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), and have been for many years. We are equally dedicated to upholding human rights. In the UK, misinformation ab...
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Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk · 03/07/2025
Inside Europe’s billion-dollar anti-gender movement A new report reveals how groups critical of so-called gender ideology across Europe raised $1.18 billion to target abortion, sex education and LGBTQ+ rights.
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Inside Europe’s billion-dollar anti-gender movement
A new report reveals how groups critical of so-called gender ideology across Europe raised $1.18 billion to target abortion, sex education and LGBT...
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Good clear letter signed by 33 Lab MPs, expressing concerns at the EHRC Draft Code post-Supreme Court ruling. UK trans ppl heard the ruling with dismay, knowing well how the press would spin it. It was grim watching the EHRC feed it too. Thanks to all 33 of those MPs 🙏 Let's hope for more.
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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 01/07/2025
The EHRC is meant to protect everyone’s rights. But internal documents reveal a different story: repeated meetings with anti-trans lobbyists, legal bias, and secret coordination. We filed the FOI. Here’s what we found. tacc.org.uk/2025/07/01/f...
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FOI Exposes EHRC Bias: Private Meetings, Legal Echoes, and Policy Capture - Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective
Let’s be honest. The Equality and Human Rights Commission is not acting like a neutral regulator. It is not standing above the fray.
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
TACC filed FOI request for EHRC/Sex Matters comms. Released after EHRC public consultation on trans guidance closed,results include 🔸Private meetings, one the EHRC asked to be kept secret 🔸Submissions outside consultation rules 🔸SM guidance on what the EA10 'should' say 🔗 tacc.org.uk/2025/07/01/f...
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Tal Frost @talfrost.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
So, on one hand, we have people who are born trans. On the other we have people who CHOOSE to make those ppl's lives miserable. How can she possibly equate those?
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Arthur Webber 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @bernietranders.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Sarah Owen says there are many organisations that will not engage with the EHRC based on the lack of trust, so what will she do proactively to build that? Stephenson says "A new chair has the opportunity to reset relations", true, if the new chair doesn't hold the same bigotries as the previous one
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