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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

There are serious issues for Parliament to resolve, to make legal and practical gender recognition for trans people a reality again in the UK. My letter to the Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission: www.sianberry.org.uk/news/monitor...

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Monitoring the impact of new guidance From The Equality and Human Rights Commission - Sian Berry MP

I have once again written to the Equality and Human Rights Commission, asking questions of how they plan to monitor the impact of their new guidance, the Code of practice for services, public function...

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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.cat · 09/09/2026

The letter is excellent. 👍💚

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Sebastian Bohrn Mena @bohrn-mena.at · 07/09/2026

Er hat recht: Schluss mit der Zurückhaltung.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Someone has died after a relentless press campaign. The very least the public is entitled to is an investigation into the press’ role in these events and an independent body to review complaints against the press in the future. www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/p...

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Defensive, evasive & hypocritical: The press reaction to the death of Jason Arday

The reaction of national newspapers to the death of Professor Jason Arday has exposed a brittle defensiveness at the heart of the press, and a determination to remain outside any meaningful accountabi...

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026

One thing I wish people would realize is just how central JK Rowling is to the entire anti-trans ecosystem. Looking at a network node analysis of the top 200 anti-trans X accounts, she is the most central figure spanning both sides of the Atlantic from Republicans to Labour.

A network graph visualization on a dark background showing connections between various accounts. The central, highly connected node is labeled "J.K. Rowling," with lines radiating out to many other nodes color-coded by region (UK, US, etc.). A detail panel on the right displays stats for her account, including her role as "Author & commentator," an in-degree of 153, an out-degree of 84, and 14 million followers.

A scatter plot graph on a dark background comparing accounts based on "followers (log)" on the x-axis and "in-degree" on the y-axis. The data points are color-coded by region. J.K. Rowling is highlighted as a major outlier in the top right corner, possessing the highest number of followers and the highest in-degree. Other labeled points lower on the graph include various politicians, individuals, and campaign organizations.

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ @sloanelysbeth.northsky.social · 21/08/2026

she introduced laws that demand you harass and discriminate against any woman who you don’t think ‘looks woman enough’ @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is responsible for the rise in misogyny in the uk. she’s spent two years enabling it and writing it in to law she has made misogyny mandatory

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Emma @thearidesbikes.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I didn’t know of Prof Jason Arday until the pile-on. His face was kind, beautiful, and sensitive I thought. I hope that his death brings some good, maybe a realisation of the harm that racism can do. And that many of his bullies are prominent transphobes, who should never be heard from again.

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Emma @thearidesbikes.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

In a further episode of “scratch a transphobe, find a racist” are we surprised that Helen Joyce Gender was part of the murderous pile-on to Jason Arday?

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Quite weird to hear BBC News describe Jason Arday as “the black professor accused of plagiarism”. Is every story about a white professor going to include the relevant adjective?

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Re-upping this article, which has had a very positive response, about Burnham’s cowardice and transphobia and Labour’s attempt to avoid responsibility for the transphobic hate it is spreading. the-quiet-part.ghost.io/bully-burnha...

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Bully Burnham and what Labour doesn't want to talk about.

The EHRC Code of Practice attempting to segregate and exclude trans people from public life is now been imposed and immediately there are court cases about it all over the country, a sure sign that it...

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ @sloanelysbeth.northsky.social · 01/08/2026

i had hoped the transphobia would pause under andy burnham and @lucympowell.bsky.social and they’d jus leave us alone. that’s not happening tho is it. they’re fully intent on persecuting us forever.

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Freda Wallace She/Ra @missfreda.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

What people are beginning to realise, if they did not know already, is that Rowling is financing the whole UK "gender critical" network. It is a project she is willing to invest millions in. If there were any real journalism in this country, it would be investigated and exposed.

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Kirsty McTear 🏳️‍⚧️ She/Her @kirsty-mctear.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

ACTION THIS DAY… Please email @amnestyuk.bsky.social to give them your support for the list of anti-trans organizations, which they are felt under pressure to withdraw… Email: feedback@amnesty.org.uk Here are my thoughts…

Anti-trans rights list
Dear Amnesty International UK, las a trans-woman am a member of the trans community and am deeply troubled that you have seen fit under pressure to withdraw your list of anti-trans organizations. I understand that you will have felt pressure, probably financial pressure, to do so given the deep pockets and litigious
nature of the "Gender Critical" movement. However, I would point out that the trans community in the UK is under an actual genocide warning from the Lemkin Institute. For a human rights organization to fold under pressure as you have done is to follow the precedent set by civil society institutions under the third reich. You will of course understand where that ended up for the persecuted minorities under the Nazis. It is worth pointing out that the LGBTQI+ community was
persecuted first by this monstrous regime, trans people especially. I would urge you to have courage in the face if this pressure and to stand up for your principles so that a more just society can rise once more from
above the forces of darkness which are swirling around us. Trans people will only of course be the first... Remember the poem by
Martin Niemoller.
Best Regards
Kirsty McTear

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Kirsty McTear 🏳️‍⚧️ She/Her @kirsty-mctear.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

STATEMENT FROM THE ANNE FRANK TRUST UK… www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... will be of interest to @jolyon.goodlawproject.org, @jessothomson.co.uk

The Anne Frank Trust UK is deeply concerned by comments made on GB News this weekend during a segment discussing London Pride, in which a guest claimed that Pride celebrates and welcomes paedophilia and bestiality alongside LGBTQ+ identities. These claims are false, harmful and promote stereotypes which are deeply dehumanising, and
should never be given a national platform. At the Anne Frank Trust UK, we educate young people to understand the causes and consequences of prejudice, and equip them with the knowledge, empathy and confidence to recognise and challenge discrimination in all its forms. Language that stereotypes, vilifies or dehumanises any group risks fuelling prejudice and undermining the
dignity that everyone deserves. We stand in solidarity with LGBTQ+ communities and with every young
person who heard these words and felt less safe as a result. We call on GB News to take responsibility for the content it broadcasts
and to uphold its obligations under Ofcom's Broadcasting Code.
Dan Green
Chief Executive, Anne Frank Trust UK

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Emma @thearidesbikes.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

With trans rights under attack as never before, we need to show our support for the trans community. Will you join us? goodlawproject.org/s/d23a8a

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I stand with trans people | Good Law Project

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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 03/07/2026

Sex Matters are currently courted by the UK government and EHRC as if they were a real feminist organisation only interested in the rights of women, and at the same time they were attending that far right conference ARC alongside all the other fascist groups.

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This is such an important point.

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Nightmareliner Ontario @mostlyharmless.northsky.social · 24/05/2026

The linked article is long, but extraordinarily good. I highly recommend you make the time to read it. Especially if you’re *not* trans 🙂

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IndiaWilloughby @indiawilloughby.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

People forget it was a CONDITION of transition that you use your true sex toilet. They have lied and lied and lied from the start. Spent millions. And because we were completely locked out by media - and the actual court itself - they had a free run. The biggest rights robbery in British history.

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UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.northsky.social · 24/05/2026

This. I had to swear in front of a Commissioner for Oaths that I would live fully in my new sex until death under penalty of contempt of court. (I also had to pay them to do that)

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Lisa Power @thisislisapower.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Today’s the anniversary of the passing into law of Section 28 in 1988, the first homophobic legislation in a century. Politicians and media said it was our own fault, told us to shut up and give up. We didn’t. Dont you dare give up now on trans people.

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Smazak 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 she/her @smazak.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Repost if no cunt in Whitehall gets to decide where you pee

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Emma @thearidesbikes.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Sod the UK government. I’m going to pee and change where I frigging want to. I’m happy that I live in Switzerland and travel mostly to Germany. No one cares where I pee, and long may that remain so (although I am worried). But all thoughts of retiring in the UK are gone. Sod you transphobes.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The people who use these ponds want them to be trans-inclusive. Sex Matters want to tell them who they can and can not have at their own ponds. Time to see them for what they are: a bunch of mean-spirited curtain-twitching Mary Whitehouse busy-bodies. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Hampstead Heath ponds to stay trans-inclusive with new upgrades

The ponds will stay trans-inclusive and will receive upgrades for more privacy for women.

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Professor Boot @hamishboot.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

They don't find space to mention his swivel-eyed transphobia but they did find space for this - "He's also one of the most irrepressible extroverts in politics [...] belting out Robbie Williams' Angels on karaoke with the words: "I'm loving Starmer instead." #GreentitsIsACunt

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Emma @thearidesbikes.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I get the feeling that Streeting wouldn’t care if the economy tanks and Farage followed him as PM… as long as Wes gets to be PM.

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Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

🗳️POLL | #GE2029 with Streeting as PM: ➡️Ref: 32% (+17) 🟢Grn: 21% (+14) 🔵Con: 15% (-9) 🔴Lab: 15% (-20) 🟠Lib: 11% (-2) { Seats } ➡️Ref: 373 (+368) 🟢Grn: 101 (+97) 🟠Lib: 72 (-) 🟡SNP: 47 (+38) 🔵Con: 17 (-104) 🟩Plaid: 10 (+6) 🔴Lab: 5 (-406) Poll: @YouGov, 28 Jan 2026 x.com/LeftieStats/...

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Emma @thearidesbikes.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

People realise that Wes Streeting epitomises a Labour Party that is so terrified by headlines in the Daily Mail that there are no principles too important to trash and no group of people important enough to not throw under the bus.

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Emma @thearidesbikes.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I was born in the early 1960s. I could never understand the prevalent disdain for the Germans and the Japanese as if there was something dark in them that made those countries fall for violent fascism. Wehret den Anfängen. It can happen anywhere to any people.

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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Time to speak about meeting Streeting. The 24 page response I sent back to the DoH, including 55 questions, is on my blog. It says it’s a 40 minute read…I don’t think it’s that long. Anyway, it’s there for reference if you’re interested. Ask your questions. Article by @wearequeeraf.com out now.

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Meeting Streeting

I met with Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and James Palmer, Director of Specialist Services for NHS England on 17th March 2026.It was with some distress that the moment I left the room m...

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Emma @thearidesbikes.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

At least trans people got a night off.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

And this is an exact reminder of why we must stand against both Antisemitism and Islamophobia. The cynical forces who seek to divide our communities must never win. We will stand together.

Bbc article comparing different response from Zack Polanski to Nigel Farage to the attack on the ambulances.

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Lisa Severn @lisasevern.uk · 13/03/2026

And here it is just a couple of days later No trans person (and possibly no intersex person) should travel to America or you'll face arrest, regardless of your documentary status at home DO NOT TRAVEL TO THE USA

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

What's up, Wembley? 🏳️‍⚧️

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 11/03/2026

History shows us the UK’s Trans+ healthcare system isn’t broken – it’s working exactly as it was meant to. @ludovicparsons.bsky.social, explores the history of the creation of the Trans+ healthcare system, and its gatekeeping by design 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/a-brief-hist...

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A brief history of how the UK’s broken Trans+ healthcare system only serves its cisgender doctors

History shows us that the UK’s Trans+ healthcare system isn’t broken – it’s working exactly as it was meant to, right from the very start

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Emma @thearidesbikes.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Happy International Women’s Day to all the trans girls out there. 🌸 And to all types of woman, big and small, old and young.

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Emma @thearidesbikes.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I think that I might be a little bit in love with Hannah the Plumber. Or maybe I’m in awe. Although in my case, the two things overlap completely.

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Emma @thearidesbikes.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Starmer equating the Greens and Reform as “extremes of left and right” sounds like the hammering of coffin nails into his career and Labour’s prospects. An unserious man.

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 17/02/2026

FOI reveals the EHRC holds zero minutes of meetings with trans-led organisations in the past 5 years. This is the UK’s 'equality' regulator. Trans voices are not important enough for the EHRC to keep a record of what was said. This should be a headline in all the papers.

Equality and Human Rights Commission
Dear
Your Freedom of Information Request
FOI Reference: 15238932
Date: 16 February 2026
Thank you for your request, detailed below, which we received on 19 January 2026.
"1) Does the EHRC hold minutes for meetings with any trans-led or trans- focused groups (excluding general LGBTQI+ groups) in the last 5 years.
For clarity, these could include but are not limited to:
- TransActual
- Translucent/Steph's Place
- Scottish Trans
- Trans legal project
- Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective
- Trans Safety Network
- Trans Solidarity Alliance
- Trans Resistance Network
- Trans Exile Network
If so, could you
a) break down how many sets of minutes were recorded per year. (Here 1 "set of minutes" means "minutes for 1 meeting") And
b) name which trans-led or trans-focused organisation these are with." This request is being handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response
Following a search of our records, we have determined that the information you have requested is not held by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
While the Commission regularly engages with a wide range of stakeholders, including trans-led and trans-focussed civil society organisations where relevant to our work, we do not hold any formal minutes of meetings with the organisations listed in your request within the timeframe specified.
T: 0161 829 8100
E: foi@equalityhumanrights.com
Arndale House, The Arndale Centre Manchester, M4 3AQ
equalityhumanrights.com
T: 0161 829 8100
E: foi@equalityhumanrights.com
Arndale House, The Arndale Centre Manchester, M4 3AQ
equalityhumanrights.com

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