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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Can't recommend @tokyosexwhale.bsky.social 's snail meow print club highly enough, I now have six gorgeous cat prints framed and ready to put up
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Pro tip if someone stole your identity and is doing fraud, they're using your old address because it came with your details. Do not go to your old address to threaten the current tenants! It will not help! Did not wake up this morning expecting be threatened with having my head kicked in
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Someone's phone went off with the pussycat dolls when I grow up ringtone. It was in a locker and whoever it was kept calling. It'd stop for a minute and then blast out again. The headmaster kept trying to carry on and it would just start again
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Spotify is trying to convince me that I can "help my organs process toxins" by doing a little dance every morning, and that this will make my face less puffy Why are we as a society succumbing to this four humours level influencer pseudoscience? Kidneys do not need a little dance to work!
A slim white woman in yoga gear does a little dance
The video is captioned "5 minute lymphatic drainage routine"
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is IT! This is ALL they had. The specifics of complaints are not outlined so apparently aren't important. There's absolutely no specific harms outlined here, just "potential issues".
Chief Commissioner’s Report Page 3 of 12 Joint Commissioning Committee
22/09/2026
Agenda Item 2.3
Concerns were also raised by NHSE clinical colleagues about appropriateness of
referrals and clinical suitability. Such concerns have been echoed in complaints
and correspondence received from members of the public. The NWJCC has a duty
to the residents we serve to ensure that the services we commission are providing
safe and effective services for the people using them. Taken together these
concerns, along with the data analysis, highlighted potential issues that the
NWJCC needed to take seriously. As a result, the matter was escalated through
the NWJCC's quality and governance arrangements and considered by the
Quality, Safety and Outcomes Committee (QSOC) on 24 August 2026.
On 24th August 2026, the QSOC met and endorsed the NWJCC’s recommendation
to:
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 Escalate the Welsh Gender Service to Escalation Level 3, thereby pausing
referrals from the Welsh Gender Service for gender affirming surgery;
The Committee also considered and endorsed proposals to:
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 Pause surgical assessments by providers; and to pause gender affirming
surgery for patients referred by the WGS; and to
•
 Undertake an urgent independent clinical review of patients on the surger
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The WGS decision was apparently made on the basis of the Welsh Vs English whole population figures, not the number of patients seen in the clinic. This is absolutely ridiculous, serious medical decisions should not be made like this. It's not an appropriate comparison!
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The WGS decision was apparently made on the basis of the Welsh Vs English whole population figures, not the number of patients seen in the clinic. This is absolutely ridiculous, serious medical decisions should not be made like this. It's not an appropriate comparison!
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Racists who've convinced themselves asylum seekers are some kind of rapist horde are genuinely scared but only because of their own prejudice. It doesn't make their concerns legitimate or less racist. Awful to see residents with fears about racist and fascist movements treated like this by press.
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
They don't actually want to be a foreign country, they want to be an American south style "sundown town" where brown people aren't allowed in but the residents get to have all the benefits of being in the UK. This can't be allowed to happen in a democratic society. In or out.
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
NHS Wales’ Joint Commissioning Committee said it had to suddenly stop trans surgeries for an urgent investigation. Several weeks later and it still hasn’t even started investigating yet. Enough’s enough, it’s time to tell the JCC: give us back our healthcare. transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/09...
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Take Action to Restore Access to Gender‑Affirming Surgeries in Wales – TransActual
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is an argument for sex segregating all public spaces! A young girl "might be alone with several men" in any room accessible to the public. How big is the space around a toilet that has to be segregated? These concerns would also apply to a corridor leading to separate sex toilets.
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Some people are just opposed to social mobility on principle and are horrified that children might have a different kind of job to their parents.
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The one open complaint from Jan is pretty bad (someone got the wrong procedure after an incorrect referral) but the surgeon's consent process should also have caught that one, and it's weird it took months to take any action. It's also a one off, so why cancel all surgeries?
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A pattern here is anti trans changes made under a labour government are assumed to be "reasonable and moderate" by people who would oppose them if a right wing government was doing them. This is worse for trans people because cis people just don't believe us when we talk about what is happening.
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The government is apparently going to encourage high performing schools to specifically prioritise admitting white children? Why are we fighting for only the white working class children and not all of them? This is so racist
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I was in a friend's mini recently and it has so many satisfying little switches and dials, I loved it I don't want a home cinema in my car
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Jacey is a suitable combo of my actual name for privacy reasons @spacegrace.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Welcome to the UK, where using the magic word ‘trans’, allows you to skip standard process with no evidence of harm or wrongdoing. Just send a complaint! We all know they wouldn’t take the same action for any other form of healthcare. @plaidcymru.bsky.social cavuhb.nhs.wales/our-services...
What evidence is there that patients were referred inappropriately?
At this stage, it is not known if patients have been referred inappropriately. The purpose of the Independent Clinical Review is to assess this.Have any patients undergone surgery inappropriately?
At this stage, the NWJCC has not identified any patients who have undergone surgery inappropriately.
However, there are cases where patients have been referred into the surgical pathway but have not gone on to have surgery, including where NHS England providers have identified that referral criteria had not been met. It is also recognised that concerns have been raised by some patients about the referral
process.
The purpose of the current review is to better understand these concerns and provide assurance that patients are being appropriately supported, assessed and referred, and that the necessary clinical governance arrangements are in place.Does this mean patients may have come to harm?
No immediate patient safety concerns have been identified by the NWJCC, and therefore they are not concluding that patients have come to harm.
However, concerns have been raised through complaints to the NWJCC, correspondence, and other information received about the gender affirming surgery pathway. As a precautionary measure, referrals, surgical assessments, and surgery are paused while further review work is undertaken.
These prompt actions have been taken to ensure any potential risks
are identified and addressed as quickly as possible, and that patients continue to receive safe and high-quality care.
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Looks like there is genuinely nothing more than in the nick Wallis article. They've cancelled everyone's surgery indefinitely because one transphobe complained. the Welsh service sees and refers more patients than English clinics. So all those surgeries are cancelled. No patient safety concerns.
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The masculinising lower surgery figures may be about people actually getting surgery rather than being referred. In which case they are just criticising the WGS for being established in 2019. Pretty much no one referred for masculinising lower surgery in 2019 has actually got it yet.
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Welsh gender service here being simultaneously criticised for 1. Referring too many people for gender surgeries 2. Not referring enough trans men for downstairs gender surgeries
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The "concern" raised is that there are more people being referred. Not a higher rate Vs patients seen. Just a higher number. Because the Welsh service sees more patients. They have taken actions with real material harm, psychological and financial, before establishing that there are real problems.
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
He was fired from this school four years ago. Four years! And he still won't go away!
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Didn't know this until today but Dolly Parton had a transsexual man named Jason Pirro work as her Hollywood chauffeur in the 1980s, per an interview he gave to The Sun in 1990. "Dolly has been good to me...Dolly knows all about me."
SEXY SECRETS OF DOILY PARTON'S 
UMO DRIVER-HE USED TO BE A SHE 
DOLLY PARTON is being chauffeured around 
Hollywood by a 300-lb. transsexual who 
has had an operation to change from a 
woman into a ian. The country queen 
shares 44-year-old Jason Pirro's secret" 
and has promised to help the obese, 
tuxedo-outfitted driver attain his goal 
to become a movie director. 
"Dolly has been good to me," Jason told 
STAR. "I'm not real coafortable talking 
about ayself. Dolly knows all about me 
and is a very nice lady. "Whenever Dolly 
coaes into Hollywood for a aeeting, or 
for business, or for filaing, or just 
staying here, she calls ae and I drive 
her around." 
Court papers obtained by STAR show Pirro 
legally changed his naae froa Susan Ann 
to Jason in 198B because of "sex-
reassignaent.* Jason underwent a sex-
change operation in 1982. 
Jason, who has a beard and wears his 
thinning reddish-brown hair in a 
ponytaiI, caae to Hollywood 10 years ago. 
At the time, he was taking hormone 
tablets and dressing as a «an. He got a 
job as a lino driver. 
Dolly has said that there's nothing wrong 
with transsexuals. "If I were a nan I'd 
be a drag queen," she admits. "1 enjoy 
being a trashy dresser and 1 love gaudy 
things. I love to play with hair and 
makeup." 
Jason studied theater as a coed at 
Syracuse University, but after eight 
years at college. left without 
graduating. Despite chat, Jason has a 
genius-level I.Q. of 144. 
A fasily friend says Susan was in her aid -
30's when she decided to have doctors 
transfora her into a ian. "Jason has 
tried to sake the family feel comfortable 
with the situation. Even by the time he 
started to grow facial hair and his voice 
was getting deeper, if we'd slip and call 
him Susie, he'd just hug us and say, 
'That's OK." 
"He's a loving warm, caring human being. 
He teaches transcendental meditation. He 
has never had an enemy. People just take 
a liking to him. He has that …
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
What is the proposed biological mechanism here? Does being on your period make housework easier? Does being pregnant make housework easier? Do they make you like housework more? Are women evolved to find emptying a dishwasher more rewarding? How is any of this not social?
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Crowsa Luxemburg @quendergeer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Canadian isekai
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I first watched this film as a 12 year old skater and I loved it. It was the perfect time in my life for it, a film absolutely made to be adored by tween figure skaters at a sleepover. I watched it so many times, showed it to all my friends. Devastating neither of these girls got to grow up.
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
20 years ago was two years after my grandmother died and 30 years after she transitioned in the mid 70s
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sja @sam-ja.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
i'd recommend people read the response from an LGBTQ+ cancer charity to last year's EHRC proposed guidance - been thinking a lot about this particular section ever since i first read it (full response here outpatients.org.uk/2025/06/26/e...)
Screenshot of article reading: 
"The suggestion that transgender people should only be accommodated in side rooms is unfeasible. As anyone in healthcare knows, available side rooms are a rare commodity. If their use was mandated for all transgender patients it would largely be unenforceable. It is necessary to consider the broad variety of people who require side rooms and their availability across the NHS. As per NHS Estates documents, increased floor area, capital cost, management, and staffing issues also need to be considered. If a redrafted single-sex accommodation policy aligns with the EHRC’s Code of Practice, we feel that it could leave transgender people without reliable accommodation options, putting their clinical outcomes at risk."Quote from article
'“Let us take the example of Joelle, a trans woman who died of an eminently treatable cancer after waiting for eight days on a general ward, because clinicians could not agree whether she should be placed on a men’s ward or a women’s ward. The delay in treatment cost her her life.”

-Dr Roz Savage, MP'
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Lots of young people these days start using a cane at the point where it helps them go further, or reduces pain, instead of waiting until they can't manage at all without it, and this is GOOD
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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
A new essay for all my trans siblings and our allies. "As the UK enters a new era of state-mandated segregation, I find myself asking: was it all worth it?"
ruthpearce.net
What we have won
It was the largest trans protest in British history. We travelled from across the country to central London. We were joined by allies, especially cis gay, lesbian, bisexual, and queer people who re…
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Really struggling with the terror and the loss today, the sense of having lost the right to exist and go places and to only be barred if there was a good reason.
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Foxdie @foxdie.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
When I first went to get my driving licence changed a worker at the DVLA rejected it and forged my handwriting to claim I had a disability that prevents me from driving. Whenever I tell cis people about this they invariably tell me 'well you should have disclosed it'. Even though I don't have it
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Forcing 6 year olds to get expensive or intrusive tests to prove they're cis enough to play sports, but one of the tests doesn't even distinguish between pre pubertal cis girls and boys, and doesn't distinguish between cis girls and trans girls on HRT. Perfectly useless policy.
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
TIL bigger tits are more aerodynamic for cyclists
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Ben Schwarz @benschwarz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...
theconversation.com
More than 80% of kids still using social media despite ban, new eSafety report finds
The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Want to note that the current system of allowing headteachers absolutely no leeway to authorise ANY holidays means they are sometimes just marking those holidays as other things. "Other authorised absence " "mental health" that kind of thing. Obviously not for the "it's cheaper crowd"
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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 28/07/2026
It's an important observation that the rising rates of disability claims are correlated with hikes in the age of retirement. That the government can't just policy hack its way out of people's bodies getting old and needing care at some point.
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Foxdie @foxdie.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Please consider helping E stay in the UK, she needs £2723 more for her visa costs. www.gofundme.com/f/help-e-a-l...
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Donate to Help E, a lesbian woman of colour, with UK visa costs, organized by East and Southeast Asians North East
E is in urgent need of support with visa costs so that she … East and Southeast Asians North East needs your support for Help E, a lesbian woman of colour, with UK visa costs
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Metin Seven, Moon Child's dad 🌝 @seven.eurosky.social · 19/07/2026
Photo of a van with a text printed on its back: "We fix what ChatGPT said you should try!"
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Rob Mullins @robertmullins.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
A great post from @crash-w.bsky.social ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/07/16/c...
ukconstitutionallaw.org
Crash Krylova: Trans People in Prison: For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers [2026] CSOH 59
Introduction On 19 June 2026, the Outer House of the Court of Session handed down judgment in the case of For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers [2026] CSOH 59 (“For Women Scotland 3”). This piece…
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Unemployed? have you considered besieging government offices demanding work? Castration optional
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
One of the things I've learned volunteering for a helpline is that the bar for assuming someone is a sex pest is rightfully very high. The harm you could do to a genuine person by accusing them of being a fetishist is so high you need to be completely sure. If this anecdote is true it's awful
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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
This year’s ILGA Rainbow Map of Europe placed the UK near the bottom with regard to #TransRights, stating that after For Women Scotland, there is effectively no longer a legal gender recognition system in the jurisdiction. ow.ly/RuJm50ZiB4m
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The EHRC code against trans rights - Transforming Society
Sandra Duffy argues that the EHRC’s new guidance, following the 2025 Supreme Court ruling, effectively excludes trans people from equal participation in public life by restricting access to gendered spaces and forcing segregation, which the author says undermines their rights, dignity, and safety.
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Stephenson says she doesn't understand how the guidance is unworkable. The guidance requires organisations to have a rule saying that I can only use sex separated facilities that don't match my appearance. They are then required to use my appearance to check I'm following the rules.
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Wil Eelsing @wileelsing.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Bethan's Rock is a small grey stone on display at Poole Museum in Poole, England. It was donated to the museum in 2019 by a five-year-old girl named Bethan, and it has since attracted significant attention on social media and become the museum's most famous object. - Wikipedia
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Roz Kaveney @rozkaveney.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Years ago my very pretty flatmate was kept in solitary for months for her own protection while on remand for a trivial charge of which she was eventually acquitted in minutes. Her mental health never recovered. Her story is a significant part of what motivates me.
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Begging posh telegraph columnists to go to family therapy instead of navigating their issues in the newspaper Maybe your daughter didn't come out until she was 30 because she knew you'd whine about it in the papers
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Sarah Clarke - Not your doll @damselindystopia.northsky.social · 15/06/2026
One thing that worries me about a total social media ban for teenagers is that part of what will happen is kids will lie about their age to gain access to social spaces. And predatory adults who know damn well they're talking to a kid will exploit that plausible deniability.
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Wrenclouds @wrenclouds.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Seventy percent failure rate *as reported by parents* means two things: 1. The actual failure rate is probably higher 2. 70% of parents don't care enough to try and enforce the ban anyway Tbh I wouldn't want my kids on social media, but that's probably a losing battle once they're older.
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theotheories.bsky.social @theotheories.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Oh so the plan is to push kids off the big relatively well moderated (to the extent that possible, X excepted) apps and onto more obscure, less moderated apps. After the national bedtime 🤡
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