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Zara B

@zara75-75.bsky.social
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Trans woman. I work for a charity supporting LGBTQ+ adults. LLB; aspiring barrister. Practising Buddhist. Wagnerian snob, opera obsessive and road cyclist. Art, music, justice and an independent mind. She/her.

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Zara B @zara75-75.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
1/2 Apparently JK Rowling has now clarified that some trans adults may find peace through hormones and surgery. I keep seeing this treated as a moment of significance. Why? I do not require JK Rowling’s permission, approval or understanding in order to exist.
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Zara B @zara75-75.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
1/12 There is a curious victimhood at work here. Gender-critical campaigners invoke the Equality Act as though s.10 grants not merely protection for belief, but immunity for every way they choose to express it. It does not.
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Zara B @zara75-75.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Trans people deserve equality. I'm joining the mass lobby on 9th September. The government wants us to accept laws that are broken quietly. We won’t. www.transsolidarityalliance.com/mass-lobby-2...
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Mass Lobby for Trans Equality - 9th September 2026
The law around trans equality is fundamentally broken. Government inaction is hanging trans people and organisations out to dry - with a confusing mess of challenging rules and lawfare.
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Aidan Comerford @aidancomerford.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This blog was written by the guy who edited Graham Linehan's memoir who is simply flabbergasted to find that the bulk of his "gender critical" allies support a racist bookshop in his locality, and yet, cannot find the obvious conclusion: the GC movement is bigoted. 1/ kaygreen.blog/2026/08/09/t...
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The alarming tale of the far right bookshop in rural Suffolk
Guest blogger Simon Edge was horrified to find a far-right bookshop on his doorstep. He was even more horrified to discover it was backed to the hilt by some prominent gender critical figures. The …
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Zara B @zara75-75.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Shock horror: Hugh Laurie joins the gender-critical chorus. And the response says it all: “you can almost taste the TRA tears.” There it is. Not safeguarding, not principle: tribalism and the pleasure of seeing trans people hurt. Laurie has simply chosen his side.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
This is it. Their big idea was: we will end the culture wars by conceding to the crank right across the board, on everything. As they were repeatedly warned, the crank right always banks every concession then demands more and crazier things, now emboldened because they know we are weak and stupid.
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Zara B @zara75-75.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Just remember: TERFs don’t matter.
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 06/08/2026
This transphobic code of practice is going cause immense harm to trans people's everyday lives. And lots of women's and disabled people's. We think we can stop it. But not without your help 👇
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Fight back against the code of practice
The government’s transphobic code of practice is now up and running. But we’re not going to take it, we’re helping to fight back. Join us
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Zara B @zara75-75.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
1/1/11 Sharon Davies' endorsement of Kathleen Stock is instructive. A young woman's walking stick is converted into a "concerning trend". Her disability is not examined. Her credibility is placed on trial before any evidence is heard.
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Zara B @zara75-75.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
1/6 Well, there it is. What begins with trans people rarely remains confined to trans people. Once society accepts that one minority may be treated as deluded, contagious or fraudulent, the machinery does not retire. It looks for its next subject.
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Miffythegamer @miffythegamer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Don’t forget to buy your copy!
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Zara B @zara75-75.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
“Judge me by my actions” you say. Very well. The EHRC has converted statutory interpretation into prescriptive exclusion, declaring trans inclusion “very likely” unlawful although the Court ordered no blanket exclusion and expressly disclaimed policymaking. That is regulatory overreach.
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Zara B @zara75-75.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
1/14 Today the EHRC Code takes effect. It is restrictive, serious and open to challenge. But begin with law, not the triumphalism of those pretending trans people have been outlawed. We have not. Gender reassignment remains a protected characteristic under the Equality Act.
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
here's a fun lil exercise for cis people: how many articles would a publication have to print calling for your extermination before you would expect people who care about you to stop giving them money? and how would you feel if their excuse for still supporting them is some fuckass crossword puzzle?
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Zara B @zara75-75.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
1/4 I am astounded by the canonisation of Rod Liddle. He argued for decriminalising the viewing of child sexual abuse material and wrote that he could not imagine becoming a secondary-school teacher without trying to “shag the kids”. These were his published words, not allegations.
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Zara B @zara75-75.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Meanwhile laying on my sofa this evening, immersed in Tchaikovsky: the blazing Violin Concerto and the tender, intimate Souvenir d’un lieu cher. Janine Jansen, Daniel Harding and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra make every phrase feel alive. An amazing, exhilarating end to the day.
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Zara B @zara75-75.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The irony is grotesque. The self-styled “protectors of women and girls” are eulogising Rod Liddle: a man who argued against criminalising the viewing of child sexual-abuse images, wrote about trying to have sex with school pupils, and accepted a police caution for assaulting his pregnant partner.
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Zara B @zara75-75.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Whilst the haters hate and some self-appointed allies seek to grant or withhold permission for us to act, I’m simply living my life openly, happily and without asking anyone’s permission.
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Kirsty McTear 🏳️‍⚧️ She/Her @kirsty-mctear.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
FIFTH THOUGHT OF THE DAY… Brexit was and is a paperwork Berlin wall to keep the UK population locked up on this rancid island. To keep them from experiencing how better other countries do things and how better off they are. A policy for ignorant people by ignorant people and to keep us ignorant.
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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
⚠️ I am cancelling my monthly payment to @amnestyuk.bsky.social immediately and will redirecting my donation to @goodlawproject.org - the ONLY organisation that seems to have the backbone to stand up for free speech and human rights against billionaire bullies! 👉🏻 goodlawproject.org/donate/
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Support us | Good Law Project
We can only keep fighting thanks to individual donations. Our people-powered model keeps us fiercely independent, so we can hold power to account.
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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 01/08/2026
What I want for trans + people in the UK. The puberty blocker ban lifted. The toilet ban scrapped. Supreme Court ruling overtuned/made ineffective. An informed consent model for gender affirming care. Self ID. Non-Binary people legaly recognised. No trans + censorship in schools.
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Zara B @zara75-75.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
1/12 I’ve been thinking about what a recent exchange with a self-described cis-het trans ally revealed. This goes beyond one unpleasant argument. It concerns an allyship that supports trans people in the abstract while reserving the right to decide when we may defend ourselves.
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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Here is the link to tell them why you won’t be supporting them: www.amnesty.org.uk/contact-us/
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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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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I have donated to @amnesty.org in the past, but I won't be doing so again after @amnestyuk.bsky.social's pathetic apology to Rowling. In future I'll give my money to organisations that retain a spine
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A dark day for human rights.
four frame comic. first frame shows the logo of amnesty international. second frame shows jk rowling, smiling in the dark. third frame shows an empty classroom, with a pride poster almost falling from the wall. fourth frame shows a trans flag flying in the wind. text above all the images reads : 
on july 8th, amnesty Inter-
national uk published a report
titled “A Growing Threat: The
Anti-Rights Movement in the UK.”
it listed 117 orgs, including anti-
trans and anti-queer ones
backed by jk rowling.
the backlash was immediate
and brutal : rowling pledged
to cover the fees of anyone
who wished to sue amnesty.
the report was taken down
within 48 hours.
this morning (july 31st), amnesty
fully capitulated and released
an apology to anti-trans orgs,
which, it said, should not have
been "collectively labelled as
anti-rights". rowling
celebrated.
an organisation that
bravely faced fascist regimes
and reported human rights
violations for 65 years has caved
to rowling's power and bigotry.
it's a dark day for human rights.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 31/07/2026
1. Amnesty International has withstood threats from death squads and dictators. But it could not stand up to JK Rowling and the anti-trans movement she finances. It has apologized for calling those groups "anti-rights" after legal threats. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Amnesty International UK Caves To JK Rowling, Issues Apology For Calling Anti-Trans Groups "Anti-Rights"
The organization has stood up to dictators and death squads, but Rowling and the UK's anti-speech laws were apparently too much.
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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...
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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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