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A woman wearing a brightly coloured top has her arms folded next to a quote that reads:

“Targeting trans people whilst pretending to care about women's safety is classic 
patriarchy. It distracts from the 99% of sexual crime and 90% of violent crime committed by cis men and sets back equality for women by policing our bodies'”

A woman wearing a brightly coloured top has her arms folded next to a quote that reads: “Targeting trans people whilst pretending to care about women's safety is classic patriarchy. It distracts from the 99% of sexual crime and 90% of violent crime committed by cis men and sets back equality for women by policing our bodies'”

We’re proud to include voices like @natashadevon.bsky.social MBE - journalist, campaigner, and long-time advocate for women and young people - in our growing movement of women speaking out in support of the trans+ community

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Watched it before Christmas - it is so much better than I had anticipated!

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The article explicitly notes WI had had a trans-inclusive policy *since the 1970s*!

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JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

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Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life.

And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should

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We gays grew up hearing politicians claim that gay people having kids was “against nature,” “social engineering,” “grooming,” “ideology,” etc. Now this rhetoric is recycled to degrade trans lives. This is why the fight against transphobia is also a fight against homophobia. Bigots will trash us all.

8 months ago 187 57 1 0

I think this is the right thing to do - glad I bought Queer As Folklore now ❤️

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Starmer says trans bans must be implemented 'as soon as possible' Keir Starmer has ordered that public bodies to enforce the Supreme Court's controversial gender ruling "as soon as possible".

What a sad pathetic man who stands for absolutely nothing. An empty vessel rattling noisily for whatever lobby is closest to power and gets to drop their mean spirited bigotry into him first

9 months ago 103 19 2 4

A beloved San Francisco drag queen was found dead in London over two years ago and the British police have done fuck all since. But a couple of performers at a festival in Somerset step out of line and decry a genocide, it’s all hands on deck

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Watch Four Mothers - BFI Player Hilarious, uplifting tale of an Irish son juggling four very different mothers over one chaotic weekend in Dublin.

Four Mothers is a lovely heartwarming watch - just dropped on BFI Player player.bfi.org.uk/subscription...

10 months ago 7 4 1 0

Whoever came up with this deserves a raise

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Do me a favour and let them know it's me? 🥰

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“If you are transphobic, you are not a feminist” - Kate Nash

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Kate Nash - GERM (Official Lyric Video)
Kate Nash - GERM (Official Lyric Video) YouTube video by Kate Nash

Kate Nash absolutely crushing it - and TERFS

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J.K. Rowling uses 'Harry Potter' wealth to fund anti-transgender organization

J.K. Rowling uses 'Harry Potter' wealth to fund anti-transgender organization

J.K. Rowling is using her wealth attained from the "Harry Potter" series to create an organization dedicated to removing transgender people's rights "in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces.”

🔗: bit.ly/3ZBRxYk

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Kate Nash - GERM (Official Lyric Video)
Kate Nash - GERM (Official Lyric Video) YouTube video by Kate Nash

This is quite something - massive respect to Kate Nash for putting this out into the world. Give it a listen.

Kate Nash - GERM
youtu.be/q2MoQJP-PhA?...

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Fingers holding a small card which reads ‘trans lives are more important than Harry Potter’. 
Note: image saved from somebody else’s post. I was going to reshare her post but she’d disabled that function.

Fingers holding a small card which reads ‘trans lives are more important than Harry Potter’. Note: image saved from somebody else’s post. I was going to reshare her post but she’d disabled that function.

Or more succinctly…

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Keep J K Rowling out of Ireland

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Money that JKR earns from Harry Potter is used to fund legal actions designed to reduce trans women’s rights, e.g. in the workplace.
The harms from this will affect all trans communities.
Personally, I will do what I can to not line her purse further.

10 months ago 148 50 9 2

Hard relate!

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Once again, the best time to cancel your Labour membership was years ago. The second best time is now.

11 months ago 141 34 0 2

They keep talking about role models for young men well here you go: A MAN

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No one who cares about wildlife and ecosystems is now likely to vote Labour in 2029.
Or about Gaza.
Or poverty.
Or inequality.
Or international aid.
Or corporate power.
Or democratic reform.
Or racism.
Or trans rights.
So that's goodbye to just about its entire vote.
What are they playing at?

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What an absolutely revolting disappointment the UK Labour Party have turned out to be. Sacrificing everything - everything - to chase a chimaeric single digit percentage of Reform voters who are never going to vote for them anyway. Pathetic.

11 months ago 349 56 18 4

I am proud to be a signatory to this letter speaking out in support of our trans siblings in the face of the current appalling assault on their rights and safety. If you are a feminist academic or educator please do read, share and consider signing. #transrightsarehumanrights #CisWithTheT

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This "debate" about who should use what toilet doesn’t benefit anyone. It doesn’t fix the underfunding of women's refuges, NHS waiting lists leaving women in terrible pain, mums skipping meals to feed their kids. How about we get on with tackling the real issues affecting women?

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Brilliant 👏👏

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Reminder to cis journalists, editors, podcasters, etc: actually ask trans people to write and speak about the Supreme Court ruling and EHRC update.

Half of you don’t know the difference between a trans man and a trans woman. Your opinion isn’t needed. Ours is.

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