There're bits that're pretty shit about it, but if you filter out "people and institutions being shitty at me for existing" then honestly the bad bits that are left are kinda just 'regular living your life' level issues. Like I spend a lot of time wishing I just wasn't, but not because I'm trans.
Thank youuu 💜
While that's absolutely true regarding trans people, I'm not so sure it's true regarding cis me. I don't have time to get nerd-sniped right now but my gut says more women and girls are attacked by men each year than get hit by cars as pedestrians...
(yeah it sounds very "not all men")
I don't know what's available for you, but it was a trans support group where I was first able to make new friends, and then a queer choir where those friendships were cemented. In both cases it did require very awkwardly asking people to be friends, but pointing out the awkwardness helped I think.
You know what, sure. I'll join the masses returning to Kerbal Space Program due to the Artemis missions. There are worse things to hitch a wagon to in these trying times.
Mandelson was one of the architects of this particular government and cabinet so this is one of the rare occasions where the captured media isn't being unfair y'all. Plus the Epstein/Trump bomb still hasn't truly exploded or been defused, so it's going to keep coming around.
I'll play trans ambassador with folks who have genuinely never knowingly met a trans person before and who have questions coming from passive ignorance.
I won't police my own community's howls of pain and fear or laughs of joy and chaos just to appease some vindictive miserable dickheads who hate.
Yep, much like the Dems across the pond, New Labour exist as a captured opposition to take the place of the establishment darlings the Tories when they inevitably become too toxic to astroturf support for. And the Overton window gets ratchetted further towards fascist/feudal oligarchy.
Pratchett is basically the only reason this autistic was able to understand Why the World is Like This.
They had so much trouble finding a fall guy that he was able to demand a velvet parachute. Fuckin' loool.
It's been 13 years since they basically murdered Lucy Meadows so I'm sure they're desperate to do it again.
It really reminds me of the Daily Mail literally hounding Lucy Meadows to death.
"And to you the press, I say shame, shame on all of you."
"Here at Palantir we've streamlined the process of identifying who belongs in the camps using our friendly Eye of Sauron AI. From medical records to benefit calls to social media posts, as soon as our eye is upon them racial and economic purity is assured!"
So genuinely, what's going to be the line in the sand where it becomes morally necessary for trans and queer folk to switch from peaceful revolution to violent revolution? Also, does anyone know if the king has a horse I could throw myself under? Asking for a friend.
Yes, that's when transphobia was made official government policy, and this supposedly new government is gleefully going full steam ahead with it. You asked for evidence of murderous transphobia. It's still murderous no matter how many times Wes mini Mandelson says "dignity and respect"
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
I know this isn't your part of the Beeb but you're the only bit of it I could find on here. What are your current guidelines for making posts on social media that are blatantly defamatory?
Signed - a non-biological woman, hypoallergenic for 🌸 comfort and freshness 🌸
Oh hey thank you for pointing out their contact details. I just asked their inclusivity training team how they deal with the contradiction and still manage to look at themselves in the mirror.
Knives out, baby!
Let them fight (over there, in their part of the city, away from our loved ones)!
Streeting and Mandelson
I suspect this photo is going to be one of the most shared over the next few years if Labour is stupid enough to select Streeting to replace Starmer.
This government is as badly manufactured and hollow as generative AI so it makes sense. Plus AI is the next frontier of propaganda so of course the cabinet that lauded Sir Peter Mandelson is desperate to try and fellate the owners like they're Rupert Murdoch.
Why'd I say that, stupid visual brain 😭
Treating the Complex PTSD that comes from everyone around you being required to call you a liar, delusional, a freak, disgusting, wrong, etc for your entirely childhood is definitely more expensive than gender affirming care is.
And then we grow up and they have to pay for the gender care anyway.
Ever since I saw the ITV news presenter awkwardly talk about biological and non-biological women all I can picture now are glossy adverts for washing detergents whenever someone uses that phrase.
"💐🌹 Woman Non-Bio, hypoallergenic for your comfort and freshness! 🌸🥀"
He added: "I believe very strongly that women's wards should be for biological women. What do we do about tha biological female who is a trans man, looks, sounds, presents, lives, his life as a man is biologically female? We wouldn't put him on a women's ward. That would be degrading for him and humiliating And cruel.
Wes streeting admits what he is doing is "humilating and cruel".
But only for trans men (that look and sound man enough).
Perfectly happy to inflict cruelty and humiliation on trans women.
Source. LBC
It's not just because our ruling class are a bunch of monarchists, but the near total immunity that it offers plus the centuries long tradition of grooming heirs and arranging marriages is about the most fertile ground I can imagine for predators. Like how many nonces has Charlie been mates with, 4?
Wordle isn't worth it! It's like newspaper subscription Harry Potter - sure it's a fun game, but it's directly supporting a publication well into a cynical hard turn to the right. Cast it into the fire! Destroy it!
Wordle is like Harry Potter but for NYT subscribers. Yes it is a really fun game! But does that really make it okay to keep subscribing to an institution that is trying to speed run a transformation into far right trash? Cause they've gone hard right since their employees dared use their union.
Oh nonono please don't tell me that the end result of all this is that I'm going to have to go spelunking through bureaucracy to obtain the magic piece of paper that changes my sex. I don't even have a passport I hate bureaucracy that much 😭
Yep, time remains a mostly flat circle, and our "elites" continue to really like fascists for some reason.
Graphic saying: UK Government Statement THIS IS A WARNING Guidance to exclude trans people is coming in May
Today's government statement is a warning shot.
They’re reframing the Equality Act around “biological sex” as if that’s the default, which it isn’t.
The law is about proportionality and inclusion, not blanket exclusion of a minority group. 1/5
