An article in the Times today by Kathleen Stock in which she claims, incorrectly, that ‘when the gay rights cause first got going, the ideal was toleration’.

To correct the record:
The gay rights movement I was a part of in the 1980s and 90s was not aiming for ‘toleration’.
Mere acceptance was not enough.
How would that help the isolated queer kid?
No. We wanted that child to know they would be loved and celebrated just as they were.

Amazing that it’s always the same three transphobic columnists, over and over and over again. Here, we have the lesbian JD Vance rewriting a history she was never part of.

Lesbians support the trans and non-binary community – just look at all the evidence This year Lesbian Visibility Week is bringing together the UK’s largest queer and lesbian groups around the theme #UnitedNotUniform

While anti-trans narratives continue to be pushed by a vocal minority, that’s not the full story.

From our archives, Polly Shute looks back at the long history of lesbian support for Trans+ people 🏳️‍⚧️

#LVW26
🧡🤍🩷

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I got into a rather heated debate at a friend’s housewarming a few weeks ago with someone who argued with me that the Guardian doesn’t have a right wing bias like the rest of UK media, its publishing of crap like this to harm the LGBTQ+ rights movement and damage our community proves that it does…

And once and for all, why must the disintegrating rights of a minority in this country always be filtered through the bigotry of one woman outside that community? “Are Black people being failed by the justice system? The Guardian asks a racist…”

Why I’m one of 100,000 women who’ve signed a petition in support of trans people Those of us who remember Section 28 don’t want to see its warped logic inflicted on another community, writes Kat Brown – and using my safety as an excuse to discriminate against trans people has got ...

We all know that the threat to women is not coming from the trans community – by me for The Independent
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It shocks me how many businesses still don’t seem to get that Trump’s cultural revolution did not actually happen

Ah yey glad it arrived safely! Hope you enjoy x

Also literally how we got the Church of England, btw.

‘My life has become a rollercoaster’: Francesca Albanese on death threats, danger and dread after accusing Israel of genocide When the UN special rapporteur published her report Anatomy of a Genocide in March 2024, she was lionised by some and demonised by the Trump government. She describes what happened next

“My life has become a rollercoaster,” she says in reference to the death threats and sanctions. “I never imagined living without a bank card, but I do. People help me. My freedom is stronger than my fear. You are defeated the moment you stop fighting.”

www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr...

Graphic with blue background with 18 longlisted jackets for the three awards, and logos in white font. More info at www.jhalakprize.com

The news is out! When I started this mad, bad, dangerous prize a decade ago, I never thought it would grow to three awards. But here we are: still shouting about future classics and current #mustreads
#jhalakprizeat10

'I vigorously dispute that I asked the so-called Equality and Human Rights Commission not to totally do trans people over' is quite the message from a Labour Party that has completely lost the plot.

Norwich tomorrow, Birmingham Wednesday and Oxford Thursday as the tour continues! Tix available on waterstones site for the first two and Blackwells for Oxford. See you ther!

Could be direct quotes from Putin, Trump, Kemi Badenoch, Nigel Farage…

Wtf happened to you, Labour Party? #VoteGreen

It’s like a (really shit) game where you can’t imagine him stooping to new depths of atrocious behaviour and then he goes and finds a new barrel of awful to scrape the bottom of…

It’s a great moment to remember that in the leadup to this popular uprising, the first major gut-punch was delivered by Budapest Pride. Poetic justice. 🇭🇺🏳️‍🌈

My Kickstarter copy of @nmjcoveney.bsky.social’s book arrived yesterday along with the awesome pin badge and playing cards and it’s signed 😍 can’t wait to start reading! Thank you Nick ❤️

Thank you so much for the support! I hope that you enjoy it X

The only president stupid enough to do it.

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

Gaza, trans people, Iran

He clearly wants to add disabled people too.

Wow, great news: the CDC has a study proving COVID vaccines slashed hospitalizations by 55%. Bad news: RFK Jr.’s team killed it before publication because facts were inconvenient. They are literally hiding data that could save your life.

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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Fuck this. As an industry, we are in an existential crisis of book banning because of homophobia and transphobia weaponized by racist authoritarians. “Dirty books” are not the problem. Censorship is.

Make whatever books you like, but don’t you dare call other books dirty in your shitty marketing.

I like Sadiq, but Green is not a protest vote. When Labour turned Tory, it left me. I did not leave it.

Patrick Ness talks returning to the world of Chaos Walking with Piper At The Gates Of Dusk Returning to the world of Chaos Walking, Patrick Ness discusses his new novel Piper At The Gates Of Dusk, storytelling across page and screen, and why great ideas are too valuable to ignore.

New interview out today on @scifinow.bsky.social !

I look very Scandinavian in this photo. Which makes sense. I'm Scandinavian.

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IMPEACH TRUMP. AGAIN. Impeach Trump. Sign the petition NOW to defend democracy and demand accountability! He is disqualified from office, and has violated the U.S. Constitution.

To impeach and remove this tyrant in the White House for his multiple abuses of power, including his war crimes and this illegal and unconstitutional war against Iran. www.impeachtrumpagain.org @fsfp.bsky.social 2/

Rep. Ansari: "Donald Trump is trying to normalize language that essentially threatening genocide, threatening the potential use of nuclear weapons ... how is nobody trying to restrain this madman who is trying to get all of us killed. This is a nightmare scenario. It's apocalyptic."

A picture of Hardback copies of PIPER AT THE GATES OF DUSK with prints of the exclusive Jim Kay artwork in front of them and copies of the new reissues of the original titles in the CHAOS WALKING trilogy (THE KNIFE OF NEVER LETTING GO, THE ASK AND THE ANSWER, MONSTERS OF MEN) from the launch event last week.

Wishing my incredibly talented husband @patricknessbooks.bsky.social a very happy publication day today for PIPER AT THE GATES OF DUSK the first title in the New World trilogy. The amazing universe of Chaos Walking is officially back! Available at all good bookstores

Hey hey hey!!! PIPER AT THE GATES OF DUSK got a 5-star review in the Telegraph! I only have a press reader link, but they say super cool things:

"[Ness] he has pulled off a tri­umph by return­ing to a famil­iar land­scape, and cre­at­ing something new."

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