Steph Paton: Not a great start from Kezia Dugdale as the new Stonewall chair OF all the things that unite the experience of being a trans person in 2026, “disappointment” is one

Kezia Dugdale has launched into her new role with a commitment to making Stonewall even more toothless and irrelevant than it was already.
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Presumed Comedian Misunderstands a Joke

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Nice catch! Interesting to see Peterson - a known waffler and word weasel - making a factual claim tied to a current even than can be more readily checked. Yes, there was his grandstanding about censorship at his university, but after his rise to fame he became much oratorical, vague and broad.

Firm predicts 1,000 clients may join gender identity clinic claim Clinic set to close after criticism over quality controls for new treatments.

@johnhyde.bsky.social following your article about potential legal action against the Tavistock in 2022: www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/firm-pr...

I thought you might be interested in this update - An FOI has uncovered that NO legal action was ever received by PG: www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/numb...

Pogust Goodhead distances itself from departed founder Following leak of internal investigation to the press, class action firm says it had put the 'chapter firmly behind us'.

The only “scandal” revealed by this?

Was when Pogust Goodhead fired the founder linked to this litigation in suspicious circumstances:

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In a fair world a “journalist” who based an article on a puff piece and didn’t do the leg work to know it was junk then would face consequences.

Whether it was a transphobic puff piece or targeting some other group:

The solicitor featured in that interview has since been removed from the firm…

…albeit not because of this case, as far as we can tell:

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You Were Lied to About the Tavistock Trans Youth Clinic YouTube video by EssenceOfThought

'1,000 former patients are suing Tavistock for being given gender affirming care!' was the battle cry Jordan Peterson and other transphobes used to undermine trans youth healthcare. Yet a new freedom of information request (FOI) has blown said lie right open. #TransYouth #PubertyBlockers

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Not In Our Name's letter is at over 99,000 signatures; with less than 1000 signatures to go until 100,000!

Let's give them a good push over the 100k mark!

Sign here: notinourname.org.uk

World expert who’s been topping up her ‘male’ hormone for 30 years and says we ALL need to take TESTOSTERONE to defy ageing... Daily Mail14 Apr 2026By DR FLORENCE COMITE US endocrinologist and expert in longevity

Daily Mail today, left without comment

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Tweet by Graham Linehan. Hi to my new international readers. I was a successful UK comedy writer until I spoke out against men in women's sports and private spaces, and children being mutilated and sterilised in gender clinics. The fight is far from over so join me if any of this interests you.

Graham Linehan still hasn't won?? Apparently, "the fight is far from over?" Of course, it will never be over, and will always require you to give money to Graham Linehan so he can keep "fighting."

I, and every other decent Irish person, is happy to accept him saying he is a British person, though.

Graham Linehan Pedojackets Stephen Fry for Supporting Trans People YouTube video by EssenceOfThought

Graham Linehan has spent years labelling all trans people 'groomers', even those who are minors themselves. But now he's expanding his circle of targets to include cis gay men, such as actor and comedian Stephen Fry. Are gender 'critical' fascists reviving the myth that all gay men are paedophiles?

Every time I see Thatcher these days I think how much worse Labour are for queer people and that, and that alone, should end them.

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#GenderCriticalFascism

I've spent the last week worried that if I move GPs I won't get the medication I need to live. Your party could have changed that but chose instead to make it worse.

This is a question I ask myself constantly. 15 years working in advocacy, nearly a decade prior to reporting on issues, it does seem things are getting worse. It's not much, but I cling to the idea that without fighting back they would be even more so. We are in triage rather than healing right now

How should you participate in a society in which the 'health' system systematically harms your health, the 'human rights' commission removes your human rights, the 'justice' system refuses even to hear you and the 'independent' State broadcaster broadcasts lies about you?

A non-rhetorical question.

The non-violent direct action promoted by Bash Back is the inevitable, and I would say legitimate, response to a society whose institutions, politics and media systematically dehumanise trans people.

No pasarán.

The essay (and extended bibliography/notes) to my initial response to the Birdman: an autopsy of the #HarryPotter franchise as a whole, alongside comparisons to #Tolkien and prior examinations of that author. 1/4

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#fascism #snape #transphobia #racism #ableism

(source thumbnail: Jessica Kellgren-Fozard's "Is Harry Potter ableist?" 2025)

A screencap of the opening to Essence of Thought's "How J.K. Rowling Turned Harry Potter Into a Symbol of Hate" (2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiNkNB15DEg

Many different adaptations of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights (1847). (source: Hirst's "Romancing Wuthering Heights: A History of Adaptation – Interactive Online Workshop," 2026) https://romancingthegothic.com/2026/01/11/romancing-wuthering-heights-a-history-of-adaptation-interactive-online-workshop/

A scene from I Saw the TV Glow (2024): the starring actor, Justice Smith alongside non-binary acting person, Jack Haven. Note the trans color scheme and green-and-purple hues, too. Good stuff. Like The Matrix (1999) but gay and tortured.

The bibliography features a gazillion essays by #YouTubers on Rowling—ranging from her racism, ableism, and transphobia; e.g., @essenceofthought.bsky.social's excellent work on that. Also includes essays on the Gothic, geopolitics, and better media to consume; e.g., #ISawtheTVGlow (2024). 4/4

a pink faerie fox throws a fireball at a testler cybercuck and blows it the fuck up, exclaiming, "nice ride, fascist!" no, the driver (mr. muskrat) was unfortunately not in the car, and she used fire bolt because she ran out of bricks :c

a gem from tonight's drawpile

I still see some people arguing that transphobia is not fascism because some transphobes call themselves “feminists” or “progressives”.

This should put an end to that.

The Nazis called themselves “socialists” and Starmer’s party calls itself “Labour”.

Ive had PinkNews on my 'only link minimally' for a couple of years, and a total block since they went 'journalist free' the other week.

Always been problematic.

Use @wearequeeraf.com, @whatthetrans.com , @divamag.bsky.social or @attitudemag.bsky.social instead.

If you inexplicably feel the urge to help Nestlé with ANYTHING, maybe remember the 10+ million infants they murdered in the last half century

Girlguiding facing mass exodus after setting deadline for... The organisation is battling a backlash over new rules that will exclude trans girls from the organisation

Girlguiding facing mass exodus after setting deadline for trans girls to quit

The organisation is battling a backlash over new rules that will exclude trans girls from the organisation

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If you’re wondering how these malicious transphobes are able to throw their weight around so easily with numerous threatening ‘lawfare’ cases, it’s because billionaire JK Rowling is funding them! 😖

Buying/ watching anything Harry Potter related directly helps fund this hate!

I’ve heard that anti-trans hate group ‘Sex Matters’ has been sending numerous threatening letters to charities & organisations, threatening legal action unless they comply with their bullying transphobic demands! 😖

They’re only able to do this because they have billionaire backing!

JKR = Musk

ust swap 'anti-trans bigot is secretly trans' with 'this is actually trans-on-trans violence', and I hope we'd be able to see how this narrative only helps the far right distract from the violence they're inflicting upon marginalized people.

Loved Caelan's video.

Would make a post, but I feel like I've been pretty clear on my thoughts about the Harry Potter IP.