Ashleigh Talbot 🏳️⚧️
@ashleigh.whatthetrans.com
Trans, femme, co-founder of @whatthetrans.com, fighter of MS, wheelchair user, player of TTRPG's, Lego enthusiast, solarpunk devotee, bassist and theremin player. she/her. And now as of June 2025, member of the Green Party! 🟩♻️💚
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A life on the progressive side
This candid three-part podcast series is hosted by Ashleigh Talbot, a musician from Manchester diagnosed with primary progressive MS in 2022.
www.mssociety.org.uk
All three episodes of my mini podcast with the MS Society are available here, for your perusal :) www.mssociety.org.uk/support-and-...
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Our video about Bash Back's first action when they smashed up Wes Streeting's office.
And the protest afterwards which really shows that Wes can't complain about a smashed window when the gov is enabling genocide.
youtu.be/iqfZh9xhEtQ
And the protest afterwards which really shows that Wes can't complain about a smashed window when the gov is enabling genocide.
youtu.be/iqfZh9xhEtQ
December 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Our video about Bash Back's first action when they smashed up Wes Streeting's office.
And the protest afterwards which really shows that Wes can't complain about a smashed window when the gov is enabling genocide.
youtu.be/iqfZh9xhEtQ
And the protest afterwards which really shows that Wes can't complain about a smashed window when the gov is enabling genocide.
youtu.be/iqfZh9xhEtQ
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Weirdly I missed this 2 days ago. It's very worthy of a read (and a share)
The depressing quote from the headline sums up opinion "I live in a country that hates me!"
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
The depressing quote from the headline sums up opinion "I live in a country that hates me!"
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
‘I live in a country that hates me’: What’s next for trans people in the UK?
In April, the UK’s highest court ruled that the legal definition of a woman should be based on biological sex. Nicole Wootton-Cane speaks to five transgender Britons about how they feel the decision h...
www.independent.co.uk
December 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Weirdly I missed this 2 days ago. It's very worthy of a read (and a share)
The depressing quote from the headline sums up opinion "I live in a country that hates me!"
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
The depressing quote from the headline sums up opinion "I live in a country that hates me!"
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Merry Christmas all! Have a surprise episode!
New Podcast Episode: The Holly King’s Speech
The studio has a visit from the Holly King himself…
whatthetrans.com/holly/
The studio has a visit from the Holly King himself…
whatthetrans.com/holly/
December 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Merry Christmas all! Have a surprise episode!
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So the Government:
Cuts disability benefits.
Cuts practical support at work (the ‘access to work scheme’).
Reduces targets for accessible homes.
And now dismisses calls to improve wheelchair services.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Cuts disability benefits.
Cuts practical support at work (the ‘access to work scheme’).
Reduces targets for accessible homes.
And now dismisses calls to improve wheelchair services.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
December 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
So the Government:
Cuts disability benefits.
Cuts practical support at work (the ‘access to work scheme’).
Reduces targets for accessible homes.
And now dismisses calls to improve wheelchair services.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Cuts disability benefits.
Cuts practical support at work (the ‘access to work scheme’).
Reduces targets for accessible homes.
And now dismisses calls to improve wheelchair services.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
They claimed otherwise but, looks like they weren't being honest.
Par for the course for the BBC nowadays. How low they've fallen.
Par for the course for the BBC nowadays. How low they've fallen.
EXCLUSIVE
The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”.
Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights
The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”.
Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights
December 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
They claimed otherwise but, looks like they weren't being honest.
Par for the course for the BBC nowadays. How low they've fallen.
Par for the course for the BBC nowadays. How low they've fallen.
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So everyone is understandably focused on Levy right now but there’s a bunch of other stuff sneaked into the accompanying NHS England letter which I’m gonna flag up 🚩
December 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
So everyone is understandably focused on Levy right now but there’s a bunch of other stuff sneaked into the accompanying NHS England letter which I’m gonna flag up 🚩
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The Levy Review: A scathing audit of NHS Trans+ healthcare that isn’t radical enough to fix the problems.
@wearequeeraf.com and @whatthetrans.com take a first look at the long-awaited review into adult gender services in the UK 🧵
Reporting by @vic-parsons.bsky.social
@wearequeeraf.com and @whatthetrans.com take a first look at the long-awaited review into adult gender services in the UK 🧵
Reporting by @vic-parsons.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The Levy Review: A scathing audit of NHS Trans+ healthcare that isn’t radical enough to fix the problems.
@wearequeeraf.com and @whatthetrans.com take a first look at the long-awaited review into adult gender services in the UK 🧵
Reporting by @vic-parsons.bsky.social
@wearequeeraf.com and @whatthetrans.com take a first look at the long-awaited review into adult gender services in the UK 🧵
Reporting by @vic-parsons.bsky.social
The wonderful @jessothomson.co.uk at the @goodlawproject.org has done an excellent write-up of today's release of the long-awaited Levy report and it's a good read, would recommend: goodlawproject.org/the-levy-rev...
The Levy Review has been published | Good Law Project
We analyse the findings and implications of NHS England’s review of adult trans healthcare, published today.
goodlawproject.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The wonderful @jessothomson.co.uk at the @goodlawproject.org has done an excellent write-up of today's release of the long-awaited Levy report and it's a good read, would recommend: goodlawproject.org/the-levy-rev...
Oooh they are *pissed*. Which has cheered me up immensely!
December 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Oooh they are *pissed*. Which has cheered me up immensely!
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Our Statement on the Levy Review
December 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Our Statement on the Levy Review
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The legal challenge to the NHS’s clinical trial of puberty blockers is funded by a pressure group backed by Russian oligarchs and linked to the far right. goodlaw.social/1jop
From Russia to the far right: the shadowy forces challenging the NHS puberty blockers trial | Good Law Project
CitizenGO is backed by Russian oligarchs and linked to the far right. Good Law Project’s undercover investigation shows that it’s ramping up its work in the UK.
goodlaw.social
December 17, 2025 at 6:46 AM
The legal challenge to the NHS’s clinical trial of puberty blockers is funded by a pressure group backed by Russian oligarchs and linked to the far right. goodlaw.social/1jop
Our final episode of 2025! It was nice to finish up the year by talking about some slightly more positive* stories.
*Subject to various appeals and do-overs and whatever else but those haven't happened yet so we're taking the win while we still have it.
*Subject to various appeals and do-overs and whatever else but those haven't happened yet so we're taking the win while we still have it.
New Podcast Episode: What The Yule 2025
In this Episode:
- A triple featured Losers Corner
- The Girl Guiding and Womens Institute Ban
- Falkners Firing
-And a mystery person joins the recording.
Check it out here:
whatthetrans.com/ep146/
In this Episode:
- A triple featured Losers Corner
- The Girl Guiding and Womens Institute Ban
- Falkners Firing
-And a mystery person joins the recording.
Check it out here:
whatthetrans.com/ep146/
PODCAST – What the Yule?! 2025 – What The Trans!?
whatthetrans.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Our final episode of 2025! It was nice to finish up the year by talking about some slightly more positive* stories.
*Subject to various appeals and do-overs and whatever else but those haven't happened yet so we're taking the win while we still have it.
*Subject to various appeals and do-overs and whatever else but those haven't happened yet so we're taking the win while we still have it.
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Which views the BBC considers unacceptably political in its presenters is particularly telling, isn't it?
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Which views the BBC considers unacceptably political in its presenters is particularly telling, isn't it?
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It only took ten years for a dedicated bunch of well-connected weirdoes to get the entire UK elite to unite against a tiny minority of the population that they previously barely noticed.
The few to resist, like Robin Ince, deserve our lasting gratitude and respect.
The few to resist, like Robin Ince, deserve our lasting gratitude and respect.
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
It only took ten years for a dedicated bunch of well-connected weirdoes to get the entire UK elite to unite against a tiny minority of the population that they previously barely noticed.
The few to resist, like Robin Ince, deserve our lasting gratitude and respect.
The few to resist, like Robin Ince, deserve our lasting gratitude and respect.
Nbd just ya girls podcast getting shouted out by Zack Polanski :D
Srsly tho we had a great interview with him and it's nice that there's at least *some* resistance in the political sphere to the rabid transphobia that's consumed UK discourse.
Srsly tho we had a great interview with him and it's nice that there's at least *some* resistance in the political sphere to the rabid transphobia that's consumed UK discourse.
WhatTheTrans: Your favourite politician's favourite podcast 💁
ft. @zackpolanski.bsky.social @boldpolitics.bsky.social
ft. @zackpolanski.bsky.social @boldpolitics.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Nbd just ya girls podcast getting shouted out by Zack Polanski :D
Srsly tho we had a great interview with him and it's nice that there's at least *some* resistance in the political sphere to the rabid transphobia that's consumed UK discourse.
Srsly tho we had a great interview with him and it's nice that there's at least *some* resistance in the political sphere to the rabid transphobia that's consumed UK discourse.
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"if you want to play the harry potter game you should pirate it instead" or, and hear me out, you could have some goddamn self respect and play any one of the near-infinite number of other games that exist instead. but what do I know? I'm just an attractive genius who's better than you.
December 12, 2025 at 6:08 AM
"if you want to play the harry potter game you should pirate it instead" or, and hear me out, you could have some goddamn self respect and play any one of the near-infinite number of other games that exist instead. but what do I know? I'm just an attractive genius who's better than you.
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On Human Rights Day 2025, Keir Starmer is calling to get rid of the European Convention on Human Rights with Mette Frederiksen, Giorgia Meloni, and several other European leaders.
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
On Human Rights Day 2025, Keir Starmer is calling to get rid of the European Convention on Human Rights with Mette Frederiksen, Giorgia Meloni, and several other European leaders.
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Keir: why does no one like me?
critics: because you're pandering to bigots?
Keir : no that can't be it
critics: because you're pandering to bigots?
Keir : no that can't be it
December 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Keir: why does no one like me?
critics: because you're pandering to bigots?
Keir : no that can't be it
critics: because you're pandering to bigots?
Keir : no that can't be it
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The Labour government can bring section 14 of the Equality Act into force and use the Henry VIII power therein to reverse the Supreme Court’s decision literally within a matter of hours.
But Keir Starmer is a polite bigot who cynically invokes Brianna Ghey’s name while betraying her.
But Keir Starmer is a polite bigot who cynically invokes Brianna Ghey’s name while betraying her.
April 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The Labour government can bring section 14 of the Equality Act into force and use the Henry VIII power therein to reverse the Supreme Court’s decision literally within a matter of hours.
But Keir Starmer is a polite bigot who cynically invokes Brianna Ghey’s name while betraying her.
But Keir Starmer is a polite bigot who cynically invokes Brianna Ghey’s name while betraying her.
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We know everyone is asking for your money this month, but here's a twist: We're NOT asking you to donate in December, we're asking you to spread the word.
Help the trans people and allies who don't know Assigned Media's reputation for excellence and originality in trans news find us!
Help the trans people and allies who don't know Assigned Media's reputation for excellence and originality in trans news find us!
December 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
We know everyone is asking for your money this month, but here's a twist: We're NOT asking you to donate in December, we're asking you to spread the word.
Help the trans people and allies who don't know Assigned Media's reputation for excellence and originality in trans news find us!
Help the trans people and allies who don't know Assigned Media's reputation for excellence and originality in trans news find us!
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This World AIDS Day, we remember the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers lost to HIV and AIDS, and those living with HIV today. We must remind ourselves and each other that the fight isn’t over until the epidemic is over for everyone.
December 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This World AIDS Day, we remember the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers lost to HIV and AIDS, and those living with HIV today. We must remind ourselves and each other that the fight isn’t over until the epidemic is over for everyone.
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Congratulations on only being 30% transphobes and 70% people who will willingly work with transphobes, I guess?
Quoting for alt text:
Credit where credit is due, comrades who joined Your Party said this was their intention and they achieved it.
Credit where credit is due, comrades who joined Your Party said this was their intention and they achieved it.
December 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Congratulations on only being 30% transphobes and 70% people who will willingly work with transphobes, I guess?
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In the right’s telling, the origins of "gender ideology" are varied: It is false consciousness, a leftist lie, a plot by globalist elites, a spiritual affront to the Lord—or all of these things combined.
The reality? It's hateful rhetoric designed to wipe out transness itself.
The reality? It's hateful rhetoric designed to wipe out transness itself.
How the right uses "gender ideology" to blame trans people for everything
MAGA learned from global autocrats the language needed to push fear.
www.motherjones.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
In the right’s telling, the origins of "gender ideology" are varied: It is false consciousness, a leftist lie, a plot by globalist elites, a spiritual affront to the Lord—or all of these things combined.
The reality? It's hateful rhetoric designed to wipe out transness itself.
The reality? It's hateful rhetoric designed to wipe out transness itself.