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@ddonnelly.bsky.social explores the Legacy of Section 2A and finishes by saying, "We will not allow their identities to become unspeakable again."
It's a fascinating read to get to that conclusion.
leftungagged.org/2025/02/08/s...
It's a fascinating read to get to that conclusion.
leftungagged.org/2025/02/08/s...
Section 2A: The Legacy - Ungagged!
Damien Donnelly writes - "We will not allow their identities to become unspeakable again."
leftungagged.org
A wee reflection on section 28/2A I wrote for LGBT History Month:
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How will this be remembered?
This History Month, we’re asking you to get in touch with the Scottish Government to ask them how their actions now will be remembered in the years to come: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/howwillthisb...
This History Month, we’re asking you to get in touch with the Scottish Government to ask them how their actions now will be remembered in the years to come: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/howwillthisb...
February 6, 2026 at 10:48 AM
How will this be remembered?
This History Month, we’re asking you to get in touch with the Scottish Government to ask them how their actions now will be remembered in the years to come: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/howwillthisb...
This History Month, we’re asking you to get in touch with the Scottish Government to ask them how their actions now will be remembered in the years to come: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/howwillthisb...
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How will this be remembered?
This History Month, we’re asking you to get in touch with the Scottish Government to ask them how their actions now will be remembered in the years to come: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/howwillthisb...
This History Month, we’re asking you to get in touch with the Scottish Government to ask them how their actions now will be remembered in the years to come: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/howwillthisb...
February 6, 2026 at 10:25 AM
How will this be remembered?
This History Month, we’re asking you to get in touch with the Scottish Government to ask them how their actions now will be remembered in the years to come: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/howwillthisb...
This History Month, we’re asking you to get in touch with the Scottish Government to ask them how their actions now will be remembered in the years to come: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/howwillthisb...
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Please help with this research.
February 6, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Please help with this research.
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Okay but Zack Polanski has been coming out with bangers
February 5, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Okay but Zack Polanski has been coming out with bangers
Defender of Women and King of the Lesbians ™️
'nip nops'
'nip nops'
February 5, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Defender of Women and King of the Lesbians ™️
'nip nops'
'nip nops'
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more ppl need to be pointing out that wes streeting is peter mandelson's protege and that he defended mandelson remaining friends with epstein after he was convicted.
February 5, 2026 at 2:09 PM
more ppl need to be pointing out that wes streeting is peter mandelson's protege and that he defended mandelson remaining friends with epstein after he was convicted.
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If I recall correctly.... she gave less than 10% to the SC case.
I think its unfair to say she's bankrolling them. sure, donating and supporting. yes things would be harder for bigots without them
i would argue her connections and stuff are far more valuable to bigots than anything else she offers
I think its unfair to say she's bankrolling them. sure, donating and supporting. yes things would be harder for bigots without them
i would argue her connections and stuff are far more valuable to bigots than anything else she offers
February 4, 2026 at 5:06 PM
If I recall correctly.... she gave less than 10% to the SC case.
I think its unfair to say she's bankrolling them. sure, donating and supporting. yes things would be harder for bigots without them
i would argue her connections and stuff are far more valuable to bigots than anything else she offers
I think its unfair to say she's bankrolling them. sure, donating and supporting. yes things would be harder for bigots without them
i would argue her connections and stuff are far more valuable to bigots than anything else she offers
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1/🧵 This is quite significant as it’s the first public argument about which Equality Act provisions go against the Convention. A judge in London requested a written submission from Good Law Project and the EHRC but it was never published.
4/ One particularly interesting point is that the Scottish Ministers accept the existence of a “service test” under paragraph 28 of Schedule 3 (the Westminster Secretary of State denied it in GLP v EHRC) and they invite the court to proceed straight to considering incompatibility.
February 5, 2026 at 1:14 PM
1/🧵 This is quite significant as it’s the first public argument about which Equality Act provisions go against the Convention. A judge in London requested a written submission from Good Law Project and the EHRC but it was never published.
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Wes Streeting wants people to forget. Never let him forget.
February 5, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Wes Streeting wants people to forget. Never let him forget.
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This should be a resignation matter for the Minister.
A truly hideous right wing smear campaign against these six activists for exercising their free speech rights to protest - and confronted with the evidence all six have been acquitted.
Palestine Action activists cleared of aggravated burglary at Israeli defence firm site
None of the six activists were convicted of any offence over break-in at Elbit Systems factory near Bristol in 2024
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:22 PM
This should be a resignation matter for the Minister.
If you're saying the Mandelson appointment is what will finish Starmer, try not to do it within earshot of your LGBT+, immigrant or disabled friends and family or else you'll remind them you didn't really care about them being thrown under the bus to appease the far right.
February 4, 2026 at 4:08 PM
If you're saying the Mandelson appointment is what will finish Starmer, try not to do it within earshot of your LGBT+, immigrant or disabled friends and family or else you'll remind them you didn't really care about them being thrown under the bus to appease the far right.
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Once again the EHRC intervenes, while claiming not to, to support gender critical activists and place trans individuals at more harm.
The suggestion here of "trans only wings" denies by matter of reality trans individuals rights, and recognition of their gender.
www.thetimes.com/article/efdd...
The suggestion here of "trans only wings" denies by matter of reality trans individuals rights, and recognition of their gender.
www.thetimes.com/article/efdd...
February 4, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Once again the EHRC intervenes, while claiming not to, to support gender critical activists and place trans individuals at more harm.
The suggestion here of "trans only wings" denies by matter of reality trans individuals rights, and recognition of their gender.
www.thetimes.com/article/efdd...
The suggestion here of "trans only wings" denies by matter of reality trans individuals rights, and recognition of their gender.
www.thetimes.com/article/efdd...
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As someone who started a successful small news site, I am happy to talk to anyone who thinks they want to do this. I try to lift up other independent journalists whose values align with mine when I can, and have been repeatedly lifted up by colleagues in turn.
Now for the but...
Now for the but...
A lot of people cannot just start a paid newsletter or become freelancers to sustain their careers. The sports, metro, and international desks did work that requires *team* resources, like legal checks, documents, access to archives, and long-term beat experience.
February 4, 2026 at 3:16 PM
As someone who started a successful small news site, I am happy to talk to anyone who thinks they want to do this. I try to lift up other independent journalists whose values align with mine when I can, and have been repeatedly lifted up by colleagues in turn.
Now for the but...
Now for the but...
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This person is giving a talk about "An Evening on Evolutionary Biology: An overview covering Feminism, Transgender,
Homosexuality and Honor Killings" in 2016 and they paid the audience members £35 each to be there and were expecting UK press coverage.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
Homosexuality and Honor Killings" in 2016 and they paid the audience members £35 each to be there and were expecting UK press coverage.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 4, 2026 at 2:51 PM
This person is giving a talk about "An Evening on Evolutionary Biology: An overview covering Feminism, Transgender,
Homosexuality and Honor Killings" in 2016 and they paid the audience members £35 each to be there and were expecting UK press coverage.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
Homosexuality and Honor Killings" in 2016 and they paid the audience members £35 each to be there and were expecting UK press coverage.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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FBI release copy of all the trans people in the Epstein Files.
Unredacted.
⬇️
Unredacted.
⬇️
a close up of a white background with a shadow on it .
ALT: a close up of a white background with a shadow on it .
media.tenor.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:23 PM
FBI release copy of all the trans people in the Epstein Files.
Unredacted.
⬇️
Unredacted.
⬇️
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Everyone involved in the Epstein files that is a perpetrators of a crime, is a cis person.
Every. Single. One.
I've not heard a single person suggest that that this behaviour is representative of cis people in general.
Every. Single. One.
I've not heard a single person suggest that that this behaviour is representative of cis people in general.
February 2, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Everyone involved in the Epstein files that is a perpetrators of a crime, is a cis person.
Every. Single. One.
I've not heard a single person suggest that that this behaviour is representative of cis people in general.
Every. Single. One.
I've not heard a single person suggest that that this behaviour is representative of cis people in general.
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Minutes of Board meetings of the Scottish EHRC from May and September 2025 have now been published here:
www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/defaul...
and here: www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/defaul...
According to my FOI, EHRC Board meeting minutes are still unpublished / FOI withheld from…
1/
www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/defaul...
and here: www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/defaul...
According to my FOI, EHRC Board meeting minutes are still unpublished / FOI withheld from…
1/
February 2, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Minutes of Board meetings of the Scottish EHRC from May and September 2025 have now been published here:
www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/defaul...
and here: www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/defaul...
According to my FOI, EHRC Board meeting minutes are still unpublished / FOI withheld from…
1/
www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/defaul...
and here: www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/defaul...
According to my FOI, EHRC Board meeting minutes are still unpublished / FOI withheld from…
1/
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Every time I've spoken to a politician or person in power about trans issues over the last few years I've started with 'now, I know this sounds like I need a tinfoil hat...'
February 2, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Every time I've spoken to a politician or person in power about trans issues over the last few years I've started with 'now, I know this sounds like I need a tinfoil hat...'
One of Kylie Minogue's former singers suddenly has a bit of a platform (some reality TV show) and has decided to use it to try and take Kylie down by complaining about her being rude on tour. That tour was... 30+ years ago! 😅 Sour grapes?
a woman in a pink dress is writing on a piece of paper
ALT: a woman in a pink dress is writing on a piece of paper
media.tenor.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:16 PM
One of Kylie Minogue's former singers suddenly has a bit of a platform (some reality TV show) and has decided to use it to try and take Kylie down by complaining about her being rude on tour. That tour was... 30+ years ago! 😅 Sour grapes?
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Makes you think, huh..?
February 1, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Makes you think, huh..?