Helen
@helenm40.bsky.social
Cisgender trans inclusive feminist. I have no money. Please don't ask.
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"A woman not only lost her job but suffered a terrifying experience in an environment where she should of been safe. Why? Because a man deemed her too tall to be a woman."
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February 19, 2026 at 6:33 PM
"A woman not only lost her job but suffered a terrifying experience in an environment where she should of been safe. Why? Because a man deemed her too tall to be a woman."
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The "desistance myth" is made so much more pernicious by the fact that not only was it based on DSM-III-TR which predominately involved false-positive cisgender gay kids, but it was popularized by those who pathologized later-life transition, taxonomizing it as inherently lesser in their criterion.
I wouldn't know about extraordinary, I do not think I personally am, but the bare-naked truth of the matter is, had I not transitioned I very probably would not still be around. I spent literal decades, half my life, trying to be cis. To be "normal". In the end it was a matter of honesty to myself.
Since Cass is again making the rounds for expounding on all the ways we might make fewer trans kids, here’s a piece on how this discourse erases the lives of trans people doing extraordinary specifically because they embraced who they are. Whose rich lives wouldn’t have happened in the closet.
February 19, 2026 at 5:20 PM
The "desistance myth" is made so much more pernicious by the fact that not only was it based on DSM-III-TR which predominately involved false-positive cisgender gay kids, but it was popularized by those who pathologized later-life transition, taxonomizing it as inherently lesser in their criterion.
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Even NOW Sonia can’t help herself…
And then Akua joins in with an “It’ll be alright on the night!” post.
They’re just too far gone.
And then Akua joins in with an “It’ll be alright on the night!” post.
They’re just too far gone.
February 19, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Even NOW Sonia can’t help herself…
And then Akua joins in with an “It’ll be alright on the night!” post.
They’re just too far gone.
And then Akua joins in with an “It’ll be alright on the night!” post.
They’re just too far gone.
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Sodha could be forced to wear a skirt & heels to work (& “smile!”), use a toilet based on her race & support (from lower, sex-based, pay) relatives sacked for being pregnant, gay or old.
But as a victim of her trans rights-stripping agenda, the difference is I will always fight such discrimination.
But as a victim of her trans rights-stripping agenda, the difference is I will always fight such discrimination.
February 19, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Sodha could be forced to wear a skirt & heels to work (& “smile!”), use a toilet based on her race & support (from lower, sex-based, pay) relatives sacked for being pregnant, gay or old.
But as a victim of her trans rights-stripping agenda, the difference is I will always fight such discrimination.
But as a victim of her trans rights-stripping agenda, the difference is I will always fight such discrimination.
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My work was one of the one 19 targetted. It sucked! Luckily I was able to represent our LGBT staff network and get them to reinstate a lot of trans rights that had been lost as a consequence of this. But being targetted sucks. This is the opposite of "equality"
The EHRC are forcing exclusionary policies on organisations. By publishing this today, they clearly do not plan on applying the findings in the case of GLP v EHRC.
www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre...
www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre...
February 19, 2026 at 12:34 PM
My work was one of the one 19 targetted. It sucked! Luckily I was able to represent our LGBT staff network and get them to reinstate a lot of trans rights that had been lost as a consequence of this. But being targetted sucks. This is the opposite of "equality"
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This is what I try to help people understand. If you could see the way my daughter smiled and laughed for the FIRST TIME IN YEARS after she came out to us as trans, you would get it.
My father was quite transphobic, and was not convinced I was really trans at first. He thought it was a new manifestation of mental illness. But as time went on and he saw how much happier I was he's been completely convinced, and he's growing less skeptical abt other trans ppl over time.
February 19, 2026 at 2:47 PM
This is what I try to help people understand. If you could see the way my daughter smiled and laughed for the FIRST TIME IN YEARS after she came out to us as trans, you would get it.
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“Will anyone in the Epstein files be held accountable?” What you have to understand is that while sexual violence is technically illegal and frowned upon in the abstract, in practice it is accepted, ubiquitous, de rigeur, and a primary vehicle for male bonding.
February 19, 2026 at 2:07 PM
“Will anyone in the Epstein files be held accountable?” What you have to understand is that while sexual violence is technically illegal and frowned upon in the abstract, in practice it is accepted, ubiquitous, de rigeur, and a primary vehicle for male bonding.
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The First Minister said that trans people are valued in Scotland, that he understands the anguish and hurt created by the Supreme Court ruling. Why then is his govt using the very same words from that judgment in law when it doesn’t need to? Ask them: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/howwillthisb...
February 18, 2026 at 2:16 PM
The First Minister said that trans people are valued in Scotland, that he understands the anguish and hurt created by the Supreme Court ruling. Why then is his govt using the very same words from that judgment in law when it doesn’t need to? Ask them: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/howwillthisb...
"Yes, it would be wrong to tell a child, just because they’re GNC, that they need to transition. But nobody is doing that. It’s just a lie."
Dear Philosophers, You Can Trust the Feminist Consensus: Gender-Critical Radical Feminism is Bogus
Dear philosophers, Every few weeks now it seems like the philosophy blogosphere has a big argument about trans rights. You are, perhaps, unsure what to think. You think of yourself, maybe, as a fem…
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February 19, 2026 at 10:50 AM
"Yes, it would be wrong to tell a child, just because they’re GNC, that they need to transition. But nobody is doing that. It’s just a lie."
If we lose the Equality Act, I will hold every single TERF personally responsible.
February 19, 2026 at 10:22 AM
If we lose the Equality Act, I will hold every single TERF personally responsible.
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"Schools cannot meaningfully include trans pupils and protect them from discrimination while they continue to be barred from basic amenities like toilets and PE facilities," @genderedintelligence.co.uk
February 19, 2026 at 10:02 AM
"Schools cannot meaningfully include trans pupils and protect them from discrimination while they continue to be barred from basic amenities like toilets and PE facilities," @genderedintelligence.co.uk
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And we're meant to have faith in this system that lets the super rich order kids like takeaways and cant even bring itself to arrest a single one of them, all the while as we're told migrants or trans people are why we can't afford to live in peace.
The entire thing is fucking insane.
The entire thing is fucking insane.
February 19, 2026 at 9:38 AM
And we're meant to have faith in this system that lets the super rich order kids like takeaways and cant even bring itself to arrest a single one of them, all the while as we're told migrants or trans people are why we can't afford to live in peace.
The entire thing is fucking insane.
The entire thing is fucking insane.
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…extreme right-wing money & mainstream/oligarch media support was lavished on organised transphobia in the form of well- but opaquely-funded “women’s concerns”/faux-“feminist” transphobic hate groups to campaign to strip trans people of our human rights.
Everyone like Sodha is to blame for this.
Everyone like Sodha is to blame for this.
February 19, 2026 at 9:17 AM
…extreme right-wing money & mainstream/oligarch media support was lavished on organised transphobia in the form of well- but opaquely-funded “women’s concerns”/faux-“feminist” transphobic hate groups to campaign to strip trans people of our human rights.
Everyone like Sodha is to blame for this.
Everyone like Sodha is to blame for this.
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More than almost anyone else Sodha’s faux-reasonable anti-trans diatribes in the Guardian - claiming *concern* about women’s rights - contributed to undermining the Equality Act.
If Reform gets in cis women will lose every gain they fought for since the 1960s, thanks to “journalists” like her.
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If Reform gets in cis women will lose every gain they fought for since the 1960s, thanks to “journalists” like her.
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February 19, 2026 at 9:17 AM
More than almost anyone else Sodha’s faux-reasonable anti-trans diatribes in the Guardian - claiming *concern* about women’s rights - contributed to undermining the Equality Act.
If Reform gets in cis women will lose every gain they fought for since the 1960s, thanks to “journalists” like her.
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If Reform gets in cis women will lose every gain they fought for since the 1960s, thanks to “journalists” like her.
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Following the pattern; some of the kids involved will not be able to cope and need to drop out of school.
A parent - most likely mother - will need to leave the workforce to home school them.
The child is less likely to earn qualifications, reducing employment opportunities.
A parent - most likely mother - will need to leave the workforce to home school them.
The child is less likely to earn qualifications, reducing employment opportunities.
There's no justification for this other than absolutely hating children,the disabled and neurodivergent specifically.
The Labour government is going to absolutely gut SEND provision, especially when it comes to neurodivergent kids. From The Times exposé last night
February 19, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Following the pattern; some of the kids involved will not be able to cope and need to drop out of school.
A parent - most likely mother - will need to leave the workforce to home school them.
The child is less likely to earn qualifications, reducing employment opportunities.
A parent - most likely mother - will need to leave the workforce to home school them.
The child is less likely to earn qualifications, reducing employment opportunities.
"Their support will be decided on and provided by schools."
Translation: They won't get any..
Translation: They won't get any..
February 19, 2026 at 8:04 AM
"Their support will be decided on and provided by schools."
Translation: They won't get any..
Translation: They won't get any..
Most school shootings are committed by bullies. Not bullying victims.
February 19, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Most school shootings are committed by bullies. Not bullying victims.
This explains why AI keeps repeating dangerous dreck about important medicine like vaccines and puberty blockers.
It should be blocked from 'providing' any medical information.
It should be blocked from 'providing' any medical information.
Right now people are using this trick to change what AI tells you about topics as serious as medial questions and financial advice. The problem is ENORMOUS
Experts like like @lilyray.nyc say this is a problem the tech industry has know about forever, they just didn’t work on it til it was a crisis
Experts like like @lilyray.nyc say this is a problem the tech industry has know about forever, they just didn’t work on it til it was a crisis
February 19, 2026 at 7:48 AM
This explains why AI keeps repeating dangerous dreck about important medicine like vaccines and puberty blockers.
It should be blocked from 'providing' any medical information.
It should be blocked from 'providing' any medical information.
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I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
I’m constantly astounded at the sheer level of artistic production coming out of Iceland. Novels, movies, music. Amazing.
February 18, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
An excellent article, with characteristically offensive & disingenuous responses from TERFs. I really am sick of them force teaming women into their nonsense.
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February 18, 2026 at 8:01 PM
An excellent article, with characteristically offensive & disingenuous responses from TERFs. I really am sick of them force teaming women into their nonsense.
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majesticequality.wordpress.com/2019/07/25/d...
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2026 basically
February 18, 2026 at 4:23 PM
2026 basically
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Nothing to see here…
Just Maya Forstater supporting a homophobe.
Just Maya Forstater supporting a homophobe.
February 18, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Nothing to see here…
Just Maya Forstater supporting a homophobe.
Just Maya Forstater supporting a homophobe.
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Wembley Arena. Let’s go. 💚
I’m proud to be speaking alongside performances from Adam Lambert, Beverley Knight & so many more!
It's a moment to stand in solidarity with our trans siblings.
Because when any of us are under attack, we show up.
Join us: www.ovoarena.co.uk/events/detai...
I’m proud to be speaking alongside performances from Adam Lambert, Beverley Knight & so many more!
It's a moment to stand in solidarity with our trans siblings.
Because when any of us are under attack, we show up.
Join us: www.ovoarena.co.uk/events/detai...
Trans Mission | OVO Arena Wembley
Official OVO Arena Wembley website - London's most iconic concert and events venue, with state of the art facilities, excellent transport links, bars and hotels.and hotels
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February 18, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Wembley Arena. Let’s go. 💚
I’m proud to be speaking alongside performances from Adam Lambert, Beverley Knight & so many more!
It's a moment to stand in solidarity with our trans siblings.
Because when any of us are under attack, we show up.
Join us: www.ovoarena.co.uk/events/detai...
I’m proud to be speaking alongside performances from Adam Lambert, Beverley Knight & so many more!
It's a moment to stand in solidarity with our trans siblings.
Because when any of us are under attack, we show up.
Join us: www.ovoarena.co.uk/events/detai...
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"The government’s plan has been criticised by the Children’s Rights Alliance, saying that it “punishes children for the fixable faults created by the tech giants by denying them the social engagement that is some of the best parts of social media”."
www.thejournal.ie/social-media...
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Government confirms plan to restrict social media for teenagers
It’s understood Cabinet will discuss measures concentrating on restrictions for under 16s.
www.thejournal.ie
February 18, 2026 at 1:21 PM
"The government’s plan has been criticised by the Children’s Rights Alliance, saying that it “punishes children for the fixable faults created by the tech giants by denying them the social engagement that is some of the best parts of social media”."
www.thejournal.ie/social-media...
www.thejournal.ie/social-media...