@hlongabaum.bsky.social
"Ignorance is ignorance; no right to believe anything is derived from it." - S. Freud
Musician. Psychiatric Nurse. Psychodynamic Counselling. B.A. in Theology and Religious Studies. Woman born with Gender Incongruence. Human Rights Campaigning. Jewish.
Musician. Psychiatric Nurse. Psychodynamic Counselling. B.A. in Theology and Religious Studies. Woman born with Gender Incongruence. Human Rights Campaigning. Jewish.
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1/🧵 The good people of the Cabinet Office has found a copy of the Department for Education and Employment’s drafting instructions* for the Sex Discrimination (Gender Reassignment) Regulations 1999.
* the Parly Counsel does vetting only in this case, so the instructions is to DfEE’s in-house lawyers
* the Parly Counsel does vetting only in this case, so the instructions is to DfEE’s in-house lawyers
Sex Discrimination Gender Reassignment Regulations 1999 Drafting Instructions - a Freedom of Information request to Government Equalities Office
Please send me copies of the Sex Discrimination Gender Reassignment Regulations 1999’s Drafting Instructions given to the Parliamentary Counsel. If you can’t locate all versions, send me any one of th...
www.whatdotheyknow.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
1/🧵 The good people of the Cabinet Office has found a copy of the Department for Education and Employment’s drafting instructions* for the Sex Discrimination (Gender Reassignment) Regulations 1999.
* the Parly Counsel does vetting only in this case, so the instructions is to DfEE’s in-house lawyers
* the Parly Counsel does vetting only in this case, so the instructions is to DfEE’s in-house lawyers
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Truly, as The Times has described him, a "feminist hero" and a "feminist champion". 🤮
November 19, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Truly, as The Times has described him, a "feminist hero" and a "feminist champion". 🤮
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Tens of thousands of Jewish New Yorkers rallied together and helped elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social as New York City's next mayor.
Now, we begin the hard and rewarding work of making our vision real.
Join JFREJ today and help us achieve Mayor Mamdani's agenda: jfrej.org/join. #JewsForZohran
Now, we begin the hard and rewarding work of making our vision real.
Join JFREJ today and help us achieve Mayor Mamdani's agenda: jfrej.org/join. #JewsForZohran
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Tens of thousands of Jewish New Yorkers rallied together and helped elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social as New York City's next mayor.
Now, we begin the hard and rewarding work of making our vision real.
Join JFREJ today and help us achieve Mayor Mamdani's agenda: jfrej.org/join. #JewsForZohran
Now, we begin the hard and rewarding work of making our vision real.
Join JFREJ today and help us achieve Mayor Mamdani's agenda: jfrej.org/join. #JewsForZohran
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This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
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Credit to @thatelizabeth.bsky.social not me.
November 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Credit to @thatelizabeth.bsky.social not me.
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I ❤️ the brilliant @patsystevenson.bsky.social.
November 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I ❤️ the brilliant @patsystevenson.bsky.social.
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TERFdom is a patriarchal project in drag.
Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
TERFdom is a patriarchal project in drag.
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Good, supporting bullshit funded by oil companies isn't very green. Sod off down you're rabbit hole.
November 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Good, supporting bullshit funded by oil companies isn't very green. Sod off down you're rabbit hole.
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“I leave the Labour party with sadness but without regret because it is not us who left Labour, it is Labour that left us.” 🥀
@averygreatorex.bsky.social on her reasons for leaving the Labour Party and @prideinlabour.bsky.social and joining the @greenparty.org.uk. 🏳️⚧️ 💚
@averygreatorex.bsky.social on her reasons for leaving the Labour Party and @prideinlabour.bsky.social and joining the @greenparty.org.uk. 🏳️⚧️ 💚
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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The problem has never been small boats.
The problem is the rich, and their yachts.
👉 join.greenparty.org.uk
The problem is the rich, and their yachts.
👉 join.greenparty.org.uk
High earners to be eligible for UK settlement within 3 years of arrival on.ft.com/44n8xnA
High earners to be eligible for UK settlement within 3 years of arrival
Home secretary says ‘brightest and best’ will be fast-tracked while others will have to wait up to 30 years
on.ft.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The problem has never been small boats.
The problem is the rich, and their yachts.
👉 join.greenparty.org.uk
The problem is the rich, and their yachts.
👉 join.greenparty.org.uk
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Respect is earned, not demanded.
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Respect is earned, not demanded.
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"the number of successful discrimination challenges returns to zero": another painful read from the poor man's Conor Gearty, but we must make do, @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social.
Jwanczuk, Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love SC
My case note on today's decision in Jwanczuk, a particularly illuminating example of the the current Supreme Court's conservative approach to human rights issues.
administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/t...
My case note on today's decision in Jwanczuk, a particularly illuminating example of the the current Supreme Court's conservative approach to human rights issues.
administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/t...
The Supreme Court, Discrimination and Maximal Deference
This may seem a harsh decision but… the risk of undue interference by the courts in the sphere of political choices made by the legislature in the welfare context can only be avoided if the courts …
administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"the number of successful discrimination challenges returns to zero": another painful read from the poor man's Conor Gearty, but we must make do, @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social.
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Re those leaks to The Times: the High Court will rule soon enough on whether the EHRC has (1) adhered to its statutory duties and (2) understood the law correctly. Until then both (1) and (2) are up for grabs and the statutory guidance is only marginally more useful than yesterday's chip paper.
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Re those leaks to The Times: the High Court will rule soon enough on whether the EHRC has (1) adhered to its statutory duties and (2) understood the law correctly. Until then both (1) and (2) are up for grabs and the statutory guidance is only marginally more useful than yesterday's chip paper.
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Those bits of the EHRC's draft statutory guidance that weren't in its now withdrawn interim guidance we haven't challenged yet. But we will. And if the High Court finds the EHRC breached its statutory duties only a bigot or fool would rely on them.
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Those bits of the EHRC's draft statutory guidance that weren't in its now withdrawn interim guidance we haven't challenged yet. But we will. And if the High Court finds the EHRC breached its statutory duties only a bigot or fool would rely on them.
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Opinion | "We may now be reaching a tipping point where our failure is so severe that Brits and immigrants alike have decided this is not a country they want to live in," writes Ian Dunt trib.al/DoHtmhN
November 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Opinion | "We may now be reaching a tipping point where our failure is so severe that Brits and immigrants alike have decided this is not a country they want to live in," writes Ian Dunt trib.al/DoHtmhN
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1/🧵 The “almost-disaffiliated” Green Party special interest group, Green Party Women, is now entirely focused on anti-trans hate activity. It has formally proposed an amendment to its constitution that would bar trans women and gender-diverse people from voting and from serving as officers.
November 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
1/🧵 The “almost-disaffiliated” Green Party special interest group, Green Party Women, is now entirely focused on anti-trans hate activity. It has formally proposed an amendment to its constitution that would bar trans women and gender-diverse people from voting and from serving as officers.
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UK hate-crime statistics for LGBTQ people are being distorted - and nobody is talking about it.
We’re now seeing newspapers report “drops” in LGBTQ hate crime. One force recently reported a 2 percent decrease.
Looks reassuring, right?
It isn’t.
We’re now seeing newspapers report “drops” in LGBTQ hate crime. One force recently reported a 2 percent decrease.
Looks reassuring, right?
It isn’t.
November 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
UK hate-crime statistics for LGBTQ people are being distorted - and nobody is talking about it.
We’re now seeing newspapers report “drops” in LGBTQ hate crime. One force recently reported a 2 percent decrease.
Looks reassuring, right?
It isn’t.
We’re now seeing newspapers report “drops” in LGBTQ hate crime. One force recently reported a 2 percent decrease.
Looks reassuring, right?
It isn’t.
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NHS England have answered my FOI about groups involved with the Levy Review.
November 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
NHS England have answered my FOI about groups involved with the Levy Review.
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"Some parents shared deeply distressing accounts of what they have heard about the services, including stories of patients as young as 11 being continually asked about their genitals and sex life."
Parents say: “They are killing our children” share.google/zAlvx2QNLX1a...
Parents say: “They are killing our children” share.google/zAlvx2QNLX1a...
Parents say: “They are killing our children”
Parents cry out in despair for their children at the NHS Sussex investigation into WellBN's prescription of gender dysphoria medication
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November 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"Some parents shared deeply distressing accounts of what they have heard about the services, including stories of patients as young as 11 being continually asked about their genitals and sex life."
Parents say: “They are killing our children” share.google/zAlvx2QNLX1a...
Parents say: “They are killing our children” share.google/zAlvx2QNLX1a...
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Parents are at the centre of the Transparent Action initiative. But we warmly welcome other family members, trans+ people, friends & allies. Every signature helps show the world that support for trans+ people is widespread and growing.
We are proud parents taking a stand. Come stand with us 💗
We are proud parents taking a stand. Come stand with us 💗
Transparent Action
Transparent Action are parents of trans, non-binary and gender-diverse children and adults of all ages. They have come together to form a collective voice to take action in support of their children…
actionnetwork.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Parents are at the centre of the Transparent Action initiative. But we warmly welcome other family members, trans+ people, friends & allies. Every signature helps show the world that support for trans+ people is widespread and growing.
We are proud parents taking a stand. Come stand with us 💗
We are proud parents taking a stand. Come stand with us 💗
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"The judge described this as the "grotesque behaviour" of a teacher putting his own "ridiculous sense of himself" above the needs of pupils. He said Mr Burke was willing to sacrifice the pupils of the school on the altar of his fanatical campaign against transgenderism." www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
High Court orders Enoch Burke be imprisoned immediately
The High Court has said that Enoch Burke and his family have engaged in the most deliberate, sustained and concerted attack on the civil courts and the rule of law in this country in recent times and ...
www.rte.ie
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"The judge described this as the "grotesque behaviour" of a teacher putting his own "ridiculous sense of himself" above the needs of pupils. He said Mr Burke was willing to sacrifice the pupils of the school on the altar of his fanatical campaign against transgenderism." www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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In which @owenjones.bsky.social carefully and irresistibly unpicks the sadistic, intellectually dishonest and politically self-defeating policies of Shabana Mahmood. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A question to the few remaining Labour supporters: is this refugee-bashing what you voted for? | Owen Jones
The government’s callousness has won it respect – from Tommy Robinson and the hard right, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
In which @owenjones.bsky.social carefully and irresistibly unpicks the sadistic, intellectually dishonest and politically self-defeating policies of Shabana Mahmood. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
