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Marllie 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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As we approach the end of October (and the fast approaching first frost), I have made some time to dig up the last of the potatoes for this year 🥔

It is always the most fun part (for me) to dig through the soil and unearth them, not knowing how many there will be 😄
Image showing a wicker basket (oak in colour,) containing an undetermined amount of (18 visible of varying size,) potatoes (red in colour,) with soil still attached to them. The background of the image is a light in colour wooden floor.
October 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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A touch of creative recycling later, I've repurposed a former tin of tea in to a fancy new dice box with a little tray 😄

#PokemonTCG #PokemonGO
Image showing (on the right of the image) the bottom half on a dice box, cylindrical in shape and dark blue in colour (with white, light blue and yellow appliqué flowers) offset with a gold in colour trim. The dice box has a centre divider and is adorned with soft black felt. The dice box is holding 4 visible bright blue in colour D6 dice with white pips and the word "GO" in place of their number 1 faces as well as a visible metallic and dark blue in colour Pikachu (dressed as a beefeater) Worlds 2022 coin. On the left of the image is a gold in colour, cylindrical tray adorned with soft black felt. The tray is holding another D6 and Pikachu coin as well as two silver and bright blue in colour metallic coins featuring a poison skull (left coin) and burned cross (right coin) symbol. The background of the image is bright white, offset with shadow.
October 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Thank you West Midlands Railway for delaying the Gender Affirming Care that I have been waiting nearly two decades for because you cancelled all of your trains this morning and didn't put on a rail replacement bus service 🙃
October 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Always a pleasure to take the commuter scooter out to run some errands on a warm; pleasant October morning 🛴

#KickScooter #KickBike
Image showing a folding adult kick scooter/kick bike that is black in colour with silver in colour applique (mudguards; stem; handlebar). The kick scooter is set against a red brick wall and sits upon a tarmac pavement.
October 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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It's hard to believe that it's currently October when the nightshades growing in my garden are still thriving 🌱
Image showing the leaves and vines of a green in colour (micro) cherry tomato plant. Also shown are yellow in colour flowers and small, green in colour tomatoes growing upon its vine. The plant appears to be thriving. Image showing the numerous green in colour leaves of a potato plant. The plant appears to be thriving.
October 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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In my opinion; the reason that this doesn't change is because it is easy for most politicians to ignore.

I raised to my "Labour" MP Antonia Bance (who appears to have left Bluesky) that I had first asked for NHS Gender Affirming Care care more than half my natural life ago.

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wearequeeraf.com QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · Oct 4
🆕️🚨 After painstaking research, dozens of FOIs and months of analysis we release the Gender Clinic Files which reveal waiting times for every GIC in the country.

They lay bare, how far off the mark the Health Secretary's estimation of the average wait is 👇

www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist
Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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It's been a little over five months since I took up my old hobby again 🏅

This weekend was my first proper 5k; in support of Birmingham Hospice's Rainbow Rush 🌈

It was delightful to run again and prove to myself that I can still do this (albeit covered in colourful paint 🙃) 🎨
Image showing a fun run medal in clear focus set against a natural background (grass, bushes and trees) with a shallow depth of field. The medal is gold in colour with cascading starts and features a pink, white and blue floral logo with the words "Birmingham Hospice". The lanyard is rainbow is colour with colourful stripes that are dark blue; light blue; green; yellow; orange and red from left to right respectively.
September 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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I hope that I can have many more days like this; where I can housewife; where I can make home-made sticky toffee pudding; where I can continue to see my wife's joy 😊
Image showing a square, (black and sparkly in colour,) ovenproof pan full of sticky toffee pudding on a (white in colour) table. Sitting on top of the pan is a silver metal cake-slice with beaded applique running down its handle. Sitting next to the pan is a Pyrex jug, two-thirds full of toffee sauce. In the background of the picture is a wooden cabinet.
September 17, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Here's a fun statistical anomaly.

We opened 3 Kinder eggs, (assuming an even distribution of toys;) each egg has a 1/16 chance of being Batgirl.

P(A ∩ B ∩ C); (A, B, C = 1/16), that's a 0.024414063% or 1/4096 probability that all 3 eggs were Batgirl.

Same as the current odds for a shiny Pokémon.
Image showing 3 Batgirl Playmobil Kinder egg toys (black cowl and cape; purple costume; yellow decals and boots) standing side by side on a wooden table. Behind them is a Kinder Surprise (DC Playmobil) box (3 pack). The background is in soft focus, the Batgirl toys are in sharp focus.
September 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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I would just like to assert that I am in fact an oracle and that I shall be speaking no further on my divine powers 😎

(For the avoidance of doubt, this is a joke. I am not in fact an oracle; I just have slightly mediocre observation skills.)
Image showing an excerpt from a letter I penned to my MP Antonia Bance on 21 April 2025. The letter reads "Though I will point out that I have in the wake of the Judgement sighted many reactions that prima facie may cross the threshold; as a more-tame example exposits - “If a trans-identified male is in a female-only space, …and if all else fails, punch him in the balls.” A lot of these reactions read similarly to me of those highlighted in the sentencing remarks following the tragic high-profile murder of Brianna Ghey (a trans girl) by Scarlett Jenkinson & Eddie Ratcliffe - “Your messages about Brianna were transphobic. You consistently referred to her in a way that was dehumanising, calling her “it”. You also described her as a “femboy thing”. When discussing killing Brianna, you agreed with Scarlett that she would be the easiest victim and said “and I want to see if it will scream like a man or a girl.” After the failed attempt on 28 January and in answer to Scarlett expressing her desire to see Brianna suffering, you said “Really all I wanted is to see what size dick it had”.”" with the OSCOLA reference "Graham Linehan, 'Graham Linehan on X' (Graham Linehan — @Glinner, 20 April 2025) https://x.com/Glinner/status/1913850667229184008 accessed 20 April 2025".
September 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Having set myself the distance challenge of covering 200 miles (by foot) in August; I've managed completion in 23 days 🎉

I'm getting there, one day at a time 🏃‍♀️
Image showing a bar chart and infographic. The background is black in colour; the text is white or pink in colour; the bar chart is pink in colour. The text reads "01 August - 23 August 2025"; "Daily totals (miles)"; "380,422 Total steps"; "201.7 Total miles"; "23 Total days". The bar chart shows dates from 1st to 23rd on the X axis (ascending per day) and miles from 0 to 14 on the Y axis (ascending in multiples of two). The miles recorded are as follows - 1st 10.5; 2nd 10.2; 3rd 10.2; 4th 11; 5th 11.6; 6th 13.9; 7th 3.8; 8th 8.4; 9th 7; 10th 7.2; 11th 9.9; 12th 7; 13th 8.4; 14th 9.4; 15th 10.3; 16th 5.1; 17th 1.7; 18th 10.1; 19th 8.1; 20th 9.9; 21st 10.1; 22nd 9.7; 23rd 8.2.
August 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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The Times appear to have (wholesale) lifted parts of the response I received from my MP for one of their articles...

🗞️ www.thetimes.com/article/c8ef...

🗂️ archive.is/glgGw
August 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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98 days since first writing, I've received a response from my MP @antoniabance.bsky.social to my concerns over the treatment of trans people within the UK.

I shall take time to carefully read/understand its content before drafting my reply.

✏️Alt text available via - docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Due to Bluesky character limitations, I have uploaded a more accessible version of this letter via - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yv3g_yAcpuR6NE1svLq-rBoxQ1Hinlj2 Due to Bluesky character limitations, I have uploaded a more accessible version of this letter via - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yv3g_yAcpuR6NE1svLq-rBoxQ1Hinlj2 Due to Bluesky character limitations, I have uploaded a more accessible version of this letter via - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yv3g_yAcpuR6NE1svLq-rBoxQ1Hinlj2
July 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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I found out today; there is an anti-trans activist who shares an identical fore, middle and surname with me (someone I know saw her comments and panicked that I'd abandoned the LGBTQIA+ community 🙃)

I'm glad that I use a byname on here; I do not want to be associated with her anti-trans activism 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
July 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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This is the badge that NHSBT gave me for donating blood 10 times. I started medical transition shortly after receiving it.

They (despite continuing to email me) have refused my donation every single time I've asked since.

Had they not refused, I'd likely have given over 50 times by now...
Image showing a red circular shaped badge with a gold outline. The badge has a gold and white version of NHS Blood and Transplant logo (two overlaid hearts) as well as a ribbon style banner that states '10' in gold lettering. The badge is held in a black backed, clear fronted plastic case.
July 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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A new page in my #junkjournal ✏️

I (recently) was fortunate enough to have some time to visit the @rammuseum.bsky.social in Exeter (as well as the surrounding area).

I was most impressed with their LGBTQIA+ 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ exhibits, as well as their fossil collection 🦴
Image showing the inside of a book with multiple articles set across the left-hand page. These include arcade prize tickets (on the left-hand edge); a leaflet that reads "LGBTQIA+ Trail"; a cutout that reads "Exeter City Council"; the Royal Albert Memorial Museum "RAMM" logo; drawn cutouts from a pride month themed booklet by a local artist (Scotty Gillespie) of an ammonite, a suit of armour, a fan, a helmet, a giraffe as well as humanoid characters; a progress pride flag; a train ticket between Newton Abbott and Exeter Central as well as photographs of a fossil; Great Western Railway train; Stagecoach bus and a wave lapping against the shore (on the right-hand edge).
June 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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I've noted some discourse around "Trans Broken Arm Syndrome" this past week.

I think nothing typifies it for me more than my ring finger.

I've asked two medical professionals over the last few days around issues I'm experiencing with my tendon.

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May 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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A new double-page in my #junkjournal ✏️

This is about the day we saw Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at The Crescent Theatre ✨

(bsky.app/profile/marl...)
Image showing the inside of a book with multiple articles set across two pages; set against a colourful flower background (orange; purple; pink). On the left page, articles include a cutting from a menu that states (in white writing) "HEN & CHICKENS, CASK AND CURRY"; the reverse side of a Pokémon card with the centre replaced by a silver token that states "GASHAPON"; a photo of pink in colour day cream; a photo of a toy cat wearing the helmet from the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Den-o and a sticker of the Pokémon Chien-pao. On the right page, articles include a blue and pink scratch card; train tickets; cuttings from a dark blue flyer that states (in silver writing) "SWEENEY TODD, THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET, A Musical Thriller"; a white ticket for the play "Sweeney Todd: A Musical Thriller" and a white food receipt.
May 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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I was delighted this week to be able to see my favourite play (Sweeney Todd). It was EXCELLENT (especially the actor portraying Anthony).

The day however was somewhat tarnished when (earlier in the day), someone threw a cup of (what I believe to be) iced tea over myself and my wife.

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Image showing a blue advertisement (poster) set against a plain wall. The poster reads “Bourneville Musical Theatre Company presents SWEENEY TODD, The DEMON BARBER of FLEET STREET. A Musical Thriller”; “Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM”; “Book by HUGH WHEELER”; “20-24th May 2025”; “The Crescent Theatre, Sheepcote Theatre, Birmingham, B16 8AE”; “Tickets available from The Crescent Theatre or via ticketsbmtc@gmail.com.”
May 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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1 month ago, I wrote to my MP @antoniabance.bsky.social expressing my concerns over the treatment of trans people within the UK.

As I have received no reply, I have written an update/follow-up.

I have uploaded a more accessible version of this letter via -

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

1/11
Due to Bluesky character limitations, I have uploaded a more accessible version of this letter via - http://docs.google.com/document/d/1A7W1-VLdPK6znB7BE53gRoRchCKeVXaW/ Due to Bluesky character limitations, I have uploaded a more accessible version of this letter via - http://docs.google.com/document/d/1A7W1-VLdPK6znB7BE53gRoRchCKeVXaW/ Due to Bluesky character limitations, I have uploaded a more accessible version of this letter via - http://docs.google.com/document/d/1A7W1-VLdPK6znB7BE53gRoRchCKeVXaW/ Due to Bluesky character limitations, I have uploaded a more accessible version of this letter via - http://docs.google.com/document/d/1A7W1-VLdPK6znB7BE53gRoRchCKeVXaW/
May 22, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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It's disconsolating to see the UK's continued regression of #LGBTQIA+ rights 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

I am collating everything that I've observed to write a follow-up to the letter I sent to my MP (22 days ago) -

bsky.app/profile/marl...

Before I have written anything, I have over a dozen pages of reference material.
ilgaeurope.bsky.social ILGA-Europe @ilgaeurope.bsky.social · May 14
The #RainbowMap 2025 is live! Find out how 49 European countries rank on LGBTI human rights and see which ones are leading, or falling behind. Check it out now! rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org
May 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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We had Rainbow Dash & Fluttershy (My Little Pony #MLPFIM characters) as our wedding cake toppers 🐴

We were near the end of a heatwave, which made the icing so soft that they gradually sank in to the cake across the day 🍰
Image showing the middle tier of a white wedding cake with piped pink and purple garland / rosette icing. Two My Little Pony figures stand atop (Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy respectively), slowly sinking in to the icing.
May 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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I've been journaling ( #junkjournal ) recent events in my life using leaflets, and other paraphernalia; along with photographs I have taken 📷

(An idea that I have borrowed from my wife 💍)

This page is dedicated to the peaceful Trans Rights protest(s) held in Birmingham on 26 April 2025 📅
Image showing a page of a notebook with diagonal pink, blue and black (marker pen) appliqué throughout. Various cutouts from leaflets have been affixed in the top half of the page that state "no pride"; "fight for trans rights"; "26 April 2025" as well as a cut-off QR code and a paragraph detailing the UK government’s continued ban on puberty blockers. In the bottom half of the page are photographs that have been affixed that show protestors holding (trans) and (progress) pride flags as well as various protest signs that read "protect trans lives"; "Brum dykes -for- trans rights" and "the doctor knows best" respectively.
May 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Birmingham stands AGAINST transphobia.

Today and always.

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Image showing numerous protestors & allies holding various pride flags and signs; set against a green treescape. Some of the visible signs include messages stating 'trans rights are human rights'; 'segregation is not feminism'; 'this L is with the T' and 'if your views align with Trump, it's time for a rethink!'.
April 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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I am at pains to point out that the petition...

"Petition: Amend the Equality Act 2010 to include explicit protections for trans people"

...has been in moderation, unable to be signed on the Petitions - UK Government and Parliament website for SIX days now 🤔

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Amend the Equality Act 2010 to include explicit protections for trans people
The Supreme Court Ruling of April 2025 unanimously decided that the definition of sex under the Equality Act 2010 refers solely to biological sex, and does not include people with a GRC. The Equality...
petition.parliament.uk
April 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM