MayaSeveryn
@mayasev.bsky.social
Independent Councillor, politically non-aligned.
“The world we have created is a process of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking"
“The world we have created is a process of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking"
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The NCMD data on trans kids' suicides between 2019 and 2023 show a four-fold increase in 2021-22. That means we can confidently say that three-quarters of the suicides between 2021 and 2023 (23 trans children) were caused by the puberty-blocker ban.
23 children.
23 children.
February 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The NCMD data on trans kids' suicides between 2019 and 2023 show a four-fold increase in 2021-22. That means we can confidently say that three-quarters of the suicides between 2021 and 2023 (23 trans children) were caused by the puberty-blocker ban.
23 children.
23 children.
Callously dismissing the scale of suicide amongst trans youth Streeting wrongly stated “What I would say … claims have been made about the data that are not borne out by the facts.“
MPs ignoring issues is one thing, but an MP deliberately misrepresenting should be career ending.
MPs ignoring issues is one thing, but an MP deliberately misrepresenting should be career ending.
I've written a blog aimed at cis ppl, on the recent revelations of rising trans suicide rates since NHS England removed gender affirming care for u18s, in particular about my involvement with trying to seek the truth and the trauma the gaslighting by Appleby, Streeting, Cass and the media causes.
Trans youth suicide - the truth we've always known. What it means to me and what I've been doing about it.
Last week Queer AF broke a story that revealed the suicide rate in trans under eighteens is around fourteen times higher than you might expect from census data.As the parent of Alice a trans woman who...
www.carolinelitman.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Callously dismissing the scale of suicide amongst trans youth Streeting wrongly stated “What I would say … claims have been made about the data that are not borne out by the facts.“
MPs ignoring issues is one thing, but an MP deliberately misrepresenting should be career ending.
MPs ignoring issues is one thing, but an MP deliberately misrepresenting should be career ending.
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One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlaw.social
February 7, 2026 at 9:09 AM
One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
G&D electorate is 74,306 with a likely turnout of 44,360*. Constituency has ~390 trans* & ~2750 LGB+* people; add in friends and supporters and there's approx 4000 votes for a pro-LGBT+ party.
Only the Greens are that party**.
*ONS census
**OK, not sure of MRL party policy
Only the Greens are that party**.
*ONS census
**OK, not sure of MRL party policy
February 3, 2026 at 3:01 PM
G&D electorate is 74,306 with a likely turnout of 44,360*. Constituency has ~390 trans* & ~2750 LGB+* people; add in friends and supporters and there's approx 4000 votes for a pro-LGBT+ party.
Only the Greens are that party**.
*ONS census
**OK, not sure of MRL party policy
Only the Greens are that party**.
*ONS census
**OK, not sure of MRL party policy
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So, the tribunal says that the nurses suffered from harassment, but this wasn't perpetrated by the trans woman, and it wasn't perpetrated by the trust... the only logical conclusion here is that they harassed themselves through their own bigoted fears.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 PM
So, the tribunal says that the nurses suffered from harassment, but this wasn't perpetrated by the trans woman, and it wasn't perpetrated by the trust... the only logical conclusion here is that they harassed themselves through their own bigoted fears.
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I don't want to share any private space with a terf. They would violate my dignity because they don't mind their own business. I've said this before but I think now, more than ever, we should have separate rooms for them. Utter weirdos
January 16, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I don't want to share any private space with a terf. They would violate my dignity because they don't mind their own business. I've said this before but I think now, more than ever, we should have separate rooms for them. Utter weirdos
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Despite dishonest attempts to sound “reasonable” Mary-Ann Stephenson is already lying about what the Supreme Court misjudgement means.
Falkner with extra creepiness.
Nasty.
Falkner with extra creepiness.
Nasty.
Judge me on what I do, says new EHRC chair after transgender groups’ criticism
Mary-Ann Stephenson says she must build relationship with LGBTQ+ sector amid debate over single-sex spaces
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Despite dishonest attempts to sound “reasonable” Mary-Ann Stephenson is already lying about what the Supreme Court misjudgement means.
Falkner with extra creepiness.
Nasty.
Falkner with extra creepiness.
Nasty.
The person drafting the 2010 EA found the SC judgement "surprising" & "not how the legislation was conceived", because she knew exactly what the intention had been when her team drafted the Act "the meaning of it was very clear“ “a transwoman with a GRC is a woman”
ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/melanie-fiel...
ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/melanie-fiel...
Melanie Field on the UK Supreme Court judgment For Women Scotland | OHRH
ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
December 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The person drafting the 2010 EA found the SC judgement "surprising" & "not how the legislation was conceived", because she knew exactly what the intention had been when her team drafted the Act "the meaning of it was very clear“ “a transwoman with a GRC is a woman”
ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/melanie-fiel...
ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/melanie-fiel...
Raising the threshold for IHT on farms is ofc good, which begs the question - how on earth did Starmer, Reeves and all the Labour MPs who voted it in ever think this tax was not going to unfairly penalise farming families?
Btw ‘thoughts & prayers’ for the suicides this caused. Hypocrites.
Btw ‘thoughts & prayers’ for the suicides this caused. Hypocrites.
Keir Starmer has punctured the Christmas calm by slipping out a massive U-turn on farmers’ inheritance tax.
As opponents scent blood, one of the big questions is: why now?
London Playbook looks for the answer 👇
As opponents scent blood, one of the big questions is: why now?
London Playbook looks for the answer 👇
Starmer’s farmer drama
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December 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Raising the threshold for IHT on farms is ofc good, which begs the question - how on earth did Starmer, Reeves and all the Labour MPs who voted it in ever think this tax was not going to unfairly penalise farming families?
Btw ‘thoughts & prayers’ for the suicides this caused. Hypocrites.
Btw ‘thoughts & prayers’ for the suicides this caused. Hypocrites.
Migration is not a threat to Britain, we rely upon it. Apprx 21% NHS staff have non-British nationality, apprx 325,000 of staff with known nationality as of June 2025. In the overall care sector, non-UK workers apprx 25%, up to 29% in social care.
Society would crumble without migrants.
Society would crumble without migrants.
Tories call EHRC chair’s comments a ‘disgrace’ after she warns ‘demonisation of migrants’ is bad for UK – politics live
Tories call EHRC chair’s comments a ‘disgrace’ after she warns ‘demonisation of migrants’ bad for UK – politics live
Chris Philp says Mary-Ann Stephenson is dismissing ‘legitimate concerns about mass migration’
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Migration is not a threat to Britain, we rely upon it. Apprx 21% NHS staff have non-British nationality, apprx 325,000 of staff with known nationality as of June 2025. In the overall care sector, non-UK workers apprx 25%, up to 29% in social care.
Society would crumble without migrants.
Society would crumble without migrants.
The EHRC, as notes taken in the meeting clearly show, had already decided to push for anti-trans legislation and had no intention of listening to challenges on the basis of Equality and Human Rights.
Which rather begs the question, what is the purpose of the Commission?
Which rather begs the question, what is the purpose of the Commission?
TACC Exposé : In 2023, a number of LGBTQ+ stakeholder groups, including TransActual and TransLucent, were invited to a dedicated meeting with the EHRC’s evidence team. Given the high stakes of the meeting and
December 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The EHRC, as notes taken in the meeting clearly show, had already decided to push for anti-trans legislation and had no intention of listening to challenges on the basis of Equality and Human Rights.
Which rather begs the question, what is the purpose of the Commission?
Which rather begs the question, what is the purpose of the Commission?
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One of the girl guide leaders has set up this petition to oppose the decision - there's a lot of backlash from within girl guiding www.change.org/p/allow-tran...?
Sign the Petition
Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK
www.change.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
One of the girl guide leaders has set up this petition to oppose the decision - there's a lot of backlash from within girl guiding www.change.org/p/allow-tran...?
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Unity is stronger than division.
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Unity is stronger than division.
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
For young people skills training offers the best long term career prospects.
By contrast, if your job dream is to sit at a pc shuffling and organising data then expect to be replaced by AI
By contrast, if your job dream is to sit at a pc shuffling and organising data then expect to be replaced by AI
Fearing AI job losses, some young workers in Britain shift towards skilled trades reut.rs/49Ldjiq
Fearing AI job losses, some young workers in Britain shift towards skilled trades
In a labour market where artificial intelligence is quickly transforming and sometimes replacing jobs, student Maryna Yaroshenko wanted to find a future-proof career that offered long-term stability.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
For young people skills training offers the best long term career prospects.
By contrast, if your job dream is to sit at a pc shuffling and organising data then expect to be replaced by AI
By contrast, if your job dream is to sit at a pc shuffling and organising data then expect to be replaced by AI
SPS policy, similar to that in England and Wales, is that the locating of a transgender person in the prison estate should be considered on an individualised risk assessment basis to ensure that those with a history of violence against women will not be placed in a women's prison. No need to change.
The Scottish government says it plans to defend its prisons policy as feminist campaigners look to have it quashed
SNP fights to keep trans women in female prisons despite EHRC ruling
The Scottish government says it plans to defend its prisons policy as feminist campaigners look to have it quashed
www.thetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
SPS policy, similar to that in England and Wales, is that the locating of a transgender person in the prison estate should be considered on an individualised risk assessment basis to ensure that those with a history of violence against women will not be placed in a women's prison. No need to change.
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Apparently there is a culture at the BBC "that too many of its staff have never considered the idea of 'gender identity' to be offensive to many people". Good for them.
I personally find it offensive that some people consider 'gender identity' offensive!
I personally find it offensive that some people consider 'gender identity' offensive!
The BBC has been “captured by a small group of [staff] promoting the Stonewall view” of the trans debate, according to a leaked document compiled by a former independent adviser ⬇️
BBC accused of suppressing negative transgender stories
Leaked dossier also reveals the broadcaster misled viewers with edited speech by President Trump and was biased against Israel
www.thetimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Apparently there is a culture at the BBC "that too many of its staff have never considered the idea of 'gender identity' to be offensive to many people". Good for them.
I personally find it offensive that some people consider 'gender identity' offensive!
I personally find it offensive that some people consider 'gender identity' offensive!
The undemocratic inherent defect in FPTP which means that votes are cast negatively against a ‘dislike’ rather than positively for a ’hope’. The UK deserves better; we deserve Proportional Representation.
More than half of Liberal Democrat voters and nearly half of Greens would back Labour to stop Reform winning key seats, YouGov analysis for The Times suggests ⬇️
Tactical voting could block Nigel Farage’s path to No 10, poll shows
www.thetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The undemocratic inherent defect in FPTP which means that votes are cast negatively against a ‘dislike’ rather than positively for a ’hope’. The UK deserves better; we deserve Proportional Representation.
The UK political duopoly is finished, thank goodness.
We now need a system which encourages positive voting for parties that should be elected, not negative voting solely to stop others.
We now need a system which encourages positive voting for parties that should be elected, not negative voting solely to stop others.
Recent elections in the Netherlands show how a proportional voting system can prevent extremists from taking power. Lessons for the UK? | Stephen McNair
How to tame the populists: lessons from the Netherlands
Recent elections in the Netherlands show how a proportional voting system can prevent extremists from taking power. Lessons for the UK?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The UK political duopoly is finished, thank goodness.
We now need a system which encourages positive voting for parties that should be elected, not negative voting solely to stop others.
We now need a system which encourages positive voting for parties that should be elected, not negative voting solely to stop others.
This. But in UK let’s make it mandatory from 40 spaces upwards.
South Korea has passed a law such that car parks with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar canopies and carports.
And it will be RETROSPECTIVE
Should our politicians follow suit rather than cover East Anglia's agricultural land?
And it will be RETROSPECTIVE
Should our politicians follow suit rather than cover East Anglia's agricultural land?
November 3, 2025 at 8:46 AM
This. But in UK let’s make it mandatory from 40 spaces upwards.
Liberal Democrats not being liberal or democratic! The LD leadership obvs cares neither for transsexuals‘ human rights nor their members’ wishes. The wisest action would have been to suspend gender quotas until such time as the SC judgement is reversed.
LibDems choose to ignore the unanimous decision by party members to not count quotas based on 'biological sex', and will do it anyway.
www.libdemvoice.org/prue-bray-i-...
www.libdemvoice.org/prue-bray-i-...
Prue Bray: I am so angry I almost can’t type
We are in the middle of elections for internal roles in the Federal party, and I am one of the candidates for President. Voting opens tomorrow. So, this morning, I sat down to write a piece about why…
www.libdemvoice.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Liberal Democrats not being liberal or democratic! The LD leadership obvs cares neither for transsexuals‘ human rights nor their members’ wishes. The wisest action would have been to suspend gender quotas until such time as the SC judgement is reversed.
Young people, in particular, must receive the support that they need. Being denied, or having serious difficulties and delays in being treated just makes things far worse and can lead on to serious personal issues.
The NHS must provide timely help for trans people along their journeys.
The NHS must provide timely help for trans people along their journeys.
🏳️⚧️ Every UK GIC's waiting list times, based on painstaking FOIs and research, are now available as part of our new investigation.
Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life, and some will never receive care. Understand why:
👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life, and some will never receive care. Understand why:
👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
October 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Young people, in particular, must receive the support that they need. Being denied, or having serious difficulties and delays in being treated just makes things far worse and can lead on to serious personal issues.
The NHS must provide timely help for trans people along their journeys.
The NHS must provide timely help for trans people along their journeys.
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TransActual offers training for healthcare services and settings developed and delivered by our experienced trans led and run team, ensuring that trans people’s voices are central to the training you receive.
To find out more about the training we offer visit: transactual.org.uk/training/
To find out more about the training we offer visit: transactual.org.uk/training/
September 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
TransActual offers training for healthcare services and settings developed and delivered by our experienced trans led and run team, ensuring that trans people’s voices are central to the training you receive.
To find out more about the training we offer visit: transactual.org.uk/training/
To find out more about the training we offer visit: transactual.org.uk/training/
“Starmer urges Labour to unite and fight for his political life”; there fixed it for you.
If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly.
If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly.
Starmer urges Labour to unite for ‘fight of our lives’ ahead of conference on.ft.com/4pJficv
Keir Starmer urges Labour to unite for ‘fight of our lives’ ahead of conference
UK prime minister calls key Reform policy ‘racist’ as he focuses fire on Nigel Farage’s party
on.ft.com
September 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“Starmer urges Labour to unite and fight for his political life”; there fixed it for you.
If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly.
If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly.
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We condemn recent comments by Wes Streeting MP, about trans people on hospital wards. We've written to remind him that anyone staying on a hospital ward should be treated with dignity. His proposals are unworkable and would almost certainly cause harm.
Statement: transactual.org.uk/blog/2025/09...
Statement: transactual.org.uk/blog/2025/09...
September 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We condemn recent comments by Wes Streeting MP, about trans people on hospital wards. We've written to remind him that anyone staying on a hospital ward should be treated with dignity. His proposals are unworkable and would almost certainly cause harm.
Statement: transactual.org.uk/blog/2025/09...
Statement: transactual.org.uk/blog/2025/09...