Anna McLean
@mcdrln.bsky.social
Biological person. Erstwhile engineer, poor runner, purchaser of musical instruments I never play. Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos.
Pinned
Anna McLean
@mcdrln.bsky.social
· Jul 16
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Have you ever wondered which types of belief systems correlate with anti-trans views? Well, our new paper might have some answers. You can access the paper for free at: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
End of the postwar order? Potential war? Climate emergency? Cost of living crisis? Nice to see the UK newspapers have their fingers on the pulse
January 20, 2026 at 7:30 AM
End of the postwar order? Potential war? Climate emergency? Cost of living crisis? Nice to see the UK newspapers have their fingers on the pulse
Happy new year to you all. Let’s hope it brings you health and happiness. Looks like a fab firework display down in London (which will keep the Mail and Telegraph in copy for the next week).
January 1, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Happy new year to you all. Let’s hope it brings you health and happiness. Looks like a fab firework display down in London (which will keep the Mail and Telegraph in copy for the next week).
Just when you think you’ve seen everything, I wake up to the news that a darts player has failed a drugs test
December 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Just when you think you’ve seen everything, I wake up to the news that a darts player has failed a drugs test
And just reflecting on the FIFA peace prize award for a moment, I wonder if there will be a gong handed out for best urban redeveloper, or suchlike?
December 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
And just reflecting on the FIFA peace prize award for a moment, I wonder if there will be a gong handed out for best urban redeveloper, or suchlike?
Apologies for linking to the hate site, but I’m increasingly convinced we are living in a rather odd simulation. x.com/adamjschwarz...
Adam Schwarz on X: "During the incredibly awkward FIFA Peace Prize ceremony, Trump had to put on his own medal. Humiliating. Trump will have HATED this. https://t.co/aZQ4eIOuDE" / X
During the incredibly awkward FIFA Peace Prize ceremony, Trump had to put on his own medal. Humiliating. Trump will have HATED this. https://t.co/aZQ4eIOuDE
x.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Apologies for linking to the hate site, but I’m increasingly convinced we are living in a rather odd simulation. x.com/adamjschwarz...
Not to be a cynic, but such a scheme could always include more information than whether you have the right to work or not…
September 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Not to be a cynic, but such a scheme could always include more information than whether you have the right to work or not…
I've just used Good Law Project's tool to let Virgin Active know they're following transphobes, not the law. You can do it too here: goodlaw.social/638d25
Virgin Active: Stop following transphobes, follow the law
After a legal threat from GB News presenter Michelle Dewberry, Virgin Active turned their back on a long record of inclusion and enforced a changing room and bathroom ban on trans people across all th...
goodlaw.social
September 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I've just used Good Law Project's tool to let Virgin Active know they're following transphobes, not the law. You can do it too here: goodlaw.social/638d25
Plenty of bad things going on in the world, but it’s nice to see E.on Energy lighten the mood by estimating an annual (residential) energy bill to be £22,230
September 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Plenty of bad things going on in the world, but it’s nice to see E.on Energy lighten the mood by estimating an annual (residential) energy bill to be £22,230
This must be the “dignity and respect” for trans people that Starmer pontificates about. I’m sure those words will provide comfort to those people being lined up against the wall.
Keir Starmer has appointed as his new Comms Director Tim Allan who was a board member of the hate group Sex Matters. It's no longer even pretending to adhere to its Manifesto promise to "remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance."
September 2, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This must be the “dignity and respect” for trans people that Starmer pontificates about. I’m sure those words will provide comfort to those people being lined up against the wall.
For those not paying attention, it was never only about reasonable concerns and safety, but a wider campaign to eliminate trans people (specifically trans women) from the public sphere. Paying Danegeld will never sate the anti-trans lobby
111/NHS direct is a joke. Having to misgender yourself to the people there for no reason is outright humiliating. It's designed to put trans people off reaching out for healthcare support.
There were years of surveys that worked on finding respectful ways to gather this information, disregarded.
There were years of surveys that worked on finding respectful ways to gather this information, disregarded.
August 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
For those not paying attention, it was never only about reasonable concerns and safety, but a wider campaign to eliminate trans people (specifically trans women) from the public sphere. Paying Danegeld will never sate the anti-trans lobby
Richard Murphy is right: the rental sector is out of control. I’m not holding my breath that the government will fix it, though.
Rents in the UK are out of control. Across England, they now swallow more than 36% of gross income. For millions, life is no longer about living — it’s about paying landlords. This video explains why rent is dragging families into poverty, and suggests ways forward.
youtu.be/LbJx_ySsIeA?...
youtu.be/LbJx_ySsIeA?...
Why landlords are draining Britain dry
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
August 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Richard Murphy is right: the rental sector is out of control. I’m not holding my breath that the government will fix it, though.
In news that will come as no surprise to anyone paying attention, the UK looks set to press ahead with its own bathroom ban. Applications for the necessary Genital Inspectorate will be opened shortly.
August 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
In news that will come as no surprise to anyone paying attention, the UK looks set to press ahead with its own bathroom ban. Applications for the necessary Genital Inspectorate will be opened shortly.
Otto is right. The Telegraph (Mail, Times, castle-dwellers etc.) have been relentless in pushing anti-trans stories over the past few years. Unfortunately, there has been little pushback against their nonsense.
The moment I saw that "trans bra" M & S story I sensed it was nonsense.
Seconds later, having read the Telegraph piece I knew it was worse than that. It was deliberate hate mongering completely devoid of evidence, names and facts.
Superb job of debunking it here
www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/06/m...
Seconds later, having read the Telegraph piece I knew it was worse than that. It was deliberate hate mongering completely devoid of evidence, names and facts.
Superb job of debunking it here
www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/06/m...
Dispelling harmful misinformation about M&S 'trans' bra fitting row
Dangerous misinformation over an M&S 'trans' bra fitting story is spreading online; here's what we actually know.
www.thepinknews.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Otto is right. The Telegraph (Mail, Times, castle-dwellers etc.) have been relentless in pushing anti-trans stories over the past few years. Unfortunately, there has been little pushback against their nonsense.
Have you ever wondered which types of belief systems correlate with anti-trans views? Well, our new paper might have some answers. You can access the paper for free at: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Have you ever wondered which types of belief systems correlate with anti-trans views? Well, our new paper might have some answers. You can access the paper for free at: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Interesting article on the role of anti-trans campaigning in the UK. Given how often stories about trans lives appear on the front pages, one might have expected at least one of the major broadsheets or tabloids to cover this. How odd that they haven’t.
"The organisation’s [sex matters] true agenda is..[]..best described as ‘eliminationist’: seeking through legislative bans, data policies, and the curtailing of gender-affirming care to relegate trans people in life and law to their sex at birth and make transitioning so difficult..
1/
1/
June 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Interesting article on the role of anti-trans campaigning in the UK. Given how often stories about trans lives appear on the front pages, one might have expected at least one of the major broadsheets or tabloids to cover this. How odd that they haven’t.
Reposted by Anna McLean
"Less lethal" has been the accepted term for years, precisely because there's still a risk of causing death.
June 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
"Less lethal" has been the accepted term for years, precisely because there's still a risk of causing death.
You know you’re getting old when you start getting this unsolicited mail through the post…..
May 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
You know you’re getting old when you start getting this unsolicited mail through the post…..
Having a nose on Amazon this evening, as one does, and came across the following item. In light of recent rulings, can we assume the message is Supreme Court approved?
May 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Having a nose on Amazon this evening, as one does, and came across the following item. In light of recent rulings, can we assume the message is Supreme Court approved?
Sunday papers tomorrow. I’m sure the Telegraph, Mail, and Times won’t let us down
April 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Sunday papers tomorrow. I’m sure the Telegraph, Mail, and Times won’t let us down
Stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision:https://goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision:https://goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
April 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision:https://goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision:https://goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
You have no right to live among us as trans people.
You have no right to live among us.
You have no right to live
You have no right to live among us.
You have no right to live
April 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
You have no right to live among us as trans people.
You have no right to live among us.
You have no right to live
You have no right to live among us.
You have no right to live
Reposted by Anna McLean
I've already done a letter here, which I plan to send to the Women And Equalities Select Committee and Women and Equalities Unit next week. Can absolutely be sent to MPs too.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Re Operation of Single Sex Service after the Supereme Court Ruling
NB: my aim is to primary direct this letter at the Government and MPs, since *Parliament* have to agree any new Statutory Code the EHRC put forward on how the Equality Act should now operate, so we ne...
docs.google.com
April 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I've already done a letter here, which I plan to send to the Women And Equalities Select Committee and Women and Equalities Unit next week. Can absolutely be sent to MPs too.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Reposted by Anna McLean
Wrote some words for your silly faces.
So get them in your faces👇🏾
myblackface.wordpress.com/2025/04/18/opinions/
So get them in your faces👇🏾
myblackface.wordpress.com/2025/04/18/opinions/
April 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Wrote some words for your silly faces.
So get them in your faces👇🏾
myblackface.wordpress.com/2025/04/18/opinions/
So get them in your faces👇🏾
myblackface.wordpress.com/2025/04/18/opinions/
Trans people are under threat in the UK. Now more than ever it is time to stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️ @jolyonmaugham.bsky.social
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the rollback of trans rights in the UK.https://goodlawproject.org/s/851fc4
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the rollback of trans rights in the UK.https://goodlawproject.org/s/851fc4
April 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Trans people are under threat in the UK. Now more than ever it is time to stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️ @jolyonmaugham.bsky.social
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the rollback of trans rights in the UK.https://goodlawproject.org/s/851fc4
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the rollback of trans rights in the UK.https://goodlawproject.org/s/851fc4
Jess O’Thomson gives an erudite analysis of today’s UKSC ruling. The following line is particularly chilling and should concern anyone who thinks this will be the end matter: “The reality is that the anti-trans campaigners don’t want trans people to exist, let alone use any public toilets”.
My analysis of today's UK Supreme Court judgment.
The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010
www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...
The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010
www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...
UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren’t Women under the Equality Act 2010
The legal definition of a woman in the UK now excludes trans people: This is what it means for Trans+ rights in the country
www.wearequeeraf.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Jess O’Thomson gives an erudite analysis of today’s UKSC ruling. The following line is particularly chilling and should concern anyone who thinks this will be the end matter: “The reality is that the anti-trans campaigners don’t want trans people to exist, let alone use any public toilets”.