Ruth Pearce
@notrightruth.bsky.social
Activist, punk musician, event promoter, feminist academic. Illegal lesbian.
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Ruth Pearce
@notrightruth.bsky.social
· Sep 25
Reject Trans Doom-Posting
This week I took the long train down to the south of England for my friend Robyn’s funeral. She died very suddenly three weeks ago, aged just 32. Robyn gave so much love to the world, and was so lo…
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New essay: REJECT TRANS DOOM-POSTING.
It's about grief, loss, institutional failures, and the horror of the current moment.
It's also a love letter to trans community, and the things we do with and for one another.
It's about grief, loss, institutional failures, and the horror of the current moment.
It's also a love letter to trans community, and the things we do with and for one another.
Thinking a lot about today's Doonesbury re-run, originally printed in 2004.
January 3, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Thinking a lot about today's Doonesbury re-run, originally printed in 2004.
I don't know why I continue to be shocked by Starmer's apparent inability to believe in or stand for literally anything, but here we are. Imagine simply no having an opinion on a head of state being kidnapped??
January 3, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I don't know why I continue to be shocked by Starmer's apparent inability to believe in or stand for literally anything, but here we are. Imagine simply no having an opinion on a head of state being kidnapped??
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Imagine announcing Grace Petrie and Helen Lewis on the same post without even an ounce of critical thought
We’re getting 2026 off to the best of starts with our very own New Year’s Honours list - a sprinkling of the very first, early names for this year’s festival. We’re so excited to welcome all these folks, with many more to come… Find out more here: www.greenbelt.org.uk/meet-the-fir...
Meet the first names for this year's lineup - Greenbelt
We thought we’d get 2026 off to the best of starts with our very own New Year’s Honours list, and share with you a sprinkling of our first, early names for this year’s festival, Let It All Go. With ju...
www.greenbelt.org.uk
January 3, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Imagine announcing Grace Petrie and Helen Lewis on the same post without even an ounce of critical thought
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sorry what the fuck
January 3, 2026 at 9:52 AM
sorry what the fuck
Merry Christmas, one and all!
UK police drop probe into Bob Vylan’s chants about Israeli military
Police say there is 'insufficient evidence' to bring charges after investigating comments made at Glastonbury festival.
www.aljazeera.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Merry Christmas, one and all!
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“Levy fails to tackle the most fundamental problems with the gender clinic system: gatekeeping, pathologisation, and dehumanisation,” @notrightruth.bsky.social
The changes the Levy Review recommends are not radical enough to give Trans+ people the care they desperately need.
Our full analysis 👇
The changes the Levy Review recommends are not radical enough to give Trans+ people the care they desperately need.
Our full analysis 👇
Levy Review: A scathing audit of NHS Trans+ healthcare that isn’t radical enough to fix the problems
While the Levy Review correctly identifies some of the issues with Gender Dysphoria Clinics, its recommendations tinker around the edges
www.wearequeeraf.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
“Levy fails to tackle the most fundamental problems with the gender clinic system: gatekeeping, pathologisation, and dehumanisation,” @notrightruth.bsky.social
The changes the Levy Review recommends are not radical enough to give Trans+ people the care they desperately need.
Our full analysis 👇
The changes the Levy Review recommends are not radical enough to give Trans+ people the care they desperately need.
Our full analysis 👇
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This is heartening news for those that follow conservation news in mainland Southeast Asia. In Thailand's Western Forest Complex (WEFCOM), Indochinese tigers have increased from a low of only 40 individuals in 2007 to more than 140 today. 🐅
Hope for tigers grows as Thailand safeguards a key link in their habitat
KANCHANABURI, Thailand — Following the path of the tiger isn’t easy. Yet the three rangers, clad in camouflage, move lithely through the steep bamboo thicket, tracking the muddy hoofprints of a sambar...
news.mongabay.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This is heartening news for those that follow conservation news in mainland Southeast Asia. In Thailand's Western Forest Complex (WEFCOM), Indochinese tigers have increased from a low of only 40 individuals in 2007 to more than 140 today. 🐅
Some thoughts on the Levy Review:
- it's mostly but not entirely okay
- if you're in England, opt out of data collection
- it avoids confronting the biggest problems
- it ignores 15 years of health research
- there are clear examples of better practice
- move trans health to primary care already!
- it's mostly but not entirely okay
- if you're in England, opt out of data collection
- it avoids confronting the biggest problems
- it ignores 15 years of health research
- there are clear examples of better practice
- move trans health to primary care already!
Some thoughts on the Levy Review
On 18 December, NHS England quietly published the report of Dr David Levy’s review of adult gender clinics. The report’s official title is the massively dry Operational and delivery rev…
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December 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Some thoughts on the Levy Review:
- it's mostly but not entirely okay
- if you're in England, opt out of data collection
- it avoids confronting the biggest problems
- it ignores 15 years of health research
- there are clear examples of better practice
- move trans health to primary care already!
- it's mostly but not entirely okay
- if you're in England, opt out of data collection
- it avoids confronting the biggest problems
- it ignores 15 years of health research
- there are clear examples of better practice
- move trans health to primary care already!
QueerAF asked me what I thought about the Levy Review.
![“Faced with the sinking Titanic of trans healthcare in England, the Levy Review suggests we rearrange the deckchairs,” Dr Ruth Pearce, a transgender health expert and Senior Lecturer in Community Development at the University of Glasgow, tells QueerAF. “Levy's report offers a limited, technocratic response to the ongoing crisis, recommending a range of bureaucratic measures to improve the efficiency of the current system.”
Trans+ researcher Dr Cal Horton, of Oxford Brookes University, concurs: “[The review] fundamentally fails to deliver meaningful improvements to trans healthcare”.
“At its heart, it maintains and reinforces a system built on clinical control of and power over trans communities,” Dr Horton said. “There is no effort to improve accountability. No recognition of institutional transphobia. No recognition of clinical violence.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:imuudyzzfj56y3lxiy35kop2/bafkreigwrxqjhmtcgfrmpdevyhvyay4n45yc6daob7qoli5kgdomod4ubi@jpeg)
December 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
QueerAF asked me what I thought about the Levy Review.
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I just wrote to my MP using the recommendations and guidelines below. I implore all British people on my timeline to do the same.
We have to be better than what the government, the money and the press are trying to reduce us to.
We have to be better than what the government, the money and the press are trying to reduce us to.
The eight Palestine Action hunger strikers have now been held without trial for months, and three have been hospitalised. Here's a toolkit with 11 proposed actions you can take to support them.
Toolkit for UK Hunger Strikers
docs.google.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I just wrote to my MP using the recommendations and guidelines below. I implore all British people on my timeline to do the same.
We have to be better than what the government, the money and the press are trying to reduce us to.
We have to be better than what the government, the money and the press are trying to reduce us to.
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Turtles stage a million-nest comeback on India’s coasts. Two decades after conservationists feared collapse, olive ridley turtle nests in India have jumped from under 100,000 to about one million a season.
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#ShareGoodNewsToo
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#ShareGoodNewsToo
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December 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Turtles stage a million-nest comeback on India’s coasts. Two decades after conservationists feared collapse, olive ridley turtle nests in India have jumped from under 100,000 to about one million a season.
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#ShareGoodNewsToo
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#ShareGoodNewsToo
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I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
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The next few days are going to be critical for the hunger strikers and I cannot stress this enough. What more does it take to hold Britain accountable for being a totally spineless doormat for Israel's genocide against Palestinians????
The eight Palestine Action hunger strikers have now been held without trial for months, and three have been hospitalised. Here's a toolkit with 11 proposed actions you can take to support them.
Toolkit for UK Hunger Strikers
docs.google.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The next few days are going to be critical for the hunger strikers and I cannot stress this enough. What more does it take to hold Britain accountable for being a totally spineless doormat for Israel's genocide against Palestinians????
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I made an Instagram post about the Levy recommendations. It’s long, so I’ve only put a few slides on here. As always, there are organisations better placed than me to respond @transactualuk.bsky.social @transsolidarity.bsky.social @goodlawproject.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DSchXjZDPe...
December 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I made an Instagram post about the Levy recommendations. It’s long, so I’ve only put a few slides on here. As always, there are organisations better placed than me to respond @transactualuk.bsky.social @transsolidarity.bsky.social @goodlawproject.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DSchXjZDPe...
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Streeting was this week talking about the completion of the "data linkage" study proposed by Cass, which would pick through the lifetime medical history of anyone who had ever attended GIDS, without express permission being given.
In the light of this, suggest you consider an opt out.
In the light of this, suggest you consider an opt out.
Streeting confirmed in parliament today that the "data linkage" study is still underway and will be completed.
As far as I know the SI that Sajid Javid used is still in force till 2027? Presumably there are still folks working on that “data linkage” study that gives access to the medical records of anyone who ever was referred to GIDS.
December 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Streeting was this week talking about the completion of the "data linkage" study proposed by Cass, which would pick through the lifetime medical history of anyone who had ever attended GIDS, without express permission being given.
In the light of this, suggest you consider an opt out.
In the light of this, suggest you consider an opt out.
In light of the Levy Review potentially giving transphobes oversight of medical research on trans healthcare, Trans Safety Network recommend English trans people OPT OUT of their healthcare data being used in research.
Information on how to do this can be found in the quoted post and thread.
Information on how to do this can be found in the quoted post and thread.
This can be done via the following links, the first to stop GP records being shared and the second to stop secondary care records being shared: www.nhs.uk/using-the-nh...
digital.nhs.uk/services/nat...
digital.nhs.uk/services/nat...
Opt out of sharing your health records
Find out how to opt out of sharing your health records for research and planning.
www.nhs.uk
December 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
In light of the Levy Review potentially giving transphobes oversight of medical research on trans healthcare, Trans Safety Network recommend English trans people OPT OUT of their healthcare data being used in research.
Information on how to do this can be found in the quoted post and thread.
Information on how to do this can be found in the quoted post and thread.
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It should be illegal to be this cute
December 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It should be illegal to be this cute
This is actually really, really good.
I've seen a few people understandably respond to this with complaints about poor treatment they have received from doctors. But as the doctor's union, the BMA is an ideal group to argue for better from the profession and from the NHS.
I've seen a few people understandably respond to this with complaints about poor treatment they have received from doctors. But as the doctor's union, the BMA is an ideal group to argue for better from the profession and from the NHS.
The BMA has published an updated policy position on the rights of transgender and non-binary people in healthcare settings.
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...
Policy position on the rights of transgender and non-binary people in healthcare settings
Our policy position is centred around the need to advocate for equitable access to healthcare, create safe and inclusive workplaces for trans and non-binary people working in healthcare settings, and ...
www.bma.org.uk
December 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This is actually really, really good.
I've seen a few people understandably respond to this with complaints about poor treatment they have received from doctors. But as the doctor's union, the BMA is an ideal group to argue for better from the profession and from the NHS.
I've seen a few people understandably respond to this with complaints about poor treatment they have received from doctors. But as the doctor's union, the BMA is an ideal group to argue for better from the profession and from the NHS.
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Our Manager Vic writes in the Scotsman today about the impact of all of the many court cases that have happened this year on the real lives of trans people: archive.ph/UoLR1
December 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Our Manager Vic writes in the Scotsman today about the impact of all of the many court cases that have happened this year on the real lives of trans people: archive.ph/UoLR1
I spent most of yesterday quietly working offline, and the evening in a nice long practice with my band.
Did I miss anything important? 🤪
Did I miss anything important? 🤪
December 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I spent most of yesterday quietly working offline, and the evening in a nice long practice with my band.
Did I miss anything important? 🤪
Did I miss anything important? 🤪
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hmmm fun thing we noticed with bsky's moderation filters.
illustrated vulvas while fundraising for a charity or doing educational work: OBSCENE BAN IT THIS IS ADULT CONTENT
illustrated vulvas while selling something: yeah this is fine
illustrated vulvas while fundraising for a charity or doing educational work: OBSCENE BAN IT THIS IS ADULT CONTENT
illustrated vulvas while selling something: yeah this is fine
December 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
hmmm fun thing we noticed with bsky's moderation filters.
illustrated vulvas while fundraising for a charity or doing educational work: OBSCENE BAN IT THIS IS ADULT CONTENT
illustrated vulvas while selling something: yeah this is fine
illustrated vulvas while fundraising for a charity or doing educational work: OBSCENE BAN IT THIS IS ADULT CONTENT
illustrated vulvas while selling something: yeah this is fine
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UK eager beavers! If you'd like to receive any of our pubic wares before Christmas, order NOW. Our local post office closes at 4pm, and we'll need to get it wrapped and ready for you. Serve cunt to all your loved ones this festive period vaginamuseumshop.co.uk
Vagina Museum
The Vagina Museum is the world’s first bricks and mortar museum dedicated to vaginas, vulvas and the gynaecological anatomy. Located in Bethnal Green.
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December 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
UK eager beavers! If you'd like to receive any of our pubic wares before Christmas, order NOW. Our local post office closes at 4pm, and we'll need to get it wrapped and ready for you. Serve cunt to all your loved ones this festive period vaginamuseumshop.co.uk
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Political prisoners in the UK - I don't think this is getting much coverage. Stuff we can do in this toolkit.
The eight Palestine Action hunger strikers have now been held without trial for months, and three have been hospitalised. Here's a toolkit with 11 proposed actions you can take to support them.
Toolkit for UK Hunger Strikers
docs.google.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Political prisoners in the UK - I don't think this is getting much coverage. Stuff we can do in this toolkit.
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The right-wingers mockingly refer to “the omnicause” and you know what? It is. That’s the only way humanity wins
December 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The right-wingers mockingly refer to “the omnicause” and you know what? It is. That’s the only way humanity wins