Quinn Rhodes (he/him)
@onqueerstreet.bsky.social
Journalist covering sex, queerness, & reproductive healthcare. Sex writer and Professional Transsexual. He/him.
Commissions: quinn@quinnrhodes.co.uk
Commissions: quinn@quinnrhodes.co.uk
Pinned
Three more months. Minimum.
I am not a man trapped in a woman's body; I am a man trapped in a system that is actively denying me bodily autonomy.
www.genderbent.co.uk
"It’s the end of January, and I’m at my local gender clinic. It’s taken five or six voicemails – the first left mid-November – to get this appointment."
I found out that my access to gender-affirming care was much less secure than I had (naively) believed: www.genderbent.co.uk/will-writing...
I found out that my access to gender-affirming care was much less secure than I had (naively) believed: www.genderbent.co.uk/will-writing...
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“We would expect support for full social transition to be agreed very rarely”
There you have it, the gov wants trans kids to rot in the closet
There you have it, the gov wants trans kids to rot in the closet
This explicit transphobia is spelled out in excruciating detail. Direct from Cass again.
February 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM
“We would expect support for full social transition to be agreed very rarely”
There you have it, the gov wants trans kids to rot in the closet
There you have it, the gov wants trans kids to rot in the closet
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I know cis people don't realize the cruelty, so with gentleness and empathy for them, let me try to explain.
Being trans is difficult. Instinctively, you already know this because you think it would be better not to be trans.
Being trans is difficult. Instinctively, you already know this because you think it would be better not to be trans.
“We would expect support for full social transition to be agreed very rarely”
There you have it, the gov wants trans kids to rot in the closet
There you have it, the gov wants trans kids to rot in the closet
This explicit transphobia is spelled out in excruciating detail. Direct from Cass again.
February 12, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I know cis people don't realize the cruelty, so with gentleness and empathy for them, let me try to explain.
Being trans is difficult. Instinctively, you already know this because you think it would be better not to be trans.
Being trans is difficult. Instinctively, you already know this because you think it would be better not to be trans.
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Literally asking a doctor if Samantha should be allowed to chop off their hair and go by the name Sam. Fucks sake.
This draft guidance reproduces Cass insisting that clinicians must be involved in decisions about *social transition* which actually should be none of their damn business
They take the line that this "non-directive" intervention should force things to be "keeping options open and flexible"...
They take the line that this "non-directive" intervention should force things to be "keeping options open and flexible"...
February 12, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Literally asking a doctor if Samantha should be allowed to chop off their hair and go by the name Sam. Fucks sake.
"The only thing Big Tech is selling us is their own unprocessed trauma back to us. It’s not a revolution. It’s a comfort blanket for a managerial class that still can’t fathom that all their tech and wealth couldn’t protect them from the pandemic."
This is why I love @garbageday.email.
This is why I love @garbageday.email.
Here's my take on that big dumb post about AI going viral on X right now.
www.garbageday.email/p/a-comfort-...
www.garbageday.email/p/a-comfort-...
February 12, 2026 at 1:59 PM
"The only thing Big Tech is selling us is their own unprocessed trauma back to us. It’s not a revolution. It’s a comfort blanket for a managerial class that still can’t fathom that all their tech and wealth couldn’t protect them from the pandemic."
This is why I love @garbageday.email.
This is why I love @garbageday.email.
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This will weaponized internationally, but it's important to note how it is being weaponized *in the exact same way* in Canada. This is all such a tragedy.
Within hours, we already had an elected official—B.C. MLA Tara Armstrong—blaming the Tumbler Ridge school shooting on gender-affirming care.
February 11, 2026 at 3:52 PM
This will weaponized internationally, but it's important to note how it is being weaponized *in the exact same way* in Canada. This is all such a tragedy.
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I got to write about LESBIAN BED DEATH for Script Health! What an amazing assignment!!
“Has there ever been a term so alarmist, so ominous—and yet so ubiquitous—as ‘lesbian bed death’?” @katesloan.com is hot on the case to debunk the stereotype and see what lesbian sex lives are really like!
www.script.health/article/lesb...
www.script.health/article/lesb...
Is lesbian bed death real? An investigation
The stereotype refuses to die—but that doesn't mean your sex life has to
www.script.health
February 11, 2026 at 2:16 PM
I got to write about LESBIAN BED DEATH for Script Health! What an amazing assignment!!
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btw if you’re a nonbinary person considering estrogen and you’ve yet to make an appointment because you’re unsure about how you’ll feel about breast growth or genital function, you should make the appointment today. everything is gonna be fine. it’s going to be so good. leap and the net will appear.
February 11, 2026 at 2:11 PM
btw if you’re a nonbinary person considering estrogen and you’ve yet to make an appointment because you’re unsure about how you’ll feel about breast growth or genital function, you should make the appointment today. everything is gonna be fine. it’s going to be so good. leap and the net will appear.
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The Times has been quietly promoting transphobic viewpoints, treating the existence of trans people as a "question" or "debate," and spotlighting exclusively cisgender writers for years. It was bad enough for me to lose faith in the paper and cancel my subscription two years ago. Integrity lost.
February 11, 2026 at 2:06 PM
The Times has been quietly promoting transphobic viewpoints, treating the existence of trans people as a "question" or "debate," and spotlighting exclusively cisgender writers for years. It was bad enough for me to lose faith in the paper and cancel my subscription two years ago. Integrity lost.
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That's not really true though. If you're feeling sensitive about the public perception of your trans coverage, perhaps you should hire a trans reporter to cover it more accurately than your current reporters are capable of.
February 11, 2026 at 1:58 PM
That's not really true though. If you're feeling sensitive about the public perception of your trans coverage, perhaps you should hire a trans reporter to cover it more accurately than your current reporters are capable of.
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“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.
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Was cutting up a 1960s Woman’s Realm magazine for collage material & found this unabashedly insatiable size queen penguin
February 8, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Was cutting up a 1960s Woman’s Realm magazine for collage material & found this unabashedly insatiable size queen penguin
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I caught some flack from some cis women for saying "I really wish I could be pregnant and be a mom". Either it was "pregnancy sucks you don't want that" or "so you think women can only be brood mares".
Like no goddamnit. I understand pregnancy is hard. No, I don't think women are brood mares.
Like no goddamnit. I understand pregnancy is hard. No, I don't think women are brood mares.
When you ask trans ppl why they want to transition they will most likely fall back on commonly understood stereotypes about what each gender is better at bc they are trying to get you to accept the answer by using the common language of gender.
You know, one of the reasons I didn't transition until my 30s is because every time I would attempt to puzzle through "I want to be a guy", people would always demand "WHY?!" and then when I fumbled trying to explain physical traits (the only vocab I had) they accused me of being anti-feminist
February 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I caught some flack from some cis women for saying "I really wish I could be pregnant and be a mom". Either it was "pregnancy sucks you don't want that" or "so you think women can only be brood mares".
Like no goddamnit. I understand pregnancy is hard. No, I don't think women are brood mares.
Like no goddamnit. I understand pregnancy is hard. No, I don't think women are brood mares.
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After operating since 2009, Sheffield’s main WI is set to close because all the volunteers running it are leaving.
Trans exclusion means spaces for all women are being lost.
www.shwi.co.uk/post/2026-me...
Trans exclusion means spaces for all women are being lost.
www.shwi.co.uk/post/2026-me...
February 7, 2026 at 5:58 PM
After operating since 2009, Sheffield’s main WI is set to close because all the volunteers running it are leaving.
Trans exclusion means spaces for all women are being lost.
www.shwi.co.uk/post/2026-me...
Trans exclusion means spaces for all women are being lost.
www.shwi.co.uk/post/2026-me...
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The most infuriating thing about this article (and why I feel justified linking to it directly) is that it's actually good, decisive journalism. It doesn't feel the need to consult the other side for "balance."
If only they had listened to trans people who were warning about this years ago.
If only they had listened to trans people who were warning about this years ago.
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The most infuriating thing about this article (and why I feel justified linking to it directly) is that it's actually good, decisive journalism. It doesn't feel the need to consult the other side for "balance."
If only they had listened to trans people who were warning about this years ago.
If only they had listened to trans people who were warning about this years ago.
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Programs that publicly ID disabled people to the police falsely assume that police won't do police brutality because they know a person is disabled. Police kill people who are clearly in mental health crisis. There's a reason why I don't write short articles celebrating these state laws.
February 7, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Programs that publicly ID disabled people to the police falsely assume that police won't do police brutality because they know a person is disabled. Police kill people who are clearly in mental health crisis. There's a reason why I don't write short articles celebrating these state laws.
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lots of people (on Both Sides™) had fun with Trump's “transgender operations on illegal aliens that are in prison” debate line without stopping to think, even for one second, about the humanity of the actual people involved
NEW: It’s difficult to account for the abuses trans immigrants face in ICE custody after Trump destroyed safeguards, oversight agencies, and data about detainees.
But 3 trans migrants told me what it’s really like: Medical neglect. Solitary confinement. Harassment. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
But 3 trans migrants told me what it’s really like: Medical neglect. Solitary confinement. Harassment. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
ICE Is Treating Trans Immigrants With A New Level Of Cruelty
A HuffPost investigation found how the Trump administration systematically destroyed safeguards for detainees, subjecting them to abuse and neglect.
www.huffpost.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:55 PM
lots of people (on Both Sides™) had fun with Trump's “transgender operations on illegal aliens that are in prison” debate line without stopping to think, even for one second, about the humanity of the actual people involved
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when i started working as a journalist in 2014, there were trans reporters in multiple national newsrooms. almost all have left. the high output of anti-trans articles & the near absence of articles by trans journalists are two sides of the same coin: institutional transphobia in the UK media.
And now @ludovicparsons.bsky.social highlights the huge increase in anti-trans articles over the last 10 years, as the number of trans journalists falls. The challenge to get positive ripples of trans lives covered, in a sea of gender critical misinformation
February 7, 2026 at 10:29 AM
when i started working as a journalist in 2014, there were trans reporters in multiple national newsrooms. almost all have left. the high output of anti-trans articles & the near absence of articles by trans journalists are two sides of the same coin: institutional transphobia in the UK media.
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Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
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Imagine a trans person, who has done nothing at all but finds themselves in the papers because they encountered a terf, sending this out and Ipso helping remind papers of their code of conduct...
![LATE on Friday evening, this notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news wire, to all media across the UK.
In it, Mandelson uses clauses of the Editor's Code most typically associated with grieving families or those suffering harassment from the press to urge journalists to stop scrutinising his links to the most world's most notorious paedophile.
We believe it is strongly in the public interest to publish this memo. This is it in full.
CONFIDENTIAL - STRICTLY NOT FOR PUBLICATION: Ipso has asked us to circulate the following advisory:
Ipso has today been contacted by a representative acting on behalf of Peter Mandelson.
Mr Mandelson's representatives state that he does not wish to speak to the media at this time. He requests that the press do not take photos or film, approach, or contact him via phone, email, or in-person. His representatives ask that any requests for his comment are directed to [REDACTED]
We are happy to make editors aware of his request. We note the terms of Clause 2 (Privacy) and 3 (Harassment) of the Editors' Code, and in particular that Clause 3 states that journalists must not persist in questioning, telephoning, pursuing or photographing individuals once asked to desist, unless justified in the public interest.
Please do not hesitate to contact me to discuss any Code issues on [REDACTED] or out of hours on [REDACTED].
[IPSO official]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o7uvmdqvvocs3vs562kbh3kz/bafkreihtuk2vnpjxhqihdsez746mtlpkh6yqnm633xew6rakefbq6wg33i@jpeg)
February 6, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Imagine a trans person, who has done nothing at all but finds themselves in the papers because they encountered a terf, sending this out and Ipso helping remind papers of their code of conduct...
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A really, really essential read.
“The emails reveal that Epstein at least took part in introducing the international moral panic against trans people that is currently underway in multiple countries.”
“The emails reveal that Epstein at least took part in introducing the international moral panic against trans people that is currently underway in multiple countries.”
For my newsletter, I wrote about Dr. Ting's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the trans talk in the Epstein files, and how hard it is for trans people to talk about abuse.
(Dr. Ting is not implicated in any malfeasance or criminal activity) www.burnsnotice.com/we-have-to-t...
(Dr. Ting is not implicated in any malfeasance or criminal activity) www.burnsnotice.com/we-have-to-t...
We Have to Talk About Dr. Ting and Epstein
The Epstein files don't reveal wrongdoing from the doctor, but his relationship with the world's most notorious pedophile is concerning
Editor's note: I want to be clear that I am not accusing Dr. Je...
www.burnsnotice.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:23 PM
A really, really essential read.
“The emails reveal that Epstein at least took part in introducing the international moral panic against trans people that is currently underway in multiple countries.”
“The emails reveal that Epstein at least took part in introducing the international moral panic against trans people that is currently underway in multiple countries.”
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Great post by @stacykess.bsky.social @equalaccesspublicmedia.org on how to write #AltText in a journalism context 👇🏽
FYI for those new to journalism terms (like me!): a "cutline" is a caption that accompanies photos and other visuals, often placed underneath the visual.
#a11y
FYI for those new to journalism terms (like me!): a "cutline" is a caption that accompanies photos and other visuals, often placed underneath the visual.
#a11y
New! A how to guide on writing alt text for journalists. You know you want it. And you know you need it.
#AltText #News #Reporters #Journalists
the-word.news/2026/0205/al...
#AltText #News #Reporters #Journalists
the-word.news/2026/0205/al...
How to write alt text for news - The Word
If your image disappeared, how would you describe it?
the-word.news
February 5, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Great post by @stacykess.bsky.social @equalaccesspublicmedia.org on how to write #AltText in a journalism context 👇🏽
FYI for those new to journalism terms (like me!): a "cutline" is a caption that accompanies photos and other visuals, often placed underneath the visual.
#a11y
FYI for those new to journalism terms (like me!): a "cutline" is a caption that accompanies photos and other visuals, often placed underneath the visual.
#a11y
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ICE has been building so many detention facilities that it doesn't have enough health care staff so it's been pulling people in from other agencies and they are NOT having it.
Some Public Health Service officers quit rather than serve in ICE detention centers
A special corps of health care workers have been called in to work with detained immigrants and many feel deeply conflicted about the assignment, saying they're not able to provide good care.
www.npr.org
February 5, 2026 at 5:50 PM
ICE has been building so many detention facilities that it doesn't have enough health care staff so it's been pulling people in from other agencies and they are NOT having it.
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you know, i never wanted to be an organizer or anarchist or activist. all i wanted growing up was to play video games and study space.
but i heard people voicing warning signs back in 2017, and it got to me.
i dont organize bcz i wanna be a hero. i organize because i want to stay alive
but i heard people voicing warning signs back in 2017, and it got to me.
i dont organize bcz i wanna be a hero. i organize because i want to stay alive
January 26, 2026 at 3:31 AM
you know, i never wanted to be an organizer or anarchist or activist. all i wanted growing up was to play video games and study space.
but i heard people voicing warning signs back in 2017, and it got to me.
i dont organize bcz i wanna be a hero. i organize because i want to stay alive
but i heard people voicing warning signs back in 2017, and it got to me.
i dont organize bcz i wanna be a hero. i organize because i want to stay alive
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This is also why it was so harmful for The Athletic to run their story about how Curl isn’t “really” transphobic & she’s just “misunderstood.” It gives cover to these people. And now they’re at the Olympics, weeks after we learned that USA Hockey had quietly banned all trans people from the sport.
the athletic should retract their britta curl redemption story
and links from the week in queer sports
www.thefrankiedlc.news
February 5, 2026 at 4:28 PM
This is also why it was so harmful for The Athletic to run their story about how Curl isn’t “really” transphobic & she’s just “misunderstood.” It gives cover to these people. And now they’re at the Olympics, weeks after we learned that USA Hockey had quietly banned all trans people from the sport.