purplegril
@purplegril.bsky.social
UK.
Ginger. Disabled. Fat. Queer. Pro trans. Leftist. Socialist. Sex and relationships nerd. Kinky. Music nerd.
Value connection, love, art (widest sense). Money, commercial success and power do not impress me.
Ginger. Disabled. Fat. Queer. Pro trans. Leftist. Socialist. Sex and relationships nerd. Kinky. Music nerd.
Value connection, love, art (widest sense). Money, commercial success and power do not impress me.
CN: Horrific, current medical abuse in a hospital (action needed!)
This is extremely distressing. Sorry. But there's a template to write to the hospital to try to help someone get care and...not die. So please do.
This is extremely distressing. Sorry. But there's a template to write to the hospital to try to help someone get care and...not die. So please do.
URGENT:
An NHS hospital is starving a severe ME patient & has now stopped giving her fluids. Savannah has now lived with severe ME for several years - but the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in South London is putting her life at risk. @h-sharland.bsky.social has the story
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
An NHS hospital is starving a severe ME patient & has now stopped giving her fluids. Savannah has now lived with severe ME for several years - but the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in South London is putting her life at risk. @h-sharland.bsky.social has the story
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
An NHS hospital is starving a severe ME patient and has now stopped giving her fluids
Savannah has now lived with severe ME for several years - but the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in South London is putting her life at risk
www.thecanary.co
January 22, 2026 at 6:51 PM
CN: Horrific, current medical abuse in a hospital (action needed!)
This is extremely distressing. Sorry. But there's a template to write to the hospital to try to help someone get care and...not die. So please do.
This is extremely distressing. Sorry. But there's a template to write to the hospital to try to help someone get care and...not die. So please do.
I want a future where I see someone share my post and I don't just see my own typos.
Dammit!
Dammit!
January 18, 2026 at 12:47 PM
I want a future where I see someone share my post and I don't just see my own typos.
Dammit!
Dammit!
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“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy
January 16, 2026 at 3:49 AM
“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy
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2025 saw an enormous amount of damage to UK trans+ human rights, with the aftermath continuing to evolve.
We have to step up the fight in 2026, and we need your help:
Please write to your MP 📝 actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
And you can help us fund our campaigns 🏳️⚧️ www.zeffy.com/en-GB/donati...
We have to step up the fight in 2026, and we need your help:
Please write to your MP 📝 actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
And you can help us fund our campaigns 🏳️⚧️ www.zeffy.com/en-GB/donati...
Fund the work of the Trans+ Solidarity Alliance
Trans+ Solidarity Alliance is a trans-led not-for-profit working in partnership with cis allies on our mission to work towards, real and lasting positive change for trans+ people in the UK.We’re a sma...
www.zeffy.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:57 PM
2025 saw an enormous amount of damage to UK trans+ human rights, with the aftermath continuing to evolve.
We have to step up the fight in 2026, and we need your help:
Please write to your MP 📝 actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
And you can help us fund our campaigns 🏳️⚧️ www.zeffy.com/en-GB/donati...
We have to step up the fight in 2026, and we need your help:
Please write to your MP 📝 actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
And you can help us fund our campaigns 🏳️⚧️ www.zeffy.com/en-GB/donati...
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Ooh, look, you can get rid of AI summaries in Google!
Periodic reminder: you can make an AI-free Google search your default. Here's how, for multiple devices, browsers, situations: tenbluelinks.org
(Or use other search engines.)
(Or use other search engines.)
How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default
tenbluelinks.org
January 16, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Ooh, look, you can get rid of AI summaries in Google!
Just received a response to a complaint about the handling of my Universal Credit case.
This paragraph has me laughing out loud. Liars.
This paragraph has me laughing out loud. Liars.
December 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Just received a response to a complaint about the handling of my Universal Credit case.
This paragraph has me laughing out loud. Liars.
This paragraph has me laughing out loud. Liars.
Thread from an actual specialist!
(ET in this context is Employment Tribunal. FWS is the For Women Scotland Supreme Court decision)
(ET in this context is Employment Tribunal. FWS is the For Women Scotland Supreme Court decision)
Mini thread on the ET decision in Peggie
Top line: It says exactly what we have been saying for months. The decision of the Supreme Court was not to turn the Equality Act 2010 into a nationwide bathroom ban - regardless of how anti-trans organisations have sought to misrepresent the law.
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Top line: It says exactly what we have been saying for months. The decision of the Supreme Court was not to turn the Equality Act 2010 into a nationwide bathroom ban - regardless of how anti-trans organisations have sought to misrepresent the law.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Thread from an actual specialist!
(ET in this context is Employment Tribunal. FWS is the For Women Scotland Supreme Court decision)
(ET in this context is Employment Tribunal. FWS is the For Women Scotland Supreme Court decision)
Excellent news! Have not read properly, but...an awful transphobe just lost her awful transphobic employment tribunal case.
And the court said the Equality Act 2010 does NOT require trans women to be excluded from a women's changing room. Yes, after the For Women Scotland supreme court case.
YES
And the court said the Equality Act 2010 does NOT require trans women to be excluded from a women's changing room. Yes, after the For Women Scotland supreme court case.
YES
Decision in the Sandie Peggie case.
She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
Sandie Peggie -v- Fife Health Board and another (judgment and summary) - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Case number: 4104864/2024 Employment Tribunal, Scotland 8 December 2025 Before: Employment Judge A KempTribunal Member L BrownTribunal Member C Russell Between: Mrs Sandie Peggie -v- Fife Health Board...
www.judiciary.uk
December 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Excellent news! Have not read properly, but...an awful transphobe just lost her awful transphobic employment tribunal case.
And the court said the Equality Act 2010 does NOT require trans women to be excluded from a women's changing room. Yes, after the For Women Scotland supreme court case.
YES
And the court said the Equality Act 2010 does NOT require trans women to be excluded from a women's changing room. Yes, after the For Women Scotland supreme court case.
YES
Can we please also repeatedly say out loud 2 things:
1 that in a society where there is a cost of living crisis, people who have always even disabled and not applied for benefits might find themselves needing to do so?
1 that in a society where there is a cost of living crisis, people who have always even disabled and not applied for benefits might find themselves needing to do so?
I genuinely think a lot of people treat it as being graded on a curve, in a sense. Like, help should only go to a consistent percentage of the least abled people, whatever happens.
there is no natural golden ratio of abled to disabled ppl, and no upper cap on what percentage of population can be disabled. if you sicken and injure enough ppl, and destroy accessibility of public life in a hostile and unsupported society so a wider and wider range are excluded, the skys the limit
December 6, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Can we please also repeatedly say out loud 2 things:
1 that in a society where there is a cost of living crisis, people who have always even disabled and not applied for benefits might find themselves needing to do so?
1 that in a society where there is a cost of living crisis, people who have always even disabled and not applied for benefits might find themselves needing to do so?
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I genuinely think a lot of people treat it as being graded on a curve, in a sense. Like, help should only go to a consistent percentage of the least abled people, whatever happens.
there is no natural golden ratio of abled to disabled ppl, and no upper cap on what percentage of population can be disabled. if you sicken and injure enough ppl, and destroy accessibility of public life in a hostile and unsupported society so a wider and wider range are excluded, the skys the limit
December 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I genuinely think a lot of people treat it as being graded on a curve, in a sense. Like, help should only go to a consistent percentage of the least abled people, whatever happens.
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The Council has power to amend their own Charter.
December 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The Council has power to amend their own Charter.
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My main criticism of the Guide Association is that they do not commit to getting a new Royal Charter or Act of Parliament to guarantee trans inclusion.
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
My main criticism of the Guide Association is that they do not commit to getting a new Royal Charter or Act of Parliament to guarantee trans inclusion.
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Hey Writers & Friends of Writers! Get yourself - or someone else - an hour of editorial expertise! With a 30% discount! 📙Assesses 3,500 words📘A comprehensive understanding of your writing strengths and weaknesses ‼️Lasts until Dec 31, 2025* Redeemable thru 2026.
Email leoneross@mac.com, XMAS VOUCHER
Email leoneross@mac.com, XMAS VOUCHER
December 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Hey Writers & Friends of Writers! Get yourself - or someone else - an hour of editorial expertise! With a 30% discount! 📙Assesses 3,500 words📘A comprehensive understanding of your writing strengths and weaknesses ‼️Lasts until Dec 31, 2025* Redeemable thru 2026.
Email leoneross@mac.com, XMAS VOUCHER
Email leoneross@mac.com, XMAS VOUCHER
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CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY.
If you’d like to gift a copy of Who Wants Normal? to someone who needs it this Christmas (but can’t afford it), I’m giving away my last author copy I just found. I’ll sign and dedicate it.
RT and I’ll pick an account at random. Ends Wednesday 3rd December 8pm. U.K. only.
If you’d like to gift a copy of Who Wants Normal? to someone who needs it this Christmas (but can’t afford it), I’m giving away my last author copy I just found. I’ll sign and dedicate it.
RT and I’ll pick an account at random. Ends Wednesday 3rd December 8pm. U.K. only.
December 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY.
If you’d like to gift a copy of Who Wants Normal? to someone who needs it this Christmas (but can’t afford it), I’m giving away my last author copy I just found. I’ll sign and dedicate it.
RT and I’ll pick an account at random. Ends Wednesday 3rd December 8pm. U.K. only.
If you’d like to gift a copy of Who Wants Normal? to someone who needs it this Christmas (but can’t afford it), I’m giving away my last author copy I just found. I’ll sign and dedicate it.
RT and I’ll pick an account at random. Ends Wednesday 3rd December 8pm. U.K. only.
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uk government just made it illegal to glance at a lighthouse.
I'd hate to be a boat owner after this passes.
Imagine all the information that could be be useful for your navigation but which would ALSO be potentially useful to those guiding small boats across the Channel.
Will the Shipping Forecast cease broadcasting? That, after all, makes crossings easier.
Imagine all the information that could be be useful for your navigation but which would ALSO be potentially useful to those guiding small boats across the Channel.
Will the Shipping Forecast cease broadcasting? That, after all, makes crossings easier.
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
uk government just made it illegal to glance at a lighthouse.
@whatthetrans.com I apologise for a) being nerdy and b) messaging you about something from a February episode, but FYI I suspect this would be why a cover band would be called Brit Floyd: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britann...
Britannia Row Studios - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
@whatthetrans.com I apologise for a) being nerdy and b) messaging you about something from a February episode, but FYI I suspect this would be why a cover band would be called Brit Floyd: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britann...
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We must make difficult and unpopular decisions
Can't you just make easy and popular ones?
Can't you just make easy and popular ones?
November 23, 2025 at 7:21 AM
We must make difficult and unpopular decisions
Can't you just make easy and popular ones?
Can't you just make easy and popular ones?
Things that made me cry today...
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Things that made me cry today...
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🚨The Home Secretary said "illegal migration is dividing our country."
Let’s be clear: the only thing dividing our country is a politics devoid of humanity and compassion.
The plans announced today are a cruel political choice. It is #NotInOurName.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/morally-and-...
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Let’s be clear: the only thing dividing our country is a politics devoid of humanity and compassion.
The plans announced today are a cruel political choice. It is #NotInOurName.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/morally-and-...
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Women for Refugee Women : Morally and ethically bankrupt: Our response to the Government's announcement 17 November 2026
The Government has announced sweeping plans to overhaul refugee protection in the UK - some of the most hostile we have seen in recent years. We are outraged, saddened, and extremely concerned.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🚨The Home Secretary said "illegal migration is dividing our country."
Let’s be clear: the only thing dividing our country is a politics devoid of humanity and compassion.
The plans announced today are a cruel political choice. It is #NotInOurName.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/morally-and-...
1/🧵
Let’s be clear: the only thing dividing our country is a politics devoid of humanity and compassion.
The plans announced today are a cruel political choice. It is #NotInOurName.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/morally-and-...
1/🧵
NHS repeatedly gives Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders to disabled people for absolutely no reason.
Things like this are exactly why disabled people are against the Assisted Suicide law. We already can't trust that people won't try to kill us.
This stuff hits me so hard.
Things like this are exactly why disabled people are against the Assisted Suicide law. We already can't trust that people won't try to kill us.
This stuff hits me so hard.
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
NHS repeatedly gives Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders to disabled people for absolutely no reason.
Things like this are exactly why disabled people are against the Assisted Suicide law. We already can't trust that people won't try to kill us.
This stuff hits me so hard.
Things like this are exactly why disabled people are against the Assisted Suicide law. We already can't trust that people won't try to kill us.
This stuff hits me so hard.
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It has come to my attention that many of you have been sharing this photo of Streeting and Mandelson widely.
Please remember that Wes Streeting does not like it being shared widely. So please do not share it widely and on every possible occasion. We wouldn’t want to upset him would we?
Please remember that Wes Streeting does not like it being shared widely. So please do not share it widely and on every possible occasion. We wouldn’t want to upset him would we?
September 15, 2025 at 6:35 AM
It has come to my attention that many of you have been sharing this photo of Streeting and Mandelson widely.
Please remember that Wes Streeting does not like it being shared widely. So please do not share it widely and on every possible occasion. We wouldn’t want to upset him would we?
Please remember that Wes Streeting does not like it being shared widely. So please do not share it widely and on every possible occasion. We wouldn’t want to upset him would we?
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I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
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the BBC should apologise with a montage of all the times Trump showed support for 6 Jan and they should get the person who does the end of World Cup montage to do it
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
the BBC should apologise with a montage of all the times Trump showed support for 6 Jan and they should get the person who does the end of World Cup montage to do it
Pfft. The fundamental problem is asking the questions separately. It asked people what they wanted, not which mix they'd choose/how they'd budget for the things they want.
Don't blame people answering the questions they're asked for not answering a different, more complex question!
Don't blame people answering the questions they're asked for not answering a different, more complex question!
The fundamental problem:
58% of voters want public spending maintained or increased.
67% want taxes to stay at their current level or be cut.
In reality, it’s a binary choice. Taxes go up, or spending is cut. That’s it.
58% of voters want public spending maintained or increased.
67% want taxes to stay at their current level or be cut.
In reality, it’s a binary choice. Taxes go up, or spending is cut. That’s it.
October 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Pfft. The fundamental problem is asking the questions separately. It asked people what they wanted, not which mix they'd choose/how they'd budget for the things they want.
Don't blame people answering the questions they're asked for not answering a different, more complex question!
Don't blame people answering the questions they're asked for not answering a different, more complex question!
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Work should not be a healthcare outcome.
It should be the last step of "recovery" for those who are able to get to that stage and for whom it is a positive step.
Employment and healthcare should not be conflated, ever... And if someone can't work, they can't work.
It should be the last step of "recovery" for those who are able to get to that stage and for whom it is a positive step.
Employment and healthcare should not be conflated, ever... And if someone can't work, they can't work.
October 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Work should not be a healthcare outcome.
It should be the last step of "recovery" for those who are able to get to that stage and for whom it is a positive step.
Employment and healthcare should not be conflated, ever... And if someone can't work, they can't work.
It should be the last step of "recovery" for those who are able to get to that stage and for whom it is a positive step.
Employment and healthcare should not be conflated, ever... And if someone can't work, they can't work.