Rebecca Jane Morgan
@rebeccajanemorgan.bsky.social
Author of Deviants and Trailblazers (May 2026) and Gender Heretics (2023).
Enquiries: rebecca.m.hickman@gmail.com
I also write about religion in Greenland: https://religioningreenland.com
Enquiries: rebecca.m.hickman@gmail.com
I also write about religion in Greenland: https://religioningreenland.com
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My next book Deviants and Trailblazers: A History of Trans Activism in Britain is in the @plutopress.bsky.social Spring/Summer 2026 catalogue (for a May '26 release)!
This book is the first joined-up history of trans activism in the UK all the ways from the 40s to the present.
This book is the first joined-up history of trans activism in the UK all the ways from the 40s to the present.
Reposted by Rebecca Jane Morgan
Call for panelists! Join me for a panel on ✨Trans Studies and Deconstruction✨ at the Derrida Today Conference (July 2026, Paris). More info in 🧵
#Derrida #TransStudies #AcademicSky #AcademicResearch #PhilSky #gendersky #signalboost #FeministSky #cfp #lit #socialtheory 🌈🎓 @derridatoday.bsky.social
#Derrida #TransStudies #AcademicSky #AcademicResearch #PhilSky #gendersky #signalboost #FeministSky #cfp #lit #socialtheory 🌈🎓 @derridatoday.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Call for panelists! Join me for a panel on ✨Trans Studies and Deconstruction✨ at the Derrida Today Conference (July 2026, Paris). More info in 🧵
#Derrida #TransStudies #AcademicSky #AcademicResearch #PhilSky #gendersky #signalboost #FeministSky #cfp #lit #socialtheory 🌈🎓 @derridatoday.bsky.social
#Derrida #TransStudies #AcademicSky #AcademicResearch #PhilSky #gendersky #signalboost #FeministSky #cfp #lit #socialtheory 🌈🎓 @derridatoday.bsky.social
Reposted by Rebecca Jane Morgan
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
It has been
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November 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It has been
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hours since the last transphobia incident. Thank you for doing your part!
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hours since the last transphobia incident. Thank you for doing your part!
The BBC should absolutely be biased against fascism, genocide, and transphobic conspiracy theories. After years of seeing the BBC failing to hold anyone to account for blatantly lying and covering for mass murder, we're about to see it slide even further to the right. Something has to give.
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The BBC should absolutely be biased against fascism, genocide, and transphobic conspiracy theories. After years of seeing the BBC failing to hold anyone to account for blatantly lying and covering for mass murder, we're about to see it slide even further to the right. Something has to give.
I never thought I'd see a Labour government talk about introducing the modern equivalent of race-quota immigration laws...
November 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I never thought I'd see a Labour government talk about introducing the modern equivalent of race-quota immigration laws...
Reposted by Rebecca Jane Morgan
The complex legacy of Roberta Cowell - a pioneering figure in motorsports and the first UK trans woman to get gender affirming surgery
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/the-transgender-pilot-who-survived-the-nazis-and-set-racing-records/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/the-transgender-pilot-who-survived-the-nazis-and-set-racing-records/
The transgender pilot who survived the Nazis and set racing records
The complex legacy of Roberta Cowell - a pioneering figure in motorsports and the first UK trans woman to get gender affirming surgery
www.wearequeeraf.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The complex legacy of Roberta Cowell - a pioneering figure in motorsports and the first UK trans woman to get gender affirming surgery
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/the-transgender-pilot-who-survived-the-nazis-and-set-racing-records/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/the-transgender-pilot-who-survived-the-nazis-and-set-racing-records/
For today I will be a centrist. Geert Wilders' Partij voor de Frijheid (PVV) is one of the most insidious forces in European politics and it is a stain on The Netherlands that it was ever in government.
PVV was one of the early innovators of the "we like gays and hate Muslims" brand.
PVV was one of the early innovators of the "we like gays and hate Muslims" brand.
Rob Jetten's centrist liberals lead Dutch election, exit poll says
Rob Jetten's D66 party takes a shock lead, two years after his party languished in sixth place in the last vote.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
For today I will be a centrist. Geert Wilders' Partij voor de Frijheid (PVV) is one of the most insidious forces in European politics and it is a stain on The Netherlands that it was ever in government.
PVV was one of the early innovators of the "we like gays and hate Muslims" brand.
PVV was one of the early innovators of the "we like gays and hate Muslims" brand.
I am now several layers deep researching Aspin rotary valve engines because Roberta Cowell tried to build Aspin-powered racing cars after WW2.
This is disconcerting as my engineering skills previously amounted to stuffing a circular soap bar into the drain of a hotel bath because there was no plug.
This is disconcerting as my engineering skills previously amounted to stuffing a circular soap bar into the drain of a hotel bath because there was no plug.
October 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I am now several layers deep researching Aspin rotary valve engines because Roberta Cowell tried to build Aspin-powered racing cars after WW2.
This is disconcerting as my engineering skills previously amounted to stuffing a circular soap bar into the drain of a hotel bath because there was no plug.
This is disconcerting as my engineering skills previously amounted to stuffing a circular soap bar into the drain of a hotel bath because there was no plug.
It's extremely sad that the conversation isn't "Look how we're systematically exploiting disabled labour." As if disabled people working is just enrichment to keep us occupied.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Waitrose-rejected autistic volunteer receives job offer from Asda
Tom Boyd's mum says she is
www.bbc.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It's extremely sad that the conversation isn't "Look how we're systematically exploiting disabled labour." As if disabled people working is just enrichment to keep us occupied.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I love this shot from Brooklands in 1937. The difference in car sizes was bonkers in those days.
October 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I love this shot from Brooklands in 1937. The difference in car sizes was bonkers in those days.
Uhhhhhhhhh...
(The Nelson Lee Library July 1930.)
(The Nelson Lee Library July 1930.)
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Uhhhhhhhhh...
(The Nelson Lee Library July 1930.)
(The Nelson Lee Library July 1930.)
Since the 'ceasefire':
- Israel has killed at least nine Palestinians in Gaza.
- Israel has notified the UN that it will again impose aid restrictions if Hamas does not locate and hand over the bodies of dead captives.
- The majority of Palestinian territory remains under Israeli occupation.
- Israel has killed at least nine Palestinians in Gaza.
- Israel has notified the UN that it will again impose aid restrictions if Hamas does not locate and hand over the bodies of dead captives.
- The majority of Palestinian territory remains under Israeli occupation.
October 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Since the 'ceasefire':
- Israel has killed at least nine Palestinians in Gaza.
- Israel has notified the UN that it will again impose aid restrictions if Hamas does not locate and hand over the bodies of dead captives.
- The majority of Palestinian territory remains under Israeli occupation.
- Israel has killed at least nine Palestinians in Gaza.
- Israel has notified the UN that it will again impose aid restrictions if Hamas does not locate and hand over the bodies of dead captives.
- The majority of Palestinian territory remains under Israeli occupation.
The Labour Government is pursuing a policy of sabotage - they don't have to abolish trans-friendly legislation, they just have to pack the relevant bodies with anti-trans obstructionists so that the legislation becomes utterly meaningless. Expect more of this.
Despite two different parliamentary committees expressing opposition to her appointment
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-critical-mary-ann-stephenson-named-as-new-ehrc-chair-as-government-overrules-mps/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-critical-mary-ann-stephenson-named-as-new-ehrc-chair-as-government-overrules-mps/
Gender critical Mary-Ann Stephenson named as new EHRC chair as Government overrules MPs
Despite two different parliamentary committees expressing opposition to her appointment
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The Labour Government is pursuing a policy of sabotage - they don't have to abolish trans-friendly legislation, they just have to pack the relevant bodies with anti-trans obstructionists so that the legislation becomes utterly meaningless. Expect more of this.
They blew up the chicken man in Portland last night
They blew up his house too
They blew up his house too
October 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
They blew up the chicken man in Portland last night
They blew up his house too
They blew up his house too
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The Lord's Supper celebrated at Broadview ICE facility. The request to bring communion to those detained inside was denied.
We are the Body of Christ. The Body of Christ will be free.
We are the Body of Christ. The Body of Christ will be free.
October 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The Lord's Supper celebrated at Broadview ICE facility. The request to bring communion to those detained inside was denied.
We are the Body of Christ. The Body of Christ will be free.
We are the Body of Christ. The Body of Christ will be free.
As a litter picker I'd like to point out that the problem of litter is worst in areas that have low income, high population turnover (ie nobody can afford to settle down) and high density. The solution is wealth redistribution, ending landlordism, and more funding, not shaming campaigns and racism.
Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in Birmingham neighbourhood
Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
As a litter picker I'd like to point out that the problem of litter is worst in areas that have low income, high population turnover (ie nobody can afford to settle down) and high density. The solution is wealth redistribution, ending landlordism, and more funding, not shaming campaigns and racism.
One of the things I'm learning from writing a biography of Roberta Cowell is that telling life stories from a trans perspective sometimes means greatly reducing the emphasis on the subject's transness, letting it be just one part of a whole. Cowell was first of all a racer, engineer, and aviator.
October 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
One of the things I'm learning from writing a biography of Roberta Cowell is that telling life stories from a trans perspective sometimes means greatly reducing the emphasis on the subject's transness, letting it be just one part of a whole. Cowell was first of all a racer, engineer, and aviator.
My next book Deviants and Trailblazers: A History of Trans Activism in Britain is in the @plutopress.bsky.social Spring/Summer 2026 catalogue (for a May '26 release)!
This book is the first joined-up history of trans activism in the UK all the ways from the 40s to the present.
This book is the first joined-up history of trans activism in the UK all the ways from the 40s to the present.
October 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
My next book Deviants and Trailblazers: A History of Trans Activism in Britain is in the @plutopress.bsky.social Spring/Summer 2026 catalogue (for a May '26 release)!
This book is the first joined-up history of trans activism in the UK all the ways from the 40s to the present.
This book is the first joined-up history of trans activism in the UK all the ways from the 40s to the present.
Historically, there is an almost direct negative correlation between the reach of Govt ID systems and trans people's rights. Looser systems give fewer opportunities to oppress.
You know, on top of all the other obvious reasons that this is a horrifying idea.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
You know, on top of all the other obvious reasons that this is a horrifying idea.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Keir Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme
The prime minister believes a new scheme would help crack down on illegal working in the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Historically, there is an almost direct negative correlation between the reach of Govt ID systems and trans people's rights. Looser systems give fewer opportunities to oppress.
You know, on top of all the other obvious reasons that this is a horrifying idea.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
You know, on top of all the other obvious reasons that this is a horrifying idea.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Roberta Cowell explaining how fellow prisoners of war passed the time during WW2. They would shout this at a guard tower and then run away.
September 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Roberta Cowell explaining how fellow prisoners of war passed the time during WW2. They would shout this at a guard tower and then run away.
Found this book in a monastery. No notes
September 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Found this book in a monastery. No notes
We're not going to do anything to stop the genocide, but we recognise the people who are being targeted. That just makes our inaction even more reprehensible...
September 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We're not going to do anything to stop the genocide, but we recognise the people who are being targeted. That just makes our inaction even more reprehensible...
Starmer calling for unity and to 'reject hate' right now is a microcosm of why liberalism is failing to comprehend the current moment. The message is fine, but the problem that needs solving is the ongoing genocide and the global slide into autocratic ethno-nationalism, not abstract 'hate'.
September 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Starmer calling for unity and to 'reject hate' right now is a microcosm of why liberalism is failing to comprehend the current moment. The message is fine, but the problem that needs solving is the ongoing genocide and the global slide into autocratic ethno-nationalism, not abstract 'hate'.
In 1971 a man was fined £1 for making a rude gesture at a Salvation Army band at an anti-porn rally.
Thank you for your attention.
Thank you for your attention.
September 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In 1971 a man was fined £1 for making a rude gesture at a Salvation Army band at an anti-porn rally.
Thank you for your attention.
Thank you for your attention.
Article 8 is what trans campaigners used to get the Gender Recognition Act through the Goodwin and "I" cases in 2002, when the ECHR ruled that forcing trans people to reveal their sex assigned at birth violates their privacy. 'Updating it for the modern age' just means reducing people's rights.
Bridget Phillipson, "Labour believes there needs to be reform to the ECHR"
Trevor Philips, "You want to see changes in the ECHR?"
Bridget Phillipson, "Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is looking at Article 8 Provisions to see if they need updating"
*Article 8: Right for private and family life*
Trevor Philips, "You want to see changes in the ECHR?"
Bridget Phillipson, "Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is looking at Article 8 Provisions to see if they need updating"
*Article 8: Right for private and family life*
August 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Article 8 is what trans campaigners used to get the Gender Recognition Act through the Goodwin and "I" cases in 2002, when the ECHR ruled that forcing trans people to reveal their sex assigned at birth violates their privacy. 'Updating it for the modern age' just means reducing people's rights.